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AAIA: Acronym for "Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association". AALA: Acronym for "American Automobile Labelling Act." aalenian: The oldest stage of the Middle-Jurassic. AAM: Acronym for "Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers". AAP: Acronym for "auxiliary acceleration pump". A arm: See A-arm A-arm: A suspension linkage formed in the shape of an "A" or "V" found commonly on the front suspension. The sides of the two legs of the A-arm are connected to the chassis by rubber bushings and the peak of the A-arm is attached to the wheel assembly. In this way, the wheel can freely move up and down. Sometimes there is an upper A-arm, a lower A-arm, or both upper and lower A-arms. The British call it a "wishbone." Also see double wishbone A-arm suspension: See double wishbone AAS:
Acronym for "air aspirator system". abacus: [1] The uppermost part of a column capital or pilaster, on which the architrave rests. [2] A bead frame. Used as an arithmetic calculating aid. abampere: A unit of electric current in the CGS electromagnetic system of units. One abampere equals 10A. abamurus: A supporting wall or buttress, built to add strength to another wall. abandonment: A voluntary surrender of legal rights or title to a mining claim. abatjour: An opening to admit light and generally to deflect it downwards; a skylight. abaxial: Rays of light which do not coincide with the optical axis of a lens system. ABC: [1] Acronym for "aerial bunched conductors" [2] Acronym for "automatic beam control". ABDC: Acronym for after bottom dead center. A term used in timing the relation of the spark and the crankshaft. Abel flashpoint apparatus:
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Page 5 and 6: esistance. Abney law: A rule statin
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Page 9 and 10: absolute ceiling: The height at whi
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Page 13 and 14: absorption discontinuity: See absor
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Page 17 and 18: AC Aceca: (pronounced ah-SEEK-uh) A
Page 19 and 20: accelerating electrode: An electrod
Page 21 and 22: mounted below deck level, for assis
Page 23 and 24: acceptable quality level: (AQL) A m
Page 25 and 26: A set of features or appointments w
Page 27 and 28: accumulation point: A mathematical
Page 29 and 30: ACEA: Acronym for "Association des
Page 31 and 32: AC generator: [1] An electromagneti
Page 33 and 34: acidizing: Improving the flow of oi
Page 35 and 36: Ackermann steering: [1] A double-pi
Page 37 and 38: acoustic absorption factor: The rat
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Page 43 and 44: Prefix from Greek akros (ακρος
Page 45 and 46: [1] Abbreviation for active control
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actuate: The action of bringing a p
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adaptive array: A radar antenna (ei
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additive printer: Photographic or m
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[2] Agent for joining materials by
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and pressure. adiabatic expansion:
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Some emissions-era Rochester carbur
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automatic wear adjuster brake adjus
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Property which permits the flow of
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advanced mobile phone system: (AMPS
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Strouhal number aeolotropic: Having
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aerobars: Sometimes referred to as
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well as give better fuel economy. A
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and flight planning messages. aeron
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Said of characteristic curves of ap
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[1] The period during which the glo
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Abbreviation for automatic gain con
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A French expression to indicate the
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Abbreviation for advanced gas-coole
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See suspension aids aileron droop:
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driver air bag passenger-side air b
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[2] Term describing a switch or cir
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air cleaner element: The replaceabl
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air cooled engine: An engine which
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jet noise air cushion: See airbag a
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aired up: Said of an oil plunger pu
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The passage of air which moves arou
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cornering ability, improve stabilit
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air-guard: (AG) An American Motors
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air injection: A system that inject
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air laying: Method for forming a we
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airmanship: Skill in piloting an ai
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airport meteorological minima: The
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Air Registration Board: (ARB) The a
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British term for air deflector. air
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A registered trademark for Michelin
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air-to-air intercooler: A heat exch
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A method of spray application which
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Acronym for "As Low As Possible." A
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[3] A beverage which impairs a driv
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al fresco driving: Driving in a con
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[6] Process of orientation of e.g.,
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Allard: A vehicle brand of which th
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allochromy: Fluorescent reradiation
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A piston made primarily of aluminum
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all wheel drive: See all-wheel driv
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alpha decay energy: The sum of the
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flashing light occulting light alte
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A switching device generally compri
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strength, are capable of being cast
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ambiophony: Technique of sound repr
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The middle portion of a ship or car
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[1] Measurement of the ability of a
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amplidyne: A rotating magnetic ampl
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Acronym for " air management system
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A registering meter used to determi
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the brakes are applied and the vehi
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angle: See ackermann angle approach
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angle-nose pliers: A pair of pliers
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tending to cause relative sliding.
