Dr.Dave

Oh sorry you ment stronger pump.

Hey thanks .Whats a stringer pump? I looked inside and theres a big black refridge looking pump made by Americold.Are you saying that that one doesn,t do the vacum?Because I thought I read somwhere else that that type of pump/compressor wasn,t going to do much vacum.And I also thought I read somewhere that these recovery uints had a seprate pump.But what does the other pump look like ?Is it real small?I,ll have to look againAnd Where canI find a pump.You mentioned you might have one?

Hey I bought a used Snap On Eco 134 recovery machine .It won,t vacum past about 18 and slow to recover .Some vacum is felt but not much.Any Ideals on what to do.Will a pump from somthing else work?

Hey great subject along the same lines when you sell the repairs is your tech always right or fix the whole problem.I,ve been a tech for 25+ years I thought I had a good understanding of electrial and OBDII always had good luck.But lately I had 2 vechiles that apperently had multiple problems with lean conitions both I found a large vacum hose split.I fixed it and cheaply sent the vechile s down the road but the light came back on 15-20 miles down the road.1 was a MAF sensor and the other a tune valve in the intake.Since then I beleive I could drive longer and look a fuel trims more closley.But the question I,m posing is do you some how leave the repair side open as far as we need to fix the obvious vacum leaks first

When you say 10-12K out of each bay is that a gross? labor and parts? and rule to follow that may sugest how much part may be sold comaped to labor?

Can you give me some ideals for a grand opening and its specials?

Hey guys yoy all been a big help.I,m opening a new shop next month .Its a 2 bay shop and I don,t really know exactly how much I need to do to keep on top.Is ther a goal I could work towards ? I know every bodys over head will differ so this is real general And I don,t know all the expensies that I will occur every month So if I break it down I guess I,m asking what kinda paid outs do yuo occur and what would be your labor goals and how much profit on parts would you expect on that labor generally and if you recomrnd and report articals clases or counsolers?

I was wondering with all the cheap oil change specail out there .When a co. offeres a low price is that out the door price + tax if your state has sales tax.Do you add whasher fluid at that low price ? how about other fluids ? Were do you draw the line?Do you ever a higher level lof that would include fluid or a better filter or oil?Well oil of coarse synthetic always cost more.But I was thinking that I hate to use the cheapest filter I can buy because I would use them myself,but you can,t make a cheap lof without using the most inxspensive filter.Should I suck in my beliefs for the sake of business I will but is there a alturnetive?I,d like to hear from some of you out there in the real business world.

Hey guys I need some help I,m opening a shop for the first time.Ive been a tech 25+ years but only worked the front counter very limited.I know this may sound stupid but I, was wondering if some of you could take afew minutes and give me the run down.Now I know some are using Alldata or Mitchel orRO Writer or simalar so some processes may differ.But say a costomer comes in you open your program and write a RO then it prints out on a printer ,is it specal paper? is it a specal printer? they sign it it goes to the tech and down the line to where the costomer picks up is there a reciept printed out in the end ?And what about a cash register?Would it be a register that ties in with the PC your using to write your RO,s? and is tha t diffrent program?Any support you can give would be greatly appricated I feel that I should already know all this.I have not bought a PC ,cash register ,printer or program yet this whole department has not been adressed yet I still have a month or so before opening ,but time goes fast thanks

Great info Gary what do you have starting at $500?

No I,m not sure who's giving it away? They pay for the sevice first, or its thrown in with a road side assistance package.In order to sell somthing bigger and entice them to keep coming to you .You can limit the free nitro to a set time or that tire or only with a service .You make your own deal

From my understanding (I,ll find out the details Mon. and post anything diff.) You pay for the inital service or throw it in to sweeten the deal,or use the road side asstance membership (that costs you about $10 a card) to sweeten or get more money out of a service.Then any air adjustments is no charge for what ever lenght of time you think will work.Now the people will come back to you for services thinking that the Nitro is free if they need it or any flat repairs too .Just another way to get the costomer thinking of you.

I'm not saying I'm for or against it but I can tell you by design air out of your compressor will always have oil and water in it thats why we use seperators that do not take it all out .How many times have you felt water out yor impact gun.If you rent tanks the nitro will be close to pure no moisture 99.9% the genarators are said to be the same .It starts with your air suply and is forced thruogh filters.I don,t see how you could be getting water but if you did couldn,t you add seperators for added protection?

