Category Archives: In The Shop

The Yankee Handyman

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Dan

One of the other techs in the shop was looking over a used car and found a few tools, including a special screwdriver.

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Coil Spring Modification

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Dan

There are ways to lower the ride height of your car that aren’t that bad. This was not one of those ways.

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Bug in the Wheel

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Dan

Just a quick one for you today:

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Chapter 2: Honda

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Dan

Yesterday I began a new job at a Honda dealership. Now more of my posts will probably feature Hondas, though there are still stories I have from working at the Toyota dealer.

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Worn-out Floor Mats

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Dan

I have no idea how you can wear through the floor mats of you car, but some people manage to.

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A Friday Morning Nightmare

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Dan

Usually Fridays are the day you look forward to, if you don’t work on Saturdays. But when working as a mechanic, you never really know what you’re going to get, or what mistake you’re going to make that’ll make you … Continue reading →

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Supercharged Toyota Tundra

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Dan

It was one of those things that everybody in the shop has to go take a look at at some point. One of the shop’s master technicians was installing a Toyota Racing Development supercharger kit on a brand new Tundra … Continue reading →

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Rusted-out Exhaust

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Dan

Ah, the joys of living in the rust belt. Our cold and snowy winters mean spreading lots of salt on the roads during the course of the winter, and salt plus metal equals rust. Lots of rust. One of the … Continue reading →

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Broken Wheel

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Dan

Up here in the north, our winters are pretty hard on our roads, leading to lots of potholes. Until it warms up enough for the highway crews to fix them, the roads become a minefield for tires and wheels.

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Bad Dipstick Location

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Dan

In yet another edition of “what was the engineer thinking?” we have an example from Ford.

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