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Every image on this website came off a job we did, in a city we serve. License plates, VIN plates and anything identifying have been redacted. No customer name, address or vehicle identifier appears anywhere on this site.

Most shops show you stock photography of a clean workshop. This is the alternative: 62 photographs of actual repairs, in actual driveways, with the actual mess.

At A Glance

20 separate jobs across 6 Temecula Valley cities
Engine and transmission swaps, diagnostics, cooling, starters and motorcycle work
Plates, VINs and faces redacted before publication
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Temecula, 9 Photos

Jobs done in and around Temecula. Mobile mechanic in Temecula

Red Mercedes-AMG GLE coupe photographed at a Temecula dealership during a pre-purchase inspection - Temecula, CA — Pre-purchase inspection at a Temecula dealership. We inspect the car on the lot before you sign anything - dealer or private party.Temecula, CA

Hood raised on a red Mercedes-AMG GLE coupe during a pre-purchase inspection - Temecula, CA — Hood up on the lot. A salesperson who will not let you open it is telling you something for free.Temecula, CA

Starter motor mounting area on a bellhousing viewed from underneath a vehicle - Temecula, CA — Starter mounting area from below. Getting to it is the job - the starter itself is three bolts and two wires.Temecula, CA

Tight clearance between the exhaust and starter motor on a vehicle undergoing starter replacement - Temecula, CA — Exhaust in the way, as always. On some engines the manifold comes loose before the starter will drop.Temecula, CA

Newly installed starter motor bolted to an engine block - Temecula, CA — New starter bolted in and wired up. Cranked first turn of the key and the customer never left the house.Temecula, CA

White BMW 328i viewed from above at the rear before an engine swap - Temecula, CA — 2016 328i, in for a full engine swap. Turbo four-cylinders are strong until they are not, and then they are a whole engine.Temecula, CA

White BMW 328i photographed from above at the front before engine replacement - Temecula, CA — Straight, clean, and worth putting an engine in. That call gets made before the quote, not after.Temecula, CA

Side view of a white BMW 328i awaiting an engine swap at a repair shop - Temecula, CA — Waiting on the replacement long block. Engine work is garage work - we tow it in and hand it back running.Temecula, CA

Murrieta, 15 Photos

Jobs done in and around Murrieta. Mobile mechanic in Murrieta

Handlebar area and instrument gauges of a Kawasaki sport bike during a no-start diagnosis - Murrieta, CA — Cockpit of the Ninja mid-diagnosis. Bikes get the same treatment as cars: read it, test it, then replace the part that actually failed.Murrieta, CA

Rider's eye view over the tank of a Kawasaki sport bike part way through a rebuild - Murrieta, CA — Rider's eye view part way back together. Green tank, blue panels, cluster and bars back where they belong.Murrieta, CA

Exhaust heat shield and mid fairing panel on a Kawasaki sport bike during reassembly - Murrieta, CA — Heat shield and mid panel going back on. Every fastener is the one that came out of that hole, not the nearest one in the tray.Murrieta, CA

Front cockpit of a Kawasaki sport bike with fairings off, showing clip-ons, master cylinders and gauge cluster - Murrieta, CA — Cockpit stripped to the controls. With a no-start you work outward from here - kill switch, clutch switch, side stand switch, then the charging system.Murrieta, CA

Motorcycle fairing panels laid out in order on a trailer deck during a rebuild - Murrieta, CA — Panels laid out in the order they came off. It takes an extra ten minutes and saves an hour on reassembly.Murrieta, CA

Tail section and right hand switchgear of a Kawasaki sport bike during a rebuild - Murrieta, CA — Tail unit and right hand switchgear. Bikes hide their wiring in the tail, which is where a lot of electrical faults actually live.Murrieta, CA

Automatic transmission front pump and stator support removed from a transaxle case - Murrieta, CA — Front pump out of the case. Pressure problems and slipping in one gear range often trace right back to this part.Murrieta, CA

Automatic transmission oil pump seated in the bellhousing during a rebuild - Murrieta, CA — Pump seated back in the housing. Endplay and seal condition get checked before anything closes back up.Murrieta, CA

Close view of automatic transmission case internals and pump seal surface - Murrieta, CA — Seal surface and bushing under the light. If this is scored, a rebuild that skips it comes straight back.Murrieta, CA

Black Hyundai Sonata parked at a repair shop during a drivability diagnostic - Murrieta, CA — Sonata in for a drivability complaint. Road test first, scan tool second - the order matters.Murrieta, CA

Front view of a black Hyundai Sonata with diagnostic equipment cables running to it - Murrieta, CA — Cables running to the car while it idles. Live data under load tells you things a stored code never will.Murrieta, CA

