Multimeters can be a useful tool for both novices and professionals to limit their mistakes in automotive repair. Electrical diagnostic work is one of the most challenging parts of automotive repair.

I'm having problem with a starter motor on a riding mower, and need to check if the motor is getting juice and not working or if something else isn't working and no juice is getting to the starter.

Today I got a multimeter (nothing fancy, precision is +/-0.5% for DC current to tweak my lines (Antec Truecontrol).<BR><BR>Findings:<BR>- motherboard measurments are generally unreliable, for instance ...