My name is Charles. I am a Volkswagen technician, and have been a mechanic, a grease monkey, and a car enthusiast for many years. I started this site mainly to connect with my customers in a way that I can’t in the shop. However, it’s my hope it can also serves as a community forum to share information, impart a little wisdom, and have a little fun. Let’s get started.

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Bringing An Old Car To The Dealership For Service ~ Podcast Episode 52

Bringing An Old Car To The Dealership For Service ~ AUDIO Podcast Episode 52

Happy Monday everyone. I hope that you all had an AWESOME weekend. It is getting to be car show season soon. Are your projects coming along? Today on the automotive podcast, we are talking about bringing your older car to the dealership for service. This is not a topic we have touched on before. We […]

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How The VW TDI Balance Shaft Module Fails ~ Video

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Today we are looking at more failed Volkswagen parts. This is the failure of the TDI Balance Shaft Module. This part came out of a 2005 B5.5 Passat TDI. This is not an extremely common failure, but it can be very expensive to fix. You may also hear this referred to as the Oil Pump […]

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Viewer Questions ~ Podcast Episode 51

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Happy Monday everyone! After a crazy week off, the automotive podcast is BACK! I really missed doing this show last week. I also missed you guys. It really makes me realize how much I love doing this show. So it is GREAT to be back rocking and rolling. Today I will be taking your questions […]

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Why I Started The Show ~ Podcast Episode 50

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Today is an AWESOME milestone show. Episode 50 if the Humble Mechanic Podcast. Today I wanted to share the story with you guys about why I even started this show. It has been an amazingly cool ride along the way. I have all of you to thank for that. If it was not for all […]

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Coast HL7 Headlamp Review ~ Video

Coast Headlamp Review

Happy tool review Thursday everyone! Today we look at the Coast HL7 Focusing Headlamp. A headlamp is something that I always thought was kind of weird. I mean it makes sense that it would be handy, but I never jumped on that trolley. The folks at Coast Products sent me this light to check out. […]

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