Yes you would not believe how many times I could have saved a tech time and money but he had been prick so I let them suffer and then you had the one's that came to me straight away looking for answers without even trying to diagnose the problem. Many of the problems can't diagnosed with normal procedures or would be too time consuming and that is where experience is needed

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Well said.

True, if you don't know something its ok to learn. Saw a Subaru wagon at work that the power rear hatch that wouldn't open with the button pressed. Did some research online about it in some subaru forums. Pressed and held rear hatch button and it relearned and the rear hatch worked again.

Same bro. Everybody going into debt for a 4000 dollar tool box with no tools. I'd rather buy a cheap tool box with 4k worth of variety of tools. In which case I did. Then they hate because your not buying a snap on tool box lol. Everytime I went on the snap on truck the guy tries to lure you into buying a whole bunch of stuff that you don't even need. Which is why I rarely go on it when it comes to the shop.

Self motivation goes a long way also

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Right on and thank you 👍👍🤝🤝

Well said, me too. Jim

That works ok for DIY or if you're an independent doing odd jobs. Sometimes it's worth buying in bundles to get a deal though...especially if you can find a forclosure/repo deal on an existing lot/toolbox when you're just getting started. I paid 1500 bucks out of high school 15 years ago and aside from the big stuff (lifts, cranes etc.) have barely had to buy tools since.

As a rule of thumb, if i have to borrow a certain tool more than twice, i tend to buy that tool.

mrcedar1000, if you would listen closely, Stephen said, "You have to seek & learn". Stephen got those manuals himself. I am 81yrs & still can't figure out why people quit learning after high school & for sure after 65. Those manuals weren't given to him by his employer, if you work for Cat they won't give you JD manuals?? The internet is a wonderful tool, source. Last year I learned to juggle by watching online, I have a unicycle ----it's on hold, kinda dangerous. I had many manuals, Euclid, etc., but they were hardcover, lot easier now, gone now.

@@bobnwashington5966 Well said Bob. Jim Tree

Me too. Right now....

Yes sir 👍

I find a lot of stuff just googling "Year Make Model FSM or service manual". cardiagn.com/ has some good stuff too.

Cheers guys 👍

Yes, stop using that fluid and keep looking for the source of "WHY" it's doing this. Jim

Injectors need replacing. 7.3 injectors only good for about 150k miles

Maybe he’s yanking your chain

AllData is well over 400 gigabytes and has nearly all the information about domestic and imports. So that's not even counting all the other types of specialized manuals.

I'm literally in the same boat as you

go into diesel more money higher training more jobs available and you can work on a lot of things

I'm a GM World Class Tech, ASE Master Technician, and I was you 25 years ago. My advice to you is learn to fix planes, fix trains, fix industrial equipment, fix farm equipment, go into anything except cars. You are right, the compensation system is awful. My hourly rate is $29 per hour. If you average the hours I can collect for against the hours I'm at work, it varies per week, but over the last four months here effectively it's a little under $21 an hour (that has gone down since COVID hit). Last place I worked my hourly was $26, but my effective was $16.90 (I was a transmission tech, and those and Diesels are two things you DON'T want to fix for GM). Right now may not be the best time to go work on aircraft, but there is someone that fixes every piece of equipment on an airfield and you can become a Ground Service Mechanic, get paid hourly, and not have the stress of wondering how you're going to make a paycheck when there's two days left in the pay period and you're at half the hours you need to pay the bills and the next two days work is garbage. Experienced guys doing industrial maintenance make $23-30 an hour, hourly. There are techs that do very well in this business. Listening to the guy who posted this video, I suspect he does very well, but I also suspect he doesn't work for General Motors. He's got some really good advice. I've made some of the mistakes he talks about, like getting on the tool truck and buying an $8500 tool box which I just paid off last week and is only worth $4500 a year and a half after I bought it. Adam Savage's advice is great. I'd have a lot less junk if I had followed it. If you have the gumption to study hard, to learn everything you can, and the drive to work for yourself after about 5 years of working for someone else, and you're willing to invest in the knowledge to make yourself successful, this can be a very rewarding business. If you plan to work in a dealership, it's going to be frustration followed by discouragement, followed by anger, and more frustration. NOT worth it.

@@russellwickham8334 I agree spot on with his comment . The harder the skill you have the easier your life become . I am not a mechanic , I am a software engineer . Let me give you an example from my domain of work . 2 years back , I started freelancing . I went to websites such as freelancer.com to find work . When ever someone puts out a work related to let's say (web development or simple Android app development ) , immediately there would be 100's of people pounding on these jobs . Very unlikely your proposal will get read and you getting the contract . On the contrary if you have harder to master skills , skills that have a larger learning curve . Then the ball is in your court . In my case , I am a robotics expert , so when someone posts a job requirement , even after 1 week , there might be like 10 proposals . This way , even if you are a beginner , your proposal would be read .(and likely they will start chatting with you ) If they start chatting with you , then it's all upto you , how you talk to convince them to give you the contract . So , learn the not so popular items . Learn to fix airplanes , farm equipments , heavy machinery etc etc . I would assume fixing cars are more like building websites these days , there are a lot of people who can do that .

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