A great way to get your start in wrenching. What was the total cost on the project?

How short are the service intervals? Not too familiar with newer Duc’s. How often are valve adjustments required?

Maybe Coke syrup would have offered a better viscosity.

What’s the maintenance schedule like? How often are we talking top end rebuilds?

I work in the aircraft interiors market, and I can tell you that it’s the same damn thing. I get to see and sit in some of the most ridiculously luxurious airplane seats. Suites with double beds, suites with more advanced technology than I’ll ever see, seats nicer than any car I’ll ever own.

What would be your recommendations for a 3-row 6-cylinder option to not feel like I’m driving a minivan? I like the Acadia but I’m concerned about quality. And the Pilot’s gear shift location just weirds me out.

Any of you ever run into bizarre non-standard hardware while working on vehicles, such as Whitworth bolts? It’s an unpleasant surprise when you need two or three different wrench types to take out a single gearbox.

I’ve used them a couple times for some old motorcycle work. I had to go to all three (Advance, Autozone, O’Reilly’s) before I found a blind bearing puller that fit in the gearbox I was rebuilding.

Maybe it’s been done, but...