Girls auto clinic glove box guide
"A do-it-herself guide to auto maintenance, roadside emergencies, and the real scoop on how women can get honest car service at the garage, from engineer turned auto mechanic and award-winning entrepreneur Patrice Banks"--
| Main Author: | Banks, Patrice (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Castillo, Dianne (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Touchstone,
2017.
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| Edition: | First Touchstone trade paperback edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Pop quiz: check your auto care IQ
- Introduction
- Part I. Get to know your vehicle
- Changing your vehicular relationship status
- Must-know facts about your car
- Get to know your dash
- Your primary care technician
- High maintenance
- DIY #1: Under the hood
- DIY #2: Check and add windshield washer fluid
- Part II. Everything you need to know about how cars work
- Anatomy of a modern car
- The "three E's": engines, exhaust, emissions
- DIY #3: How to check and add oil
- DIY #4: How to check and add coolant
- Motion electric: the electrical systems and computers inside your car
- Transmission: an orderly transfer of power
- Brakes: the most important system in your car
- DIY #5: How to check brake fluid and power steering fluid
- Keep 'em rolling: tires and wheels
- DIY #6: How to check air pressure and tire tread
- DIY #7: How to change a tire
- Steering: navigating your chariot
- Suspension: giving you that smooth ride
- Heating and air conditioning: keeping it cozy
- Gas: the joys and pains
- Part III. Common roadside problems (and a mini buyer's guide)
- Buy, sell, ditch: how to avoid a clunker (or tell when your car has become one) and buy a car you can afford
- What to do in an emergency
- DIY #8: How to jump-start a car.