Inside this manual you will find routine maintenance, tune-up procedures, engine repair, cooling and heating, air conditioning, fuel and exhaust, emissions control, ignition, brakes, suspension and steering, electrical systems, and wiring diagrams. 
Inside this manual you will find routine maintenance, tune-up procedures, engine repair, cooling and heating, air conditioning, fuel and exhaust, emissions control, ignition, brakes, suspension and steering, electrical systems, and wiring diagrams.
Armed with this manual, you can do just about anything to your car. I used the manual mostly for technical specifications when removing the engine and replacing the head gasket, clutch, and a bunch of seals. Amazon (or ups) screwed up and sent it to the wrong address but it wasn’t the manual’s fault. Haynes is usually easier to follow than Chiltons in my experience.
With both the Haynes manual and the helpful forums on the internet…you can tackle even the biggest jobs as long as you take your time and read the instructions. Labeling wires and bagging bolts will help you put everything back together. Good luck!
The book is in very good order, new. I am using it as I review & enjoying what I’m learning about my car. I’ll be able to keep on top of those mechanics when they are in a certain area of my car without warrant.
Will definitely purchase again & recommend this seller. Keep up the good work. Consumers like myself look forward to trustworthy sellers such as yourself to make our continued purchase a welcomed experience.
Thank you
Sly
Our 1999 Subaru Legacy died on the way home from work last Friday. All the electrical systems just faded, and the car was starting to falter – we only just made it home. The brake light and the battery charge light were both lit. From a little online research I found out that this was likely a sign of the alternator going bad – it wasn’t charging the battery. I read a couple of comments on the forums which seemed to indicate that replacing an alternator is actually something that’s doable at home – it’s very accessible, apparently. The problem is, I have zero car mechanic knowledge! But I knew that Haynes make these manuals for many car models, telling you how to do stuff like this, so I ordered it overnight from Amazon (Prime rocks!). The page on doing this looked very straightforward, so I was encouraged. I took the car to the local Subaru dealer, and they confirmed that the alternator needed replacing, as well as the battery. They wanted more than $180 for the labor costs alone, so I just asked them to order the parts, and I would do it myself. It went off without a hitch – no big deal with the clear instructions from Haynes on which bolts to undo and in what order. Only took about an hour or so, and I now have a shiny new alternator sitting in my (now working) Suby. At the age of 43 I feel like I have finally completed some kind of rite of passage – where do I pick up my Man badge?. The Haynes manual was like gold – saved me a lot of money, and I’m sure it will do so in future too – I’ve always had a suspicion that the garages overcharge for labor, and now I will be able to look up whatever it is they say they need to do, and if it looks straightforward and accessible then I may have a go myself. Of course I’ll leave the deeper and more major stuff to them, but this manual makes me feel a bit more empowered than I did before. It also told me how to replace the signal lightbulb – it’s easy once you know which screw to undo, but I honestly wouldn’t have known where to start before. Now I know that whatever car we get down the line, I will DEFINITELY be getting the Haynes manual for it! Highly recommended.
Haynes manuals are worth the money they cost… this along with the factory repair manual, as the second opinion, will enable you repair anything on that car. Haynes manuals are easy to read and include pictures which are worth a thousand words. It is nice to know that a repair has been done properly and in a cost effective manner when you do it yourself.
This is the second Haynes Repair Manual i buy and this is a great products for people who want to do maintenance and repairs on there own cars. The manual contains service intervals, and how to do troubleshooting, repairs and step by step on who to chance parts(both text and pictures) and lots of more stuff. It also have complete electrical wiring diagram. This manual have help me a lot already and save me lots of money. So if you are that “do it yourself guy” this is great help on car repair and maintenance.
The Haynes manuals are the best for repair. The photos and step by step instructions make them very easy for a non-mechanic to follow and allows the user to save substantial amounts of repair costs. I always buy them when I need to work on a vehicle so that I know I am doing the work right. I hate working on cars, but these manuals make it much easier.
If you already own the Chilton’s guide, buy this. If you don’t, buy this instead. They’re both good by themselves, but the Haynes one seems to cover a bit more and explain it a bit better. Additionally, the Haynes one covers the Legacy specifically, while the Chilton guide tries to cover the entire Subaru range for those years, making it a bit more complicated to deal with if you don’t want to wade through Justy and SVX-specific stuff. The only things the manual could have used were more detailed info about bodywork (though the dent repair guide is pretty great for only two pages) and the ECU, though I know both of those things changed a lot between ’90 and ’99, so I don’t really hold that against Haynes much.
This book is an excellent source of information for those projects you are considering taking on. I’ve found the list of engine codes helpful to troubleshoot those pesky codes. And I’ve been able to repair or replace issues with the clear instructions and pictures in this manual.
Using the info in this manual, I was able to replace successfully both head gaskets on my 1997 Outback, a formidible task for those who haven’t done it before, and saved myself over $1,000 off of what the Subaru dealer quoted me for the job. I am not an experienced mechanic, but I could read, understand, and follow the directions with very little problem. Highly recommended.
If you want to really take care of you car, and you love to work on it, this is your book !