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🚨Only 2 left in stock!Once these are gone that’s it. Hurry and get yours now!Here’s a reminder of what you’re getting:- ...
24/03/2026

🚨Only 2 left in stock!

Once these are gone that’s it. Hurry and get yours now!

Here’s a reminder of what you’re getting:

- 50% off KTS 590
- 50% off 12 month ESI Master Pack subscription
- 1 day free refresher training OR 50% off 2 day in-depth course
- Free training every time you renew your subscription with Tech Topics

Open to UK & ROI new users or who haven’t had a subscription in the last 18 months.

Don’t be disappointed when you miss out, act quickly and get yours now.

https://techtopics.co.uk/product/bosch-kts-590-and-master-pack/

20/03/2026

Your intermittent fault isn’t “random”.

Heat/cold cycling, vibration, moisture and oxidation turn marginal connections into high-resistance faults that won't show on static tests.

Load the circuit, watch live data, then wiggle the loom/connectors.

19/03/2026

You’re a good tech… but “good” doesn’t show up on Google, a certificate or the professional register.
The Master Technician programme is about:
🧠Deep, structured knowledge (12 modules)
🖥️Proof that stands up (IMI assessments + register)
✒️Presence and discipline in how you work
Ready to stop being the best-kept secret in your workshop?
https://techtopics.co.uk/master-technician-training-program/

16/03/2026

We talk a lot about sustainability, but scrapping perfectly serviceable cars because of one unavailable module is the opposite of green.

The most sustainable outcome is often: maintain it, diagnose it properly, repair it, keep it going.

And sometimes that repair is EEPROM/data cloning or module-level repair to retain coding/immobiliser data when replacement units are no longer available.

Right-to-repair is an environmental issue, too. What’s your experience with “parts availability” writing cars off?

14/03/2026

Intermittent faults can feel like ghosts.
If it scans clean in the bay but plays up on the road, it’s often a connector or loom issue that only shows up under movement.
So do the wiggle test properly: get on live data (or the signal), then methodically wiggle every connector and loom section on the affected circuit until you can recreate the dropout.

12/03/2026

“We can’t spare them for two days.”

I get it. Your service advisor is the front desk, the phone, the diary and the calm voice when a customer turns up early.

But here’s the real question: what’s it costing you to never send them?

Undersold jobs. Weak estimates. “I’ll think about it.” Conversations that don’t convert because the repair wasn’t explained with confidence.

Two days away is a headache.
But better estimates and better customer conversations pay you back for months.

If you’re thinking, “we can’t spare them”… it might be exactly why you should.

https://techtopics.co.uk/the-road-to-technical-service-advisor-and-front-of-house-training-2/

SERMI training - is the RMISC SERMI scheme just a money grab?In response to their latest email, where the RMISC are tryi...
12/03/2026

SERMI training - is the RMISC SERMI scheme just a money grab?

In response to their latest email, where the RMISC are trying to sell training, we have posed them the following question:

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You sent a message regarding training requirements qualifications for SERMI.

The message says to garages that "You can provide this evidence in one of the following ways: A recognised qualification certificate from the approved list"

The list provided details nationally regulated qualifications which take several months or years to complete.

For those technicians who don't have a formal qualification, you then proceed to attempt to sell a 4 hour online course, which by inference, suggests this it as the same or a similar level to the level 4 courses (including Master Technician) in your own specified qualifications list.

Please can you confirm that your own course "On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) for SERMI" is a regulated qualification - which is at the same or similar standard to those you cite as required.

As a final point, we thought that you should know that your own '4 hour online course' doesn't appear in your own list of approved qualifications.

11/03/2026

Up Yours 2026 is confirmed. Saturday 16th May.

Two events running side by side — one for diagnostic technicians, one for garage owners, managers and front of house. A full day of proper training, Q&A built into every session, and an evening social at The Canalside from 6pm.

£340. Lunch, refreshments, session recordings and resources all included.

Last year we sold out.

Get your ticket now - link in bio

10/03/2026

Intermittent electrical faults can feel like ghosts.
If you’ve got one that only shows up on the road and behaves perfectly in the bay, you’re not alone.
A lot of the time it comes down to connectors or wiring.
A good starting point is to monitor the circuit, then wiggle-test to see if you can recreate the dropout.
What’s your go-to method for catching intermittents?

09/03/2026

Now is the time to act if you're in the market for a Bosch KTS.

They're running a monster offer for 50% off a 560 or 590.

Plus, you get free training on the house at Technical Topics.

If you're familiar with Bosch, get the 1 day free refresher training.

If you're new to Bosch, get 50% off the 2 day, full-fat training course.

Offer ends 31st March.

Don't delay, act now!

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