Auto Repair For Dummies PDF
Preview Auto Repair For Dummies
Praise For Auto Repair For Dummies . . "Ms. Sclar stresses preventive medicine for the automotive patient with a bedside manner that any physician would envy." -Reprinted with Permission of The Dallas Morning News "It has dispelled automotive myths and mystique for . . . long-suffering motorists, male and female." -Paul Dean, Los Angeles Times "This book may be easily used as a primer for both understanding auto- motives and performing service and repair on all major car components. If only a few titles are purchased for an automotive collection, this should be one of them." -Library Journal "An auto repair manual for people who think they can't do it themselves." -The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA ". . . an idiot-proof guide to painless, money-saving car care." -The Toronto Star "An indispensable manual for any do-it-yourselfer." -Auto Advocate "If you're tired of macho mechanics who seem to talk to you in a foreign language, who you suspect may be ripping you off. . . and who never seem to completelyfix your car, then Deanna Sclar has just what you need." -Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Even car owners who consider do-it-yourself car repair with the same trepidation as they would a self-performed tonsillectomy will find valu- . . able material in this volume .valuable to anyone who drives." -The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA I -T he New York limes I I ". .. you won't go wrong buying them. I " I I I ' - Walter Mossbeta Wall Street Journal. I I I I "A world d detailed and authoritative on For Dummies'ooks by Deanna Sclar Hungry Mindsm HUNGRY MINDS, INC. + + New York, NY Cleveland,OH indianapolis,lN Auto Repair For Dummies@ Published by Hungry Minds, Inc. 909 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 www.hungryminds.com www.dumrnies.com Copyright O 1999 Hungry Minds Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book, including interior design, cover design, and icons, may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 9988811 ISBN: 0-7645-5089-6 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 WSQ/QU/QWIN Distributed in the United States by Hungry Minds, Inc. Distributed by CDG Books Canada Inc. for Canada; by Transworld Publishers Limited in the United Kingdom; by IDG Norge Books for Norway; by IDG Sweden Books for Sweden; by IDG Books Australia Publishing Corporation Pty. Ltd. for Australia and New Zealand; by TransQuest Publishers Pte Ltd. for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Hong Kong; by Gotop Information Inc. for Taiwan; by ICG Muse, Inc. for Japan; by lntersoft for South Africa; by Eyrolles for France; by International Thomson Publishing for Germany, Austria and Switzerland; by Distribuidora Cuspide for Argentina; by LR International for Brazil; by Galileo Libros for Chile; by Ediciones ZETA S.C.R. Ltda. for Peru; by WS Computer Publishing Corporation, Inc., for the Philippines; by Contemporanea de Ediciones for Venezuela; by Express Computer Distributors for the Caribbean and West Indies; by Micronesia Media Distributor, Inc. for Micronesia; by Chips Computadoras S.A. de C.V. for Mexico; by Editorial Norma de Panama S.A. for Panama; by American Bookshops for Finland. For general information on Hungry Minds' products and services please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 800-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993 or fax 317-572-4002. For sales inquiries and reseller information, including discounts, premium and bulk quantity sales, and foreign-language translations, please contact our Customer Care Department at 800-434-3422, fax 317-5724002, or write to Hungry Minds, Inc., Attn: Customer Care Department, 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46256. For information on licensing foreign or domestic rights, please contact our Sub-Rights Customer Care Department at 2 12-884-5000. For information on using Hungry Minds' products and services in the classroom or for ordering examination copies, please contact our Educational Sales Department at 800-434-2086 or fax 317-5724005. Please contact our Public Relations Department at 212-884-5163 for press review copies or 212-884-5000 for author inter- views and other publicity information or fax 212-884-5400. For authorization to photocopy items for corporate, personal, or educational use, please contact Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, or fax 978750470. I ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABlLlTY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THERE ARE NO WAR-I RANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH. NO WARRANTY MAY BE II CREATED OR EXTENDED BY SALES REPRESENTATIVES OR WRITTOEPNIN SIAOLNESS MATE-R I-AL-S . THEA RAEC CURAGCUYA ARNADN CTOEEMD- II PLETENESS OF THE INFORMA~ONP ROVIDED HEREIN AND THE STATED HEREIN NOT OR WARRANTED TO PRODUCE ANY PARTICULAR RESULTS, AND THE ADVICE AND STRATEGlES CONTAINED HEREIN I MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL. NEITHER THE PUBLlSHER NOR AUTHOR SHALL BE LLABLE FOR I ANY LOSS OF PROFIT OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LlMITED TO SPECIAL, INCI- DENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES. FULFILLMENT OF EACH COUPON OFFER IS THE RESPONSIBILI'IY OF THE OFFEROR Trademarks: For Dummies, Dummies Man, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, and related trade dress are registered trademarks or trademarks of Hungry Minds, Inc. in the United States and other countries, and may* not be u sed without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Hungry Minds, Inc. is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. Hungry hlindsdsi s a trademark of Hungry Minds, Inc As set forth in a 1979 Settlement Agreement and Release between McGraw-Hill, Inc. and Philip R. Martin, Hungry Minds, Inc. includes the following statement: "Title by permission of Philip R. Martin, author of Auto Mechanics For the Complete Dummy, O 1974." About the Author Deanna Sclar is the internationally best-selling author of Buying a Car For Dummies, a guide to purchasing new and used vehicles, insurance, and more. A former contributing editor to Family Circle, Boys'Life, and Exploring, she also writes a regular column for the Los Angeles Times and has written articles that have appeared in Redbook, New Woman, and other national magazines. As an automotive expert and consumer spokesperson, Deanna has appeared on more than 700 radio and TV shows, including Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Today, Sonya Live, and m e Gayle King Show. Her Auto Repair For Dummies video was a National Home Video Awards finalist. She's cehosted Outrageous Women, a weekly TV talk show, and has produced, written, hosted, and edited several documentaries. The former "Thumbs Sclar" has restored two classic cars, a truck, and a house. An inveterate gypsy and blue-water sailor, she has crewed her way across the Pacific and Polynesia, sailed and dived the Great Barrier Reef, trekked alone for nine months through southeast Asia and five months through Brazil, and crossed the Atlantic in a small boat with a companion and a cat. "My goal is to prove that we have control over our lives," she says. "Whether you are working on a car or making a lifelong dream come true, it's a do-it-yourself world. Knowing this has turned my life into a great adventure, and I want to pass the good news on to everybody else!"
The list of books you might like
