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Gus and the Model Garage
Wednesday, September, 14, 2011
From 1925 to 1970, Gus Wilson took the readers of Popular Science on a journey of understanding how their vehicles worked and how he solved the problem. It was part detective story, part Norman Rockwell and part repair manual. Now more than 500 of the stories have been scanned in by a automotive ins...
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Brake Rotor Wear Videos
Wednesday, September, 07, 2011
Wow This is Bad
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Prioritize Your Service Recommendations
Thursday, June, 30, 2011
Most service advisors go over their technicians’ recommendations and categorize the repairs. They’ll put all the brake-related recommendations into one group, all the drive train recommendations into another group, etc. Sound familiar?
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Name That Scanner
Sunday, April, 10, 2011
What are your favorite diagnostic scanners?
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Right to Repair
Thursday, February, 24, 2011
What's your opinion? Right to Repair is a HUGE topic around my shop. What does it mean to you, what do you think it will do for the independent shops.
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Snow Bound
Thursday, February, 10, 2011
This has been an incredible last 2 weeks. 2 weeks ago my Monday morning was a usual one, but by the time I got home the snow had already started. By Tuesday morning we were up to 21 inches of the white stuff. For my area of the c...
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Tool Review: Ingersoll Rand 1207MAX-D3
Friday, July, 16, 2010
I had the chance to add the Ingersoll Rand IR1207MAX-D3 3/8" air ratchet to my toolbox. With a true 65 ft/lbs of torque, it packs a punch, and coupled with a Flathead ratchet head and collar mounted directional controls, this air ratchet has value and a lot of potential for technicians.
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Windshield Washer Fluid: Breeding Ground For Bacteria and Germs? Should Technicians be Concerned?
Thursday, June, 17, 2010
Could you get Legionnaires’ disease from a car's windshield washer fluid? Yes, if the windshield washer fluid tank has been topped off with just water. In a recent survey of Legionnaires’ disease survivors in France, a connection was made between the killer disease and tight-wad drivers who may top...
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Aftermarket Horror Movie: Lets pray this never happens...
Tuesday, June, 01, 2010
Imagine LA without cars. No brakes grinding, no starters whining, no loud mufflers, no shrill cry of the impact gun. Pure horror...
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Advice: Five Rules for New Technicians
Friday, May, 14, 2010
Below are five rules that all new technicians should abide by. If you have one of your own, please leave it in the comments section at the bottome of the page
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New York Times Writes About TSBs: Not your typical Sunday reading.
Monday, May, 10, 2010
I'll admit it, I read the Sunday New York Times. Please do not hold it against me. But when I turned to their automotive section that is typically about car reviews and when to sell your current car, I was amazed to see an article listing the some of the most current Technical Service Bulletins (TS...
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Funny: Wrong Time to Call the Car Talk Guys
Tuesday, April, 20, 2010
This cartoon comes from XKCD and makes light of how some people think the Tom and Ray of Car Talk can save them money.
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Longest Brake Inspection Ever
Tuesday, April, 20, 2010
32 year for a brake inspection? Hey, at least it is free.
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Downtown Wheel Alignment: Shops like this one is why our industry can not get ahead.
Tuesday, April, 20, 2010
This article in the Times Record News from Wichita Falls, Texas, left me with my jaw on the floor. It is the usual small town journalism that highlights a local business owner to help the newspaper sell an ad. To me this article was more of a eulogy, rather than a positive upbeat story.
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Classic Motorcycles on Display
Tuesday, April, 06, 2010
The Dana Point Concours d’Elegance announces inaugural antique and vintage motorcycle exhibit.
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TOYOTA Recall: No Codes=No Problem: Testimony of David Gilbert
Wednesday, February, 24, 2010
Here is the testimony of David Gilbert a professor of Automotive Technology at Southern Illinois on the Toyota unintended acceleration recall. His basic contention is that if the ECM is not able to detect a problem with the throttle how can it enter into a limp or safe mode. This is great reading, I...
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Vintage Tool Storage: Wouldn't You Like to Have These in Your Shop?
Tuesday, February, 23, 2010
On a trip recently to Federal Mogul's Moog's Engineering Center in St Louis, I spotted two matching vintage tool cabinets in their service bays. These Art Deco cabinets date to the 1950s and are very valuable.
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FACEBOOK: Will you be a fan?
Tuesday, February, 23, 2010
BRAKE & FRONT END is almost 80 years old, and it never stops evolving like the vehicles its readers have to service. In order to keep up with the times, BRAKE & FRONT END now has a Facebook fan page.
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