Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:32:01 CDT
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From: Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject: Re: Bosch books
On Wed, 11 Oct 95 20:20:50 CDT <mbushore@icaen.uiowa.edu> said:
> Someone mentioned something about Bosch books
>(stop me if I'm being too specific)
> Anyway, SAE is always advertising a Bosch Automotive
>handbook, and a Bosch Fuel Injection book.
> Has anyone seen either of these? I've been tempted to
>buy them, but would like to hear from someone that has them,or
>has seen them as to their general usefullness.
>(it also just occurs to me that I should check the libraries around
>here, eh?)
i have both, and the Bosch Automotive Handbook is a really neat little blue
book ... but it is EXTREMELY technical, full of data and formulae for the
engineer. but where else will you find the power consumed by the brake lights
of "average" cars? or the "meaning" of the numbers on the DIN/German
electrical parts (did you know that 85 is always "ground"??)?
is it worth the money? well ... it's like some tools that you use only once
a year: if nothing else works, it's priceless. :) but the Bosch Handbook is
NOT something you will use each day, or week, or even month. maybe once a
year. it does, however, have more data and information about automobiles
than you will ever be able to understand or use.
here's some other info about these books:
SRP = suggested retail price, all prices as of June 1994
Book Sellers:
RBP Robert Bentley, Publishers (800) 423-4595
1000 Massachusetts Ave. (617) 876-9234 FAX 24 hrs/day
Cambridge, MA 02138 Visa/MC/AMEX/check/money order (no COD)
ask for catalog
CMB Classic Motorbooks (800) 826-6600
729 Prospect Ave. (715) 294-4448 FAX 24 hrs/day
P. O. Box 1 (715) 294-3345 Overseas
Osceola, WI 54020 Visa/MC/AMEX/Discover (no COD)
BOS Robert Bosch Corporation (800) 937-2672
UA/AMA Library Mon.-Fri 0900-1600 Central
2800 South 25th Avenue Visa/MC
Broadview, IL 60153 technical books, videos, wall charts
some stuff cheap, other stuff very
expensive. ask for catalog
BUS Bus Stop (800) 544-5357
Rocky Mountain Motorworks 0800-1800 Mon-Fri
Woodland Park, CO 80863 Visa/MC/Discover/COD
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Bosch Automotive Handbook Handy little handbook
ISBN 0-8376-0330-7, 852 pages, $31.95 SRP with all sorts of auto
(latest edition: 3rd edition, September 15, 1993) data and math and
avail: RBP $31.95, order # H001 reference data.
CMB $32.00, order # 107-984-AE
BOS $22.95, order # 1-987-723-101
Bosch Automotive Electric/Electronic Systems technical reference
ISBN 0-8376-0467-2, 347 pages, $31.95 SRP stuff for auto
(latest edition: 1st edition, May 1988) electrics ONLY (no
avail: RBP $31.95, order # H002 mechanical stuff; more
CMB $42.95, order # 113-754-E detail on electrics than
BOS $29.95, order # 1-987-723-601 the Handbook)
Bosch Technical Instruction Booklets
* L-Jetronic Fuel-Injection System
ISBN 0-8376-0469-9
RBP order # H160, BOS order # 1-987-722-160
* Motronic Combined Ignition and Fuel-Injection System
ISBN 0-8376-0471-0
RBP order # H161, BOS order # 1-987-722-161
* Braking Systems for Passenger Cars
ISBN 0-8376-0472-9
RBP order # H103, BOS order # 1-987-722-103
* Automotive Electronics for Safety, Comfort and Reliability
ISBN 0-8376-0473-7
RBP order # H150, BOS order # 1-987-722-150
* Battery Ignition
ISBN 0-8376-0477-X
RBP order # H154, BOS order # UBE 120/3 En
* Spark Plugs
ISBN 0-8376-0478-8
RBP order # H155, BOS order # 1-987-722-155
* Alternators
ISBN 0-8376-0479-6
RBP order # H156, BOS order # U 1/8 En
* Starting Systems
ISBN 0-8376-0480-X
RBP order # H170, BOS order # UBE 501/1 B
* many other titles.
avail: RBP: $11.95 SRP each. Buy 5, get 1 free (6 for $59.75)
BOS: $7.50 SRP each.
BUS: $9.95 SRP each.
these last books (or more correctly, booklets) are about 50 or so pages,
glossy, magazine-like, and are more of an general technical introduction to
the subject. NOT much detailed technical info.
joel
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