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1.) ACCURACY COMES FIRST, speed comes later. SLOW SLOW DOWN. CRAWL. Crawl before you even walk. If someone had to ask me what the single, number #1 most important quality a technician ought to have, I would say, “Memory”. A good memory. If you forget to torque those wheels or tighten that drain bolt or double gasket an oil filter or forget to put oil into the engine, it’s game over sweetheart. Don’t double-check, TRIPLE-CHECK. Even mentally go through it in your mind before you turn that key. “Drain plug… tight. Oil filter… tight. Oil in the engine and cap is on…” I put the oil cap where the hood closes as an extra reminder. TRIPLE-CHECK. TAKE YOUR TIME. I DON’T CARE IF THE BOSS HIMSELF IS YELLING AT YOU ABOUT HOW SLOW YOU ARE. HE IS WRONG. And if he wants to foot the bill for a $5,000 engine, then let him keep yelling at you because he’s only going to faze you more and make you prone to even more mistakes. TAKE YOUR TIME AND DO NOT MAKE ANY MISTAKES. If you ask me, a good memory is the single most important thing a tech should have. (But of course, there’s a lot of other things he ought to have as well.)
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