Adumekaniks / Maintenance
Selling a car privately is as much about perception as it is about facts. Over the years I’ve flipped a few of my own cars and helped friends get more at sale time by focusing on small, targeted...
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I’m often asked by readers with older petrol cars how to squeeze more miles out of a tank without spending on costly engine work or electrification. Over the years, between my garage experiments...
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I remember the first time I had to bleed brakes alone — standing over the car in my driveway, brake fluid bottle in one hand and a length of clear hose in the other, wondering if there was a...
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I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been called out or stood in my own driveway scratching my head at a car that won’t start even though the battery reads “perfectly charged.” It’s...
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I’ve spent years wrenching on cars in my garage and coordinating repairs with shops, and one thing keeps coming up: drivers often do small, daily things that quietly shorten the life of an...
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I’m sharing a job I’ve done more times than I’d like to count: replacing a corroded wheel hub bearing. It’s one of those maintenance tasks that looks intimidating at first, but with patience,...
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I spend a lot of time eyeballing tires — in my garage, at the shop, and on the road — because tire wear tells a story about what’s happening beneath your car. If you learn to read that story,...
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I was cruising down the highway the other day in a midlife SUV I’ve had for years when that familiar buzz started around 70 mph. It wasn’t subtle — the steering wheel and seat vibrated, the...
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I’ve taken older diesel pickups on long trips enough times to know that a weekend tow or a half-day roadside repair is far more likely when you leave the basics unchecked. Preparing an older diesel...
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I’ve fixed dozens of faded, cloudy headlights in my garage and on friends’ cars, and I still get a little thrill when a dull, yellowed lens comes back to life. Restoring headlights is one of...
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