"Tegger®" <teggeratistopdotcom@changetheobvious.invalid> wrote in message news:<Xns9419E8E95A526teggeratistop@66.11.168.195> ...
> Eric Cantin <va3erc@ZZva3ercZZ.ca> melodiously murmured in
> news:z3Kdnaj-KbWsZQyiXTWJlg@magma.ca:
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> > Haynes is even better. Haynes = dealer service manual.
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> The factory manual is worlds ahead of Haynes. There is NO comparison.

The offical Honda shop manual is the Helm manual (much better), not
Haynes. And changing the timing belt, which is the belt that drives
the water pump, IS NOT an easy job. If you do change the timing belt,
change the water pump at the same time since when the pump fails it
will destroy the belt as well. The good news is that if your '89
Civic still has the stock motor (non-Vtec), it's a non-interferance
mtor and the valve train has about a 95% chance of survival.