Truck Stop: In for the Long Haul
H-D Service and Maintenance Tips: The following is a basic checklist of items that need to be scheduled for maintenance and repair of trailer dry vans and bodies developed by a national trailer manufacture:
Undercover: Taking a ‘Brake’ To Examine Master Cylinders
Although modern master cylinders are reliable, they do require periodic inspection.
Crossword Puzzle: August 2010
Across 1. Items once found in tires 4. Auto-racer’s ride, hopefully (4,3) 8. Maintenance type in owner’s manual 9. The United Auto Workers, for example 10. Vehicle velocity 11. Add air to a tire 12. Coolant passages around engine block (5,6) 17. Post-1977 tire-sizing system (1,6) 19. Component in disc-brake system 21. Streets, boulevards, etc.
Report Card: American-built Supercar Makes its Debut
Billed as the “most exclusive hand-built supercar on the planet,” the Rapier Superlight Coupe, or SL-C for short, offers a multitude of unique engineering specifications, power-plant offerings, exterior colors, interior schemes and a host of other fully customizable options.
Instructor Insight: Voltage, Resistance and Amps — Ohm I!
Guest commentary by Dan Sullivan
Sullivan Training Systems
Under the Hood: Spark Plug and Ignition Wire Replacement
Minimizing Engine Misfires — Misfires are a huge no-no in vehicles that have to meet today’s low emissions requirements
Undercover: A ‘Switch’ in the Balance of Power
Electronic Brake Distribution Showing Up in More Vehicles
Real Word: What It Takes to be an Automotive Technician These Days
Public general education and technical education in particular isn’t serving our industries as well as they should, nor are the automotive parts and service industries supporting public education as well as they should.
Real Wolrd: CC & TC Captures Top School Honors
Caddo Career & Technology Center, a vocational high school in Shreveport, LA, was named the Tomorrow’s Technician/Chicago Pneumatic 2010 School of the Year.
Crossword Puzzle: May 2010
Across 1. Camshaft protrusions 4. Structure on cop-car front, sometimes (4,3) 8. Windshield post (1,6) 9. See 6-Down clue 10. Coin substitute at tool booth 11. Unwanted car-radio noise 13. Accelerates, in other words (5,2,3,3) 16. Car-appraisal criteria, ____ wear and tear 18. An intersection accident, slangily (1,4) 21. Fiat 500’s name in Pixar’s "Cars"