For a while now I have been trying to learn all I can about fixing cars. I have read a number of books and fixed my car whenever something needs doing. However I feel like I need more practical experience.
Unfortuantley even though it is 9 years old my car doesn't go wrong that often. I looked at evening courses but they are all either very basic 'How to change your plugs' type courses or they are the full time C & G courses which I can't do with a full time job.
I thought about buying an old engine off Ebay and stripping it but although that will teach me a bit, I wont really know if I have put it back together properly. So then I thought about getting a project car, maybe an old MOT failure. I want something fairly modern (fuel injected) so I can practise diagnostics on it as well. I might pull the engine, rebuild it and then I have a car to put it back into. I can also look at other things like brakes.
Anyone got any suggestions for a good car? Something with cheap parts would be good.
Also can anyone suggest some good books? I have got Hilliers Vols 1/2/3, The engine builders handbook, books about camshafts and cylinder heads.
Thanks
Unfortuantley even though it is 9 years old my car doesn't go wrong that often. I looked at evening courses but they are all either very basic 'How to change your plugs' type courses or they are the full time C & G courses which I can't do with a full time job.
I thought about buying an old engine off Ebay and stripping it but although that will teach me a bit, I wont really know if I have put it back together properly. So then I thought about getting a project car, maybe an old MOT failure. I want something fairly modern (fuel injected) so I can practise diagnostics on it as well. I might pull the engine, rebuild it and then I have a car to put it back into. I can also look at other things like brakes.
Anyone got any suggestions for a good car? Something with cheap parts would be good.
Also can anyone suggest some good books? I have got Hilliers Vols 1/2/3, The engine builders handbook, books about camshafts and cylinder heads.
Thanks