It Is Not Written for Confirmed "Do-It-Yourselfers."
It Is for You If:
*You have never held a wrench
*You are positive that, in your case, manual labor can lead only to disaster
*You haven’t the vaguest idea of how a car works
*You cannot identify anything you see under the hood of your vehicle
*You have failed shop or arts and crafts
*You believe that if you do something wrong, your car can blow up.
To Enjoy This Book, It Would Help If:
*You don’t believe that working on your vehicle can possibly be fun, but you’re willing to give it a try, for any reason whatsoever
*You are sincerely tired of being ripped off because of your own ignorance.
Why Should That Be Enjoyable? Because You Will Be More Delighted Than Anyone Else to Find:
*Cars run on principles that are as easy to understand as common sense
*Most of the devices on your vehicle will not hurt you unless you really go out of your way to hurt yourself
*It’s fun because it’s so easy and you expected to hate it or be bored or befuddled
*Not only can you get a fair deal, but you can save a tremendous amount of money, extend the life of your vehicle, save on fuel, do your bit for the environment, have a heck of a good time and empower yourself!
Here’s How Auto Repair For Dummies Accomplishes These Miracles:
*By starting from scratch (it even shows you what a screwdriver looks like)
*By providing step-by-step illustrated instructions for even the simplest tasks
*By telling you exactly what you need and how to know if you’ve been given the wrong part
*By covering each system thoroughly in simple terms before you get to work on it (it’s easier to work on something that you understand.)
There Are Fringe Benefits, Too!
*Your vehicle will run better and live longer.
*Automotive repair technicians will respect you.
*You’ll have more money to spend on other things.
*You’ll no longer be a Dummy!
It Tells You the Truth About:
*What makes your vehicle go (and how and why as well)
*The easy work involved in keeping your car well-tuned and running right, and how to tell what’s wrong if trouble strikes
*A program of "preventive medicine" to avoid trouble, which takes about 15 minutes a month
*Whether you can handle a problem yourself, and how to get it fixed at a fair price if you can’t.
These Features Will Make Life Even Easier:
*A Practical Glossary of Automotive Terms that are in special type throughout the book so that you can refresh your memory if you’ve forgotten what something means
*A detailed Index where you can look up a part, a problem, a symptom, or a specific job and find the page you need
*A Maintenance Record so that you can keep track of what you’ve done and when you did it
*A Specifications Record where you can keep all the information you need to buy the right parts for your vehicle
*A Tool Checklist so that you can tell what you need, what you already have, and what you’d like for your birthday
*Tons of illustrations that show you how things look, where they are, and what to do with them.
This Edition Also Tells You:
*How to keep your vehicle young and healthy looking and how to repair the dents, dings, and other hard knocks that life has inflicted on its body
*A whole bunch of stuff about diesel engines, alternatively fueled vehicles, turbocharging, fuel injection, electronic ignitions, anti-lock brake systems, and other innovations that may come into your life, like it or not
*What to do if you meet with The Unexpected.
You Have a Few Things to Do, Too!
*You have to buy the book.
*You have to read it.
*You have to try to do one small, easy job yourself (you can pick the job.)
