| You can save hundreds of dollars on garage fees | | | | whereas in the past, these jobs could be done quite |
| every year by carrying out minor servicing and | | | | simply. Areas of the car that almost anyone can |
| maintenance jobs on your car yourself. Armed with a | | | | handle the regular maintenance of are the interior and |
| selection of widely available automotive tools, a garage | | | | exterior panels. Simple scratches and dents to the |
| manual for your car, and enough time and patience to | | | | bodywork are easy to repair using a soft mallet for |
| get a job done properly, pretty much anyone can | | | | panel beating and abrasive paper, spray paint and filler |
| carry out the routine tasks needed to keep your car | | | | for paintwork repairs. If your car is well used, the |
| on the road and running smoothly. One of the most | | | | interior is likely to start to look tired and dated and in |
| satisfying aspects of carrying out maintenance tasks | | | | need of a little tender loving care. Thankfully, there are |
| on your vehicle - aside from saving money on | | | | many automotive upholstery tools available to help you |
| expensive garage bills - is that you are able to get an | | | | to tidy up the interior of the car and bring it back to its |
| understanding of how the car works, and the more | | | | sparkling best. You can repair small tears and burns on |
| you understand about the vehicle, the easier it is to put | | | | the seats by darning them or applying a repair patch |
| things right in the event of a breakdown. Any home | | | | over the affected area. The trim of the car can be |
| garage requires a good selection of automotive tools | | | | brought back to life with a good buffing using a |
| to carry out work on a car. Some vehicles from | | | | polisher, while using specialist tools it is possible to |
| certain manufacturers have non standard machining | | | | repair the carpets or even replace them. Of course |
| and sizes used throughout their construction, and you | | | | there is much more to owning and maintaining a car |
| will need to get automotive specialty tools designed for | | | | than just tightening nuts and sewing up split seams, and |
| the purpose of working on that particular car from a | | | | you may find that you want to add non-stock parts |
| motor store. No home workshop is complete without a | | | | such as a more efficient air filter or new exhaust to |
| trolley jack and axle stands to allow you to get under | | | | improve performance, and once you understand the |
| the car and do things like oil changes and exhaust | | | | basics of automotive maintenance, upgrades and |
| checks. For most small jobs, such as changing the oil | | | | tuning will become more accessible, saving you even |
| or replacing filters, changing the spark plugs and brake | | | | more money in the long term. Doing small jobs yourself |
| pads on your vehicle, general tools such as a wrench | | | | can save you plenty of money on garage bills, and |
| and a screwdriver are all that is required, and these | | | | having the right automotive tools to get the jobs done |
| are widely available in most hardware stores. It is a | | | | is an excellent idea that will save you time and effort in |
| good idea to keep your automotive tools separate | | | | the long run. However, one of the most important |
| from other tools you may have, because if you begin | | | | things for any mechanic to know is when to pass over |
| a job and then discover that the tool you want to use | | | | a job to an expert, and rather than potentially do more |
| is missing, it can cause major headaches. Twenty | | | | damage than good, to get a qualified mechanic to |
| years ago, cars were much simpler to maintain and | | | | carry out work on a car. |
| understand than they are today. Computerised engine | | | | Jason has been in the construction equipment and |
| management systems and adjustable fuel injectors | | | | industrial sales business for over 10 years. He owns |
| are now commonplace, and special automotive | | | | and operates Red Hill Supply to better serve the |
| diagnostic tools are required in order to make | | | | automotive and industrial industries. |
| adjustments to the engine timing and fuel air mix, | | | | |