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Celebrate Good Times! (Come on!)

August 11th, 2017 by

Happy one-year-one-month-ten-day-iversary!   Well, folks of the Internet, it’s been a little over a year since I published the first official post on the Auto Know for the Average Joe blog. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and peek at some of the things we’ve learned so far (imagine Sarah McLachlan’s I Will Remember

WHAT THE HECK IS AN…Intake Manifold?

June 2nd, 2017 by

To know what the heck an intake manifold IS, we must first explore what the heck an intake manifold IS NOT. An intake manifold is not:  Body builders’ favorite get-muscles-quick supplement A masculine laundry creasing machine The newest Microsoft Word font The tip of a feather used as an ink pen in Colonial times So…what

WHAT THE HECK IS A…Harmonic Balancer?

February 10th, 2017 by

To know what the heck a harmonic balancer IS, we must first explore what the heck a harmonic balancer IS NOT. A harmonic balancer is not:  A highly skilled person that can distribute his or her weight evenly atop a small metal instrument The name of the #1 boy band in the charts A hippie

WHAT THE HECK IS AN…Alternator?

January 13th, 2017 by

To know what the heck an alternator IS, we must first explore what the heck an alternator IS NOT. An alternator is not:  A new invention that changes people’s minds to a different way of thinking A Green Party political activist who has run for President of the United States multiple times The name I

WHAT THE HECK IS A…Timing Belt?

October 7th, 2016 by

To know what the heck a timing belt IS, we must first explore what the heck a timing belt IS NOT. A timing belt is not: Fancy spaghetti A note sung loudly for an undetermined amount of time The thing in an airport that delivers your luggage at baggage claim A fashion accessory that simultaneously