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[Slioch]

I have a recent bicycle manual in the garage and it gets used reasonably frequently, however for more complex stuff I go to Youtube.

 

[tyred]

I have an old one on the MK1 Golf and it a truely excellent book with real photographs of things and detailed diagrams, easy to follow and very helpful.

I also have one for the Peugeot 205 which is nowhere as detailed and not really worth bothering with. I think they weren't as good as time went on.

I also possess one for a Fiat Uno and I'm not really sure why I have it as I have never owned a Fiat Uno in my life

 

[sheddy]

BTW, has anyone been to the Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset ?

 

[slowmotion]

I've had a Haynes for all of the bangers that I've owned. Fabulous books, all covered in a thick layer of grease.

Rest In Peace

 

[classic33]

I have a Spitfire one

Kept my Escort MYN 975L on the road .

How'd you manage that?

 

[annedonnelly]

Imp & Anglia for me.

Didn't always help with diagnoses though. The local garage agreed with me that the knocking noise from the Imp was the big end bearings. So I replaced them and the noise continued. It was the air filter housing rattling against the engine. Still it meant I had new bearings in

 

[Proto]

Always known as the “Haynes Book of Lies” in this house.

 

[subaqua]

You can't beat working on a critical part of a Vauxhall Astra, turning the page at a crucial moment of the repair to be faced with a picture of an Allegro engine bay. You never got that sort of laugh with the clinically accurate Clymer manuals.

Any half decent engineer would have read the manual before starting the operation to ensure they had the tools and consumables required ...

 

[subaqua]

The early ones were much better. Half decent wiring diagrams with correct colours shown

 

[Illaveago]

I have a Spitfire one

Kept my Escort MYN 975L on the road .

Merlin powered ?

 

[Illaveago]

I found the books useful in the late 70/80's .

They also made some pretty interesting books as well !

Does anyone have a copy of The Ford That Beat Ferrari ?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I used to find them invaluable, in fact I still can't resist looking at them when I come across one at a book or car boot stall.

The Haynes manual for a Tiger tank is a remarkably good read (no, I've never owned one!) all about the story of one which was recovered in North Africa.

I noticed one for a Stuka in The Works the other day.

 

[Illaveago]

I used to find them invaluable, in fact I still can't resist looking at them when I come across one at a book or car boot stall.

The Haynes manual for a Tiger tank is a remarkably good read (no, I've never owned one!) all about the story of one which was recovered in North Africa.

I noticed one for a Stuka in The Works the other day.

Yes , there quite a few interesting ones. I have the Typhoon , Vulcan, Concorde, Spitfire , Hurricane, ME 109. They are very good if you want to super detail your models.

 

[pawl]

Unable to remember if it was a Haynes manual or the Lambreta handbook.If bike will not start try bump starting,continue to do so till the bike starts or you reach your destination.

 

[byegad]

I have one for the Tornado, RAF version. I bought my train mad grandson one for Thomas the Tank Engine.