Thumbnail says SL55. Actually CL55. Sorry guys.

I have been watching your videos for about a month now after I accidentally came across a video from hoovie, since then I’ve spent hours watching both of your channels, I’m in England and have been a mechanic for nearly 30 years, I take great pride in my work and after seeing what you do I know you are the same, I know loads of people say your expensive in the comments but your not, at least when the customer has paid your bill they drive out and don’t have to worry about it breaking again, it’s done once and done right, also know exactly what you go through with customers and problem cars, just one last thing good job man keep up the work and videos

Wizard saying "Naaa Brooo" was the highlight of my day..

Car Wizard - "Nah Bro" July 2020

I've worked in the automotive repair industry (in the parts side of the business), and have done most of my own work on my family's vehicles (including engine and transmission overhauls), and I feel confident in saying that you do the right thing for your customers. Repairs done correctly and thoughtfully; no short cuts, but always done with the knowledge and confidence that you can stand behind your work. This is borne out by the number of repeat customers you have and the ones who bring their vehicles many, many miles to have your shop do their repair and maintenance work. You exhibit the most valuable trait you can have in any business: integrity. I appreciate what you do, and how you do it.

Very cool to see the details of the timing chain repair. Have a Happy 4th Car Wizard & Mrs. Wizard!

I work for a major package delivery company. With the increase of folks ordering online, the current workload makes the Holidays look like a picnic. Along with the health situation, hard to find folks who want to be in contact with the public all day, or working shoulder to shoulder with others. Toss in the increasing number of employees getting the virus, reducing the workforce, and you see what happens.

This shape of XK is a real future classic. I vividly remember being "back stage" at the UK launch, I was working at a dealership at the time and we threw a big party for customers old and prospectively new. It was so cringe looking back, but we had one end of the showroom blanked off with a huge Union Jack suspended from the ceiling, something like 8' wide by 10' tall. The CD player used to play atmospheric music was employed, with the lights dimmed and as the backstage area was filled with dry ice smoke, the stirring strings of Elgar's "Nimrod" from the enigma variations started up. with the triumphant crenando, the sleak freshly polished shape of a brand new Antigua Blue XK8 started, and taking thier foot off the brake, crept through the archway, flag flowing over the bonnet and up past the roof to rapturous applause. We had two, the Antigua blue coupe with cream leather interior and a Madeira Red convertible with tan interior. I Still smile whenever I see one of these gorgeous cars on the road.

Having no sway bar also gives a more comfortable ride because the bumps on the road don't get transferred to the other wheel on the opposite side.

The XK already had the upgraded metal tensioners. The plastic units crack and fail. These metal ones are bullitt proof, they were not really worn either.

Hello everyone! Sixty-nine Y/O Richard here from Toronto. Mr. Wizard, you are greatly blessed with the many very positive influences within your life, that created the remarkable individual your are today. Enjoying the episode, which described acquiring ownership of the large shop. Your goodness, thoughtfulness in truth telling impressed me. No doubt many a mind has been stimulated. That is a gift you gave! A gift of -go ahead and try- to so many. I want to say more, because it was just who you are; coming through so clearly. While watching, thoughts rolled through my head about expressing these thoughts to you. Should I bother, or not. When you mentioned, Mrs. Wizard owns half! That did it for me, "Richard," I said, "be as good as them and send your congratulations and encouragement. It's an honor to know of Mrs. & Mr. Wizard. Continued success to you both!

I find it most surprising that roads in Kansas have curves. Ha!

That XK8 already had the 3rd gen metal body tensioners installed, those were never going to fail. That does indicate that the previous owner had already had this job done before. These were originally fitted with plastic bodied tensioners. The design was revised but still plastic, that is the 2nd gen tensioners. The design was later revised and changed for the 3rd gen metal body tensioners with the plastic slippers on top. However, it doesn't hurt to have done this job, the guides usually give a little warning before they fail, and changing them is not uncalled for. However, had the owner had the complete service history, he would've known that this job did not need to be done, and as a result they never would have caught that failing cam gear. This guy may just be the luckiest person on Earth. Plunking down money on a job that was already performed to find and a replace a failing part that is not a common problem is the best outcome that could have happened.

