http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/workshopmanuals2.html has an online 1995-1997 Civic
manual that might be helpful.

The car's owner's manual has a lot of the basic maintenance instructions as well
as the maintenance manual.

If you do not have the owner's manual (which normally comes with a car bought
new), you can go to

http://www.hondacars.com/info/custom...rDetected=True

and click on the link to order an owner's manual. Or call the 800 number given
there, and they should be able to tell you how to get one.

I have a vague recollection that someone here recently said one could put in
one's car's VIN and get the owner's manual online at the Honda site?? Not sure
but it's worth a search or asking the 800 number people.

Alternatively, most of the public libraries I've used have a Chilton's manual
for the exact Honda model and year. Or you can go to a place like Autozone and
buy a manual for under $20. I think people favor Haynes manuals.

"alex nebogatov" <alexneb@videotron.ca> wrote
> Hey guys,
>
> I just got all my "funds" together and bought my first car,
> a 98 civic Cx (hatchback).... So far I'm not having too many problems,
> (except that my clutch pedal has varied characteristics..... sometimes its
> stiff, sometimes less so... weird). But anyways, I was trying to find some
> information for the beginner mechanic on the web, and aside from basic stuff
> I couldnt find much. I'm getting my electrical engineering b.eng in a year
> so I am looking for some documentation where they assume the reader is not a
> complete newbie.
> Can someone recommend a good site/book? If possibly, I'm looking for
> information on the actual repair of the car as well as the more detailed
> theory.