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OFFICE TIPS & ARTICLES
something-gets-lost-in-the-translation
When you are acquiring informa…
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how-long-does-the-job-take
You get this question asked a …
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to-make-more-money-dont-sell
"Hi, I like your shoes.... com…
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shop-things-to-do
Everyone in the shop, except y…
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TECH TIPS & ARTICLES
Why is it hard for some to diagnose a problem?
It has become apparent to me …
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Valve Timing Issues.
Using electronic testing for m…
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TOOL TIPS, ARTICLES
Messy Drawers
Are your pliers piled up in a drawer. Eric from Perform-X Auto came up with a simple and really cool idea using an old bird cage.
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Tools Explained
(I'm not sure where this originated but Eric from Perform-x sent it and I just had to share it) DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal…
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Cleaning Bulb Sockets
Need to clean out corroded small bulb sockets? From you're local hardware store, purchase a brush for prepping copper pipe for soldering. The tool has different sizes for different pipe…
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Free Mini-Honer
Need to hone or sand inside a small tube? Try this. Open a cotter pin and insert the end of a 6 to 8 in. piece of emery cloth (you're…
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Shopping for a Scanner
If you're in the market for a new scanner, read this first. Over the years I had been hearing the stories of shops having multiple scanners, the highest
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Control Your Coolant
When draining a radiator with an old brass drain cock you can control the coolant flow by placing a 90-degree spark plug boot over the collar of the drain cock…
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Are You Still Using a Compression Tester?
How many of you still use a compression tester to diagnose a rough-running problem? How many of you are still doing a compression test as part of a tune-up? Not many, I…
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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 drill out broken studs or bolts. If it's broken above the surface, at least there's something…
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REAL 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 protect the guilty:
Read moreNo Moisture in This Cap
A few years ago, this customer comes in with his 1972 Camaro. He said he got it out of the body shop two months earlier after rear ending a truck…
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Stuck on a Job
One Saturday, I was working the floor alone and my wife was working the counter. I was draped across the motor, doing some distributor work on an older chevy 4x4…
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Vanilla Ice Cream
A complaint was received, a few years ago, by the Pontiac Division of General Motors: "This is the second time I have written you, and I don't blame you for not…
Read moreSticker Shock
Quite a few years ago, I was managing the Speedy Muffler in Kelowna when a young couple came in to have the car checked out.
Read moreHubcap Woes
The day after I completed a 4 wheel brake job for this lady, she returned to the shop and started to take a strip out of me. "When I dropped…
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Driveline Vibration
This guy ran over a mattress and decided to keep going. The ensuing jumble finally whipped around enough to put a tear in the gas tank, the subsequent lack of fuel…
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Sometimes you're a hero
A tow truck drove in one day, with an Olds 88 in tow. The driver and owner get out and the driver explains to me that something in the drive…
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Cooling Flush?
This guy comes in with his 2002 Jimmy and said it was idling a little rough. It was his granddaughter's truck, but he didn't think it would need too much…
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