From 1994 to 97 I worked in the U.K. for Siemens at a plant that made the inlet manifold/plenum chamber for the XK8, a very complicated plastic moulding that held the 8 fuel injectors. I think the engine was assembled in Ford’s Cologne plant.

Shipping world wide as well in the USA has changed since Covid-19. So many people and companies are doing business online. I just did some regular shipments from California to Louisiana and Florida to California. All the trucking companies are booked and very busy. The prices have increased 30% and pick up times are 5 days out. A company I do business with just leased their own cargo jet for international shipping because the regular aero shipping companies can't guarantee delivery dates..!!

"What's your biggest shipping nightmare?" A friend and I shipped a huge load of plastic dog crates from Muncie, IN to the Washington DC area. It was a recipe for disaster. Loaded them into the back of my 1979 Ford F-250. Even strapped down to the bed and wrapped in plastic it swayed wildly in the wind. Was also towing a small 1966 Shasta camper for us to sleep in. Could feel every big truck that went by. Made it about 200 miles from home when the nylon gears on the 460 timing chain fell apart and left us stranded in Columbus, OH. Luckily made it to a grocery store parking lot before the engine wouldn't run anymore. He rented a U-haul truck , moved everything over, left the truck & trailer and we continued our journey. Delivered them to the purchaser and he was very happy. Had a blast in DC as it was almost Christmas. All 50 states and even territories had Christmas trees they decorated and sent to the Capitol. Even had a massive fire pit with enormous logs to keep visitors warm Very cool to see. Eventually had to go back and tow the truck and camper trailer back home. Which required two trips, once for the truck and another for the camper. VT247

I have a Jaguar car channel here on KZfaq and I just did this job last year. Great job there bud,

Took 3 weeks to get a pcv valve for my Saab 9-3. I had to order it from a Volvo dealership that used to sell Saabs and it took them a week to get it themselves and two before I got it. Worked on so much on that car. Finally just sold it.

I’ve ordered things a few times from the usa to europe and i’m always amazed how fast it goes. Fedex usually only takes like 3 business days to get it at my door, even during pandemic. That’s faster than a package sometimes takes to ship within my country

Wizard: We'll just try a turn at speed. Kansas: Nah Bro

I remember when you would fill out an order form that you tore out of the catalog mailed it with a check. Then waited 6 to eight weeks for your parts. Ha

Great job on the 55. It’s all about quality kit and quality installation.

Man that period for Jaguar is heartbreaking - when you start looking closely you can really see where things were value engineered out. Which is a shame, because the engineers clearly knew what they were doing and then the cost cutting happened. Build them properly and they're great.

As I watch these videos, all I can say is that I wish the Car Wizard lived in Pennsylvania. CW, you are the best!

It would really be useful if you could give the mileage of the vehicles you're working on so we have some idea what to expect and can judge potential failure points.

I spent many years working the front desk of automotive shops, I'd always quote a couple hundred over what the job would actually be that way if things go sideways it doesn't seem like such a big hit and if it doesn't the job gets done under the quote and the customer is really happy because the job comes in under their budget

,Wizard, you are a class act, If i lived in America, my car would definately go to your garage, straight talking and no bullshit ,

Gotta agree, shipping is terrible lately! Ordered a tail light for my grandson's Ford from a scrap yard in NJ. Shipped it in one day and then it sat in NJ for a week. Must be a real pain to wait on parts for so long for a customer's car.

i do ebay sometimes. yes. shipping has been messed up for about the past 2-3 months. some stuff will ship like normal, other items are taking weeks and weeks to ship. i think the shipping carriers are being substantially affected by the corona situation.

