How to Keep Your Subaru Alive: 1975 To 1988 : A Manual of Step by Step Procedures for the Complete Idiot (Idiot Book Auto Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Larry Owens
Creator: Joe Leahy
Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub
Category: Book
Buy Used: $24.99
New (2) from $89.21
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 945356
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Sub
Pages: 472
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.8 x 1
ISBN: 0945465114
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.28722
EAN: 9780945465119
ASIN: 0945465114
Publication Date: October 1989
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: 2nd edition, shelf F8
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In the grand tradition of How to Keep Your VW Alive, this is an eminently practical manual on fixing your beloved Subaru. A well-written knuckle protector!
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Such a book! October 24, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the single best repair books ever written. I am a rotten mechanic. This gave me enough confidacne to do some work. Plus, the idiot part gave me a lot of knoweldge that has transfered to differing situations. I read the first edition more than 10 years ago and this is still my favorite. Now I just need one to cover my 83 mustang.
Be a Starship Subaru captain! April 17, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Being a previous VW Bug owner and having gotten the original "VW Idiot's Guide" all greasy and dirty, I love this book. (It was fascinating to learn that Fuji (Subaru) built their motor based on the original Porsche/VW design but added water cooling!).It puts you in touch with your car...gives you confidence that you can become a hobbiest/mechanic... and you can easily figure out what maintenance you can do at home with minimum tools and which maintenance you should let some real mechanic take on. Best of all: Save money! Do maintence yourself! Spot problems before they amount to big money! As they say in the original VW book: "Know your ass....(donkey)" and it will treat you well!
Absolutely fantastic August 3, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I never really knew a thing about cars, and received this as a gift 8 years ago. Motivated by limited cash and that nagging sense of being taken advantage of at car repair places, I started making my own repairs and doing my own maintenance. My 84 GL is, now, in way better shape than my dogeared, oil-stained copy of this book, and I feel much more in control
Owens rules--the book is exhaustive and methodical and, at the same time, entertaining. The advice is wise (like that of a cool older brother, in one reviewer's words), the directions precise, the illustrations great (especially the one with the dogbone, the pie, and the toilet).
Thanks, Larry & Joe.
Excellent, excellent resource for all Subaru owners February 25, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I got my Subaru GL used about 3 years ago. It needed a bit of work. After the dealer persuaded my to let him replace all of the gaskets in the engine, I didn't have much money left for any other maintenance. Thankfully, I found How to Keep Your Subaru Alive. Using this great resource as a guide, I've done all kinds of repair and maintenance on my car. Now if only the publisher would update it so I can work on my Dad's '93 Legacy... Oh, well.
Walks you thru repairs every step of the way. January 20, 1998
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Walks you thru repairs every step of the way. The author is very thorough. This book has saved me a lot in repair bills for the 3 Subaru's I've owned. It's common for a dealer to charge $1300 to change the timing belts, I did the job on my car and the belts totaled less than $30.
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