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Not quite what you're talking about but the best book on car mechanics I ever read... It was red, and textbook-sized, hardcover. Lots of drawings. It literal
by carapace 7y ago
Not quite what you're talking about but the best book on car mechanics I ever read... It was red, and textbook-sized, hardcover. Lots of drawings.
It literally started with an explosion in a can, and then progressively enhanced that idea step-by-step: add a lid to the can to capture the energy, add a lever to keep the can lid from flying away, and then attach the lever to a wheel so that it returns the lid to the top of the can for another explosion, add walls to guide the lid, ta-da! Piston.
It goes on like that, adding each piece of the puzzle in a logical way, until you have a mental model of an internal combustion engine. You definitely feel like you could build one from scratch (if you had the metallurgy skill.)
- someguy101010 7y agoBoy if you could find the name of that book I'd really appreciate it
- tnel77 7y agoI would second this.
- zebrafish 7y agoyou might be interested in howacarworks.com. I stumbled across these videos on youtube earlier this year when I was researching the topic. I was unwilling to pay because it was more for my own curiosity than an actual need to learn but it seemed pretty thorough.
- someguy101010 7y agoThanks for the link!
- dmalvarado 7y agoMan, that site has come a LONG way in the past couple of years. I haven't seen it since probably 2015. Back then, the diagrams were super useful, and the content easily understandable. Now it looks like a Mechanics University!
- muhammadusman 7y agoI would love to know the name of this book, sounds perfect for learning about combustion engines.
- carapace 7y agoI'm hoping someone else remembers it and furnishes the title. I was a kid when I read it, and the book was already old, so publication date circa 1970-80. Best I can do. I trawled through book cover images but no love. - - - - edit to add: It's probably "Auto Mechanics Fundamentals" by Stockel. I'm still looking for pictures of the insides of the book, but going by what I can see here, it's very likely: https://archive.org/details/automechanicsfun00stoc/page/n5 https://archive.org/details/automechanicsfun00stoc/page/n5 The typography matches my memory, and the description in the introduction sounds spot on, eh? Cheers!
- jumblew 7y agoIs this it? Looks to be around the right time frame, and the reviews mention exploded view diagrams https://www.amazon.com/Auto-Mechanics-Fundamentals-Construction-Automotive/dp/0870067702 https://www.amazon.com/Auto-Mechanics-Fundamentals-Construct...
- wmat 7y agoInternal Combustion Engines by Ganeson
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- frogpelt 7y agoHow Cars Work by Tom Newton OR Auto Mechanics Fundamentals by Martin T. Stockel Maybe?
- powerset 7y agoI just previewed a few pages from "How Cars Work", and it listed this 'money saving tip' that I found pretty funny: "Don't ... make eye contact with police officers while driving"
- rytill 7y agoThis is a transferable pedagogy. Want to learn a complex system? Start at the sources of the system graph and make your way to the sinks.
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y agoCommenting to save this one.
- ninjakeyboard 7y ago+1 - I want to come back to this thread and read things.
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- Gunax 7y agoThere is a great WW2-era training film from the US military on how rifles work. Don't want to link it as I am at work, but it's on YouTube. It follows the same philosophy--start with a tube. Add a bolt. Add a trigger. Add a magazine. Etc.
- ioli 7y agoYeah, I remember watching those. Here are the links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVeslwTvAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVeslwTvAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJnhr08aIJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJnhr08aIJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJGu8prreZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJGu8prreZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Tx8OO3JGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Tx8OO3JGU