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Hey yall trying to figure out which manual too get....
They are Haynes manuals but im not sure what year/verzion of the haynes manual to get.
Im looking at a older red covered manual with a picture of a truck being broke down.
Or a newer blue covered manual with a picture of a bronco on front. Which would be better for my 1981 ford f-100? Thanks
They are Haynes manuals but im not sure what year/verzion of the haynes manual to get.
Im looking at a older red covered manual with a picture of a truck being broke down.
Or a newer blue covered manual with a picture of a bronco on front. Which would be better for my 1981 ford f-100? Thanks
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Factory Ford manuals are by FAR the best! Lots of places sell 'em... check eBay, I
got some from this place:
http://www.lloydsautolit.com/index.html
got some from this place:
http://www.lloydsautolit.com/index.html
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I'm not too familiar with haynes or anything like that.
i've always gone with what I can find online or in the forums haha
i've always gone with what I can find online or in the forums haha
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From: Illernois
Hey ctubutis, what would i search ebay for to find the manual i need?
Would this be the one i would want? (want one to basically cover anything and everything on my truck.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-Ford-Light-...d=p3286.c0.m14
Would this be the one i would want? (want one to basically cover anything and everything on my truck.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-Ford-Light-...d=p3286.c0.m14
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Would this be the one i would want? (want one to basically cover anything and everything on my truck.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-Ford-Light-...d=p3286.c0.m14
http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-Ford-Light-...d=p3286.c0.m14
a separate manual for that.
Another one I'll highly recommend is the Electrical Diagrams manual.
I don't have the Emissions manual, I sometimes wish I did (that stuff isn't
covered in the Engine manual).
I've heard good things about some sort of vacuum system troubleshooting/
diagnosis manual put out by Ford, too, but don't have it.
Shop around... I got the electrical one from some guy in NYC who sold it at a
BIN (But It Now) price of $5, he no longer had the truck and was cleaning out
his garage.
That place I sent you to earlier today also sometimes advertises on eBay; I got
a brand-new, still shrinkwrapped set of two - the primary shop manual + the
engine one - for something like $25.
Search the archives of this forum for "factory shop manual" and see what you
come up with, there are lots o' places out there....
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things is nothing short of astounding. Haynes, Chilton,
AllData, whatever, they're all subsets of the original Ford
manuals.
