ASA North Texas and Mike Cleary present auto and truck electrical and Power Stroke diesel training through two classes. The classes will take place October 11 and 12 at Tarrant County College Automotive Department in Fort Worth, Texas. Register for the class here.

Class topics:

Class one: Auto and truck electricity and electronics diagnostics: What you didn’t learn in school

What really goes on inside your multi-meter and how it applies to diagnosis
Breaking down wiring diagrams into their simplest components, thereby facilitating diagnosis
Why fuses don’t always blow
Why Kirchoff’s Laws apply more to diagnostics than Ohm’s Law
What the “real world” voltage drop specs are
Piezo injector actuator theory and operation
Electrical circuits and their components
Common diagnostic mistakes and how to avoid them
What a negative resistance value really means
How Hall Effect sensors really work, and how to properly diagnose them
Discuss actual case studies in order to become more effective with your diagnostic skills

Class two: Ford 6.7L Power Stroke diesel diagnostics

Class includes all the newest updates, testing procedures, and design changes
Power Stroke systems, subsystem strategies, and operating systems
Low- and High-Pressure fuel systems
Dual cooling systems
EGR system, lubrication system, air management system, and exhaust aftertreatment system
Injector replacement procedures and IQA Programming for 6.7L
PCM inputs and outputs
No start, hard start, and performance diagnostics
How to diagnose and repair the most common fault codes
Troubleshooting shortcuts to increase your efficiency
Discuss actual case studies in order to become more effective with your diagnostic skills
Exhaust aftertreatment system testing
Technical tips, technical service bulletin info, and other “need to know” info

Instructor information:

Mike Cleary, the instructor, is an eight-time award winning Ford Motor Company Certified Senior Master Technician and Power Stroke Engine Specialist. He was a founding board member of Ford Motor Company’s Professional Technician Society, an organization dedicated to serving the needs of Ford dealership technicians in the U.S. and Canada. He has served on two separate Ford National Technician Advisory Boards and received national recognition from Ford Motor Company for his contributions to Ford as a field technician involved in improving the 6.0L Power Stroke Diesel Engine Program. As a former member of Ford’s IDS (Integrated Diagnostics Software) beta team, he provided field feedback to Ford regarding how IDS performed on Ford’s newest vehicles. Long recognized for his diesel performance expertise, less well known is that he served as a sort of “last chance garage” for many frustrated customers and technicians while serving as shop foreman and chief driveability and electronics technician at a California Ford dealership. Faced with the prospect of having to repair the vehicle and at the same time salvage the dealer/customer relationship, he developed his own unique diagnostic strategies for quickly and efficiently diagnosing the most difficult problems on a wide variety of vehicle systems: diesel engine performance, gasoline engine performance, and body and chassis electronics.

He is an ASE Certified Master Technician in both the Automobile and Heavy Truck categories, as well as being L1, L2, and F1 Certified. He is also certified by the state of California as an Advanced Emission Specialist Technician and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology from California State University, Fresno. He has been a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers since 1981. He currently owns his own shop, Cleary Automotive, a Bosch Certified Diesel Vehicle Diagnostics Center, specializing in high tech driveability and electronics repairs on Ford Power Stroke Diesel engine systems, carrying on his “last chance garage” tradition. An internationally recognized trainer, he presents high-tech driveability and electronics training for technicians worldwide for his training company, Automotive Technical Support Services, in addition to writing automotive diagnostics articles for industry trade magazines. He has lifetime of experience as a hands-on automobile technician in independent shops and dealerships.