Hyundai Sonata with the hood open and front bumper cover removed during a repair - Murrieta, CA — Hood up, bumper cover off. Access work is most of the labor on a modern car - the actual part swap is often the quick bit.Murrieta, CA

Camshaft position sensor mounting bore on a cylinder head during sensor replacement - Murrieta, CA — Cam sensor bore with the sensor out. A correlation code is worth testing properly - the sensor is often innocent and the timing is not.Murrieta, CA

Automatic transmission clutch drum and steels removed from the case during a rebuild - Murrieta, CA — Clutch drum out of the case. The colour of the steels tells you how hot it has been run and whether a rebuild is worth doing.Murrieta, CA

Black Hyundai Sonata with the driver's door open in a shop yard between road tests - Murrieta, CA — Door open between road tests. Half of a drivability diagnosis happens with the car moving, not on the scan tool.Murrieta, CA

Menifee, 18 Photos

Jobs done in and around Menifee. Mobile mechanic in Menifee

Upper radiator hose and cooling system connections during a radiator replacement - Menifee, CA — Upper hose back on and the system ready to fill. Radiator jobs are the ones that really benefit from us coming to you - the car does not have to survive a drive to a shop.Menifee, CA

2015 GMC Yukon XL parked in a residential driveway during a mobile diagnostic - Menifee, CA — 2015 Yukon XL, diagnosed in the owner's own driveway. No tow, no drop-off, no rental car.Menifee, CA

Front three-quarter view of a silver GMC Yukon XL in a suburban driveway - Menifee, CA — This is what a mobile appointment looks like from the street: your car, your driveway, our tools.Menifee, CA

Front grille and bumper of a GMC Yukon XL photographed during a mobile inspection - Menifee, CA — Every job starts with photos. You get them too, so you can see what we saw before we touched anything.Menifee, CA

Hyundai Veloster instrument cluster showing warning lights during a diagnostic - Menifee, CA — Warning lights on the cluster are where the conversation starts, not where it ends. The scan tool tells you which of them is actually the cause.Menifee, CA

Silver 2012 Hyundai Veloster front three-quarter view before a diagnostic - Menifee, CA — 2012 Veloster, in for an electrical fault. Glow relay stuck on, CAN bus communication dropouts - the kind of thing a code reader alone will not solve.Menifee, CA

Rear view of a silver Hyundai Veloster during an electrical diagnostic - Menifee, CA — Same car, second visit. We keep the history on every vehicle we touch, so the second visit starts where the first one left off.Menifee, CA

Rear three-quarter view of a silver Hyundai Veloster at the shop - Menifee, CA — Some faults need the car on a lift and a full day of testing. When that happens the job moves to the garage and the diagnostic time still comes off the repair.Menifee, CA

Autel scan tool showing a historical module test with pending and stored faults - Menifee, CA — Historical module test on the scan tool: body control, TPMS, telematics, motor-driven power steering. Pending, stored and history faults all read separately.Menifee, CA

Floor-level view underneath a car raised on a jack during a serpentine belt diagnosis - Menifee, CA — Camera on the floor, car on the jack. A belt that keeps shredding is almost never the belt - it is something out of line behind it.Menifee, CA

Serpentine belt routed over the crank, alternator and idler pulleys on a V6 engine - Menifee, CA — Belt routing over crank, idler and alternator. Checking each pulley for wobble and drag is how you find the one that is eating belts.Menifee, CA

Close inspection of idler and tensioner pulleys on an engine accessory drive - Menifee, CA — Tensioner and idler under the light. Bearing noise, a wet seal or a groove worn into the pulley face all show up here.Menifee, CA

Mechanic working underneath a raised vehicle with a work light during a belt diagnosis - Menifee, CA — Jack, stands and a work light. Everything that happens in a shop bay happens here too - it just happens where you parked.Menifee, CA

Instrument cluster of a GMC Yukon Denali reading 144,351 miles - Menifee, CA — 144,351 miles on the clock. Mileage gets logged before and after every job so there is never a question about what we drove.Menifee, CA

GMC Yukon Denali in a repair bay during an evaporative system smoke test - Menifee, CA — In the bay for a smoke test. Smoke finds vacuum and EVAP leaks in minutes that a scan tool will only ever describe as a code.Menifee, CA

Front view of a gold GMC Yukon Denali inside a repair shop - Menifee, CA — Denali up front and centre. Anything that needs a lift, a full day, or a controlled environment comes to the garage.Menifee, CA

Silver GMC Yukon XL parked side on in a suburban driveway at dusk during a mobile diagnostic - Menifee, CA — Still in the driveway at dusk. Mobile means the appointment ends when the car is fixed, not when the shop closes.Menifee, CA

