Automotive maintenance is primarily about taking things apart and putting them back together. Sometimes that involves nuts and bolts, sometimes it involves gaskets, and other times it involves wires ...

Jesse Rodriguez, Las Vegas, NV. I have a 1970 Mustang hardtop that has been in the family for a long time and now I'm getting my turn at it. My dad used to race it at the drags so we got it running ...

Painless Performance's battery disconnect switch is an easy way to protect your hot rod from battery drains and even theft. With our hot rods, gasoline gets all the glory, but t hey also need ...

Baking soda and water can be a good, inexpensive mixture to clean corrosion and crud from a car battery. Extreme temperatures affect battery performance so take steps to limit the impact. It’s early ...

While replacing a car battery used to be a fairly simple process, it’s often much more complicated in modern cars. After reading some of the potential problems noted below, you may decide it’s a chore ...

You can jump-start a dead car battery by using jumper cables to connect its terminals to the terminals of a functioning car battery or a standalone jump starter kit. However, if you don’t know how to ...

One of the most frustrating automotive experiences is discovering you have a dead lead-acid car battery. It’s one of life’s little annoyances, and it often happens when you need to be somewhere in a ...