Ford Shop CD's - Free Download!!!

So far I've burned the 95 and 2000 ISOs with no problems.  If only
someone had the truck CDs then I'd really flip!

Get ready to flip because he now has Ford Truck CD's



sleepdog@optonline.net wrote:

<< FLIP >>

Yes, it is spam. You are using OUR bandwidth for your advertising.

And ti is against the group's charter.

Jeff

Just curious, where would I find the groups charter?

Scott wrote:


In the Usenet control message archive on the Internet Software
Consortium's ( http://www.isc.org  ) ftp site;

ftp.isc.org

pub/usenet/control/alt

alt.autos.ford.gz

--
Black Dragon

That which does not kill us, makes us stranger.  
-- Trevor Goodchild - AEon Flux

Jeff wrote:


Apparently you don't know what spam is.

Hint: advertising isn't spam.


Apparently you don't know what advertising is either.


No, that particular post was not.

HTH
HAND

--
Black Dragon

That which does not kill us, makes us stranger.  
-- Trevor Goodchild - AEon Flux

wrote:


 Is the OP the owner of this site ( the one with the manuals)??
Didn't sound like it .
And he's not selling anything - so what's y'r beef??

@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:


Beyond the fact that it infringes the copyright laws, it is neither
advertising since it's not for sale.. nor is it spam since it isnt broadly
distributed and would be seen as help for THIS particular group.

The parallel... suppose I had a site which had all the remedies posted on
here compiled into a bunch of PDF's.

And I posted a notice here on how to find and download them.

Not spam!

rjkfsm@bluebottle.com says...

Guess I don't know how to use/burn an ISO file.  I've followed the
instructions on the first link.  I even used Nero. I even created an
.NRG file and burned it to disk.  The Ford Pubs program doesn't
recognize the disk in the drive.  I also used the NTI program to create
an .ISO file and it doesn't work either.  I downloaded the Daemon Tools
created a virtual CD-ROM and it doesn't let the Ford program recognize
it either.

Feel like providing some help?

TIA
--
I. Care
Address fake until the SPAM goes away ;-}

I downloaded the file and unzipped it.  A explorer window opened showing the
file.  I double clicked on the file name and my burner software opened up.
I have a TDK burner that uses Roxio software.  I clicked okay on the burner
and it burned a CD.  In explorer looking at the burned disk I clicked on
install.exe.  It installed something on my computer and a shortcut.  When I
click on the shortcut some software opens that allows me to choose pages
related to my vehicle.  When I click on a page the cd I created must be in
my drive.  I hope this helps.  It seemed to work good for me.    You
probably have different hardware and software and what I did may not help
you at all.  I really appreciate having these.

I. Care wrote:

FWIW-
The 1995 ISO label specified isn't correct- the 1995 .NRG file, when burned,
results in a disk with a different ISO label than is specified by the site
for the ISO image.  Installing from the bogus ISO labelled CD worked, but
the viewer didn't recognize the CD.

I got the application to work from a CD burned via the NRG file , after a
fashion, but I started getting errors due to what I think was a faulty DLL
that was part of the installation.  I started getting worried that this
software may be a trojan or a virus carrier or just something that might
break my Windows installation, so I've deleted everything and hope I haven't
broken my system.  I do have a legit original copy of the 2000 CD so I
suppose I could do a bit-for-bit comparison to a CD burned from the files
on this site, but I'm not that ambitious at the moment.

This sort of scenario (valuable content being offered for free) is a
not uncommon way for malicious software to get into your PC.  I'm not saying
this is a case like that, just that it's healthy to be aware that it is a
real possibility.  YMMV.

I tryed the 97 car nero version...Scanned, no virus. It worked great. Now I
will remove it from my pc because its copywrited. (just wanted to try it.) I
will keep the CD because its mine. I bought it. :)

Of course we can ignore the fact that this is copyrighted material with
distribution restrictions marked all over the place....

Be it the contents of a manual, the contents of a package on a store shelf
or the contents of your car... it is "theft". Everyone will have a hard time
explaining the consequences of shoplifting when their kids have perect
teachers....

Probably a pirate, cracked version of Nero, too...

F*ckin' thieves....

no guilt here. i tried to subscribe to the ford website for shop info. no go
asked for their help no go just bs. went bought chiltons manual getting the
job done.
IMO if they cant take the time to make info availiable easily fu<: em.
thanks for the info, screw ford they suck {lets see is this engine metric or
american? MAKE UP YOUR MIND FORD}
once again MY OPINION
Matt

The links are blank pages. Does anyone know where I can find them now?

Considering that the subscription to the factory manuals costs the
dealership that I work for a LOT of money... money that comes out of my
equipment budget.... What can I say?

There is no free lunch and pirated stuff is always going to be pirated
stuff....

There is one way to get access to ALL of the "good stuff".... TSBs, SSMs,
manuals, wiring diagrams... even access to the hotline engineers.... become
a tech for a Ford dealer....

Merry Xmas

The vehicle owner has a moral right to the technical specs and repair
data for their vehicle.  Unlike a consumer item like a TV set, when a
vehicle owner gets into a car they are trusting their life to the designers
at Ford.  They have a right to maintain their vehicle in tip top condition.
Not just a moral one, a legal one as well.  The anti-trust laws explicitly
prohibit a vehicle manufacturer from requiring consumers to get service
work done only at the vehicle manufacturer's specified repair depots,
ie: the dealerships.  If Ford makes repair data unavailable or effectively
unavailable (by charging exhorbiant rates or requiring certifications or
some such to get it) for a vehicle, they are in violation of the law, as
well as
violating the moral right of the vehicle owner.

Note that Ford's competitors understand this - Chrysler for example makes
factory service manuals available for purchase off their techauthority.com
website.  Of course, they are expensive - but not priced so high as to be
not worth the cost of purchase. (ie: effectively unavailable)

The vehicle owner has paid Ford for their vehicle and part of the cost
of the vehicle is the R&D needed to create the repair procedures.  They
have every conceivable right to this data.  With the distribution and
printing
costs of a CD being practically nonexistent, particularly with downloading
the
data over the Internet, the only piracy going on is Ford charging
significantly
more for the repair data than the actual cost of distribution.

By contrast, your dealership service dept. DOES NOT own the vehicles your
performing service on.  Therefore you have no inherent right to this repair
data
and no right to stand on in complaining how much it might cost.  It isn't
your
life that is on the line when you repair a car - your repairing it then
giving it back
to the customer to drive around.  If you screw up the repair it won't be you
that
dies when a brake line gives out or a tie rod falls off.


Here's another way:

http://www.alldatadiy.com/

http://www.helminc.com

Both have subscriptions that do not cost very much money.  You can get your
72 hour subscription, then print out the factory service manual for your
vehicle,
for about $20-$30.

Ted

Ted,

Ford makes all repair data available at
http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/retail/default.asp?pageid=&gutsid=  
for a relatively low price (the daily rate is only around $10). Nissan and
Toyota have similar web sites with daily subscriptions available.

Ed