One of the most important parts of your car is the windshield, otherwise called windscreen or car front glass. Aside from protecting the drivers from the intrusive wind as they drive, it gives them a clear, wide-angle vision of what is in front of them on roads and highways. Through […]
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C-NCAP Certification for the Chinese Automotive Industry
The constant media squabble over C-NCAP (China New Car Assessment Program) doesn’t annoy Mr Zhao Hang at all. As the Chief Director of China Automotive Technology Research Centre (CATARC), Zhao has paid a great deal of efforts to develop this program, a vehicle crash test known as “Chinese new car […]
RV Paper Products Unrolling
Very often, while traveling, I have found that the toilet paper roll or the paper towel roll has spun and unrolled itself from the vibrations of the road. This annoying problem has a very simple and an earth friendly solution. Read on for the exciting results of years of traveling […]
How to Perform a Windshield Repair And Replacement?
If you want to keep your car safe, make sure the windshield of your vehicle is strong enough. The windshield helps ensure the integrity of your car. However, with the passage of time, the windshield fights with harsh weather and other elements. At times, windshields break. If this is the […]
P0171 and P0174 Codes – Don’t Replace an Oxygen Sensor Before Reading This
So your car’s CEL (Check Engine Light) is on and you had the codes scanned at a local parts store. Your car has either a P0171, P0174 lean fault code or both stored in the computer, these codes are based on Oxygen Sensor (O-2) readings. A lean code or codes indicate […]
Automotive Charging Systems
Electricity is the life blood of the automobile. This has always been the case as nearly all gasoline internal combustion engines use electricity to ignite the fuel. Today the total automobile is controlled and operated by electricity and electronic equipment. This include fuel control, emission control, accessories such as the […]
DIY Brake Pad Replacement – How to Change Pads and Avoid Common Mistakes
Doing your own brake job, if done properly can save a lot of money. But if a brake job is done improperly it could very well cost more than if a professional was paid to do the job to begin with. I’ve done hundreds of brake jobs in the last […]
Calculating Car Workshop Labour Efficiency
The clock is ticking ‘Time is money’ in bodyshops and service workshops. Essentially, these operations buy and sell the time of panel beaters, painters and technicians. A service workshop, for example, might buy one hour from a technician for £10 and sell it to a customer for £40, and make […]
How to Safely Service Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner Hybrid Brakes
Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner Hybrids have regenerative brakes. They will do a self test every 5 minutes that pressurizes the system. If you do not disable the self test function, you can get seriously injured while performing brake pad replacement. The following is the step by step procedure for […]
Overdrive Transmissions – The Top 5 Advantages
Prior to the 1980s, most domestic cars and light trucks had transmissions with a 1:1 ratio in high gear, which means that the car’s driveshaft will turn the same speed as the engine. This 1:1 ratio served us well for fifty years or more. As oil prices rose and the […]
Motorhome Bumper Repair – The Plastic Welding Process
It never fails! You’ve finally purchased your dream – a motorhome! On your first cross-country trip, some “driver” who’s not paying attention backs into it. Of course, this is usually done by the compact automobile and you’ll never really figure out how they didn’t see this monster of a motorhome. […]