Ever spot what appears to be a second oil filter under a vehicle? Lemmy and Nick discuss the advantages of spin-on transmission filters for fluid protection and service.
Ever wonder why virtually all cars and trucks have glove boxes? A visionary woman and her little book about driving changed in-vehicle storage over a hundred years ago.
You don’t need an expensive scan tool to diagnose the cause of an illuminated check engine light.
Some brake jobs can turn into headaches when small air bubbles get trapped within the caliper itself. To resolve the problem, you could pump the brakes over and over, or you could try this handy suggestion to free the air bubble and move on with the brake bleed process.
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Brake cleaner is loved by techs (for good reason), but make sure you’re taking safety precautions.
Removing old fluid from a vehicle’s braking system can be a time-consuming chore, but it doesn’t need to be.
Why build what you can buy inexpensively?
Think you know how to pour oil out of a jug? Are you sure about that? Lemmy and Nick talk about the best oil pour techniques to avoid making a mess.
Can independent repair shops benefit by offering mobile service to an increasingly immobile America?
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Auto care news and advice you can use.
Technician A and Technician B are discussing ways to use fuel trim as a troubleshooting aid. Technician A says that fuel trims that are correcting for a lean condition at high RPM and load conditions indicates a problem in fuel delivery. Technician B says that this condition is caused by a vacuum leak.
A set of tires is expensive. Make it special.
Step up your repair game with sensible choices.
You can’t sell what you don’t understand.
A fluid transfer pump is the cleanest and easiest way to fill a differential, transmission or transfer case with its necessary fluid.
Resistance is futile.
Stop beating your sockets to death.
Learn about a shop that’s making Jeeps all they can be.
