Thread: Haynes Manual

I started my time with my D2 TD5 with a Haynes. It's fine for a bit of DIY servicing etc, but for serious? Nope. Buy a copy of RAVE from our esteemed forum owner. Support the forum and get the real deal at the same time.

BTW, what car do you need it for?

Thanks,

The RAVE has the factory manual, which I've already got, as well as the parts manuals.
I found the Haynes manuals sometimes have more detailed photographs of worked being carried out, which I find a bit easier than text alone. But just want to know if it is the same for their Series book. It is for a Series 3.

Regards

Originally Posted by Cowboy Don

Thanks,

The RAVE has the factory manual, which I've already got, as well as the parts manuals.
I found the Haynes manuals sometimes have more detailed photographs of worked being carried out, which I find a bit easier than text alone. But just want to know if it is the same for their Series book. It is for a Series 3.

Regards

Weird. I edited my post as I saw it was a Series. Didn't happen.

What I said was I found the Haynes helpful, until I got into the harder stuff, but it's not a bad place to start. It is in no way similar to the two volume Series book, however.

I guess the question you need to ask yourself is, do you intend to rebuild what we called in the Army MUAs ( Major Unit Assemblies ). If the answer is yes, then you need the real book. Haynes does not give anything like the info the real book does re rebuilding a gearbox or transfer case.

If, on the other hand, you want to do more mundane work, then the Haynes will do just fine. When you take on something a little more challenging, get the real book. They are around. I gave mine to another forum member last year.

I would be happy with the Factory workshop manual plus the parts book, mainly for details of how bits go together as well as part numbers. The Haynes manual would be sort of a poor man's equivalent of these rather than an additional source of help.

Thanks for the input, guys. Sounds like I'm fine with the two manuals I've already got.