Category: Automotive
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HowTo – Inspecting & Repairing Drum Brake Wheel Cylinders
Most vehicles up until about 1970 had drum brakes on all four wheels after that time and up to today you are likely to see drum brakes on the rear of many vehicles and disk brakes on the front. Drum brakes work when hydrolic brake fluid is forced through your brake lines from your master…
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How To – Changing Spark Plug Wires
Maintaining your car is not always difficult or expensive but repairing problems once they happen can cause headaches and eat into your spending money. For this reason you should perform routine maintenance as your manufacturer suggests and while doing so you may want to change other worn parts that are easily accessible. Many new vehicles…
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How To – Getting The Most When Selling Your Car Or Truck
There will come a day when you want to or need to sell your car. You may be upgrading to a new or slightly used vehicle or maybe you are selling that second car that you kept around and no longer need. When selling your car you want to get the most you can but…
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How To – Improving Your Cars Audio System Without Radical Modifications
Whether you bought your car used or new there comes a time when upgrading your Audio System to meet your current needs is something you want to do. If you watch any of the car shows on Cable Television you will see multi-thousand dollar kits being installed in SUVs that take up the whole cargo…
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How To – Trick To Getting Your Engine Crank Pulley Off
On older vehicles with V8 engines and crank pulleys with harmonic balancers it was a pretty easy job getting your pulley off to get access to your timing chain or for whatever other reason you needed. These pulleys were held on by 3 to 4 bolts that were tightened under 70 foot pounds of pressure.…