Using a lubricant when installing spark plugs was once common practice, but today, you might want to think twice before adding anything to your spark plug threads.
Reverse is an innovation that’s easy to take for granted—but it was a revolutionary addition to the automobile.
“Rebuild in a can” is not the right way to fix the tool, but it will get you by until you can repair it correctly.
Microtransactions spark unexpected microaggressions.
Auto care news and advice you can use.
Each line item confirms it—cheating doesn’t pay.
Think you know your dash lights? Shop Press contributors Keith, Miriam, Chris, and Greaser try their best to identify all kinds of lights, symbols, and indicators.
Supplement your shop’s oxyacetylene torch with alternatives.
These handy tools can are useful for all kinds of alignment tasks involving covers, pans, and gaskets.
If you’re a budding technician, a few of these pointers might help ya during front end work.
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Auto care news and advice you can use.
The habits you form first can be the hardest ones to break.
Set yourself up for success with high intensity discharge lighting systems.
There are a lot of ways to approach the business of servicing the car in front of you. Which one is king?
If your customers can’t easily find your location, hours, or contact information, you’ll clearly struggle to earn their business. Here is a tip to help.
Think you know your dash lights? Shop Press contributors Keith, Miriam, Chris, and Greaser try their best to identify all kinds of lights, symbols, and indicators.
Proper tooling and techniques are critical to repairing threads—and if you’re a mechanic, neither are marketed well to you.
DIFM customers just won’t purchase this common underhood part.
Think you know your dash lights? Shop Press contributors Keith, Miriam, Chris, and Greaser try their best to identify all kinds of lights, symbols, and indicators.
