Mitch’s World: Stuck in First…
This isn’t going to be a long diatribe about something that happened in the shop yesterday or the day before. It isn’t going to be another rant about customers who don’t understand or suppliers who don’t care. This column is about today. Perhaps, more important, it is about tomorrow. This column is all about you.
Walker Exhaust Brand Launches New Spanish-Language Website
Tenneco Inc. announced the launch of a new Spanish-language website for its Walker brand of replacement exhaust and emission control products. The new site provides the same content and user functionality as the brand’s popular English-language website.
EnerSys Releases ODYSSEY Battery Guide for Automotive Applications
EnerSys recently released its ODYSSEY battery guide for automotive applications. The guide covers the 10 batteries available for automotive/light truck vehicles, as well as optional accessories and chargers available for the batteries. Additionally, the guide outlines the features and benefits of ODYSSEY batteries, such as longer cycle life, mounting flexibility and extreme temperature tolerance.
Tech Tip: Wiring Harness Connection Inspection
When servicing a vehicle for any type of customer concern – such as miscellaneous DTCs, intermittent driveability concerns, hard start, no start, incorrect gauges, inoperative air conditioning systems, service engine soon lamps illuminated, 4WD lamp illuminated, instrument panel gauges inoperative or cruise inoperative – the following steps are imperative.
Affinia Under Vehicle Group Announces the Raybestos Brand Brakes 2008 Medium Duty Catalog
Affinia Under Vehicle Group recently announced the distribution and general availability of the Second Edition 2008 Raybestos brand brakes Medium Duty Catalog. The catalog indexes every medium duty Raybestos brand brake product from 1980 through 2008.
Brake Tech: What is a Complete Brake Job?
Most motorists know brake linings don’t last forever. Brake pads and shoes use friction to stop a vehicle, so every time the brakes are applied the linings experience wear. After so many stops, the linings wear out. The rate at which the linings wear out depends on the frequency of use, how hard the brakes
Editor’s Notebook: Business ‘Building Blocks’ for the New Year
With ads for New Year’s resolutions running rampant on the airwaves and in print, one doesn’t have to look very far for advice. One article’s catchy lead questioned, “Is it really possible for anyone to live happily to 100? The good news is that your body was designed to be 100 — you just have
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Ingenuity Welcome At Johnson Controls
Directions: What Dreams May Come
The new year gives the auto industry a new opportunity to deliver an exciting crop of vehicles. Many in the industry are hoping that next 12 months are better than 2007. This is especially the case for the Michigan-based automotive manufacturers, as the year 2007 seemed to be one endless stream of setbacks, bad news
Is There Enough Pressure? Fuel Injection Diagnosis & Service
One of the first questions that should always be asked — and answered — when diagnosing a fuel-related complaint on a fuel injected engine is, “What is the fuel pressure?” All too often, technicians assume fuel pressure is “good” without actually measuring it with a gauge. If the engine runs, they assume the injectors are