Pam Gatto, president of Gatto's Tires & Auto Service in Brevard County, Fla., will receive the Founders Forum's Entrepreneur of the Year Award on Sept. 28, 2010.

Tags: Gatto's Tires, Pam Gatto, Tire Industry Association

If you are interested in attending the upcoming Tire Industry Association (TIA) Environmental Symposium in Ocean City, Md., rooms at the host hotel, the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, are still available. However, rooms are "booking quickly, according to TIA.

Tags: commercial tires, Consumer tires, green, Symposium

Executives from Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack will discuss the company's second quarter financial performance during a Sept. 8 conference call.

Tags: Auto service, Consumer tires, Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack, Retail

The first Tire Industry Association (TIA) Environmental Symposium, to be held Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, 2010, at the Ocean City Convention Center in Ocean City, Md., is more than a symposium.

Tags: Asphalt rubber, green, Recycling

The new ”Light ’Em Up Dyno” app from the Bosch Group can turn iPhone and iPod touch mobile devices into portable dynamometers that can measure acceleration, G-force, and horsepower.

Tags: App, Electrical service, Underhood service

It will be very helpful to skim through the flow chart to try and determine which way the voltage is traveling. Be sure the flow chart is not asking you to check for voltage, only to have the next line say, “Repair the wire shorted to voltage.” In the case of the Silverado, the PCM should put out about 10.0 volts to the EBCM. A quick voltage test at the EBCM revealed no voltage on the yellow/black wire. Next, the voltage at the PCM was tested and found to be 10.0 volts.

Tags: Chevy Silverado, Diagnostic equipment, Service bays, Technicians, Underhood service

The PT Cruiser’s tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is unusual in that it does not specify how many tires are low or where they are located.

Tags: PT Cruiser, TPMS

What’s learned in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas. The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is offering educational sessions packed with take-home, practical advice at the first-ever Global Tire Expo - Powered by TIA. The expo will be held Nov. 2-5 in Las Vegas, Nev., as part of the 2010 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show.

Tags: Global Tire Expo, SEMA Show, TIA, Tire Industry Association

In the late 1990’s, Honda automobiles started using a blower motor power transistor to control the speeds of the blower motor instead of the traditional blower motor resistor. Now, when the blower motor power transistor fails, the air conditioning (A/C) compressor will become inoperable. When the blower motor does not operate on later model A/C systems, the heater control panel will set a code which in turn shuts off the request for A/C compressor operation.

Tags: Air conditioning, Service bays, Technicians, Underhood service

Companies specializing in air compressors for tire dealerships are concentrating on several popular features — low noise generation, added power and a “small footprint.”

Tags: Auto service, Compressors, Shop equipment