ISN Tools Launch
ISN expanded its footprint another 25,000 square feet to accommodate for new vendors and two new exhibition areas: “Around the Wheel” and “Outdoor/Sporting Goods.”
Profitable J-2534 Reprogamming
Reflashing is a necessary service for repairing your customers’ vehicles, and its importance is only going to increase. Here are some of the items your shop needs to invest in to perform more reflash/reprogramming jobs.
Associated Equipment Jump Starter Features Extra-Long Cables and Light Diagnostics
The heavy-duty portable power unit includes light diagnostics, displaying voltage output of the vehicle battery, voltage output of the vehicle alternator and 7′ DC cables.
GOOD or REPLACE? Testing Today’s Batteries
A weak battery, or one that is rundown, may not deliver enough amps to crank the engine when temperatures plunge and the oil thickens. While cold weather can be hard on batteries, so can hot weather because it increases water loss from the electrolyte inside the battery. That’s why batteries in hot climates usually don’t
Clore Introduces Jump Starter with Voltage Spike Protection
Model No. 4001 features an enhanced, automatic charging system that enables easy charging and maintenance of the installed batteries when not in use. The charging system can be optimized to properly charge both flooded or AGM battery types.
Reflashing & Reprogramming Tools
Contributing Editor Andrew Markel warns “you cannot ignore reflashing any longer.” He provides seven tools you need for reflashing as well as eight problems that can be resolved by reflashing.
Mac Tools Names Clore Automotive Supplier Of The Year For 2013
Clore Automotive has been named Mac Tools’ 2013 Supplier of the Year. This recognition came at the recent 2014 Mac Tools’ Tool Fair in Orlando, FL, where the award was presented by Brett Shaw, president of Mac Tools.
Car Quotes: Words to Work By
A great quote only gets better with age. It can stand up to changes in society, technology and morals. Here are six quotes that every shop should live by…
Diagnostic Solutions: Nissan Pathfinder Wouldn’t Crank
Recently, an old customer called to tell me his 1988 Nissan Pathfinder “fishing wagon” wouldn’t crank. The Pathfinder’s battery was less than one year old and passed a preliminary conductance test with flying colors. The Pathfinder’s starter activation system is typical for many import vehicles of this vintage. In the manual transmission version, the ignition switch supplies power to the clutch switch relay windings when in the crank position.
Clore Automotive Introduces SOLAR 3001 12-Volt Commercial Jump Starter With Air
Clore Automotive presents Model No. 3001, a 12-Volt commercial jump starter with an onboard air compressor, from SOLAR. This multi-purpose unit provides endless jumps and the convenient delivery of air for auto lots, auction houses, fleet operations, implement dealerships and other starting environments with high vehicle counts and stubborn starting situations.