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Solar panel on the top of Toyota Prius?

I remember I operated camshaft grinder machine to reground camshafts for engine rebuilding company and customer own rebuilding requests, my shop foreman had his 10 years old son to running the camshaft polish on the South Bend lathe machine, foreman tell me to keep eye on him to operating the...

Lincoln Mig welding machines are superior than Miller. I last operated Lincoln mig welding machine when I was working for auto/truck shop. Top tig welding machine is Miller I think. I can't complain my old Miller mig... I've seen more high technology welding machines are smaller and lightweight...

Oh dang, I want this one bad for long time. Very good Amercian made lathe. One problem is my garage have no room for Atlas lathe machine to move in. :( My Miller welding machines are Syncrowave 180 SD for Tig or Stick and Millermatic 175 Mig. Both are old models, good machines, no problems since...

Yeah, I heard the horrible stories about the students and workers thru The Home Shop Machinist forum in some years ago. I don't want to reading this story, feel like I throw up.

I'm a good fabricater as well. My first apprentice in the metal shop when I was in Jr. high school. I own my 2 Miller welder machines (1-Tig & 1-Mig), just need small lathe machine. Hey jonnyghost, you make 3 angle valve cutter tool? They are more faster work than old school valve grinder with...

Alway Rush jobs = make more money. Mechanics neglect the rule of thumb.....I don't like to see the customers on the waiting for their vehicles to be services like flat tire repairs or LOFs etc, can't handle more vehicles to be services myself then next action is I forget the rule of thumb. I...

Yeah, you right. I didn't use wrench torque when flat tire repairs done or swap to spare tires on regular vehicles but for exotic vehicles you should use a torque wrench to tight the lug nuts/bolts. Of course my idoit mechanics torque the lugs with their air impact wrench tools even on Bentley...

I forget to post it...... The customer declined the addition of oil leak repairs, picked up her car, drop it at the dealer for oil leaks problem.

Oh poor, they bust a lug nut cuz they were pissed off for free parts/labors..... Broken or chaffed threaded lug studs or nuts are often damaged by previous repairs and uneducated mechanics. I broke the lug studs few times not my fault because they were seized already prior to wheel removal.

Oil/filter change services stays same price while gas price drops to a 1980's price.

Tesla can come back normal when oil price climbs up again.

I pick up a 2008 Nissan Versa this morning for oil service, brought in the service bay, notice TPMS light on, record the RO invoice as I used to logging the odometer and VIN prior to services. I check the tire pressure label on the door post, states Front 33psi and Rear 33psi cold. Changed...

Exactly, I did it. GM TPMS Relearn is wonderful as easy if not successful then you have bad tire pressure sensors. I've seen newer TPMS tools have feature of red/green or yellow LED in a repair shop news magazine. These blinking LED will tell you to do TPMS processing. Very much helpful for...

I recall I work on a 2004 or 2005 Cadillac XLR last year, had been struggling with the TPMS reset problem after replaced a new tire pressure sensor. The TPMS reset on this car you have 2 minutes to processing with a TPMS scan tool (shop's), I miss time expired, why? I can't hear beeps from TPMS...

Interesting. I never thought of the mega tire recapping... Cool

Mini Cooper: Came back yesterday with oil leaks. Whooa. I saw the repair order invoice that my technician (Name: Stupid) wrote Front Crankshaft Seal, wants 4 hours labor and feel like..:iough:. Wow this Stupid guy suppose to recheck fluid leaks after drive test but he didn't... I will find out...

I mentioned in post #7 about the transmission fluid leaks. My mechanic brought his Chevy Cruz in the shop for oil service last Monday, told me that the automatic transmission has been replaced 3rd times at the dealer. He didn't tell me before, he said he discovered red ATF leaks after 2nd...

What I see newer cars with oil service request or excessive overdue, these engines are still running but noises in engines, and long cranking time due to insufficient oil to the valve trains like variable valve timings.

If we break the tire pressure senors, we pay for that. The shop's profit lost money and force us to have to selling brake jobs, tires/alignments, other things to make up the shop's earning loss. Same as other repair shops...