50% off Haynes Manuals

[akalian]

Eric the Car Guy and Haynes have a promotion going on for a limited time where you get 50% off Haynes manuals. Not sure if any exclusions apply.

 

[PFSard]

Someone beat you to it :

Haynes Manuals deal
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421075

 

[flylow7f39]

Already being discussed.

50% Off Haynes Manuals!

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https://haynes.com/en-us/
Coupon code: EricTheCarGUY Expires May 21 2019. Good on both the online subscription and print versions.

Print manual purchase includes 14-day trial of any Online Manual.

Free shipping, no sales tax to my Zip Code.

 

[Sh40674]

I have an 11 f150... 6.99 on advance auto website

 

[Davefr]

Thanks, but I wouldn't buy a Haynes manual if it were $.01.

 

[lilredex]

Thanks, but I wouldn't buy a Haynes manual if it were $.01.

You have that right! They copy most of the manufacturer's details, but leave you hangin' when it comes to the important details. Better than nothing...but not much. I have always sprung for the good ones ($$$) for my MOPARS.

 

[purplezr2]

Thanks, but I wouldn't buy a Haynes manual if it were $.01.

They are so cheap when I was just learning to work on stuff they were worth the money. Now with the internet not sure. Do they have most of the torque specs? It would be worth it for that.

 

[flylow7f39]

I use manuals like the Haynes as a supplement to Factory Service Manuals just as I forums, YouTube and other online resources. May or may not prove to be helpful but the price one Haynes manual sells for isn't going to force me to limit my diet to Top Ramen. YMMV.

 

[Willie Makeit]

I didn't even realize those were even still around.

 

[jd_1138]

Thanks, but I wouldn't buy a Haynes manual if it were $.01.

Yeah I think Chiltons are better, but a Haynes is better than nothing. I get the factory manual for my cars. You can get them off ebay on a DVD for like $7 or so. Factory manuals are the best.

As far as the Haynes, are the digital online ones better than the printed ones? More info.?

 

[flylow7f39]

Yeah I think Chiltons are better, but a Haynes is better than nothing.

I've read at least some Chilton manuals are pretty much the same as Haynes these days.

https://www.chiltondiymanuals.com/company
"Chilton Repair Manuals are part of Haynes North America, Inc. headquartered in Newbury Park, CA."

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1563928515/?tag=atomicindus08-20
"3.0 out of 5 starsOrdered both the Haynes and Chilton, then went all Godfather and kept the Chilton and returned the Haynes
May 5, 2015
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
While Haynes repair books used to be considered the "standard" by mechanically inclined enthusiasts, this example has been removed from that lofty perch and I would recommend the Chilton manual for a couple of very simple and critical reasons; the quality of the paper used is slightly better in the Chilton version which gives the user clearer type (easier to read) and the also provides clearer and crisper photos. The Chilton and Haynes manuals are IDENTICAL for all intents, even the same photos and illustrations are used throughout (I checked page by page and chapter by chapter, which wasn't hard since the books are not that big). The only noticeable difference between the Chilton and Haynes manuals is that the layout is slightly altered as a result of the torque recommendations being located at the front of the Haynes chapters versus the rear of each chapter in the Chilton. In the end, the better paper which was easier to read and clearer photos won out and I returned the Haynes manual since I had ordered both to compare. Neither manual was as comprehensive as they used to be, the step by step procedural methodology has been replaced by a general photo and at most a couple of paragraphs (except for the complete engine rebuild which the factory shop manual would be far better suited); at worst no photograph and a few lines of obvious instruction (in the case of the removal and installation of the convertible top the explanation is a very general overview, more akin to the account of creation in Genesis) instead of more detailed step by step instructions with photos for what is much more likely to be attempted by far more buyers of such a manual. I also own the Keith Tanner books which are more of what I was hoping for and expecting and are far better than either the Chilton or Haynes books."

 

[whyNick?]

Just remember, "installation is the reverse of removal"...

 

[snickers muncher]

Just remember, "installation is the reverse of removal"...

I went to replace the rear shocks on my father's Buick. The manual said. "Remove the rear shocks. Use the proper tools." THAT WAS IT!

 

[flylow7f39]

I went to replace the rear shocks on my father's Buick. The manual said. "Remove the rear shocks. Use the proper tools." THAT WAS IT!

Brings back 25 years ago memories of when my son, then 16 or 17, asked me how to renew the water pump on the '89 Subaru. I replied I just do it.

Newer vehicles are more complicated than older vehicles, when hints are sometime useful I resort to a repair manual. Torque specs, clearances or additional hints have never been needed to install any shocks I've done. YMMV

 

[Qualitytools]

Thanks for sharing OP, just placed an order.

 

[Sh40674]

I buy one for every vehicle I purchase. Good for torque specs and a few other things. I've used one for my dodge twice. Both for torque specs. I've owned it for 9 years lol.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Brings back 25 years ago memories of when my son, then 16 or 17, asked me how to renew the water pump on the '89 Subaru. I replied I just do it.

Newer vehicles are more complicated than older vehicles, when hints are sometime useful I resort to a repair manual. Torque specs, clearances or additional hints have never been needed to install any shocks I've done. YMMV

That's really about it. I will check for the requirement of special service tools on some jobs. Primarily when a job requires X amount of time on an engine I haven't done much with, or gets into the timing. Sometimes you need them, sometimes you don't. As an example, I don't really care what car/engine it is: You unbolt an alternator and reattach it. Pull engine mounts, raising the block, additional component removal may all be required, but once you have some experience there's not much explaining that need done - figure it out.

I still have a couple for my first cars. Nice to have, for $7 as another poster listed, they're great for a new car owner. Haynes manuals are about changing bulbs/brakes/suspension and maybe a window regulator. I don't feel the Haynes manual is the best for rebuilding and engine, nor do I think that's the point.

 

[Ign]

I don't mind Haynes at all and they're my preference when I don't want to spring for the Helms/factory manual

The few Chiltons I touched years ago had no actual photos and instead had illustrations/sketches. Could not stand that and so I've only purchased Haynes since for actual photos.

Haynes just helped me on a Mopar clutch replacement - I didn't realize the pilot bearing had a seal in it which is to be installed facing the transmission. I had already pressed it in and then happened to be perusing the manual and saw the detail on the seal. Fortunately was able to extract the bearing without damage and flip it around.

Could I have found the same info online? Almost surely. But sometimes I get soooo sick of YT wankers talking for 10 minutes and then actually SHOWING some tech in the last 15 seconds of the video.

Couple that with people not putting model years in video titles and I'm about to burst a forehead vein...at least the Haynes manual states applicable model years on the cover LOL, so it's a step ahead of most of the internet right there.

 

[garageguy1]

As an FYI ....A lot of local/state library systems offer you access to Chiltons online or other Auto reference systems/books !

 

[Robby321]

Doesn't make even good *** wipe paper..

 

[egdede]

There was a Chilton's in the trunk of my first car, a Triumph Spitfire. It didn't have a wiring diagram. The Haynes did, so I bought it. It didn't help (for a hundred reasons).