Many of the Ebay Suppliers out of CA go through a third party to pick up the parts and take it to the carrier. This third party had a COVID outbreak/warehouse staff didn't come to work and they were down to 1/5 their work force. So they did ship it but their in between service was screwed up. This is what I heard when I ordered a set of lifters from CA and it took 2.5 weeks to get to Oregon.

You’re the best car wizard! Keep it up!

We appreciate your explicit formatted patience. Relaxing after greeting 80 plus service customers arriving at my dealership.

Always look in the background of Wizard videos for potential new Tyler hoopties.

Love you channel! Greetings from sweden

At least you can order the parts; around 1980 or so, I rebuilt a Packard 374 v8, but it needed timing chain and gear set. I spent two months tracking down a OEM set; since Packard only made v8 engines for two years, there was no aftermarket parts at that time. So, I can relate to parts issues. Today, they have been re-produced and can be ordered by a number of Packard parts specialists.

A good honest motor engineer I salute you sir

I was working for a startup that was doing on-site computers, printers, etc servicing. We had a customer try us out with a particularly gnarly and expensive enterprise-level laser printer. Thankfully, I had a fair bit of experience with this printer, and was able to diagnose the problem, and traced it to a failed part. The part cost almost as much as the printer new...but it was a case of budgets...they could spend money from their maintenance budget, but had no money in their new equipment budget. So we ordered the part for the repair...and it was sent out via a well-known shipping service that rhymes with OOPS. We waited...and waited...we check with the shipping company, and they said they had delivered it! That was impossible since we had been sitting, waiting for the part. There was always someone there since we knew the shipment was due. So we went back and forth with rhymes with OOPS. They claimed we had received it, and signed for it. They sent a scan of the signature...and it wasn't from any of us in the company. They stonewalled us. Eventually, we had to order a replacement part...which means we paid twice for the part like you did Wizard. And we had it shipped via a different carrier, and it arrived in a couple of days, no problem. Where there was a problem was with the customer...since they had been without the printer for almost a couple of weeks now, and it was vital to their business...they cancelled our support contract with them, and convinced the CEO and bought a new, upgraded printer. So we were left with an expensive part that we had paid twice for and no immediate income. The supplier initially wasn't willing to take the part back and give us our second payment back...we eventually prevailed upon them. All through this time our company was fighting with the company that rhymes with OOPS. Never got satisfaction from them. Had to eat many thousands of dollars on the missing part. Not a fun experience...and it eventually led to the collapse of the company. And that is why I never ship with the company that rhymes with OOPS unless I have no other choice whatsoever.

I looked at a 1997 x8 today with 191k miles. It was a beater, but the engine was excellent and felt tight. I seriously doubt anyone ever changed anything internally on that engine.

The real risk was the original all plastic tensioners (1997-2001)and guides. The upgraded metal tensioners were much more reliable.

