Servicing Ford 4-Cylinders: Contour, Escort, EXP, Focus, Probe, Ranger & Tempo
Ford has used a variety of four cylinder engines over the years, ranging in displacement from 1.6 to 2.5 liters (see engine application chart on page 22). All of these engines are overhead cam engines, some with a single cam others with dual cams, and all have timing belts that need to be replaced at
Back From Vegas
Last month I attended the grandaddy of all automotive trade shows in Las Vegas. “Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week” (AAIW) is a multi-show affair that fills both the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Sands Expo Center with more than 2 million square feet of exhibits and cars. The event is not open to the general
ASA Mechanical Division Presents ASA/ASE Top Score Award at CARS
Thomas Piippo, owner of Tri-county Motors in Rudyard, MI, received the Automotive Service Association’s (ASA) National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Top Score Award during the 2005 Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) in Las Vegas. The award recognizes the ASA Mechanical Division member with the highest score on the 2005 ASE master automobile test.
Dorman Adds More New Aftermarket Revenue with New Products, New Solutions and New Opportunities
Dorman Products has announced its new product introductions and line extensions that were introduced at the 2005 AAPEX show in Las Vegas. The new product categories and extended coverage provide distributors with more revenue opportunities and the opportunity to allow service dealers to source these products from their preferred supplier – their aftermarket distributor. In all, the company will introduce more than 2,000 new parts to the aftermarket in 2006.
Bosch Launches ‘eCat Advantage’ Electronic Product Catalog
Bosch has launched eCat Advantage, a new electronic product catalog designed to provide the most current and comprehensive coverage of product and product-related information to customers and sales teams, right on their own computers. This new electronic catalog is scheduled to be distributed beginning with the December mailing of Bosch’s Advantage newsletter.
Bosch Releases 2006 “Professional Preferred” Catalog
Bosch’s new 2006 catalog for its 100 percent new and 100 percent remanufactured “Professional Preferred” alternators and starters for domestic and import cars, trucks and vans is now available. The 989-page catalog provides extensive coverage of new and remanufactured Bosch alternators and starters for the aftermarket.
Recruit, Hire and Retain the Best
According to the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association, the vehicle service and repair business is around $250 billion, or two-thirds of the total aftermarket. Hiring and retaining great technicians is a key issue with business owners, especially since technicians are retiring everyday, and fewer young people are entering the industry than in previous decades.
DuPont Refrigerants Launches ‘Cool’ New Website
DuPont Refrigerants is taking 75 years of industry experience online, and sharing critical new product and technical information with an enhanced version of its website. The new website, accessible at www.refrigerants.dupont.com, is designed to address the needs of current and potential customers in the stationary and mobile air conditioning and refrigeration markets.
How to Unlock the Potential of Your Management and Information Software
Software is a unique tool. Every time it is used, it becomes more valuable to your shop. With every customer profile, parts data and billing information that you input, it will become more valuable to your operation. Also, with every technical service bulletin or bit of repair information found, you become more valuable. For automotive
Coni-Seal Inc. Receives 2005 Frost & Sullivan Award
Frost & Sullivan recently presented the 2005 Lean Manufacturing Leadership Award to Coni-Seal Inc. for its cost-efficient production of hydraulic brake components for the North American aftermarket.