Reader's Digest Fix-it-yourself Manual

Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest Association, 1977 - House & Home - 480 pages

Diagrams and instructions show how to repair furniture, appliances, cameras, slide projectors, cars, bicycles and camping equipment

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Love it. I remember when my dad picked up the first of these back in 1977, 40 years ago, and I just picked one up for $1 in great shape at a garage sale. Love it!!!

Contents

• Around the Home: 9
• China porcelain and glass: 18
• accompany the text in the reference in dealing with: 121
• Thermostats 424 Tillers 425 Water softeners 426 Water heaters Large Appliances 232 Air conditioners 238 Dehumidifiers 240 Dishwashers 246 Dry...: 126
• Small Appliances: 128
• Blankets: 140
• Blenders: 144
• Can openers: 148
• Clocks and timers: 152
• Coffeemakersdrip type: 155
• Coffeemakersperk type: 160
• Fans: 164
• Fryers and cookers detachable control type: 168
• Hair curlers: 171
• Hair dryersbonnet type: 174
• Hair stylerdryers: 178
• Heaters: 182
• Heating pads: 185
• Hot plates: 187
• Irons: 190
• Knives: 196
• Mixers: 199
• Rotisseries and broilerovens: 204
• Shavers: 209
• Toasters: 213
• Toothbrushes: 219
• Vacuum cleaners: 220
• Wafflers corn poppers and slow cookers: 226
• The Automobile: 313
• You as the mechanic: 314
• Tools and techniques: 316
• Body and interior: 319
• Brakes: 324
• Cooling system: 328
• Electrical system: 332
• Engine: 336
• Exhaust system: 351
• Lubrication: 352
• Steering and suspension systems: 354
• Tires: 356
• Transmission and drive train: 357
• Sports and Camping: 429
• Bicycles: 430
• Camp stoves: 445
• Canoes: 446
• Chemical toilets: 448
• Fishing tackle: 449
• Flashlights and lanterns: 455
• Pools and equipment: 456
• Rackets: 462
• Skis: 464
• Tents backpacks and sleeping bags: 465
• Television sets 311 Television antennas 468 Consumer information: 468
• Index Lawn Basement Garage and Garden 362 Tools and techniques: 472
• Small engines 388 Chain saws 392 Garden tools and hoses 394 Lawn mowers 402 Lawn tractors: 477
• Pests and rot 410 Power tools: 478
• Pumps 418 Pruning and trimming tools 419 Screens and storm windows 420 Snow throwers 421 Sprinklers: 479

Bibliographic information

• Title: Reader's Digest Fix-it-yourself Manual
• Author: Reader's Digest
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, 1977
• ISBN: 0895770407, 9780895770400
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: House & Home / Do-It-Yourself / General