SanDiegoXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- San Diego, CA
So I just wanted to take a brief moment to give some praise to Mike Finch at Grease Monkey Mobile. A couple months back the jeep started burning coolant on top of an already existing oil leak at the head gasket so I was thinking I'd take it in to Mike to have the head gasket swapped, but after talking some pros and cons with him, I ended up deciding on a complete rebuild. After all, the engine had over 220,000 miles on it, and while it wasn't running poorly, it had it's own unique set of quirks. Not to mention, it was just sluggish, non-responsive, and overall, no longer fun to drive.
Mike only works part time at his shop, and with my schedule, getting a time to get the rig in that was affordable to me and doable for him became a bit of a struggle, but eventually I dropped the rust bucket off for him to do his thing. As with all Jeep projects, we encountered a few obstacles, but overall nothing too drastic. Anywho, when I got the Jeep back, the engine sounded nice, but due to existing steering issues, I was still unable to drive it and, consequently, really get a feel for the new engine.
Well here we are 60 days later, the Jeep has been through it's 1000 mile service check up and oil change, the steering has been completely rebuilt, ball joints/unit bearings/axle u-joints have all been replaced...and man, this thing is like a new car again! Super responsive, sounds fantastic, better gas mileage! I really couldn't be happier. And now that I can confidently say so, I just wanted to give props to Mike and let anyone who might be looking into an engine rebuild know, Grease Monkey does a great job at a great price!
:cheers:
Mike only works part time at his shop, and with my schedule, getting a time to get the rig in that was affordable to me and doable for him became a bit of a struggle, but eventually I dropped the rust bucket off for him to do his thing. As with all Jeep projects, we encountered a few obstacles, but overall nothing too drastic. Anywho, when I got the Jeep back, the engine sounded nice, but due to existing steering issues, I was still unable to drive it and, consequently, really get a feel for the new engine.
Well here we are 60 days later, the Jeep has been through it's 1000 mile service check up and oil change, the steering has been completely rebuilt, ball joints/unit bearings/axle u-joints have all been replaced...and man, this thing is like a new car again! Super responsive, sounds fantastic, better gas mileage! I really couldn't be happier. And now that I can confidently say so, I just wanted to give props to Mike and let anyone who might be looking into an engine rebuild know, Grease Monkey does a great job at a great price!
:cheers:
