bob2kuk

Does anyone know where I can find out more about cars(how the engine works)Im wanting to be a mechanic and i want to know more can people help me

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

Your local college?

Apprentiship(sp?) at a local garage?

Shark

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

bob2kuk

Yeah Im wanting to learn a bit more so Im not lost in the college course

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

One way of doing it is the way I guess alot of us on here learned. Get hold of a cheap old car, and take it to bits, and put it back together again. A Haynes manual will help.
My first repair was a new thermostat on a Ford Anglia 105E. I had to go out and buy a spanner to fit the nuts b4 I could try it. When it worked, I remember being soooooo proud of myself. Haven't looked back since.
Alcazar

Stuart J

Try this site, should help explain a few things (Thanks go to whoever posted this a few days ago)



http://autozine.kyul.net/technical_school/tech_index.htm

NotoriousREV

I agree with alcazar, this approach worked for me with computers and (to a lesser extent) cars and motorbikes.

Actually, I usually broke stuff and had to learn to fix it before anyone found out

marty_t3

My first repair was fitting the wrong shape air filter to my fiesta using insulating tape.

Then I got ambitious. The second was replacing a fuel hose on the same car. I was paranoid about it pi55ing petrol everwhere for months afterwards

The hardest part about working on cars is dealing with sheared bolts and siezed nuts and tight spaces. As has been said before, buy yourself an old shed of a car and play around with it. It's the best way to learn.

bob2kuk

Thank Yous All I was thinkin of gettin an old cheap car and taking it apart but i dont have any cash so im gonna do it the easy way and look up webpages and books and stuff

Brendan Hughes

You might also be able to tinker around breakers' yards. We used to go to a massive one in Park Royal, you could get lost in there for half a day. Take the stuff apart, leave it on the ground, move on to the next one.

midget1500

bob - i'm not a mechanic but i built my car from scratch. books/the web etc, are good for a general overview but i just can't mentally picture how complex things work. alcazar is right when he says until u actually take a gearbox or engine apart you probably won't really understand how it works. even go to a scrapyard and get an engine/gearbox off any car, pay practically nothing? and take it apart.

steven
www.powercars.co.uk

bob2kuk

Thank you all im just looking up the internet and findin stuff maself,but i would like to get a cheap car and take it apart:P

marty_t3

Bob, If you have somewhere to keep a car you could always pick up a "spares or repairs" car from autotrader. You can get old clapped out no tax/mot cars for 25 quid as people just want there driveways cleared. If you have access to a garage even better. Try finding an old but interesting car and make it into a project.

Hanley

I agree with Shark

Take a look at http://www.howstuffworks.com

A great site full of good information

I don't know anything about cars but since owning a scoob I've done oil changes and changed my washer reservoir (probably sounds nothing to you guys but if you have no idea then you need to start somewhere)

I have been reading all the info on http://www.howstuffworks.com and learning how the engine compresses the air and fuel etc etc etc and it's interesting.

Might buy myself an old shed to take apart

bob2kuk

Thank you all for your help,im just gettin books and lookin up sites but thanks for your help