Airbags In Your Checked Airline Luggage No Its Not Okay

As anyone whos blown an airbag knows, replacing them is expensive. Apparently more so in Europe, because, according to the TSA Blog from the folks at the Transportation Security Administration, a  lot of Europeans are flying over here, buying the new bag, putting it in their checked luggage and flying home.

Trouble is that airbag actuators are on the list of hazardous materials prohibited from transport aboard passenger aircraft.

How come? Well, the same reason that Honda has recalled 800,000 of their cars and that now-retired Car and Driver Editor-at-Large Patrick Bedard pointed out that the airbag is the first safety device to carry a warning label that you could die using it properly.

Namely...its an explosive that blows the bag (similar to a solid rocket booster, the TSA Blog tells us). 

Not safe in the cargo hold of an airliner...any sensible person can see that. But inches away from your face and chest? Theres another agency of the government that has made that mandatory for the past 18 years.

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Starter repair in 2109 with his own hands

As such, the starter is responsible for starting the action of the apparatus. The car starter is in an internal combustion engine. His appointment in the car - roll out the crankshaft to start the engine. As you know, the car's engine operates on the basis of unwinding elements. Consequence of a broken starter motor can be for example a couple of the stronger sex, pushing the car under your window. This four-pole DC motor chetyrehschetochny gets excited mixed way. In an important part of the starter is a device for information and breeding of starter drive gear. Flywheel - with a ring gear. The starter is on the right side of the engine and is attached to the clutch three bolts. Starter VAZ has high resistance to external factors and it is easy to chinitsya. Self-starter needed replacing key "to 10". First you need to detach the bolts to the starter. Need a lower bolt (located in a remote place). Bolt is withdrawn. Intake of warm air to shoot (the key "to 13"). It is necessary to remove the nuts from the upper mounting panel (panel is installed to protect the starter from the effects of hot air). Withdrawn shield. The same key "to 13" detached two upper mounting bolts starter. Lower bolt at the bottom of the car, it is also necessary to remove the bolt. Block on the output of the traction relay disconnected after starter slightly pushed forward. Nut wires unscrew it to split pulling the starter relay with the sign "+" batteries. Clutch and the intake pipe is passed starter at withdrawal, if I pull it up. The new starter set is similar in reverse order. Replacing the starter will cost in the 1000-1500 rubles. Is there any possibility to repair the starter itself? Contamination of the starting relay - one of the most common breakdowns starter. Pulling the relay is attached nut. To weaken it, need a key "to 13". Once the nut is loosened, the tip of the wire to disconnect. Next - you need a voltage of +12 V output relays. "Less" has to go to ground, and ohmmeter joins the mounting bolts. In the healthy switch after this action puts the anchor overrunning clutch in the box front cover. Three screws to unscrew a Phillips screwdriver. Pulling the relay is removed. Switch housing contains a traction rod with a spring that you want to get. Installing a new traction relay takes place in reverse order. After replacing the starter relay starter analyzed further using a Phillips screwdriver. The cover is removed. Check the brushes by unscrewing with a screwdriver slotted screw on the contact wire. Carefully pressing out the spring, you can retrieve the brush. If the brush zanoshena above 12 mm, it must be replaced. To the stator joins ohmmeter. Retaining ring is removed with a screwdriver. After removing the axle from the washer to loosen the two screws on the key "to 10". No bolts building starter disconnected. After removal of the tubes coupling bolts tested winding. Anchor also should not be burnt. Small errors are removed from the anchor cloth and then polished.

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Replacing the engine oil in the garage under

For normal operation of the power unit to the car after a certain period of time to make washing the lubrication system and replacement of motor oil. In order to perform flushing the lubrication system must first warm the engine. After the engine warms up to turn it off and used oil to drain without removing the oil filter through a special drain plug. Then filled with flushing oil to the lower level (the lower mark on the dipstick). The engine will need to re-start and leave work for 20-25 minutes at low speed (800-1000 rpm) crankshaft. After these steps, flushing oil is completely drained and removed the contaminated oil filter. After the flushing oil is completely drained to install a new oil filter, screw in place drain plug and fill with fresh oil that meets this season. The neck has a lid. In the event that monitoring devices fully operable car and the engine flooded exactly what oil you want, and the pressure is still high, it is a sign of a malfunction of the pressure reducing valve. The valve may not perform its functions due to jamming, too tight or too big spring pollution system channels grease. Often the failure of the lubrication system is incorrect readings, which control oil pressure. In the event that the oil quality and its level in the engine is not in doubt, and the rate of pressure in the system still is below the norms, then you should check how regularly work Testing Equipment - pilot lamp, indicator and oil pressure sensor. Check them out is not so difficult. To do this, instead of checked devices connected and tested 100% working order. If the new devices show that the pressure is normal, then install on the old place is no longer necessary. You just need to replace.

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What Should You Look For in an Auto Insurance Company

What is a car insurance? What will an auto insurance cover?

Auto insurance companies cover you and your passengers in the event of an accident. But it is up to you to decide the level of cover you will get.

Will the damages to your property be covered by the company? Will all the passengers be covered or only your family? What if your daughter was driving your car?

What questions should you ask your auto insurance company when it comes to auto insurance? This article help you choose between the various insurance policies.

Types of auto insurance

Liability insurance, or third party insurance.

