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wadeyoung
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5h ago
Impact wrench vs hand tools on rusty exhaust bolts: which side are you on?
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ross.jessica
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22h ago
Shop foreman told me my oil change notes were 'useless to the next guy', so I started writing them different
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iris_park
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1d ago
A $12 bottle of dye fixed a rear main seal leak I was about to quote $900 to repair
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the_piper
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1d ago
Hot take: hitting 0.002 on a brake rotor runout doesn't mean what most young techs think it means
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jordangibson
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4d ago
Update: I ditched paper job tickets for a whiteboard in the bay, and my comeback rate dropped by half
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lucas972
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4d ago
Diagnosed a no-crank on a Corolla with a $12 test light after a week of guessing
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betty_shah
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5d ago
Appreciation post: I marked every bolt I torqued for a week with a paint pen and found 4 I never actually checked
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kevin_murray88
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6d ago
Showerthought: my old foreman told me I was chasing the wrong end of the diagnostic, and it stuck with me
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finleybutler
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7d ago
Spent 5 hours hunting a rattle that turned out to be a $2 quarter wedged in the seat rail
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rayc83
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8d ago
Just realized I was seating wheel bearings with a brass drift for 9 years
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elliot_harris25
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9d ago
Update: found out new brake pads ship with 12mm of material, used to be 18mm, and nobody told us
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wyatt_perez79
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10d ago
3 years ago a guy in Tulsa showed me the brake line flare trick that saved me a comeback
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jamesblack
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10d ago
Snapped an exhaust bolt on a 2011 Silverado and almost turned a 2 hour job into a 2 day one
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luna_wells57
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11d ago
I called those fuel injector cleaner bottles a total scam for 9 years, then my truck started knocking on I-40
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taylor_barnes59
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11d ago
Spent 3 weeks chasing a misfire before my old shop teacher pointed at my spark plug gap tool
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