Service Advisor: Time to Make a Tool Decision
Discovering special tools to change timing belts
Service Advisor: A Plug’s Life
How to Read Spark Plugs
Real World: Rich Evans – Driven To Succeed
Show-stopping design work has made Rich Evans into a bit of a celebrity
The Real World: A Juiced-Up Orange Mazda That’s Ready for the Track
A Mazda RX-7 Gets a makeover from two juniors at Medford Vocational Technical High School, Medford, MA
The Real World: On the Career Fast Track
, are on the “fast track” to a career in the automotive industry.
The Real World: Engaging Technicians
How One Trucking Fleet Company Handles Technician Issues
Report Card: Performance Tips From a Model Student
Chloe Picart, an 18-year-old student at Lincoln Technical Institute, studying automotive technology, said she loves the idea of being a girl in a male dominated industry.
November 2007 Pop Quiz
The following T2 Pop Quiz tests your knowledge of Oxygen Sensors. Choose the one answer that best completes the following statements or questions.
The Rotary Engine Turns 40
On May 30, 1967, Mazda launched the world’s first twin-rotor rotary-engined car, the Mazda Cosmo Sport. The company now celebrates that engine’s 40th anniversary. In these past 40 years Mazda has produced nearly 2 million vehicles powered by the rotary engine. It was not until 1970, however, that Mazda sold rotary-engine-equipped cars in the United States. That was the 1970 R100; it was followed by the RX-2, RX-3,
RX-4 and RX-5 Cosmo. Incidentally, the 1970s even saw Mazda install the rotary engine in its Rotary Pickup truck.
Service Advisor: Things Are Heating Up!
A fairly recent entrant into the tool side of the collision repair industry is the heat inductor. Well, it’s nothing new really. Heat inductors have been around in various industries for about 100 years and are commonly used in the manufacturing process for things like case hardening of gears and shafts. They’re also used in cook tops on stoves to allow a quicker, more even heat. But heat inductors are relatively new to the collision repair industry.
Undercover: Brakes 101
Topics To Cover –
Inspection checklist, Servicing, Rotors and Drums, Linings and Brake Fluid