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eric540
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1d ago
Showerthought: a 68 year old tech in Reno flipped my view on torque sticks
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jordanc68
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2d ago
Update: the old guy at the parts counter in Amarillo told me to hit a stuck bolt with a candle, and it actually worked
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ramirez.daniel
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3d ago
TIL shops are still selling 5W-30 for engines that call for 0W-20, and it's costing customers $2k in cam phaser jobs
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thompson.christopher
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4d ago
A guy at a parts counter in Dayton told me to save every old alternator core, and I finally get why
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the_mia
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4d ago
Am I the only one who hit job number 2,000 and just sat in the truck for a minute?
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janaf91
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5d ago
A caliper bolt backed out on a 2013 Silverado last Thursday and smoked a wheel bearing
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tarak17
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5d ago
Rant: I stopped pulling codes first and started test driving instead, and it cut my diag time way down
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eva_lewis
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5d ago
Am I the only one who spent 3 hours on drum brakes before I finally started turning the adjuster the right way
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the_cora
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7d ago
Watched a guy at the AutoZone in Reno try to fix a no-start with a hammer in the parking lot
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baker.phoenix
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10d ago
My old boss in Dayton told me to stop using a torque wrench on drain plugs, and I still think about it
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craig.reese
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11d ago
A crusty old timer in Bakersfield showed me his 40 year old spark plug socket and I finally get why my swivels kept slipping
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ninam76
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14d ago
A brake line blew at the bottom of the Burnside hill and I had to use a curb and a fire hydrant to stop
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anthony_lane55
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17d ago
Shop went from paper tickets to tablets 2 years ago, and the young guys can't read a wiring diagram anymore
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umab86
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17d ago
Young guys keep torching wheel hubs because nobody taught them to pack bearings by hand anymore
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anthony883
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18d ago
TIL a $4 can of brake clean saved me from pulling a trans on a '09 Civic
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