Chilton's Repair and Tune-Up Guide Mercedes-Benz 1974-84: All U.S. and Canadian Models 190E 2.3-190d 2.2-230-240D-280-280C-280Ce-280Se-300D-300Cd-30 (Chilton's Repair Manual)

Like many aftermarket repair manuals, this one consists of the instructions on some very simple repair projects, and on the more complicated repairs, it is somewhat lacking. Seems as if the illustrations were copied from other books, maybe the car manufacturer's own repair manuals, and when tranfered to this book many of them were dark, too small, or not very descriptive. Not much in the way of electrical diagrams. The one repair I tried, while using this book as a reference, was replacing the fuel pump on a 380 SL. The book said the fuel pump was "underneath the rear floor panel". This is pretty generic. The fuel pump was actually between the fuel tank and the rear axle on the passenger side of the car. This book tries to be too many things, cover 25 models and 11 years of MB's and it doesn't cover any one model very well.

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I bought this book for my uncle who was trying to fix his old Mercedes that had not been used in years. I can't attest on the information or quality of the book, but He said this book was just what he needed to get the car running again.

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Nice book

I don't even know why I go to this manual anymore. Today, after having some difficulty in pulling the starter out of my 280C, I went to the manual to see if there were any particulars that I may have missed...In three paragraphs, the manual basically told me to mark my wires (placement & order), that I may have to turn the wheel to the left or right (model dependant) and that I should unbolt it from the motor.No kidding. (So how do I get to the topmost bolt on the starter that I can't even see? Do I need to go ahead and yank the exhaust manifold off or what?)There are no wiring diagrams, no detailed information on body works (info on power windows, sun roof, etc...) and little to no detailed info on the drive line. Maybe I'm just spoiled by Haynes manuals, but please don't waste your time with this book.

Anyone looking for information that is actually useful, and finds the Chilton manual less than so (and especially people that the more useful Haynes manuals don't cover, like drivers of 115 diesels) should be aware that Mercedes sells their shop manuals on CD for around $100.Spendy (and still imperfect), but THE best source of information on the subject short of finding a paper shop manual secondhand or apprenticing yourself to a master Mercedes mechanic.

I just want to know if this book helps you to do some trouble shooting before things happen, like a consumer report would, like brakes go bad fast etc...My parents just bought one and could use some help on getting them a book, my dad knows how to work on them but needs a good guide. thanks for your time :)

Let's be clear, the manual wasn't for me it was a birthday present for my brother who has a 1982 500 SL R107 (aka The Moneypit). A grand old lady who drinks leaded petrol like lemonade and doesn't like being neglected (but has been). Technical information on ladies of that vintage is hard to come by so when the book arrived I had a peek and was pleased to see that it was a useful manual for the home mechanic. Sent it on to brother who is delighted with it. Example: he wants to replace the HT leads and distributor cap but needed to know the firing order for the V8 beastie. There it was on the first page that fell open!

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Excellent manual, has come in very handy.

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