Uhg.
In as much as Mr. Freeze (David) is a great tech and did great work on my a/c (greatly), I need to save a $ when I can, so when I started having starter trouble I bought the Haynes Repair Manual and referred to that. Yeah. Right. Looking at the exploded diagram in the Haynes manual, you would think the starter would practically jump right off just by asking it to. I can hardly fit my hands in there. According to Fig. 17.5, "Remove the top bolt from the starter assembly" - I had to worm my hand in with a small digital camera and take about 10 to 15 pictures just to finally discover where the freakin' top bolt was!!! Ooooo, and it says in step 3 to remove the cruise control assembly from the engine compartment, and to help with that it refers me to Chapter 12, so I look at chapter 12 and after much digging I finally find section 22 which basically tells what a cruise control does, then that some features are beyond the scope of this manual, how to check the fuse, brake lights and look at the cable for damage, and something about test driving; as to removal, not a clue.
And the above was my "abbreviated version" without expetives (for those of you old enough to recall the Nixon Transcripts...).
OK, is the Chilton or some other version a little more detailed, or by the time I buy all these manuals am I going to figure out that I should have just sent her to the shop???
Oh, in case you might be wondering, sometimes when we try to start it we just hear a click. Give it one or two more trys and she starts fine. I am guessing a failing starter solenoid or connection within the relay mechanism in the housing.
In as much as Mr. Freeze (David) is a great tech and did great work on my a/c (greatly), I need to save a $ when I can, so when I started having starter trouble I bought the Haynes Repair Manual and referred to that. Yeah. Right. Looking at the exploded diagram in the Haynes manual, you would think the starter would practically jump right off just by asking it to. I can hardly fit my hands in there. According to Fig. 17.5, "Remove the top bolt from the starter assembly" - I had to worm my hand in with a small digital camera and take about 10 to 15 pictures just to finally discover where the freakin' top bolt was!!! Ooooo, and it says in step 3 to remove the cruise control assembly from the engine compartment, and to help with that it refers me to Chapter 12, so I look at chapter 12 and after much digging I finally find section 22 which basically tells what a cruise control does, then that some features are beyond the scope of this manual, how to check the fuse, brake lights and look at the cable for damage, and something about test driving; as to removal, not a clue.
And the above was my "abbreviated version" without expetives (for those of you old enough to recall the Nixon Transcripts...).
OK, is the Chilton or some other version a little more detailed, or by the time I buy all these manuals am I going to figure out that I should have just sent her to the shop???
Oh, in case you might be wondering, sometimes when we try to start it we just hear a click. Give it one or two more trys and she starts fine. I am guessing a failing starter solenoid or connection within the relay mechanism in the housing.
