Haynes manuals yes or no?

bledd · 22 Dec 2016 at 15:36

Jez said:
These seem like an outdated concept to me, every job I've ever needed to do (on a whole variety of cars) had always been covered online be that via YouTube or walk through and advice on forums.

I'm sure they were great before the internet was so vast, but these days a little black and white book doesn't really seem much point.

Yup

Can usually find about 5 guides for every task on Youtube.

Torque settings tend to be a google away too.

Owners forums have a vast wealth of great info too usually.

adam cool dude · 22 Dec 2016 at 16:33

Back in the 90's. Absolutely. Now we have access to entire manufacturer workshop manuals online. As well as the diagnostics software.

jamoor · 25 Dec 2016 at 21:57

Yeah we can get manufacturers software, so I've never used them.

If you have a car with an enthusiast following you can find diy onlime

Uther · 25 Dec 2016 at 23:16

I picked one up anyway, seems useful enough for a 2002 Ford.

bainbridge · 25 Dec 2016 at 23:29

Can't get one for my mx5 so downloaded the workshop manual from an enthusiast forum.

It's fine, but assumes you're a trained mechanic rather than breaking things down to idiot level, which I prefer!

ttaskmaster · 4 Jan 2017 at 10:43

bledd said:
Can usually find about 5 guides for every task on Youtube.

Did this just the other day, for my timing belt - Found about 17 'guides', but only one that showed it with the correct method for teh correct timing was a belt manufacturer... and then only in response to all the existing wrong videos.