You can't. Or, at least, not for free and not an entire service manua of your choice. Chilton's Online do offer a number of sample chapters in PDF format but these are merely tasters and not very meaty. And unless you are extremely lucky probably not the model of car you are interested in. … Read more

Good question. You would think there was some merit in this idea and, in fact, Haynes have been experimenting. An Internet-based chapter download service was tested recently, but this was "withdrawn temporarily for further evaluation." According to Haynes, who have also considered CD-ROM versions of their publications, they have yet to find anything that … Read more

Meteorologists use a variety of different scales to measure the wind speeds of tropical cyclones. In the United States, for instance, the National Hurricane Center, a division of the National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center, uses the Saffir-Simpson scale while in Australia a different set of categories are applied to tropical cyclones in that part … Read more

Wolverhampton to Redditch in Worcestershire is a bit over 30 miles, a journey that would normally take around 46 minutes by car. If you care to follow this link to Google Maps , you can obtain the driving directions for this trip. You can update the results by entering the exact address … Read more

A differential's main job, apart from transferring the propshaft drive to the wheels, is to regulate the amount of torque each wheel receives. On a bend, the inside wheel receives less torque and the outside wheel gets more to help steer the vehicle round. If this didn't happen, steering would become much more difficult. However, … Read more

The driving distance between Waco in Texas to the Grand Canyon in the state of Arizona is approximately 1119 miles. You are looking at a drive of around 17 hours solid plus fuel and rest stops along the way. All in all, a drive of at least two days and most of it on interstates … Read more

Beijing in China to the French capital, Paris is a distance of some 5119 miles or 8238 kilometres as the crow flies. If you were able to sail in a straight line between these two capitals (not that that is going to happen any time soon) it would be a distance of 4448 nautical miles. … Read more

The main cause of squeaky brakes are worn brake pads. Over time the brake pad surface wears away due to the friction between the brake pad and the brake disc whenever the foot brake is applied. The brake disc is attached to the wheel and rotates whenever the wheel is in motion. To bring the … Read more

Leicester to Hull is approximately 119 miles by road. Up the M1 to be precise, a journey that would normally take around two and a quarter to two and a half hours. But this would, of course, depend on the time of day, the day of the week, roadworks and such like. If you would … Read more

Solenoids are essentially a switch that enables electrical current to flow and power up a load. Generally, though, a solenoid does a bit more than this as they enable moving parts to be engaged automatically rather than manually. For example, the starter motor is activated by a solenoid to engage the flywheel and turn the … Read more

A relay works by using an electromagnetic coil, an iron core and a moveable armature to open or close a switch and thereby complete or break an electrical circuit. Generally what happens is that the armature is on a pivot and moves back and forth whenever an electromagnetic field is present. The field is switched … Read more

A relay and a solenoid do two very different jobs. A relay is in essence a switch with two positions, on and off. A solenoid, meanwhile, enables mechanical components to physically move and change position, for example, a starter motor engaging a flywheel. Relays and solenoids are both controlled by electromagnetism. In a relay, electromagnetism … Read more

Lighten up. You are in severe danger of coming across to your girlfriend as a control freak...if you haven't done so already. Of course, some people are naturally contrary and will make a point of digging their heels in when advised against a particular course of action. Maybe this is what is happening with your … Read more

The Harwich to Hook of Holland ferry service covers a distance of some 109 nautical miles. The Hoek Van Holland is the European ferry gateway and a distance of some 30 kilometres from Rotterdam and 79 kilometres from Amsterdam. Follow this link to see a satellite map image of Hoek Van Holland at … Read more

A rheostat, or variable resistor, is what is used to vary the intensity of lighting in such things as car instrument panels. A rheostat consists of a length of coiled resistance wire,one end of which is connected to the live feed wire. The other end of the rheostat wire is not connected to anything. A … Read more

Excessive resistance is usually the cause of higher than normal voltage drop. What happens is that a load or loads in the circuit attempts to draw its required current. But if there is excessive resistance in either a wire or a load, it can have the same effect as the circuit being broken - no … Read more

Opens and shorts are two of the most commonly occurring problems with automotive wiring.    An open occurs when there is a physical break anywhere in the circuit or indeed within an individual component forming part of the circuit. Due to this physical break, an open means that no current is able to flow, thereby … Read more

A circuit is the path for the flow of electricity, and like a circle, must be unbroken for it to work. Without a circuit, electricity will not flow. For any electric appliance to work, an electrical circuit must be present. Without a circuit to link together the individual components that make up an electrical appliance, … Read more

Ohm's Law describes the relationship between voltage, amperage and resistance in a simple electrical circuit. The law is named after early 19th century German physicist, George S Ohm. Ohm found that the current in a circuit is directly proportional to the applied voltage and inversely proportional to the resistance in the circuit. Ohm's Law therefore … Read more

Humans have been trying to figure that one out for hundreds of years. To be precise, no-one really knows what electricity really is. However, over these centuries of pondering we have worked out a few things about electricity. Most notably, that: * there are positive and negative charges * it can be stored * and … Read more