* Transmission styles
Longittudinal - Rear wheel drive
Transverse - Front wheel drive

* Engine styles
Flat head V8, OHV V8, Inline 8, OHV Inline 6, Flat head Inline 6, OHV V6, OHV Inline 4, Opposing 4 (subaru), Inline 3, Slant 6, V12, V16. SOHC V8, SOHC V6, DOHC V8, DOHC V6, SOHC Inline 4, Rotory.

* Electrical systems
12 volt
6 volt (old vehicles)

*Emission parts
Exhuast Gas Recirculation (EGR)
Catalytic converter
O2 sensors Up stream & Down stream
Evaporation canistor
Positive Crankcase Valve (PCV)
Air pump

*Suspension
Coil springs
Leaf springs - mainly older vehicles and only trucks now a days
Shocks
Struts - Coil spring & shock
Control arm
Radius arm
Torsion bar (straight coil spring)
A-arm - Ford trucks
Ball joints

*Brakes
Brake rotor (disc)
Brake drum
Brake shoes (drum brakes, all older vehicles and trucks up to a certain year)
Disc pads
Caliper (single, dual, quad & 6 piston caliper systems)
Caliper pins
Emergancy brake cable
Metering block (front wheels)& Porportioning valve (rear wheels)
Electronic Brake control Module (EBCM makes the "grinding" noise and vibration in the pedle while braking really hard to keep the wheels from locking up)

*Steering
Tie rod inner & outters
Steering knuckle
Recirpcating ball system
Rack & pinion
Power steering pump
Drag link -old cars and trucks mainly

Engine sensors
Idle Air control (AIC)
Mass Air Flow (MAF)
Manifold Air Pressure (MAP)
Crankshaft Postion (CKP)
Camshaft position (CMP)
Engine coolant temperature (ECT)

Filling tires to right PSI is stated in the door jam of the vehicle.

Transmission fluid & rear/front axle fluids serviced every 30,000 miles is suggested
Engine - 3000 miles unless you live in a place with far less frequant stops

General checks - Oils, lights interior & exterior, grease suspension parts, tires, coolant or Anti freeze, wiper blades, A/C, fuses

 

*Constant Velocity axle (CV) - Front Wheel Drive vehicles and new All Wheel Drive vehicles.

*Solid axle - Older Rear wheeldrive cars &trucks,also older 4x4 truck front axles

*B - type axles, bolt is retainig the axles on both ends of the axle housing(example Ford 9" & 8")

*C - type axles a c-clip is retaining the axles inside the diff housing (example GM 10 bolt)

*Integral style -the ring gear is removedwith the case from the axle housing (has removable service cover)

*Removable Carrier style - The drive pinion, ring gear, case are removed as 1 unit from the axle housing (example Ford 9")

*Frames
Full frame
Sub frame

 

Longitttudinal transmission is also front wheel drive as well. 42LE.

 

Cubic inches
- Bore x Bore x Stroke x .7854 x # of cylinders

Gear ratio
- Driven gear divided bythe Drive gear

Stroke
- Twice the throw of the crankshaft

Camshaft rotates at half the speed of the crankshaft
(Example. Crank rpms 600 = Cam rpms 300)