March 2020

NEWS 6 AFTERMARKET MARCH 2020 www.aftermarketonline.net Snap-on launches new YouTube channel Snap-on has launched a new UK YouTube channel. Videos featured on the channel include in-depth platform training modules as well as the Diagnostic Quick Tips series. Training modules on the platform cover Intelligent Diagnostics, SureTrack, setup and navigation including Wi-Fi connectivity on applicable tools. Functional tests are also available, encompassing the current ZEUS, TRITON-D8, VERUS Edge, MODIS Edge, SOLUS Edge and ETHOS Edge scan tools, plus the VERUS PRO, MODIS Ultra, SOLUS Ultra, ETHOS Tech and VANTAGE Ultra systems, and much more. A spokesman for Snap-on said: “Each platform has its own individual playlist which allows the videos to be followed in sequence and at the technician’s own comfort level. The videos are created to not only show technicians how to use Snap-on scan tools but also to demonstrate how they can be employed to solve the problems they face every day in the workshop.” The channel is available at: https://bit.ly/2u5OtZe Inquest: Cat thief crushed The Parts Alliance has launched ‘The Original Experience’. Throughout March and April, garage customers will receive ‘Original Experience’ scratch cards with each purchase of Delphi brake pads, MANN- FILTER cabin and oil filters, Comma 5 litre Performance Motor Oil and NGK spark plug sets. Main winners will attend Le Mans in June. The prize includes on-circuit accommodation, track entry and grandstand tickets. There are also over 50,000 instant win prizes include snack boxes, baseball caps, sports bottles, t- shirts, mugs, beanie hats and cool bags. “Partnering with four leading manufacturers has enabled us to deliver a promotion with some exceptional prizes,” said Simon Moore, Head of Marketing at The Parts Alliance. The ‘Original Experience’ is running via Allparts, Bromsgrove Motor Factors, BBC Superfactors, BMS Superfactors, Car Parts & Accessories, CES, Dingbro, GMF Motor Factors, GSF Car Parts, SAS Autoparts, SC Motor Factors, The Parts Alliance (South West) and Waterloo Motor Trade. Find out more by visiting www.theoe.co.uk . A Swindon garage was in no way to blame for the death of a would-be thief who was crushed to death on the premises while trying to steal a catalytic converter, an inquest recently found. Staff at JB Autos were opening up when they found the body of 38-year old Gary Gray under a blue Vauxhall Astra in one of the business’s two locked compounds on 15 November last year. Gray was found with his hands were covered in oil and a torch he was using was still switched on. A cutting tool was still stuck into the car’s exhaust. Also in the vicinity were mole grips and a backpack containing spanners, cooking foil, a watch, and a bottle of methadone. Assistant manager Vilfredo Fernandes who found the body, had locked up the night before, and he was certain both compounds had been empty when he left. Mr Gray was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Police established later that that he had been trying to steal the catalytic converter. JB Autos manager James Brown said: “Over the years I have had a number of thefts, so I keep the vehicles unlocked to stop people damaging them and smashing the windows before they realise there’s nothing valuable inside them. The vehicles are left in gear with the handbrake off to stop the brakes seizing.” The Swindon Advertiser reported that it is believed that this caused the car to move while Mr Gray under the car. The death was investigated by Sgt Scott Anger. In a statement, he said: “This was not an industrial accident and was filed as a non- suspicious sudden death. The car jack had been dislodged. He had placed a wooden panel under him to prevent him lying on the cold ground. This raised his body closer to the car, which was left in neutral and would have rolled off the car jack because it was not secure.” A pathologist ruled that Gary Gray had no obvious external injuries but his left rib had been fractured. The car pressing down upon him had restricted his chest movements and caused him to asphyxiate. A printout from Gray’s GP surgery indicated that he had a drug dependence problem. The death was ruled as accidental by the Assistant Coroner. The Original Experience Follow us on Facebook @aftermarketmagazine