The Star Tachymeter chronograph from Montblanc allows you to measure your speed. Using the tachometer on the outside of the dual, time how long it takes to go one mile. If, for example, it takes forty-two seconds, ...
Machines make work easier by exchanging force for distance or distance for force. For example, if you need to lift a piano into the back of a pickup... Learn more about this topic: Simple Machine Definition & Types from Chapter 16/ Lesson 11 ...
Running on empty? © iStockphoto.com/moori At a minimum, your dashboard display has a speedometer and a fuel gauge. In addition to those gauges, the display will feature some combination of a tachometer, charging system gauge, oil pressure gauge, and engine temperature gauge. Let's ha...
Many modern cars use a system like this, too. Instead of a magnetic pickup on a wheel, they use a toothed wheel mounted to the output of the transmission and a magnetic sensor that counts the pulses as each tooth of the wheel goes by. Some cars use a slotted wheel and an optical pi...
A bright-orange Dodge Neon with “01” painted on its door is obviously cosplaying as the General Lee. For the DeLorean time machine and the Ecto-1, to name the car is to name the film. So it is with Japan’s contribution to automotive pop culture: a tofu-delivering Corolla. It...
Matt Jancer is a Southern-based automotive and outdoors writer. If he isn't outside getting swarmed by things or asking animals to stay still for photos, you'll find him on the side of the road under the hood of an old car, yanking apart emissions equipment and cursing. ...
Millions flocked to see it on its March 1932 unveiling. The old man kept a close watch over the V-8's development, badgering his engineers and telling them what to do. His perceived need for getting the engine to market as soon as possible left insufficient time for durability testing, ...
The methods you use to protect your edible leafy greens that YOU want to eat may be different than the methods you use to protect a hedge of inedible hydrangeas. 4. How important are aesthetics to your deer-deterrent choices? You might not give a darn how ugly your deer-deterrent methods...
Pullthe engine covercompletely off the the engine and let it air out. Watch for gasoline fumes that might point to a leaking gas line. Check for gas leaks and tighten any fittings. If equipped with ventilation blowers, turn them on and let them run for several minutes, purging all fumes ...
There is such thing as a Watchdog. Watchdog is a hardware timer that counts backwards all the time, and if it reaches zero, it resets the microcontroller. In normal operation, the microcontroller should periodically reset the Watchdog, bringing its time back to its original state. If suddenly...