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This article will delve into the principles that PASSPORT is based upon.

If you stop a car from a high cruise speed, you have increased the speed of the molecules of the air, the heat, by exactly the same amount of energy the car gave up to stop.

Few Opportunities for miscommunication are more vexing than those surrounding a complaint of a funny noise. We may readily recognize, categorize, and, quite possibly, even ignore, the noise that prompted our customer’s visit, instead making every effort to rid him of some other noise which he considers normal.

But along the way, I have also parted with a great deal of my hard-earned cash to acquire some of these tools for continuing use.

After listening to the customer’s description, confirm the complaint by driving the car.

It then occurred to me that I had overlooked one of the simplest procedures and by doing so had confused at least one of the students.

The Sweep Test dynamically tests the harness and the peripheral components of an engine or brake control system.

Up until almost the middle of this century grease-soaked horsehair in a box oozed oil to lubricate those bearings, seeping gradually over the loaded surface and providing a sacrificial layer of lubricant to preserve the axle and the bearing race.

Base oils are the primary lubricant in motor oil, and represent 80-90 percent of the total package after oil additives have been mixed in.

The flood of new technology shows no sign of letting up, so an early start is the best way to keep your head above water.

Many shops founded their business upon working only on one type or the other. Their decision simplified matters – it was unnecessary to keep more than one set of specialized fasteners or tools in inventory.

Challenging a thorny diagnostic problem might be, however satisfying a really difficult or unusual no-start, it is the bread and butter work that distinguishes a business from a hobby.

How electronic components fail during expansion and contraction and demonstrate how to artificially induce the Thermal Curve to find expansion and contraction problems inside solid-state components.

We’ve gathered some additional information on the subject since we visited it in December (“Brrr … Humbug”), and it may prod you to consider the purchase of cooling system drain and fill equipment.

Look for the U.L. tag that indicates whether the product has been tested and certified by Underwriters’ Laboratories.

Shudder Complaint; Trust The Tensioner; Five Step Program; Let There Be Light; Blowing Bubbles; Lazy Oxygen Sensor

John has the most unusual automotive business I know of. He’s a mobile automotive electronic diagnostician.

We may be able to print the complete transcript in another forum at a later date. Stay tuned as this series develops.