Author: David Sander
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“Free” Inspections
Many new car dealers offer “free state inspections” for life when you purchase a vehicle from them. Why would car dealerships offer this? The answer is to get you into […]
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Frozen Calipers
Recently I have seen a lot of frozen caliper slides while replacing brakes. Some of these calipers were relatively new. Usually I can free up rusty frozen calipers with an […]
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Hot Spark Plugs Vs Cold Spark Plugs
In modern, computer-controlled cars, ignitions are reliable to the point where you rarely consider that they might fail. You have coil-on plugs, also called stick coils, snapped onto the tops […]
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A Franklin Automobile Enthusiasts
Do you remember the TV series Mash? Did you know those helicopters that flew in wounded soldiers were Bell 47s units….and the engines they used were Franklin engines? The Franklin […]
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Saab 900
Absent any questions this month, I will briefly discuss some cars in my shop this month. Both of my sons now have cars. I wanted their first cars to be […]
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Timing Is Everything!
A co-worker of mine just had an expensive experience with her Volkswagen. The car has the two liter twin cam engine, with a timing belt. The car had 85,000 miles […]
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A Positively Good Idea
Recently I attended a SCCV driving event. Part of their pre-event inspection is verification of a cover for the hot battery terminal. I checked my car a few days before, […]
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My rear disc brakes with the emergency drum brake
This was the good news! Something strange happened to me last week. I loaded the garbage and the recycling into the minivan to do the Saturday trip to the transfer […]
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One Thing Leads to…
With no questions to answer this month, I thought I would share an interesting story. Have you ever been putting off a big job, expecting it to be difficult, only […]
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Rust Repair
Recently I have had two cars in the garage for rust repair, a Saab 900 and an MGB. The interesting thing is, on each car the rust was caused by […]