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This is one in a series of manuals for car or motorcycle owners.
Each book provides information on routine maintenance and servicing,
with tasks described and photographed in a step-by-step
sequence so that even a novice can do the work.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In years past, Haynes manuals were an excellent source of information and assistance. Over 35 years of 'getting dirty' I have purchased quite a few. A general trend has been that each newer manual is less useful than the old one.
This manual is excellent if you want know metric/inch conversions. Torque conversions between metric and imperial units. If you want advice on jacking & securing a car to work underneath. Advice on not skinning knuckles while loosening tight nuts. How to recognise poor tyre inflation. This book has lots of pages of general 'working on car' information. The sort of thing you already know, or can easily find elsewhere - like from the owners manual in the glove box.
This manual is next to useless if you want to know any detail about the car. Wiring diagrams are a joke. The brake 'add ons' like ABS get hardly a mention. There is a big lump with pipes under the bonnet of my car that is not even mentioned! Given the scant information on things I have looked at, could I trust this book on a major component strip down? Probably not.
As with the previous review. Paper quality ZERO. Look at the manual from your armchair with clean hands. Then copy the relevant pages for working. The paper will probably shred if threatend with a bit of oil, grease or tea within a yard. In fact a damp day would be enough to make it fall apart. Come on Mr Haynes. What happened to hardback and decent paper?
In conclusion. Not really helpful. Probably my last Haynes purchase ever. Only just worth the (raggy) paper it is printed on.
Update after trying to use the manual to install additional interior lights. Colours are wrong. No mention of some behind dash connectors. Basically as expected.
This manual is excellent if you want know metric/inch conversions. Torque conversions between metric and imperial units. If you want advice on jacking & securing a car to work underneath. Advice on not skinning knuckles while loosening tight nuts. How to recognise poor tyre inflation. This book has lots of pages of general 'working on car' information. The sort of thing you already know, or can easily find elsewhere - like from the owners manual in the glove box.
This manual is next to useless if you want to know any detail about the car. Wiring diagrams are a joke. The brake 'add ons' like ABS get hardly a mention. There is a big lump with pipes under the bonnet of my car that is not even mentioned! Given the scant information on things I have looked at, could I trust this book on a major component strip down? Probably not.
As with the previous review. Paper quality ZERO. Look at the manual from your armchair with clean hands. Then copy the relevant pages for working. The paper will probably shred if threatend with a bit of oil, grease or tea within a yard. In fact a damp day would be enough to make it fall apart. Come on Mr Haynes. What happened to hardback and decent paper?
In conclusion. Not really helpful. Probably my last Haynes purchase ever. Only just worth the (raggy) paper it is printed on.
Update after trying to use the manual to install additional interior lights. Colours are wrong. No mention of some behind dash connectors. Basically as expected.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good reference material for the MX5 is difficult to come by, this tatty little book does not make much progress towards that goal. I was bought up on Haynes manuals, the old hardback reference books that were actually quite usable, this book is a pale imitation of what Haynes used to be. It is based on the strip down of a 1996 American Miata, the basic text and pictures are 13 years old with a superficial update in 2010 for the later models. All measurements are in imperial, keep your conversion charts to hand, the pictures are a mish match of earlier and later American models.
It's given me the torque settings that I needed, a few pictures that have clarified things, but if you're expecting a definitive reference then you will be disappointed. It is printed on the cheapest, nastiest paper you will ever come across, treat it with extreme care and don't take it anywhere near a workshop. If I had paid a fiver for it then I would have been happy, it's worth about that at a push, but having seen it I am now feeling ripped off by Haynes. It's better than nothing, but not by much and nowhere near what a workshop manual should be.
It's given me the torque settings that I needed, a few pictures that have clarified things, but if you're expecting a definitive reference then you will be disappointed. It is printed on the cheapest, nastiest paper you will ever come across, treat it with extreme care and don't take it anywhere near a workshop. If I had paid a fiver for it then I would have been happy, it's worth about that at a push, but having seen it I am now feeling ripped off by Haynes. It's better than nothing, but not by much and nowhere near what a workshop manual should be.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book appears to have been printed on the cheapest paper going and will most likely disintigrate in the workshop environment.The Mk2 details which are relevant to me appear to be no more than an add on and at times there appears to be gaps in the text when going from the original Mk 1 information to the Mk2.Having said that it is the only manual I've seen with any Mk2 detail. I suppose any detail is better than none.Please Haynes don't take your readers for granted.
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