maintenance and repair

Arnie Cunningham, a bookish and bullied high school senior, becomes obsessed with a 1958 Plymouth he is restoring named Christine.

A guide to car repair and maintenance, providing an introduction to the mechanical parts of the car, discussing preventive maintenance and safety tasks, symptoms of trouble, and buying and selling a car, and including instructions for simple repairs, as well as advice on how to communicate with a mechanic.

Looks at the many different tasks performed by auto mechanics.

Explains what auto mechanics do; describes their uniforms, tools, and places of work; and indicates the training and education needed for their job.

Describes those rendezvous in space during which repairs were made to satellites and spacecraft.

Follows an auto mechanic as he checks cars, finds out what is wrong with them, and fixes the problems.

Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime.

Pictures and text describe how many different kinds of tools are used.