Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about real business and life challenges.
2016… a...
January/February - 2016
There are different kinds of buyers for transmission shops: consumers, moms, dads. But, as I learned while speaking at ATRA’s Expo last October, some of you...
During the recent Powertrain Expo, we discussed the idea of reaching out to the next generation of technicians and finding a way to bring them into the...
We stood by for years without having to worry about computers in cars. We dismissed them as electronic gizmos that were all about engine control and had almost...
When Transtar opened the doors of its first small warehouse in a suburb of Cleveland more than 40 years ago, there were a handful of employees, some parts on...
I was doing some research at a local shop one day while they were working on a late model Toyota Camry equipped with a 2.5L, 4-cylinder engine and a U760E...
The focus of the management track at this year’s Expo was how to help today’s shops attract new technicians. It’s become an increasingly urgent...
GEARS Shopper advertising costs $325.00 for a one time insertion ad, (2 1/4 X 3) 2.25 X 3. Larger ads can be placed elsewhere in the magazine and are charged...
In this issue of Keep Those Trannys Rolling, we’re going to look at one of the most common problems plaguing Allison’s LCT transmission group: inhibited...
There are many things that can cause torque converter clutch (TCC) cycling on Dodge diesels, from poor grounds to a failed fuel pump or a plugged fuel...
“My friend Peter once told me that his motorcycle dealership had attained its leadership position because of his “Rocks.” He went on to explain that...
“You’ve heard it before: the importance of after-sale marketing… that extra time you spend with the customer after the sale. It’s when you get to...
So there we were, 4th down and goal, with the ball on the 2-yard line; we were down by 7 with 35 seconds left in the game. I called timeout and brought the...
At the 2015 ATRA Powertrain Expo we covered a lot of topics in the management sessions; many were focused on leadership and employee development. One of the...
Sometimes everyone jumps into a repair without reading all of the appropriate service information; I’m guilty of this, too. Usually, when a vehicle “bites...
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