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Well if you have the expertise to rebuilt the entire winding and replace worn out bushes, then yes, it can be termed as a DIY project. However many people are not well versed with electrical motor winding and you may need an experts help. Before you do that, you may refer to automotix.net/autorepair/diy/ which has many DIY technique on repairing and serving ...

Under hard braking it is possible to lock a wheel. If you lock a wheel without disengaging the clutch you will stall the engine even if you are still moving. If however the stall occurs while the clutch is disengaged or while you are in neutral then either you are somehow losing voltage and therefore spark, or the brake vacuum is somehow effecting your ...

I managed to pull over and change to the spare wheel in about 30 minutes (having never changed a tire before! Lesson learned!) Well done. It's not the world's most challenging job but you can hurt yourself if you're stressed (say after a blowout). Whilst driving after the jump start and while the battery was still very low on power, I noticed ...

Disclaimer: This isn’t a qualified answer, but I thought it could be useful addition above that of a comment. I’ve looked into DIY coil repair before, and while such operation is possible (including winding the coils taut using hand drill or bench press), it’s not advisable for a novice. Beside the difficulty of producing a decent coil, even more so ...

No. You could probably fix a broken one by rebuilding it but I doubt it is easy to up the amperage value. You would have to replace the coils with higher windings I doubt you could do this in the average garage. Worth looking into I guess but I wouldn't hold your breath.