by webbiesmechanical | May 13, 2026 | From the Workshop Floor
On the bench in our Welshpool workshop this week — what’s left of a Detroit locker out of a small 4WD truck. Detroit lockers are one of the cleverest mechanical components in a truck. No air. No hydraulics. No electrics. No button in the cab. How they actually...
by webbiesmechanical | May 12, 2026 | From the Workshop Floor
Refer a Mate, Share the Reward If you’ve spent any time in the trucking industry, you’ll know one thing is always true — good mechanics are hard to find. Most truckies have a story about booking their truck somewhere and waiting days before anyone even looks at it. Or...
by webbiesmechanical | May 11, 2026 | From the Workshop Floor
The truck isn’t overheating. If anything… it’s running too cool. No alarms.No major symptoms.Just something not quite right. But then another problem shows up. The DPF won’t do a burn. It keeps trying… and failing. We bring it in and check the thermostats. One is...
by webbiesmechanical | May 11, 2026 | From the Workshop Floor
She wouldn’t stop A Hino rolled into the workshop the other day with a complaint we don’t hear often. Not a knock. Not a leak. Not a check engine light. The customer pulled up, climbed down, and said, “She won’t stop.” Not...
by webbiesmechanical | May 9, 2026 | From the Workshop Floor
Today is the day we do our first ever Women’s Car Maintenance workshop. This is something close to my heart. I love to empower people to have confidence in tasks they didn’t think was possible before. I love teaching people the importance of taking care of...
