How to Keep Your Honda Alive: A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot [Paperback]

Fred Cisin (Author), Jack Parvin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc; Subsequent edition (April 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912528559
• ISBN-13: 978-0912528557
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,531,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The full title says it all--no mechanical experience needed., May 24, 1999

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This review is from: How to Keep Your Honda Alive: A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot (Paperback)

A few years ago I bought a 12-year-old Prelude and found this book. With no mechanical experience, or aptitude, this book guided me through numerous repairs that I would never have dared try otherwise. It is well-written, and the writers even have a marvelous sense of humor. I would like to find such a book for the old Ford Ranger I'm driving now!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Auto Manual Ever!, January 14, 2007

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C. L. Stewart "deltaboatcrafts" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to keep your Honda alive: A manual of step by step procedures for the compleat idiot (Paperback)

I used this book to guide me in all the repairs and replacing the engine in my Honda Civic. Shocked the neighbors to see a 98 lb. girl pulling an engine! Since that time I have had my own auto repair business and have never seen another manual as good as this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A can't miss manual for the automotive ignoramus, February 6, 2002

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J. Cummings "artgeekseattle" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to keep your Honda alive: A manual of step by step procedures for the compleat idiot (Paperback)

Just happened to run across this listing while browsing. In the mid-80's I was able to overhaul my Civic's engine with no knowledge of auto mechanics whatsoever. It's so well written and the diagrams are excellent. It's too bad that there wasn't a book like this published for every make and model of car. It's also quite funny. It includes a recipe for baking a chicken on top of your engine.