Author Archives: Dan

How-To: 1997 Honda Civic A/C Evaporator Replacement

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Dan

Earlier in the summer I fixed a leak in my air conditioning system, only to have it start leaking from the evaporator, which is the part by your blower motor that cools the air in the car. I could tell … Continue reading →

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Features You’d Think All Cars Would Have

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Dan

Over time, so many features that at one time were “luxury” items are now found on every car. Power steering, power locks, radios with Bluetooth and touch screens, cruise control, and the list goes on. Sometimes I run across a … Continue reading →

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4 Types of Parking Brakes

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Dan

A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about the different ways that you as a driver engage the parking brake. This week let’s look at the different ways parking brakes work. Drum Brakes

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360-view cameras

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dan

I’m not personally a huge fan of all the features cars have these days, mostly because of how having more features means more problems. But there are a couple features I love and wish I could have in my car.

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Power Window Switch Safety

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Dan

Power windows are a nice feature and on almost every new car you can buy these days, even on the cheaper models. There’s a safe way and an unsafe way to control them, though.

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Couldn’t Shift Into Park

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Dan

It was a typical day at work until the manager told me to drive to a nearby store’s parking lot to help out a customer with her car. She’d recently purchased it, and suddenly it was unable to go into … Continue reading →

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Dirty Air Filters, Volume 2

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dan

Last year I shared pictures of some of the dirtiest air filters I’d seen. There are more.

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1 Year of Mechanical Malarkey

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dan

It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been a whole year since I started this blog to share my experiences as an automotive technician.

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3 Ways to Engage Parking Brakes

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Dan

All cars in the US have parking brakes. It can be called by many names, such as hand brake, emergency brake, or parking brake. Most of the time I only ever see it used by people with manual transmission cars, … Continue reading →

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Dashboard Removal

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Dan

Car interior work is never fun, because you always risk breaking an expensive trim piece or getting them dirty, or parts not going back together right. Probably one of the least favorite jobs of any mechanic is anything that requires … Continue reading →

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