Carburetor Clinic: Feedback Hitachi Two-Barrel
This carb appears on feedback-equipped front wheel drive Mazda GLCs. It’s just one of several up dated versions you’ll see of the basic Hitachi carb we covered in the November/December 1987 Carb Clinic.
Helping Hand Technique
Believe it or not, your bare hands are two of the best carburetor tools you’ve got. You can use your bare hands to diagnose and fix certain problems.
Carside Manner
The mess shown in the photo is brought to you compliments of an old friend of mine. This photo was not a set -up. He actually works from this pile…
Building a Better Business
This includes some critical-but-overlooked steps to improving any business. It also tells you how to get free professional counseling from savvy veteran businessmen.
Star Service News Bulletin No.27 – Spring 1988
Star Service News Bulletin No.27
VW Diesel: Part Two
The second part of this diesel story covers valve adjustment, head gasket selection, and nozzle service.
Insurance: Are You Covered?
Everything you always wanted to know—or needed to know—about proper coverage for your business.
Elementary L-Jetronic
Here are time-saving troubleshooting highlights of the popular air flow-controlled fuel injection system.
Cooling System Diagnosis
The answers to many cooling system problems are right under your nose — if you know what to look for.
Carside Manner
Bad weather had produced long lines of no-starts and frozen fuel lines. Many of our customers, suffering from the late winter blues, had proven impatient and irritable…
Basic Air Conditioning
…looking forward to the day when a dozen customers wander in, suffering from the heat, and want their auto air conditioners serviced. Those of you basking in the sunny climes of the South and West happily find air conditioning a less seasonal proposition…
Carburetor Clinic: Aisan Two-Barrel
The particular Aisan unit shown here appears on the popular 22R engine. The 22R is found in vehicles such as the Celica and Toyota pickup.
Signage – What Does Your Sign Say About Your Busienss?
Is your business looking for a spruced-up — juiced-up image?
Servicing Rzeppa Joints
This constant velocity drive joint is easy to service once you know a few tricks.
Nissan Rear Disc Brake Service
The single-piston rear disc setups Nissan uses on later-model Maximas, Z-cars, and 200SXs are all nearly identical to each other.
Carside Manner
While consumer groups love to throw stones at the auto repair industry, you don’t hear much about the frustrations some customers inflict on their mechanics.
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.
Fine Tuning the VW Diesel: Part One
Orchestrating improved diesel performance with proper cam and injection pump timing. Glow plugs too.
Chemical Gasketing Update
Gasketing takes three forms: hard, such as head gaskets; soft, such as paper; and chemical, such as RTV silicones and anaerobics.
Toyota Valve Adjustment
Too often ignored, this simple maintenance procedure can be a good source of income.
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.