So much of this conversation still goes back to what I've been saying online for over a decade long before I started the podcast . 100 dollars per hr flat rate x Zero hours is still Zero. We've got so many now bragging they'll pay 50 per hr flatrate. Still doesn't mean great income if the shop is mismanaged or doesn't have steady good work flow coming in. That's what all the trolls miss when they defend Dave's video on pay.
That’s 100 percent correct. I had a similar experience when I left a Honda dealer for an independent shop closer to my home. I was at 50 then bump to 55 once I got my last two ASEs. But I went from turning 60 to 70 hours at the Honda dealer to barely turning 30 a week at the independent shop. Went back to a dealership down the street from my house for 45 flat rate and consistent turn 70 to 80 Per week. And once I get my GMC and Subaru training to 100 percent I’m sure I’ll be at 50 per hour within the next 2 to 3 years. It’s all about the work volume available.
Great video! The main reason I started my channel was because of all the auto repair related channels that pretend to be auto repair gods most mechanics could never match. In reality we are all learning and trying to do better every day, or should be. Even after 40 years doing this I still learn all the time. Subscribed.
Hey guys found you few weeks back have been on a binge watching the videos learning a lot thank you. When I was in a gm dealer flat rate they would have us pull the transmissions out of vehicle and out the cradle back up and push the car out. Transmission rebuilder was very good but very slow. They gave us an extra hour to put the subframe up and push it out. The option was to take the half r/r time on that pay period or bank the ticket for when the job was done. In Dave’s case it looks like they put the cabs down and push the trucks back out till the engine is done in order to free the bay up wonder how the pay works if the guys get half the time up front or they just keep bank rolling the jobs.
The transmission guy was very slow but like I said very good and they liked him but he would take almost a week for one unit to get built so they couldn’t wait for him to r&r the unit too. He collected a salary to build units. The other dealer I worked at one guy did all the trans repairs from start to finish like you do. But he was very efficient like most guys are.
I’m at a gmc dealer and if your trained for rebuild u are pulling the trans, rebuilding it and putting it back in and test driving to confirm it’s all good. If it needs a rebuild and u can’t do it then u dont get the job. I’d never want to split work. I want all my hours lol.
@ You should only have dedicated guys doing trans work. You can’t have one guy replacing them out of warranty and one guy rebuilding them under Warranty. I get all of the customer pay transmission jobs and all of the warranty jobs. When you install a SRTA it comes with a warranty and they do occasionally come back so if you can’t fix it you shouldn’t replace it.
There's was a situation where some of the TikTok community were using their influence to help a gentlemen get a issue with an engine builder resolved. This is a brief discussion about the situation.
Around 2007 or 2007 GM used max calculated torque value in the TCM as an indicator of any power added devices. They know what the engine is capable of obviously and when that torque value was exceeded then no warranty. Say a truck with an LML came in and max calculated torque was say 950 ft/lbs, they know its modified. LML would make under 800 ft/lbs from factory at that time. That was a way to get around ecm swapping to hide calibrations. I think the magic number they used was anything exceeding 1000 ft/lbs if i remember correctly.
back when the srt-4’s were a thing , and new , Chrysler offered stage up grades and i believe stage 3 had a aggressive flash on it , injectors ,etc. i have seen SA’s who actaully tried to not honor warranty because there were “ aftermarket mods “. which was hilarious because they didn’t know enough to even realize that it was done through us. Now granted, sometimes that came from uneducated technicians, and sometimes it was the writers themselves maybe hearing the car or some type of thing that would make them determine a vehicle had mods.
A few problems in this video: 1-Brandon barely, barely can articulate his words compared to his TikTok videos where he is talking cohesive. 2-There was nothing online proving Corey ordered those pistons or anything else. All the situation was based just on words and i am sorry but when you make such claims about the shop you come in with proof, written proof. None of that presented to the public. 3- Customer should have been notified but not offered a brand new 0 miles engine from GM because that was not what they received.
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I think guy’s like yourselves need to start a school to pass your education onto people that truly want to learn the trade. As time goes on and there are fewer and fewer people going into the field who will repair vehicles. EV’s are another field that are truly lacking in people to repair those vehicles. The head mechanic in a shop repairing EV’s clearly should have an electrical engineering degree in order to understand how those vehicles actually work over and individual looking at a computer screen trying to repair an EV. Just my thoughts
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So much of this conversation still goes back to what I've been saying online for over a decade long before I started the podcast . 100 dollars per hr flat rate x Zero hours is still Zero. We've got so many now bragging they'll pay 50 per hr flatrate. Still doesn't mean great income if the shop is mismanaged or doesn't have steady good work flow coming in. That's what all the trolls miss when they defend Dave's video on pay.
