Car Dashboard Display 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 tempe...
You can use a timing light equipped with a tachometer to read the engine rpm. This tool connects to the No. 1 spark plug wire and a power source, and it will tell you the speed of your engine during tuning operation. Clean a dirty carburetor before starting. Use carb cleaner and a ra...
but used simple topologies, such as a bus topology where every device on the network was connected to a single bus, this meant all ECU’s were directly accessible on the diagnostics port and could communicate with each other. As CAN bus became...
But though it made for cheaper new Model 74 Fords in a year of generally higher car prices, it didn't sell nearly as well as expected. Buyers evidently preferred higher performance over lower retail cost. Economy was supposed to be a strong point, but really wasn't. With this development...
The tightness of the accelerator, or throttle, cable on any vehicle is important. If the cable is tightened too much, the car will not idle properly and consume fuel quickly. If the cable is too loose, the car will respond slowly when you press the gas p
A relay switch (an electromagnetic switch) is like an electric lever operated by a relatively small electric current that can turn on and off a much larger electric current. Some are packed together with sensors that detect a change in the bient condition that basically acts as a signal for...
More parking. That's all Scott Oldham really wants out of life. His three-car garage is full, as is his driveway. Necessity, combined with poor financial judgment and an inability to sell anything, has forced the second-generation automotive writer and smoky-burnout enthusiast to store a few...
This means deer are really good at spotting movement from relatively far away and from a very wide field of vision. (Helpful for detecting a wolf trying to sneak closer from a distance.) However, when it comes to having clear, focused vision on something right in front of them, their eye...
Chevy's first million-car model year was in 1941. The 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe is shown here. Renewed competitiveness was evident in an expanded 1940 line with what Chevy called "Royal Clipper" styling. Though not a drastic change from 1939, this facelift was sufficiently thorough to mak...
Image of a basic automobile dashboard. The full dashboard shows four gauges from left to right: tachometer, speedometer, fuel level, and temperature. Fromwww.freeimages.com Full size image What are the primary and secondary tasks that a user will perform on this interface ? The design should...