Ya the more I find out about it its really not just the initial service (that I don.t thinks theres tons of profit ?) but its the costomer will get free nitrogen in that set of tires for the tires life.That means that when they get a nail in it they will come to you first or all there services because we always ck tire inflation and if there low we can nitro them up for free

Hey I was wondering about a ideal I had in the back of my head ,not sure if it would work or shoot me self in the foot.Was wondering about lowering the labor rate for cars with high milage to atract more buisness.Do you think it would just get confusing,or attract the wrong costomer?or just be a problem because there old cars and you could run into unforseen problems or may be it might work by just using a discount on a certain milage?

I have another question about some thoughts about what I saw on ATI tele semiar.I guess I am thinking of attending a class but am wondering if these ideals are going to work here.Chubby was talking about attracting people that spend on maintance and not attrack the peo[ple that won,t.I,m sorry this topic may be too broad I,m just wondering in this market if anybody had some fundementals you could share.You see I,m opening a 2 bay shop in Hagerstown Md where the income maybe some what low its about 65 mile west of D.C I just saw a small shop about 2 blocks from me advertise $45 a hour.I,ve asked around $65 seems to be the going price although I heard another may be a $50.I was hoping for $65 my self.I(s this guy really at $45? or is it a trick ?How can I compete?How would the best methods to look for the costomers I want in this market?

I just sat throughChubby"s tele phone semiar at ATI .One thing ha talked about was looking at everything as a maintance service.Particuraly concentrating on pre schedualling yor next appointment like a dentist.Sound good but what are the logicstics of it.I can,t tell you when my 3k will be do for sure it may be a week or two diff each time.I don,t think if you can get people on a oilchange every 3k that they will come in berore 3k nor should they.Should you know the persons history to guess at it?Should you talk to them and let them guess?would you try to shoot high so that when they do come in the will be over a bit?.Is anybody doing this successfully enough they would give us some hints?

I've been to a class and talked to reps selling equiptment I've read the sales pitch I would buy into it I can see how young mothers and most peaple could see the saftey factor and I can see the TPMS factor.The dealership I work for intruduced it to its costomers unfortunly I was at a diferent location when they did it but all the techs did there cars and they initally sold alot I,m not sure how they marketed it but I was told that the service advisors sold it up front.I was also told they paid for the equipt. fast.But I just asked about it recently and it seemed to be a lost art.And everybody seems to be incorperating a road hazard subscription with the service?Must not be confident it would be a easy sale?aND THE equiptment can be very pricey even it you just use the bottles you must arrange a sevice and need at least 2-3 bottles on hand.But if you guys arn,t doing it and the dealers costomers base is dwindling to to older cars and high dealer pricing than it may be safe to assum the aftermarket is going to have its day too with this?

Hey I,m not in my building yet but I think its real close.But I am in the equiptment and resource gathering mode.Ive been wondering what shop owners thought of Nitrogen.I just attended a class hosted by Shrader put on by Napa.Very interesting lots of selling points.I can afford 7K for a genarator but maybe a bottle and filling station could be swung? But what is the market like out there is it worth it?

What kind of things are they saying about the versa ?Is the Vursa on the same platform as the OTC Pegasis

Thers so many versions of launch what do you have and what do you prefer to use it for?What do you like to use the Solus for?And out of curiousiity can you pick a example of what the snap on would be missing compared to the launch on asian?

I,m looking for a new scanner I,m looking at the Snap On Solus Pro any ideals or experences with it what can I exspect to do and not do with it?How would it compare to a OTC Genicisis or Mac mentor?

I,m opening a 2 bay service center I registered it as a LLC but now I,m wondering if thats the best.What are some over your's guys experiences?

Hey just wondering how do you guys work out parts warranty ?1) how do you pay the tech if its not there fault?2)Do some parts stores pay labor?3)Do you give a warranty on your repairs to your costomer?How long time and miles?And would it depend on the line of parts they buy,like I know that Napa has diff lines qualtity levels Silver Gold ect.

I can work on anything been with jeep dodge suzuki and used cars I,m good and diag emmision and electic but know you don,t alway make money comared to time.I was wondering these days if tuneups and trans sevices are fewer and maybe airbag tpms and check engine light are more seen?