Hit 200 engine rebuilds this week without a single comeback

Been keeping a log since I started at Thompson Truck Repair in Akron back in 2019. Wednesday morning I pulled the head off this Cummins ISX and realized it was number 200 for me. Never thought I'd get that far without someone yelling at me for a leaky head gasket or bad timing. Anyone else track their jobs just for peace of mind?

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eva_thompson17d agoMost Upvoted

Read a blog from a shop in Ohio that said tracking rebuilds saved their reputation. They caught a bad batch of gaskets early because they logged every job. Makes sense to me. You notice patterns you'd never catch otherwise. 200 without a comeback is solid work. That kind of consistency says a lot about your quality control.

ray_campbell463d ago

Track everything man, it's the only way to catch problems before they become disasters. That Ohio shop's story proves it - one bad gasket batch could've cost them way more than just money. You don't realize how much patterns matter until you see the data staring back at you. Consistency like that isn't luck either, it's habits and logs. Keeps you honest and your customers happy.

blair_martin2d ago

Yeah what Eva said about the Ohio shop catching bad gaskets is exactly what I was thinking. I read a similar story in a trucking forum where a guy in Missouri said logging everything saved him thousands after he noticed the same weird oil consumption pattern across five different builds. @ray_campbell46 is right too, consistency like that is all about habits not luck.