Sometimes we want to learn auto mechanic work, but we need a practical teacher to teach us all that work. But this procedure is lengthy, and sometimes you can not understand what your teacher is trying to tell you, so a better way to learn auto mechanics is from the internet.
You can take online courses that will teach you properly, but still, there are some problems in courses they will tell you only the main problems, and you will not get to learn A to Z mechanic work.
Because of a problem, you might need to reply to the video again and again. That will waste a lot of your time, so I will tell you the best way to easily and cheaply learn auto mechanics. Almost everyone can afford that way, so let’s get started.
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LEARN AUTO MECHANIC BY BOOKS –
Learning auto mechanic by books is one of the most effective ways of learning by that method you can learn everything very easily. And with that method, you do not have to reply to anything if you have missed anything; you can just read again from that page and know what you were missing to fix that.
In the books, you will also get the diagrams to understand better what to do next and how to do it with examples.
Now many of the guys know books are the best, so they will just run to buy books, and 80% of them will buy the wrong books and then blame us.
Yes, learning from books is an effective method only if you are buying the correct books. I have a list of the books you should buy if you really want to learn auto mechanics by owning your own with theory. You can also try practical if something gets faulty in your house, so let’s start with the books you should be buying to have the best experience of learning auto mechanics in easy words.
BOOKS TO LEARN AUTO MECHANIC –
Here is the list below of the books you should be buying if you are interested in learning auto mechanics on your own without spending a lot of money. All the books can be bought from the online market, or you can buy them from the offline market too, but there will be price differences also, so let’s get started with the list of books.
1.AUTO REPAIR FOR DUMMIES ( by Deanna Sclar)
This book is available on Amazon, and this is the most seller book among auto mechanic learning books. And this book has 4.5 ratings out of 5, which is a very positive rating.
This website is the very best website. If you are a beginner in auto mechanic learning, this website will not go deep.
It will not make you a total mechanic as I said it is for you if you are a beginner after reading these books, you would be able to fix some of the gadgets.
You will get to learn how a car works and how to handle its small problems. That book will make you a mechanic who can fix some of the car’s small problems and know about cars. Here are the other things you will learn from the book.
- You will know how tires work and how you can choose the best tires for your car.
- You will learn how to change spark plugs, tires, air filter, or how you can change coolant and fix the leak and inspect more problems.
- You will be able to know what is wrong with your car by the sound and noises your car will make.
- You will get to learn how you can fix the dents if ever your car got big dents.
- You will know how you can jump-start your car and in which gear your car should be while jump start and how you can handle an emergency in your car like as overheating and many more.
This is the basic things that you will learn from the book and if you are not a beginner and know basics about car repairing then skip this book and try the other books that I have mentioned below.
2.IDIOT’S GUIDE: AUTO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ( by Dave Stribling)
You can call this book an alternative to the auto repair for dummies because it has written in the same style as that book, and this is also for beginners, but what makes it different from that book is here you will get to learn more than that. You will get to learn with the colorful pictures, not with black and white boring pictures.
In this book, you will learn how you can easily change your tires without getting your hand dirty, and you will get to learn some basics of under the bonnet fixes. And you will get to learn how you can change and fix the breaks and suspensions and engine and air conditioner in our car because when we want to fill the gas in the A.C of the car, we always have o go to the mechanic so that basic work you can do in your home for now and for that you do not have to spend a lot of money.
You can buy this book from Amazon for 18.52$. The price might be different in offline stores. This book is only for you if you want to learn from the starting with big colorful pictures.
3.HOW CARS WORK (Tom Newton)
This book has an excellent rating on the online stores, and this book is also for the beginners, but this is for the beginners who already know something about cars and those who can fix small problems in the cars.
This book focuses on the 250 main parts of the cars and how you can change them or fix them. In this book, you will get to learn everything in easy words that you can understand, and if you do not know, this book was the highest taken book in the school of Richmond, California, and that is the truth, and you can not change it.
