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Do You Know the Right Way to Use Rasps and Files? (VIDEO)
Any technician will have a few files in the toolbox for material removal jobs. But are you using these tools with the correct technique?
Mastering the Numbers
A practical approach to auto repair shop management.
Don’t Overlook This Step When Servicing Brakes (VIDEO)
A brake service job isn’t complete unless the reservoir cap’s diaphragm has been pushed back into place. This simple step is easy to forget, but it helps to reduce brake fluid contamination and ensure proper system function.
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Auto care news and advice you can use.
An Ode to “Car Talk”
A radio show that, hopefully, will live on for years to come.
Top tips for car and truck fleet maintenance: what repair shops need to know (VIDEO)
Ready to grow your shop’s business with fleet maintenance, service and repairs?
Another specialty punch
There are many types of punches. There’s a reason for that.
Rules of the torque wrench, explained
A helpful video investigation of proper (and improper) torque wrench techniques and habits.
The cars of Stephen King stories: books and film adaptations
It’s much more than just Christine.
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Hybrid A/C Compressor Oil-ASE Practice Question (VIDEO)
On a hybrid vehicle’s air conditioning system that utilizes a high voltage electrical compressor, can only the oil specified by the vehicle manufacturer be used in the compressor or is PAG oil acceptable for use in an electric vehicle’s compressor?
Are you servicing your car’s oil correctly?
It might be time to rethink oil changes.
No bead seating tank? No problem!
There’s two ways to use tire mounting compound.
What are rear fog lights, and when should you use them?
Get up to speed on a safety feature not often seen in the United States.
“Hot Rod Magazine: 75 Years” book review
The celebration of a magazine that was, for some, where their love of working on cars began.
VIDEOS
Check Out This Hacky Diag Tool
Why build what you can buy inexpensively?
Are You Adding Engine Oil the Wrong Way? (VIDEO)
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.
Dealers make house calls. Why not you?
Can independent repair shops benefit by offering mobile service to an increasingly immobile America?