Customer Reviews

Mitsubishi Pick-ups and Montero, 1983-95 (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manuals)

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I purchased this book to assist my do-it-yourself repairs on my '94 Montero. With the exception of the wiring diagrams which are good, I find this book is poorly organized and lacks critical location information for many of the parts for my truck. There are exploded view drawings that attempt this, but in reality most books aren't going to display this well without a huge expense. This is the first Chilton's manual I've ever purchased, my choice has either been Haynes or the manufacturers shop manuals in the past. Since the book comes sealed (apparently for good reason), I had no way of knowing how poor it was. There is little or no troubleshooting tree, and when provided it is very basic. It would appear that they gathered information for as many years of Mitsu trucks (including Monteros) as possible and put it in this book. I was trying to fix two items on the truck, my seatbelt light stayed on, and coolant was leaking from engine. In this book found no separate subsection on the engine cooling system, it is instead included in pieces in the engine rebuilding section. The book also failed to help me indentify the location or component that was causing the seatbelt light to stay on. I finally called a Mitsubishi mechanic to find it.

I bought this book because it also covers the Dodge Raider (which was made by Mitsubishi, it's the same as a Montero)and already had the Haynes Manual for the Raider -- which I was somewhat disappointed with. This manual will assist you in performing many repairs which the Haynes manual simply advises you to take to a repair shop. This is OK if you're not confident in your abilities or don't have the correct tools, but I needed guidance for more advanced repairs, and this is where the Chilton's manual excels. It has the common failing of trying to cover too many years, and this can make it somewhat confusing. I suggest purchasing this in addition to the Haynes manual, together they make a good guide to repairs on these vehicles.

Never again will I buy a book without loo0king first. What no information to fix car here

This book is organized in a way that I do not think is logical, other wise if you are going to replace the engine this book would be a good choice.

Don't buy this book unless you are already an auto mechanic, and, in that case, you probably don't need this book. Simple procedures, like installing a radiator, are impossible to locate unless you go through it page by page. No references to "radiator", or "cooling system". Come on, Chilton, if you want this book to be used by the public, make it a lot for user friendly.

This book saved me alot of money by allowing me to do alot of work myself. Money well spent. I got an L200

I want to know if you have a copy about the Mitsubishi Montero, V6, Automatic, Model 1989, 5 doors, Naftero, to buy this