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Flash to Pass (as edited for the NACAT website)
kenk replied to Gonzo's topic in AutoShopOwner Articles
You can't turn away jobs or pass them on if you want to make the money. You have to learn and update your skills to really be successful! -
What ever happened to just plain old siphoning gasoline out of the gas tank, so you don't have to pay for it? At least no damage is done to the gas tank or vehicle!
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Gonzo, another good story. Well, perhaps you raised a good point for having autonomous cars. Let the car do everything for you! No need to know about how it works. Also it still helps to think "outside the box" and solve some of those perplexing problems.
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Hood Props and Latches - - Alright... who took it! !
kenk replied to Gonzo's topic in AutoShopOwner Articles
That's why it's called a hood prop! It's not what is supposed to be there. anyway I did not see locking pliers in the description, to keep up the .. hydraulic shock! -
I found some guy's 14mm open end wrench, on a sharp turn at an intersection I crossed for my daily walk. Turns out it was a Snap-On and I looked up the price as I was curious and it was pretty expensive for one long wrench. $50.00 find! Perhaps the most expensive thing I ever found on the side of the road that was very usable! I guess long wrenches can be evasive too.
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maybe not, the next generation of cars will have the autonomous feature of being able to fix itself! It will drive itself to a location and a bunch of automated arms will hover over the engine, make the diagnosis and put in the new already programed parts, and you will be off your way. The only thing that will be the same is the price of repair, still going up!
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Twas the Night Before Christmas - an apprentice mechanic and Santa
kenk replied to Gonzo's topic in AutoShopOwner Articles
That's the best out of the others posted. very original! -
Ode To Santa - Even Santa is having a rough time...
kenk replied to Gonzo's topic in AutoShopOwner Articles
The story still holds true today as the economy still stinks! Happy holidays- 1 reply
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nice to see this one again!
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Old Sarge --- My traditional Veterans Day story.... Semper Fi
kenk replied to Gonzo's topic in AutoShopOwner Articles
I think I read this one this year on another patriotic holiday, never less a good one to post again! -
One Penny At A Time - - Grumpy customer, and sacks of pennies
kenk replied to Gonzo's topic in AutoShopOwner Articles
Interesting the story actually had a nice ending, considering what you had to go through! -
Some Guy - - - You know who he is, but I'll bet you've never met him.
kenk replied to Gonzo's topic in AutoShopOwner Articles
yes, sum guy because the work, charges etc, just did not impress you, but the job got done! -
OHS - Open Heart Surgery - My Story ----- A look at my summer of 2017
kenk replied to Gonzo's topic in AutoShopOwner Articles
Thanks for sharing your story with us. It will help us to try to take better care of ourselves and hopefully avoid what you went through! -
gonzo: all businesses suffer from slowdowns at times. Either you get creative and find other things to do or just take a needed rest and before you know it your busy again. It's just a cycle, that's the way it is at my place, although I must say a more aggressive approach, like we used to have at my place of work, it was not long before another new project would come along and you be scrambling to get the next job done!
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probably need to advertise the chat, to members and outsiders. true it's not the most modern day format for it, but it's simple to use.
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reminds me of a computer repair from years ago where it passed all diagnostics yet in real time(computer was running software to do a specific task) it would fail. so how you fix it? While running the real time program you would swap out electronic boards that made the computer run until you found which board it was. Anyway back then then there were spare boards on each system. Today you would just replace the computer. Keep in mind that one computer years ago cost $30k or more!