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read magazines that emphasise working on the car and modifying it, like car craft and hot rod. Read catalogs offering the types of parts applied in the type of work you would like to do.As far as doing maintnance and troubleshooting get a working manual for your vehichle and study the job you are about to do think about what you are about to do, and while you shouldent allow yourself to get intimadated over the work, consider the level of difficulty so you dont get in over your head. If you know other people that work on cars talk to them and ask questions.(Think though of what they have to offer in advice and compare with other sources as people can give poor advice or suggest a bad work habits) Going back to talking to people you might know,ask if you might be able to help or watch the next time they have a project or repair. Look for used text books, even if the might be off topic. If your into learning performance, and you find a used book about body repair, or diesle mechanics dont pass it up, check it out. Information can seem unrelated but really from a beginers perspective they offer the basics in becoming more mechanical, you might even discover an affinity for another aspect of this work to be applied in a new trade. If you live in a city or a fortunate town you might want to check out the community college.Non credit courses are usually cheap. If you really want to get into it shop around for trade schools and colleges that offer a good education and training. Make sure it is an accredited school.
In the meantime, read, research, talk, and observe others if you can. when you want to do work on your own, make sure you have a reference source, all the parts, and have a descent set of tools complete with everthing you need for the particular job you are doing. If you start getting pissed off frustrated, just walk away from what your doing untill you can return with a cool head.(the more you do this type of thing the less often you will be getting pissed off, its just the nature of the work,embrace it, happy zen thaughts)
good luck.
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