Haynes Manuals

[mike]

BTM100L. That was the reg on our Maxi which we sold when I was about 11, I can remember mum saying 'and now Mike, we're doing **A MILE A MINUTE**!!'

[Ian H]

My father's first new car was a Maxi. He kept it until the doors turned to lacework. It was an extremely well designed car, rather poorly executed.

[Really Ancien]

I only mentioned it here because BBC4 are trailing a season of films next week, with a series of Haynes inspired graphics, here's the line up. Check press for details.

The Joy Of Motoring

 

BBC Four gets behind the wheel for a season of films dedicated to the British love of driving.

 

In The Joy Of Motoring Tristram Hunt explores our love affair with the car, from the post-war golden age to the contemporary disillusionment of today, while actor Richard Wilson rediscovers a motoring history as he drives a range of classic Fifties cars on some of the most beautiful routes in the country in Britain's Best Drives.

 

The season also pays homage to Caravans.

 

For more than 100 years they have been British icons: built in Britain and at the heart of the nation's recreational life. Love or hate them there's no denying their popularity.

 

In The Fast Lady Penelope Keith retraces a journey from London to Liverpool in 1905 by Dorothy Levitt, pioneering Edwardian motoring "It" girl and author of a popular guide for female motorists.

 

Twenty-first-century British life is inconceivable without cars. In Michael Smith's Drivetime the writer and broadcaster asks the fundamental question, how has driving changed us?

 

Other programmes in the season explore how Ford Of Dagenham sold Britain the American dream; and tell the extraordinary story of Rolls-Royce in India in The Maharajah's Cars.

 

Damon.

[Marco Stefano]

Thanks to Haynes for gems such as these:

"Remove the clutch in the usual manner."   

"Reassembly is the reverse of dismantling."   

[pcolbeck]

Thanks to Haynes for gems such as these:

"Remove the clutch in the usual manner."   

"Reassembly is the reverse of dismantling."   

But they never explain what the reverse of hitting it with a bloody great hammer is.

[Cunobelin]

Thanks to Haynes for gems such as these:

"Remove the clutch in the usual manner."   

"Reassembly is the reverse of dismantling."   

But they never explain what the reverse of hitting it with a bloody great hammer is.

Option 1 - hit it harder
Option 2 Hit it on the opposite side

[Ian H]

Not Haynes, but the workshop manual for my old Austin A50 stated that the petrol tank was mounted just below/behind the 'rear light'. It took me a while to work out that the 'rear light' was what the driver looked through via the rear view mirror; as distinct from the rear lamps.

[clarion]

I bought the MAN manual for Our Kid.  I think it helped with his PSHE

[Andrew Br]

I've never owned a Haynes manual but I remember helping my dad decipher the text and the pictures on variously a Morris 1100, Hillman Hunter and several Saab 99s.

I do, however, own a repair manual for the Leyland Lynx/Bison/Octopus/Buffalo truck range (500 series and L11 engines). I'm not sure why I have this 

[Torslanda]

See avatar. 

Also have for :
Ford Cortina III
Ford Consul & Granada
Austin 1100 & 1300
Mini
BMW 2002
Beetle
VW Type 3
VW 411 & 412
Honda Accord (US models)
Vauxhall Magnum & Firenza
Honda CB100-N
Honda MBX125-F
Honda CB125-T Superdream
VW Jetta
VW Passat & Santana

There's probably one or two more . . .

luv'n'stuff

J

[Hummers]

They inspired me to make my own tools on the basis that they said you could do that sort of thing.

Who hasn't tried to make thier own hub puller?

H

[Mrs Pingu]

Maxis were huuge. You could have a party in the back without it being a limo and before people carriers were invented.

[Hummers]

You could have a shag in the back because the rear seats folded down and made a double bed.

There.

I've said it.

H

[clarion]

Not sure many people used that feature.

How does a Maxi rate as a fanny-magnet?

[Torslanda]

Austin Maxi: Fanny Magnet

Afghanistan: Popular tourist destination.

Well. About as likely!

Just on that subject  . . . Warning: Possible urban myth alert.

When the Rover/BL/Austin BMW engineers were viewing the mock-ups of the new Mini they are rumoured to have had two prototypes - one three door short wheel base and a five door LWB model.

Showing the true German sense of humour one wag suggested that if the smaller one was the 'Mini' they could call the larger one the 'Maxi'

Cries of 'NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' from the British contingent. Puzzled stares from the young Germans.

Even if it's not true it's still funny if you're in the car game.

luv'n'stuff

J

[Valiant]

Thanks to Haynes for gems such as these:

"Remove the clutch in the usual manner."   

"Reassembly is the reverse of dismantling."   

But they never explain what the reverse of hitting it with a bloody great hammer is.

The answer lies in

[rogerzilla]

I've had:

Nissan Micra K10
Nissan Micra K11
Citroen AX (which made me realise why no-one ever changes the coolant on the 1.4D)
Skoda Octavia

I never kept the Micra K12 or the Yaris long enough for a manual to come out - they were both disappointing cars (the Micra was too heavy for its engine, the Yaris was badly-built).

There isn't one for the MX-5, just a US Mazda Miata manual which, of course, is for LHD.  I have the Veloce manual instead, which is no great shakes.  The owners' club forum can tell you how to do anything, though.

[redshift]

*Bump*

Ooh...  for real?

[Zipperhead]

*Bump*

Ooh...  for real?

Well to save waiting for that to be delivered, you could read the NASA version right now

Whoops, sorry linky fixie

[chris]

*Bump*

Ooh...  for real?

Well to save waiting for that to be delivered, you could read the NASA version right now

Linky no worky.

Try this instead -  NASA version