Using a lubricant when installing spark plugs was once common practice, but today, you might want to think twice before adding anything to your spark plug threads.
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Geography by way of fittings and couplers
What does your shop use? Where are you? Can you help us make a map?
Is side work OK for service techs?
Does the shop retain right of first refusal, or is moonlighting A-OK?
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.
Schedule more work by improving the life of the waiters
If your waiting room stinks, so does waiting in it.
Book Review: “Car: A Drama of the American Workplace”
Mary Walton’s 1997 look behind the scenes of the Ford Taurus shows the human side of car production.
Spoiler alert: Manual transmissions are not ‘100% useless’ as claimed
Is this what automotive enthusiasm looks like now?
Trailer bearings: a hidden moneymaker for auto repair shops
Why not capitalize on easy, predictable service that’s almost never a rush job?
It’s time to stop salting the roads
Aiming for bare pavement may prevent some accidents, but at tremendous costs to taxpayers, mechanics, and the environment.
Tool review: Milwaukee M18 Tire Inflator
This tool is like black licorice: you’re probably either going to love it or have no use for it whatsoever.
PSA: Your customers are probably parking incorrectly
The e-brake serves TWO important functions.
Pre-purchase inspections: The easiest way to put additional money in your till?
Checking out vehicles for sale is a revenue builder that boosts customer confidence
Where do you leave your hitch?
In the receiver? In the bed? On a shelf?