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Title: Chilton's Subaru Coupes/Sedans/Wagons 1985-96 Repair Manual (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manual) by Chilton ISBN: 0-8019-8797-0 Publisher: Chilton/Haynes Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't Buy a Chilton's Subaru Legacy Manual
Comment: This book has errors of omission and commission. It will contradict itself from one section to the next, and doesn't portray information in a coherent format. I have learned to regard the guidance given in the book with a certain amount of skepticism. Only recommend this book if you absolutely cannot find anything else.
Rating: 1
Summary: Worse than worthless
Comment: This manual is garbage. I've tried to use it for three separate jobs on my 96 Legacy and every time it has proven worthless. The latest example concerns the camshaft position sensor. The manual lists trouble codes that would confirm the diagnosis, but lacks sufficient info to get the car to display the codes. The book gives only a vague arrow in the general direction of the sensor location. It details the steps to remove the timing belt in order to change the sensor on the Legacy. As I look at it, and as my mechanic assures me, the sensor can be removed and replaced on a 96 Legacy without disassembling anything else. Worse than worthless, this book would have me spending hours on a 2 minute job!
I'm going to buy the Haynes book, and never buy another Chilton.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: This book claims to cover Subarus up through 1996. The cover shows a '95-'96 Outback, which is exactly what I have. I bought the book to help me fix a faulty power window switch. In the section on removing the door panel around the switches, the newest Legacy shown is a '91, whose door panel does not have power switches at all, and is completely clipped on and must be pried off. After two of us pried around the switch area on my own car with no success, we ditched the book and discovered that the switch area of the door is firmly screwed in, and in multiple layers. Had we followed the book and kept prying, we would have damaged the door. I understand that you can't cover every difference on every model in such a wide range of model years, but I don't think it wise for the book to imply it is complete when following the book could end up in damage to your car because of inaccuracy or incompleteness. I also couldn't find information I needed on the glove box hinge and how the front passenger seat anchors to the floor. I have used Haynes manuals on my two previous cars, and am going back to buying those. They are more model-specific and contain more relevant information.
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Title: Subaru Legacy Automotive Repair Manual: Models Covered: All Legacy Models 1990 Through 1998: Includes Legacy Outback and Legacy Brighton (Haynes Automotive Repair Manual) by Mike Stubblefield, Robert Maddox, John Harold Haynes ISBN: 1563923262 Publisher: Haynes Publishing Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Haynes Subaru 1600 and 1800 (1980-1994) Shop Manual by Mike Stubblefield, John Harold Haynes, Haynes Publishing, Larry Holt ISBN: 1563922037 Publisher: Haynes Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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