I'm just a weekend tinkerer....maintenance and very minor repairs.
For years (starting with a '62 T-Bird!!!) .... I bought the FoMoCo shop manuals and saved myself a lot of trips to the dealer for minor fixits.
Looking at my new 'Stang and Five-Hundred, I sort of doubt if there is anything somebuddy like me could fix.
Am I right?
Depends on your ability to read, IMHFO, in this day and age, there are two tools you can't do without. An FSM, and a good code scanner. I have about 30 FSMs, One for every vehicle I've owned, and have saved cubic dollars repairing my own stuff over the last 25 odd years...
SteveL
The problem with computers is that they make people lazy and not want to think. If you take your car into dealership with a minor problem all the mechanics do now days is start wholesale replacement of parts until they accidentally get the right one. Own your car long enough and you will know it better than the so called factory trained experts that work on it. A factory service manual will go a long way in helping you get on top of the learning curve. Even if you don't work on the car that much you will at the very least be armed with enough knowledge to know the difference between someone giving you an honest diagnosis and a smoke screen.
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