Customers don’t realize it needs attention. Sadly, many mechanics don’t, either.
Need to make a secure electrical connection or repair with heat shrink tubing on the outside?
EVs and hybrids that time forgot.
Don’t waste time with jumbled electrical connectors under the hood.
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NC House Bill 926 introduces long-term protections for racetracks, shaping the future of motorsports and influencing the broader automotive landscape.
Cross-threading or stripping a fastener can bring progress to a halt in an instant. Start by hand-threading fasteners.
Every car you touch is full of it, but it’s not in any service manual. Here’s the working tech’s guide to plasticizers: why plastic goes soft, sticky, chalky, and cracked, what actually happens when you hit trim with a torch, and why your customer’s dash keeps fogging the windshield.
Ever get up to your elbows in a diagnostic problem, only to wind up right where you started an hour later?
As General Motors’ first design chief, Harley Earl transformed the automobile from a machine into a cultural icon.
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Keeping track of small parts during a job can be tricky, but there’s a cheap and effective way to solve that problem.
Aging roads and infrastructure might play a role in planning your shop’s future business.
Are you making any of these three common mistakes?
We all know how to bleed brakes—but are you missing a final step?
How to check the battery and fuses in your DVOM/multimeter to make sure that it’s ready to go for your next job.
We all know how to bleed brakes—but are you missing a final step?
How to check the battery and fuses in your DVOM/multimeter to make sure that it’s ready to go for your next job.
You may not think it, but automotive lighting has come a long way.