For instead; the right tire is flat so the block would be placed behind the front left tire. Now the driver will need to gather the spare tire, jack, lug nut wrench and your owner manual to begin the changing of the tire. Next, if the car is equipped with a hub cap; it needs to be removed. By removing the hub cap you will have access to the lug nuts. Grab you lug nut wrench and start loosening the nuts by turn the wrench counter clock wise.
How to Change a Flat Tire Statistics show that the average person will have five flat tires in their lifetime. Many people who drive their vehicles to work everyday face a fear of getting a flat tire. For some people, they have the option of picking up their cell phone and calling triple A or a local towing company, but most don’t have that luxury and are forced to do it themselves. So, here is a how to guide for changing a flat tire, starting with parking the car, raising the vehicle and tightening up the lug nuts. The first thing you do after you have blown your tire is to pull over to the side of the road, put the transmission into park and turn on your emergency flashers.
In this first section we will make sure that we have all the tools we are going to need to change a tire. First you will nee to make sure that you have a car jack. There are a couple of types of jacks you can use for this. One is called a portable jack, this can be found in either the trunk of you vehicle or under the hood. Next we have a floor jack, which is not portable but a lot better to use if you have one available.
If not, a list of supplies you will need include: emergency warning triangles, a flashlight with a stand, a jack, a spare tire, a lug nut wrench, and a torque wrench. All of which I have personally used, and believe are extremely important in being successful at changing your own tire. If your tire goes flat while driving, slowly reduce your speed and safely pull off of the roadway giving your self enough room to change your tire. This is a very important step to remember to avoid causing an accident or any more damage to your vehicle. Next, turn off your engine and engage your parking break.
If this happens you most likely have a dead battery and need to get a jump. These steps will help you and the person helping you jump start your battery in an efficient and safe way. First, park the donor car as close to your car as possible, making sure the two cars do not touch. Check to make sure your car lights, radio, A/C and other electronic mechanisms are off. Then, open each cars hood and locate the batteries.
I opened the sally port overhead door for him to pull his Tahoe in, at the same time there was a Barry County Mental Health representative exiting the jail through the hall door. So at this point I had my hand on two buttons, the sally port garage door close button and the hallway door. When the representative knocked on the door, indicating that she wanted out, my initial instinct was to push the button with my middle finger. So I pushed the button that my middle finger was on, which happened to be the close button for the garage door. Right then I was watching the camera in the garage as the overhead door was lowering, and the Tahoe was in its path.
Once the vehicle was secured, the forensics investigators began doing an investigation to determine what type of evidence could be found in the vehicle which could lead to naming a certain individual that had contact with the vehicle. They began doing blood swabs on the gear shift, and fingerprints all over the vehicle. Nothing was found. They then sprayed the vehicle and then used an ultra violet light which made blood and a fingerprint become visible to where investigators could get the evidence for possessing. They found blood on the steering wheel, and a fingerprint on the passenger side door window.
But in either case, the mechanics of them are the same: they must be maintained or eventually they will deteriorate and will no longer run. Unfortunately, no one is really taught how to maintain a car unless they went to a tech school or someonehas shown them. According to General Motors, one of the world’s leading car makers, it’s for this reason that many automobile makers today are making “disposable” cars. If people only knew how to do a simple tune up, they would be able to save themselves thousands of dollars in repair costs later on or even the purchase of a new car. There are only five parts to doing a tune-up, all of which are real simple for all of us to do.
1. How cars came and all laws and rules of The road 2. Also about Automobiles and us how we correspond If you do not have your permit, please provide the last four digits of your social security number so that your teacher can issue your drug and alcohol certificate. My last four digits are: 7527 Module 2: The Driver: Complete one option below. OPTION 1: Aha Moments: Aha moments are times when you have been reading something and the text suddenly makes sense or becomes clear to you.
Pursuing a career in auto body technician and auto mechanic will be both challenging and rewarding. I will have to complete schooling for both which will make it very challenging. It will be rewarding to me because I will be doing what I love. Auto body is a career where you learn how to do body work and paint a customers car when it is wrecked, or just needs repainted, or restored. Auto Mechanics is a career where I will learn how to fix and repair a customers car if it has any kind of mechanical problem such as engine failure, breaks, mufflers, oil changes, etc.. You have to attend schooling and receive a certification or associates degree in both fields.