New York’s automotive equivalent to Bermuda’s airplane and boat mystery…. The Empire State Building, one of the seven wonders of the modern world has people wondering about something else besides the engineering marvel. About ten to fifteen car’s computers have been seemingly jammed near the Empire State building in New York every day, revealed Isaac Leviev. (Issac is the manager of Citywide Towing, the AAA’s exclusive roadside assistance provider in this area). The radio, headlights and horn work but the cars will only crank over without starting.

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OK, finally Calvan has released their version of the OTC 303-1203. The Calvan is pictured on the left and the Rotunda is on the right. Calvan actually did a very nice job, improving on the Ford design and including a storage case. And they even upgraded the thread tap by adding badly needed length to it to reach down in the spark plug recess of the cylinder head. Still no word about if Calvan is going to tackle the production of a lower cost equivalent to the 303-1398 porcelain remover. Read the rest…

The picture above is of my wife Lori, our Toy Fox Terrier Sophie and of myself under an old style umbrella from the early 70’s.

We all need a break from our hectic work schedules from time to time. As an automotive technician for over 23 years and now as the owner/manager of DenLors automotive tool sales operation, sometimes it’s nice not to even see or hear a car for awhile.

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