05-06-2010, 08:25 PM | #1 |
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haynes manual
does haynes make a manual for the 60-66 series trucks? it would really help if i could find one
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05-06-2010, 08:44 PM | #2 |
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Re: haynes manual
You might find an Haynes or chilton manual at a used book store near you, or swap meet.
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05-06-2010, 08:46 PM | #3 |
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You might find an Haynes or chilton manual at a used book store near you, or swap meet. I picked one up ( chiltons ) for $10.00 about 15 years ago at a local swap meet.
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Re: haynes manual
A factory service manual is only a 15-20 bucks more and is far, far better than a Haynes manual. I got a reproduction off eBay.
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Re: haynes manual
If you want something worth having get a 1966 Chevrolet Truck Shop Manual or a 1966 Motor's Manual. Here are examples:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...sQ5fLiterature http://cgi.ebay.com/MOTORS-AUTO-REPA...item4aa0e013df The Chevy Shop manual is specific to your truck, is about 2” thick and an invaluable tool. It not only has tune up information but wiring diagrams, body repair and adjustment information for virtually the whole truck. The 1966 Motor’s Manual is not specific to trucks, but goes back to 1959 and contains a wealth of automotive knowledge. IMHO Chilton is about 70% as valuable as a Motor’s Manual, and Hayne’s is about 5% as valuable. I’ve owned a few Haynes Manuals over the years and never found them to contain much of anything worthwhile.
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01-29-2011, 02:13 AM | #7 |
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Re: haynes manual
hey monoco,
did you get the dvd version? thats all i could find for my 63 and 66 gmc. if you did, is that any good. id feel alot better if i had the hard copy with me while im working. |
01-29-2011, 09:44 AM | #8 |
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Re: haynes manual
Any manual in CD form pretty much sucks, unless you have a pc in your shop and your hands are always clean.... Gear lube and 50 year old grime and grit tends to gunk up the mouse and keyboard.
And if you add in the cost to print out the manual on your home PC, due to the high cost of printer cartridges, you will spend more on the CD in the end than just buying the paper manual.... And CD's don't last forever either. at least that's my 2 cents Last edited by lakeroadster; 01-29-2011 at 11:35 AM. |
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I did get the CD version which is the same as the factory manuals, however mine was for a Chevy truck. I do agree that a book is better but I also think that a new CD is better than an old used book that many times is missing pages and it's really not that hard to pop a CD into your home computer print out whatever page you need and take that to the garage.
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