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angle of stall: The angle of attack
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Frequency of a steady recurring phe
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anisotropic etching: Describes an e
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Also see epicyclic gearbox annuncia
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anode strap: Connecting strip betwe
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anomalous scattering: See scatterin
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antenna field: Map showing electrom
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The anode target of an X-ray tube o
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in higher-frequency applications. a
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See anti-knock agent antiknock agen
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See antiparticle antimonide: See al
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Short-lived particle, half-life 0.0
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antismog device: A special part or
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anti-theft system: Any device (mech
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An antenna with useful efficiency o
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API scale: Abbreviation for America
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See air-cooled apparatus Beckmann a
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applied power: For an electrical tr
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APT: Acronym for "adjustable part t
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ARC: track arc [1] Acronym for Aero
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architectural acoustics: The study
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arc resistance: The ability of an i
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argon laser: Laser using singly ion
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armature reaction: The magnetic fie
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The original oscillator, in which t
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Also see Pierce-Arrow arsenical cop
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artificial feel: In an aircraft fly
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ASE: receives a reflection from und
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itumen aspheric surface: A lens sur
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assembly line communications link:
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An active circuit, having two quasi
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A pattern in which one side does no
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ATA: ATB: ATC: Acronym for ampere-t
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atmospheric boundary layer: (ABL) T
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plutonium-239. atomic clock: A cloc
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A powder produced by the dispersion
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propagation constant attenuation di
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Audi: A cycle-touring club in Paris
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See stereophony auger effect: For a
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Austro-Daimler: A vehicle brand of
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autocycle: An obsolete moped which
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Also see automatic choke automatic
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automatic choke: A device attached
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automatic frequency control: (AFC)
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automatic ride control: Electronica
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either being used to adjust the ser
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A device that automatically compens
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automotive: Relating to or occurrin
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Photographic record, usually of a b
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Additionally, supplementary. auxili
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auxiliary rotor: A small rotor moun
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avalanche transistor: A transistor
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(AVGAS) Blends of liquid hydrocarbo
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Axe: axes: A superstructure deck, a
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axle: An imaginary line along the c
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axle housing: An American term indi
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axonometry: Measurement of the axes
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aby seat: A specially designed seat
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acking: Some material placed on the
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An air conditioning term which mean
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side impact air bag tank bag bagger
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See spool balance valve balance wei
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allast tank: Tanks at the bottom or
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screw-activated lever action to spl
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and brake: See brake band band radi
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oring bar bull bar bumper bar busba
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four barrel [2] Another name for th
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See lithium base grease base idle:
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An old car which probably does not
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attery acid: Electrolyte (usually s
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A group which makes decisions relat
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[1] A battery post on the top of th
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[1] The portion of a tire which fit
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The portion of the wheel rim below
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See high beam indicator main beam i
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[2] The inner race in an adjustable
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earing surface: The area of the bea
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Colloquial term for BMW Beetle: Col
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leather or rubber belt to transfer
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seat-integrated belt system seat-in
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ending pliers: Pliers with flat, sm
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See kissing between duals between p
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ake bias. bias belted tire: A type
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ig end: The end of the connecting r
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ike lock: A horseshoe-shaped metal
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The ingredient in a paint that hold
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See carbon black black and white ch
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[2] The part of a windshield wiper
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avoided. bleed down: The collapse o
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An unusually wide C-pillar enclosin
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is plugged into 110 volt AC wall so
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[2] A fan for an interior heating a
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low torch: A tool which is attached
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BMW roundel: The little black, blue
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ody assembly: The building up of th
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A drawing showing the forms of the
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ogie wheel: One of the suspension w
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See four bolt mains bolt-on: Access
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one: boned: See T-boned bonk: See A
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[3] Thumping sound coming from larg
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A sensing device in a supercharger.
