Chilton's or Hayes which one is better ???

Go with "Hayes". It's the better of the two.

Haynes is more in depth, and for about the same price. If you can find one cheap, the factory service manual would be even better.

In my experience, the quality of and level of detail for manuals in general follow the order:

Factory (I highly recommend, if you're planning on keeping that or similar vehicles for any period of time. I myself have a full shelf for trucks 84-94, Celica and Supras 82-85, Tercels 86-94, MKII MR2, and a few misc others)

Bentley - best SAAB manual available, almost as good as factory

Clymer - only have these for motorcycles

Haynes - not bad, but not terribly specific.

Chiltons - really just good as a checklist if you already know what you're doing.

For my 89 and 94 V6s, only the factory manuals are sufficient, in my opinion. I've got the Haynes ($1 at a garage sale), and it doesn't compare.

Matt asked:

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If you are able to pay a little more, and wait a little longer, keep an eye out on eBay. There are sets of FACTORY manuals that go up for sale there. There should be 2 volumes, one for chassis, one for engine.

If you have high-speed internet access, you can download the manuals directly from Toyota's website at

Well I payed the 10 bucks and went online as posted. It did have a wealth of knowledge. SO i downloaded anything i thought I could possibly need-from brakes to tranny to electrical. I hope i didn't miss anything!

Sweet - how many megs was it total?

I got most of the stuff I thought might be useful and it was about 7 megs total. (They're PDF's.) Unfortunately, you have to download things a section at a time - you can't just say, "give me all you've got on the 1997 Tacoma." It's sorta tedious.

I got about 15.5 megs

The Bentley Manual is the only way to go. It puts the others to shame.

But, there's a series of manuals, the "Keep Your Toyota Alive" series designed for the amateur that works very well in conjunction with the Bentley Manual.