Perris, 10 Photos

Jobs done in and around Perris. Mobile mechanic in Perris

New replacement radiator sitting in its box before installation - Perris, CA — New radiator, still boxed, on site before the old one came out. We quote the part before we start, not after.Perris, CA

Front end of a V6 sedan disassembled with the headlight removed for radiator access - Perris, CA — Headlight and bumper support out for radiator access. This is why a radiator job is a couple of hours, not twenty minutes.Perris, CA

Bumper cover removed exposing the core support and condenser on a sedan - Perris, CA — Core support exposed. With the cover off we check the condenser and trans cooler while we are in there - no extra labor.Perris, CA

Scan tool showing I/M readiness monitor status with no stored powertrain codes - Perris, CA — I/M monitor status: no powertrain codes stored, monitors run. This is the screen that tells you whether a car will pass a smog check.Perris, CA

Nissan instrument cluster displaying a Key System Error message - Perris, CA — Key System Error on the dash. Immobiliser faults look like a no-start and get misdiagnosed as a starter more often than anything else.Perris, CA

Red Nissan Altima with the hood open inside a residential garage during a mobile diagnostic - Perris, CA — Diagnosed in the owner's own garage with our bag on the floor beside it. This is the whole point of a mobile mechanic.Perris, CA

Red Nissan Altima parked inside a home garage during a mobile repair visit - Perris, CA — Same garage, wider shot. We work around whatever space you have - single car garage, carport, apartment lot.Perris, CA

1988 Lincoln Town Car parked outside a garage before repair work - Perris, CA — 1988 Town Car. Carbureted and pre-OBD cars still get worked on here - a lot of shops will not take them any more.Perris, CA

Rear view of a black and red 1988 Lincoln Town Car - Perris, CA — Straight body, original paint, and an owner who wanted it driving again rather than sold.Perris, CA

Front view of a 1988 Lincoln Town Car parked at a shop under a cloudy sky - Perris, CA — Finished and parked out front. Old iron is straightforward once you stop looking for a computer to blame.Perris, CA

Lake Elsinore, 7 Photos

Jobs done in and around Lake Elsinore. Mobile mechanic in Lake Elsinore

Red cloth interior of an 80s Ford pickup with the door open before an engine swap - Lake Elsinore, CA — The cab before we started. Original red cloth, original everything - the owner wanted the truck kept exactly as it was, just running again.Lake Elsinore, CA

Analog speedometer and odometer in a carbureted 80s Ford pickup - Lake Elsinore, CA — Analog cluster, no data bus, no scan tool. On a truck this old the diagnosis is compression, spark and fuel - in that order.Lake Elsinore, CA

80s Ford F-Series pickup parked on a driveway waiting for an engine and transmission swap - Lake Elsinore, CA — Sitting where it had sat for two years. Engine and transmission both came out of it on this job.Lake Elsinore, CA

Engine bay of an 80s Ford pickup with accessories and hoses removed - Lake Elsinore, CA — Accessories, hoses and wiring off, engine ready to come up. Everything gets bagged and labelled so it goes back the way it came out.Lake Elsinore, CA

Fan clutch and water pump on an old Ford V8 during an engine swap - Lake Elsinore, CA — Fan clutch and pump off the old engine. Both were replaced rather than reused - you do not put 40 year old cooling parts on a fresh long block.Lake Elsinore, CA

Hood up and front end apart on a classic Ford pickup under a carport during an engine swap - Lake Elsinore, CA — Front end apart under the owner's carport. Big jobs like this one finish at our garage, but the teardown happened right here.Lake Elsinore, CA

Rear view of an 80s Ford F-Series pickup parked against a concrete wall before an engine swap - Lake Elsinore, CA — Straight tailgate, original trim, and an owner who wanted it driving again rather than parted out. That is usually the right call on a truck this solid.Lake Elsinore, CA

Winchester, 3 Photos

Jobs done in and around Winchester. Mobile mechanic in Winchester

White Audi SQ5 parked at a repair shop before a timing chain replacement - Winchester, CA — Audi SQ5 in for timing work. Supercharged V6, chain-driven, and no room for guesswork on the reassembly.Winchester, CA

Front view of a white Audi SQ5 parked outside a repair shop - Winchester, CA — Back on its wheels out front. Winchester and French Valley are a short run for us - same rates as Temecula.Winchester, CA

Audi digital instrument cluster showing long-term trip memory and mileage - Winchester, CA — Long-term memory on the cluster: 92,805 miles, 19.9 mpg average. Useful history, and it tells you how the car has actually been driven.Winchester, CA

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