Classic Car Electrical System Repair Manual [Hardcover]

Dave Pollard (Author), David Pollard (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Haynes Publications (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859604331
• ISBN-13: 978-1859604335
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,712,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A helpful book none the less!, September 23, 2007

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Mayor West (Twin Cities, Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic Car Electrical System Repair Manual (Hardcover)

First of all there is a difference between an alternator and a dynamo. A dynamo is more commonly known in the US as a generator. That aside, you will find this book more helpful if you own an English classic. However, the tips and tools used are very common to both countries. If you read with a broader mind, you should find this book informative and useful.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars be careful, April 12, 2000

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James O. McDonald IV (Hammond. Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic Car Electrical System Repair Manual (Hardcover)

unless you own a MG or some other brittish junk don't buy this book, not only is it childish to the point of being a complete waste of money but the author doesn't even know what he is talking about when it comes to how to correctly wire a common alternator, or dynamo, as he calls it

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More a review of the previous one., September 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Classic Car Electrical System Repair Manual (Hardcover)

Pardon me, but I find it even harder to take advice from some backwoods hick who can't even spell the word british. I causes me to wonder if perhaps he had trouble reading it.I would further caution him that a many british cars are wired very differently than swamp buggies by having the ground opposite of the American standard. Perhaps that is one of the roots of his misunderstanding.

I have found it very common for people who can't find another vent for thier limited imaginations to go to bash a book, album, movie, ect. Usually it more stems from a lack of understanding than anything else. For instance Haynes is a British Publisher, so one could reasonably expect a book from them to cover british cars. Perhaps he would be better served with Wiring Your Swamp Buggy published by Hooked on Phonics.

Thank you.