Diagnostic Tools Archives - Page 17 of 22 - TechShop Magazine
Mac Tools’ MDT 10 Diagnostic Tools Delivers Enhanced Performance Boost for Techs

The hardware device features an optically bonded screen, a rear camera with flash, front camera, dual speakers and HDMI output to an external monitor.

Snap-on Offers Special Edition SOLUS Edge

SOLUS Edge comes fully integrated with SureTrack to help techs improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce repair time.

Hella Gutmann’s mega macs 56 Minimizes Troubleshooting Time on European Cars

By setting a hotspot, the mega macs 56 becomes a mobile diagnostic tool. Communication to vehicles takes place wirelessly. Just plug in the VCI to the OBD port.

Assistance for Solving Diagnostic Problems

Diagnostic Assistance helps you to go from “fault” to “fix” quicker, thus improving a shop’s efficiency, and also improving your first-time fix rate on diagnostic issues.

Finding the ‘Right’ Scan Tools

The wrong scan tool can slow your progress. Stumbling through complicated menus, inputting VINs and waiting for the tool to connect is valuable time that could be spent diagnosing the problem. Here’s how to find a tool that’s right for you.

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.

Maximizing Tools: Simple Answers to Difficult Questions: Troubleshooting Complex Systems

A good diagnosis and repair relies on the experience, knowledge, flexibility of mind and logical thinking skills of the technician.

Scan Tools: Solving the Diagnostic Puzzle

“The fact is, the most expensive tool may not be the best tool for you. It depends on what vehicles you work on and what you want out of the tool.” – Dwayne Myers, Dynamic Automotive, Frederick, MD If a 1996 or newer vehicle with OBD II rolls into your shop with a Check Engine

Snap-on ETHOS PRO

ETHOS PRO comes standard with OEM-specific coverage and functions such as functional tests, codes, data, service resets, bidirectional controls, and adaptions and relearns to validate repairs and finish jobs.

Lang Offers Cylinder Leakage Tester with 2 Gauges

This Cylinder Leakage Tester measures the ability of an engine cylinder to hold compressed air using shop air pressure, supplementing a compression tester.

Performing a Parasitic Draw Test with Power Probe Hook

This video shows you how the Hook helps you locate unwanted battery drains and isolate the problem circuit without removing fuses.

HD Coverage in One Tool from CanDo

The HD Pro allows a tech to properly diagnose heavy-duty vehicles without the need for other scan tools or OEM-specific software. It offers extensive coverage for Class 4-8 trucks and industrial equipment.