Видео

Went from a shop that would only give 2 weeks of vacation after 5 years of service to working for local city government and immediately getting 3 weeks of vacation. On top of this our O/T was bankable and used for further vacation time. Needless to say in my first year I got 5 weeks of PTO. WORTH IT!

Honda's need special ball joint adapters and the heavy duty crankshaft bolt socket.

This was a great help, thank you!

Is there a kit to unlatch the stupid ford electrical connectors, preferably without breaking them? If thats even possable !

I got the biggest kick in the pants at my old dealership. I was a general tech and work was slow so I was handed a used car inspection. It was a subaru and it needed head gaskets. I priced the job to the owner of the dealership and he blew up at his own shop rate! He sent it down the road to a local shop that charged less than He was charging customers. It would have been a pretty good job for me to have gotten on flat rate. I am no longer in the automotive business at all.

Does this have the ability to enter service mode for electric parking brakes?

I rather like breakdowns to parts and labour, but the itemized bill i get from a local dealership makes my head spin. I dont honestly care what the cost of shop supplies is - nor do i believe what's actually shown on the bill.

Ok and if there is a warranty issue then the entire amount is refundable since the amount of the part is not itemized. Real simple.

I don’t disagree with you but I live I’ve lived in Arkansas and Oklahoma and the purple has never caused me any problems.

Is this a commercial?

ASTRO MAKES THESE NOT MAC TRASH

Honestly this sounds like a prosumer product, you download the vehicles you own and you have a scan tool for those

Really have you seen the snap on catalogue.. whats there too invent. Your example is your own fault too

"I got a great deal on this used BMW! Original owner says it only needs headlights. Can't be more than a couple hundred, right?" "I got a great deal on this used Land Rover! Original owner says it only has a small coolant leak. Can't be more than a couple hundred, right?" "I got a great deal on this used Audi! Original owner says it only needs brakes. Can't be more than a couple hundred, right?"

What about vs the BlueDriver with lifetime updates

Looks like it claims to do alot, but simply doesn't perform as advertised.

It's a great tool, but it doesn’t offer lifetime updates. Apparently, it will stop working as a full scanner after a year or two unless you pay around $85 annually for updates, or a bit less for a specific vehicle file. The Xtool A30M for $30more, offers similar features with free lifetime updates. What's your thoughts on the A30M? Thanks

I work at a shop like that. The owner won't buy better equipment

Bluey shirt FTW

Does the phone or tablet have to have data or Wi-Fi connection to operate?

Its not give you code number to programming a key but D8w xtool give you the code

Flat Rate Master can this tool reset Brake light warning lights after changing brake pad wear sensors?

thanks

Not going to lie, this channel really lost my interest. I used to love tuning in to watch repair videos, tips and tech talk. Now it's just the same type of video every time. Without the shop environment it's just dull....

Working late, missed this one. I’ll be there next time

Hi

As someone with a 22yr old Jeep, I've replaced braked due to way too many brake calipers in the 8yrs I've owned my current Jeep. A few years ago, I discovered the extreme ceramic purple brake grease.For a couple years I didn't have many issuesI recently had a stuck caliper piston(from sitting a month while I swapped the engine), and a week later I've got a stuck brake on a wheel with week olf parking brake shoes and rotor, and a few month old pads9(had a stuck caliper on that wheel and hoped a pad slap would be good enough but had a slight rotor warp.) I used NAPA SylGlide for greasing this time, due to this video, and drove home tonight with a stuck brake caliper that was greased less than a week ago. I'm now prefering the extreme ceramic purple grease due to this. I mean Tonight was my drive home into a 10 day vacation. The Jeep has decided is doesn't like the silicone based brake lubes and I now get to spend the start of my vacation fixing Thumper's brakes.

I just had a transmission rebuilt...as they went down the bill I laughed and said it's all Greek to me ..who do I make the check out too 🙂😐

As an exterminator I don't Itemize...just put a price on the job ...the more I do the more it costs...no complaints ..

I'm mobile and a lot of the money that I make is reading TSB's and reading service information I can't count the number of times I have gone to a shop, opened up the same service information they have, found a tsb, verified the TSB and went up front to collected my money 💰

You are so right. Coming up as a young tech i was in the shop sun up till sun down making very little money. fast forward 25 years 1 back surgery and 1 knee replacement. My biggest regret is i didn't understand this until i had my third child and my mindset changed as i became the old seasoned tech in the shop. Now I'm a transmission specialist and i am very absolute about after 5 pm i don't know any of them and i will never work a weekend as long as i turn wrenches again.

no one looks at tsb's. first thing i was taught is always look at tsbs first.

What's the specific benefit for 1/4" Milwaukee vs 3/8" version (with socket). I don't own them..yet...but want to expand my M12 tools. Is it physical dimensions of sockets? What's the benefit/advantage?

Last time I was told "we're family" I got put almost 6k in debt, between my "banked hours" not being tracked and having to "repay" the gracious "favor" I never asked for. "Oh I put extra money in your pocket as a favor, but you owe me 3k". And then 2800 the gov came asking for cause my employer put me on E.I during the pandemic so they could get a 40k incentive for "loss of staff and customers". I still worked 8-10-11 hours a day. Anyone gives you the BS line of "we're family" is going to F you over and is just trying to lube you up.

