The OP, "Big Duck," a Junior Member from Granbury, Texas, wrote on 08 June 2016, in the thread he titled "Rebuild an 2008 XLR-V," how he had recently purchased a 2008 Cadillac XLR-V with less than 10,000 miles which developed a knock. Upon closer examination he says that he found 'sparkles' in his oil and 'play' in Nos. 1 & 2 rod bearings.
The result was that he removed that engine and replaced it with a 'crate engine with supercharger.' Now, he wants to get the original motor rebuilt, for which he is asking if anyone knows of a reputable shop.
He also reports a problem and requests assistance with the car wanting to downshift in 4th gear when he 'stabs' it.
Around an hour later the Forum Member, "Fireduck69," from Northeast Pennsylvania, replied to 'highly recommend' Tim Carroll and left the url to the Carroll Custom Cadillac website: www.carrollcustomcadillac.com.
Sixteen days later on 24 June 2016, Mad_Trbo, a Forum Junior Member from Dallas says that he had 'reached out' to Carroll but 'never heard anything back.'
"Big Duck" replied that day and said that he hadn't been able to contact Carroll either and renewed his request for help in finding a reputable 're-engine rebuilder.'
A little over two months later on 02 September 2016, "Big Duck" updates his thread to let everyone know that he'd 'been trying to establish phone communication with Tim Carroll since June with no luck.' He said he'd received some texts from Carroll in which Carroll wrote that 'he would love to work on the engine and would get in touch shortly' but never did.
He mentioned that Carroll had texted him that he was going to be on T.V. in an upcoming episode of "CarFix" about his head studs was the last thing "Big Duck" wrote.
Other than a rather cryptic comment by "GizmoQ" a Forum Supporting Member from St. Louis, Metro Area, Missouri, about 'Carroll Customs is my namesake, I don't consider him the best.'
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