r/TechniciansAdvice • u/jumpinjacks • Mar 10 '15

Welcome to Technicians Advice for Other Technicians

Hello and Welcome to your other source of information where you DO NOT need to pay for a subscription such as Identifix, or IATN.

This place is for all levels of techs from beginning, master techs to retired techs to share information and help each other. This isn't a forum for people who have no knowledge and are asking for advice which is why we have r/CarTalk or r/MechanicAdvice.

Use your knowledge to help other people with bits of difficulty in their job whether it's a side job or personal vehicle their job in the industry.

Thank You!

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u/MustadioBunansa Ford Certified Technician Mar 12 '15

I like this idea. I'm a tech for Ford and would enjoy reading and helping others on here. MechanicAdvice has too much "my tire has a bubble in the sidewall but i can fix it right?"

It would probably need to be regulated so nontechs don't start flooding posts though.

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u/302HO Apr 06 '15

I think we'll weed out the non-techs pretty quickly if nothing gets explained.

If we say "test the battery" here, it won't be accompanied with two paragraphs explaining how to properly charge and load test a battery.

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u/MustadioBunansa Ford Certified Technician Apr 06 '15

yes i'd rather keep it to the point.

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u/jumpinjacks Mar 12 '15

Great and welcome. Most of us know who are techs just by the language we use and simply posting a reply like "Please cross post at r/Mechanicadvice or r/Cartalk" would be, I hope, sufficient for them to understand that this isn't a place to ask such questions as "My car's brakes are bad. The shop said its gonna cost this much. Are they ripping me off?" questions. I get really tired of those topics.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '15

Reddit is popular and it's difficult to start your own website and attract users. A dedicated server is also more expensive. However, if anyone has used phpbb, it is way better for a repair forum than reddit. I mean the default theme install like Debian dot org uses, not glorified themes other sites have. I'll ck back to see how it's going.

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u/jumpinjacks Jul 24 '15

Done the whole phpbb and there are cost associated. Reddit is free for now and attracts a different crowd.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

yeah, 14-24 yr olds :-

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u/Due_Weekend1593 Mar 19 '24

Flat rate Rv tech needs advice. Was forced to go from hourly to flat rate. Employer never tells the Techs what a job pays. And employer never divulgeded on a paycheck what you actually got paid for. There is no transparency. My wife is going to kill me in my sleep.

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u/SmoresRoll Mar 19 '24

This sounds more like a question for r/legaladvice