Part of the Basic Automotive Series, Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems can be used in any introductory course in automotive electronics and electricity. The text opens with up-to-date coverage of electricity, magnetism, and semi-conductors. Topics that follow include starting systems, lighting systems, power accessorties, and the latest electronic systems, including speed controls and - new to this edition - automotive micro-computers. Also new to this text are ignition and passive restraint...

This book is written by experienced authors and lecturers with a wealth of motor industry and road transport knowledge. It covers the City and Guilds syllabus for Heavy Vehicle Technology and the TEC standard units in Engine Technology and Vehicle Technology at Levels 1 and 2. It contains hundreds of high quality illustrations to support this text and assist learning.

This work provides up-to-date coverage of current and developing technologies. Good practice and safety features link theory to workplace practice. It contains progress checks, charts and hundreds of high quality illustrations to enhance the learning process.

With over twice as many photographs as the first edition, illustrating everything form helmets to handlebara, brake maintenance to off-road racing, Sloane’s Complete Book of All-Terrain Bicycles offers in-depth advice and road-tested research and statisitcs on all aspects of owning, riding, and maintaining a mountain bike. Black-and-white photographs and line drawings.

This best selling textbook originated in 1967 with it’s first edition. Now in it’s seventh edition this authoritative text presents a balanced introduction to the industry, helping technicians develop an understanding of the theory, diagnostic practices and service procedures essential to automotive air conditioning. At the same time, the text helps technicians develop skills of sound practice and good judgment in the performance of all air conditioning diagnostic and repair procedures....

Designed for beginning level courses, this text provides a more comprehensive introduction than other books on the same topic. It has extensive coverage of electronic controls, including current topics like OBD II, digital storage oscilloscopes, as well as computer controls in the anti-lock braking, traction control systems, body computer systems, passive restraint systems, computer controlled transmissions, computer controlled suspensions and computer controlled air conditioning. Troubleshooting...

Following on from the author’s “Vehicle and Engine Technology”, this covers recent advances and, by using detailed illustrations and an accessible style, seeks to be the most comprehensive text available for those studying automobile technology. It is suitable for CGLI part 2 and BTEC vehicle technology II, vehicle transmission systems III and automatic transmission systems III.