Why it helps
The diagnosis continues straight into the repair and the invoice, with progress saved so a job can be resumed on any device.
When you start the repair on a cause, WrenchLane confirms that cause and builds a repair guide for your car. It includes an official work description, step-by-step instructions you tick off, a 'What these instructions are based on' block showing the sources, labor time and parts.
For labor time you can use a suggested book time or find the time yourself. When you are done, 'Finish & create invoice' completes the job. Progress is saved, so you can pick the job up again on any device.
How to
- Expand a cause and click Repair guide (or Continue repair if one is already running), or choose 3 Repair in one of its checks
- Wait for 'Creating repair instructions...' to finish
- Tick Mark step as done on each step you complete; 'N of M steps done' shows your progress
- Expand a step for Common mistakes, Verify, Stuck? Try this, Detailed instructions, Safety and Tools
- Set your markup and time unit at the top (Markup, min / per) if you need them
- Click Finish & create invoice
Good to know
- Creating the instructions takes about 1 to 2 minutes. If it takes longer you see 'Repair instructions are taking longer than expected. Try again.'
- To finish, choose a labor time and mark at least one step as done. Steps you do not mark are left out of the work summary.
- Values that are not confirmed are flagged as needing verification.
- The guide is built for the exact car from OEM repair information and technical data, and lists its sources under 'What these instructions are based on'.
- You can run several repairs on one diagnostic. WrenchLane warns you before you start another.
- Once a diagnostic is completed, its repair record is read-only.
- Suggested book times are available in European countries.
- Finish & create invoice stays disabled until at least one step is marked as done.
- The Markup control and the min / per toggle set how labor time is shown and priced.
Related questions
What is the repair guide?
Starting the repair on a cause confirms it and opens a repair guide written for that car: a work description, step-by-step instructions you tick off, labor time and parts. It takes about 1 to 2 minutes to create, your progress is saved, and Finish & create invoice completes the job.
Learn more: Repair guide (from confirmed cause to guided repair)
Where do the repair guide's instructions come from?
WrenchLane builds the guide for the exact car from OEM repair information and technical data, together with the checks you recorded, and lists its sources in a "What these instructions are based on" block. Values that could not be confirmed are flagged as needing verification, and in European countries the book times come from InfoPro.
Learn more: Repair guide (from confirmed cause to guided repair)
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