You need the Bentley. It will drive you crazy. You will page thru it endlessly trying to find what you need. It won't give you the instructions you need about how to do things. But you need the Bentley. Personally, I used to buy Chiltons when I was unaware of anything else, but now I find them too sketchy and general. I recently bought the Haynes but haven't used it enough to make a judgment yet. Larry A.
Walter Evens wrote: > > I just picked my brand new Bentley Manual up from the VW shop. Copyright > 1991. It reads 10cm (4"). > > While we're on the subject of Manuals. I was originally going to buy a > Chilton's at Amazon for $67.95. I've been a "shade tree" mechanic all my > life as I had been either too poor or too stingy to pay someone else to work > on my vehicles. I trust Chilton and have used them for many years. I have > even re-built engines using them. I also have a Haynes manual that came > with my truck. I found it to be vague and ambiguous at best. I know there > was a post in the past couple of days by someone who said they found one for > around $20.00 that he seemed pretty happy with. |
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