In this tip clip, Bob Pattengale talks about how to get started with your LabScope. He talks about the necessity of familiarizing yourself with your lab scopes manual, the use of demonstration boards to familiarize yourself with the procedures of testing various engine components, hook up to and test known good vehicles and documentation of actions and tests you perform with the tool. Bob wraps up this tip clip with a simple demonstration using the Bosch MTS 5200 Scope to test and 02 sensor showing you just how easy it is to get started using a lab scope.

By Jim Taylor. Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA issued a “significant new use rule” (SNUR) at the end of October for the chemical substance identified as 1-Propene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-. The chemical is also known as HFO-1234yf.

Watch this Tip Clip presented by instructor Mark DeKoster with information you need to know if you perform brake service and repairs. Mark shows us and talks about tips to determine if a rotor is acceptable to be turned and resurfaced, how to best prepare a rotor for being turned and best practices for reinstalling the rotor and other brake parts.

By Scott 'Gonzo' Weaver. Ok, you got me ... I'm a Flasher ... or more to the point a Re-flasher. With today's cars and components, it's not uncommon to have to flash some driveability controller or theft system. As an independent shop, most of the re-flashing you can do will be for driveability situations or theft systems. Right now, the federal laws (Clean Air Act) only requires the manufacturer to give access to the “emission” related systems which means, an aftermarket scanner may only be able to provide you with part of a download versus the entire download.

By George Witt. There is sure a lot of talk about this subject. I hope this helps give you a strategy to deal with "the competition". I am surprised and disappointed that so few of us truly understand the business we are in and who our target market really is. I hope that none of you really believe that those people laying on their backs in the parts store parking lots all across this great country of ours are really any kind of prospect for our repair businesses. Good Heavens.

Fort Myers Florida — Automotive Video has released two *NEW* Bill Fulton classes this week! In Fuel System Testing Strategies and Anatomy of the Waveform, Bill gives you comprehensive tactics to expand your understanding and deliver accurate diagnostic repair.