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Made In China?

Made In China?

On the front line, we’ve always complained about cheap offshore parts. Then, too, who cares anymore? A part is a part. So cheaper is better, right? Oh really? It wasn't that long ago that we lived...

We are at the Core of the Automotive Aftermarket
We are at the Core of the Automotive Aftermarket

The Automotive Aftermarket is a dominant industry here in...

  • Apr 08
Welcome to the Tech Center
Welcome to the Tech Center

Welcome to the Tech Center.  Servicing and repairing vehicles...

  • Dec 19
Welcome to the Link Library
Welcome to the Link Library

Simple, Direct, and Quick  Here's where we index and...

  • Sep 10
Welcome to the Tool Room
Welcome to the Tool Room

This section should be interesting for everybody because...

  • Sep 08

Tips, Articles, Stories

STUPID Mistakes that will make you feel better as a tech

Dumb Tech Stories from a Ford blog site many years ago. Names were removed to...

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Mode $06 Data, A Real Diagnostic Tool (Part Two)

From Part One of this article, it's pretty clear how Mode $06 data can be a...

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What's Going On With This Economy?

What's going on out there? Shops are closing down left, right and center....

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Telephone Technique

  Every business has one and every customer has one but too often this tool of...

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Analyzing Productivity

Productivity of a shop boils down to the total time it takes to create the...

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Connecting With Other Groups

The Automotive Service Industry is huge. But, when you think about it, we...

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Cooling Flush?

This guy comes in with his 2002 Jimmy and said it was idling a little rough....

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Easy easy outs

Thanks to Eric from Perform-x for this tip. We've all had the issue of having to...

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Torque Angle vs Torque to Yield

Okay, let's talk about head bolts. A lot has changed over the years with...

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Tools Explained

(I'm not sure where this originated but Eric from Perform-x sent it and I just had...

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Cleaning Bulb Sockets

Need to clean out corroded small bulb sockets?  From you're local hardware...

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Control Your Coolant 2

Still a mess trying to drain a cooling system?  

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