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Professional automotive forum for discussion of automotive tools, equipment and products. Although product representatives for tool & equipment companies do participate in a helpful way, this forum (like all areas of iATN) does not permit any advertising, so the discussion that takes place is by and for the users of the products. Discussion of special tool uses, solutions, and best practices. This forum is for experienced automotive repair professionals only, membership required.

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Recent Automotive Discussions in the Automotive Tool & Equipment Forum

ATF machine died... looking for recomendations
07/30/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
Looking to replace a Motorvac TransTech IV+ that just died today. What are you all using, what do you like or dislike? Would you buy it again? Does anyone service these machines, and if so is it worth it?
EDC flashlight
07/29/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
I've been carrying the Streamlight Strion at the shop for 10-15 years now. They have been utterly rugged and dependable all these years. But I recently stumbled upon the Olight "ArkPro Ultra" light. At first it's kind of goofy. It's one of those new-fangl...
Ford IDS doesn't see VCM2
07/29/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
A few month ago I got tired of fighting with IDS and let my license expire. I have now spent about 8 hours getting a new subscription, updating everything and getting access to IDS. When I log in and start a new session, I get a screen telling me to conne...
motorvault
07/11/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
anybody use motorvault, alldata for 97 dollars or is that a scam??
Mastertech won't complete KOER
06/29/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
[Driveability: 95 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L] Trying to scan the daily driver and when running KOER test it hangs after I have swept the steering wheel and cycled the BOO. There is no OD switch to cycle, though I did cycle it through the shifter selection. Any ...

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