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Mullen’s Garage Small shop in Batavia. 20 years experience. ASE Master certified, GM Master certified.

Poor thing has been chewing on the 3/4” plate for like 4 minutes. The little band saw that could lol
10/02/2026

Poor thing has been chewing on the 3/4” plate for like 4 minutes. The little band saw that could lol

Got my first one in the wild. “No start” I push the button and nothing happens. Dealer tried to sell them an alternator🤦...
09/28/2026

Got my first one in the wild. “No start” I push the button and nothing happens. Dealer tried to sell them an alternator🤦‍♂️. That would have been nice and fixable. But this was not a dead battery from low charging. Battery terminals clean and tight, 6 month old battery, 800cca, 12.6v 97% soh. When the stater goes it’s hard and full power. No open windings.
Issue? Can bus latency….. welcome to digital hell. After a deep sleep cycle the 31 aging computers are talking longer to wake up or one is. Jump in after sitting over night hit the brake and push the button like normal… car wasn’t ready yet and now your out of sequence pushing buttons trying to get it back to a start mode and now the brake pedal is rock hard from exhausting the booster.
This car takes almost 10 seconds to wake up from deep sleep now (over 4hrs idle) now, it’s a 2020, already had the motor replaced due to failure. Dealer charged $230 to say alternator….
Module programming and global resets can help but to to age you can be battling silicone degradation also and then its hardware replacement and some older slow talking computer on the network may now not work right with the new module that was the worst, cause this won’t give fault codes, to the car nothing is wrong it’s just retarted🤷‍♂️. I debugged this for 5 years for the manufacturers and there aren’t cheap fixes or good answers.

Got all gauges fitted, think it looks nice. Had to add a boost and wide band but think found some good spots to keep it...
09/02/2026

Got all gauges fitted, think it looks nice. Had to add a boost and wide band but think found some good spots to keep it mostly original looking.

Well it fits with the hood shut 🤷‍♂️ hangs down 3-1/2” below the frame though…. Looks like the midgets getting a skid pl...
08/05/2026

Well it fits with the hood shut 🤷‍♂️ hangs down 3-1/2” below the frame though…. Looks like the midgets getting a skid plate.

How do you fit 7.5 inches of General Motors into the back side of a midget? Gonna need a welder….. finally made the cuts...
07/19/2026

How do you fit 7.5 inches of General Motors into the back side of a midget? Gonna need a welder….. finally made the cuts today now that the tires showed up for fitting, between grinding and cutting I came up 0.18” short. Shooting for 46.18, hit 46”
The alignment tool they sell is also like $700, or you can get a 10” long 3” round of aluminum or mild steel for like $50 and machine your own pucks.

6.5” ring gear differential to a 7.5” ring gear differential. This midget is going to need some lube…..
07/06/2026

6.5” ring gear differential to a 7.5” ring gear differential. This midget is going to need some lube…..

Race car and 4xhp loading…..
07/04/2026

Race car and 4xhp loading…..

Got a phone call on Saturday, friends kids car had a wheel fall off while driving. 2 lug nuts missing and 3 snapped off....
11/17/2025

Got a phone call on Saturday, friends kids car had a wheel fall off while driving. 2 lug nuts missing and 3 snapped off. Car was towed to the closest ford dealer and they looked at it in the parking lot and quoted a new wheel hub. They charged $190 for that quote and wanted $1,100 for the repair. So a free quote later and another tow bill and we got it down to $400 for a new hub and all new lug nuts installed. Dealers man, they make a lot of money but they have a lot of mouths to feed off 1 broken car. Porters, service assistants, office workers and a slew of managers. You’re not just paying the technician.

Started off as an alternator, on disassembly find a leaking radiator as well, it happens, on older cars there is normall...
07/27/2025

Started off as an alternator, on disassembly find a leaking radiator as well, it happens, on older cars there is normally multiple things worn out but still going. Some times we find them in the process.

Came out pretty nice. Friend backed into someone in a parking lot. Got quoted by shops $2500-3000, was able to get after...
04/06/2025

Came out pretty nice. Friend backed into someone in a parking lot. Got quoted by shops $2500-3000, was able to get aftermarket bumpers and have them painted for under $900. I don’t pull dents or paint cars but I can put bumper on lol. You can tell the older plastic is faded to the new and the paint is a little fresher without blending, but for the price it looks great and everyone is happy.

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