Dunn’s Specialty Service

"Positive! I can only speak from personal experience. Shop floor entrance, noisy machinery, friendly dogs greet you and alert him to your presence. Word of mouth handshake kind of guy. Dropped off block, sleeved a cylinder, bore .040 over and hone. Payment and receipt upon completion. I will be using Dave Dunn for all my machine work in the future. I'm glad I ignored the negative reviews. Before you go to shop consider the following- Call ahead. Know what you want. He's not a mind reader. It's not his job to educate you. Get to the point. Don't waste his time talking. Prep work makes things go faster. He does it all, and nothing is free. His workload is normally a week out. Weekends are his time. Drop off what you need done. And stop off for a beer nextdoor."

"Nice enough guy, heads were surfaced and pressure tested. Cost seemed a little steep at just over $400. Barking dogs are annoying. Not many choices in Whatcom for machine work."

"Terribly unprofessional. He rebuilt my Engine a few months ago. Should have bored out the cylinders and now with the boat in the water and it being tested I know my fourth cylinder is dead. Very unhelpful not giving me any information on what he did do or did not do. Basically yelled at me in his shop. I will never use this service again. !!!!! (UPDATE, tri county got my engine and said the camshaft was too shot, and you did not line up the oil galley correctly, so when I started my engine for the first time, with no oil getting to the valve cover, caused bits of metal to enter and completely ruin the engine. Yes I ordered injectors from NW diesel but YOU installed it.)"

"Dave was very helpful, skilled, and communicative when I brought him a specialty V4 engine. He found the uncommon parts needed, did an impeccable job, and explained what he found along the way. I really appreciated his candor, straight forward explanations, and practical solutions to my problems. I'll definitely be using him again if I need engine work done!"

"Dunn's has always been honest and upfront with me. When I took my car in because I thought something was wrong, he didn't even charge me when it turned out there wasn't anything. But it is pretty common practice for a mechanic to charge just to do a diagnostic (they are still putting in their time.) He could have but didn't. He has always been fair and charged a decent price. I also noticed the previous guys negative review has some holes in his story. He says he brought Dave 4 shocks when he first got there. Dave told him he only had 2 and installed them. UPS apparently lost 2 and than the customer brought them to Dave WHEN UPS GOT THEM TO HIM. Meaning he didn't originally have 4 shocks when the original estimate was made like he thought. Dunn's has always done right by me and came highly recommended by people who know cars. That's how I found him. From people I trusted because I know nothing about cars."