In the last issue, we covered battery testing and the superior advantage of using a conductance tester in your preliminary inspections. All of us have had...
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Over the past two decades (maybe even longer), you’ve heard of the importance of battery and electrical systems testing. Voltagedrop testing goes back for as...
Over the past several months, we’ve covered a lot of information aimed at the diagnostician, particularly things to check when a vehicle first comes in with...
The topic of engine crankshaft thrust bearing failure creeps up from time. I’ve written about it twice, once in 1998 and again in 2015. Unfortunately, these...
Over the next few months, you’ll notice an increasing emphasis on ATRA+ articles. It’s not so much that we’ve changed article focus, per se, but rather...
This is the third installment of ATRA+ articles. It’s a project that began a couple of years ago. It’s tied to the ATRA University Project and focused on...
We don’t think much about servicing an automatic transmission. Fill it until the dipstick shows full, and off we go. Even if the dipstick read low, it...
Last month, ATRA’s Executive Director, Lance Wiggins, shared some history about ATRA. As a rebuilder, I can go back decades and recall the tech I learned...
I recently received a call from a friend, Pat, who runs a transmission remanufacturing company. He was frustrated as he said, “Man, Dennis, we have got these...
Math problems can be a challenge for many. You know the ones: Mr. Jones is traveling north on the Pike express traveling at 60 mph. Mrs. Smith is traveling...
Winter has always been a boon for transmission shops. Burned up transmissions and broken cases from getting stuck in the snow are commonplace. Snowplows that...
For years, we rebuilders have made changes to transmission functionality by either interchanging parts, installing upgrades, or making valve body...
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