MG Midget and Austin Healy Sprite, 1958-80 (Haynes Manuals) (Paperback)

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Total Car Care is the most complete, step-by-step automotive repair manual you'll ever use. All repair procedures are supported by detailed specifications, exploded views, and photographs. From the simplest repair procedure to the most complex, trust Chilton's Total Car Care to give you everything you need to do the job. Save time and money by doing it yourself, with the confidence only a Chilton Repair Manual can provide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 1 edition (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 085696588X
• ISBN-13: 978-0856965883
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,124 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable aid to a Midget owner, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

I have this book and despite the occasional grease stain I have found it practically invaluable. I went through a complete engine/transmission/and rear end rebuild with out troubles. This book has conversion tables, linguistic translations and orignal specifications for the Midget. The amount of information in this book is well worth the price.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Advantages and disadvantages..., September 23, 1998

By A Customer

The manual the other reviewer is obviously referring to is a reprint of the factory service and driver's manuals. (If that's not enough of a clue to identify it, you're out of luck...) Thus, it has all the original information. Definitely good to have.

HOWEVER, since it is the factory manual, it refers to all the dealership tools, most of which are unavailable, or are prohibitively expensive. This is where the Haynes manual shines. Since they base their manual on an actual disassembly and reassembly of the car, they can (and do) offer ways to do the job without the factory tools. I have them both, and refer to each frequently.

I don't understnd the problem with terminology. Both manuals use the same (British) terminology, and the Haynes has a "translation table". In any case, either one beats the equivalent Clymer or Chilton's.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Barely sufficient for beginners., April 14, 1998

By A Customer

The Haynes' assume you know too much. They leave out certain important details on occasion and don't always identify all the parts they talk about with a diagram. If I wasn't already somewhat familiar with some of the terminology, in many cases I wouldn't have (and sometimes didn't) know what in the heck they were talking about. Really what is needed is a narrower scope and more than one book on the Sprite/Midgets. If you are serious about working on your Spridget, get a more complete official manual (hint). I won't be rude and say what the book is in this review, but Amazon carries this better one too.