VanGelder Kirk - Fundamentals of Automotive Technology

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This book was created to help you on your path to a career in the transportation industry. Employability basics covered early in the text will help you get and keep a job in the field. Essential technical skills are built in cover to cover and are the core building blocks of an advanced technicians skill set. This book also introduces strategy-based diagnostics, a method used to solve technical problems correctly on the first attempt. The text covers every task the industry standard recommends for technicians, and will help you on your path to a successful career.

As you navigate this textbook, ask yourself, What does a technician need to know and be able to do at work?

This book is set up to answer that question. Each chapter starts by listing the technicians tasks that are covered within the chapter. These are your objectives. Each chapter ends by reviewing those things a technician needs to know. The content of each chapter is written to explain each objective. As you study, continue to ask yourself that question. Gauge your progress by imagining yourself as the technician. Do you have the knowledge, and can you perform the tasks required at the beginning of each chapter? Combining your knowledge with hands-on experience is essential to becoming a Master Technician.

During your training, remember that the best thing you can do as a technician is learn to learn. This will serve you well because vehicles keep advancing, and good technicians never stop learning.

Stay curious. Ask questions. Practice your skills, and always remember that one of the best resources you have for learning is right there in your classroom... your instructor.

Best wishes and enjoy!

The CDX Automotive Team

Keith Santini
Addison Trail High School
Addison, Illinois

Merle Saunders
Nyssa, Oregon

Tim Dunn
Sydney, New South Wales
Australia

Aims Community College
Greeley, Colorado

Addison Trail High School
Addison, Illinois

Larry Baker
Aims Community College
Greeley, Colorado

Caseys Independent Auto Repair
Vancouver, Washington

CJC Auto Parts
Lombard, Illinois

Clark College
Vancouver, Washington

Clark County Skills Center
Vancouver, Washington

John Frala
Rio Hondo Community College
Whittier, California

Fraser Automotive
Plainfield, Illinois

Brandon Fryman
Denver, Colorado

Tony Gumushian
Prairie State High School
Chicago, Illinois

Haggerty Automotive Group
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Ed Heim
Battleground High School
Yacolt, Washington

Eileen Santini
Addison, Illinois

Les Schwab Tire Centers
Battle Ground, Washington
Orchards, Washington

McCords Vancouver Toyota
Vancouver, Washington

Warren Tech
Lakewood, Colorado

Larry Baker
Aims Automotive & Technology Center

Randy Bobzien
Lincoln Educational Services

David Borelli

Charles Brecht
Waxahachie, TX

Chad Bryant
Bevill State Community College

Reuben Bruice

Jerry Clemons
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College

Jay Covey

Jerry DeLena
Middlesex County Vo-Tech High School

Robert Faoro
Moraine Valley Community College

Damon Friend
Oak Schools Technical Campus - SW Wixom

Christopher Funk
Pahrump Valley High School

Sy Gammage
Somerset South Campus

Jim Gaard
Northwest Iowa Community College

Secundino Garza
Alice Independent School District

Tony Gumushian
Prairie State College

Jim Hunnicutt
F. H. Peterson Academies of Technology
Jacksonville, Florida

Jack Ireland
Johnson County Community College

Greg Jones
Eastside Center for Applied Tech - Fayette County

James Martin
Tarrant County College South

Joel Massarello
Oakland Schools Technical Campus - Northwest

Tim McLaughlin
Western Area CTC

Ryan Monroe
Miramar College

Steve Owen
Central Nine Career Center

Doug Poteet
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College

David Sitchler
Burlington County Institute of Technology

Beth Stanberry

Ron Strzalkowski
Baker College of Flint

Jeffrey Wells
Rowanty Technical Center

Mike Wichtendahl
Kansas City Kansas Community College