Worth purchase?... Haynes Repair Manual and/or Factory Service Manual

[KATfishing]

Just bought one also, For that price it seems to good to be true but im hopeful! I am a trump supporter and between the knock off tech2 and this dvd im definitley part of the problem in regard to proprietary copyrights. Oh well it is hard to be loyal when the real deal is out of my price range?

Did you choose to download it? If so, how do you like it? I decided to have the seller send a CD instead and just received tracking.

 

[thompsoj22]

Did you choose to download it? If so, how do you like it? I decided to have the seller send a CD instead and just received tracking.

Im having it sent to me, Not very proficient with data/ tech/downloading/opening/unzipping/opening with/saving as/32/64 yikes! Im old school, id like to recieve it in the mail, Open it up and be able to use it!

 

[KATfishing]

I received my service manual CD today and spent a while looking over the PDFs. It is really decent for the price of $17! It appears to be all GM diagrams and service/repair steps. There are torque specs for everything. It's a little tiring looking at the line drawings, but it is what it is. I'll fill in with other resources if I need a video tutorial or actual photos. Again, $17! Pretty great for that.

 

[Bart Hinder]

Im having it sent to me, Not very proficient with data/ tech/downloading/opening/unzipping/opening with/saving as/32/64 yikes! Im old school, id like to recieve it in the mail, Open it up and be able to use it!

The Nineties called. They want their CD-ROM drive back.

I've got about 2000 blank CDs and DVDs that I'll never use.

 

[KATfishing]

The Nineties called. They want their CD-ROM drive back.

I've got about 2000 blank CDs and DVDs that I'll never use.

Yep, I know what you mean! I dragged all the files into a folder on my desktop. The CD is now just a backup.

 

[Bart Hinder]

Yep, I know what you mean! I dragged all the files into a folder on my desktop. The CD is now just a backup.

I'm a VMware guy. Every time I get a new computer, I virtualize the old one so I'll always be able to fire it up if I need to.

 

[thompsoj22]

I received my service manual CD today and spent a while looking over the PDFs. It is really decent for the price of $17! It appears to be all GM diagrams and service/repair steps. There are torque specs for everything. It's a little tiring looking at the line drawings, but it is what it is. I'll fill in with other resources if I need a video tutorial or actual photos. Again, $17! Pretty great for that.

The one i received requires it's own "virtual machine operating system" and i cant get it to work. Ill search around and find the pdf version.

 

[thompsoj22]

On a better thought i got the tech2 today, wow, lots of cables, connectors, adapters, inedible candi, and a couple of discs. Soooooooooooooooooooo how do you work this thing!lol, i have the instructions/startup from another post but it amazes me the necessary computer skills required to operate test equipment. YIKES! I think im glad i got it?