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Haynes manuals are fine but you can also find technical manuals and diagrams at redpepperracing.com. I'm not sure what to tell you about the carburetor since I always try to avoid mid '80s carbureted cars and their hellish web of vacuum hoses. As far as overheating goes, I dare you to try overheating it! Unless there is something mechanically wrong with your car it probably won't happen. A while back I drove my '86 CRX SI through the Nevada desert without any problems, and recently while I was fixing something else on my car I realized that the cooling fan was not working. I had been driving my car for a year before I realized this! I fixed it and found that it runs a little cooler, but in the last year it never gave me any indications of an overheating problem, not even in the desert. The wiper sprayer should be a relatively simple fix. I would start by checking the pump on the bottom of the reservoir to make sure the hose is attached and that the wires are still connected (assuming that you have already checked the fuse panel). If still no luck then connect a jumper wire to see if the motor still works and if so then the problem is either in the switch or wiring. I don't think that there are any "notorious" problems with these cars since they were designed really well for their time. The only problems you will encounter are the common problems that come with owning a 19 year old car. And... don't worry about the rambling, I tend to be long winded at times too.