Gonzalo has extremely impressive experience with all makes and models of engines. Took my 351 in…read morefor a rebuild and he was able to answer every question I had. Very knowledgeable, and gets parts back to you on a quick timeline. Will definitely go back in the future!

My 2006 Subaru Outback blew a piston plus other very serious problems. Gonzales of Rural Machine &…read moreRepair took the whole engine apart, replaced all with new parts. I was very doubtful if the car would ever work again, but we were very happy with the results. He seems to know his stuff and I was surprised to be able to have it all done in Lompoc with Hodges Automotive to reinstall the engine.

tweedle dee and tweedle dumb run this shop! I brought in my heads for a valve job with all brand…read morenew valves, gaskets and necessary parts. Was told they would get back to me on the damage and that they would give me an estimate. I get a call a few days later saying that they need some gaskets, great. I bring them in and the owner Joe that's doing the job is there, I asked him some questions and he is talking to me like I'm an idiot so I felt extremely uncomfortable and left. A week later I'm told they are ready to be picked up. Keep in mind between this time they never told me how much it was going to be. I get there and discover that they replaced only two of the valves out of the 16 that I brought and left me with all of the old ones still installed yet they replaced all of the keepers. Why would you even remove the old valves and do that if you aren't going to replace them with the ones that I brought? On top of that, they didn't even do valve adjustments on either head or tighten the passenger side cam bolt at all. When asked why, the owner says that he was never told by his buddy that that was what I wanted and that it would be extra for that. I asked for a complete valve job??? Then comes the price, a thousand dollars for a half assed job that isn't even finished. I call to try and reason with Joe and he tells me that he's been doing this for longer than I've been born and that I don't know what I'm talking about. He says that a full valve job doesn't include the valve clearances and every time I tried to say something he would talk over me and become more irate and tell me how I have no experience in the business and that I'm pissing him off. He quickly said he isn't going to talk to me anymore and that he has to get back to work and hung up on me. Stay away from this shop at all costs, the guys that work there take advantage of people that don't know any better and treat you like dirt. I was so respectful and said how much I appreciated his work in the beginning only to be degraded and intimidated by him to pay a bill that would have been a 1/4 of the price elsewhere. These guys need to learn how to communicate with one another to avoid conflict like this and need a lesson on how to treat their customers. I don't care how long you've been in the business you should never talk down on someone for asking questions or feeling like they paid for a service that they didn't receive.

Brought in head to have 0.045 milled off. They messed up and shaved at an angle. Wouldn't fix it…read moreand charged me anyway. Ended up blowing headgasket couple weeks later.

This was my first engine build. Got My engine and head he tank Magna flux, cleaned up the valves…read moreand new valve seats. These guys are straightforward then give me any runaround they help me out and explained a lot of things to me. would recommend them to anyone. They take their time which could be considered bad or good but it's quality work.

From the owner: We provided a variety of automotive, diesel and motorcycle machining services ranging from simple…read moreparts cleaning to fully machined engines. Cleaning: Disassemble Hot Tank Bead Blasting Engine Block: Magnafluxing Align Boring Align Honing Cylinder Sleeving Cam Bearing Installation Surfacing Cylinder Bore and Honing Cylinder Block Surfacing Crankshafts and Camshafts: Crank Grinding / Polishing Crank Magnafluxing Crankshaft Straightening Diesel Camshaft Polishing Connecting Rods: Recondition Bearing End of Rods Assemble and Align Pistons on Rods Align Bore Pin Fit Cylinder Heads: Cylinder Head Resurfacing Cylinder Head Valve Jobs Valve Seat Installation Remove and Replace Injector Tubes Valve Guide Installation Engine Balancing General Work: Flywheel Resurfacing Pressure Testing Cylinder Head or Block Circulating Cast Iron Crack Repair And Much More.........

Excellent, knowledgeable and friendly service. I had several exhaust manifold bolts break off in a…read morehead. I managed to get all of them out except for one. My extractor broke inside the bolt. Ended up bringing my head here for help. They had it out and ready for me the next day and even managed to save the original threads. Definitely would recommend their work.

Ok so I went Cody to rebuild my ford 302 engine, he is awesome and very nice person. He does lack…read morecalling you back I was told many times he would call me back but usually I was calling him. Also they had my engine for months and took them along time to finally finish it. So these are my only negatives. Now in codys defense reason why I still gave 5 stars, his shop is crazy busy when I went down there to pay him his phone almost never stopped ringing. The job he did was amazing and have been told by another machinists that his work is top notch. So when I finally received my engine and saw the pictures I was very pleased. Would I use Cody to build another engine I definitely would, but don't expect it to be done very fast. His price wasn't bad pretty much same at most rebuild places. Overall pretty happy. Thank you Cody and advanced engine.

Santa Maria Tool continues a family tradition of supplying the machining needs of Santa Maria. The…read moreare fast and precise in their repairs. They repair anything from Oil Field Tubulars to parts for the Aero Space Industry. Try them for your next repair job

I have been using Santa Maria Tools for as long as they came to Santa Maria. First class outfit…read more Helpful and timely on tool repairs and blade shaping. Yes a little bit more $ in some cases then the big box stores but well worth having personnel helpful experience. I'm a contractor and there is noting worse then having to buy a tool twice because you made a uninformed purchase. Buy once buy right with Mike and the gang at Santa Maria Tools.