Every few years Rodger Bland and I set out to learn more about this industry through a series of surveys and focus groups. Since the first What’s Working...
July - 2018
Understanding and diagnosing today’s domestic all-wheel drive systems can be quite intimidating. They’re designed to operate in conjunction with many of...
For years, we rebuilders have made changes to transmission functionality by either interchanging parts, installing upgrades, or making valve body...
Remember the good old day’s when you just opened the hood pulled out the dipstick, wiped it off, stuck it back in, and pulled it out? Just like that, you...
A faulty throttle position sensor (TPS) or accelerator pedal position sensor (APP) can cause engine or transmission issues. Hesitations, surging, hard starting...
The longer I’m around, the more I realize the importance of the basics. How many times have you tackled a complex vehicle issue, only to find the problem was...
It’s late Friday afternoon and you’ve already had a long, stressful, rollercoaster of a week. Your shop foreman just walked into your office to tell you...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about real business and life challenges.
This month...
“When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now…” That’s how Paul McCartney started his song, When I’m 64.
I’d revise it to read, “…any...
Mike Sparkman got his start in the transmission business back when he was just 13 years old. That was in about 1973. Back then, his father, Mike Sr., was...
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