Automotive Field Theory

Brin Kline joins me to talk about:

• Appreciation and acknowledgment.
• Expectations of perfection
• Trying to stay aware of the needs of clients, employees, family, and the business
• Operating in a competitive market
• Performance review (future show)

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Jim Kemper on Catalytic Converters

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The Myth About Rock Bottom: Diagnosis of Substance Use Disorder (SUB) with Danielle Fanslow

Part 1 HERE

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• Preception is Reality
• Build Up our young talent
• Consider teaching

Link to What the Aftermarket Can Learn From Professional Wrestling Part 1 HERE

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Building and Managing Your Training Collection

With guest Carm Capriotto

• Invest in yourself.
• Don't think you can't learn from the same class, different instructor
• There is value in continuous and even redundant training
• Be sure to bring your training resume to a prospective job opportunity
• Ask the potential new shop of their commitment to training.

Training Resume Ideas:

For Technician to include in his/her resume:

• Tech Name
• Class Title
• Date of Class
• Venue
• Sponsor of training
• Time invested
• The Trainer(s)
• My rating of the training
• Note to self
• Shop working for at the time
• Cost of training
• Who paid for training

Training Resume for Shop Owners:

• Technician name
• Class Title
• Date of Training Event
• Venue
• Sponsor
• Length of class
• Traiiner name
• Tech's Rating Level (1-5)
• Cost of training
• Who paid?

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A very candid discussion from Matt and Brandon who have each gone through a divorce. They speak about their struggle and anguish over decisions that were made and not made. This is a very honest and transparent discussion among peers.

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• The Karate Kid was told to close his eyes and picture the Bonsai tree, essentially in your mind, picture the perfect tree.
• Get down to details, picture this tree in your mind. And now. Open your eyes and start clipping, clipping, and tying, make this tree look like your, you know, what you had pictured in your mind. And Daniel says something to the tyranny of how will I know what's right. And Mr. Miyagi responds, if it came from you, it's going to be.
• You could be ultra-focused on one specific area of auto repair. One idea would be diagnostics. Like I want to be a diag tech. I want to, I just want to diagnose vehicles.  So maybe to get better focused on the idea here of the bonsai tree is.
• Maybe i's worth your time to close your eyes and just think about where you want to be. What, what do you want to do? Where do you want your career to head in what direction would you like that to be? And maybe it's something very specific. Like I want to be the best alignment. In town. you know, I want to make this much money or maybe not even a dollar a month.
• Maybe it's; I want this lifestyle, you know, own a shop. Close your eyes and think about what it is you're after. Where would you like your career to go?
• Maybe you need to add training. Maybe you need to add reaching out to a network or join a network. Maybe it's adding friends, it's a change of venue. Maybe it's not, maybe it's a conversation. 
• Listen to the episode with a Dutch Silverstein we talk about that you can't sit there with your mouth shut and assume they're going to the shop owner or manager is going to figure out what makes you tick.
• Dutch Episode HERE.

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Zero Turn Mowers - What Can We Learn

• More blade time
• Makes lawn maintenance quicker and more efficient
• Use the principles of the Zero Turn in our shop
• Are we taking too many steps
• Are we looking for tools and equipment
• Do we need to duplicate often used equipment so easy access?
• The bigger the shop the more walking to find things is wasted.

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Thanks to our Partners, Pico Technology and Autel

Are you chasing elusive automotive problems? Pico Technology empowers you to see what's really happening. Their PicoScope oscilloscopes transform your diagnostic capabilities. PicoAuto.com

From drivability diagnostics and TPMS service to ADAS and advanced safety systems, Autel helps technicians follow OEM procedures and repair with confidence. Autel.com

Contact Information

• Email Matt: [email protected]
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We're talking about loading these circuits, stressing them out, making them do what they were designed or maybe even a little bit beyond.

• Need bulbs to insert a load on a circuit
• That's a visual representation that the current control that's the best. 
• Frame rusted-out conditions are a challenge. Frames can lose ground.
• Sean: That's what I like about electricity. It plays by a set of rules that have to be, and as long as you understand those rules, you can win
• Sean: Is it just voltage? Is it data, or is this for an output? Is this something that's doing work? We've got to treat it differently. We've got to test it differently. That's where the choice comes into play, but you got to understand the purpose of the circuit before you can do that
• If we're looking at a fuel pump and we're cycling on and off on and off with a key or with some sort of a device, or a switch. Where we hit the fuel pump a few times to start it spinning that if it's rated for, we'll just say, it's fused for 20 amps, you'll see spikes 40 amps, no problem over and over and over and over and over and over.
• Because the fuses don't necessarily blow from the actual amps. It's the heat. So I need some time, which I know that statement kind of sounds almost like an oxymoron, but it needs time to build up the heat to blow. Heat blows a fuse heat created by the current flow, and the current is not there long enough to pop the fuse. So a lazy test, you want to replace a fuel pump or you're suspicious of a fuel pump got low pressure, and you want to verify power feeding grounds. If you're lazy like me, you're not raising the vehicle up and checking for power feeding ground at the fuel pump connector. You're taking your low amp, current probe in your lab scope, and you're hitting the fuel pump over and over and over.
• Don't do it just once or twice do it like 20 times, 30 times, just bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
• Do you really think there might be a bad ground to the frame rail? Probably not. That's a great way to look at it is to really, really stress that circuit.
• We're talking about loading these circuits, stressing them out, making them do what they were designed or maybe even a little bit beyond. 
• So the heat that's developed in a conductor, like a cable or wire or a fuse.
• I learned so much about just sitting for a few minutes in the driver's seat with the scan tool and looking at data and looking at pertinent data and just kind of thinking about how, how it works.

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Thanks to our Partners, Pico Technology and Autel

Are you chasing elusive automotive problems? Pico Technology empowers you to see what's really happening. Their PicoScope oscilloscopes transform your diagnostic capabilities. PicoAuto.com

From drivability diagnostics and TPMS service to ADAS and advanced safety systems, Autel helps technicians follow OEM procedures and repair with confidence. Autel.com

Contact Information

• Email Matt: [email protected]
• Subscribe on YouTube: @automotivefieldtheory

The Automotive Repair Podcast Network: https://automotiverepairpodcastnetwork.com/

Download and Listen on Our Mobile App: https://automotiverepairpodcastnetwork.com/app/

Remarkable Results Radio Podcast with Carm Capriotto: https://remarkableresults.biz/

Business by the Numbers with Hunt Demarest: https://huntdemarest.captivate.fm/

The Auto Repair Marketing Podcast with Kim and Brian Walker: https://autorepairmarketing.captivate.fm/

The Weekly Blitz with Chris Cotton: https://chriscotton.captivate.fm/

Speak Up! Effective Communication with Craig O'Neill: https://craigoneill.captivate.fm/