Auto Repair

Replacing the Car battery is easy, but doing so without impacting on a modern car is not. Many data can be lose, not only the GPS stereo etc but also in some cases, the electronic control unit can lose data, keys settings, etc. sometimes all parameters. One solution is to connect a small lipo battery type three-element, the load is 12.4 v, to the going terminals themselves, before replacing it, with this system, the electrical installation does not lose the voltage at any time so that the change battery is no problem as seen in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYSSeLsf0s

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I have a 92 S-10 blazer that finally leaked the charge out of the air conditioner, it had an oily compressor pulley for several years. Since the thing was working and slowly lost its charge would I be ahead to replace the seal for around $10? It is a Harrison HR100T compressor. If there is still freon pressure would I need to replace the dryer? I think I should flush the system (if that will remove the oil) and/or take the compressor off and turn it upside down. So I would know how much oil to install. If anyone has done this I would appreciate any tips! It quit last summer when the pressure dropped enough so It would not start. As far as I know it has never had any freon added. It had 70K miles when I got it in 1998. I have over 200K on it now. It lived in Alaska till 2005 so the A/C was not used much until after '05. I wonder If I should replace all the o-rings and such that are replaceable? I still have some R-12 around so that is not a problem.

I have a 99 Grand Am GT 3400. Just starting doing this, when you start the engine, it starts surging rhythmically as if you are pushing on the accelerator and letting off. When I put it in gear, I have to have the brake firmly pushed down as it lurches forward severely. I haven't driven it far, but it seems once you get going it runs fine. Any ideas?

Does anyone know where I can get a exploded diagram view of the steering rack, so I can replace the seals?

I have rust bubbles and the paint on the lip underneath the panels is gone with a lot of rust. Has anyone had this fixed before and how much should I expect for a good fix?

Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA Americans are about to spend a lot of money on gasoline. If the number crunchers at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) are correct, US drivers will spend a tidy $1.44 billion filling up for their Memorial Day travels as 31.2 million people use the long weekend to participate in the time-honored tradition of a road trip. Almost nine out of 10 Americans (89 percent, by UCS estimates) who will travel this weekend are expected to do so by passenger car or truck and therefore will spend the equivalent of 77 million bottles of sunscreen or 300 million cones of ice cream on petroleum. That gas tab will theoretically go up a tad after that ice cream's polished off and the collective weight's put on, of course. The holiday spending number would be cut in half if we had tomorrow's cars today. The UCS says that if we were driving the average new vehicle from 2025 - which will have an average fuel economy that's roughly twice as high today - we would be paying about $619 million less on gasoline this weekend. Which means more ice cream and sunscreen for all of us. Check out the UCS press release below.Continue reading Memorial Day weekend gas tab likely to hit $1.44 billion in US Memorial Day weekend gas tab likely to hit $1.44 billion in US originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More...

I am trying to buy a new car soon. I am a 29 year old single woman with no kid. I think I probably do not need too much space. I want a sedan compact or midsize. I don't know much about cars, so I think when I will go to the cardealers, they will realize that pretty soon and probably take advantage of it. So I need as much info as possible prior to going. What are brands that you can recommend, my budget is lower than $25k. And what type of financing won't be a total rip off? Would you advise me to buy a brand new car, or is it better to buy a preowned certified car? I was told Honda civics are nice, reliable and affordable. What do you think?

I am attempting to replace the slave cylinder that is housed inside the tranmission housing. Problem being that I have the engine on a jack and blocked with engine support bar and chain through loop next to the top right side of the engine block. All of the transmission bolts are removed all the way around the bell housing and I also removed all of the mounts for the transmission. It does not want to separate apart. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. I have done the following steps: Pulled CV shafts Lowered Ball Joints Disconnected from Struts Removed Bolts from Transmission Housing Any Help is Greatly Appreciated.

A couple of the last threads I started, including my completed builds of a Ferrari 550 and Mercedes 500sl don't show up anywhere. What's up with that?