Haynes manuals - pricey!

LincolnshireYokel

interstellaflyer wrote: »

To be honest, I wouldn't bother buying Haynes Manuals, the ones for modern cars are pretty useless and hard work, they do not do step by step even on common tasks, you have to keep referring to other sections, often in other chapters, you can get better help joining an owners forum, often there will be step by step guides with photos for common tasks, better still with joining the forums, the information is free, you can spend your £20 on a few pints down the pub.

Yes, they are a heap of rubbish compared to what they were in the 70's and 80's. You would get multiple detailed exploded diagrams of every subassembly and unit, detailed step by step photos of almost every operation and repair.. The content nowadays really is pathetic and a pale shadow of the originals. You can tell by the fact there half as thick as they used to be. I wouldnt buy one nowadays.

Strider590 wrote: »

So my solution? Remove the hose clip and yank the hose off the radiator instead.

Yep, cant beat the old fashioned no bolloxing about way of doing it.

verityboo

Worth looking on Youtube for video tutorials for common things like servicing and replacing brakes etc. The videos are often much better and clearer than a manual

atrixblue.-MFR-.

ive picked up haynes manuals at boot sales for a £5.00

charity shops sometimes have them for £3.00 odd each (local one does to me)

or good old ford forums and youtube video's can help a great deal to.

richard734

Another vote for Charity shops, one or 2 of our local ones are dedicated charity bookshops, I have found all sorts of great stuff in there. Normally only a couple £.

PDC

Dissapointingly they still don't do a manual for my car even though they have a wide variety of 'novelty' ones.

bazster

Agree with all that, Haynes manuals are barely better than nothing these days.

Had to replace a starter motor recently, the Haynes manual said to just get underneath, remove a couple of nuts and withdraw the motor, they even had it down as 2/5 difficulty.

They failed to mention that half the engine had to come out before you could even get to the nuts. Or to suggest the real solution, which was to work my hand through a tiny gap from above, with a cheap ratchet spanner sawn off so I could swing it in the tiny space.

client1_2

revue technique do really good, detailed with drawings, manuals. However, they're in french.

forgotmyname

bazster wrote: »

Agree with all that, Haynes manuals are barely better than nothing these days.

Had to replace a starter motor recently, the Haynes manual said to just get underneath, remove a couple of nuts and withdraw the motor, they even had it down as 2/5 difficulty.

They failed to mention that half the engine had to come out before you could even get to the nuts. Or to suggest the real solution, which was to work my hand through a tiny gap from above, with a cheap ratchet spanner sawn off so I could swing it in the tiny space.

I despair when people forgot to read section 1.

It CLEARLY says that you should remove the engine before attempting ANY work on the engine or in the engine bay on a modern car.

Dont forget fitting is a reverse of removal.

The fact i was unconcious when it fell out maybe a problem?

I couldnt get it out, trying to wiggle it from underneath. When i woke up it was on the floor and covered in my blood and i had a gash on my head.

You dont get manuals like that.

Enjoy :beer:

mkirkby

It's a long shot but another way to get one cheap is to look out on eBay for someone who has listed the manual you want as hanyes instead of haynes. (the "y" and the "n" the wrong way round)

It's surprising how many people do that and it does mean it will have fewer watchers