Basic Electricity: Part Three – The Battery, Starter and Alternator
Once the engine gets running, the alternator, driven by the engine, generates the electrical energy required by whatever is turned on in the system.
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Fine Tuning the VW Diesel: Part One
Orchestrating improved diesel performance with proper cam and injection pump timing. Glow plugs too.
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Chemical Gasketing Update
Gasketing takes three forms: hard, such as head gaskets; soft, such as paper; and chemical, such as RTV silicones and anaerobics.
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Toyota Valve Adjustment
Too often ignored, this simple maintenance procedure can be a good source of income.
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Carside Manner – Customer Tom-Foolery
If you want to talk effectively with your customers, it helps to have some insight into what they really mean, regardless of what they say.
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Basic Electricity: Part Two – Shorted Circuits, Current and Voltage Measurement, and Electrical Components
We concluded last month’s Basic Electricity article talking about circuits and their operation. This month we deal with shorted circuits, current and voltage measurement, and some specific electrical components.
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Mazda System Checker
You probably spend a lot of money on test equipment anymore. Talking to those little black boxes can be a very expensive long distance call.
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Nissan Sentra Emission Overview
Here’s a look at common emission components and their locations on this popular import.
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MacPherson Strut Diagnosis
How common sense, familiarity with basic strut types, and careful observation can help you find the problem.
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Carburetor Clinic: Keihin Three-Barrel
The third “barrel” of this carb feeds the required rich mixture into the engine’s precombustion chamber. When someone monkeys with the third-barrel linkage adjustment, he can easily upset the carb’s entire mixture range!
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