My worst shipping nightmare was a computer. It was 2009-2010, I needed to upgrade most of my stuff, so I bought a whole computer, but as parts plus building plus testing (the idea was to make sure everything works together, even if I'm losing some money on individual components compared to other shops, and hey, I even got the Linux testing package). First time it arrived the shipping was quick, but the computer didn't work - turned out the video card suffered some damage in shipping (assuming they did in fact run the tests I paid for ;)). So I sent it back as a package and as they were out of stock on that card, they've even upgraded it and sent it back... And then! So like the Wizard's package that traveled between cities for no reason, my (second) package did a similar thing - it went to completely different place (North instead of East, probably mistakenly put on a wrong truck), then got redirected. But that's not a problem, what's two more days, right? And THEN! The delivery guy did something unbelievable, he "delivered" it to another building (wait until you know how that was "possible"), then reportedly someone called him up that he made a mistake, so he retrieved it... and "delivered" to me by... leaving it at neighbor's DOOR. No one even signed it! And guess what, the case was absolutely SMASHED, it was in pieces (after traveling all over the country). And there are rules, you know, you're supposed to open the package in the presence of the delivery guy and check for damage - but he delivered it to two other people, and not me! It gets better - I filed a complaint with the shipping company, but the guy started his vacation the next day! So I kept the hardware and the box in damaged state for over a week until they sent someone else to assess the situation. And I was scared AF that he would just say it's me making stuff up, after all it has been delivered to the neighbor's door, right? Fortunately it wasn't that bad - we've signed some protocols and the shipping company gratuitously _allowed_ their fault. Fine, they're guilty, but what's next? Of course there's no free return shipping even though they've admitted destroying the package. So I had to pack that stuff back up, drive it up to a location, be granted with a guy who was probably ending his shift or something, so he was suuuuper unpleasant. But in the end, he did take me through the process. I shipped the destroyed computer back. They built a THIRD one for me. And finally I got what I ordered, just a few days later. All in all, this took over a month. I spent the money (huge money for me), lost weeks of time, phoned two companies countless times, under constant stress that I've basically lost all this money to some broken system. I laugh about it now, but it was unbelievably frightening back then. Holy frick!

Hey car wizard most likely the reason your parts went through the loop from CA to Kansas a couple times is the vendor reused a box & didn't cover up/blackout the old shipping label.

Kudos for keeping the customer informed wizard. Many shops don't here in Australia.

Oh my gosh that looks so complex Nice job Michael

Your skill is much the same as the independent garagemen I use & have used in my lifetime. Thanks for posting, from Texas

I'm a long-standing Jaguar nutcase so am always interested in your shows on Jaguars. The car you have there was somewhat of a troublesome beast, I'm afraid to say, and doesn't have a particularly good reputation here in England, not least due to its tendency to rust badly. The later model made of aluminium is a far better car built from about 2005. Make sure you check the upper front wishbone trunnions. If they seize, the suspension still works, but the securing bolt then just rotates in the subframe and wears an oval hole at which point it is scrap.

Back in 1991 I learned something about that "white Plastic" or nylon they use on cars. On my 1971 Ford Galaxy 500 the driver's side door wouldn't close,. The white nylon bushing had broken... I mean it was fine then it just got chewed up... So I replaced it with a bushing out of a 1976 Ford. A few weeks later the bushing on the passenger door went the same way... strange, that door was hardly used... then suddenly all of the wires fell out from under the dash board just drooped down as the white plastic ties broke on their own... then the white plastic clips that held up the windshield washer hoses just broke.... Literally every piece of white plastic just broke within a few months on the entire car. I pretty much realized that the timing gears were also made of white plastic and I replaced them and they were starting to show wear too... And by the way in 1996 the white plastic bushing from the 1976 donor ford went bad just like clockwork, on schedule. Luckily, I took the passenger side bushing out of a much newer car, as I finally did with the driver's side door, so I didn't have to replace them again. You were very likely right to replace the timing chain, especially the guides. Some of that white plastic doesn't actually wear out... it literally ages out. It's a super strong material that just turns bad overnight and goes soft. In my case, the failure point was almost exactly 20 years. And I'm pretty sure Ford really didn't care at that point, it was way out of warranty. So beware the white plastic... it doesn't look like it's going bad until it suddenly shatters or mushes.

Hi David. Make sure you change the water pump as they fail like BMW ones. Plastic impellers! Heater hose under the manifold too.

Oh my gosh that looks so complexNice job Michael

Very nice to hear you giving kudos to your people!

those upper tensioners look like they were replaced at some point. the originals had a plastic body that would split, and those look like the early replacements. But best to swap it all as who knows how worn out it all is. Also where did you find that cam gear? I need to swap mine out...

During this pandemic I've had more weird things happen with shipping than in the entirety of my 58-year life. No joke. As you said I've had a couple shipments "take weird journeys" in seemingly no hurry to get to me, a couple of things simply "disappear" and one arrive 2 months AFTER RECEIVING A REFUND!! And they've *all been the USPS.* Not UPS, not FEDEX. No. But the USPS has lost its mind!

