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If R-12 is unavailable in your area, or has become too pricey, you’ll have plenty of prospects for retrofits to R-134a.

Each manufacturer has a different way of drawing schematic diagrams. What they will or will not put in a schematic diagram for our assistance also varies a great deal.

Look at the additional information to be gained from consideration of a third gas, oxygen (O2), the “lean indicator.”

To keep things interesting, perhaps we can look forward to hunting for oil leaks that refuse to drip on anything except a clean piece of paper on the owner’s garage floor.

Got one of those treadwear pattern charts on the wall of your shop? The ones with the different patches rubbed on the business edge of the tire, with corresponding diagnoses in the chart blocks? Guess what? Many of them are wrong.

This article goes a step further and discusses some basic points on reading electronic system diagrams.

The owner may or may not have some performance complaint that goes along with it; but you know this system, like engine control systems for some time, can compensate for most problems, can mask what would otherwise be driveability symptoms.

Ball and socket joints aren’t the same as they were, so no one rule fits them all any more.

Shared inputs and outputs are passed between both units. What follows is a brief description of some of the LH system’s key components and functions.

One of the toughest tasks that automotive technicians face is the diagnosis of intermittent problems.

This month’s installment will pick up where last month’s left off: marketing that is designed to gain new customers.

There are many things to consider when you decide to hook up your lab scope. Just consider a few of the choices and decisions that must be made when we pull the scope out of the cabinet.

Some Japanese models may overheat for reasons that aren’t nearly as common on makes from other countries.

Here you will find a wide assortment of tech tips on a variety of import vehicles.

These techs also may not pick up a manual to consult the schematic diagram to see what the circuit contains and decide how to plan a troubleshooting strategy.

You’ve been asked to create a marketing budget and set aside some time each week to work exclusively on marketing.

Remember when cars were fun to work on? No fuel injection problems, no computers to diagnose, no SRS systems, or ABS brakes. yes, things were simpler then.