Car Mechanics

Car Mechanics is the UK's only car magazine with essential advice on maintaining and repairing popular makes and models. It’s an invaluable motoring resource that appeals to both the DIY car enthusiast and the more experienced motor trade professional. Car Mechanics has helped save money for our readers every month since 1958. Each issue includes a wide range of in-depth features written in a clear, straightforward manner: • Readers’ motoring-related problems answered for FREE • Real-life motoring dilemmas from our man in the garage trade • Electronic diagnostics delves inside a different modern vehicle each month to explain its management system • Survival Guide looks at new and used component prices for a particular vehicle • Used Car Focus is an in-depth buying guide on a specific make and model • Service Bay covers a full service with close-up images and comprehensive descriptions • Project cars are a major part of the structure of the magazine as we buy, fix and sell different vehicles over a period of months So if you're into saving money and being a home technician, Car Mechanics will help you out - guaranteed!

A small sporty Panda

Snapped driveshaft

TRANSMISSIONS

ED series returns

CAR MECHANICS

The Peter Simpson COLUMN • Peter offers some advice, based on personal experience, on how to find a lock-up garage, something that’s not always easy.

Getrag Gearbox REPAIR • PART ONE: Rob Hawkins follows the removal, stripdown and rebuild of a Getrag gearbox in a 2005 MINI One and discovers some of the common problems that can arise.

A mint without the holes • Rob Hawkins visits AES York to follow the service of a VW Polo and discovers the routine jobs are surprisingly straightforward.

Tales from the workshop • Fixing advice from our garage proprietor Steve Rothwell

Rehoming a PANDA • PART ONE: Our 2008 Panda 100HP was certainly cheap at £600. With prices rising for these, will ours be a worthwhile project? Martyn Knowles and Andrew Everett report.

Brakes & diagnostic trouble • PART FOUR: Rob Hawkins visits AES York Ltd to seek help with fixing our Sportage’s cruise control and to borrow a two-post ramp to change the rear brake discs and pads.

Ford Fiesta • Is Ford’s unadventurous technical strategy for the Fiesta responsible for its recent fall from grace? Rob Marshall asks...

DREAM WORKSHOP SUPPLEMENT

STORAGE

SECURITY

DRIP & DRAINAGE TRAYS

RESTORE AN OLD WORKBENCH

PAINT THE WALLS & FLOOR

GOOD LIGHTING

PEGBOARDS

BUDGET FAULT CODE READER

SHELVING

ALL-IN-ONE TOOLBOX

SOCKETS FOR LIFE

UPGRADE YOUR TOOLS

TYRE INFLATOR

SPILL KIT

MEASURING UP

RESCUE EQUIPMENT

ISSUES: WORKING SPACE

HOW TO PAINT A FLOOR

HEATING

CONDENSATION & LEAKS

WORKBENCH

SHELVING & RACKING

CUPBOARDS

TOOL CHESTS & CABINETS

ENGINE STAND

POWER TOOLS

WHEEL DOLLIES

RACK YOUR WHEELS & TYRES

BINS FOR NUTS & BOLTS

ASSEMBLING A DRAPER 1.8M WOOD & STEEL WORKBENCH

BUILDING A CLARKE 1.2M ALL-STEEL ENGINEER’S WORKBENCH

LIGHTWEIGHT TROLLEY JACK

MID-PRICED FCRs

SERVICE & TOOL TROLLEY

FLOORING

ULTIMATE SHELVING

ENGINE CRANE

SHELVES, BINS & BOXES

MIG WELDER

SWITCH TO AIR

MOBILE WORKBENCH

ROLLERS & TILTERS

ISSUES: SAFETY

VEHICLE MOVERS

MULTI-TIER TOOL CABINETS & CHESTS

LIFTING EQUIPMENT

ENTRY-LEVEL WORKSTATIONS

FITTING FLOOR TILES

PRE-FILLED TOOL CABINETS

RAMPS

NON-MODULAR WORKSTATIONS

MODULAR...