Affinia Under Vehicle Group has announced the Spicer Showdown, a promotion that offers technicians and counterpersons the chance to win hundreds of poker-related prizes, including the grand prize of a seat at the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, valued at $10,000. Until Aug. 15, 2006, for every purchase of an open-stock premium quality Spicer professional grade chassis part, technicians will receive a Spicer Showdown instant-win game card. Five winners and the counterpersons who gave them their game cards will receive first prizes of a trip for two to Las Vegas to take part in the Spicer Showdown Poker Tournament, and a chance at winning the grand prize.
Weldcraft announces the availability of a product guide for its new Legacy Series of TIG torches and accessories, including nozzles, power cables, gas lenses and tungsten. To make it easier to select the right torch for any given application, the guide features torch compatibility lists for each accessory. To obtain a free Legacy product guide, call 800-752-7620 or e-mail your request to customerservice@weldcraft.com.
Standard Motor Products has helped more than 10,000 technicians diagnose vehicle issues in 2005 through its Standard Plus Club (SPC) program-a live tech hotline, professional technician seminars and a new online tech information wehsite that operates 24/7. Call 800-781-7587 and press option 5 for more information and/or to sign up for a free 72-hour trial of the SPC website. In other news, the company has announced the "Tops for Ten" t-shirt promotion for service techs and counter personnel, who must sell or install any combination of 10 oxygen sensors, premium wire sets or coil-on-plug coils to qualify. The program will end Aug. 30.
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For the third year in a row, Klein Tools is holding its "Race and Win" race car promotion for end user customers. Participants can enter the racing-themed contest by logging on to www.kleintools .com/racing through Sept. 10. The Grand Prize Ls finir tickets to any 2007 IndyCar race and a $1000 American Express gift card at the end of the 2006 racing season. There will be weekly and daily drawings, as well. For more information, visit the website listed above.
Hunter Engineering annually trains thousands of undercar service technicians at training centers located across the country and through local Hunter representatives. The company offers alignment courses for techs at all levels, with topics including passenger car, light truck, SUV and heavy-duty truck and trailer alignment service. Other courses cover wheel balancing, vibration diagnosis, tire changing and brake machining procedures. Special courses may be created on request, and field seminars are common. For more information, log on to www.hunter.com.
Tenneco has expanded its Walker and DynoMax emissions control product lines with 575 new part numbers for domestic and import passenger vehides. This increases the company's exhaust coverage to more than 92% of the North American passenger car population. The company has also added dozens of new Monroe ride control part numbers for late-model Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Volkswagen and Land Rover applications.
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Federal-Mogul will offer professional technicians a chance to win a restored and updated 1966 Chevy Chevelle Malihu during die company's second annual TEC Training Excellence Sweepstakes. Sponsored by the Federal-Mogul Technical Education Center in St. Louis, the sweepstakes is open to any automotive technician, machinist or parts professional who attends a 2006 TEC workshop in St. Louis or an evening field seminar in die U.S. or Canada, or who enrolls via mail. For more information, visit www.federal-mogul.com/training, or call the toll-free fax-hack information line at 888-771-6005.
A new website has been launched by NAPA Echlin highlighting the company's line of engine management parts for domestic and import vehicles. The website provides service information for professional technicians, product spotlights and information bulletins. For additional details, visit www.napaechlin.com.
Two new 2006 catalogs featuring thousands of replacement automotive a/c and climate control components for domestic and import passenger vehicles are now available from Visteon. Together, the a/c application catalog and the CDROM-based climate control catalog include nearly 300 new SKUs for popular late-model vehicles. Both catalogs can be obtained through Visteon distributors.
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The latest Wire 6 Cable Illustrated Parts Guide from BWD Automotive includes more than 800 items, many in new or expanded categories. Several new features have been added to the color catalog to enhance its usefulness, among them greater detail in the table of contents, more detailed features and benefits sections and more dimensional information to aid in product selection. In other news, the company has announced the "Shirts for Sales" t-shirt promotion for service technicians and counter personnel, who must sell or install any combination of 10 oxygen sensors, select wire sets or coil-on-plug coils to qualify. The program will last through Aug. 30.
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DENSO Sales California has introduced new catalogs for fuel pumps and oxygen sensors. The expanded fuel pump catalog (FP-CAT-0106) now includes fuel pumps, fuel pump kits and modules for domestic, Japanese and European applications. Coverage is doubled over the previous catalog, says the company. New fuel pump price sheets (FP-JL-1205) are also offered. The oxygen sensor catalog covers more than 1800 domestic, Asian and European applications. For more information on both catalogs, log on to www.dcnsoafteniiarket.com.
Identifix, the subscription-based online diagnostic database that offers real-world, proven diagnostic and repair information to automotive technicians, has announced that the number of repair shops using the Direct-Hit online system has surpassed 5000 nationwide. Direct-Hit enhances the system by adding more than 5000 vehicle problems and fixes on a monthly basis.
Clevite Engine Parts takes on a more eco-friendly approach with the release of its new 2006 Engine Parts Master Catalog, which uses much less paper than previous publications due to a streamlining of the catalog process. Listings for Clevite 77 engine bearings, Victor Reinz gaskets and Perfect Circle piston rings were eliminated, because they're available in their existing product catalogs.
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