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The heat of summer is just a few short months away, so the time to begin paying attention to your customers’ air conditioning system has arrived. Some shops may decide to offer their customers A/C performance testing—either invasive ... [Full story]

Determining what is wrong with the suspension is sometimes a tricky job. Many items need to be checked out first before you can start the repair. We’re going to go over a few of them here. Tires play a big part in suspension and now because it’s winter, we’ll concentrate on winter tires.... [Full story]

Brake noises are annoying and in most cases the brake pads are usually the cause, however, sometimes I find this questionable. I strongly urge installers to perform a visual inspection of the front brakes. You may be in for a surprise and find that it was some other brake component that is the problem.... [Full story]

Prior to the advent of alternators (a 1960’s innovation that can be attributed to Chrysler), most vehicle charging systems utilized a dC generator. Looking much like belt-driven starter motors, dC generators had weak low-rpm performance, and required fussy and unreliable mechanical voltage and current regulators to control... [Full story]

As part of the cooling system, the water pump is pretty important in keeping the vehicle running in good order. Summer is coming, and you need to be on the lookout for symptoms that could suggest the water pump needs replacing. this is also good preventive maintenance... [Full story]

Spring is in the air and your clients’ vehicles should be getting a good going-over from the consequences of a long, cold winter. A good thing to start with is the A/C system… something that likely wasn’t used during the past few months... [Full story]