The reason why people would say no to a new cam gear is that they are paying for a timing chain replacement and the bad cam gear is found. Then they are quoted for the entire rate of the cam gear change on top of the timing chain repair. So they are being charged twice for the same work. Don't brush this off as "the customer just doesn't understand that the gear needs to be changed and it's unfortunate for him". You know this happens.

You can post videos on July 4 and I'd happily watch them. Even videos about used steel cabinets and carts. I have no life...

Nice you learn a lot from these. People should get these videos. I post them often so people will learn and watch out for.. 😷👍😎

the main point I have with any mechanic is can I trust him obviously you have earned trust so if you told me something else needed to be fixed I would not have a problem...

Love your videos weeeezard, thanks for the continued content

0:54 This happened to me. I ordered a new mattress, came from CA to me in PHX AZ, got here next day, then went to Milwaukee. Sat there for 3 weeks until I escalated with Fedex. Got it 3 weeks later. From the next state. A month and a half. lol

FCP Euro is your best friend when it comes to Euro parts, that is if your customer can wait for the shipping.

Good man with redeeming qualities like honesty. Scotty and the Wizard are like that. Please test that Jaguar when you finish it and lean on it.lol.

With the Merc you did what makes sense, you deleted a over complicated system, with a mechanical system, that will last. Well done Mr. Wizard.

1:07 I've worked in shipping and receiving, and I have been a delivery driver for a good majority of my life. I'm 99% positive what happened is that someone in the warehouse in Kansas, misread the shipping label, and put it on the outbound truck going back to the original shippers address in California. When it arrived in California, the sort team put it back on the outbound truck going back to California. Either way, sorry you had to experience that man. Been through it myself, and it's super frustrating. Especially when you're waiting on car parts.

Mine was $3500 for a quality job. So you are right on.

I have had the same problem with the USPS for years. Just cant get it right. Next time take your tracking number to the post office. They will run it down and you will get it in a couple days. A lot of hassle to get your package but it works.

It's nice to know that sometimes you can have a customer that has a brain.

It makes me want to ship my Jaguar XJR to your shop for you to do this preemptive maintenance Wiz. I want to drive the car for a long time.

I had a small package coming from Hawaii that literally stopped at postal facilities all over the country before I got it. I'm in Louisiana and it went to Michigan, Washington DC, New Jersey and places I can't remember before I got it. Normally packages from Hawaii go to California then directly to New Orleans then to my local post office. Three stops not dozens.

Companies need to understand that their shipper determines their customer satisfaction. I am done ordering from FCP Euro at this point because I have wrote them to tell them FedEx is a problem and they tell me one day they will let you select FedEx vs UPS, but after 3 out of 3 problematic shipments I can't keep waiting.

I've had those kind of shipping nightmares before this year. The exact same thing in fact. Only from Michigan to Oklahoma City and then back to Michigan. It was returned to Michigan claiming "no such address" but they sent me a picture and I confirmed it was my address and that I do exist. They shipped it back to me and the 2nd time it arrived. It was a month for a shipment from Michigan to Oklahoma though. Talk about ridiculous.

At least you can get parts for these Jags. For some reason, anything for 80's units up to when Ford took them over, parts are nearly impossible to get.

The Post Office is terrible right now.. Just had a package take ten days to go 200 miles away in the same state.. Priority Mail.. Sounds like the vendor sold something they didn't have. Tried to get a Dodge air filter box from two large auto part companies. Both showed in "Stock" only to be told it needed to be ordered.. Neither could explain to my satisfaction as to why a part would show in stock when they didn't have any to sell.. No more business to them .

I have an item that I ordered a week ago that has been bouncing around three UPS distribution centers in Texas and was supposed to be here today. Now it says between July 5-8. The item came from Florida and I live in Washington. It had better show up with a huge plate of Texas ribs when it finally does show up.

