MORE KNOWLEDGE In a resent issue of Engine Builder magazine (Feb. 2015), they discussed how the internet is your friend with all the available info on manufacture’s web pages, forums and articles. In searching for that information you may be overwhelmed by the number...

PROTECT YOUR #1 ASSET What is your business’ #1 asset? Hand tools? Head equipment? Inventory? Every day owners protect their company assets by setting alarms and securing doors. But how often do you think about protecting your most valuable asset? ...Your Workers....

VIN IN DOUBT Tired of getting the wrong parts? Give the wrong info to a parts person and chances are you’ll get the wrong parts. It is imperative when ordering parts for a late model application that you know the year, make, model, engine size and the eighth digit of...

MUSCLE IN THE OFFICE Cash flow is a vital part of every business.....let’s get better at it. -Cover yourself along with your business. Fill out a work order (if you don’t have one... create one). You want it to show: Customer information and the work the customer...

The Secret To Effective Sales Sales is nothing more than a communication between your shop, which sells parts and labor, and a customer who wants to buy parts and labor. This communication can take place over the phone, at your counter or on the web. There are lots of...

Cleaning Precision Measuring Tools We have experienced the same problems for years: how to clean honing oil from dial bore gauges and snap gauges before it can gum up and slow the dial readings. We used to immerse the measuring head up to near the dial in acetone, and...