Snap-on has added a new Diagnostic Quick Tip training video to its website and YouTube channel showing professional technicians how to program a 2015 Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited key fob using any of their Snap-on diagnostic scan tools.
Commoditization is increasing and when consumers are unable to distinguish between two suppliers’ parts and services, their decision largely comes down to cost, making it hard for smaller players to compete.
The latest Timken “Tricks of the Trade” videos guide technicians through simple steps for replacing press-in style wheel bearings as well as properly lubricating the wheel hub of Ford Super Duty Trucks.
William B. “Brock” Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, responded to questions from business owners interested in developing pre-disaster plans for their operations.
With flood cars, unscrupulous fraudsters engage in “title washing” that falsifies a vehicle’s provenance to claim that it originates from a different state, thus disguising the fact that it was swamped by a flood.
We use wiring diagrams in many of our diagnostics, but if we are not careful, they can sometimes lead us to make decisions that are not accurate, which can lead to wasted diagnostic time, unnecessary parts costs for the replacing parts that are not defective, and sometimes even missing a simple repair.
So, what damages the cat? Well, engine misfires can lead to overheating and potential meltdown of the substrate. It can be contaminated by silicone sealants (or liquid spray), coolant leaks into the combustion chamber that coat the strata, excessive oil steam blow, and more
The current clamp is used to measure the electron current in one wire at a time, the preferred method, but it can also be used to measure more than one wire at a time provided the direction of electron current in each wire is known.
Why can’t we get shops to train employees? That is where the conundrum comes in -- the training that the shops know they need becomes secondary to their immediate problems at hand.
Shop owners, service advisors and technicians can take part in the largest automotive aftermarket event held in the Carolinas — the Automotive Service & Technology Expo, Sept. 29-30.
WIX Filters and O’Reilly Auto Parts, partners with Tomorrow’s Tech as title sponsors for the 2017 School of the Year competition, have announced the Top 20 schools selected from 370 nominations across 86 schools in the U.S.
NACE Automechanika Chicago featured more than 360 leading suppliers displaying new automotive service and repair technologies, while connecting to nearly 8,000 attendees who took part in activities throughout Automotive Service and Collision Repair Week.
