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Old 11-06-2009, 10:59 PM
Thundercracker Thundercracker is offline
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Hanyes or Chilton Repair Manuals

Wondering if anyone uses either of these and if any one is more acurate/informative than the other.

Gotta keep my 1997 F150 rolling.

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Old 11-09-2009, 07:29 AM
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IMO the Chilton's is best of the two. Better yet would be to get an FSM.


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Old 11-09-2009, 11:45 AM
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I agree w/ Chilton's. However, do NOT get the repair manual on CD-ROM that they are pushing now. I got it to install on one computer, that computer went belly-up and I never could install it on another one.
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Old 11-09-2009, 12:45 PM
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I've used Haynes for my past vehicle and my new/used one and although they are accurate, sometimes the photos leave much to be desired. I'm not sure sure how the Chilton's are photo wise.
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Old 11-09-2009, 03:32 PM
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Thundercracker, check out www.ford-trucks.com. Better than a Haynes or Chilton manual. I've had two diesels, and I go on the Super Duty and Diesel forums a lot. I've saved thousands from the help of people on that site, and I'm not saying that in any sort of embellishing way. I've done a lot of work to both my diesels, and the costs would have been insane at a dealer, but a lot of the guys will do very detailed writeups with pics for common issues. Check it out.
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