CARDONE Expands Throttle Body Coverage
CARDONE recently expanded its Throttle Body SKUs to cover millions more vehicles on the road. It now has 55 total SKUs covering more than 41 million vehicles. The Throttle Body line now includes the popular: Part# 67-8003 05-08 Toyota Corolla / Matrix (pictured) Part# 67-8004 08-14 Toyota trucks / Avalon / Camry Part# 67-8001 08-13
CARDONE Expands Master Cylinder Coverage
CARDONE Industries recently announced an expansion of its line of master cylinder SKUs to cover millions more vehicles on the road. The company now offers a total of 2,164 SKUs in its A1 CARDONE Reman Master Cylinders product lineup to cover more than 217 million vehicles.
Tech Spec: Tackling Old Timers – Salvaging Pre-War Era Engines
It’s often surprising to some people that parts for these cars are still available. For other engine specialists, it’s sometimes more surprising when they aren’t.
Hot and Cold: Shop Climate Equipment
Let’s face it, being a technician has its good points, and its bad. When you solve a problem for a customer that gets them back on the road, that’s a good day. Knowing that you can fix things that most people don’t even understand is nice. Standing in a shop that is 100 degrees with sweat trickling down your back and pooling in your boxers … well, that’s not so nice! (To say the least!) Or how about standing in a shop that is 25 degrees, with feet like blocks of ice – if you can feel them at all!? Also not so nice.
Bolt-on Horsepower: Choosing an Induction System
Like a houseful of teenagers, today’s high performance engines are hungry and thirsty. Whether running on the street or the strip, our ravenous appetite for speed means their ravenous appetites must continue to be fed.
Under Pressure: Piston Service For Light Truck Diesels
The diesel engine market has been rapidly changing in recent years. Higher fuel prices and changes in emission regulations have brought about a whole new generation of clean diesel engines in both the light- and heavy-duty truck markets. According to the Diesel Technology Forum (www.dieselforum.org), particulate emissions from new on-highway diesel engines have been reduced
Diagnosing & Servicing Automatic Transmissions
To prevent having any service from being over sold or under sold, it is important to not only know that a particular service should be performed, but also why it should be performed. That knowledge can also help you spot when to recommend that service, and when not to. When speaking about transmission fluid, the
A/C Update: Keeping the Black Death at Bay
Over time, moisture contamination in an A/C system will form corrosive acids that attack metal surfaces and break down the lubricating qualities of the compressor oil. The result is a dark-colored sludge called “Black Death” that can gum up the orifice tube or expansion valve and ruin the compressor. How does moisture get in the
Getting Tanked: Flex Fuel Engine Modifications Allow for Alcohol-Based Fuel
In case you haven’t heard, Flex Fuel technology is really starting to take off in the U.S., becoming more popular in late-model vehicles than technicians may realize. If you haven’t had any training on these vehicles, you may find some of the technical changes OEMs have made to the engines will alter the way you