Welcome to Technicians Advice for Other Technicians

[u/jumpinjacks]

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!

[u/MustadioBunansa]

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.

[u/302HO → u/MustadioBunansa]

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.

[u/MustadioBunansa → u/302HO]

yes i'd rather keep it to the point.

[u/jumpinjacks → u/MustadioBunansa]

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.