Which Haynes Manual for S1.5 2.9 ?
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Just been down the local autofactors looking at Haynes Manuals..
The only applicable one they had was the Granada/Scorpio one & it looked more like a pamphlet than the chunky books I remember from my former life as a maintainer of bangers..
So, is the Sierra V6 book preferable? Are there specific jobs that need one or the other.. are there earlier editions with more stuff in them?
My old S bible is a bit thin on details in all engine/gearbox specifics... would I be better off buying an updated S bible than these Haynes efforts?
In the interim, I have a few specific questions which I'll post up seperately..
The only applicable one they had was the Granada/Scorpio one & it looked more like a pamphlet than the chunky books I remember from my former life as a maintainer of bangers..
So, is the Sierra V6 book preferable? Are there specific jobs that need one or the other.. are there earlier editions with more stuff in them?
My old S bible is a bit thin on details in all engine/gearbox specifics... would I be better off buying an updated S bible than these Haynes efforts?
In the interim, I have a few specific questions which I'll post up seperately..
The second edition is twice the size of the original and does go into a lot more detail basically on everything.
I still recommend the Sierra V6 book but Haynes have shifted away from the workshop manuals of old to replace them with lighter tomes called service books. The older style books are still about but are getting hard to find. They compliment the S bible by going into that bit more detail on engine rebuilds but on their own they are nowhere complete because of the TVR changes and specifics. Given a limit to how big I can make the book, it makes sense to leave out the engine strip down which many will not even comtemplate and leave that to the specilaist books that are out there and concentrate more on the TVR specific stuff.
As for the Haynes books, I have got quite a few from jumble sales, autojumbles and even from the local household tip!
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
I still recommend the Sierra V6 book but Haynes have shifted away from the workshop manuals of old to replace them with lighter tomes called service books. The older style books are still about but are getting hard to find. They compliment the S bible by going into that bit more detail on engine rebuilds but on their own they are nowhere complete because of the TVR changes and specifics. Given a limit to how big I can make the book, it makes sense to leave out the engine strip down which many will not even comtemplate and leave that to the specilaist books that are out there and concentrate more on the TVR specific stuff.
As for the Haynes books, I have got quite a few from jumble sales, autojumbles and even from the local household tip!
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
Cheers Steve..
Would the new edition have answers to the questions I posted up re: tappets, gearbox etc.. ?
An old V6 Sierra workshop manual went for £11 plus postage on Ebay this weekend.. I bailed out at 8 quid, not realising that recent Haynes books aren't what they once were..
15 quid for these noddy pieces of 'service book' tat? Nah thanks..
Would the new edition have answers to the questions I posted up re: tappets, gearbox etc.. ?
An old V6 Sierra workshop manual went for £11 plus postage on Ebay this weekend.. I bailed out at 8 quid, not realising that recent Haynes books aren't what they once were..
15 quid for these noddy pieces of 'service book' tat? Nah thanks..
I bought the granada haynes book in addition to Steve's book and found I had everything covered except the gearbox. I complained the Haynes that their gearbox chapter basically said "refer to specialist" and they sent me a photocopied version of the original gearbox chapter. Frankly it looked so bloody complicated that I promptly took the gearbox to a specialist 
Regards,
Mark
Regards,
Mark
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I've just bought the Granada and Scorpio Haynes manual last week,after the Throttle pot dilema from Halfords.The book is a standard sized Haynes book,if the paper is a bit bog like.Has quite a bit of info.
There are plenty of the old style books out there - it is just a question of finding them.
Steve
I take it you gentlemen do not frequent general boot fairs or autojumbles?
You will often find stalls at the larger boot fairs that stock s/h Haynes manuals. The going rate is around £5 per copy. I use both the Granada and Sierra manuals as there are different (engine) pictures and text in each. Boot fairs are advertised in your local papers.
Autojumbles are advertised in Classic Car circles. Buy a copy of the Classic Car newspaper £1.50 at you friendly newsagents every Wednesday and stocked by Smiths.
Autojumbles are well worth a visit and cheap to get in (£2). Drove to the one at Uttoxeter on Sunday in the S3 - a glorious drive in good weather. One of the stalls I visited stocked all manner of old sales brochures - the TVR S3 + S3C brochure including the price list was going for £3 (as previously sold in this web site for £10).
There were also a number of stalls selling old Haynes manuals.
You will often find stalls at the larger boot fairs that stock s/h Haynes manuals. The going rate is around £5 per copy. I use both the Granada and Sierra manuals as there are different (engine) pictures and text in each. Boot fairs are advertised in your local papers.
Autojumbles are advertised in Classic Car circles. Buy a copy of the Classic Car newspaper £1.50 at you friendly newsagents every Wednesday and stocked by Smiths.
Autojumbles are well worth a visit and cheap to get in (£2). Drove to the one at Uttoxeter on Sunday in the S3 - a glorious drive in good weather. One of the stalls I visited stocked all manner of old sales brochures - the TVR S3 + S3C brochure including the price list was going for £3 (as previously sold in this web site for £10).
There were also a number of stalls selling old Haynes manuals.
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