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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

Heacat Cooling Flushing Tool
02/11/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
I have question about the HEACAT Cooling FLushing tool, it seems to put out more sir than water, either I read it somewhere or someone told me there is an adjustment for this? If someone could explain what to do & how to do it that would be great! Th...
G clamps supplied by Temu
02/08/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
Enough said. [y].
Repair information
02/03/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
Looking for feedback and opinions on different repair informantion providers. Ex. Pro demand, alldata, motologic, etc. Have been with Mitchell for a long time, but can't always get EXACTLY what I'm looking for. Just trying to get more informed to consider...
Seal install tools on Etsy
02/01/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
While looking for a better way to install some oil seals, some serious googling led me to "Etsy". Looks like people are 3D printing seal install tools for common applications. I bought a bunch of ones for cars we see commonly (Honda, Toyota, Subaru). Chec...
IDS login taking forever
02/01/2026 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
Since Ford went to a new procedure to use IDS it has been taking between 7 and 12 minutes to log in. I click on IDS and in about 20 seconds I get a popup asking if I'm dealer or aftermarket. I click aftermarket and in about 30 seconds I geta screen that s...

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