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Automotive Technical Tips Forum

Professional automotive forum primarily for the submission of time-saving technical tips, vehicle repair procedures, helpful hints, etc. This forum is strictly oriented towards sharing helpful tips, and not for asking technical questions, as you might find in the Technical Discussion Forum. This forum is for experienced automotive repair professionals only, membership required.

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Recent Automotive Discussions in the Automotive Technical Tips Forum

Jeep Shift cable bushing
05/17/2013 in the Technical Tips Forum
A 2005 Wrangler came in, shifter cable end where it goes on trans loose, bushing broken. I got a Dorman kit #14041 / 615-1422 NAPA and the bushing fit perfectly, back on the road again. I believe Mopar # [...] will work also but you need to get it from a ...
Shock absorber and sway bar link removal
05/14/2013 in the Technical Tips Forum
Shock absorbers and sway bar links often have locking nuts which bind up on the stud and are difficult to remove. To complicate things once broken loose the stud will just spin in the shock or link. The cause is debris in the threads. Wire brush the dayli...
C5 Climate Control dim/dark display fix
05/13/2013 in the Technical Tips Forum
Peformed this fix today- worked like a charm. Nice write up, with photos here: Adding a battery powered soldering iron to the tool collection for repairs like this one. I've got a butane powered one- but the battery powered pencil ones supposedly heat up ...
GM fuel filter removal
05/13/2013 in the Technical Tips Forum
For those GM fuel filters with fuel lines that won't come out, I use a Snap-on nut splitter to crease the nut that is part of the filter, line will then turn right out.
Useful internet site
05/11/2013 in the Technical Tips Forum
There is a lot of useful information and calculators on on this site.