Auto service manuals

My expert opinion on auto service manuals or online auto repair help.

As an ASE Certified Master Technician I can tell you that the most important tools I own is my Knowledge, experience and my old snap on box full of goodies.

But even though I have been turning wrenches for more then 24 years I cant possibly remember everything related to the fast efficient repair of every car on the planet.

I find myself reaching for the auto service manuals help on many occasions. Since I’m not a walking computer I find it necessary to consult the service manual for many things. For example torque specs and tightening patterns, who could possibly remember the hundreds of different specs for thousands of different vehicles.

Sometimes I look at a job I have never done before, lets say Replacing the by pass hose on a jaguar. I start looking at the hose and I can’t get a clear shot at the spring clamps or even see the whole hose.

Ok now stuff is going to have to come off. But what stuff, the alternator, maybe the power steering pump or maybe even the a/c compressor is the best route.

Auto service manual or start guessing?

We are all familiar with the scenario of sometimes the bolt comes loose and sometimes the head just snaps off. Now we are spending hours removing the piece of the bolt, drilling and tapping the hole and maybe even a heela coil.

Now what if we never needed to remove that bolt in the first place. I think you understand what I’m getting at. Knowing the proper procedure and specifications not only saves time but also saves money and prevents disaster.

I have been providing online auto repair help by fielding many car questions on this web site. And it can be frustrating that people would rather pay for hundreds of dollars in un-needed parts and waste weeks or months on guessing what is wrong, than get the proper manual for $25 and be able to pinpoint the problem in a few hours or less and replace only the part that was needed.

Let me give you an example. I had a younger guy e-mail me with a no start condition. My first advice to him was to get some online auto repair help from All-data, to properly diagnose the problem.

All-Data online auto service manuals has the best no start diagnostic charts in the business because they come straight from the factory auto service manuals. Easy to follow tree charts with pictures and tech tips.

He told me he could not afford it ($26.95) and he thought replacing the distributor would fix the problem. A new distributor was $600.00.

He bought it and this did not fix the problem and it was also not returnable like most electrical parts. Again I said cut your loses and get any kind of auto service manuals and diagnose the problem, don’t through parts at it. Well He replaced the coil, cap, rotor, and wires. Still no start. Now he is a thousand dollars deep in un-needed parts. The guy who could not afford $26.95.

Finally he towed the car to the dealer and they fixed it for about $600.00 by replacing the fuel pump. By the way I did try to help him and explained to him in a no start condition its either no fuel or no spark (or rarely no air) the young man explained he was getting plenty of fuel. But he wasn’t.

So $1,800 later he was driving again. And to let you know step 1 on the All-Data diagnostic chart was an in-depth procedure with pictures for checking for fuel delivery.

Also All-data had a technical service bulletin on the fuel pump for this vehicle.

The online auto repair help that is now available can save you time and money on every maintenance service and repair. Plus auto repairs you thought you could never do yourself, are easy and fun with the step-by-step instructions, clear pictures and tech tips sections available in the online manuals.

All-data is not the only online auto repair program available but it is the easiest to use and has the largest coverage(all makes and models from 82-06).

I use it every day at work and now its available to the general public for just $24.95 a year. The agency I work for pays thousands for the commercial use of the online auto service manuals.

Let me explain why All-data is different. The huge amount of information contained in these online auto repair help programs can make it very hard to find the information you’re looking for.

All-data is laid out very sensibly as like most auto service manuals. But they have put a search box at the bottom of every page. This makes finding what your looking for as easy as searching on the Internet.

An example: maybe your looking to replace your fuel filter. You type in fuel filter and click search, the online auto service manual responds with a list of possibilities. Such as fuel filter prices, fuel filter labor time, fuel filter component location, fuel filter service procedure and so on.

Then you just click on the link you want and you are at the auto service manual section you where looking for. Now you can print it out and start the job. This online repair manual will make working on your car fun again. The All-Data auto service manual program is like having the guy who built your car and knows every possible answer about it sitting on your desktop.

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