That’s 100 percent correct. I had a similar experience when I left a Honda dealer for an independent shop closer to my home. I was at 50 then bump to 55 once I got my last two ASEs. But I went from turning 60 to 70 hours at the Honda dealer to barely turning 30 a week at the independent shop. Went back to a dealership down the street from my house for 45 flat rate and consistent turn 70 to 80 Per week. And once I get my GMC and Subaru training to 100 percent I’m sure I’ll be at 50 per hour within the next 2 to 3 years. It’s all about the work volume available.
Great video! The main reason I started my channel was because of all the auto repair related channels that pretend to be auto repair gods most mechanics could never match. In reality we are all learning and trying to do better every day, or should be. Even after 40 years doing this I still learn all the time.
Subscribed.
Needs to go away from a fixed/flat rate scheme. It's just catastrophic
Hey guys found you few weeks back have been on a binge watching the videos learning a lot thank you. When I was in a gm dealer flat rate they would have us pull the transmissions out of vehicle and out the cradle back up and push the car out. Transmission rebuilder was very good but very slow. They gave us an extra hour to put the subframe up and push it out. The option was to take the half r/r time on that pay period or bank the ticket for when the job was done. In Dave’s case it looks like they put the cabs down and push the trucks back out till the engine is done in order to free the bay up wonder how the pay works if the guys get half the time up front or they just keep bank rolling the jobs.
Idk how they were paying you or splitting pay on warranty tickets. I’m full time heavy trans and never had other guys RNR for me.
The transmission guy was very slow but like I said very good and they liked him but he would take almost a week for one unit to get built so they couldn’t wait for him to r&r the unit too. He collected a salary to build units. The other dealer I worked at one guy did all the trans repairs from start to finish like you do. But he was very efficient like most guys are.
I’m at a gmc dealer and if your trained for rebuild u are pulling the trans, rebuilding it and putting it back in and test driving to confirm it’s all good. If it needs a rebuild and u can’t do it then u dont get the job. I’d never want to split work. I want all my hours lol.
@ You should only have dedicated guys doing trans work. You can’t have one guy replacing them out of warranty and one guy rebuilding them under Warranty. I get all of the customer pay transmission jobs and all of the warranty jobs. When you install a SRTA it comes with a warranty and they do occasionally come back so if you can’t fix it you shouldn’t replace it.
Can anyone tell me what theyre talking about at 36:30 about "corys engine"
There's was a situation where some of the TikTok community were using their influence to help a gentlemen get a issue with an engine builder resolved.
This is a brief discussion about the situation.
Royalty Auto does not give out misinformation. Sherwood is giving the information that he believes is correct. Not everyone is right all the time.
Those guys are awesome 👏👏👏
Only a good shop owner would say he's a shitty shop owner.
Around 2007 or 2007 GM used max calculated torque value in the TCM as an indicator of any power added devices. They know what the engine is capable of obviously and when that torque value was exceeded then no warranty. Say a truck with an LML came in and max calculated torque was say 950 ft/lbs, they know its modified. LML would make under 800 ft/lbs from factory at that time. That was a way to get around ecm swapping to hide calibrations. I think the magic number they used was anything exceeding 1000 ft/lbs if i remember correctly.
back when the srt-4’s were a thing , and new , Chrysler offered stage up grades
and i believe stage 3 had a aggressive flash on it , injectors ,etc. i have seen SA’s who actaully tried to not honor warranty because there were “ aftermarket mods “. which was hilarious because they didn’t know enough to even realize that it was done through us. Now granted, sometimes that came from uneducated technicians, and sometimes it was the writers themselves maybe hearing the car or some type of thing that would make them determine a vehicle had mods.
A few problems in this video:
1-Brandon barely, barely can articulate his words compared to his TikTok videos where he is talking cohesive.
2-There was nothing online proving Corey ordered those pistons or anything else. All the situation was based just on words and i am sorry but when you make such claims about the shop you come in with proof, written proof. None of that presented to the public.
3- Customer should have been notified but not offered a brand new 0 miles engine from GM because that was not what they received.
I don't know about the rest of the claims, but yes, sitting on a podcast for 60+ minutes is not the same as edited Tiktok videos. 😆
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Changing The industry Podcast,
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Thanks for helping the automotive industry.
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From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 06:05AM Good Morning 🙏 🥶 🥶
Please interview New Level Auto Keith DeFazio
Please interview Richard McCuistian
Please interview ScannerDanner
Please interview Oscar Gomez Master Automotive Training
Please interview Cuba Rodriguez Cuba's Automotive
Please interview HumbleMechanic
Please interview Becky Witt
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I think guy’s like yourselves need to start a school to pass your education onto people that truly want to learn the trade.
As time goes on and there are fewer and fewer people going into the field who will repair vehicles.
EV’s are another field that are truly lacking in people to repair those vehicles.
The head mechanic in a shop repairing EV’s clearly should have an electrical engineering degree in order to understand how those vehicles actually work over and individual looking at a computer screen trying to repair an EV.
Just my thoughts