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Really Ancien

Haynes Manuals
« on: 11 February, 2009, 09:10:46 pm »
How many have you got?
I've got.
Vauxhall Viva HC.
Norton Twins 1957 to 1970.
Norton Commando.
Leyland Sherpa Van.
Land Rover Series 3.
Land Rover 90, 110 and Defender Models.
Citroen BX.
BMW K100 & 75 2-Valve Models.

Damon.

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #1 on: 11 February, 2009, 09:30:36 pm »
Vauxhall Corsa
Renault 4
Peugeot 306

Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #2 on: 11 February, 2009, 10:07:15 pm »
I had quite a few but have been good and thrown away the ones for vehicles I don't own any more

Currently have:

SAAB 9/5
SAAB NG900

Have had:

Honda RS250
Honda 250N/400N
Honda CB900
VW Polo
Range Rover
SAAB 900
Renault Laguna

Strangely I never had one for my Renault 19 or Fiat X19 maybe there is something about cars with 19 in the name (though the Fiat was one of the most unreliable cars I have ever owned).  Have owned a few other motorbikes that I never got a Haynes for as well.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

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« Reply #3 on: 11 February, 2009, 10:11:49 pm »



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« Reply #4 on: 11 February, 2009, 10:21:38 pm »
My Dad had at least 40 or 50, at a guess.
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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #5 on: 11 February, 2009, 10:27:40 pm »
I had one for an Imp. Never owned  an Imp.

The museum at Sparkford is an interesting hotchpotch of vehicles crammed into an industrial building.

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #6 on: 11 February, 2009, 10:36:14 pm »
Every time I've bought one I have included it as a Free Gift for the next owner of the vehicle to which it applies.  The one I had for the Citroen CX might just as well have been written in Sanskrit for all the good it did, though I believe the eventual purchaser of my CX managed to build one good one out of three corpses (mine had had a new engine which cost more than the selling price chiz).

The next time the ["Oiks" - The Invigilator] steal my number plates I'll probably buy the Lancaster one just to stave off boredom while the assembled ASBO-wannabes in Halfrauds spend twenty minutes fathoming the innermost workings of the number plate machine.
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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #7 on: 11 February, 2009, 10:39:24 pm »
Where's Torslanda?
Getting there...

Jezza

Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #8 on: 11 February, 2009, 10:42:03 pm »
Classic Saab 900. It's rubbish - the Bentley manual is much better.

Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #9 on: 11 February, 2009, 10:49:47 pm »
Do Haynes produce manuals for modern cars with electronic, computer-controlled everything?

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #10 on: 11 February, 2009, 11:04:06 pm »
Fender Stratocaster.

Really Ancien

Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #11 on: 12 February, 2009, 06:36:31 am »
The oil stains tell a story, I've never sold a car, they die in my hands, but they live on in the manuals, I can leaf through them and see the skinned knuckles and hear the swearing written in greasy fingerprints, 'ah yes', I think, the time that the clutch slave-cylinder pushrod broke through the actuating arm and I spent two days on my back in the snow. Therein lies the entertainment.

Damon

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #12 on: 12 February, 2009, 07:14:18 am »
Citroen BX
Citroen Xantia

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #13 on: 12 February, 2009, 09:10:29 am »
Austin Maxi
Austin Mini
Ford Escort (MKII)
VW Polo
Renault 12
Renault Scenic

"Use judicious leverage"

Excellent stuff.

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #14 on: 12 February, 2009, 09:22:41 am »
I have the one for Babies, makes entertaining reading!
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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #15 on: 12 February, 2009, 09:24:57 am »
I hasten to add that don't own either of these...

 
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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #16 on: 12 February, 2009, 09:30:15 am »
I got the Man one for christmas a couple of years ago!

Also got the landrover defender and VW polo books.   The landrover one is absolutely filthy, the polo one barely got used.  Yay for german engineering, boo for Solihul.

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #17 on: 12 February, 2009, 09:36:03 am »
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The oil stains tell a story, I've never sold a car, they die in my hands, but they live on in the manuals, I can leaf through them and see the skinned knuckles and hear the swearing written in greasy fingerprints, 'ah yes', I think, the time that the clutch slave-cylinder pushrod broke through the actuating arm and I spent two days on my back in the snow. Therein lies the entertainment. 

The re-written procedures tell stories as well.   My Alfa GTV manual (many oil stains) has the section on cam chain timing crossed out, and the words "don't ever do this again" written in its place.   Stapled in is my re-written procedure for actually getting it right.   That mistake cost me £300 when £300 was real money. 

On the shelf I have:

Land Rover Discovery (bought in a emergency when I had to fix a lucas hot wire ignition system by the road side)
Land Rover Series III - actually a rubbish manual, the proper land rover one is much better)
Daimler Sovreign Series II - again rather poor, the real manual is a god send
Vauxhall Astra (mums old car)
Alfetta GTV (heavily edited).

These days I have an old PC and screen in the garage with the docs on PDF.   Oily keyboard, but easy annotation and clean pages.

Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #18 on: 12 February, 2009, 11:01:55 am »
One of life's mysteries is why the photos in Haynes manuals are under exposed. Is just so that the murkiness of the picture can add to the challenge of the task ?
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #19 on: 12 February, 2009, 11:16:54 am »
One of life's mysteries is why the photos in Haynes manuals are under exposed. Is just so that the murkiness of the picture can add to the challenge of the task ?

Poor photography, poor repro and printed on uncoated paper.

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« Reply #20 on: 12 February, 2009, 03:59:51 pm »

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« Reply #21 on: 12 February, 2009, 04:44:40 pm »
This the Haynes manual for our car -



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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #22 on: 12 February, 2009, 07:04:04 pm »
I hasten to add that don't own either of these...

 

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #23 on: 12 February, 2009, 07:10:39 pm »
Austin Maxi
Aaah, fond memories spring up of me watching my Dad riveting on some aluminium plates onto the bottoms of our Maxi doors cos they were going all rusty and bits were falling off.
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

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Re: Haynes Manuals
« Reply #24 on: 12 February, 2009, 07:21:53 pm »
Austin Maxi
Aaah, fond memories spring up of me watching my Dad riveting on some aluminium plates onto the bottoms of our Maxi doors cos they were going all rusty and bits were falling off.

That is the spirit of the Maxi.

That and fibre glass.


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