Mercedes-Benz: Coupes/Sedans/Wagons 1974-84 (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manuals)

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.

Customer Reviews:

Don't buy if working on a Diesel Mercedes

By A Customer - June 19, 1999

Returned. Very little information on the 300SD. Mostly gas. Vaccum Diagrams were terrible.

A realworld example of the use of this book and how it fails

By A Customer - February 24, 2004

This book should be called the "Totally Useless Series". Below
I describe a realworld example of the use of this book and how
it fails to live up to its stated purpose.I just recently purchased this manual to work on a 1980 300D that
I bought from a friend. I needed to replace the starter, so I got this book.I purchased this book sight unseen because repair manuals are
almost always shrink wrapped at autoparts stores (I now think
this may be because the books often stink, so they don't want
potential customers to find this out beforehand and not
purchase the book).So - how'd it play out?The instructions for removing the starter were (paraphrased,
but only slightly condensed):
1) Disconnect battery
2) Remove electrical connections from the starter
3) Remove the two bolts holding the starter to the bell
housing.
4) You might need to turn the wheels to the left or to the
right to... read more