If you drive an older car, you may find that you spend a lot of money repairing your car. If money is tight or you are looking for ways to save money, you might start looking for repairs you can make yourself. If this is the situation you are in, my site was designed just for you. I was once in the same position. My car needed repairs, but I didn't have the money to pay someone to keep making those repairs. Thanks to lots of reading and researching, I figured out what repairs I could do myself and how to do them. But it took a lot of time and research to gather that information. I created this site so people like you don't have to spend the time researching, when you could be spending it making auto repairs. Hope you find this site informative and useful!
Posted on:
11 September 2015
Maintaining your car can get expensive, but you don't really have a choice – not maintaining your car can result in even more expensive repairs. So, instead of putting off needed maintenance, the best thing that you can do is find ways to lessen the cost of routine tasks like oil changes. Take a look at how you can make oil changes less of a strain on your budget.
Change the Oil Less Often
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19 August 2015
When you're hauling a 4,000 pound car on a trailer, an uneventful trip is a good trip, especially if you've never hauled a car before or even towed a trailer. As you can imagine, you have to make certain adjustments in your driving habits in order to haul your car safely. In addition to making sure the trailer is hitched safely and hooked up to all of your car's electrical properly -- it's often best to have the trailer rental place do this for you -- you have to take measures to adjust your driving habits so you'll be safe regardless of what the road or the weather has in store for you.
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4 August 2015
Does your car need a repair that you're going to attempt yourself? Do you need a used part to do the job? If so, a junkyard or scrap yard may be your best resource for finding the part at a reasonable price. Junkyards house older cars that may not be in driving condition but still have some useful parts. You can search the yard to find the part you need, pull it from the car, and pay for it on your way out.
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21 July 2015
Hydraulic cylinders are as common as motors and pumps combined. If your company uses hydraulic equipment, it's very likely that repair expenses are a significant item in your budget. According to various studies, up to ¼ of mechanical equipment failures are design-related. If that percentage is applied to hydraulic cylinders, 25% of all cylinders aren't designed for the applications in which they are used. Using hydraulic equipment for purposes other than those for which it's intended can shorten the life of components.
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