Torque Index

US truck engine reference: VIN lookup, part numbers, failures, recalls, repair costs, service specs.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to torqueindex.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http torque-index https://torqueindex.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

• lookup_vin — Decode a 17-character VIN (via NHTSA vPIC) and return the matching Torque Index engine platform, vehicle configuration pages and the recalls
• find_part_number — Find which part a Ford, Mopar, GM or aftermarket part number is, which engine it fits and what it replaced or was replaced by. Dashes and sp
• get_page — Return the markdown version of a Torque Index page by its path, e.g. /platforms/cummins-6_7/, /failure-modes/<id>/, /parts/<id>/, /recalls/<
• list_platforms — List every engine platform Torque Index covers, with its page, recalls page and part count.
• get_failure_modes — Every documented failure mode of one engine platform: name, provenance tier, how common it is and the first symptom owners report. Open a fa
• get_recalls — NHTSA safety recalls on record for one engine platform: campaign number, date, component, model years and the summary. Whether a recall is s
• get_repair_cost — The parts budget of every documented failure we can price on one engine platform: band, low and high USD, whether the prices are exact (Dave
• get_service_specs — Owner's-manual service cards for one engine platform, one card per manual year: oil capacity, grade and the maker's oil specification, oil/f
• get_symptoms — Given what a truck does (hard start, power loss, white smoke, coolant loss, noise, DEF warnings ...), list the documented failure modes that
• search — Find concept pages by words: engine hubs, failure modes, recipes, symptom pages, blog guides and reference hubs. For parts use find_part_num

KitScout test notes

Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.

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