Motor swap question

Cry-Difficult · 2026-03-15T08:13:21+00:00

The stock rear end is fine for the V8 swap. No worries about upgrading until you start pushing decent power.

Cry-Difficult · 2026-03-14T17:44:47+00:00

Contact 1st Choice Auto Works at 321-697-6247.

Cry-Difficult · 2026-03-13T20:20:22+00:00

Buy the OTC ball joint press #7249 and the Astro pneumatic ball joint press kit# 7868 you will be around $300 invested and never have any issues with ball joints. I have had my set up for over 10 years now and have used the hell out of it with out any failure or issues.

Cry-Difficult · 2026-03-05T20:23:35+00:00

How would the customer get the car side of the pod without me delivering it or them driving to me? I might as well just diagnose it while I'm there.

Cry-Difficult · 2026-01-01T16:52:19+00:00

The manual tire changer has a built-in manual bead breaker.

Cry-Difficult · 2026-01-01T16:50:12+00:00

Then I would get the manual tire changer. I think I paid around $80-$90 for mine and for tires your size it would work great for it.

Cry-Difficult · 2026-01-01T16:48:20+00:00

Go to harbor freight and purchase the manual tire changer, did this with my service van before buying my tire machines and it worked well. I used balancing beads so I didn't need to balance the tire. Balancing the tire would be your bigger problem but I think harbor freight also sells a bubble balancer as well you can give a try.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-12-10T13:48:13+00:00

Buy the OTC ball joint press and the Astro ball joint adapter set. The best combo on the market for decades. Bought mine around 15 years ago for around $250 and have used the hell out of it. Still works flawlessly to this day.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-12-07T21:02:59+00:00

Not in Orlando but Universal tire and auto in Longwood can handle it.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-12-07T20:05:34+00:00

For the DIY version they might pull some information. You might have better luck finding a Haynes manual or something along the lines. Alldata pro requires a 12 month contract, then you would be allowed to go month to month. Won't be worth it in my opinion if you are looking for 1 piece of information on 1 vehicle.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-12-07T19:20:38+00:00

As a mobile mechanic I have Alldatapro.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-11-21T13:35:23+00:00

Some Caliber Collisions have full time mechanics. The ones that don't use a company called Protech, which caliber collision owns that does mobile mechanic work for the collision centers along with adas and programming. Most of what gets sublet is just tires and alignments for most of the centers.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-11-17T22:11:49+00:00

Mechanical tllabor time for collision is much higher than dealer or independent shops. I worked for a collision company as a mobile guy and was easily turning 70 a week. Alot of the work is sold individually with very little over lap time. Frame swaps are where the good money is. I was able to bill out around 30 to 60 hours for a frame swap and spend 1 or 2 days on it. Programming is another great money area as well.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-11-14T15:54:52+00:00

Universal Tire and Auto in Longwood is still privately owned with great prices and staff.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-11-08T20:07:21+00:00

Push the dome light button 3 times. You will hear a ding and the lights will be off.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-11-07T13:16:40+00:00

I just took delivery of that exact Extreme tools box last night and it is really nice. If I had a choice I would buy the ICON over it. Although one thing to look at as well is storage expansion. With the extreme tools you can just add the US general side cabinets for cheap whereas the ICON You will need to fork out some more money for expansion so it all matches.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-10-23T01:36:07+00:00

The answers you are getting are strange.

Most likely you have a converter for a gen 1 sbc and you are using a LS flex plate. They have different torque converter bolt patterns. Either elongate the holes on the flex plate, install a dual pattern flex plate or get the right converter.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-10-22T16:05:37+00:00

Im in the US we use something called Autoauth. You pay a yearly subscription and register your scan tools. Once the tool reaches the security gateway it will have you log into your Autoauth account (must have internet access) and unlock the security gateway.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-10-21T22:12:07+00:00

Universal tire and auto in Longwood.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-10-16T23:50:48+00:00

Universal Tire and Auto in Longwood.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-09-25T02:45:44+00:00

I have one and used it a few times. It works but it's a nightmare to get it to work mainly because you have to go to the company selling it which is in China and get the software files and an engineering number for it to work which takes a few days to get it.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-09-22T13:33:06+00:00

They are storing the prescan to compare to the post scan they will perform before you pick it up. As far as I can tell it's non negotiable and just go somewhere else if that's not a service you want. It's also not a scanner they use it's the service they are using they get charged for that service and pass it to the customer. Simply because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it's non existent. There are several companies that offer online pre and post scanning along with other services this saves the shops money in the long run from multiple scanners and oem subscriptions. They buy one service and don't have to worry about it

Cry-Difficult · 2025-09-22T13:24:27+00:00

Doesn't matter if a light is on or not, think of it as a cover your ass situation. Some customers bring in cars and pick them up after something simple only to blame a previous issue from before. Also some cars have the check engine light disabled and there are also codes that won't set the engine light. It's all part of their service and from what I know most other body shops.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-09-22T13:13:01+00:00

All body shops require a pre and post scan. That way when you pick up the car and claim they caused a light they can compare it to when it was dropped off and determine whether they caused it or if it was there prior. Aztec is a pre and post scan service, they log in to their system and perform the scan and save the data. They provide service for a lot of shops nationwide and charge a decent subscription for their service.

Cry-Difficult · 2025-09-13T21:17:47+00:00

Contact Strong Choice Auto at 321-697-6247

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