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Title: Chilton's Volvo: Coupes/Sedans/Wagons: 1970-89 Repair Manual (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manual) by Chilton, Chilton Book Company, Chilton's Automotives Editorial ISBN: 0-8019-8786-5 Publisher: Chilton/Haynes Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: In response to "A reader from San Diego, California"s review
Comment: Actually, reader, there is no such thing as a "240 proper." This may be the source of your trouble. The cover of the book lists 242s, 244s, and 245s. Think you don't have one of these? Try counting the doors on your 240. If you have two doors, that's a 242, four doors is a 244 and a 5 door wagon is a 245. Volvo named all of their models by series, cylinder, and number of doors, thus a 262 is a two-hundred series (like the 240) with a six cylinder engine and two doors. I do not own this book so i cannot fairly review it, but it seems like the biggest problem you had with it is due to your own fault.
Rating: 5
Summary: Total Satisfaction
Comment: Gee, I had no idea that "good" condition meant "new" condition. The Volvo Chilton's Manual 1970-89, 1996 edition is very cool. Just opening the cover has proven to be worth the money spent, and I plan to use it to 'tinker' on our project car until it purrs. Yes, even gals enjoy showing their spouse an easier way to fix things - the right way!
Rating: 1
Summary: Terrible
Comment: This book is terrible. I own it, unfortunately. It has never been able to really help me on any of the problems, down to the most basic, for instance, changing the maddening air filter, or even replacing the metal wiper blades (not just the rubber).
Let's start w/the cover. Look closely: it doesn't even have the model "240" listed on it (seems to have every 24X model but their most-successful)! "There must be a Chilton expressly for the 240 alone", i wondered upon discovering this at home, "this manual perhaps being just for the 'other' 24X's?" But, nope! That's where the oversights begin... right on the cover. And the standard is really set there. And reading it, you wonder if it really is about the 240. It has a scant few things on the 240 proper, and whole bunches of stuff are missing. I would say the same thing of most models (not) represented in the "how to" sections.
It's a waste of time, because you end up looking for stuff, not believing it's really not there. Take the elec schematics (most recent example); my buddy helping me was happy to see them, but the 1 thing we were looking for (door/light chime, which rings nonstop) to see if it was okay/safe just to pull the plug until we can figure the rest out -- it wasn't in the elec schematic! It had the wipers, int. lites, brake lites, horn, everything-- but no door chime! 20 minutes re-reading the drawing being sure we missed it!
The book's content is worth less than the poor pulp paper it's printed on (mine's a few yrs old and is heavily yellowed). Better to use it for kindling.
This book has never managed--once--to help me. It will spend pages telling you what an automatic transmission is, but never tell you how to check the rear differential fluid. The book actually ended up hurting me, since the hours of my life I spent looking for useful info in the book, I will never get back (i.e. changing that pesky air filter [only swedes could make such a routine thing so complicated], how to turn off the service engine light by yourself [which I understand comes on at 5k miles for 90 sec on ignition, until it's reset to tell ppl to get their oil changed at the dealer], etc.).
There are many times where i had to look at other Volvo models in the book, just to get an idea of mine, because mine (a common 240) wasn't even listed , and of course, it never helped to try that. I think the air filter was the most notable example, so i just figured it out myself, which why i say, the book actually slowed me down. This book is neither helpful for the newbie, nor the experienced mechanic. But it will tell you the theory behind catalytic converters.
Doesn't tell you how to flush (I don't mean changing the pan gasket) your tranny oil, to my memory, like the better lube places. But you can find out on the web from users' sites; several versions are available.
The question is not "what doesn't it cover", but "does it really cover anything?". This should be the last volvo service manual you ever attempt to buy, unless you're buying it for an enemy. I am not exaggerating. It's really that bad, and not just me who noticed it. Anyone who has tried to help me w/the car has found the manual useless, and a frustration.
I just ordered BENTLEY'S VOLVO 240 SERVICE MANUAL which actually has good reviews--here, and from friends. At least it has "240" in the title/cover; that's a good start. It's a 'must-have', apparently, but I don't know anything else about it, so I won't say more. I'll review it when i get it & read it.
I have been satisfied w/Amazon's online shopping experience (prices, shipping charges [often nothing], website solidity/ thoroughness, and staying away from javascript & frames, & browser compatibility. I just wish they had an available cust svc phone # (as opposed to all email) and a better way to exchange things, but I did not buy the Chilton here. I wish i had shopped here first, or i would have seen the reviews, and bought the Bentley manual first! Amazon's user reviews have been very helpful to me.
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