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Get Grounded: Electrical Systems
11/1/2007
Cylindrical glass tubes with metal end caps vs. plastic mini fuses. Large mechanical switches vs. IC circuits. Throttle cables vs. drive-by-wire. Distributors vs. coil-on-plug ignition systems. Noisy steering shafts vs. ste...
Understanding Airbags
12/1/2006
Why didn’t my airbags go off? They should have gone off!”
How many times have you heard similar concerns from your customers? You could just dismiss their questions and move on to repairing their vehicl...
Working on Hybrids: A Body Shop Primer
11/1/2006
In these times of soaring fuel prices, dozens of hybrid vehicles are on the market — and actually selling — and dozens more, currently in the development stages, are expected to go into production soon.
Ea...
Repairing Hybrid Electric Vehicles
4/1/2006
Question answered by: Mike West
Recently, the Sierra Club — the environmental organization that acts as the world’s conscience when it comes to issues like protecting the spotted owl, old growth forests and, ...
The Heat Is on: Buying My Heat Inductor
12/1/2005
A fairly recent entrant into the tool side of the collision repair industry is the heat inductor.
“What’s that?” you ask.
Well, it’s nothing new really. Heat inductors have been ...
Do you Know Watt?
10/1/2004
Ask my friend Morgan McCarty, “Do you know watt?” and he replies, “Yes, it’s a measure of power, the electromotive force times current.”
Morgan was an electronics and pneumatics specialist in the Navy, and of course, he ...
ABSolute Basics
5/1/2004
I've noticed technicians who shy away when they see a warning lamp illuminated on the vehicle's dash after a collision repair. But with a little understanding, you don't have to flee a flashing ABS light. Make friends with ...
Hybrids: Why They're Here To Stay
12/1/2003
Fuel costs – gasoline or diesel – seem to be creeping ever higher.
This is probably natural because of the rules of supply and demand. Oil is a finite resource, and as we use more of our own American crude in the lower 48, ...
Hot Driver = Unsatisfied Customer
7/1/2003
Sure, you've fixed the car. But today's A/C-dependent consumers need their air conditioning, too. And not repairing it properly is a BIG mistake.
It used to be that air conditioning, cruise control, power windows, power seat...
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