At 09:48 AM 5/29/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Ok, this Thursday, I'm teaching a class at the local Women's Crisis center.
>It will be a class on "all things automotive."....
Inch,
Explain that a car isn't the non-lethal tool that an old rotary telephone is.
Gas smells mean leaks which can cause fires!
Listen to the sounds and know the sounds your car makes. Maybe take them
out to the parking lot and have each start their cars so you can listen
to see if any of the bearing (ie alt., ps. pump, idler pully) are going.
Try and describe a bad wheel bearing. Both of my boys drove or wanted to
drive on a trip with bad wheel bearings. #1 son drove the mini van from
Cincinatti, OH to VA Beach - about 700 mi - with bad front wheel bearings.
I like to killed him for that, especially going through the mountains in
WV. #2 son wanted drive to DC and back - about 400 mi - with bad rear
wheel bearings.
Idot lights and gauges. I hear all kinds of horror stories about kids
blowing up engines running with no oil or because the car was over heating.
There is NO excuse for not having AAA PLUS and a cell phone! If anything
unusual happens - ie. over heating - pull over immediately - have car towed.
It's cheaper to have the problem fixed than to have to replace an engine.
My boys took my 89 Voyager with 190,000 mi across country last year. Got
to Okley, KS and called me. Engine making funny noise. I said have it towed!
DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200. They did. Next day mechanic put 4
quarts of oil in the engine. And the trip continued to the west coast and
back.
Before any trip, say 100 mi., one way, check ALL fluids, especially oil,
xmission fluid and check tire pressure.
Give examples of problems, ie bad alt or battery. How to get it
checked/fixed. Got to AutoZone/Advanced, etc., and have them check them
FREE!!!
What happens if you loose serpintine belt?
AAA will unlock your car if you lock the keys inside. To that end, don't
keep your remote entry fob on the same chain as your keys. Pin it to the
inside of your purse. That way if they lock their keys in the car, chances
are they'll have the fob in their purse. I keep my remote entry fob on
a large clip on my belt. The keys to the 2 drivers on on a seperate ring
on that clip. So when I drive, only 2 keys on the ring in the ignition
switch.
The click click click of a bad CV joint.
Hope this helps some. There have been a lot of great suggestions. If
you do teach this, and write it down, how about emailing it to the group.
Also how did you end up doing this. Sounds like something many of us would
be more than willing to do!!
John
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With AAA and such today, Cell phon
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
Va. Beach, Va
Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1106)
75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
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If you can read this - Thank a teacher!
If you are reading it in English - Thank a Vet!!
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