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Also see stroked. bore diameter: Th
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ottle jack: A hydraulic lifting dev
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All the gaskets below the base gask
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(BV) connects the float bowl to the
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oy: A derogatory description of a c
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acket set: See chassis bracket set
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A unit installed in the brake syste
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induced during braking. Also See hy
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A machine to refinish the inside of
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ake lever: [1] A blade attached to
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ake pad: [1] The friction material
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ake proportioning valve: A valve th
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ake shoes: The components of a drum
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aking efficiency: braking effort as
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aze welding: Making an adhesion gro
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A tow-truck breaker: [1] A person w
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eaker-triggered transistorized igni
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Also see oil breather pipe breather
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Also see gap bridging bright: A lus
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An alloy of copper and tin. bronze
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A small blister in the finish of pa
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efore upper dead center. Same as BT
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Buick: A vehicle brand of which the
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Also see body builder Builders and
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ear bulkhead. [2] Vertical partitio
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energy-absorbing bumper energy abso
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umping blade: An autobody tool used
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A specialized bungee cord shaped in
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urnt valves: See burned valves burr
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A solderless wire connector used to
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utyl tube: The typical material for
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C: [C]: χ: C-3: C3I: [1] Abbreviat
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flying at 9000 m this differential
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cable guide: A tube which is secure
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cadence: The speed your bicycle ped
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drawn condition combined with good
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A type of winding used for rotors o
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calibre: See caliber California whe
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emission of visible rays by a body
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[2] The rise of a deck of a ship, a
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cam follower: The unit that contact
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See opening cam/rocker cam/rocker:
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That part of the camshaft that runs
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canister purge solenoid: An electri
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See cantilever brake. cantilever br
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They are the fundamental relations
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See electrostatic microphone capaci
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capillary: A tube with a very small
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capstan lathe: A lathe in which the
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written off caravan: [1] A group of
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carbon brush spring: See brush spri
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carbonization: The steeping of wool
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carborundum wheel: See grinding whe
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carburetor barrel: The tube-like pa
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See Classic Car Club of America car
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cargo area: The space within a stat
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car park: A parking area usually lo
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arge carriers bicycle carrier bulk
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car tax: A government imposed tax w
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Acronym for "cleaner air system" ca
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[2] The tire casing. Also see axle
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caster: A wheel alignment adjustmen
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See lost-foam casting process casti
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catalan process: Reduction of haema
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The rate a catalytic converter puri
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catchment basin: The area from whic
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cathode copper: The product of elec
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cathodic protection: [1] The action
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caulking tool: A tool, similar in f
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Acronym for "Classic Car Club of Am
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CEC: Acronym for "combination emiss
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Acronym for "Consumer Electronics M
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center keelson: See center girder c
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A small lever attached to the cente
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central reserve: A British term for
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centrifuge brake drums: To combine
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speed and charge of the particles m
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Acronym for central fuel injection.
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A pipe for passage of chain from wi
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A device which takes up the slack i
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chamois: Pronounced SHAM-mee. A sof
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See charge changing wheel changing
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charcoal filter: A filtration syste
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charger: Common name for a battery
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See induction stroke. charging syst
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chassis section: One of the chassis
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check the oil: Using a dipstick, de
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Chevrolet: A vehicle brand of which
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On the rear doors of a car, a speci
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chip hammer: A hammer used to remov
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enriching the fuel-air mixture and
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Christmas tree: A device, using a s
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chromium steel: In order to improve
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circle diameter: See pitch circle d
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Electrical wiring; electrical path
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city cycle: An adult bicycle or tri
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A British term for internal thread.
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• MG (1935-39 SA, 1938-39 WA)*
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A horn which makes a particular sou
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clearance fit: Parts that are assem
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the international concern that incr
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See hose clip pliers clock: [1] An
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A self-adjusting system which keeps
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The seating is usually a little mor
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clutch positive clutch pull-type cl
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clutch judder: A British term for "
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See clutch semi-centrifugal release
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Acronym for "carbon monoxide." A de
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A file with deep grooves for removi
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To put something together in a roug
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coefficient of friction. This coeff
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See transistorized coil ignition wi
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cold cap: A process in retreading a
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See cold start cold start enrichmen
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The foremost main transverse watert
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column changer: See column shifter
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combustion: The intense burning of
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combustion residue: Carbon and othe
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compact: The brushes (as in the gen
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through the carburetor increases. A
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composite headlamps: Reflector and
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To place under pressure or to squee
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Also see molding compression mouldi
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Also see air compressor coil spring
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Compressor which uses a piston and
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concave weld face: A weld having th
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condenser (also called a "capacitor
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conditions: See driving conditions
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connecting rod: The connecting link
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constantan: An alloy made of nickel
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pollutants in the total sample are
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contact breaker point: The individu
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[2] Substance such as dirt, moistur
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A thermal action where the size (ma
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See spark control computer control,
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attery discharge controller solid s
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control switch: See vacuum control
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Circulation of a gas or liquid due
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converter converter converter conve
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and picks up heat from the engine a
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a surface, you increase the overall
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valve core core, air: Coil of wire
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The speed that a vehicle makes when
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[2] Deterioration of materials from
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cost: The price that a shop charges
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is folded almost in half and the be
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countersunk bolt: A bolt with a spe
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coupling differential: See viscous
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[2] The part of the bodywork which
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crab-tracked: A situation where the
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The lower part of the engine that s
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cranking circuit: See starting syst
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A gear mounted on the front of the
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Also see oblique crash test crash t
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Cressida: A model of automobile man
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A system of securing the main beari
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crossover: See heat crossover. cros
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crown: [1] The tread area of a tire
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vacuum controls to push or pull on
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A wrench whose end is shaped like a
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cup: through these openings to prod
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heat-sensitive state desired in the
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customer: A person who is at least
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[3] A portion of a panel which has
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cutting snips: See hole cutting sni
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four stroke cycle engine two-stroke
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"block heater." cylinder bore: The
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Cylinder in which refrigerant is st
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dagmar: [1] Large bullet-shaped pro
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damper settings: See spring and dam
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dashpot: A unit using a cylinder an
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DBI: dbl: DC: scale; sound pressure
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dead end: A road which has no outle
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Act of separating air from substanc
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weather deck [6] Insulated horizont
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The process of discharging a batter
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An electric or hot air device to re
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degreasing: [1] The removing of gre
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delay: An old brand of automobile o
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Delorean: A model of automobile man
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dent: [2] Closeness of texture or c
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depress the throttle pedal: The act
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[1] A drying agent (silica gel or a
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adar detector detector, leak: Devic
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device: A piece of equipment or a m
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A computer terminal or engine analy
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dial caliper: A slide-type caliper
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[5] A rubber-like piston or bellows
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die casting: [1] Formation of an ac
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die stock: A tool used to hold and
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way the tires do not scuff or skid.
