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tessa_hill86
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1d ago
Showerthought: chasing a no-start on a 2011 Civic for 6 hours, was it the ground or my pride?
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joseph529
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2d ago
Just realized a stuck caliper bolt ate 6 hours of my Saturday in Akron
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wyattmitchell
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3d ago
Took my truck to a shop in Dayton that still has a hand-cranked brake lathe, and the owner let me watch him use it
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wren_thomas16
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4d ago
My parts guy swears by a $9 heat gun on rusty bolts, and I thought he was nuts till I tried it
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wyatt_garcia
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5d ago
Went 14 months with a torn CV boot on my own truck before I finally fixed it in the driveway
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patel.leo
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5d ago
Two years ago I never saw a digital torque wrench in my bay, now three of us in the same shop in Akron own one
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the_sandra
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7d ago
Unpopular opinion: I stopped reusing crush washers on drain plugs after a $600 mistake
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the_jesse
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7d ago
Serious question, did a $12 oil analysis save my engine or just my nerves
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alice121
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9d ago
I torqued lug nuts by feel in my own garage for 4 years until a guy at a track day in Joliet handed me his wrench
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juliagonzalez
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11d ago
My torque wrench clicked at the wrong time and I snapped a valve cover bolt on a 2016 Civic
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patricia_hayes
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12d ago
My old foreman swore by 3/8 inch fuel line on 4.3 Vortecs and I called it lazy until one left me on I-10
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susan424
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14d ago
The old guy at NAPA in Tulsa bet me $20 my p0455 was a loose gas cap and he was right
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janaw11
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14d ago
Appreciation post: The old timer who told me to stop replacing starters on the first click
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william816
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14d ago
Saw a guy at the Daytona 500 pit garage rebuild a carb with nothing but a pocket screwdriver
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ninanguyen
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16d ago
I thought fuel injector cleaner was snake oil until my truck stopped misfiring on I-70
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