By Ed Sobey
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Cm. comprises index. ISBN 978-1-55652-812-5 1. Automobiles—Popular works. 2. Mechanics—Popular works. I. name. TL146. five. S63 2008 629. 2—dc22 2008046620 hide and inside layout: Joan Sommers photograph on web page 28: © Smokey Combs © 2009 by means of Ed Sobey All rights reserved released via Chicago evaluate Press, integrated 814 North Franklin road Chicago, Illinois 60610 ISBN: 978-1-55652-812-5 revealed within the usa five four three 2 1 828-CRP AutoTech_interiorR4 3/10/09 6:06 PM web page three To all of these greasy knuckled those who tinker and examine higher how you can do issues. 828-CRP AutoTech_interiorR4 3/10/09 6:06 PM web page four C O N T E N TS Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 IGNITION! a short background of Wheeled automobile expertise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How automobiles paintings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 at the motor vehicle Antenna, AM/FM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antenna, voters Band Radio (CB) . . . Antenna, OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antenna, satellite tv for pc Radio . . . . . . . . . . . Autopark and Back-Up Proximity structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Convertible most sensible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heating Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hubcaps and Spinners . . . . . . . . . . . . registration code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windshield Wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wing replicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 sixteen 17 19 21 22 24 26 28 29 30 32 33 35 three contained in the automobile Air Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . air-con . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . computerized Windshield Wipers . . . . . . . Auxiliary Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brake gentle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CD participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . baby vehicle Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cruise regulate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defrost method keep an eye on . . . . . . . . . . . . DVD participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flares (Fusee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Four-Wheel-Drive Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . gas Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glove field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . international Positioning method (GPS) . . . . Hand-Cranked Window . . . . . . . . . . . . Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Key Fob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 forty forty two forty three forty four forty five forty seven forty eight forty nine fifty one fifty two fifty three fifty four fifty six fifty seven fifty nine 60 sixty two sixty three sixty four Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . energy Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radar Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rearview replicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . guidance Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tire strain Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toll Transponder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . flip Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sixty six sixty eight sixty nine 70 seventy two seventy four seventy six seventy eight seventy nine eighty one eighty two eighty three eighty four eighty five four lower than the automobile Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Catalytic Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Coil Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety one consistent speed Joint Boot . . . . . . . . ninety two Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety three gasoline Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety five Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety six Leaf Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety seven Muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ninety eight Rack and Pinion steerage . . . . . . . . . . a hundred Resonator .