Four Seasons’ Refractometer Guards Against Component Failure
The new Four Seasons’ refractometer checks the pH levels of engine coolant and battery fluid to guard against component failure due to electrolysis. Electrolysis is a major source of heater core and radiator failures.
Four Seasons Offers New Clutch Turner Tool
Four Seasons offers a new clutch turner tool (part no. 69547) to prevent premature failure. The tool is for use with the newer Harrison R, H and V series compressor clutches with no hex end or nut on the clutch hub.
Powertools: Select Power Tools that Meet Your Service Needs
Considering these definitions, a power tool, loosely defined, is anything used as a means of accomplishing a task using mechanical energy. All power tools use mechanical energy to accomplish tasks that would otherwise be difficult or even impossible to accomplish by hand. Now think about all the jobs that we are able to accomplish with
Tech Tip: Ready-to-Install Struts Save Time and Increase Profits
It should come as no shock that preassembled, ready-to-install struts have been a huge hit lately. The pros like them because they are much easier, faster and more profitable to install than ordinary struts. They don’t need a spring compressor to disassemble and reassemble the strut and they can get the customer back on the road much faster because of the time saved by not replacing the entire strut assembly.
Tech Feature: Getting Up to Speed on Hybrid Vehicles
Hybrids are hot. As the price of gasoline goes up, so does the demand for new vehicles that can squeeze more miles per gallon from every drop of gasoline. Hybrids do that by combining the best of both worlds: electric power for low-speed, stop-and-go driving, and gasoline power for highway cruising and long-range driving.
A/C Tech Feature: The Future of R-134a
With all the talk about global warming and climate change, many people are wondering what the future holds for R-134a as an automotive refrigerant. R-134a was introduced back in the early 1990s as an "ozone safe" replacement for R-12. Unlike R-12, R-134a contains no chlorine, so it can’t harm the ozone layer that protects us from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation.
Ready-To-Install Struts: Saving Time & Adding Profits
It should come as no shock that preassembled, ready-to-install struts have been a huge hit lately, not only with do-it-yourselfers, but even more so with professional technicians. The pros like them because they are much easier, faster and more profitable to install than ordinary struts. They don’t need a spring compressor to disassemble and reassemble
Hybrids: Basic Service & Safety Procedures
Hybrids are hot. As the price of gasoline goes up, so does the demand for new vehicles that can squeeze more miles per gallon from every drop of gasoline. Hybrids do that by combining the best of both worlds: electric power for low-speed, stop-and-go driving, and gasoline power for highway cruising and long-range driving. Current
A/C Update: The Future of R-134a
Alternative Refrigerants Loom on the Service Horizon
Four Seasons Adds ICE 32 to its Remanufactured Compressor Line
Four Seasons announces its line of remanufactured compressors now contains ICE 32, the revolutionary refrigerant additive that extends compressor life and improves the overall performance of automotive air conditioning systems.