Car Parts Changing - Not as difficult as you think

You are driving to an important business meeting. You realize that your gas light is blinking. You have no choice but to stop by the gas station and fill up. Your exhausted from your long sleepless night so you run inside to grab a cup of coffee. You come out and your car does not start. You whip out your booster cables and try to jump the car with the car parked next to yours, but to no avail. You realize you need a new battery. The fact is that you just put a new starter in for a couple hundred dollars. Besides for being extremely frazzled because it is clear you will be terribly late for your meeting, you are really stressed out that you are constantly putting money into your car. Of course if you had the money you would buy a spanking new 2011 car or lease one so the chances of dealing with such inconveniences is considerably less. However, facts are facts and right now the only thing you can afford to drive is an old beat up clunker on four wheels from the year 1995. So you are trying to figure out what is the cheapest way to change parts since it is becoming a daily habit.

You wish you would have gone into car mechanics instead of real estate. But what you, like many other people don't realize is that many car parts can be changed by anyone not only a mechanic. For example, a battery is a very simple car part that can be replaced. You will need to go to an auto parts store and buy a new battery. Before you go, find out what kind of battery you have and make sure to provide the auto parts salesman with the year, make and model of your car as well as the engine size. When you have your new battery, you are ready to roll. Park your car on a flat surface and make sure that the emergency brake is on. Open the hood and try to find the battery and the positive and negative terminals of the old battery. First disconnect the negative terminal and then the positive one. Then you should remove the battery by unfastening the battery holder and removing anything that is holding the battery in place. You then clean the terminal clamps and battery tray. Take your new battery and place it in the spot of the old battery.

You may then reconnect the positive and then negative terminals using a wrench to tighten it. You may now close the hood and give yourself a bug pat on the back for saving yourself about a hundred dollars!

So next time you have an auto part to be repaired, before calling you local mechanic in a panic do some research yourself. Go online and see how simple it really can be. You may not only be surprised, but thrilled to learn how talented and capable you really are.