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Crossword Puzzle: November 2012

Across 1. Minimum-tread-depth indicator (4,3) 5. Cylinder-covering castings 8. Space ____, a.k.a. mini spare 9. Torque-converter component 10. Right on road map 11. Engine lubricant (5,3) 13. MacPherson’s suspension inventions 14. Build-it-yourself vehicle (3,3) 18. Car painter’s weapon (5,3) 20. Component, briefly 22. Engine-incontinence inhibitor (3,4) 23. Body-shop tool, ____ grinder 24. Body ____, e.g.

Crossword Puzzle: September 2012

Across 1. Underbody components, collectively 5. ’60s gas slogan, "Put a ____ in your tank" 8. Gear or compression trailer 9. Dashboard channel (3,4) 10. Toddler’s Tonka-truck terrain 11. Under-dash area 13. Clutch components 14. Major engine castings 17. Big-rig wheel count, often 19. Gear teeth 22. RWD car’s differential, slangily (4,3) 23. Budget and

Crossword Puzzle: October 2012

Across 1. Tire casing 5. Dash gauge faces 8. Electronic fault-finding system, briefly (1,1,1,1,1) 9. Big-rig noisemaker (3,4) 10. Online automobilia-auctions site 11. Shop’s labor-charge system, perhaps (4,4) 13. Item left on pump, perhaps (3,3) 14. Parts supply-chain middleman 17. Diagnostic device for 8-Across system (4,4) 19. Removed air from brake system 22. Underhood power

Crossword Puzzle: August 2012

Across 1. Flexible cooling-system components 4. Item between lifter and rocker arm 8. Carburetor venturis, in other words 9. Dash option since 1930s 10. Alternator output, briefly 11. Battery terminal 13. Ratchet adjunct 15. Problem provoking recall 18. Fastener with removable mandrel (3,5) 19. Ball- or roller-bearing component 22. Shift quadrant’s D 23. GM-owned auto-parts

Crossword Puzzle: May 2012

Across 1. Auto seats, sometimes 5. Grip-enhancing tire-tread slits 8. Circular-rubber sealing device (1,4) 9. Caliper component, ____ valve 10. Component incorporating bendix drive 11. Conical traffic diverter 12. Perfect condition, slangily 14. Groovy tire surfaces 17. Topless-touring Mazda 19. Recycled tire 22. Valve-seat deterioration 23. Crankshaft bearing type 24. Adjusts the engine 25. Automotive

Crossword Puzzle: April 2012

Across 1. Radiators’ tubes-and-fins sections 4. Crash-activated devices (3,4) 8. Convertibles, slangily 9. Big brand in 14-Across components 10. Power-window system part 11. Suspension-system parts 12. Rejuvenate flat battery 14. Windshield-wiper components 18. Protrusion on an engine shaft (3,4) 20. Component absent in unibody car 22. Relationship between gears 23. Combination-wrench section (4,3) 24. Certain

Crossword Puzzle: March 2012

Across 1. Disc-brake-job parts (6,3,4) 8. Term for dash-gauge grouping 9. State with potato-promoting plates 10. "Hey Little ____" Rip Chords song 11. Engine-lube reservoirs (3,4) 12. Old-car sound, sometimes 14. Sends car to salvage yard 18. Term for shuddering clutch action 20. Uneven carburetion term 22. Serpentine-belt predecessor (1,4) 23. Trunk-jack type, often 24.