 | AES LineSpi
by-Ralph Birnbaum
The LineSpi DLC breakout box from Automotive Electronic Services (AES) (www.aeswave.com ) may be just what the doctor ordered for an ailing DLC circuit that is causing a scan data communication problem. For years, we've been cautioned against jamming fat test probes into the DLC pin sockets to avoid spreading or bending the thin contacts. In too many instances, however, backprobing is totally impractical, and even when the backside of the DLC can be reached, it is usually in s ...
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 | Future Tech is Here
by-Ralph Birnbaum
Welcome to our series on hybrid vehicles and new technologies that will be serialized over the coming weeks.
Automotive technology is starting to look a lot like the “future tech” section of your favorite science magazine. Buck Rogers is in the building! Vehicles on the road today are sporting all sorts of technological bells and whistles that were future-think in auto show prototypes just a few years ago.
The biggest single change is “hybrid” vehicl
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 | Strong and Mild Hybrids
by-Ralph Birnbaum
Welcome to our series on hybrid vehicles and new technologies that will be serialized over the coming weeks.
There are many different variations on the hybrid theme.
To avoid confusion, let’s agree on some important terminology, and discuss general hybrid vehicle types that we’ll cover as we go along.
First, let’s break hybrids down into two general groups: strong and mild. ...
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| Quick Hitters |
Using Monitor Enabling Criteria
Quick Hitters are short articles designed to get your gray matter moving!
A vehicle with a dead battery is jump started and then driven several miles to a repair facility where the battery is replaced. The loss of battery voltage to the PCM erases KAM (Keep Alive Memory) and resets all non-continuous monitors to Incomplete (Not Ready).
After installing a new battery and testing the charging system, the repair technician drives the vehicle, completing a generic drive cycle. When he retu
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| Guest Editor |
 | Pointless Porsche
A friend of mine asked me if I would convert the distributor on his 4-cylinder Cosworth Merlyn race car to the pointless Pertronix Ignitor system. Pertronix makes conversion kits for just about every kind of point style distributor, and the conversion has become very popular for vintage cars. It occurred to me that it would make a good technical article for the club newsletter. As a result, I put this little piece together for the members.
The distributor on this engine is a 12-V gear-driven
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