By Steve Schaeber, MACS Technical Editor In order to comply with the legal provisions going into effect in 2017, Mercedes-Benz will equip its vehicles with air conditioning systems that meet…
By Andy Fiffick, Chairman and CEO MACS Worldwide , Owner Rad-Air Complete Car Care, Cleveland, OH Getting (and keeping) our shops “service-ready” is a moving target – one that…
“It’s not if you offer J-2534 flashing to customers; it’s when,” asserted David Hobbs, a senior automotive aftermarket trainer for Delphi Automotive. With this “hook,” Hobbs grabbed the attention of…
By Steve Schaeber The engine cooling system is one of the first and most basic of automotive systems that are taught in tech school, and rightly so. It’s also one…
By Steve Schaeber, MACS Technical Editor Recently, I posted to the MACS WordPress blog and covered a fuse issue on a 1999 Volkswagen Jetta. In response to my post, I…
By Paul Weissler, MACS Senior Technical Correspondent The evaporator is out of sight, but with A/C technicians it can’t be out of mind. When you can’t find a leak anywhere…
By Steve Schaeber, MACS Technical Editor My uncle Joe recently purchased a 2014 Hyundai Sonata to use as his commuter car for getting back and forth to work. When he…
By Steve Schaeber-MACS technical editor There’s a neat little repair shop here in Lansdale, PA that is well known by many residents of the borough, and one which I walk…
by Jacques Gordon To anyone who has been following along, it looks more and more like the auto industry will never have one universal air conditioning refrigerant. That means we…
Do you have questions on how to service and repair your refrigerant recovery and recycling machine? You can have them answered on Friday, January 17, 2014 at the MACS Training…
Hanging out in the hall after lunch at the MACS Training Event in New Orleans, a young tech approached Jack Rosebro, introduced himself as Ron and said, “Somebody told me…
