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Air Conditioning Service Fundamentals – ASE Practice Question (VIDEO)

A/C systems are evolving with new designs and refrigerants, making accurate diagnosis and repair more important than ever.

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Five tips for servicing cartridge-style oil filters

Any of these mistakes can lead to an unwanted oil leak or worse—a blown engine.

How to install a brake cable slack eliminator (VIDEO)

If your parking brake is weak or not working at all, a stretched cable is usually the issue.

The seven words you never want to hear from a customer (and how to avoid them)

It’s your job to tell customers about warning signs and bad repairs.

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Why Some Vehicles Have More Than One Spin-on Filter (VIDEO)

Ever spot what appears to be a second oil filter under a vehicle? Lemmy and Nick discuss the advantages of spin-on transmission filters for fluid protection and service.

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.

Hacker plays “Doom” on farm tractor to raise awareness of right to repair

The right-to-repair issue is so pressing for farm equipment that someone hacked a tractor to draw attention to it.

Automakers borrow the worst thing from modern video games: microtransactions

Over-the-air (OTA) microtransactions could be seen as a benefit to customers, but lack of communication thus far is not creating that perception.

Nine notable “cars” that aren’t cars

The Polaris Slingshot and eight other vehicles that make you ask, “What’s the deal with that?”

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