Haynes manual instructions

"ray" > wrote in message
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> Geoff Miller wrote:
> > E.R. > writes:
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> >>I was actually dumb enough to buy a Haynes manual once, [...]
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> >
> > I've been buying Haynes manuals for twenty years, and have had
> > them for Toyotas (pickup, Supra), a Honda Accord, and a Mercedes.
> > I can't recall every having a significant complaint about any of
> > them. Maybe they've gone downhill in recent years.
> >
> > Geoff
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> I think it's just some manuals cover too much. The Full Size GM one I
> had covered Buick, Pontiac, Olds from 1970-1990. Sure, the basic
> suspension design didn't change a lot in 20 years, but the fuel system
> sure did. (manual choke -> fuel injection.) You just can't cover both
> Chevy V8's (small and big block), the Pontiac V8 and an Olds V8 in any
> detail in 50 pages.
>
The main problem I've found with the Haynes books is that they often show
detailed close-up photos of a certain part, but don't show enough of the
surrounding portion of the engine, brakes, etc. to actually locate that
part!

(One such example, a very close photo of the PCV valve, but the photo
doesn't show enough of the surrounding part of the engine to actually show
*where* that PCV valve is actually located.)

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Signed,
Daniel W. Rouse Jr.