Since our last installment, we found some examples of the damage that’s done when the pinion houseing breaks. I can’t overemphasize the importance of carefully inspecting the pinion housing. Cracks that are just getting started my be impossible to see without magnafluxing the housing.
In May’s “Hunting Down Your Market Share” article, Bob, of bob’s Auto Repair shop in Intown County, Pennsylvania, began a journey into the unknown land of market share. Why did Bob undertake this long, difficult journey?
Hot start assist pulse relays were installed on late 1970s and early 1980s European cars equipped with K-Jetronic fuel injection. These relays were first installed as a retro-fit cure for hard-start-hot conditions, and later installed by different manufacturers during production.
Because it usually works so well, electronic ignition gets taken for granted. You’re probably not beating yourself over the head day after day trying to solve weird ignition problems.
