Drake's Automotive

Drake's Automotive Small shop and mobile automotive repair. Our goal is to provide personalized professional service to help keep your vehicle maintained and reliable.

Providing personalized, customer oriented service, cost effective maintenance and quality repairs. I want to earn your business through honest service, technician level repairs, and personal attention to your vehicle. The old school mentality of putting your customers first is a hard standard to find in a shop. Let me prove to you that your business matters to me. My standard is to diagnose and re

pair properly and to do so at an affordable cost to you. It will always be cheaper to maintain your vehicle than it will be to buy new. Im not out to find everything wrong with your vehicle or throw parts at it till it is fixed. You deserve honest service. For those welders/plumbers/contractors, your vehicle is your money maker and your lively hood. I do provide after hour support and mobile mechanic services to better keep your equipment on the road and in proper working order. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, repair quotes or concerns. I am there for my customers, that is my standard.

Ford Service Truck
12/18/2015

Ford Service Truck

09/29/2015

Keep it clean. While washing the outside of the vehicle is obvious, most everything the vehicle ran over can also get stuck to the underside. Hosing off winter salt and road grime is a good idea.

09/21/2015

At the front of your engine there will be a series of rubber drive belts that loop around various pulleys, driving everything from the alternator to the a/c compressor. Rubber perishes, more so in extreme conditions like those found in an operating engine bay. Get your timing belt and accessory drive belt checked every 25,000 miles, preferably replacing it every 50,000 miles.

08/15/2015

Brake fluid is hygroscopic. This means it is adept at attracting moisture. Moisture causes components to corrode and fail. Replace fluid and bleed system once a year. Brake fluid is cheap. Calipers, hoses, and sensors are expensive.

08/10/2015

Change out transmission and differential oils. While not requiring frequent service, these fluids must be changed according to service intervals. Always use transmission fluid or gear oil of the recommended type and viscosity. You can find the service intervals in your owner's manual.

08/02/2015

ONE INDICATOR OR BLINKER IS FLASHING FASTER THAN THE OTHER
When you indicate one way and the blinker flashes quicker than when you indicate the other way, it means one of the bulbs has blown. An auto parts store will be able to tell you what sort of bulb you need to replace it with and your manual should show you how to get at the indicator bulbs - they're different on every car.

07/19/2015

CHECKING YOUR COOLANT LEVEL
Again, something everyone can do. The coolant is something your engine cannot go without. Every engine is different but if you check your handbook you should find where the coolant reservoir is. It will normally be bolted to one side of the engine bay or the other, and be a white semi-transparent bottle. Wait until your engine is cool and take a look at it - the outside should have 'low' and 'high' markings on it and the level of coolant inside should be between the two.

07/08/2015

CHECK YOUR TIRE PRESSURE
Check your tire pressure regularly - once a week is ideal. Bad tire pressure can affect fuel economy, handling and comfort. It's easy to do and there is no excuse not to!

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San Antonio, TX

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+12104464322

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