title: Auto Repair and Maintenance: Easy Lessons for Maintaining Your Car So It Lasts Longer (Idiot's Guides)
author: Dave Stribling
description: <b>Dave Stribling</b> is an automotive enthusiast and owner of a specialty shop that integrates modern automobile technologies with older vehicles. Trained as a automation engineer, Dave put his skill of putting square pegs in round holes to good use by putting new, modern engines and computers into older vintage cars. A specialist in vintage Ford Mustangs and Ford vehicles, Dave has written technical columns and feature articles for various publications for more than 20 years. In April 2009 <i>Mustang Monthly</i> magazine named one of Dave's custom Mustangs to its list of the Top 45 Most Significant Mustangs Of All Time. Dave often teaches technical clinics to various groups in the Midwest on collector cars and collector car markets.
zlib_text: How	To
  Make	Your	Car	Last	Forever
  By	Tom	Torbjornsen
  
  Contents
  Acknowledgments
  Introduction
  CHAPTER	1							Maintenance—The	Key	to	the	Automotive	Fountain	of	Youth
  SECTION	1:	VEHICULAR	SYSTEMS
  CHAPTER	2							The	Engine
  CHAPTER	3							Transmissions	and	Drivetrains
  CHAPTER	4							Steering,	Suspensions,	and	Wheel	Alignment
  CHAPTER	5							Tires
  CHAPTER	6							Braking	Systems
  CHAPTER	7							Ignition	and	Fuel	Delivery	Systems
  CHAPTER	8							Charging,	Electrical,	and	Starting	Systems
  CHAPTER	9							Cooling	Systems
  SECTION	2:	RULES	TO	FOLLOW	TO	MAKE	THAT	CAR	LAST
  FOREVER
  CHAPTER	10					Lubrication	and	Filtration—Another	Key	to	Longevity
  CHAPTER	11					Reading	the	“Tea	Leaves”	of	the	Fluids
  CHAPTER	12					Maintenance-Free	Cars	(Is	There	Such	a	Thing?)
  CHAPTER	13					Vehicle	Exterior	and	Interior	Maintenance
  CHAPTER	14					Common	Summer	and	Winter	Woes	(and	How	to	Avoid	Them)
  
  SECTION	3:	STRAIGHT	TALK
  CHAPTER	15					Car	Warranties—What’s	Covered	and	What’s	Not
  CHAPTER	16					Make	Your	Ca