4th Street Garage

Carbs, points & early EFI.

The garage for older cars and trucks.

Pre-OBD II specialists in Big Spring, Texas. From carburetors and points to check-engine lights and worn-out wiring, we find the real problem with a meter, a scope and a vacuum gauge before we sell you a part.

What we do

Classic specialties up front, plus the everyday repairs that keep older cars and trucks on the road.

The specialty

Carburetors

Tuning, rebuilds and idle mixture set by vacuum gauge. Holley, Quadrajet, Carter, Rochester and more.

Points and ignition

Points, dwell and timing set right, or a clean conversion to electronic ignition when you want one.

Early fuel injection

Throttle-body, tuned-port and other early systems, diagnosed with a meter, a scope and the factory manual.

Everything else

Engine and fuel

  • Tune-ups: plugs, wires, cap and rotor, coils and timing
  • Fuel injection, injectors, fuel pumps and pressure regulators
  • Gaskets, oil leaks, timing chains and belts
  • Head work, engine rebuilds and engine swaps

Electrical

  • Check-engine lights: we test the sensor and wiring before we sell you a part
  • Wiring, shorts and bad grounds
  • Lights, gauges and harness repair
  • Starters, alternators, generators and batteries
  • A/C and heat: recharges, repairs, heater cores and blend doors

Brakes, steering and cooling

  • Drum and disc brakes, calipers, lines, master cylinders and ABS
  • Ball joints, tie rods, shocks, bushings and steering boxes
  • Radiators, water pumps, hoses, thermostats and overheating
  • Exhaust: manifolds, pipes, mufflers and leaks

Drivetrain and maintenance

  • Transmission service: fluid and filter, clutches, linkage and mounts
  • Transfer cases, hubs, U-joints, axles and differentials
  • Oil changes, fluids, belts and hoses

Don't see it? Tell us what it's doing. If it's not our kind of job, we'll tell you straight.

Built to be repaired, not replaced.

Pre-OBD II cars, roughly anything built before 1996, are our specialty: real cars, built out of steel, and a few out of fiberglass. Back when they were made to be worked on.

We work on everyday cars and trucks too: paid off, plenty of life left, and worth fixing right instead of replacing.

Appointment only, so your car gets the time it needs instead of getting squeezed between oil changes.

We work on

  • Pre-1996 classics, cars and trucks
  • Carbureted and early fuel-injected engines
  • Points and early electronic ignition
  • Everyday cars and trucks
  • Drum and disc brakes

How a job works here

  1. Book it. Online or by phone. Tell us what it's doing.
  2. Drop it off. We walk around it with you, photograph it, and you approve the diagnosis time before we start. Plan on leaving it with us. Older cars take time to diagnose right, so there's no waiting room.
  3. Approve each step. Estimates and any changes go to your private repair page. You read them and sign on your phone. Nothing gets done without your signature.
  4. Follow along. Updates and photos post to the same page while we work.
  5. Pick it up. Your signed paperwork, invoice and receipt are all on the page to save or print.

From the garage floor

Recent projects, jobs and parts.

Request an appointment

Tell us about the car and what it's doing. We'll call or text to set a time.

Phone
(432) 348-1838 · call or text
Garage
1300 E 4th Street
Big Spring, TX 79720
Hours
By appointment only
Email
[email protected]

Good to know

We don't tow. If it doesn't run, have it towed to the garage and we'll take it from there.

No waiting room. Plan to drop it off. You'll follow along on your private repair page, with updates and photos as we work.

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