Woot Passed my ASE

[Rigmaster]

I took 3 of them first just for the hell of it, passed them all, then took the other 5 about 6 months later and passed them too- so I was Master ASE certified....until they expired and I decided not to take the recert tests since I'm not making a living as a tech.


I thought they were fairly easy, but I've always had an easy time with tests like that. I've never even taken an auto tranny apart, and don't do much AC work but I managed to get them all. What this tells me is that a guy who has worked on cars for a living for more than a couple of years who is NOT an ASE Master tech is not the guy I want working on my car. Sure, you can argue that he might not be good at taking tests, but I think he'd have to be a moron to have that much real world experience and not be able to figure out the answers to those multiple choice questions.


Congrats to the OP for passing those 2, now get the rest of them!!! ;)

[KangamangusDriver]

Congrats!!

[m42technic]

Took four ASE's when I was just coming out of STEP. Since I hadn't been using SAE terms for a while, I remember thinking "what the hell is this shit?" They're long expired now, as they aren't accredited by BMW.

[alpinaclone]

Wait till you take the auto trans test. I took it 3 times before I passed. I've been a master for years, but that still stands out as one of the fails. How many more you going to take?

Werd, thats the tough one, or so I have heard. My employer never wanted them so I never bothered.

[allwheeldrive]

The automatic test isn't that bad. The problem is that nobody does serious work on automatics anymore. Unless your at a specialty shop. Its cheaper and easier just to replace the whole tranny. With that being said, i passed it on my first try. Helps to know the general basics of operation and how planetary gearsets work.

The L1 is more of a bitch. Tricky questions about problems i've never even imagined. :neutral: