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:)
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Your local college?
Apprentiship(sp?) at a local garage? |
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Yeah Im wanting to learn a bit more so Im not lost in the college course:D
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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 |
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 |
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 ;) |
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 :D 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. |
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:)
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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. :D
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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 |
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
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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.
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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 |
Thank you all for your help,im just gettin books and lookin up sites but thanks for your help:D:D:D:D:D
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