Product Description

Total Car Care is the most complete, step-by-step automotive repair manual you'll ever use. All repair procedures are supported by detailed specifications, exploded views, and photographs. From the simplest repair procedure to the most complex, trust Chilton's Total Car Care to give you everything you need to do the job. Save time and money by doing it yourself, with the confidence only a Chilton Repair Manual can provide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #543353 in Books
• Brand: Haynes
• Published on: 1998-08-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .57" h x 8.50" w x 11.00" l, 2.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 314 pages

Features

• Hundreds of photographs
• Step-by-step instructions
• Written from actual experience

Customer Reviews

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The Haynes family of repair manuals are VERY limited in their scope of information. They try to cover too many variations of a car in one book. The Taurus early 4 cyl, 3.0L and 3.8L, all of which are very different engines, are all lumped together in this book. Many times it is very difficult to obtain specifics on an engine. An example is, they may mention the 3.0L and not he 3.8L which leaves you many times guessing about the location of a sensor or a wire harness. The significant downfall of this book is when they don't explain HOW to do something! They will often times just say "remove" part with out mentioning how. Again, this is just because they try to cover too many engine types in one book.

Dead on or complete miss
The book claims to cover '86-'95 model year Taurus/Sables, but if you own a 1995 Model like me, the pictures of the '86 or '87 Taurus they show in the book won't really help you much. Among others, If you have any engine OTHER than the 3.0 V6, You won't get much useful information. For me this was a strong point with this book, some of the coverage is lacking, but overall, it will get you through at the end of the day and back up an running. I wish this book had better wiring diagrams, and finally, pictures of a more current Taurus would be a real plus.

OK. NOt as bad as other review suggest, but could be better
I almost did not buy this book after reading the reviews, but I needed something to go by. I am glad I bought it, but it certainly has the flaws mentioned in many of the reviews, just maybe not as severely as they would lead you to believe.
I did not find any blatantly incorrect information, so I don't know where that complaint came from. The complaints about not giving detailed instructions is valid....sort of. Everything I needed to do for spark plug , spark plug wire, and distributor cap/rotor replacement is in the manual. It's just not together. The procedure may tell you , ie, "remove distributor cap" and that's it, but if you look through the book, the details for removing the cap are there, just not within the procedure to replace/inspect the distributor rotor.
The complaint about it being focused on the 3.0L engine seems to somewhat valid but the majority of Taurus' were built with this engine so it makes sense.
The pictures could be more clear, but that is a function of B&W on cheap paper.
I would not hesitate to follow this manual for more complex projects, and plan on using it to replace the front and rear struts as well as the catalytic converter.
For those who are really wanting to deatailed instructions on this car, try the Ford Shop Manual available from Motor Craft (app $80). It's expensive, but worth it compared to paying the shop to do the work. Also, Autozone has some great protocols on their website with good diagrams that you can print for free.