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    Seven Important Automotive Do It Yourself Tasks
    Seven Important Automotive Do It Yourself Tasks
    Seven Important Automotive Do It Yourself Tasks
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    Seven Important Automotive Do It Yourself Tasks

    By Michael Mrtechnical Hewitt

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    About this ebook

    This guide should help you work on and figure out seven important automotive projects all of which can be costly problems for many owners. There are explanations on how to approach the projects clearly, and if there are problems to watch for I clearly detail for the reader ways to resolve them quickly without taking the vehicle to a garage. Being a fan of both professional mechanics and Do It Yourself projects, I find certain auto repair tasks are well within the back yard mechanical persons abilities. I have been writing technical manuals and how to guides for over 25 years and it is always fun to write about topics like automotive repair since i truly love all things mechanical.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Mrtechnical Hewitt
    Release dateAug 9, 2014
    ISBN9781311691521
    Seven Important Automotive Do It Yourself Tasks
    Author

    Michael Mrtechnical Hewitt

    About the AuthorMichael Mrtechnical Hewitt is more than your average run of the mill self-made technical writer. He is a determined knowledge seeker with a bent for inventing simple solutions to complex everyday problems.Having written for Associated Content, DeWalt Tools, and Yahoo! for many years it is time to expand my horizons and produce my content in the form of the future, E-Books!!Mike enjoys repairing all kinds of machinery and has many unique skills that only come from traveling down multiple career paths over many decades with real world hands on experience.Thank you for visiting my content and looking at just some of the results from my lifelong journey of curiosity and discovery.

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      Seven Important Automotive Do It Yourself Tasks - Michael Mrtechnical Hewitt

      Seven Important Automotive Do It Yourself Tasks

      Copyright 2014 Michael Mrtechnical Hewitt

      Published by Michael_Mrtechnical_Hewitt at Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Chapter One Coil On Plug Failure COP

      Chapter Two Injectors Plugging Up

      Chapter Three Detailing Your Vehicle

      Chapter Four Replacing Wiper Arm Bushing

      Chapter Five DIY Oil and Air Filter Replacement

      Chapter Six Winter Driving on Studded Snow Tires

      Chapter Seven Worn Out Brake Light Switch Replacement

      About Michael Hewitt

      Other books by Michael Hewitt

      Acknowledgements

      This acknowledgement is for everyone who ever helped me learn something new about all things mechanical or technical. It is also in recognition of all the cars and truck I have wrenched on for free or in trade as a bartering chip. I am eternally grateful for the patience of my friends and family who have calmly stood by and watched me work all night on projects where I am on a mission to resolve a technical problem.

      Chapter 1

      Ford F-150 Coil on Plug Failures and How to Troubleshoot Them

      Finding the Cause of Coil On Plug Failures on Ford F-150

      My friend had been having trouble with his 2000 Ford F-150 running rough and misfiring occasionally. One of the symptoms is that the engine stumbles when he is going up any hill while in overdrive. No matter what speed, the engine misfires and the truck begins to buck violently until he backs off the gas and drops her out of overdrive. There are times he has to go to second gear to get the sputtering to clear up.

      One of the problems with the F-150 is that the Coil On Plug design is prone to failure in a number of ways. First the coil can be going bad, which shows up when the engine is under heavy load, and the coil cannot produce enough ignition spark to keep the engine revolutions up. The other thing that I have seen is the rubber boot that covers the spark plug end can get burnt and brittle, or it gets coated with oil or water and this makes the spark short out to the cylinder head before it makes its way into the spark plug. This is an easy thing to remedy as you can

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