MECHANICS TECH, TOOLS & TOYS
Although we generally don’t do mobile repairs anymore, we were recently called out to attend to a 2016 Ford Transit van that had suffered a catastrophic rear wheel bearing failure while traveling at 80km/h. Now, you’ll agree that rear wheel bearing failures are rare on these vehicles, but in this […]
Human Hoist says that using their creeper allows you to position yourself to the work when the work cannot be positioned to you. Your head is supported, you’re closer to the work which helps alleviate overextension of his arms, and you don’t have to lay in an awkward position. They […]
Most experienced technicians are skilled tool fabricators, and while most of the tools we make usually work pretty well, they usually only work well on the engines they are made for. Take flywheel-locking tools, for instance. We all know how difficult or frustrating it can be to prevent an engine […]
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‘In this video I fix the the issue of 4 wheel drive not switching into 4WD low in a Hyundai Terracan 2004-2008 model. The lights were stuck on and it was not performing like it should, I carried out an inspection and clean of the transfer case shift motor which […]
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‘In this video I show how to access the engineering mode of a Holden VE Commodore, this allows you to view live info of your vehicle such as, coolant temp, battery voltage, engine oil life, current gear amongst others.’
We recently identified the screeching noise on a car of French manufacture as a failed/damaged bearing in the drive belt tensioner pulley. We are sure that most technicians have made similar diagnoses, so our verdict is not especially noteworthy. However, what is noteworthy was the way the customer reacted when […]
Wouldn’t it be great if someone invented a single tool that can disconnect all the various types of connectors on fuel, vacuum, and transmission cooling lines on all the vehicles we see every day? This is not a rhetorical question: we own a drawer full of various tools that can […]
The old adage that there is nothing new under the sun still holds true, and particularly in today’s world where there is a tool for every imaginable task; including tools to remove and fit constant tension hose clamps. However, as we know, hose clamp removal tools are not created equal, […]