who actually uses the shop manual?

[manchesterbeast]

Okay, taking apart the car was easy. putting it back together is the hard part. Its almost done, the hardest thing i have left to do is get the wiring right.

Im seriously considering getting one of these shop manuals. Ive looked at them in the stores and they usually say Camero/Firebird. My cars actually a T/A but i guess theres not too much difference, eh?

So what book is better? The Haynes or the Chilton's manual. does anyone have both of them? recomendations?

[89vert]

both useless get the GM manual, BCIT has all of them at its burnaby campus libary or buy it $260 I think, very useful

[79 Z28]

or spend 25 and get the others lol its not worth 250 IMO you only need basic guidelines, not logging every atom :P

[manchesterbeast]

250 for a book is out of the question.

In the future i'll check out the libraries, but for now im trapped in a small shit town until i get my car put back together. so there not gonna have it here.

I just wanted to see what u guys think of the shop manuals. heh, i take it most of u dont use them, eh?

[79 Z28]

no they are good to look things up that sometimes you forget, im gonna get one when i do my mustang conversion, makes it 10 times easier

[Drakar]

Chilton or Haynes are both good and bad, they give you good step by step points, but nothing really compares to a full on shop manual as said, so it really is a matter of cash/techincal know how?

the more of one you have the less you need of the other, to a point :D

[Blue89rs]

I have the Chiltons thats an inch and half thick (4cm) for Camaro's. I'll say this......they are good if you happen to have model option that includes the pictures. If you don't, the description of what to do can be very vague and undescriptive. You get instructions for clutches like, "remove transmission, replace clutch assembly. Re-assemble" Which makes sense, but doesn't tell you a whole lot.

[Camaro ChriSS]

I have the GM manuals, which are fairly costly (~$100 US) but are a couple of thousand pages in depth. Quite valuable IMO, though they do lack a good concise index for referencing.

I have seen excellent versions of the shop manuals on ebay in CD format for excellent prices though.

[89vert]

I like the GM manual for diagnosing problems, it tells u what to look for and how to test it

[manchesterbeast]

meh, im almost finished my car and i still havnt bought the book. no one seems to have anything good to say about haynes or chilton manuals.

The GM book sounds good, but id rather put my next extra $100 toward getting headers.

[Camaro ChriSS]

The GM book sounds good, but id rather put my next extra $100 toward getting headers.


Lol! I can't blame you for logic like that!

[95z28]

yeah, the book won't make ur car go ne faster :D

[CrazyCanadian]

I have a Haynes and I find it helpful. worth the little money u spend for it

[IROC-Z]

I have a Haynes and I find it helpful. worth the little money u spend for it


agreed, it shows you where that last bolt that you can't see is ;)

[Bagged_camaro]

Ive got the Haynes manual for my car, it will come in handy once in a while, and its only $20 at your local CT so you might as well go for it. Nothing to lose but $20.

[manchesterbeast]

well so far people seem to prefer tha haynes over the chilton. maybe i will pick it up.

[Fast Eddie]

Try www.fbodycd.com fro $25.00 US you can't go wrong!!

[waltersb]

I bought one on ebay for like $50 USD... (shop manual)

instrumental when tearing appart, and putting my steering column back together.

has some wiring diagrams...

[84Z28]

HAYNES OH YEAH BABY