Walking The Talk With PCM/CAN Bus Communication Problems
If you don’t have much experience working with CAN bus communications systems, you’re not alone.
Fuel Tank R&R: Avoiding The Dreaded Second Drop
Nothing is worse that a comeback after a fuel tank has been dropped. Here are some tips that can help you avoid comebacks and dropping the tank for a second time.
Top EVAP Tips When Replacing Fuel Pumps
Nothing is worse that an EVAP code after a fuel pump has been replaced. Discovering that the tank needs to be dropped again to address a problem can kill shop productivity and profitability. Keep reading for tips that can help you avoid comebacks and dropping the tank for a second time.
Finding That Spark Of Genius: Diagnosing Cranking, No-Start Failures
By the dawn of the Industrial Age, the gasoline internal combustion engine had replaced steam power as the driving force behind America’s great economic expansion. In that day, a cranking, no-start condition could easily be diagnosed by testing the available spark at the spark plug. If there was no spark, we touched a test light to the coil negative terminal to determine if the distributor contact points were switching the coil on/off. If the test light blinked, the primary circuit was switching as designed, so we replaced the coil. A pretty simple diagnosis, right?
ididit Announces SEMA 2018 Surprise: A ’69 Chevrolet Chevelle
Mitch Kelly and the team at Kelly and Son prep a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle to be the first-ever vehicle to appear in ididit’s Hot Rod Alley booth at the 2018 SEMA Show.
CTA Tools Introduces 26-Piece Terminal Release Set
CTA Tools’ 26 Pc. Terminal Tool kit provides the newest designed disconnect tools, manufactured using high quality steel.
Project Restoration: Northwest Technical School Revives Nash Metropolitan
In Maryville, Missouri, the collision students at Northwest Technical School were transported to the past when they refinished a Berkshire green, 1957 Nash Metropolitan.
Piercing And Probing Wires With The Least Damage Possible
The Hippocratic Oath states a doctor shall “do no harm.” The technician’s oath is the same, but we “do no harm” to a vehicle we are trying to diagnose or repair.
Fuel Injector Function Testing
If a fuel injector is not operating within set parameters, it can cause driveability symptoms and codes that can point to components other then a faltering fuel injector.
Alternator Testing Diagnostics Are Getting More Complicated
One test is not enough if you are diagnosing a charging system problem. All too often, if only battery voltage is present with the engine running the alternator is condemned as the source of the problem. If this is the case, it means that the alternator is not charging, but does not reveal why.
