It’s always a good idea to perform a summer maintenance inspection on your trucks/fleet – especially if those trucks have possibly been sitting for extended periods of time. This will help ensure safe vehicle operation and eliminate unscheduled equipment downtime that can eat away at your bottom line. Here are some quality tips from our own Ken Wagner on how to get your trucks ready for those summer months!
Virtually every business wants to establish goals even a Truck Repair Shop. When establishing a goal, it helps to have a starting point, because moving to a new point demands some sense of direction as to what needs to be done to get there. Let’s take a look at some basic data points that can help establish a starting point for tracking toward a future state in this blog.
Properly functioning fuel injectors though small are a crucial component of any vehicle. Regular maintenance and replacement help keep your fleet on the road quicker and without interruption. Here are some pro tips from our own Chris Wenberg on somethings he has learned from his years turning wrenches in this blog.
The power of 1SearchPlus, combined with interactive wiring diagrams and full-color high resolution digital pictures, will simplify diagnosis and repair of fault code related failures. This is one of the many features within Mitchell 1’s TruckSeries maintenance software that will help increase your shop’s productivity, improve customer satisfaction and grow your business.
Yes, Spring is here and Summer is just around the corner. The sky is clearing. The sweet smell of blooming flowers fills the fresh Spring air. The warming air serves as a welcoming announcement that the cold closeness that winter demands is slowly fading into history for another year. But what about your cabin smell? Don’t let those unwelcome fishy odors deter your enjoyment of warmer and brighter days and here’s how.
With advancements in trucking, sometimes it’s necessary to take a “step back” when it comes to repair and maintenance. Take for instance, a spark plug, which is considered one of the basic tune-up items in the garage. With several options available today, you’ll need to add another step in the repair process to determine what spark plug is best for your vehicle: copper, platinum, iridium or ruthenium?
Gone are the days when the technician could just tap into a hot wire to power radios and other add-on accessories. The voltages present in many circuits are less than battery voltage and power sensitive electrical components. Splicing into circuits can cause any number of other problems that can lead to failures of costly components or assemblies. But with Mitchell 1’s TruckSeries by your side you can get rid of those problems for good. Learn all about it here.
Sometimes determining whether a rotor needs replacing can be quite a tricky issue. Luckily Mitchell 1’s TruckSeries is here to assist and help you determine if a rotor requires machining or replacement. Read more about it here in this blog.
Awareness to the potential of static electricity is the key to preventing electrical component damage. In the shop environment a couple of the most common ways in which static electricity can form are through walking and sliding across the vehicle seat. When working on the electrical components, steps should be taken to discharge any static electricity prior to touching the components.
Words have meaning — often multiple meanings and whatever word is used to describe a sound may or may not convey the sound to the interpreter of the word — most often the technician. Mercifully, the context in which the word is used usually helps us to better understand what that particular word means. Learn how Mitchell 1’s TruckSeries can help you “translate” those sounds to make sense.
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Direct Access—Pass-Through (transfer ticket) streamlines access straight into ProDemand Truck. Depending on the configuration, this workflow uses the user/password credentials or an account number. Your users can launch into ProDemand Truck, assuming they already have an active subscription.
ProDemand Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck Class 4-8 has the following mechanisms for application-level integration with our repair content: (Labor)
Your users can launch the ProDemand Medium & Heavy-Duty Truck UI sub-sections, assuming they already have an active subscription.
Direct Access—Pass-Through (transfer ticket) streamlines access straight into ProDemand. Depending on the configuration, this workflow uses the user/password credentials or an account number. Your users can launch into ProDemand, assuming they already have an active subscription.
ProDemand Light Duty Automotive has the following mechanisms for application-level integration with our repair content: (Labor, Parts, Fluids, and Maintenance) Your users can launch the ProDemand Light Duty UI sub-sections, assuming they already have an active subscription.
