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How Power Door Locks Work

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Inside a Car Door – Power door locks used to adorn only luxury cars. Today, these handy amenities are standard on more than half of the cars sold in America. Learn what happens after you push the button!

How to Fix Sagging Car Doors

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Replacing worn-out door-hinge bushings is quick, inexpensiveand will make your door shut like new. Here's how to do it.

How to Remove a Car Door Panel

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Power Door Lock Troubleshooting

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How to Replace Outside Car Door Handle (Toyota)

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Replacing a Broken Car Door Handle

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An Easy and Permanent Fix For Older Car Door Seals

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     In many older cars the rubber door seals don't seal the way they should. Often the seals have pulled away from the door frame and leave gaps between the frame and the seal, almost always in the corners. This lets in cold or hot air, sometimes water and almost always excess noise. So many older cars have a noisier, drafty  ride because the seals are not tight.      Many people think that the reason for the seals not staying in the frame is that they have come unglued. They will often try to glue them back in place but the seals will not stay there. That is because they are not glued in to begin with.  The door seals are held in place by simple pressure. When the rubber seals get older the rubber shrinks, the older the seal the greater the shrinking. As it shrinks it pulls away …

Weatherstripping Installation

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How to Fix Your Car’s Weatherstripping

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If water is coming through your windows, your weatherstripping may be toast. Here's how to tell if you car's weatherstripping has gone bad, and how to fix it.

Door Panel and Side View Mirror Removal (Trailblazer and Envoy)

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Hoses

Purpose of Radiator Hoses

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What is the Difference Between the Upper and Lower Radiator Hose?

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Your radiator is an essential part of your automobile. It does more than just hold the bulk of the car’s coolant, though. It’s actually …

How to Replace a Radiator Hose (Upper and Lower)

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How to Detect Coolant Leak

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How to Check Radiator Hoses

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How to Check Radiator Hoses. When doing routine car maintenance on your vehicle, you should remember to perform a radiator hose inspection in addition to checking the oil, tires, brakes and other safety devices. The radiator is one of the…

Different Types of Hose Clamps

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Battery

How to Change a Car Battery

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How to Change a Car Battery. Automotive batteries don’t last forever. If you notice your headlights dimming, or if it’s been three to seven years since you got a new battery, or the car needs a jump-start, it might be time for a change….

Fixing Battery Drain in Your Car

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How to Replace a Car Battery

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How to Test Your Car Battery

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How to Replace Battery Terminals

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Discover How Car Batteries Work

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Why Your Car Battery Hates Extreme Temperatures

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Extreme temperatures can greatly affect your vehicle’s battery. Often, drivers think that winter’s cold temperatures are the worst thing a battery can experience. However, summer’s hot temperatures make batteries vulnerable, too.
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Heater and Defroster

How Car Heaters Work

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Heater Core?: Functions, Designs, & Failures

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Heater cores are like tiny radiators that use the hot coolant from your engine's cooling system to warm up the interior of your car.

How to Unclog a Heater Core

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How to Flush a Heater Core (Fast)

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How to Bypass a Heater Core

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Signs That Your Car Has a Bad Heater Core

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Signs and symptoms of a bad heater core in your car: fog, drips, and funny smells in the cabin, no heat in the cabin, the engine overheating.

How the Defroster Works

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The car defroster is a component that is commonly used. Front defrosters usually use air current, while rear defrosters are electric.

Car Defroster Troubleshooting: Common Problems

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When ice coats your windshield, a working defroster can make your life much easier. If yours has problems, troubleshoot and fix it.

Rear Defroster Fuse Replacement

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Frame

Frame and Running Gear Design

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How to Fabricate a Chassis

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What is Chassis

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What is Chassis? What are the types of chassis? Applications of various chassis. What is rolling chassis?

Types of Chassis and Different Types of Cars According to Body Style

http://www.mechanicalbooster.com/2014/02/what-is-chassis-in-automobile-how-many-types-of-car-according-to-the-body-style.html
In this article we will take a look on what is chassis, types of chassis and different types of cars in automobile.

Unibody vs Body on Frame – Explained

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Reasonable DIY Rust Repair on a Vehicle Subframe, Unibody, or Frame.

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Frame Construction

https://www.carfax.eu/article/vehicle-body-types.html
CARFAX Europe explains what consumers need to know about vehcile body types and frame construction of used cars imported from the U.S.