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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Can't put it down, July 3, 2003
This review is from: Nissan Sentra and 200SX, 1995-1999 (Haynes Manuals) (Paperback)
I avg. about 25-30k miles per year on cars, so when I bought my Sentra 2nd hand (yes from the original owner) I knew I had to do some work on it. Even with a complete history record I didn't know exactly what needed to be done etc. This book has everything I've been looking for or asking about. Great book! Course my Sentra is the same color as the one on the back too. :)
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Buy if you have nothing to start with..., August 17, 2004
This review is from: Nissan Sentra and 200SX, 1995-1999 (Haynes Manuals) (Paperback)
I bought this book to help me diagnose and change the alternator. I expected to see many more steps in taking things apart, but was disappointed when I started working in the car.
There are numerous steps missing and several key pictures missing. Some of the pics are completely clueless on which part you are looking at. It should be great for an experienced person but then, it's pointless: if one is savvy enough he don't need the book.
Anyways, it's a great source of consult for a first timer. It'll save you serious bucks if you are the kinda of handyman.
All systems of the car are there, but don't expect great details.
Suggestions are made on many procedures, but there are lots of gaps on this topic too: one could use many alternatives instead of "take the pulley of the alterator off" (it's not needed : a new one comes with the pulley..)
The wiring diagrams are great. They helped me to clearly understand how the car ir wired and how the components interact.
My advice is: if you have nothing to start with, this one will do. Even though I give it 3 stars, because of the missing steps, it's worth its price.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent for most work, July 7, 2009
This review is from: Nissan Sentra and 200SX, 1995-1999 (Haynes Manuals) (Paperback)
Like all the other haynes manuals i have purchased this one did a decent job of giving recommendations for maintenance and repair work. However i always seem to find it lacking details where i need it most (basic repair tasks that seem to be identical between manuals), and having way more details for jobs that i don't care about (totaly engine overhauls, etc. ).
Pros:
- Affordable Help for repair work
- covers most repair topics you might care about
- I have purchased several manuals for cars i have owned and found them all to be helpfull.
Cons:
- Says it covers multiple varients of the same model, but often has diagrams for only one of them.
- Many of the more common repair tasks (brakes, oil change, body work, etc.. ) are heavily coppied between the vairous Haynes manuals for different models, so often lack spesific details that would be helpfull. You can usually overcome this with some common sense, but i have found several times wishing i new exactly where something was rather then them assuming i know where it is.
- Lacks discussion on common problems encountered during repairs. Ie, would be nice to have advice on what to try if your break rotors are rusted on, etc. .
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