This is general the lowest form of insurance offered by an auto insurance company. This is the basic insurance, if you are involved in an accident, and it is proven to be your fault, the auto insurance company will pay damages to the other party.

The cover offered by the auto insurance company is usually set beforehand. These are the maximum amount the auto insurance company will pay in case of accident

For example the agent will agree on a $10000 coverage per person, (bodily injury) and/or $40000 coverage in bodily injury and/or $10000 in property damage per accident

You need to confirm with your auto insurance company what they will cover and what are the limits.

You might be offered a very low premium by some auto insurance company only to realize that your cover is minimal and unrealistic.

Collision and comprehensive coverage, comprehensive insurance and full comprehensive insurance

An auto insurance company will also offer you a comprehensive insurance, as the name indicates, you will be comprehensively covered.

In simple terms it means that if you are responsible for a collision the insurance company will pay for the repair of the vehicle.

But it is not so simple, an auto insurance company will almost always have the final say on what amount will be paid out, so if it is cheaper to give you market value for the car, then they will.

You might think that your car is worth $1000.00 but the real market value might be $500.00. This is not an uncommon scenario. So if the repair of your car are more than $500.00 then the auto insurance company will simply pay the book value of the car.

You must make sure that the insurance company is not in control of the market value of the car, normally organisations like the AA will give an impartial market value.

As with the third party insurance, the auto insurance company will almost certainly limit the amount that will be paid out, but in general terms, a comprehensive insurance will have higher limits.

Recreation Vehicle

A recreation vehicle needs its own insurance, a Recreation vehicle insurance is not the same as auto insurance.

You should not assume that because your car is comprehensively insured, so is your recreation vehicle.

Other Types of auto insurance

Medical (MedPay), Persona Injury protection (PIP) and no fault cover

This insurance will cover you and your passengers medical expenses in the event of a collision.

The no fault cover means that the auto insurance company will pay regardless of who is at fault. This give you the piece of mind that, at the very least, your family and friends are covered.

PIP is often a minimum requirement in some countries or states, ask your auto insurance company what the requirements are.

Uninsured/Underinsured motorists coverage

This cover, (also sometimes a minimum requirement in some states), will cover you if the person at fault is not insured or is underinsured.

You must ask your auto insurance company what you will be charged in case of such a situation. Normally the auto insurance company should not charge you some extra premiums.

Rental reimbursement, towing and labour

Those extras often given with a comprehensive insurance is often use by auto insurance companies as specials.

So in case your car is damaged the auto insurance company will pay for rental costs, (sometimes only for a few days).

The auto insurance company might also offer to pay for the towing of your vehicle, (not always included).

As always you should ask your auto insurance company what is included in the cover.

The legal requirements.

Most states, and most countries will require a certain level of cover, from full comprehensive car insurance to third party auto insurance.

In most cases it is up to you, the driver, to ensure that your auto insurance company offers you the minimum required. In most cases the insurance company, (the auto insurance company), is under no obligation to instruct you of the requirements.

But of course, a good auto insurance company will, (should?), try its outmost to advise you on the best deal for you.

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How to Relpace the Blower Fan in a 1998 Audi A4 Wagon

1. Open the passenger-side front door. Remove the plastic trim on the side of the dash that rests against the door. The trim is held on with clips and can be pulled off by hand.
2. Open the glove box door. Remove the five 8-mm bolts that fasten the glove box to the dash with a socket wrench. Disconnect the wiring harness for the glove box light. Remove the glove box, noting how the lower rear edge of it clips into place.
3. Locate the blower motor, which is a large, black, round part bolted to the underside of the dash. Disconnect the wires that go to the blower motor. The harness may be behind the motor and difficult to reach.
4. Remove the bolts that hold the blower motor to the dash with a socket wrench. Plug the wiring harness into the new blower motor to ensure that the new blower motor functions properly.
5. Install the new blower motor by bolting it into place in the reverse order that the old motor was removed.
6. Reinstall the glove box. Install the bolts and tighten them. Plug the wires back in to the glove box light. Reinstall the dash side trim.

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How to Change the Oil in 1996 Mercedes C280

1. Open the hood of your Mercedes C280, and unscrew the oil cap.
2. Locate the plastic panel beneath the engine. This panel needs to be removed to gain access to the oil pan drain nut, and will require an 8 mm socket on a ratchet. There will be four bolts. Unscrew them in a counterclockwise direction and remove the plastic cover.
3. Place your oil pan beneath the oil pan drain nut.
4. Remove the drain nut with your 13 mm socket and ratchet, also turning in a counterclockwise direction. Allow the used oil to drain into the oil pan.
5. Locate the oil filter which will be on the drivers side near the rear of the engine.
6. Attach your socket oil filter wrench and carefully unscrew the cartridge. The cartridge will drop once unscrewed, and along with it will come the filter medium along with o-rings and a gasket. These can be discarded, but the filtering medium can be recycled.
7. Place the new o-rings in place onto the cartridge along with the gasket. Take a new filter medium from your kit and place it inside the cartridge, then carefully screw it back into place in a clockwise direction. Tighten it gently with the socket oil filter wrench.
8. Replace the drain plug and also the plastic covering panel. Pull the drain pan out from beneath the car and recycle the used oil at any automotive service station or hardware store.
9. Pour 7 quarts of new motor oil into the oil filler on the top of the engine, screw on the oil filler cap and close the hood.

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