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the_wyatt
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2d ago
Pro tip: that $45 "mechanic in a bottle" head gasket sealer cost me a $1,200 job
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lewis.terry
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2d ago
Unpopular opinion: a cheap gravity bleed beats a $180 vacuum bleeder on old rusty brake lines
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the_jennifer
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3d ago
A guy at the shop told me to stop guessing at belt tension, and he was right
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dakotab93
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3d ago
Unpopular take: brake dust on wheels is not a badge of honor, and I proved it on a 2019 Civic last week
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tessa_murray
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6d ago
TIL the tick marks on my torque wrench are almost useless for small stuff
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hall.joel
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7d ago
I stopped using impact wrenches on lug nuts 2 years ago and my comeback rate on brake jobs went down
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wood.faith
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9d ago
The old guy at the shop in Dayton told me my torque wrench technique was backwards, and he was right
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the_alice
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9d ago
Hand impact driver beat my $200 cordless impact on a rusty Honda caliper bolt last week
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paul_taylor21
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11d ago
Spent $22 on a magnetic tray at Harbor Freight and it saved me from crawling under a Silverado twice
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the_thea
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12d ago
Pro tip: Tuesday my bay stayed empty until 11 and I got 2 oil leaks done by lunch
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ryan_barnes
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12d ago
Stopped by a shop across town and counted 14 cars waiting with no tickets on them
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wyatt_mitchell26
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14d ago
Walked into a shop in Dayton to buy a $5 cotter pin and saw a guy using a torque wrench as a breaker bar
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linda_dixon49
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16d ago
Warning: I cleaned my shop bench once in 5 years of working on cars, and the parts I found in the pile of junk paid off a tool truck bill
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the_taylor
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16d ago
Fired a guy on a Friday, then did 14 brake jobs solo the next week and finally slept good
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parker_palmer44
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16d ago
I swore a $19 set of flare nut wrenches was junk, then a brake line on a 2004 Silverado in Amarillo made me eat that
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