Mechanics

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EXTRA: Vehicle Maintenance

(new 2025) 
Basics I should cover someday. Often used for discussion in class.


Level 1

This course is an introduction to the automobile and its systems. Engine support systems such as cooling, lubrication, ignition, and fuel systems will also be studied, along with system testing and maintenance procedures.

Students will rebuild an automotive engine in this course (and more).

Intro
The Engine
Cylinder Heads
Engine Blocks
Fuel System (updated Nov.2025)
Ignition System (updated Jan.2026)
Cooling System (updated Jan.2026)


Level 2

This course explores more complicated and challenging parts of the automobile.  A heavy emphasis is placed on diagnosis and troubleshooting using diagnostic equipment.

Students will rebuild a manual transmission, a starter motor, and perform a brake job in this course (and more).

Intro
Drivetrain
Brakes
Suspension
Steering
Electrical
Emission Controls


Level 3

This course ventures into modifications, but not just the mods themselves, but also the engineering behind them, as well as the compromises that are made in these mods.

Students wishing to take this course must be self-motivated, have a mature attitude, and have a definite aptitude in the field of Mechanics.

Students will rebuild an automatic transmission and set up a ring & pinion differential in this course (and more).

Intro
Automatics
Differentials
Engine Performance
Blueprinting
Boost & N2O
   (You Need “Selecting a Turbo“)

Lifting & Lowering


Level 4

Currently in development. Students research on their own, producing a full thorough detailed document of what I would normally have provided for them, and convince me that they fully understand the content.

This will be a comparable amount of work to each of the L1,2,3 booklets, not just reading what a quick Google brings you.

If you are the kind of kid who types the question word-for-word and reads off what Chat GPT barfs out and now you think you know everything, this isn’t the course for you.  We’re going deep, and you are probably going to hate me.

Your “average” student cannot adequately do this.

Autobody
Air Conditioning
DIY 4-Wheel Alignments
EFI Programming
Suspension Frequency & Spring Rates
Importing Vehicles
Self-Driving Vehicles
Converting an engine to Alternate Fuels
EV Conversions From Scratch
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