rev up your engines, Jesus feathers says Scotty I'm looking to rebuild a
six 4.0 transmission in my Jeep Cherokee, I want to replace the all-wheel
four with a manual, what do you recommend in Denver Colorado, to send the
block to be born and buy remanufactured transmission, yeah if you can get a
remanufactured transmission I'd do that, but the block, I don't advise trying to
have one guy bore the block out, somebody else you want, you're better off to buy a
totally remanufactured engine, that's just the way that it goes, now that is a
jeep they're very popular and a lot of guys like modding them for offroad
there's a zillion places out there that you can buy really quality
remanufactured engines, I would just go out and have them do the whole thing and
then install it, because you don't want to mix, over the years I've seen more
people have serious problems with their vehicles because, oh well one guy did the
block, another guy did the head, another guy put it together and each one is
trying to blame the other if there's a problem, you want to get a quality
remanufactured engine if you want to do it right, the whole thing don't do one
here one there, Jose says good morning mr.
Kilmer I was wondering about the Chevy SSR were they decent trucks, no I hope you
you haven't bought one already, I had customers that bought them they had nothing but headaches some of
them tried suing GM under the lemon law to get their money back, one of them
actually did, but the other ones they didn't win when they had their case with
the negotiator, cuz a lot of times and negotiators are actually picked by GM so
guess who they're gonna side with you know, not that honest of a process
anymore, originally it was but it isn't anymore
the quality of those things they just don't have the quality, but if you have
it take care of it, guy the other day came with one to me and said, well what
should I use Scotty, I said look you're gonna get nothing for it if you sell it
and it's working okay now, just let me maintain it for you and if something
major is going out, I'll tell you get rid of it now or just keep driving it until
the wheels fall off it doesn't work at all and then junk the thing, you don't put a
lot of money in it, but if you got one take care of it you never
now how long something's gonna last and if it's paid for what the heck just keep
driving it, if you're not gonna get anything for it used, it's my theory with any kind of
car, Michael Blackwell says Scotty I'm
thinking about buying a Honda Element for $5,000 with 150,000 miles on it
should, I get the automatic or the stick, you definitely want the stick the
automatics in those things are kind of weak, the sticks
those things are screamers, I've got customers with elements with five-speed
standard transmissions, they'll burn rubber in all four gears those things
are zippy they don't weigh all that much and with a standard transmission it's
much more fun to drive, you get better gas mileage and it will not break like
the honda automatic transmission, honda of course started out as a motorcycle company
they're all standard transmission, other than a 750 Honda they made once with an
automatic that was a piece of junk they couldn't sell, nobody wanted to buy it
they were terrible, so their standard transmissions are bulletproof, buy the
standard don't buy the automatic and then those things can really zip around
but if it's got a hundred and fifty thousand miles on it, I'd try to pay a
little bit less than five grand for it, that's a lot of money for that kind of
mileage really, Eric says Scotty good morning, what do you think of the 2003
Ford Focus standard transmission with a hundred and thirty-eight thousand miles
on it, the focus is a lower line car but the main problems they have are their
automatic transmissions, they even had a class-action suit against them for some
of them, that's the standard transmissions, much batter made vehicle, I got customers
with old focuses with standard transmissions that have 250,000 miles and
they're still running strong, so that's not bad, it could last a long time but if
you're talking about buying one and it's a 03 with 138 thousand miles don't
pay that much for it because their resale value isn't that high, you're not gonna
get any warranties so you know you're gambling with your own money, but you're
not paying that much for it if you get it for a little bit cheaper, you get your
money's worth out of it, always pay less for an older car that's got higher
mileage on it, it might be a good car cuz it's a standard but don't overpay don't
ever overpay, Bernice says I got a 1.9 TDI
engine burns a lot of oil, 1 liter every 500 kilometers, can it be the turbo yes
it can be the turbo they get turbo blow by, realize that the turbo on that thing
is also oil cooled and oil lubricated just
like the engine, it uses the same oil supply and if the seals start to go it
will blow it through and here's how you can tell, just take the air line off the
duct work that goes from the turbo into the engine where it sucks the air in, if
that's all coated with oil inside, it's the turbo cuz that should be totally dry if it's
got oil, your turbo is bad, simple check, if it isn't then it's your engine just
burning oil, I bet it's the turbo cuz a lot of them as they age they do that on
Volkswagens their quality control isn't what it used to be to say the least
which is a big reason I tell people not to buy Volkswagens anymore in the United
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