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Where Is It?

Where Is It?

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"The stupid customer hid the wheel lock key". Yes, you do know how 'flipped out' a tech can get when the vehicle's alarm goe...

Don't Buy Your Customers

Don't Buy Your Customers

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Are you so insecure that you feel that you have...

Ring, Ring, Ring. Hello?

Ring, Ring, Ring. Hello?

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"Is this the person to whom I'm speaking?"Telep...

'Must Have' forms

'Must Have' forms

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Here are some forms and things that you can pri...

Make Money by Taking the Time

Make Money by Taking the Time

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"I think I have the quote here somewhere...." ...

Tech tips & Articles

Dex-Cool Antifreeze

Dex-Cool Antifreeze

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As you have seen, all vehicle manufacturers have changed their antifreeze from the traditional green to a new 'long life...

Smoke That Cooling System

Smoke That Cooling System

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Most of us, by now, use a tool that vacuums dow...

Depress, Don't Get Depressed

Depress, Don't Get Depressed

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 Open lines during a brake job is so messy...

Pilot Bushing Removal

Pilot Bushing Removal

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Removing a clutch pilot bushing or bearing can ...

Rusty Bolts in Sleeves

Rusty Bolts in Sleeves

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 Don't you just hate it when a bolt is sei...

Tool tips, Articles

Where is TDC?

Where is TDC?

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Have a problem finding true TDC? On newer engines with no timing marks or older ones that you suspect a wrong or defective ...

Cleaning Bulb Sockets

Cleaning Bulb Sockets

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Need to clean out corroded small bulb sockets?&...

Aim Into the Bowl

Aim Into the Bowl

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When draining a radiator with an old brass drai...

Corroded Probing

Corroded Probing

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Piercing wires when you are testing sensors may...

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

Mode $06 Data, A Real Diagnostic Tool (P...

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From Part One of this article, it's pretty clea...

Real stories

Cooling Flush?

Cooling Flush?

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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 ...

It's Not Brakes

It's Not Brakes

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The customer said it must be a bearing noise be...

STUPID Mistakes that will make you feel better as a tech

STUPID Mistakes that will make you feel ...

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Dumb Tech Stories from a Ford blog site many ye...

Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla Ice Cream

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A complaint was received, a few years ago, by t...

Sometimes you're a hero

Sometimes you're a hero

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A tow truck drove in one day, with an Olds 88 i...

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