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April 1, 2008
For more than 100 years, the editors of Popular Mechanics have been providing car enthusiasts with the skills and confidence they need to keep their vehicles running right and looking great. This manual is crucial for anyone who wants to know the automobile’s basic components, from the engine to the electronic systems, and to understand how they work, what can go wrong, and how to make repairs. Find out how to maintain and replace windshield washers, fix steering wander and faulty cruise control, and purge bad smells from the interior. Get smart advice on how to pass emission inspection and find service data online. And because car owners want their ride to look as good as it works, there are even instructions for removing bumper stickers, tinting windows, and adding pinstripes.
With more than 90 projects, The Complete Car Care Manual—one of Popular Mechanics most successful books—will guide owners step-by-step through what it takes to hush those squeaks, replace the u-joints, change their own oil and filter, and so much more.

 


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Popular Mechanics Magazine was founded in 1902 and now has a circulation of more than 1.2 million readers per month. The magazine covers everything from DIY, to car mechanics and woodworking. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Hearst (April 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1588167232
  • ISBN-13: 978-1588167231
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #714,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sure, it's not for those who ALREADY know how..., July 9, 2004
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I agree that certain parts of the book are fairly basic, but how else do you expect to learn? I think this book is GREAT!! I'm a university student, with a strong interest in cars/trucks. My father was never big into automotive, so I never learned. This book is basically the "bible" of automotives for those looking to learn. It teaches everything from simple oil changes, to doing complex things such as servicing your electronic suspension, etc...

I have ONLY good things to say about this book, and I disagree very much that it is too basic. If it's too basic for you, you ought to consider going into mechanics as a profession, cause you know a whole lot!!

BUY THIS BOOK IF YOU HAVE THE LEAST INTEREST OF LEARNING HOW TO SERVICE/FIX/ENHANCE YOUR CAR!!!!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Unnecessary, November 5, 2010
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This review is from: Popular Mechanics Complete Car Care Manual (Paperback)
If you don't know anything about cars, read the Dummies book or use the web to get familiar with basic automotive systems: ignition, fuel/air mix delivery, motor, transmission, cooling, exhaust, suspension, electrical... maybe a few more I'm forgetting.

If you actually want to fix something on your car, buy the Hayne's or Chilton's manual for your make and model.

Between learning how cars work and learning how to fix your car falls the shadow. This Popular Mechanics book amounts to a long list of what can go wrong with your car, with some too-general-to-be-applied repair instructions. There are a lot of "this should be somewhere around here, or possibly over there, or maybe your car doesn't have it" situations. If shop manuals didn't exist, this book would be useful. But they do exist, and they are not hard to follow, especially for the sort of repairs you'd undertake by yourself without training.

This book wastes your time with cheesy lead-ins to every problem ("You're on your way home from the mother-in-law's on a snowy Thanksgiving night, when you hear a knock coming from the front-passenger side of the car...") and proceeds to give instruction about as useful as the advice of a mechanically inclined friend who has not seen the problem.

Not a completely useless book. Just not necessary.
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This book has some of what my husband already knows in it but he enjoys reading it anyway. He's found it to be pretty informative.
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