Crossword Puzzle: May 2011
Across 1. Piston oil-control or ____ ring 5. Certain semis 8. Transmission ____ shaft 9. Shop tool, belt ____ gauge 10. Upmarket auto-upholstery material 11. ’70s ad "Baseball, hot dogs, ____ pie and Chevrolet" 12. Tire-shop machine (5,8) 15. Word following drive and valve 17. Willing crash-test participants 20. Radio adjunct in auto glass, often
Crossword Puzzle: April 2011
Across 1. Ignition-diagnosis instruments 8. Brake-system components, sometimes 9. Shifter selection 10. Allstate or State Farm 11. Wheel-alignment adjustment (3,2) 12. Andy Green’s ’97 supersonic car 14. Structures in non-unibody cars 17. Well-known Indy-racing family 19. Old-car noises, often 22. New engine’s initial ____ period 23. Word following backing or pressure 24. Turbochargers’ mechanically-driven cousins
Crossword Puzzle: March 2011
Across 1. Radiator diagnostic procedures (8,5) 8. Exhaust manifold heat ____ valve 9. Item in transmission’s torque converter 10. Two-pronged fastener, ____ pin 11. Burned fuel pointlessly 13. R in window sticker’s MSRP 15. Seat-belt mounting point 18. Body-shop tool, ____ grinder 20. Fastener formation 23. Shaking, shuddering clutch action 24. Zamboni operating area 25.
Crossword Puzzle: February 2011
Across 1. Drum-brake system footwear 3. Battery hydrometer info, ____ gravity 9. Bearing components, perhaps 10. Japanese warrior’s Kawasaki motorcycle 11. OBD scan-tool data 12. With 8-Down, exhaust-manifold item 14. NY tags motto, The ____ State 16. Alternator’s stationary windings 19. Nickname for Chevrolet emblem (3,3) 21. Dwell ____, ignition-timing spec 24. Serpentine-belt pulley type
Crossword Puzzle: November 2010
Across 1. Rotating part in starter motor 5. Lingerie for cars 9. Prize money paid by race promoter 10. Car-museum bigwig 11. Shock absorber ____ and rebound strokes 12. Remove an engine’s parts 14. Generic term for modified car 16. Piston’s TDC to BDC travel 19. Bond’s "Casino Royale" car, ____ Martin 21. Sole color
Crossword Puzzle: October 2010
Across 1. Getaway-car driver’s Ford 4. GMC vehicles 9. Specific ____, 8-Down device reading 10. OPEC-oil description 11. Stereo’s CD-retrieval button 12. Tachometer’s warning mark 13. Precision measuring instruments 18. Automatic-transmission action 20. Wheel-nut description, perhaps 22. "Not Street ____," racing-parts description 23. "If I Had a Million Dollars" car 24. 2010 Mazda RX-8 engine