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Should You Replace That Damaged Plastic Intake Manifold?

Find out when plastic intakes go bad, and why you should or shouldn’t replace one.

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Preventative maintenance is great, but are you performing preventative repairs?

Repairing future failure points before they fail is a lucrative way to save your customers money, just like maintenance does.

A/C bypass pulleys: a history lesson on a part you can’t get from a dealer

Accessory belt drive evolution can provide some clues for the most efficient way to get a customer back on the road.

The pros (and more than a few cons) of chrome

Although I love the look of chrome on cars, there are very good reasons why it’s not used much anymore.

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The Other Way to Use a File that Many Mechanics Don’t Know (VIDEO)

Need a smooth finish on a part you’re cleaning up with a file? Lemmy shows how draw filing can achieve a clean result with a totally different method of holding a traditional file.

Jeep Spotter’s Guide (VIDEO)

ID Jeeps generation by generation with a few easy tricks.

Quiz: Can you prove how big of a car nerd you are?

Is your brain filled with automobilia obscurity? Prove it.

Does your shop handle performance work?

Here are a few things consider before taking on work that falls beyond the scope of repair or maintenance.

Ralph Nader inspired a vehicle safety revolution and all he got was a lousy bolt named after him

Door striker bolts became known as Nader pins after “Unsafe at Any Speed” caused a national uproar and led to the first FMVSS rules.

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