Car Repair Tips: How a Home Mechanic Can Learn Home Truck Maintenance

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on October 1, 1997
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Diagram: Typical positive crankcase ventilation system (PCV).
Diagram: Typical positive crankcase ventilation system (PCV).
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Diagram: Typical vacuum emission control.
Diagram: Typical vacuum emission control.
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If you take a little time to learn home truck maintenance, what parts are affected by which hazard, how to minimize the damage, and when to replace key parts before they fail, your pocketbook—and the environment—will benefit.
If you take a little time to learn home truck maintenance, what parts are affected by which hazard, how to minimize the damage, and when to replace key parts before they fail, your pocketbook—and the environment—will benefit.

MOTHER’s Mechanic shares hints and secrets on how a home mechanic can learn home truck maintenance to keep your country car or truck in your driveway and out of the mechanic garage. (See the truck engine diagrams in the image gallery.)

Some auto components degrade with time, others with wear,
others from weather, others from poor care, and some from
combinations of the four. The condition of many has an
effect on the vehicle’s emissions, fuel economy, and
contribution to the landfill as well. If you take a little

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