What are you Guy's or Gal's using in your shops for Shop Manuals?????????
I spend a lot of money for the ones for my shop!!!
We use Alldata, Mitchell On-Demand, Mitchell Pro-Demand, And of course many Forums and websites.....
All input wanted !!!!! Thanks

 

my dad and I used Motors brand manuals, BUT the best was ALLWAYS Chrysler factory manuals. any other brand was not thought to be good enough. i have about 10-15 of each brand. they are NOT for sale. the last car my dad needed a manual for was a 1977 new yorker he died in 1987 with the 1977 being the last car he ever worked on. the last car / truck i bought a manual for was a 2001 dakota in 2007

 

I absolutely cannot stand All Data or Mitchell.

Porsche supplies us with online information... Though not always accurate or great... Rip and tear, rip and tear...

 

i bought mine off ebay--it's a pdf on a disc. best thing ever.

 

It's kind of hard to get the dealer stuff without being a dealer. And I use to have in's with VW/Porsche/Audi, back in the day.. In those day's when you wanted to be a mechanic for them you had to be trained in Germany to be a Master Tech. And those guys had to do everything from bumper to bumper....

So you Prefer The Bentley Service Manuals?????
Is that what your using outside the Factory manuals outside of work?

I know the Factory 924 Factory service manual with all the updates is extremely hard find complete!!!

The reason I'm asking.... One of the last sets of books that I bought for one model, cost about 700.00 bucks....

Thanks For the input...

 

I don't work on anything older than a 996. So 9x6/9x7/9x1, Cayenne's and Panameras. The older guys in the shop get the 928s, 924s, 944s, 9932s, 964s, ect.

All our info is online supplied by Porsche for anything 9x6 and newer. But also 9x7 and older is still in old hard book manuals. Not Bentley though.

I have a Bentley for my 92 Jetta. Used it mostly for setting the timing (what a joke lol..). And a few other things when I bought the car at age 16. (still have it).


Perks of working in a dealer I suppose.

I'm a level 1 (bronze) certified Porsche tech. Will be level 2 (silver) next spring. To be a MAster (gold) Porsche tech you have to have a ton of classes (hybrid included), have been a Porsche tech for a certain amount of years, ect ect...


I also do everything. Bumper to Bumper. Motors, trans, brakes, tires, cab tops, sunroofs, interior work, everything. Sorry for the rambling lol.

 

Outside of work, I don't work on too many peoples car. I refuse. Brakes and basic tune ups is usually it. But for anything I get stuck on, I usually do a quick google search, takes me to a forum. Bam. Info right than and there.

 

I guess I'm lucky, I have "old crap." My newest vehicles are a 98 Ranger and a 95 Olds. Bought a set of factory manuals in paper off ebay. Of course the newer this stuff gets, the more stuff is "hidden" like emissions diagnostics, and reference to special tools and diagnostics gear which I'll never have a hope of owning, AND the manuals are written very poorly.

I also bought some (pirated??) manuals off ebay for the Ranger, and it's obvious that the paper manuals are written as an afterthought of the digitized ones. They are very difficult to follow, with constant referances to other parts of the manual, generating a spiderweb like a family tree

 

i use haynes manuals mainly because of the wiring diagram.

 

Bob -

Years ago, having manuals was pretty much a requirement.
These days, there's very little you can't find on the net, without having to carry a 10# book with you.

You might need a little knowledge to separate reality from the BS, but it's usually do-able. The other thing is that hot-rodders are an ingenious lot.

Sometimes we come with things or methods that aren't in the manuals.

Archer

 

Archer.... And with that we continue to March on everyday !!!!!
Thanks