Was glad to hear that Car Wizard is also Rock Auto customer. They are fantastic supplier of parts and at good prices too (am in europe)

I fix buy and sell cars. I can attest to this on personal experience that it isn't easy sometimes finding parts or finding them at a reasonable price. Had a Mitsubishi that needed a new output speed sensor wire pigtail. Spent 2 hours at an automatic store trying to hunt one down, online searching ect. I ended up buying a similar connector, de pinning it and then using the original plastic housing and put the new pins in it. Something so simple turned into a half day ordeal.

Car Wizard is the MAN! Please keep those wonderful videos coming!

I ordered a small car part last month. I live in the Lexington, KY area. Via FedEx, it started in Memphis, TN. Then it went to Independence, KY (Cincinnati area) 60 to 70 miles from me. It bounced in and out of the Independence center for a few days. Then it goes to Indianapolis, IN!!! WTF? Bounces in and out of that center a couple more days. Finally gets to Lexington, KY. Then, FedEx gives it to the local post office to deliver, delaying its arrival by another day. That must have cost FedEx a fortune. And WHY?🤔🤦‍♂️

I once paid Australia Post put a hold on my mail, as I was going for a holiday to Canada, and I didn’t want my mail piling up. Not only did they not hold my mail, a package that I’d paid a lot of money for arrived whilst I was away, and because I didn’t claim it within the 10 days, they returned it to the sender. The company that I’d bought the package from doesn’t have a great reputation for customer service, and it took me endless emails, photocopies of bank statements and 18 months to finally get what I’d paid for. The product I’d bought was a very specific scale model train that was only made by that company, so I couldn’t source it elsewhere. Australia Post didn’t even give me my money back for the mail hold service that they didn’t provide.

I feel your parcel pain. I live in Brisbane, Australia. I ordered something from Adelaide, in South Australia. It took three days to get to Brisbane. All good. Then it went ot Melbourne in Victoria Then back to Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne then finally Brisbane and my address. Three weeks and 9,734km or 6,048miles. Its travelled more than I have.

12:18 amazing old cars are driving around there

I've always loved the look of these xk especially the front end

I had an order from east coast to California. It too was in my local area and the went to Alaska. I believe the truck wasn’t fully unloaded and the driver went to Alaska.

And now we know why the Post Office is going broke.

Don David, can you please make a video about "Buy, Not Buy" about diesel trucks.

Really nice conversion on the Mercedes. Having timing chain issues under 100,000 just seems ridiculous. Some of the early 3.8 v6s from Kia had a similar issue. However it's the hydraulic tensioners that fail. There's a ratcheting mechanism that prevents them from retracting too much after the engine shuts off. That fails and so at cold start up you get a bit of chain flop that makes a hell of a racket until the oil pressure comes up. It doesn't matter how badly the timing chain guides wear it never has enough slop to cause it to jump a tooth. However what will happen is that the plastic gliding material on the tensioners eventually gets worn away from the chain flopping around and then the chain starts tearing into the metal backing. Then you end up with powdered metal floating through the oiling system and that will wreck the engine. Got upgraded OE parts from Korea for about $300. Labor looks about the same as what you had to do on that Jag. Took us about a day having never done one before and just following info off the internet. I can't imagine all that stuff costing $3k+

If your first supplier used DHL, then that explains the shipping problem. I'm in Illinois and any time something is shipped to me by DHL I know it's going to take a tour of the U.S. before I ever get it.

That landscape could be the Netherlands. Just as flat as my country. Except for the electricity poles. They are underground for the most part.

