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Bad Machining Job
When I first bought my tools, at the start of my first semester of automotive school, I got a whole…
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Animals in Cars
One of the last things you want to find in your car is an animal. Another bad thing is finding…
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Battery Terminal Corrosion
Car batteries sometimes get white or blue-green corrosion on the terminals and hold-down clamps. This is a semi-common problem. I…
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Bent Tie Rod
Once again, another car from the body shop came in to get mechanical repairs, and as usual, was major suspension…
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Found in Tire: Key
This last week I had a bunch of newly purchased cars come in with flat tires. Two only had 2-3,000…
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Suspension Carnage
Our collision center is right next door, so we do all the mechanical repairs to the cars they do bodywork…
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Time For a New Truck
The repair order said something along the lines of “customer states frame is broken”. As it was being pulled into…
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Flat Tires
A flat tire isn’t a fun thing to get when you’re driving, but sometimes it can be a pain for…
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Breaking Brakes
My sister’s 2003 Subaru Forester had developed an extreme vibration when braking. I’d never felt worse, the entire car would…
