Product Description

Inside this manual the reader will learn to do routine maintenance, tune-up procedures, engine repair, along with aspects of your car such as cooling and heating, air conditioning, fuel and exhaust, emissions control, ignition, brakes, suspension and steering, electrical systems, wiring diagrams.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76103 in Books
• Brand: Haynes
• Published on: 2003-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .70" h x 8.50" w x 11.00" l, 2.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 350 pages

Features

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

Customer Reviews

Good overall, with a few shortcomings
This manual is not as custom as it claims to be, for two reasons: First, it covers nearly a decade of cars (and those after '97 have key differences from earlier models) so photos and details are often not of your car, but rather just a car like yours. Second, many parts of the body and engine are similar to many other cars, and at points throughout the book it feels like the authors just copied and pasted whole sections from another manual in the Haynes series.

This book would benefit from a section at the front where the engine is thoroughly diagrammed. I would like to be able to look at a series of photos and know how to identify every part of the car. Maybe even they could stoop to the level of giving us a sentence or two about what each part does. As it's set up now, I find myself flipping between chapters a lot to find where a particular engine component is located.

For more advanced mechanics, those suggested components aren't necessary, I'm sure. But I get the impression that's not who this book is aimed at in the first place.

Better than nothing but not great
The problem I have with Haynes manuals is that they are not super clear. The few diagrams and pictures they do have are too small and /or don't relate to the exact repair you need.

One good example is the directions for the Valve Cover Gasket replacement. In the two paragraphs that explain the process, it tells you TWICE to install the new rubber gasket. This leaves the reader wondering where/when to apply the sealent. Do I apply it before putting the new rubber ring on or after, putting the glue on the rubber ring??

These manuals I feel are rushed to market and not thoroughly researched and clearly edited however, as I stated in my title, they are better than nothing and can give you a general sense of what is needed to make the repair.

Good luck.

Needs more details
I've got 95 Toyota Corolla. Well, you know, covering 93-02 model years in one book is not enough. 50% of the book is not for my model year, so it's quite confusing and useless.