Ford Taurus and Sable, 1986-95 (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manual)

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Summary: Strange feelings
Review: After performing maintenance and repair of my Ford Taurus 92 (3.8) I found that this book describes in details with photos the really simple things, but keeps a simple list of things to do without photos nor explanations for hard work, and sometimes I found myself in the situation when I don't know how to follow this list simply because There's no info where particular sensor is located and instructions was really stupid like
1. remove sensor
2. replace sensor
It has really good explanation about how to change oil or do regular maintenance, but it lucks troubleshooting guides or any insights about how to fix particular problems or explanation of simptoms if some device is not working.
Another thing is that electrical schemas are printed badly, sometimes I can't read characters and it lucks pin numbers so it's hard to locate wire on some switch without tracing it back to another switch ot device.
But, it's better then nothing and I can tell that this book really helped me to do some repairs, but did not aswer all my questions :(

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Summary: Chilton's total car care
Review: Of all the auto repair manuals that I have used,(and this is alot) Chilton's total car care is the best. I do all of the maintenance and repair of my vehicles, from oil change to engine rebuild and light bulbs to emission controls diagnosis and repair. This manual has all the information I have needed to keep my auto's in top running condition.

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Summary: Poor Wiring diagrams
Review: There is a difference between an electrical schematic and a wiring diagram. This manual provides neither. A schematic shows the electrical components and wire numbers (or colors) via national electrical code symbols. I realize that the manual does not claim to show a schematic. But it does claim to show wiring diagrams. The diagrams are not shown relative to electrical standards. Not by a long shot. They are simple block diagrams. Not only are they useless because they don't show sufficient detail, the lines and printing is so faint that you can't even read what is supposed to be showing.