As long as electronics have been around and as long as they will exist, someone will always try to economize on circuit materials. When too much current is applied for the circuit materials to handle, the electronics overheat. Heat is the skulking me… Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log in? […]
In previous articles we discussed electrical troubleshooting techniques for measuring circuit voltages and voltage drops using a DMM. We also discussed using a DMM to measure resistance. But let’s not get so focused on the theory of DMM’s and voltage… Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log in? Click here to […]
Part Four of the “Front Counter Mechanics” Business Software series (Import Service, November 2000) described how to retrieve certain facts and figures from shop management programs, then import the data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. This month… Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log in? Click here to register for free […]
It looked very sharp for a nine-year-old car. The still shiny ’91 Camry came in running fine, on its own with no obvious problems – no misses, no smoke, nothing scraping, banging, flapping, clanking or dragging. It was clean as a whistle and rustless… Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log […]
The recent SAE Future Transportation Technology Conference in Costa Mesa, California, provided information on hybrid electric vehicles, 42-volt electrical systems, alternate fuel and fuel cell technology, Intelligent Data Bus (IDB) and OBD-II+ system… Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log in? Click here to register for free access.
When you are the world’s greatest automotive detective, you meet all kinds of guys. Well, guys like Dave. That’s Dave as in “Dave’s Transmission City,” formerly “Dave’s Lifetime Brake & Muffler,” still earlier “Dave’s International Auto Repair,” … Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log in? Click here to register for […]
To a ‘civilian,’ a no-start seems like the most frustrating and difficult of all car problems. It’s always unexpected and inconvenient. And entirely inexplicable! After all, ‘didn’t the engine start fine thousands of times before, with the same gas i… Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log in? Click here to […]
Part Three of our Business Software series (Import Service, October 2000) described how to export data from shop management programs with built-in export utilities. This month’s column describes how to retrieve data when your shop management program … Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log in? Click here to register for […]
The Parthenon, Buckminster Fuller intoned, splendid an edifice as it is, dominating the Acropolis at Athens, a most fitting monument of classical Greece, the very symbol of the best in European culture, makes a damned poor radiator for a supposedly a… Please log in below to view content. Don’t have a log in? Click here […]
Can you expand what you learn from these kinda of hair-pulling problems to help you not only with the unlikely case of repeat of the same automotive glitch, but to learn as much as you can about the best ways to approach unpredicatable and difficult … Please log in below to view content. Don’t have […]