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ray363
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9h ago
Put anti-seize on my own lug studs last weekend and now I gotta ask if I messed up
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irismartinez
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1d ago
Watched a guy torque a head with a $40 beam wrench at a swap meet in Reno, changed how I check my work
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aaronclark
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3d ago
Hot take: a 2012 Corolla with 180k on it beat us on a head gasket job and I'm still mad about it
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david37
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3d ago
Found out a brake job on a 2018 F-150 pays the same as one on a 2005 Corolla, and I can't stop thinking about it
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kim819
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7d ago
Dropped $400 on a smoke machine 2 years ago, best or worst money I ever spent in the bay?
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kim693
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7d ago
I stopped greasing lug studs after a guy at the tire shop in Dayton showed me his torque wrench slipping
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finleyh89
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7d ago
Just found out lift cylinders on some 2015-2018 Ford F-150s can leak into the wiring harness, and now I'm checking every one
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brown.gavin
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8d ago
Customer told me his car 'just needed a rest' after it died on I-95 near Baltimore
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blakem37
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9d ago
Saw a guy at the Charlotte auto auction rebuild a carb on a tailgate in 40 minutes
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nathanj56
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10d ago
A 30 year master tech at my shop in Toledo said my torque wrench never leaves my hand, and it stuck with me
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annas87
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11d ago
Rant: dropped $70 on a "lifetime" brake caliper tool kit that snapped on the 2nd job
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evan_burns95
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11d ago
Spent 4 hours chasing a no start on a 2004 Ranger that turned out to be a $6 part I already had in my toolbox
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kelly_west74
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12d ago
Realized at my 200th cleaning that I was angling the scaler all wrong
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fiona_young
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14d ago
My parts guy kept pushing the $8 copper crush washers over the $1 fiber ones, I figured he was just upselling me
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emery_lopez
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16d ago
Hot take: is charging diag time even when the car fixes itself in the bay fair or shady?
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