Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about business and life.
I recently had...
It’s no surprise that, over time, converters have become more complicated and challenging to build. In this issue, we’ll look deep into the 6-speed 6L45/50...
Working with transmission fluid exposes me to many types of businesses necessary to the process of base oils and additives, becoming the high-performance...
There’s never a wrong time to think about success planning for your business and your personal life. However, January seems to be when most of us do it. As...
Winter has always been a boon for transmission shops. Burned up transmissions and broken cases from getting stuck in the snow are commonplace. Snowplows that...
Many transmissions by various manufacturers use pressures switches to monitor the presence of fluid in a circuit. Some early GM’s used them for determining...
Welcome to this edition of “Clash of the Classics”. This month we’ll compare and contrast two titans in the Classic Truck world, the 1956 Ford F100...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about business and life challenges.
As we approach...
Every day we see headlines touting how much AI is taking over our lives. Yet, when we leave the house, get in the truck, drive, and arrive at work… There’s...
VACC’s Technical Advisory Service has been receiving regular calls for information on Hyundai ix35 (Tucson) shift lock problems. There seems to be some...
In our last article we talked about frequency and how it relates to the mechanical response of a solenoid when Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is used to control...
This is the second installment of our new Back to the Basics column. Last month we unveiled our vision for this column and how we hope to impact the training...
Over the past several months, we’ve covered a lot of information aimed at the diagnostician, particularly things to check when a vehicle first comes in with...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature where I share stories, insights, and reflections about business and life. Who hasn’t had to eat a...
Sales Expert Don Hutson, a former keynote speaker at ATRA’s Expo, says, “There are very few business problems that cannot be solved by more sales.”
True...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature where I share stories, insights, and reflections about business and life.
I just finished polishing my...
Circle track racing is a very competitive sport, with races often won or lost by less than a tenth of a second. With this in mind, even the smallest...
Design engineers can be a strange lot. Almost all manufacturers purchase other manufacturers’ vehicles and components to evaluate what it is that their...
Now that we are getting “back on the field of play” let’s take a closer look at the 8L90 shift quality concerns. Shift concerns are just like playing...
Do you do a great job managing your people?
You do! It has been my experience that managers having outstanding technical knowledge and skill often mistakenly...
