K.I.S.S.

This past week in our A/C class, our teacher decide that he was going to give my group the responsibility to figure out why the air conditioning on a "customers" truck wasn't working. So Kera and I discussed what could be the problem... We hooked up the manifold gauge set to verify that there was refrigerant in the system. I went to print off a wiring diagram, and she checked all of the fuses.. we checked the relays.. our next move was to apply power to the compressor to see if the clutch was engaging.. when we applied power, we found out that it was engaging.. so on to figure out what else was causing the problem.. Kera had to leave to go to work, so I stayed over to finish it up.. I rechecked the relays, and then on to the fuses.. Taking another look at the wiring diagram, fuse 23 is the A/C clutch relay fuse. My teacher printed off the CJB fuse and relay information. Come to find out, fuse 23 was nowhere to be found, So we got another 20 amp fuse and put it in the spot it should have been, and the air conditioning has worked properly ever since. All of that work just to find out it was a fuse! So remember K.I.S.S.

I’m a little late on posting.. work and school have started catching up with me.. I have two jobs and am a full time student. So I do apologize for not posting on time. But anyway that’s enogh about me.. I’m going to talk about attitude this week.. Attitude is an important part of any job, not just jobs in the field. I completely understand if you have had a rough day.. but that does not give you the right to treat others like crap. Attitude is so important, instead of having an I don’t want to or I can’t attiude; try having I can do it attitude.

Its been a busy week, here is a picture of the valves out of my 08 Jetta. I'm keeping it a short blog tonight. 

Where is that machine?

Where is that machine?

You know, that one that thing that tells you what's wrong with the vehicle!

Those "machines" are the men and women working on your vehicle; walking, talking, diagnostic machines. They use the tools and equipment they own to solve the problems with your vehicle. Scan tools and meters are machines that can only do so much in the way of formulating a diagnosis. These devices provide strategic direction for the repairs needed, allowing the trained technicians to know a general path at which to take. The technicians are the "real" machines who have the ability and training to pinpoint what is wrong with the vehicle. But for some odd reason, the public likes to believe that there is a "magical" machine that does all the work. 

It's beyond me where people get the idea that we can just hook up a scan tool and all of your car problems magically disappear. I have been told many times by irate customers that fixing a car is not rocket science, so it shouldn't cost that much, or take that long. Diagnosing vehicles isn't always a walk in the park, it's endless hours of trying to figure out electrical issues, bolts breaking, and just the every day stresses of life in the field. You will always have that question of "how much longer, how much longer." Sometimes the best we can do is show up, and never give up!