Need auto repair advice...

[Geminiroq]

Hey guys,

I am just starting to fix up my chero and besides from changing fluids and sparkplugs I am a novice wrencher.

I appreciate all the advice that I get here but where can I find more info about fixing these rigs or any vehicle?

I want to learn as much as I can and the internet is a great spot...but the question is...where are the good websites that will teach me a little more about auto/truck repair?

Thank you,

[TexTJ209]

I'd strongly recommend you pick up a Factory Service Manual for your model rig...they help quite a bit. :)

[vintagetrks]

Hey guys,

I am just starting to fix up my chero and besides from changing fluids and sparkplugs I am a novice wrencher.

I appreciate all the advice that I get here but where can I find more info about fixing these rigs or any vehicle?

I want to learn as much as I can and the internet is a great spot...but the question is...where are the good websites that will teach me a little more about auto/truck repair?

Thank you,

The best thing you can do is buy a Haynes manual for you rig and keep it with you when your working on the vehicle. The Haynes manuals are formated for novice or do it yourselfer type mechanics and are based on a complete teardown and rebuild and they cover pretty much all of the vehicles major systems including electrical and have been a very valuable tool. When I get a new type of vehicle such as the 76 waggy I just got the first item I purchase for the vehicle is a haynes manual. Also try the tech library here and just ask lots of questions the folks here are really nice and try to help any way they can.

[BarryL]

I'm with Tex, get the Factory Service Manual. They are much clearer and contain better information than aftermarket manuals.

[babywag]

The internet is "okay" for advice and info....take it for what it is free advice.
There is incorrect and inaccurate information out there as well.

As stated your best option is a manual, and diving in and learning as you go.
Plenty of good books available @ your local library on auto repair as well.

Everyone has different opinions/methods, they will not always be the easiest or best way for a beginner.

I started when I was 14 on a '77 Cherokee, I knew nothing, used a factory Jeep manual, and pestered my dad to no end with questions.

It wasn't easy, but I learned A LOT from reading that book, and even more from just naively diving in.

The Jeep had been sitting in our garage for years, and I asked my dad if I could fix it.
He agreed to pay for all the parts, but told me I had to do all the work.
I removed both heads, and the carb.
He got the heads redone, and helped me rebuild the carb.
I reinstalled everything and it even ran!
He and I drove it for many years after that until the timing chain jumped and it bent some valves.
That was the beginning of a life long addiction to the FSJ for me.

[jeepjseries]

yep go with a haynes repair manual 21 bucks at auto zone or advanced or most automotive retailers

[newtojeeps]

If you get a factory manual get a real one and not a reprint. I paid 73.00 for a reprint and some of the pages the print is cockeyed and the important part of the info is off the page. Plus you can't read the small print do to pixel problems. This is really a negative when trying to read the wiring Numbers.:mad:
The best thing to do is invite Jeepers in your area over for a wrench-O-thon
AND THEN give em beer and food:thumbsup:

[wickedwagon767]

The best thing to do is invite Jeepers in your area over for a wrench-O-thon
AND THEN give em beer and food:thumbsup:

absolutely the funnest option. Doesn't even seem like you're even working. corona,burgers,both kinds of grease,cussing,eventual progress on the rig = fun



:thumbsup:

just keep the service manual handy so people don't get too "creative";)

[joe]

I'd strongly recommend you pick up a Factory Service Manual for your model rig...they help quite a bit. :)
Agree 100 percent. If you can't get an original try Zack at Z&M Jeeps for a repop. ( I've bought repos from him and they are excellent. He's the ONLY one for a quality reproduction for the AMC era FSJ's.
Granted these rigs all look the same so Hayn'es or Childrens's look as they'd work but they cover too many years in one book to be accurate . Better than nothing if you just need to know how much oil to put in the motor but for serious repairs they're useless.

[TexTJ209]

Agree 100 percent. If you can't get an original try Zack at Z&M Jeeps for a repop. ( I've bought repos from him and they are excellent. He's the ONLY one for a quality reproduction for the AMC era FSJ's.
Granted these rigs all look the same so Hayn'es or Childrens's look as they'd work but they cover too many years in one book to be accurate . Better than nothing if you just need to know how much oil to put in the motor but for serious repairs they're useless.

Joe, not to knock our awesome neighborhood FSJ Parts guru, but Faxon Auto Literature on eBay also provides excellent reproductions of the FSMs.

I didn't even know Zack had repops, if I did I would've ordered through him...but have been nothing but happy with my eBay Parts Manual.

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[joe]

Joe, not to knock our awesome neighborhood FSJ Parts guru, but Faxon Auto Literature on eBay also provides excellent reproductions of the FSMs.
Good to know, thanks for the info.