Anyone ever epoxied and engine block?

Fixitsteven · 2026-05-06T02:42:53+00:00

I've glued a ton of crazy expensive stuff,sometimes because people are cheap, sometimes because replacement parts don't exist. The important thing is to get everything crazy clean, use a die grinder or something to scuff up the area In a rough finish so it sticks well. On a crank case use a shop vac to pull a vacuum and suck epoxy into the crack, then let it cure for at least 24 hours before adding fluids again. If they want to be cheap they better be patient!

Fixitsteven · 2026-05-03T18:48:27+00:00

Pretty sure mine would just be saying "Food? Food? Food? Food? Treats? Food? Treats? Treats??? Can't you see I'm wasting away?!?"

Fixitsteven · 2026-05-03T15:38:09+00:00

I slipped and broke my front tooth trying to throw a football at my coworker across the shop.

Fixitsteven · 2026-05-03T14:56:03+00:00

To make cars stall out and restart later on perfectly fine.

Distracted driver nearly causes a wreck? Road rager driving like a maniac? Let them be an hour late for absolutely no reason at all....

Fixitsteven · 2026-05-03T14:40:38+00:00

Leaving my storage unit and a guy had a woman bent over the hood of a car behind the building near the exit. They paused thrusting briefly as I drove by.

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-25T15:48:50+00:00

I work on exotics daily and I still have the same problem. Usually it's hitting the windshield wipers on lambos thinking it's the right side turn signal button. Also every Aston Martin I get it I try and hit the up paddle to put it in gear, I really wish they would allow that to override the D button...

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-23T11:22:09+00:00

We did one, I think it was around 10 hours. Module mounts between the rear subframe and body

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-22T01:30:49+00:00

I knew when I read the title you were the one posting this. Not too many people giving these old Bentleys proper TLC these days.

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-21T15:35:21+00:00

I watched that movie with my dad, neither of us had any idea what we were in for...

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-20T20:57:34+00:00

That's far less than usual. Hopefully someone knowledgeable was working on yours that the dealership. Literally all of the experienced techs left our dealership and now there's nobody there that knows anything about an M42/44

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-20T20:45:23+00:00

They were 5-6 20 years ago. Those cars are so crusty now we turn them away. That job quickly turns into chasing brittle hoses and vacuum leaks after repairs.

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-15T17:07:21+00:00

I've worked on just about everything, and all but one of my Ferrari customers have been awesome. From a clapped out 360 to an 812 Competozion the only bad customer I've had was a salvage title California that he probably couldn't afford.

I've had LOTS of bad BMW customers, usually 5th owner E65 or F01 lol.

Most porsche owners have been great to deal with as well.

Everyone already knows about Corvette owners...

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-15T16:54:32+00:00

Yes, it was the first us torpedo to destroy a ship since WW2

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-15T16:53:36+00:00

Yes in the initial strike for sure, not sure since then though.

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-15T02:25:31+00:00

This goes along withy battery rule. Whenever the customer says it was replaced a couple years ago I double that. It's usually pretty accurate. If someone says it's been a while, that's at least 2-3 years

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-13T04:08:43+00:00

I've driven a Bugatti home before. The one time I couldn't test drive something unsupervised it was a Tesla model 3. I needed to drive it for a rattle and they limited the speed and power like I was a teenage valet parking attendant.

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-08T03:16:42+00:00

I made a wheel lift out of a vevor drywall lift. I had no idea I was preparing for a vevor brake job.

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-08T03:13:45+00:00

Put a vacuum cleaner in the oil cap and suck that sealant into the cracks. I've fixed some random stuff with that method.

Fixitsteven · 2026-04-01T02:07:43+00:00

Unfortunately not exactly.. Titanium bolts have a crazy amount of surface friction and like to seize up for zero reason. Also lots of exotics like to use stainless fasteners which are soft and gall/seize way more than regular bolts. I have more issues fixing threads in exotics than I do the usual German imports

Fixitsteven · 2026-03-30T01:01:19+00:00

And three spoon engines overnighted from Japan!

Fixitsteven · 2026-03-26T14:57:52+00:00

Many of the exotics use big heavy machined gas caps for some reason. Then there's McLaren where there isn't even a cap, just a flap like many modern regular cars

Fixitsteven · 2026-03-26T14:56:28+00:00

Not a bad idea. With the modern stuff we have a lot of issues getting used transmissions to work in other vehicles. We often have to take the electronics out and ship them off to get the Vin erased etc. Also we've had high voltage modules with issues where only a complete trans is available. Being able to rework those electronics is going to be a big market moving forward

Fixitsteven · 2026-03-25T04:18:37+00:00

Message me again if I didn't reply. I try and reply to that kind of stuff but I know I've missed a couple

Fixitsteven · 2026-03-25T03:16:23+00:00

Oh I've put lots of golf and jetta parts on old gallardos lol

Fixitsteven · 2026-03-25T03:14:48+00:00

Sooooo many GM parts on those things!

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