Mike Murphy

It takes me 30 mins to just talk about what I’m going to do before I do it, lol.

yelcab

I talk to myself all the time and it does not keep me from taking wheels off. You can do this multitask thing.

Porschetech3

It's what happens when you do it for a living, It's called living on "flat rate". You learn to keep moving and make every motion count. If you don't learn, you could starve to death..lol

Just like taking the wheels off, that is time wasted if R&R a trans, unless you are bad about bumping your head !!!

TexSquirrel

That's why I keep my most commonly used tools in a specific spot on my rolling cart.
They stay there unless I have them in my hand.
If I don't use the tool often, it stays in the toolbox.
My toolbox is very organized.
I never really have to search for a tool
I keep an inventory of every tool, so I know when I've lost one.(which VERY rarely happens)

I also marked every 10mm, 13mm, and 17mm socket & wrench with yellow paint/tape.
I chose those decades ago and there's no way I'd choose a different color or size now.(even though I've considered it)
I have multiple wrench types(combination, stubby, flare, ratcheting, thin, specialty, E-Torx) and socket types(impact, chrome, hex, torx, e-torx, triple square) & depths.
They are all marked that way. (Yellow means 10mm, 13mm, 17mm)
Count up 2 from 17mm and you're grabbing a 19mm.
With them in the holder, I can quickly grab any size without really looking.

I have two toolboxes, one that I work out of and no one else is allowed to get a tool from, and a second that anybody can borrow from.
I have two of almost every hand tool needed for automotive work.
I have some multiples of specialty tools.

Flat rate means you learn how to minimize Non Productive Time.(NPT)
Even though I no longer work flat-rate, I still work like I am.
(Actually I do work flat-rate, everything I do is done for free now.)

Porschetech3

Most people don't realize the effort it takes to organize your tool box for maximum efficiency and to stay ahead of the robots !! lol

I don't think I'll ever see the day a robot will do a clutch/flywheel, RMS, IMS job on a 996.. LMAO They can do marvelous work at assembly/repetitious processes, but are still useless in repair/complex R&R processes..