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There are over 20 different automotive discussion forums in the iATN members only area, with 1.8 million messages and roughly 500 posts daily. You may discuss all manner of automotive topics with other automotive professionals in a threaded discussion format as shown in the screen below. The automotive discussion that takes place ranges from very technical in nature to repair shop management, automotive industry issues, and everything in between. Members upload waveforms, scan data, photos, videos and other documents and discuss them directly in forums. Below, your can see a sampling of the latest topics being discussed on iATN.

Recent Automotive Discussions in the Forums

Since we are on the subject of remanufactured heads
06/19/2013 in the Shop Management Forum
The thread below about a certain cylinder head company got me thinking (that's a dangerous thought :) ) If you had a local machine shop that could do the work properly and the price was acceptable, what type of turnaround time would you guys accept for ha...
Allison 653
06/19/2013 in the Transmission Forum
Does anyone have the torque specifications for a 1975 Allison 653 that they could email or fax to me. Thank you.
Marketing 110--get more business
06/19/2013 in the Shop Management Forum
One of the best marketing tips you can get is to sell what people want to buy. Well, duh. Well, that didn't just resonate, how about "don't give away for free what you can sell for money". OK, let me see if I can pull this together. Many shops look cars o...
2004 400 4x2 transmission needed
06/19/2013 in the HD/Fleet Forum
We have a 2004 ranger 400 4x2, transmission the case is damaged and the gears are worn. We need another trans but they have been discontinued. Any suggestions on where to find one? Do any other models have the same transmission. That way we may be able to...
What do you say to a very angry customer.!
06/19/2013 in the Technical Discussion Forum
Let assume Angry car owner brings his/her expensive luxery car to you and complains he/she has been to 100 garages and wasted lot of money for no avail so this new customer says i am not paying any money for a diagnosis even for scanning unless you fix th...

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