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Loose Grounds Cause Strange Problems
A Honda Civic came into the shop with a very strange problem: the backup camera would turn on every time…
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Smashed Subframe
A customer brought their Honda Accord came into the shop complaining of a bad vibration that seemed to be from…
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Tire “Rim Protector” Failure
The trend over the past several years has been for wheel sizes to increase and tires to become lower and…
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Improvised Serpentine Belt Tool
On most Hondas, when I need to loosen the serpentine belt, I can usually get a wrench in with enough…
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3 Mistakes To Avoid on Brake Jobs
I’m all for people fixing their cars themselves. You can save a lot of money by not taking your car…
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When New Parts Fail
Nothing lasts forever, but usually when something is new, you expect it to last a while. When you replace a…
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When Big Jobs Get Bigger
It all started as simply taking over a used car that another tech had looked at but was out sick…
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Lazy Parking Brake Cable Installation
I was looking over a customer car that was in for normal service, and noticed that the parking brake cables…
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Rounded-Off Bolt Removed Via Welding
I was working on a car from the early 2000’s, and here in New York, that means it’s very rusty.…
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Zip Tie Brake Line Separator
I was replacing the brake lines on an old Honda Odyssey. Because of the age of the car, almost all…
