Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle TechnologyThis is the fourth edition of a textbook which aims to cover the construction of motor vehicles and their components in a manner simple enough to be understood by young apprentices beginning their training as mechanics, and detailed enough to serve as a solid foundation for later work. |
Contents
Vehicle layout | 11 |
Main parts and working principles | 17 |
Connecting rods | 27 |
Valves and valveoperating gear | 39 |
The cylinder block and crankcase | 49 |
Combustion chambers | 61 |
Multicylinder engines | 67 |
The Fuel System | 75 |
Air cleaners and silencers | 127 |
Slidingmesh gearbox | 231 |
Rubber suspension | 360 |
The automatic gearbox | 371 |
Propeller shafts and universal joints | 383 |
The differential | 391 |
Rear axle construction | 399 |
Fourwheel drive | 407 |
The functions of the carburettor | 81 |
Constant choke carburettors | 91 |
Constantdepression carburettors | 100 |
Inlet manifolds | 111 |
Petrol injection | 119 |
Fourwheel steering | 436 |
Vehicle Structure | 464 |
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Common terms and phrases
action adjustment allows angle arrangement automatic axle battery bearing brake brake band cable camber angle carburettor causes centre circuit clearance clutch coil compression connected contact breaker coolant crankshaft damper diaphragm disc drum brake dwell angle electrical electronic engine speed epicyclic gear exhaust final drive fitted fluid flywheel force frame friction front front-wheel drive fuel gear gearbox give gudgeon pin heat hydraulic ignition ignition coil increase injector inlet joint lamp layout lever load lubrication manifold master cylinder maximum mixture motor mounted move movement normally operation pedal petrol pinion piston planet plate plug plunger port position pressure pump ratio rear wheels reduced resistance road wheels rotation rotor rubber seal sensor servo shoe shown in Fig shows spark spring steering stroke sun wheel suspension switch temperature throttle torque torsion bar tube turbine tyre unit universal joint vacuum valve vehicle voltage