Feature Articles

Subaru CVT

Subaru CVT

Can you have your cake and eat it too? Can you bolt an automatic tranny onto a small displacement engine and still enjoy the performance and fuel economy of a 5-speed gearbox?

Carside Manner

Carside Manner

The customer complains of a mysterious cough, grunt, groan, stumble, or sneeze. You listen to the customer as well as you can, with no interruptions other than the ringing phone, the blast of an air chisel…

Customer Car Care Guide

Customer Car Care Guide

This article is written to your customers on your behalf. It emphasizes the importance of preventive maintenance and tells your customers how to care for their cars.

Electrical Troubleshooting

Electrical Troubleshooting

In this month’s Basic Training we shoot down a variety of common and uncommon electrical problems with a simple technique called the voltage drop.

Carside Manner

Carside Manner

Imagine a restaurant where the menu selections are printed in a language you don’t speak, no one will explain to you what you’re ordering, and that you have to guess at your selection…

BMW V12

BMW V12

First, it includes some new technology that may find its way into other cars. Secondly, it lets us look at the physical characteristics of a V12 engine that make it so smooth.

Tech Tips

Tech Tips

Rabbit Dust Shield Installation Tip; Staked Nissan Gland Cap; Replacing Emergency Brake Cables; Prelude Flasher/Defroster Switch Fix

Honda Transaxle Repair

Honda Transaxle Repair

The bread-and-butter Honda 5-speed is easy to diagnose and easy to repair. Part one of this two-part feature covers diagnostic tips, teardown, and inspection.

Metric Thread Repair

Metric Thread Repair

Sure, stripped threads are aggravating. But think how dull auto repair would be without them! When threads do strip out, there are three basic ways you can restore them…

K-Jetricks: Part Two

K-Jetricks: Part Two

This is a continuation of the K-Jetronic diagnostic and service tips we first presented last April. When you know what to look for, K needn’t be a killer!

Diagnosis: Time Is Money

Diagnosis: Time Is Money

We look at some good reasons to charge for what you know as well as what you do, and provide you with some ideas about ways to sell your skills.

Tech Tips

Tech Tips

Nissan Timing Chain Holder; Many Applications For Windshield Washer Fluid; Pinpointing Electric Fuel Pump Noises; Jammed Relief Piston; Toyota Computer Harness Tip