Chilton CD's

Personally the only useful manuals I had found are the OEM manuals you order from the MFG's all the rest just leave stuff out and only give you a hint of what you should do and expect you should know stuff. Go online to the MFG web site and order the CDs.

Coasty

I agree with Coasty, and I'll add that the schematics in the aftermarket manuals are useless. A "Typical" schematic that may or may not be your exact vehicle is like someone handing you a map that could be showing how to get from Chicago to LA and you're going to use it to go from New York to Miami. I've been severely burned by that kind of crap in aftermarket manuals - and it's the main reason I refuse to buy them anymore.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

The only two sources of service information that are worth a toss are:

-The factory manual, either on paper from the dealer or eBay, or on CD from

-www.alldatadiy.com ($25 gets you a subscription to full factory service info plus TSBs for one year/make/model).

Chilton, Haynes and any other aftermarket books or CDs are garbage.

Hey, they are not! You said yourself that they make good doorstops & firestarter.

Ted