Automotive Engineering: Handbooks - Theory and Principles (3/3)

Technologie fonctionnelle de l'automobile (Tome 2) - Transmission, freinage, tenue de route et équipement électrique

This volume allows you to methodically acquire the essential knowledge to understand the systems that make up the automobile. Theoretical and essential information, examples and practical cases, diagrams and photographs, as well as corrected self-assessment tests contribute to making this book the ideal companion for all French students in this sector (CAP and Bac Pro).

Updated and expanded for its eighth edition, volume 2 is devoted to the following systems:
- transmission
- braking
- passive safety
- road holding
- electrical and comfort equipment.

It is preceded by a volume 1 devoted to the engine and its auxiliaries: injection, anti-pollution systems, ignition and hybrid or electronic motorization.

Summary:

Transmission
- The transmission system
- The clutch
- The mechanical gearbox
- Main characteristics of the gears
- The automatic gearbox
- Traction in turns and off-road
- The drive shafts
Braking
- Braking: general
- The drum brake
- The disc brake
- The brake control systems
- The brake assist
- The brake correctors
- The anti-lock braking system
Passive safety
Road holding
- The suspension
- The suspension damping
- The controlled suspension
- The steering
- The geometry of the front axle
- The tire and the wheel
Electrical and comfort equipment
- The basics of automotive electricity
- The multiplexing
- Lighting and signaling
- Accumulator batteries
- Charging system
- Starting system
- Air conditioning.

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Technologie fonctionnelle de l'automobile (Tome 1) - Le moteur et ses auxiliaires

This book allows you to methodically acquire the essential knowledge to understand the systems that make up the automobile. Theoretical and essential information, examples and practical cases, diagrams and photographs, as well as corrected self-assessment tests contribute to making this book the ideal companion for all French students in this sector (CAP and Bac Pro).

Updated and enriched for its eighth edition, volume 1 is devoted to the engine and its auxiliaries:
- injection systems (petrol and diesel);
- antipollution systems;
- ignition;
- electric and hybrid motorization.

It is followed by a volume 2 devoted to the transmission, braking, and road holding systems of the car, as well as the electrical equipment of a vehicle.

Summary:
Approach and discovery of the automobile
- Knowledge of the automobile
- The subassemblies of the automobile
- The chassis-bodywork
The engine system
- Classification of engines
- Composition of engines
- Characteristics of engines
- How engines work
- Distribution
- Supercharging of thermal engines
Complementary circuits
- The lubrication circuit
- The cooling circuit
Combustion and fuel supply
- Fuels and combustion
- The combustible mixture
- Injection systems
- Anti-pollution systems
The ignition system
- Principle of ignition
Electric and hybrid vehicles
- Vehicles with electric motors
- Hybrid vehicles
Documents
- The repair order
- The quote
- The invoice.

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Maintenance automobile - Le savoir-faire en 60 fiches pratiques

Disassemble, check, repair and adjust all the systems of your car thanks to this complete technical manual which details in more than 60 methodological sheets all the maintenance operations.

A new summary table also allows you to diagnose the most common faults.

The files are grouped by theme for a better view of the intervention or check to be carried out:
- engine
- injection
- ignition
- transmission
- braking
- suspension
- running gear
- electricity
- safety and comfort components
- documentation and tools.

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Pannes & diagnostics auto (6ème édition)

Can you repair it yourself? Should you call a professional? To deal with everyday malfunctions, this book analyzes each family of faults with great care for completeness and, based on the symptom, lists the possible causes and specifies the remedies to be applied.
Whether it is a mechanical or electrical problem, abnormal noise, leaks, vibrations, abnormal wear, all the problems are reviewed.

The author, Alain Federmann, a teacher in automobile maintenance, explains to us in a very educational way why the breakdown occurs, what needs to be done to repair it, and gives us the list of tools and documentation needed.
An essential guide to better understand your car and know how to deal with minor everyday breakdowns.

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Petites réparations mécaniques

This step-by-step guide to maintaining your vehicle will help you keep it in good condition. It will help you determine if you have the skills to carry out these operations successfully.

With this book, carry out "small repairs" with complete peace of mind. Good equipment, good safety reflexes before any intervention, here are some points developed in this book. If the engine represents the main component of a vehicle, do not forget the running gear, the brakes or the electrical elements, which must also be the subject of all your care.

With the tools well chosen, all you have to do is roll up your sleeves!

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Entretien général

The "Mécanique automobile: diagnostic et réparation" series is a collection of books on the theory, verification of systems, subsystems and components, fault diagnosis and repair techniques for automobiles and light trucks in French.

This volume deals with general maintenance.

Table of Contents:

1 - Introduction to General Maintenance
Introduction / Preventive Maintenance / Maintenance Schedule / Repair Order / Vehicle Identification / Hybrid Vehicles / Additional Checks

2 - Ground Check
Preventive Maintenance Steps / Instrument Panels / Lighting / Horn / Windshield Wipers / Body Part Lubrication / Body Part Adjustment / Suspension Check

3 - Under Hood Check
Cooling System / Fluid Levels / Drive Belts / Air Filter / Battery / Battery Check

4 - Under Vehicle Check on Full Height Lift
Lift / Oil Change / Suspension and Steering Lubrication / Suspension Check / Steering Check / Exhaust System

5 - Under-vehicle check on mid-height lift
Wheels / Tires / Tire classification and designation / Wheel-tire runout and runout / Tire replacement / Tire repair / Installing a wheel and tire assembly on a vehicle / Wheel and tire assembly maintenance / Wheel bearings / Brake check

6 - Delivery to the customer
Finishing and quality control / Washing / Waxing

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Maintenance des véhicules CAP

Démotech reference work, based on professional situations, which offers all the resources necessary for learning and mastering the professional activities of a French CAP diploma.
- All the professional situations of the profession are covered.
- For each situation, complete content that covers materials, tools, methods.
- A clear layout, in color and largely illustrated.

Table of contents

Chapter 1 - Knowledge of vehicles
- Vehicle identification elements
- The different systems, subassemblies of the vehicle and their functions

Chapter 2 - The professional environment
- Workshop organization
- Workstation organization
- Health and safety rules
- Waste management

Chapter 3 - Periodic maintenance
- The "manufacturer" procedure
- Periodic checks
- Periodic interventions
- Updating maintenance indicators

Chapter 4 - Corrective maintenance
- Replacement of an element or subassembly
- Adjustments
- Tests.

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