Shop manuals???!!!!
 

Some people's kids!!

So a very gracious member here shared a set of manuals. :) They were printed in 1998 so no 6-speed trans. :(

So I search for them. I find two or more that advertise 1998-2004 and one is 2000-2004. I buy one, then the other, and BOTH are printed in 1998-1999, and have zero revisions, and not my trans obviously.

I asked both how a manual printed in 1998 was supposed to cover 2004 parts as advertised?? :mad:

Where can I find current ones????? :confused:

factory shop manuals or the haynes ones ?

Sooo....what's goin' on with all those extras?

Related, have you looked into the PDF ones on eBay? Only 20-30 bucks...claim to be the same...tempting.

haynes ones
 

Just say no

These are what I bought. Two.

They are real PDF shop manuals, but older. Both said printed in 1998 and 1999. Must be a ton of those around.

I'd like to buy the factory shop manuals that cover the 2004. The real ones. I have the Bentley and 101.

The PDF ones are all circa 1999, I bought one for around $10 on DVD, then later found a free download of the same stuff. (no idea from where at this time)

It is useful, but as JFP in PA has said, it is missing all the updates.

I know where to get the 1997-2004 Service Manual.
PM me if you want the link.

670 pages, by the way :)

It should be a thirteen volume set:

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And should have another volume of just updates if it is complete......

I need PDF. I would have those smothered in grease in an hour!!

Maybe a clean room guy? Hey, Guy!! Look up torque on the Johnson rod!! NOW!!!

PM sent with link.

Me no see nating, senor........

The link is for the Bentley manual, not the shop manuals.

I have that manual right here.

Thanks, though!

I have been tempted to buy theses so-called 'Complete Sets' but without the updates they are not worth much. How would you know if all the updates and supplements are included ?
A wise man already said :"And should have another volume of just updates if it is complete......"
Now id anyone had a complete set of updates - that would be useful !
Or a pdf with all the updates.
Please note the EBay sellers never seem to know what updates(if any)are/are not included in their Listing.

Timco find a 2005 -2008 shop set. It will be very close to your car over all. I used one to rebuild my engines as reference material because just like you found out the 2000 to 2004 are all wrong for a 2003 or 2004. If you cant find one PM me I have the PDF version.

Back when these were in print, when you spent the $2300 for the 13 volumes, you were put on the update mailing list. There were a lot of updates for all of the manual sets, which is not unusual. My 996 set alone has over 100 separate updates.