In this book, you will get to see knowledge about the breaks and radiator and engine problems and how you can fix them and above all when you already read the full book then at the last pages of this book you will see the tests, and with these tests, you can memorize what you have learned from this book. In online stores, the price of this book is 17.02$. On every page of this book, you will see every part of the breakdown format with the fix of that break down with the pictures you can easily learn.
4.CAR HACKS & MODS FOR DUMMIES (David Vespremi)
This is the book that I wish I had when I started to play with cars because this book is so useful if you want to learn auto mechanics. This book is quite expensive than others, but it is because you will get to learn more than other books than this.
This will cost you around 26$ from the online market. If you have this book, this will not take much time, and you will get to know what the problem in your car is and how you can fix this. In this book, you will also get to learn the principles of the tuning of your car. And here are some other basic mods that this book will teach you.
- Suspension and tires and engine mods.
- You will learn basic bolt knowledge.
- You will know what are the roll bars and the work they are being used nowadays.
- You will know about the bigger brake kits for your car.
- You can add some best and working spoilers on your car by the help of this book.
Some other complex and major upgrades can also be learned as you can replace your ECU with the help of the plug. You will learn to adjust fuel timing and spark plug adjustment also.
Tuning a car is another name for modifying your car, and by this book, you will learn it so quickly you would know what changes you should be doing with your car and what you can not do with your car, and that will be time-saving work.
5.AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY (James D. Halderman)
This book is being used for school and college courses, but that does not mean that you will be taught wrong by this book. This book is a bit complex than the other books I have mentioned. Everything in this book is mentioned with deep detail; that is why this is quite complex for beginners.
And everything about cars has been divided into the short sections in this book so you can find and understand the whole lesson easily and you will get pictures and theory to learn the fixes more easily.
And as I said, if you have learned all the beginner books and you are looking for a next-level book in auto mechanic, then you can go for this book. This will be easy and in the budget book for you.
You will get the complete theory in this book, and the last of this book, you will get some tests to memorize everything you have learned from the book.
6.AUTO FUNDAMENTAL (Chris Johnson, Martin T. Stockel, Martin W. Stock)
As you know, we have discussed enough books for beginners, and by the name of this book, you might have already understood that it is for pro mechanics only. Auto fundamental in this book, you will learn about the design and construction of every auto mechanic.
If you are a beginner, then you should not go for this book. It would help if you read the other books that I have mentioned above to be a little aware of the fixes, and you can better understand this book after that.
This book has not mentioned everything deeply, but they have mentioned everything in enough detail. If you are a pro mechanic, you should read this book not for knowledge but for knowing some tricks you can apply to finish your work in a few minutes.
7.TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIRING DIESEL ENGINES (Paul Dempsey)
By the name of this book, you might have understood already that you will learn to find out the problems in the diesel engines and how you can fix them also.
The books I have mentioned above are likely for both diesel and petrol engines. Still, they are mix so they can not go into deep detail for both of the engines, so this book contains all information about diesel engines. As you know, in today’s era, diesel engines mostly run on the roads, which is very important for us.
Because you can not fix the diesel engine problem by following petrol engine fixes so this is the best book for you under 20$. You will get more than 400 pages in this book at such a low price.
And you will learn about turbochargers and fuel systems and exhaust areas also. And after learning all that stuff, you will learn about troubleshooting. In this, you will learn how you can spot a problem in the engine by the noise, sound, or engine’s smell.
That is all about books. I have mentioned all the books after my research, so they are the best books. If you are a beginner or intermediate in auto mechanics, all the books will also be in your budget.
FINAL WORDS –
In this article, I have told you how to learn auto mechanics without hiring a private teacher or any online classes.
All the books I have mentioned above are well-rated, and you can buy them from the online market or the offline market.
If you still have any questions regarding this, you can comment below, and I will get to you as soon as possible.
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