I'm looking for the best selection of Ford service manuals. I need them to cover all the pickups and vans. I need basically what the dealerships have. Any suggestions?
Timmy

 

The Ford service manual on DVD is what the dealerships use. You can buy a copy from Helm, but be prepared to pay top $$$ for them. You can find outdated ones on ebay that contain the info, but require you to set the date on your computer back to when the dvd was still valid for it to work.

How many year models are you looking for Timmy? If you're wanting access to a really wide range, you might just look into alldatadiy.com. They're a sponsor here up in the Super Duty section. The prices seem a whole lot cheaper than I would have expected. It's an annual subscription, but you could stack up a whole lot of years before you'd touch the cost of the new DVD from Helm, since those only cover a few model years per DVD.

 

Hey thanks, I'll check out the subscription and see what they have. I need pretty much anything from early 90's to present. Will they have other makes as well? Thanks.
Timmy

 

Look around. I have the big thick factory service manuals for the 1999 model year. They were given to me after the death of a friend's father who owned a 99 also. Two of them are over 2" thick and the electrical diagram one is about 5/8" thick. The DVD's are nice, but there's nothing like a late night shop manual reading.

 

Are you going into business Tim?

 

I am Mike, got tired of working for the man. So now I'm the man of Precision Fleet Service Solutions Inc. I'll tell ya though, The sales part of this to actually get accounts sucks! I hate being a salesman!
Timmy

 

Alldata has a pro version too. Should cover all types of vehicles, but you could add the DIY versions as needed while you get up and running.

Congrats on your new venture.