Hot Flashes
Our Bosch LH-Jetronic article in April of this year gave you an overview of this electronic fuel injection system when it’s installed on mid-1980s 240 series Volvos.
Starters: Haste Makes Waste
One bad apple may spoil the bunch, but we wonder how many good starters end up buried in the rebuilder’s core barrel due to improper diagnosis of starter circuit problems.
Open Hood Surgery
The articles began after the engine had already been removed, and ended before it had been reinstalled.
Engine Tester Road Tests
How do you repair automotive driveability problems?
Don’s Demons: A Logical Thought Process For Electrical Troubleshooting
Dyno Don was the used car man in a dealership where I worked as a line tech. Brakes, exhaust, spark plugs, and other assorted bolt-on items were his specialties.
Carside Manner
My younger daughter just returned from a week end at a summer camp at which bright young students were exposed to opportunities in the medical field.
Bum Steer
We decided to ask a man who rebuilds power steering racks for import vehicles to share his many years of experience in this area with our readers.
Tech tips
Crankshaft Sprocket Removal; Vacuum Leak Diagnosis; Draining The Reservoir; Excelerated Meltdown; Accord Alternator Removal
Lost Without A Trace
Last year we did a two part article on the use of dual trace oscilloscopes.
Five Car Draw
We ran an article highlighting valve adjustment and maintenance procedures on a 1987 BMW 535iS.
Carside Manner
What I didn’t know was that they had already given their last full measure of devotion to the teeming throng pulling out of the parking lot.
Blue Plate Special
Have you ever wandered into a restaurant without knowing what’s on the menu?
Blue Green
The necessity of saving our blue skies from the effects of ozone damage is about to start costing some additional green down here at ground zero.
Star Service News Bulletin No.40 – Summer 1991
Star Service News Bulletin No.40
Tension Headache
Replacing the timing belt on most engines isn’t all that difficult. Just take it apart, line up the timing marks, install the new belt, put it all back together, and away you go.
Logic Gates
The decorative patterns scrolled at the top of our gate are some of the lesser known symbols found in schematic drawings, and are used to indicate the Logic Gates found in computers.
Carside Manner
I intercepted a fax the other day. An old friend who operates a vary (I mean very) successful shop specializing in very (I mean VERY) expensive European cars had faxed a plea for help to an associate.
BMW 2002
Why would anybody write about the BMW 2002, you might ask? Why concentrate on a car that hasn’t even been produced for 15 years?
4 Gas Follow Up
Now we’d like to introduce you to two little known tools which can make 4 gas analysis even more efficient. Hope you don’t mind 4 gas two months in a row, but the tools mentioned here seemed to be a good follow up.
Volkswagen Rabbit Tricks
Remember when Bullwinkle would proudly announce, “Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.”?
4 Gas Analysis
As mandatory emissions testing gets to be a hotter and hotter topic, the 4 gas emission analyzer will soon be finding its way into more and more shops.