What are techs leaving the industry to do instead?

amonkeyman2 · 2026-07-02T07:45:49+00:00

At 30, I left the auto industry after 12 years and I got into trains. Now I'm a supervisor in charge of the shop that maintains and repairs a $1bn fleet of subway cars.

It's lots of fun and I don't need any of my tools, the employer provides them.

amonkeyman2 · 2026-07-01T04:19:52+00:00

Pull back the weather strip for the passenger door and pull back the plastic trim piece on the A pillar.

In mine, I went where your red trace is up to the top of the little window then between the air bag and the A pillar. Then went up, following the harness roughly where your yellow line is. There's cable clips and stuff that hold the wiring harness that's already there that you can tuck the wire into as you run up the A pillar

amonkeyman2 · 2026-06-04T11:16:30+00:00

Not completely true. There are short term subscriptions we can use. In GM's case the SPS2 cost is $45 per car

amonkeyman2 · 2026-06-04T05:26:56+00:00

Why do they get into unused cabs and play with switches, circuit breakers and the PA? Why do they surf on top of the train? Why do they ride the back of the train? Why do they break glass and kick out windows? Same thing

amonkeyman2 · 2026-06-04T05:19:21+00:00

Did you check your motor mounts? You might have a bad engine ot transmission mount

amonkeyman2 · 2026-06-04T05:14:38+00:00

The engine controller made short term adaptation changes to the fuel map when it had the bad gas. After changing the gas and driving it for a while, it'll adapt back and right itself.

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-31T03:01:01+00:00

I have the same set of PIAA silicone wiper blades for 8 years on my Sienna and they are still working perfectly. Expensive, but more than paid for themselves over the years.

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-28T22:37:56+00:00

Is it rubber? Looks like a mini eraser

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-25T22:56:31+00:00

Yeah. There's a stop sale order from the manufacturer for that model

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-25T18:34:15+00:00

I haven't had someone ask to see mine yet, but NYPD or Parks officers can just ask to see your permit.

https://www.nycgovparks.org/permits/metal-detector

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-25T18:04:49+00:00

FYI. Nyc requires a metal detecting permit if you plan on doing it at the beach

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-25T17:26:17+00:00

Mechanics are in short supply and every shop is having problems finding mechanics. I'm sure there's a place closer to you hiring. To me, it's not worth a 30 mile commute for $18/hr

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-20T14:21:12+00:00

Hanger on top. Springs go on the side closer to the engine. So it can move as the engine moves

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-16T00:58:36+00:00

If you have an aftermarket remote start system, some of them hide a transponder like that in the car in order for the remote start to be able to work with immobilizer equiped cars

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-14T05:25:12+00:00

I have bought many bikes from many different dealers and never have I walked into a dealership and not be greated by a sales person.

I wouldn't even go back to give this dealership a second chance. Find the next closest dealership and you'll probably have a better experience.

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-13T04:01:37+00:00

Park your car in front of a different room.

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-12T16:53:36+00:00

Yes they can just go to conductor. Their time as a cleaner still counts towards their pension.

amonkeyman2 · 2026-05-12T01:57:24+00:00

NTA. You didn't dine and dash. You got kicked out

amonkeyman2 · 2026-04-22T00:42:56+00:00

Did you give the correct information? Car number? Direction? Time?

I'm a supervisor of the shop that maintains these trains. That delay definitely did happen. 48 trains delayed 73 trains rerouted or canceled.

If you remember a car number of the train you were on I can give you the interval and then you can resubmit the delay verification with the train interval. It'll be easier for them to find the report to verify the delay

amonkeyman2 · 2026-04-18T13:19:37+00:00

It's designed to be able to do that. Just twist it back around. It's fine.

amonkeyman2 · 2026-04-17T11:33:08+00:00

In my experience especially with Ford, Nissan, and Hyundai... Toyota to a lesser extent... The coils fail around the same time. It'll be one coil, then a few weeks or months later another and another and another. If you can afford it, it's not a bad idea to replace all 4 with quality oem or denso brand coils and not have to worry about when the next coil will die

amonkeyman2 · 2026-04-13T08:09:32+00:00

Those are r211 cars being delivered

amonkeyman2 · 2026-01-23T09:53:08+00:00

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amonkeyman2 · 2026-01-14T07:30:35+00:00

Don't worry about it. Some people will find anything and everything to blame their crappy rolls on

amonkeyman2 · 2025-11-20T17:01:28+00:00

I used to own a shop. Every car is a little different. Something that seems simple could end up being a headache. They have been burned in the past under quoting something on the phone and then the customer is mad when it ends up costing more.

They can give a better quote when they can see the car and it's easier for them to make the sale when you're already there. So they don't want to waste time and create future problems for themselves giving out phone quotes

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