After having spent hundreds of dollars restoring my 97 Expedition, one morning it would not start. I transported my truck at considerable time, expense and energy from Pahrump to Gil's Auto).

I asked for an analysis to make sure the correct solution would be applied to the problem. I was assured it needed new cylinder heads at a total cost for labor and other supplemental parts for $3500.00.

I ordered re-manufactured heads (another $1200.00) and had them shipped directly to Gil's along with new head gaskets, head bolts,
water pump, hoses, etc. The cylinder heads did not need to be replaced as doing so did not solve the problem. The passenger side cylinder head is pouring out oil. He bought brass plugs from a hardware store instead of using the proper steel plugs (which I had sent for free) from the cylinder head re-manufacturer.

Gil had told me I needed a new front end (another $1800.00) as it was not safe to drive. I did not need anything but a rubber stop which was on a lifetime warranty.

Gil lied to me and said my fuel pump was bad (another $1200.00) He replaced a new lifetime warranty pump with a used one with only a one year warranty.

The air conditioner compressor was not properly secured, enabling it to wobble and now needs to be repreplaced. They let the truck sit for 7 months and didn't trickle charge the batteries. Gil blamed it on a parasitic draw. However, the supposed electrical parasitic draw was never addressed. They did however burn out two Optima batteries ($250.00) each by hitting it with 50 amps several times to try to start the truck. Despite countless promises to replace a critical check engine burnt out dash bulb, it was never done.

My original fuel pump had a lifetime warranty, he threw it away - presumably so it couldn't be tested and found to be in proper working order He lied to me again, telling me he would mail me a check for $250.00 to cover the loss - never happened!

Gil's also damaged several components.