Saturday Mechanic June 2006: Plastic Bumper Repair
If there's a post in a parking lot--any post--it should be high enough to see when you're backing up. Unfortunately, the law we usually see applied is Murphy's, and the resulting body-damage repairs will cost just a few dollars less than your ... [... more]
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How to Use an Auto Scan Tool: Saturday Mechanic
Perfectly, except for that Check Engine light shining like a beacon of bad news. What's going on? The car still runs well and idles fine. Maybe it's an electrical snafu. It's sure to turn itself off at some point, right? Which it does. And then ... [... more]
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How to Polish Your Headlights Like a Pro: Saturday Mechanic
It's a cold and rainy winter night. Your headlamp beams drill a tunnel of light into the gloom of a deserted country lane. Unfortunately, it's not a very deep or bright tunnel. You have to slow the car to a crawl, otherwise you'll overdrive the ... [... more]
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Saturday Mechanic: Curing Steering Wander
You're almost enjoying a long drive on a nice, flat interstate. Almost, because it's windy and you need to saw the steering wheel back and forth, tacking like a sailboat, to stay in your lane. That is, until you make a short rest stop and realize ... [... more]
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How to Read a Mechanic's Work Order: Saturday Mechanic
Again. Luckily, you have a manual-shift transmission and manage to bump-start it in the driveway. First stop? The repair shop. The service writer takes your information, and the mechanic takes your car. And oh yeah, while it's on the rack, could ... [... more]
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Popular Mechanics Saturday Mechanic
 Great collection of PM articles: I've always loved the PM auto repair articles. Absolutely the best illustrations that leave nothing to the imagination, along with good discussions of options/variations, but kept concise. This book brings together some [... more]
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Saturday Mechanic Basic Car Care Guide
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Popular Mechanics Saturday Mechanic
This complete, up-to-date guide to troubleshooting and repair, culled from the best of Popular Mechanics' Saturday Mechanic feature, includes more than 500 step-by-step line drawings that guide readers through over 75 repairs and improvements, from [... more]
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VW Rabbit, Dasher, Scirocco car care guide (Saturday ...
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Saturday Mechanic: Reattaching a Rearview Mirror
Replacing a rearview mirror is straightforward; you probably won't need any tools beyond a screwdriver and one Allen wrench. All you can see in your rearview mirror is grille. There are lots of shiny chrome teeth, all the better to chew up your ... [... more]
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Saturday Mechanic: Exhaust System Maintenance
The sign says "DIP." And it's not advertising a samba school--there's a dip in the pavement large enough to lose a first-grader in. You touch the brakes lightly to keep from spilling your java as you traverse it. But there's a sudden graunching [... more]
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