Across 1. Engine fastener with torque specification (4,4) 5. Polish the paint 9. Enlarged a cylinder’s diameter 10. Auto-body appendages 11. Item in back-up-vision system 12. Brake-drum resurfacing machine 14. Car-lease signatory 16. Cam-timing tool, ____ wheel 19. Beach Boys’ "Fun, Fun, Fun" car (1,4) 21. Franchised dealer’s offering (3,3)...
Across 1. Synonym for valve lifters 5. ’70s Plymouth for a rascal 8. Piston-related specification (4,3) 9. Adjusted the headlights 10. Wheel-nut description, perhaps 11. Engine-incontinence inhibitor (3,4) 12. Wheel-bearing lube 14. Auto-battery components 17. Front-passenger position, slangily 19. US crash-test agency, briefly (1,1,1,1,1) 22. Uplifting service-bay sight 23. Antifreeze...
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...
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...
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...
