TPMS Tech Tip: Popular Questions for an Unpopular Topic
A recent 19th-hole opinion exchange among friends included Gulf of Mexico oil drilling, Tea Party rallies and LeBron. Chatter about pre-season college football polls had just escalated to a feverish pitch when a participant in the conversation thought it was time to test the popularity of a discussion topic that would benefit all automotive drivers in the room – TPMS.
Registration is Now Open for Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) Convention and Trade Show
Registration is now open for MACS-I-MIZE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES for SUCCESS, the 31st annual Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) convention and trade show. 2011 has brought together an exciting collaboration between MACS and long-time training partner Automotive Video Inc. (AVI). Training is pricelessly valuable, but the training at this convention is priced at an amazing value.
Tech Feature: The Variables of Valve Timing
Today’s cylinder deactivation designs are used to reduce the fuel consumption and emissions of an internal combustion engine during light load operation.
Directions: Top Techs Score Big for the Automotive Aftermarket
Let’s hear it for the automotive service and repair industry’s group of All Stars.
Top Techs Score Big For The Automotive Aftermarket
Let’s hear it for the automotive service and repair industry that also has its own group of All Stars. These Top Techs were honored in November during the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence’s (ASE) board meeting held at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans.
Tech Tip: Taking Advantage of an On-Car Lathe
Well-maintained bench and on-car lathes can both do an excellent job of machining rotors. However, according to advice from the new Bendix Answerman, Chuck Kennedy, knowing when and how to use an on-car lathe can help eliminate wasted hours and extra work while also providing more accuracy and a better finish ….
Elgin Industries Launches 90th Anniversary Celebration
In 1919, the world’s best-selling automobile was the Ford Model T and the independent aftermarket was still in its formative stages. Yet, Czechoslovakian immigrant Martin Skok saw opportunity in the vehicle parts industry. In May of that year, Skok founded the company that would become Elgin Industries, which, 90 years later, continues to prove that a family-owned manufacturing business can thrive in the automotive and commercial vehicle markets ….
Tech Tip: Servicing GM’s 3800 V6 Engines
The Buick 231 cu. in. 3.8L V6 engine has had a production run lasting more than 30 years. Like the small block Chevy V8, this engine has undergone many changes over the years to keep it abreast of changing consumer expectations and emissions regulations. The first Buick 3.8L was offered in the 1975 model year Skyhawk, Apollo, Century and Regal. The engine was based on an earlier 198 cu. in. V6 that Buick introduced back in ….
Servicing GM’s 3800 V6 Engines
The Buick 231 cu. in. 3.8L V6 engine has had a production run lasting more than 30 years. Like the small block Chevy V8, this engine has undergone many changes over the years to keep it abreast of changing consumer expectations and emissions regulations. The first Buick 3.8L was offered in the 1975 model year
Standard Engine Management Names ‘Tools of the Trade’ Sweepstakes Winners
Standard Engine Management announces Michael Wright of White House High School in White House, TN, is the grand-prize winner of a $5,000 automotive tool shopping spree, an iflash onboard programmer for his school and a one-year GM subscription in the "Tools of the Trade" sweepstakes promotion, which ran until Nov. 30, 2007.