Automotive Systems

Reinforcing concepts with helpful animation, provides crucial knowledge about accidents that can occur in automotive repair shops. The best ways to prevent them, and the smartest and safest steps to take when they happen, are explained.

Illustrates various measuring tools used in automotive repair and service.

Bob Hogan demonstrates how to check a vehicle's tire pressure and fluid levels, how to check and replace hoses, belts, and wiper blades, how to change a headlight, how to perform a simple tune-up, and how to perform an oil change. Don Garlits provides additional tips.

By 2006, as many as 5,000 electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. Today, the electric car is back with a vengeance. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America's future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. It's not just the next generation of green cars that's on the line, it's the future of the automobile itself.

Encourages personal safety awareness and responsibility towards accident prevention.

Examines basic operation, maintenance and repair of small engines. Contents: 1. Basic operation -- 2. Basic maintenance -- 3. Disassembly of engine -- 4. Common repair procedures -- 5. The electronic ignition system -- 6. Assembly of engine.