Customer Reviews

BMW Coupes and Sedans, 1970-88 (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manuals)

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This is typical of a Chiltons. Very long on warnings concerning handling antifreeze and motor oils, then falls flat on it's face in the index department. I have not yet figured how to find anything in the index. And the comments driving you to seek help from a dealer are not what I bought the book for. I KNOW how to change oil and plugs, what I needed was help in troubleshooting a transmission problem. And there was no help there. To me, not worth the 17 bucks

Well produced, with excellent photos and graphics - particularly for US models. Doesn't cover twin-servo brake systems as fitted to some European 2002's - I have one of those! To be fair to the publishers, they do state that it is intended for US market cars. Very thorough and repetitive on workshop safety. Good value - a very big read and a good source book.

This book has been extremely helpful with schedule and preventive maintenace and repairs done by the professionals, because it enabled me to purchase various parts myself wholesale or refurbished which made the service much, much cheaper. I'm still in search of a owner's manual though, for a 1987 BMW 735i

There are hardly any pictures of where exactly things are. Also the BMW 2002 single barrel carb is quite a different machine than the BMW M6. Unfortunately the "manual" attempts to cover all models at the same time.

They would have done more of a service if they had made more detailed manuals on each series. My 1969 BMW 2002 Owner's Handbook (with US suppliment) is more detailed than this "manual".

Don't buy this.

We've got an '81 633 CSI, ostensibly covered in this manual. With an ignition problem, this manual was useless -- it simply didn't provide any means for diagnosing a pickup coil problem for any model (you'd think that they'd list what the output specs are for the signals).

As well, with a stuck e-brake, they don't cover the specifics of our chassis.

The wiring diagrams are a little useful, though there is no thought in covering the stereo.

The upside is, there's not much competition -- AllData doesn't seem to support BMW.

How the hell would I know I still haven`t recieved it yet,any ideas on when hmmmm!