South Main Auto YouTube channel

[frieed]

In the last several weeks of watching YouTube vids while sitting on my butt with my leg elevated I found a great channel.
For in-depth insight into how to diagnose and repair cars and trucks, check out the South Main Auto channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAGzm9e_liY7ko1PBhzTHA

I like that some of the videos take you step-by-step from the symptoms to checking the easy stuff to what electric signals to look at and how to interpret them.
Granted he has a shop full of professional diagnostic tools which come with a professional price tag, but it's great to watch an expert use them effectively and not just throw parts at it like some/most places. After watching him I am now very comfortable paying a good shop for their diagnosis time. Shame he's in upstate New York.

 

[BlackSheep]

diagnostics time is unfortunately often disregarded by people who have no idea how much time it can sometimes take to troubleshoot an issue. I spent 5 years as a motorcycle mechanic and almost always people would complain about diagnostic time for odd issues. Usually we would just get agreement for 1 hour labor up front which is generally enough time to troubleshoot just about anything. Of course, we would only charge for the actual troubleshooting time if it was less than 1 hour.