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Maintenance & Repair

• Optimize Your Air Flow

  A typical automobile engine is an amazing combination of reliability, efficiency and power, especially when you consider that the manufacturer designed it to be as inexpensive and quick to assemble... Read More

• From Storage to the Street

  If Indiana Jones were a car guy, his idea of lost treasure might have been automotive artifacts instead of the lost ark. Even though "Raiders of the Old Car Barn" may not have quite the same ring to... Read More

• 4-Speed Shifter Tech Tips

  The name Hurst will forever be linked to the 4-speed transmission. Though in production prior to the 1964 introduction of the GTO, the coupling of the two validated the performance of one another.... Read More

• Removing and Replacing a Carburetor

  Back in the days of carbureted and plentiful used Plymouth Satellites, B-52's frontman Fred sang of the devil in his car. Beehive-sporting singer Kate did Fred one better by wailing that she had the... Read More

• The Splice of Life

  Sometimes you'll find a certain make and year of vehicle with a common problem that warrants a specific article, which covers both the cause and proper fix. In this case, we'll focus on a potentially... Read More

• Remanufactured Engine Basics

  No engine, despite what often-repeated tall tales and infomercials would have us believe, runs forever. Even the best of engines will eventually wear out. The engine under your hood is comprised of a... Read More

• Air-Line Controller

  Here's the symptom: When you start your mid-'90s or newer Toyota 4-cylinder car, the engine starts okay, but the idle speed is extremely low. You might even have to keep your foot on the accelerator... Read More

• Engine Swap: An Overview

  It's probably one of the worst mechanical scenarios you could imagine: your late-model vehicle has just suffered a catastrophic engine failure, and since it wasn't a warranty-related problem, you'll... Read More

• Waking Up from Hibernation

  Sooner or later, chances are that the "classic car" bug will bite, and you may succumb to the allure of owning an older car. Yet often the "classic" in question is not a fully restored and sorted-out... Read More

• High Mileage Lubricants

  When the odometer on your vehicle hits the 75,000-mile mark, it's time to start using a different type of motor oil. If you want to keep your car, truck or SUV running smoothly for another 75,000... Read More

• Aging Gracefully

  Your car doesn't have to be a classic to have a lot of miles. "Advances in vehicle quality and engine technology have allowed American car owners to keep their vehicles on the road longer," says Eric... Read More

• Hatchback Rattle Repair

  As your ride ages, small things wear out and generate far more angst than their worth should justify. As the owner of an oft-driven '92 Mustang GT that has seen more than 150,000 ticks on the clock,... Read More

• Update the Look of Your Older Car

  Just because this Buick is a Century doesn't mean it has to look a hundred years old. At least that was our goal as wanted to illustrate how you can freshen the looks of any older car. Before we get... Read More

• Getting Windows Back on Track

  We take windows for granted when they work properly. Once they come off their rollers and derail from their tracks, though, our tunes change. Bad weather and bad guys looking to get into your vehicle... Read More

• Replacing Brake Shoes

  Brakes are a vehicle's most important part. They probably have the toughest job: stopping thousands of pounds of metal, plastic, flesh and bone that can travel at high speeds.... Read More

• Replacing Mechanical Fuel Pumps

  Fuel pumps fall into two camps: electrical and mechanical. Contemporary autos, being fuel injected and subject to complicated electronic engine management controls, use electric fuel pumps.... Read More

• Belt-Less Water Pump Replacement

  The stereotypical water pump has a fan attached to its snout. The engine's accessory-belt system spins a pulley, which in turn rotates the pump's impeller to circulate coolant through the engine.... Read More

• Behold Your Timing Belt

  Mechanics sometimes refer to the camshaft as the brain of your engine because it keeps all those pumping valvetrain parts working together so the air/fuel mixture enters and exits the cylinders on... Read More

• Affordable Exhaust Manifold Swap

  Historically, most cars and trucks have used cast-iron exhaust manifolds to scavenge spent gasses from the engine's cylinder heads. The rationale: Cast iron has good thermal properties, so such items... Read More