carlife Tag Posts Index

I'm 76, I Live in Two States, and I Just Submitted My First Article to a Real Magazine

My name is Carol. I'm 76 years old and I split my time between Louisiana and Arizona. I travel the miles between them in a 2012 black Volvo S60 with a little terrier

The Accident Build!

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! The Easiest rebuild of my life, well I suppose it is still a rebuild, I do exactly the same I would for a completely

Unintended Rectification

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! The Confusing DSG! Well we got this one of a kind problem! Actually isn't a weird problem at all we just had to scratch

They Don't Make Them Like They Use To!

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! The Yellow Alfa Romeo! Well yeah this isn't going to be the biggest and most baddest post ever! Nor is this going

My First Subaru Transmission (Teardown!)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! The Ugly Beast! Now this is something I fancy! Mind you I should not call it ugly! But damn is this an ugly transmission!

The Tiny Oil Leak! (Just Dug Up Bigger Problems For The Long Run!)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! Small Leak Huge Work! Now more than often that is the case so I don't even know why I want to bitch about that fact!

The Hard Oil Leak!

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! The Hard Leak! Well this is something not exactly in our ball park but let's try and run with it! We rebuilt a

By Far The Worst!

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! My Favourite One! Now this goes without a doubt! This must be my all time favourite transmission to do teardowns

Tearing Down The Kombi!

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! It's More A Caravelle... But meh, these things are all the same! We just fitted one into a Audi Q3 so they really

Impressed By JAGUAR! (Finishing Up The Build!)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! Finally What We've Been Waiting For! Okay honestly we've not waiting that long for it, it did arrive yesterday already!

The Jag Build!

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! Finally The Jag Build! Now remember when I tore down that absolute wreck of a transmission that is from a Jaguar

A Bad Build Into A Good One! (Let's Get It! Part2)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! We've Been Winging It For Too Long! So here's the story! Yeahp! We've been winging it for far too long from a workshop

A Bad Build Into A Good One! (Let's Get It! Part1)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! First Glance Is Bad! Well when I pulled this one open I told bossman sheeessshhh I don't think we can save this one!

The Symphony Of A Lost Cause! (What Exactly Are We Supposed To Do?)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! This Is Serious Crazyness! A few months back we booked in this car and well to be honest we don't even want to work

The Morris Minor 1000! (What A Gem To See!)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! The Weirdest Find! Now there really isn't much to say about this one other than the fact that it's an odd little

It's Not A Matter Of Upsale It's A Matter Of Quality! (Listen To The Techs!)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! The Critical Part Of Not Adhering! Well I don't think it's a matter of adhering I think it's more a matter of people

Knowledge Is Key! In All Factors Of The Motor Industry!

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! Here We Go Again! Of-course! Okay really we do a lot of Ford Ranger transmissions, not the only ones but we do a

Trying To Solve Problematic Valve-Bodies! (Ford Ranger 3.2 Liter)

Well Hello There Fellow Technicians And Hivers! A Pre Section. Well as most would know it has been some time since my last legitly technical post, the reason for

Timelapses While Working On Mechanical Stuff? (Yeah It Looks Cool!)

Well Hello There Horsepower Lovers!! Something I rediscovered lately was the timelapse function in my camera on my mobile phone, or rather this one is a Hyperlapse.

Never Just Buy A Car Without Knowing The History!

Well Hello There Horsepower Lovers!! A Nice Little T-Cross! Yeah that's what I thought until I started tearing this thing down! The client drove from another town