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Snap-on Tools is offering professional technicians a special promotional opportunity on its new EPIQ; the first tool storage unit that is powered to work the way that technicians do. For a limited time, techs who purchase EPIQ using Snap-on Credit financing will receive three productivity boosting solutions for free: Snap-on's Instinct Screwdriver Set, Techwrench and Dual80 ratchet. This offer is available through Dec. 12.
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Delivering the Goods
Every tech knows you have to have three things for an engine to run: compression, spark and fuel. But that is a little simplistic. An engine can have good compression, but if it can't breathe, it won't run right. An ignition system can have good spark, but if delivered at the wrong time, it means nothing.
Custom Bay: Turning Over a New Leaf
Replacing Leaf Springs on a Rear Suspension
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Despite their strength and simplicity, leaf springs on a rear suspension don't last forever.
ABS: Electronic Tips
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What sets modern antilock braking systems (ABS) apart from conventional, hydraulic brakes is their electronic controls. Often, barely-measurable amounts of current can make the difference between full antilock brake systems (ABS) functionality and a tough-to-diagnose problem. Here are some tips — some general, some specific — that are worth remembering when servicing ABS electronics.
Delivering the Goods
Proper fuel delivery is essential to engine performance, so here's how to make sure the fuel pump circuit does its job.
Motor Age
Every tech knows you have to have three things for an engine to run: compression, spark and fuel. But that is a little simplistic. An engine can have good compression, but if it can't breathe, it won't run right. An ignition system can have good spark, but if delivered at the wrong time, it means nothing.
INDUSTRY NEWS
NASTF creates SDRM tutorial
The National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF) has a new tutorial for the Secure Data Release Module (SDRM), which provides online directions for service repair facilities and locksmiths wishing to become registered and thus be eligible to receive vehicle security information through the SDRM system.

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