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3T's Mobile Mechanic

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What kind of work do you turn away
I am curious what kind of work you guys don't do. I don't do engines, transmissions, head gaskets. I will do some timing chains but not all. And I don't go behind someone just to remove something or drill out bolts that some one else broke. I also do very little on diesels I have had 4 or 5 calls this week for head gaskets and 1 today about getting a stuck oil filter off.
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Same list for me, Bruce, but I’m just starting out. So mine is more about what I “plan” to turn away. I already know I’m going to be tempted to take on something questionable because the money isn’t coming in, but I’m well aware of my limitations and will not put my business in a liability situation.
Programming
On programming modules, do y'all use certain places or thru internet on your own , I may have a abs module coming up that will probably need programmed
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While a lot of the newer scan tools are allowing you to pay an “expert” to program modules remotely through your scan tool that’s connected to the car, I’m skeptical of it in a remote world using cellular or satellite Internet. Not even sure it would pass the latency tests to allow the remote session to set up. Eric O posted a video where he had Keith Perkins program a module for him through his Autel Maxi S or whatever the newest one is called. It was cool, but trying to do that over a wireless internet connection is likely to leave you with a thousand dollar brick and a pissed off customer.
Brakes
General question for you guys. On your normal everyday daily drivers who are you using for brakes and rotors. Full disclosure, I've been using carquest for quite a while. However, the last three four jobs I've had I've been running into their cradle clips not being very good fits and it's happened a few times lately. The stamping just seems wrong. I had to get O'Reilly's recently because I couldn't get the pads in stock at carquest that I wanted and I noticed that their clips were actually very spot on. Just wondering everyone's thoughts on that. I guess I'm wondering if anybody else has noticed this and what everybody else is using. I will also be honest, I don't always love O'Reilly's for these parts because the way they do their packaging is not much of a discount at the end of the day which is why I don't go that road.
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100% Akebono. 💵💵💵 Just kidding…
Service Info - Old School
Who else still has a library of these?
Service Info - Old School
Podcast 👏🏼
Well done on the first podcast @Ben Dellaria! @Jason Hughes was a good interview. Y’all provided some good insight. Thanks!
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