Coiled wire is a smart idea for adding service loops or mechanical strain relief on automotive electrical jobs or other projects.
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U.S. parents becoming slightly more likely to recommend their kids pursue trades, although prefer electrician and plumber over mechanic
Parents in the United States have become slightly more likely over the past two years to support their children in pursuing a career in the trades, although they would prefer their kids become electricians, plumbers and HVAC repair professionals over automotive...
Automotive technical schools just saw the largest graduation drop in a decade
The number of students who earned postsecondary degrees as auto technicians dropped by nearly 12 percent last year, the largest single-year decline since auto tech graduations began declining in 2012, according to a new report from the TechForce Foundation. This is...
Car Talk’s Ray Magliozzi calls on lawmakers to pass right to repair law
For 35 years, Tom and Ray Magliozzi helped coach car owners through their problems on Car Talk, with the last new episode recorded exactly a decade ago. Before they were Click and Clack, they operated their own repair shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Interesting...
Do self-service garages have a place in the auto care industry? This growing business thinks so.
Stew Waliser’s new auto repair garage is opening this month, complete with 10 bays and a variety of lifts and equipment, like transmission jacks, engine stands, engine hoists, a spring compressor, a MIG welder and hundreds of tools. The one thing he’s seemingly short...
Rats increasingly causing more car repairs, says New York Times
If you’ve noticed more customers coming in with chewed wires and chicken bones in their engine bay, you’re apparently not alone. The New York Times published an article today on a reported rise of rats in cars causing all sorts of mayhem, from cutting wires to leaving...