Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble Free Car Care (The Complete Idiot's Guide) 1999 by Dan Ramsey is a PDF book for free download.
You're no idiot, of course. You know how to kick tires and can tell the windshieldwiper control from the one for high-beams, and once you even managed to revive a fellow traveler's vehicle with the jumper cables you keep in your trunk.
But when it comes to any car repair or maintenance, you'll let your mechanic charge an arm and a leg for a simple oil change and tune-up.
Don't pull out that checkbook again! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Car Care, Second Edition helps you build the skills you need to maintain your car and handle common maintenance and emergency repairs yourself.
Feel confident about applying a little elbow grease to any project, including trickier tasks like adjusting the brakes.
From the Back Cover
You're no idiot, of course. You know how to kick tires and can tell the windshieldwiper control from the one for high-beams, and once you even managed to revive a fellow traveler's vehicle with the jumper cables you keep in your trunk.
But when it comes to any car repair or maintenance, you'll let your mechanic charge an arm and a leg for a simple oil change and tune-up. Don't pull out that checkbook again! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Car Care, Second Edition helps you build the skills you need to maintain your car and handle common maintenance and emergency repairs yourself.
Feel confident about applying a little elbow grease to any project, including trickier tasks like adjusting the brakes. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:
About the Author
DAN RAMSEY is the author of more than 20 books for homebuilders and buyers, including builder’s construction guides, contractor business guides, kit home construction, and homeowner remodeling and repair books.
He has extensive remodeling experience and has also served as a successful real estate agent. Dan recently supervised the design, siting, construction, and move-in of a new home in northern California.
CONTENTS:
Part 1: Understanding Your Car
1 How Cars Run: What Makes Them Go?
Cars are actually pretty stupid beasts of burden, so understanding how they work is easy.
2 Learning About Your Car: What Does What
Here’s how to psychoanalyze your car’s personality.
3 Using Manuals: Doing It by the Book
Any question you have about your car can be answered by
the book.
4 Cars on the Internet
Learn more about your car and how to keep it trouble-free
by going online.
5 Quarter-Million-Mile Car: Fact or Fiction?
You can keep your car on the road longer and at less cost
with these easy-to-apply ideas.
Part 2: Maintaining Your Car
6 Do-It-Yourself Maintenance, or Getting Your
Hands Dirty
Sure you can! Ideas and techniques for maintaining
your car, including the CAR Maintenance System.
7 Finding a Good Mechanic: Who Can You Trust
with Your Car?
Finding and hiring qualified help when you need it—
without taking on the national debt.
8 CAR Weekly Check Up
Stuff you can do every week to reduce repairs and keep your
car happy.
9 CAR Quarterly Check Up
More stuff to do—and how to do it—to help your car run
like new.
10 CAR Semiannual Adjustments
Step-by-step instructions for tinkering with your car every
once in awhile.
11 CAR Yearly Replacements 1
Things to do for your car annually or every 12 months—
whichever comes first.
12 CAR: Biannual Replacements
How to painlessly operate on your car for fun and profit.
13 Body and Interior Maintenance: Keeping Your Car
All Spruced Up
Making your car look as good as it runs.
Part 3: Repairing Your Car
14 Why Cars Don’t Run: The Little Car That Couldn’t
Just like people, cars have common ailments that can
easily be cured.
15 Don’t Shoot! Troubleshoot
How to diagnose your car’s symptoms and figure out what
to do about them.
16 Non-Nerd’s Guide to Understanding Your Car’s
Computer
You don’t have to wear horn-rim glasses and a pocket
protector to be on good terms with the computer that keeps
your car running smoothly.
17 Do-It-Yourself Repair Without Major Medical
Safe car repair is easy when you remember a few common
sense rules.
18 Starting and Ignition System Repairs for the Clueless
Easy solutions to common starting and ignition system
problems.
19 Performing Engine Surgery
How to transplant organs in your car’s engine.
20 Fuel System Repairs: Fill ’Er Up!
Fearlessly finding and fixing fuel malfunctions.
21 Cooling and Lubrication System Repairs: Fixing a
Hot Car
Common solutions to engine cooling and lubrication
problems.
22 Transmission Repairs: Those Troublesome Trannys
How to solve problems with manual and automatic
transmission systems yourself.
23 Steering and Suspension System Repairs: No More
Swerves or Bounces
Understanding and repairing common steering and
suspension problems.
24 Brake System Repairs: Stop Ahead!
How to safely fix disc and drum brake systems so
that you can count on them.
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Trouble-Free Car Care
25 Electrical System Repairs: You’ll Get a Charge
Out of This!
Fix your car’s lights, radio, and other electrical gadgets
yourself and save a bundle.
26 Exhaust System Repairs: Fixing an Exhausted System
You can diagnose and repair common exhaust system
problems with simple instructions.
27 Body and Paint Repairs: Giving Your Car a Makeover
Fenders of steel: bodybuilding and makeup for your car
About The Book:
Publisher : ALPHA; Subsequent edition (August 1, 1999)
Language : English
Pages : 288
File: PDF, 9MB
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