Yesterday a customer called me and told me a sad story. Her car, Nissan Rogue, got serviced in one of the local quick lube shops here...

What most people think when it comes to "diagnostics" in relation to an automobile is that it simply comes down to "plugging it into a...

What are the benefits of working with your Personal Mechanic? You have someone who knows your vehicle and keeps a caring eye on it all...

I just pulled this thrown-away unit apart out of curiosity, not to rebuild it. Fun fact: there are 56 coil springs, 13 spool valves, 13...

Normally, of course, I wouldn't remove the entire engine from a truck just to replace the exhaust manifolds. But a combination of...

Some wheel bearings are more fun to replace than others, eh? In theory, an integrated hub assembly like this one is easy enough to...

I got seriously fascinated with this speech of John Diefenbaker: "I am a Canadian, a free Canadian..." As I am a relatively new Canadian,...

"I am Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right,...

Let's just check what the timing belt looks like on that old Honda Pilot. Pull away the upper belt cover and... OMG! Jeez! This can...

Do you know what is the worst thing about working in Grande Prairie, AB? Is it cold long winters? Ice and snow? Minus 40 degrees...

See this spark plug? Notice how the threads are black at the bottom, then turn yellow-ish, and then just clean silver metal-colored. I've...

If you deal with garages or dealerships from time to time, at least, I bet you heard this phrase "Factory Trained Technicians." Since...

Looks like the core of the website is done, everything works. I am particularly proud that all the pictures are my own, depicting the...

Not exactly a "day", only had couple more hours today to deal with the website project I started yesterday. I have to say, Wix is indeed...

More content will follow. Eventually. Doing the blog thing is entertaining and it might be useful at some point. But as the work flow is...

Due to some issues with the hosting platform, my website was down for a few days. Or maybe even for a week or two. All the old website...