I ordered some parts that were shipped from Nebraska by air to Dallas via uspa, transfrered to Dhl to somewhere else, the flown to St louis, and then transported by Dhl again, and finally delivered to me. They probably flew over my house twice. lol

It was explained to me that those shipment tracking numbers aren't tracking your shipment at all. What they are is an algorithm that estimates where your package should be, at what time, and in which warehouse. The shipping number is assigned when you place the order. Unfortunately, with recent events, the algorithm is using old information and transit times to estimate where the package is... or should be. That's why it reverted back to the point of origin. I'm guessing someone processed your order and when they entered the tracking number for real the package reappeared back in California. Not sure how true this is, but it seems to explain why my parts order from California did essentially what yours did.

The Mercedes has good bones to begin with so suspension will work well without electronics that only add to tame mild ride issues. It’s not like a jet fighter that can’t fly without electronic constant correction

Good job mr n mrs CW and MICHAEL have a relaxing 4th of july

Good think you were in MEXICO when you filmed yourself going 65 in a 50. But shipping nightmares. Well at work we had a machine with a big 150 hp blower that pulled suction to operate the machine. Well it sucked cardbourd dust through the impeller all day and after 6 months it built up on the impeller blade in a out of balance fashion and Boom. Machine down! We needed to air freight a new one from Germany. But this was in 2010 when the volcano in Iceland had spewed ash all over Europe and grounded all air traffic. The factory was covered up in work for that machine and was looking at huge penalties and lost contracts if the machine wasn't working. One of the other maintenance guys thought of a way that might work to run the machine. The machine had another 75 hp motor fan that only blew dust off the board loaded into the feeder station. The suction blower had a 10" diameter hose and the 75hp had a 6" hose. The hoses were routed side by side. We reversed the polarity of the smaller blower to make it suck. Then went to lowes and got a round sheet metal hvac duct neck down from 10" to 8" and another from 8" to 6". We hooked the 6" line to the 10" and it worked like new. It ran for the 10 days or so that the air flights were shut down and till the backlog in shipping cleared out. The manufacturer sent engineers to our plant to see how we bypassed the problem because other customers had the same happen to their suction impeller. They made our adoption the official workaround until they fixed the dust imbalance problem about 8 months later. I'm the one who thought of using the hvac duct neckdowns.

I’ve had 2 cl500s and I love the ABC suspension , best feature on the car. Never had a problem in over125,000 miles

70 years ago they made cars that these things did not prematurely fail. We’ve gone from build it to last to build it to last warranty period

I have a muffler floating around out there going on 3 weeks called amazon and they sent me another it showed up in two days yippee 🥳

So nice to have a great auto you tube channel that doesn’t start all episodes with “ here’s a cold start boies “

Ooo. Wee..!!!! It's smoking here in Texas, too!

I've never been more nervous to turn a key than after I replaced the timing chain in the girlfriend's 2.4 Malibu. So. Much. Work. Checking, rechecking, and then checking again that the engine is in the correct position before disassembly, that the timing marks line up, etc. Saved thousands doing it myself and it's been 5,000 miles since that repair! Same thing in the 2.4 eco tec. A guide broke at the point where the fastener goes through. Luckily I noticed the timing chain noise and was able to save it. This happened at 60,000 miles. Engine looked like it was new inside. Not a bit of deposits, sludge, or anything. The guides are just very weak, shitty parts.

Due to COVID-19 I'm seeing domestic ship times of over a week for priority next day and up to 10 weeks for first class, worst case. Been getting a lot of refunds and then the package will show up weeks later. The worst part is that the post office is actively deleting shipping history. I've had at least 10 packages that appear to have magically appeared out of thin air.

Try buying from SNG Barratt, UK company but supply to the US. Great channel !!

If you ever get an Audi 4.2 in the shop for a timing chain job it would be awesome to see that process.

Samcracc is doing the same job on a Range Rover - the main dealer had forgotten to actuate the tensioner and so the timing slipped and bent the valves! Sloppy work and I bet they charged a high rate, nor, I bet, will they admit liability. Yet you would go there thinking 'top dollar, top quality'. Know your mechanic!