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differential-pressure valves and th
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See crankcase dilution. dimmer: A s
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A British term for the dimmer switc
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directional tire: Directional desig
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ake disc brake disc type caliper di
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discharge air: Air conditioning air
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See spark discharge voltage dischar
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[2] Offsetting of the hub on a rear
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disposition fee: A fee you pay at t
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distributor: [1] A unit in the igni
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The cam at the top of the distribut
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Also see anti-dive system anti-lift
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DKW: In 1904 Jörgen Skafte Rasmuss
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The C-post or C-pillar. dogleg sect
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A dome-shaped interior light. Also
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[2] the door aperture. door gap: Th
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A strip of rubber, plastic, or chro
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will absorb 1 to 2 percent of water
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(Budd mounting) A type of securing
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A socket with 12 points rather than
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(SPDT) Electric switch with one bla
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Also see forced downshift downshift
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draft marks: The numbers which are
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A petcock or drain tap. Also see ra
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draw-through: A tubocharger system
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drill press: A nonportable machine
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eccentric drive Ferguson four-wheel
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drive line: See driveline driveline
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drive pulley: [1] A pulley which is
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ear-drive vehicles. There is usuall
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driving lamp: A British term for "d
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A piece of steel shaped between die
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dry: [1] For paint, to lose its wet
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and in the case of tin, brightness.
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dry weight: The weight of a vehicle
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A second set of controls for use by
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dual sport: Street-legal motorcycle
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See bottom dumps dump truck: [1] A
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dust cover: A soft, flexible valve
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dwell angle: See dwell. dwell-angle
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dynamic timing meter: A GM diesel t
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Also see fork ear Earles forks: Lon
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ease up on the throttle pedal: The
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ebonite: hard black rubber compound
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damage to the environment, usually
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edge binding: tape for securing the
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arrier effect braking effect engine
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EGR: Acronym for "Exhaust-gas recir
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See eight-track. eight-track: An 8-
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electric: operated by or derived fr
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System in which heat from electrica
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electrode: [1] In a spark plug one
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electrolytic condenser-capacitor: P
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motor moves something) electronical
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electronic gasoline injection: (EGI
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high energy ignition system with el
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electroplating: The process of elec
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ellipsoidal headlight: A headlight
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exhaust emissions low-emission low
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part of a fixed jet carburetor, in
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end cutting: end cutting pliers: Br
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end speed: See top end speed Also s
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See high energy ignition system hig
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HC engine pre-combustion engine pus
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(ECT) the thermistor sensor that pr
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some engines such as the opening an
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engine subframe: A separate frame i
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enrichner: A fuel plunger which is
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Environmental Protection Act: See c
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See extreme pressure lubricant. epo
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[lit: The law of work] Technically,
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ESV: ET: ETA: ETC: problem once we
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Euromix formula: The basis for a st
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evaporative emission shed system: (
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Acronym for EGR valve position sens
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exhaust: [1] To expel spent fumes.
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formation of harmful pollutants in
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exhaust gas check valve: (EGC) a de
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exhaust pipe: Pipe connectin g exha
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exhaust system: The pipes, resonato
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(EVO) A mark on a valve-timing diag
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This is the projected or expected v
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extension piece: See extension exte
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extras: Optional items either suppl
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