Haynes Repair Manual

[drthrift035]

What do you thing about Haynes Repair Manuals ? Is there something better out there ?

Thanks ETCG Community

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[Its me]

IMHO, Some Haynes manuals are better than others. The Toyota ones I have seen have been fairly useful. Some Honda/Acura ones I have seen have been lacking in depth and some downright dangerous (improper/missing procedures in the timing belt instructions)….

[paul]

I like the Haynes book. The only discrepancy I have with the book is the wire diagram
it doesn’t really explain much it jumps. But I believe the Odyssey repair book is really good. I am looking for a really good book myself good luck finding yours.

[MARK FELDSTEIN]

Haynes and Chilton books are really helpful to get you into the ballpark on fixing a lot of different cars. Over the years, however, as to older models they’ve evolved to combine multiple model years into one volume and become less specific. In a more perfect world, if you’re trying to fix a specific vehicle, ideally if you can lay your hands on a printed service manual for that car from the manufacturer, you’d be stylin’.

Eric covers that subject here along with some comparisons between publishers like Haynes and Service manuals put out by the manufacturer. You can find used service manuals at EBay and Amazon. Eric’s spin on manuals is here:

OTOH, if you want to learn a systems approach to repairing cars, here’s a a book on Automotive Technology by a guy named James Haldeman who is a great teacher, an excellent writer, and has been in the biz a long time. Amazon has the text books and lab manuals available so you can teach yourself at your own pace or find specific information. A newer volume, used is about $39 bucks. And you can find them here.

Sparks

[sam priem]

look around online for some factory service manuals. There out there usually a free download in a pdf. I was in the same situation and i did some searching and found all the manuals for the dodge rams, dodge dakotas, dodge stratus, one for kawasaki bikes, one for the 90’s model chevy pickups, and a couple others plus a 2nd gen dodge ram factory parts catalog. theyre the best way to go if you can get you hands on them.

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