Popular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Contents

Driving the Saab 900
14
Automobiles, Foreign
PM looks at Renew-A-Tub
24
Metals (Finishing)
Make a custom super sheath
29
Sheaths
Add this end vise to your workbench
40
Vises
Driving the Fiat Strada
56
Automobiles, Foreign (Front wheel drive, Testing)

Sabre saw basics
65
Saws and sawing
Driving the Mazda 626
70
Automobiles, Foreign (Testing)
New RVs for summer
80
Recreational vehicles
Guard your battery with PM's Charge Checker
84
Storage batteries (Rating)
New electronic gear for better boating
92
Boats and boating (Electronic equipment)
Modern search and rescue: call out the computers!
103
Rescue work (Computer use)
Driving GM's 1980 front-wheel-drive compacts
108
Automobiles (Front wheel drive)
Servicing GM's 1980 front-wheel-drive compacts
110
Automobile engines (Maintenance and repair)
Eternal fleet
112
Warships
Lexington--one memorial still at sea
114
Aircraft carriers
PM crowns the computer chess champ
118
Chess
Bargain float trips near home
120
River trips
Indy 500 mechanics: the men behind the machines
122
Automobile mechanics (Persons)
Handbuilt cameras: the craftsman's art
126
Cameras
You can build PM's potting bench in time for spring
140
Garden equipment (Maintenance and repair)
Build PM's patio table and chair set
142
Stools, Tables
Secrets that make you a woodturning expert
144
Turning (Machine work)
Build PM's barbecue bar for your family room
148
Cabinets (Furniture)
Popular mechanics '79 car care guide
156
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair)
Yup, car care really is easier than ever
158
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair)
Car care guide
164
Hard starting, stalling, and hesitation
Car care guide
183
Missing, surging and lack of power
Car care guide
196
Poor fuel economy
Oil loss
218
Automobiles (Lubrication and lubricants)
Brake trouble
222
Brakes, Automobile (Maintenance and repair)
Overheating
226
Automobile engines (Cooling)
Body rust
228
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair)
Recalls
229
Automobiles (Recall)

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