My name is Tyler Cochrane.

I'm the manager here at K Tech Automotive in Williamsport, P.A..

Here.

We're general mechanics.

We work on gas vehicles.

We work on diesels, cars, trucks, everything we do everything from oil changes to engine rebuilds.

But that's just engines.

There's transmissions that constantly need repairs, or they may just need general maintenance.

Tires, brakes, steering, suspension.

There are state inspections.

There's so much stuff that needs done to vehicles just to keep them going as a manager.

Every morning when I show up, first thing I have to do is check in all the new customers.

And then once we get that, to start getting the mechanics into their daily regimen.

You have a group of mechanics that they will start working on vehicles, pulling them in, whether it's an oil change engine, rebuild everything in between .

It's my job to oversee the group of guys, go through everything and make sure that they're all on track where they need to be.

Cars are just big puzzles, and if you have one piece that's not right, it screws everything up.

When you have an issue with a car, most of the time go with your check engine light.

You actually scan it and it gives you a code that'll say, hey, there's an there's an issue in this area.

And it doesn't always tell you exactly what's wrong, but it just point you in the right direction.

But, you know, if it says that there's an issue with the fueling system, you have so much that goes into the fueling system, not only fuel but air, but burning and the exhaust you have, everything comes into one.

So it's just a really big, complex puzzle.

We need to figure out which one piece just because it's a fueling issue.

It could actually be an air issue that's causing it to think the fuel mixtures off or something like that.

So it's just a big puzzle.

You're not always 100% right with your diagnostics, but you live and learn.

The biggest thing is just take your time, be impatient, double checking everything.

Make sure you're 100% right.

If you start being a mechanic straight out of high school or something, you'll be very entry level.

But there's so much in-house training available.

So you come straight out of high school, start as a general lube tack with their training, and you might make 20 to 25000 a year.

There are some high paid technicians that make all the way up to six figures a year outside of work.

My dog, my girlfriend over to various things like like doing stuff with them, especially racing.

We travel all over Pennsylvania racing cars and without being a mechanic, I don't know that I'd be able to do it.

I raced dirt sprint cars, so they're all dirt tracks.

But we race.

We have a big goofy looking wing on top and they work kind of backwards here.

You go into the turn and all the way you speed actually brings the park to the left instead of going to the right like you would think it would.

But it's just like watching the movie Cars and turn right to go left.

And it's so much fun, though.

It's the there's no words to describe what it's like to go sideways, B, spinning tires, but going over 100 mile an hour to, you know, side by side with people and words can't describe how you feel.

The coolest part about this job is once you're done and you can look at it, look back at the vehicle and go, wow, this thing didn't run when it came in and now it runs great.

The customer smile and they're happy.

They're they're going out there and they have such a sigh of relief, they finally get to get their car back.

And you're just you're proud of yourself.

And it's cool to see something come in and whatever condition it may be and completely turn it around and make it good.

It's it's humbling.

And it's so worthwhile to be able to see that smile on their face and be able to feel accomplished.