Where to find repair manuals!
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Where to find repair manuals!
I have a 2016 F-250 Super Duty and i was recently working on the seat and trying to get the lower cushion off. What a bugger of a job. The little clip for the reclining handle was the most difficult.
I can't for the life of me find a DIY manual from Chilton or Haynes like i had for my Saturn Vue and i have for my Santa Fe. I'm thinking they aren't allowed to make on or be sued.
Suggestions?
I can't for the life of me find a DIY manual from Chilton or Haynes like i had for my Saturn Vue and i have for my Santa Fe. I'm thinking they aren't allowed to make on or be sued.
Suggestions?
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Here https://www.factory-manuals.com/expa...anual-326.html
I prefer books to DVD's
I prefer books to DVD's
I'm ready to purchase but want to make sure before I do.
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This is the real deal here.
2016 F250/F550 Service Information CD-ROM - Helm Incorporated
I don't have any experience with the new electronic manuals but I've purchased paper factory service manuals from helm for my last 2 trucks.
2016 F250/F550 Service Information CD-ROM - Helm Incorporated
I don't have any experience with the new electronic manuals but I've purchased paper factory service manuals from helm for my last 2 trucks.
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I bought one for my 2016 last month. It's the real deal and comes specifically for your VIN. The only complaint I have is that it comes as one giant .pdf with no real index. However, it is searchable using Ctrl F.
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Here https://www.factory-manuals.com/expa...anual-326.html
I prefer books to DVD's
I prefer books to DVD's
This is the real deal here.
2016 F250/F550 Service Information CD-ROM - Helm Incorporated
I don't have any experience with the new electronic manuals but I've purchased paper factory service manuals from helm for my last 2 trucks.
2016 F250/F550 Service Information CD-ROM - Helm Incorporated
I don't have any experience with the new electronic manuals but I've purchased paper factory service manuals from helm for my last 2 trucks.
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So I went ahead and purchased. You are spot on, it's just one big giant PDF and searching using the built in Adobe search is slow, mine was 6744 pages. So I found a tool call Index Generator by Openview Design. It creates an index of the entire document. You can customize the index to include or exclude words as well as customize the look of the index. I haven't figured out how to incorporate the index produced into the original PDF, but for now, I have a separate PDF file that is the index for the main document. When I want to search for something, I look in the index PDF, get the page number, then go to the page in the document. This works pretty good. I must say though, knowing what I know now, I think I would have just went the other way and purchased the official one with DVDs. Just in hind sight.
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So I actually pulled the trigger and bought the CDROM from Helm. Amazingly old technology that CDROM is using. Adobe Reader 5 and Adobe SVG 3, both deprecated packages. FYI, if you don't install the versions on the CDROM, you won't have a good experience, at least I didn't. The wiring diagrams would not show up until I installed the older versions on the CDROM. But, I'll tell you this, compared to the PDF I got, I would certainly not do the PDF again. You can get somewhat of a table of contents to come up in the PDF by using a new Reader version which has a collapsible menu on the left side of the screen, which has some headings. But, as far as experience, even with the older Reader version, the CDROM is just better in my opinion.
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Can someone explain the difference between this Helm DVD for $170:
2012 F-Super Duty (F-250 Thru F-550) Service Information CD-ROM - Helm Incorporated
And this Helm DVD for $1450:
2012 Complete Truck Service Information DVD - Helm Incorporated
They both seem to have the same item description.
Thanks.
2012 F-Super Duty (F-250 Thru F-550) Service Information CD-ROM - Helm Incorporated
And this Helm DVD for $1450:
2012 Complete Truck Service Information DVD - Helm Incorporated
They both seem to have the same item description.
Thanks.
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Can someone explain the difference between this Helm DVD for $170:
2012 F-Super Duty (F-250 Thru F-550) Service Information CD-ROM - Helm Incorporated
And this Helm DVD for $1450:
2012 Complete Truck Service Information DVD - Helm Incorporated
They both seem to have the same item description.
Thanks.
2012 F-Super Duty (F-250 Thru F-550) Service Information CD-ROM - Helm Incorporated
And this Helm DVD for $1450:
2012 Complete Truck Service Information DVD - Helm Incorporated
They both seem to have the same item description.
Thanks.
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