F service writers, a brake job sells regardless who sells it.

Here's additional info. Comparison: Snap On KRSC46/ Matco JSC770 Offers: Lifetime Warranty/ 3-Year Warranty Cost : $2325/ $2603 No. of Drawers Same 6 Weight Capacity: 2400/ 1000 Cu In 20,783/21,564 Top Drawer Depth: Same 7 inches H x W x D 46 x 40 x 20/ 46.8 x 40.9 x2 2.6 Conclusion. Snap On is $300 cheaper, sturdier in weight capacity, has a little less storage space. But you get a Lifetime Warranty with it.

😆 hey buddy dont forget how long you have been a technician. The company doesn't hands-on teach young technicians how to use these amazing tools. They might not even understand what they are reading. They feel pressured for time and got overwhelmed. If they just dont give a shit about learning or head strong. let them struggle and get canned.

Great advice ! Couldn't agree more. Working to live now

I can’t help but think it was my disparaging remarks you’re referencing. The remarks were intended as a reminder there are two sides to the employment drum. Influencers only pounding the employee side should occasionally acknowledge the other side. There are plenty of bad shops, bad owners but equally there are just as many bad techs or mechanics. There’s more to being a good shop owner than just compensation. At some point the ceiling of compensation being sought exceeds the best shop owners ability to afford the tech. Typically after several years of the relationship. The logical progression to satisfy the deserving tech may be self employment. Maybe some deference to owners perspective in your content and your own personal perspective would be appreciated. Just for the record 36 years married to the same woman, our daughters and grandchildren are at the house 2 or 3 times a week. Enjoy your channel and your content, look forward to more helpful videos in future.

We have a hard time getting them to come in 5 days a week. This also of course, but when we get to that part. :/

I have an apprentice, so I know what you mean. He thinks my name is service information. I've had to ring his ass a few times.

In all honesty from my past experience it’s just a scam. I’ve lost so much money because they can’t even tell me what answers I’ve got wrong. I always wanted to be a master tech like my brother and I can’t even do that! Over the years I kinda just gave up on being a mechanic and just work a regular job. My parents can praise my brother all they want. And be mad at me for not being like him.

Isn't that the truth brother, search a different way. It's amazing how you can find information by simply dropping of a few of the last letters.

Two young techs in our shop. I had to say "look it up" a about a half-dozen times a day for awhile. Now they rarely ask me for help. The mechanic I've been working with for years will just jump in and do part of the work himself. They'd rather waste lots of his time, than put a little effort into looking it up on the shop computer. I don't think it's lazy or malicious. They just don't have AllData available on their phones.

I have to ask my boss that. Idk what to do man, I feel trapped. I get paid pretty low, sub 30 dollars, get no breaks whether it's my two 15 minutes or half hour lunch, work pretty much 3-4 sometimes 5 bays by myself. My bosses are almost adverse to buying tools, reading TSB's, proceedures. They just look at labor times and base entire jobs off that. I do everything from regular services, to diagnosis/trying to diagnose while working on cars, dealing with customers, Point of sale, ordering parts, alignments, tires suspension, brakes; engine and tranny r&r's, clutches. You name it, I do it. I feel trapped staying here with all these promises but I don't see it happening. I feel like I'm going to end up broke and broken. I started a side business doing mobile repair, my boss told me they want me to take over the shop one day, but I'm hesitant as to how that would even work with the garbage pay I make, also I'm 32 and I'm already having back problems, stress and anxiety issues, knee problems, hand problems. Obviously I have no health care either and I work hourly. What would you do in my shoes? I have 14-15 years experience, can use everything from hand tools to diagnostics scanners and lab scopes, I'm A/C certified and was emissions certified, fully licensed and have worked on every manufacturer. Light passenger to massive cube trucks I have to crawl to work on because they don't fit in our shop but my boss brings them in anyways. There's always 2-4 more cars after the "last appointment" and I have to deal with multiple customers my boss told to come in, while I have cars on hoists, because my boss has "no time" or "forgot" he told them to come. I stopped bringing lunch because there is never time to sit and eat and I guess to make himself feel better, my boss will almost guilt feed me random fast food while working and I feel bloated and sick. I complained about all this two months ago when I told them I was quiting. They promised me changes, so far nothing. Would you leave this shop?

Years back I worked for a dealer that prided it’s self on it’s reputation on fixing it the first time. Then the college educated son took over and it was efficient work orders (quick) and who ever was at the bottom of the billed hours list they were cut instantly. You could have the most come backs but if your invoice count was high you were golden!!!

Live to work? Screw that! That's not what life is about.

I would have requested an itemized list on my bill, or I will not do business with you. HVAC is a big rip off anyway when you can buy the new unit yourself and hook it up. I'm not going pound that out any longer, however HVAC jobs typically run $10-15K on average I want to know what I'n buying.

Read read read

With all the information available now, people are reading less. And, open a book once in a while. If you don’t read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate.