Haynes Manuals

Advantages: Save you loads!
Disadvantages: Can be hard to understand.

...Do you own a boat, car, motorcycle, plane, husband, baby, bicycle, house, or commercial vehicle? Then you need a Haynes manual. Haynes manuals have been around for 30+ years, and have provided help for mechanics and car owners alike for that time, with relatively simple step-by-step instructions on what you’re trying to do. No matter what car or bike you own, Haynes are sure to stock a manual for it. The other manuals Haynes do (Boat, Plane etc.) are slightly more scarce, but you may get lucky! Unfortunately, the car I own (Daihatsu Hijet) doesn’t have a Haynes manual for it, but this is a rare exception. The newer Haynes manuals have numbers stating how hard the job you’re trying to do is. 1 is an easy job, say doing an oil change; and 5 is a hard job, say removing your big ends. To be honest, if you don...

o_morris 01.10.2003 · Read review
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HAYNES - manual of just about everything . . .

Advantages: Clear instructions on how to strip most things.
Disadvantages: Can be a little limited, vague pictures, pictograms needed.

...The HAYNES series of manual have been with us for many years now, we have all used them. At one time they covered just cars, but now their repetoire includes caravans, decorating, washing machines, computers, bikes, and even racing engines. In fact they have one now covering "MAN - All models, shapes, sizes and colours. 120,000 BC to present day" It is number 3931 if you don't believe me! The books are produced by Haynes publishing in Yeovil, Somerset, and have been around for just over forty years now. They are still in the familiar hardback versions, which have wipe clean covers. The format has always been easy to follow, and the manuals contain both a contents page, and an index. The black and white photographs make it a lot easier to find the location and position of components. Personally I think...

smudgeybabes 17.12.2006 (22.05.2007) · Read review
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Haynes Manuals - not just for Motors...

Advantages: Save a fortune on repairs/servicing.
Disadvantages: Pictures could be clearer

...father wasn't too pleased either because now my banger was stuck on bricks in his garage. He took one look at it and it was obvious to him that neither my friend nor I would have the first idea about how to put it all back together again - so the car was sold for spares for a fiver. You didn't have top pay people to take them away in those days. It was a few years later, when I was presented with another expensive repair on a Ford Escort. It needed a new clutch. It wasn't that I was heavy on my clutches, it's just that all I could afford in those days were cars with heavy mileage on them. Hire-purchase was never an option - my father didn't agree with it. The Haynes Workshop Manuals had just hit the market and I got one for the Escort before making the attempt. A work colleague had one for his Vauxhall and it had looked very good...

derek-j-a 29.05.2005 · Read review
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RTFM. Read The Fecking Manual.

Advantages: Cheap, easy to follow if you've got half a clue, saves you a fortune on labour charges.
Disadvantages: Photos in black and white, could explain things in a bit more detail.

...springs that shot out of the hub at the speed of light, then you may want to invest in some kind of owners manual to save you these wee traumas. And with every manual written being based on a complete stripdown and rebuild, you can safely assume that a Haynes workshop manual will be able to help with any problems you come across. Whatever car or motorbike (or boat for that matter) you own, chances are Haynes will have written a manual covering it. Just about every model from every major car manufacturer from the early sevenies to the present day has a manual dedicated to it with some earlier editions having recieved updates. Manuals for modern cars are always available from stock from car accessory stores, Halfords, Autosave etc, while those based on older cars can either be ordered for you from these outlets or directly from Haynes using...

rockandrollstar 01.05.2003 (12.05.2003) · Read review
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Scuba can fix her car

Advantages: will help you save money on repairs
Disadvantages: you really think ill fix my own car?

...As mentioned in my recently updated review my Micra is coming close to being taken off the road due to old age. But in the 11 months since I bought her she has needed no work doing at a garage other than the service I had done to ensure she would be safe during the winter months. The reason for this, the Haynes Manual that the previous owner had pruchased and passed on to me when I bought her. Being somewhat of a technical idiot I knew nothing about the section of car which is covered by the bonnet, and in all honesty would struggle to point out the oil and water filler caps. But knowing that my baby had an oil leak it was a priority to check which was which in order to keep an eye on it, now being a young female living in a very masculine environment the obvious solution would be to ask one of the many nice uniformed men to help...

scuba_angel 29.06.2007 · Read review
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Now I know my car

Advantages: Learn a lot about your car and how it works, save a load of cash
Disadvantages: Some models can be hard to find

...a roller coaster we drivers have to find a more practical solution to these ever rising costs. May I introduce you to Haynes, they produce comprehensive manuals which enable even a novice to complete many of the tasks your precious vehicle may need over the course of your ownership. They publish manual for most makes of car and are readily available in shops such as Halfords. For an initial outlay of around £14.99 you can have at hand a manual which will guide you through step by step just about any task you may need to get to grips with. The manuals themselves are published in hardback with a picture of the vehicle on the front. There is usually a cut away section showing the interior of the bonnet with parts of the engine showing. If like me you are a total numpty in things such as this have no fear even at this point. For every part of your...

donf18 24.10.2006 · Read review
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A Haynes in the Ass

Advantages: Format, Plain English, Sense of Humour
Disadvantages: Content, Structure

...When LegendaryMrsDude fell pregnant some time last year there was a surge of book-buying. All manner of tomes, from flimsy paper-backs to hardbacks of near blblical proportions were acquired, covering just about every aspect of pregnancy, birth and parenthood. Being a keen reader this didn't put me off, that is until I started trying to actually read them. Nearly all of the books we had bought were written from the womans perspective. Now this isn't entirely unreasonable given the amount a woman has to go through during pregnancy but it does make for some pretty hard going for a man attempting to slog through the reams of literature. But this isn't a review of all those other books. This is a review of the Haynes Baby Manual, a book written for men by a man in an attempt to find a niche in the market. So why did I buy this...

LegendaryMrDude 09.02.2005 · Read review
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Haynes Manual Of Success

Advantages: Clear Easy To Understand style
Disadvantages: none really apart from hard to put down

...victim to external demands, unable to do his job to a standard he believes in, the reason for his flight being to do his bosses dirty work and help close down a plant overseas This book could be the glue that brings together and clarifies everything some of what you may have read elsewhere but didn't quite get, or wasn't as clearly explained as it is here. The whole style of the book is light and easy to read and understand unlike many business books, it's more like a Haynes success manual for business. There's no la-la land touchy feely stuff here, just useable down to earth advice So if you are starting a new business, or expanding an existing one ,or are involved in any way in the corporate world, this book is a should and indeed a must read . There are timeless lessons here and I will pick up Millionaire Upgrade quite...

tommietucker 10.02.2006 (12.02.2006) · Read review
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The Big Fat Book Of Lies

Advantages: Saves Cash, Starts a New Hobby
Disadvantages: Diagrams can be difficult to Understand away from Car

...done that it tells you that reassembly is exactly the same process as disassembly but in reverse, this is a bit lazy of them and could cause mass panic in the minds of the mechanically inept. My advice here is not to worry if you are mechanically inept as the manual is easy to follow forwards and backwards and do what I did. Start by replacing small and insignificant parts and build your skills, the Haynes manual is ideal for this. Using the Haynes manual is easy and after replacing a couple of parts your knowledge of your car and the mysteries that lie under the bonnet increases exponentially. Even if you don't do any servicing yourself it is handy as you can start talking to mechanics with a little knowledge, which sometimes impresses them. A word of warning though the book sometimes makes highly difficult tasks look disgustingly...

Tuco_666 15.09.2006 · Read review
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Life saver!

Advantages: Tells you in simple terms how to do things!
Disadvantages: Pictures often not clear

...After finding that the handbook that came with my Peugeot 106 was a complete waste of time I decided to invest in a Haynes manual, which really was a life saver! Everything is listed in terms of how complex a job it is to do, so I know straight away whether I can do it myself, with a bit of help or will need get the car straight to a garage! All the jobs are listed step by step with pictures and thorough descriptions throughout. The only problem is that some of the pictures are not that clear and if you don't know car parts very well it can be more tricky to find the part they are referring to! It's also useful as it gives a list of things you should be checking on a weekly basis and of course how you should be doing this. These are things that I hadn;t checked for years never mind every week so reading this was certainly...

bonkerskirsty 10.11.2004 · Read review
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