What’s New in Hybrid Systems? OEMs continue to develop new hybrid offerings. Are you taking notice? John D. Kelly/Motor Age — What’s new in hybrid systems? The hybrid world changed in the last year because of totally new plug-in hybrid powertrain designs from Honda and Ford; other similar ones are being designed by other carmakers, […]
An Overlooked Opportunity – The Trainer Video Series Headlight reconditioning is a great way to offer a needed service to your customers and it is easy to perform. Motor Age — The latest numbers show that the average age of the nation’s “fleet” is 11.4 years. In bay speak, that means that people are keeping […]
Preparing for Old Man Winter No matter where you live, there are steps you can take to help your customers prepare for the change of seasons. Motor Age — Barrow, Alaska, generally is recognized as the coldest spot in the United States. Its average temperature is a balmy 11.7 degrees Fahrenheit and has a recorded […]
More Up than Down Richard McCuistian/Motor Age — My dad drove a lot of different cars home from his garage. One morning in 1963, I remember looking down the long dirt road in front of our house at the approaching school bus, and I glanced over my shoulder at Dad while he slid behind […]
Parasitic Battery Drain Making a tough job a little easier to tackle. Michael Miller/Motor Age — Let’s face it, parasitic battery drains suck, and I’m not only referring to voltage. Locating the source of the draw also can suck up a lot of time as well. A couple of decades ago, a test light and […]
Servicing Nissan’s RE5R05A Transmission In this article by Wayne Colonna, writing for Powertrain Pro at Motor Age, you’ll learn valuable information about the Nissan RE5R05A five-speed automatic transmission. This transmission is used in many Nissan and Infiniti vehicles equipped with 3.5L, 4.0L, 4.5L and 5.6L engines for both 2WD and 4WD applications going back to 2002. There are important […]
Automatic Transmission Servicing How to avoid some common, and potentially costly, service mistakes. John D. Kelly/Motor Age — I own two vehicles that do not have an automatic transaxle dipstick to check the fluid level. One of these vehicles is a General Motors product; the other is a Toyota product. And they are not the […]
How To Read An Automotive Block Wiring Diagram – The Trainer Video Series Motor Age — As we’ve shared with you over the years, there are three areas you need (at a minimum) to be assured of success when tackling an electrical diagnosis. The first is a solid understanding of electrical fundamentals. You need to be […]
The 6 Steps To TPMS Success Every tech in the shop, from lead tech to lube tech, will sooner or later have to deal with a car’s TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system). In this edition of “In The Workshop”, Bartec USA’s CEO Scot Holloway shares the “6 Steps To Success” in the service and repair […]
A Conversation about ProDemand – Listen In! Our own Ben Johnson, Mitchell 1’s Director of Product Development, had a chance this morning to sit down and chat about ProDemand via a live Google “Hangout” with Peter Meier, Technical Editor of MotorAge Magazine. Ben shared insights into how ProDemand was designed with technicians in mind, to […]