I waited awhile to write this review to see if things were okay. Everything they did is holding tight, the air is blowing cold on any blower motor speed.
I brought my 1966 Impala to RES automotive because the factory air wasn't blowing cold and would only work on the "low" setting. I bought the car used like this so I had no idea what had been done before I bought it. 3 other shops wouldn't touch it because of the year or because it's a show car and they were afraid they would damage something. I had one shop that works on classics quote me $2000 to $4000 to fix the A/C. This seemed a little expensive but I wasn't sure.
The Freon was leaking from all the clamps, the resistor was bad and a relay was bad and there was a short in the blower motor wiring somewhere. It also had leaks from loose bolts in the oil pan, transmission pan, timing chain cover and various other bolts.
Thanks to Randy (the dad) and all of his sons for all your hard work and more than fair price. These businesses are hard to find nowadays. Remember my first quote for the A/C repair alone was between $2000 to $4000.
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Long story short:After the evacuation RES fixed all the A/C clamps changes the relay and resistor. The biggest part of the job was the figuring out it was a bad switch. Randy took out the interior console, the back of the glove box located the switch and since it was a difficult part to purchase because of availability on a nearly 50 year old car Randy rebuilt my bad switch and put the car back together. In the meantime his son Adam went and tighten all the loose bolts on the engine and transmission and some of them were very difficult to get to.
They are very friendly and do a wonderful job. More importantly they are honest!! They won’t try to take advantage of you. They will identify the problem and tell you what needs to be fixed and what can wait to be fixed. I highly recommend them.
And so how much did all this excellent work cost me you may wonder. The total bill was $420. That's right only four hundred and twenty dollars.
RES told me they would evacuate the old Freon from r-12 to 134, change this oil in the compressor and then test it to see what the problem was and be able to give me a firm quote. The car had some oil leaks so I asked them to locate where the leak was and how much to fix that also.
This is the worst mechanic shop in downtown franklin. I was a customer of this place and just needed a simple clutch installed. The car has been back 4 times and they messed up my clutch fork and did not install my throwout bearing properly...and its a honda so its simple with the correct tools. I knew the owner and yet they still screwed me over, the customer service is atrocious and I do not encourage anyone who cares about their car to take it to this dump. Hopefully people read this before considering RES automotive as their mechanic shop of choice, and apparently being a HIGH SCHOOL student makes a difference in the quality of the service they try to provide.
Originally referred here by a neighbor and haven't regretted using them for one second since. They're honest, affordable, and know what they're doing; the tri-fecta of a good mechanic. Absolutely recommend them.
I don't write many reviews but anyone that is looking for an old school honest mechanic shop, especially someone who has a beautiful classic car I highly recommend this family owned business. My '66 Impala has 48000 original miles, matching numbers, factory air, has a rare gauge package and is an investment quality car.
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