Serving the Gainesville and Hawthorne Florida Area
Auto, Car, Truck Glass
Windshields and Windows
The down side to glass? IT BREAKS!!! And when it breaks it can be nasty. Glass can cut like a razor. To counter this potential to injure, a lot of the glass in a car is what is known as "Tempered Safety Glass".
The big safety advantage to this is that whentempered safety glass finally breaks all that internal stress is released, and the entire piece of glass crumbles into tiny pieces, no bigger than 1/4 inch square. Thus it can't cut you like regular glass, which will break in long, dagger-like shards!!
Most all the glass in a car is Tempered Safety Glass: EXCEPT THE WINDSHIELD!!! It is usually a laminated glass: actually 2 layers of glass with a layer of clear plastic in between. The plastic keeps the shards of glass together if the glass should break. There have been a lot of people hurt, disfigured, and killed by going through the windshield, SO WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS!
Many newer vehicles use the windshield as part of the structural strength of the vehicle! (Remember: glass is very strong!) This is being done on more and more vehicles to save weight. Urethane adhesive MUST be used in cars where the front glass forms part of the structural strength of the car. Urethane adhesive comes in tubes that fit a caulking gun. It's pretty tenacious stuff. It sticks very strongly to glass and most anything else. Just about all modern windshields are held in with urthane.
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ABS: Anti-Lock Brake Systems
ADVANCE: Car ignition timing
ALTERNATORS and Car Battery
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS
B
BAD CAR DESIGNS
Bad Drivers: How NOT to drive
BATTERIES: Auto, Car or Truck
BELTS AND HOSES
BEARINGS
BODY AND BUMPER REPAIRS
BRAKE REPAIRS: Car or Truck
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Car Washing and Care
CARBURETORS:Car & Truck
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT
CLEANING: Engine Cleaning
CLUTCH REPAIRS: Car & Truck
COMPRESSION: Car Engine
COMPUTER CAR CONTROLS
CV JOINT OR CV AXLES
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DISTRIBUTORS (IGNITION)
E
ELECTRIC WIRING REPAIR
ENGINES: Car & Truck
ENGINE CLEANING
EXPANSION PLUGS
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FILTERS: OIL, AIR, ETC.
FREEZE PLUGS
FUEL AIR MIXTURE
FUEL INJECTION: Car & Truck
FUEL PUMPS: Car & Truck
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GAGES AND "IDIOT LIGHTS"
GASKETS AND SEALS
GLASS: WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELDS
H
HEADS & HEAD GASKET
HOSES AND BELTS
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"IDIOT LIGHTS" AND GAGES
IGNITION TIMING: Car & Truck
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AUTO JACKS: lifting cars safely
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LEAN "Car runs lean"
LIGHTS: WARNING OR "IDIOT LIGHTS"
Limp Home Mode
M
MIL Light
MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS
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NO START: Car Won't Start
O
OIL CHANGES
OIL: What's right for your car?
OIL LIGHT ON OR GAGE LOW
P
PCV Valve
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R
RADIATORS: Car and Truck
RICH: Car runs rich
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SEALS AND GASKETS
SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT
SPARK PLUGS
STARTERS: Auto, Truck
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THERMOSTATS
TIMING: IGNITION TIMING
TIMING BELT & TIMING CHAIN
TIRE REPAIR
TRANSMISSIONS: AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSIONS: MANUAL
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V
VACUUM ADVANCE
WARNING LIGHTS OR "IDIOT LIGHTS"
Car Washing and Care
W
WATER PUMP REPAIR
WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELDS
WIRING REPAIR
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Y
Z
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