Crossword Puzzle: October 2012
Across 1. Tire casing 5. Dash gauge faces 8. Electronic fault-finding system, briefly (1,1,1,1,1) 9. Big-rig noisemaker (3,4) 10. Online automobilia-auctions site 11. Shop’s labor-charge system, perhaps (4,4) 13. Item left on pump, perhaps (3,3) 14. Parts supply-chain middleman 17. Diagnostic device for 8-Across system (4,4) 19. Removed air from brake system 22. Underhood power
Crossword Puzzle: August 2012
Across 1. Flexible cooling-system components 4. Item between lifter and rocker arm 8. Carburetor venturis, in other words 9. Dash option since 1930s 10. Alternator output, briefly 11. Battery terminal 13. Ratchet adjunct 15. Problem provoking recall 18. Fastener with removable mandrel (3,5) 19. Ball- or roller-bearing component 22. Shift quadrant’s D 23. GM-owned auto-parts
Crossword Puzzle: April 2012
Across 1. Radiators’ tubes-and-fins sections 4. Crash-activated devices (3,4) 8. Convertibles, slangily 9. Big brand in 14-Across components 10. Power-window system part 11. Suspension-system parts 12. Rejuvenate flat battery 14. Windshield-wiper components 18. Protrusion on an engine shaft (3,4) 20. Component absent in unibody car 22. Relationship between gears 23. Combination-wrench section (4,3) 24. Certain
Crossword Puzzle: August 2011
Across 1. Synonym for valve lifters 5. ’70s Plymouth for a rascal 8. Piston-related specification (4,3) 9. Adjusted the headlights 10. Wheel-nut description, perhaps 11. Engine-incontinence inhibitor (3,4) 12. Wheel-bearing lube 14. Auto-battery components 17. Front-passenger position, slangily 19. US crash-test agency, briefly (1,1,1,1,1) 22. Uplifting service-bay sight 23. Antifreeze and water mixture 24. Piston
Crossword Puzzle: May 2011
Across 1. Piston oil-control or ____ ring 5. Certain semis 8. Transmission ____ shaft 9. Shop tool, belt ____ gauge 10. Upmarket auto-upholstery material 11. ’70s ad "Baseball, hot dogs, ____ pie and Chevrolet" 12. Tire-shop machine (5,8) 15. Word following drive and valve 17. Willing crash-test participants 20. Radio adjunct in auto glass, often
Crossword Puzzle: April 2011
Across 1. Ignition-diagnosis instruments 8. Brake-system components, sometimes 9. Shifter selection 10. Allstate or State Farm 11. Wheel-alignment adjustment (3,2) 12. Andy Green’s ’97 supersonic car 14. Structures in non-unibody cars 17. Well-known Indy-racing family 19. Old-car noises, often 22. New engine’s initial ____ period 23. Word following backing or pressure 24. Turbochargers’ mechanically-driven cousins
Technical Info Calls
George Witt talks briefly about how best to handle technical information calls that you might get from other shops. He talks about the importance of evaluating who you help, when and how often, and most importantly what info you should never reveal.
Crossword Puzzle: November 2010
Across 1. Rotating part in starter motor 5. Lingerie for cars 9. Prize money paid by race promoter 10. Car-museum bigwig 11. Shock absorber ____ and rebound strokes 12. Remove an engine’s parts 14. Generic term for modified car 16. Piston’s TDC to BDC travel 19. Bond’s "Casino Royale" car, ____ Martin 21. Sole color
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"
Crossword Puzzle: April 2010
Across 1. Fix-all material (4,4) 5. Dual-overhead-camshaft code (1,1,1,1) 9. Leaf spring and axle connector (1,4) 10. Yoke-and-spider assemblies, briefly (1,6) 11. Unexpectedly stopped the engine 12. Dynamometer’s torque-display shape 13. Relationships between gears 15. Grooved tire surfaces 18. Chopper output, some say 20. Stopwatch-timed race-track interval (3,4) 23. Gas-pump units 24. Tool for driving