Chilton's VS Haynes VS any others?
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Personally, I like the oem factory books or CD's. Everytime I'veed to use a Chilton or Haynes book, I found it leaving out little details that would have made the job a lot easier or just making me read it twice to get nowhere. If you look on Ebay for your year and model, you can get them from $30-150. I know that's a large range but I bought a set for my F250 diesel and I'm more than happy that I bought them. They have much more detailed instructions, pics, and diagrams. I ended up with 3 books on the F250 and was around $125 I believe.
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I keep a haynes or chiltons around but they do little justice. you can acquire the dealer shop books online for about $50. its three volumes, and way more complete than the ones you buy at local auto part stores. They are the real deal for servicing the truck.
For my 2007 i use the books, i formally used the CD version of the books for my explorer and was just as good. it was nice being able to pull something up quick without having to grab the big book. but once in the garage i always prefer the paper backs.
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I keep a haynes or chiltons around but they do little justice. you can acquire the dealer shop books online for about $50. its three volumes, and way more complete than the ones you buy at local auto part stores. They are the real deal for servicing the truck.
Can you please give me an online address to order these books?
For my 2007 i use the books, i formally used the CD version of the books for my explorer and was just as good. it was nice being able to pull something up quick without having to grab the big book. but once in the garage i always prefer the paper backs.
I keep a haynes or chiltons around but they do little justice. you can acquire the dealer shop books online for about $50. its three volumes, and way more complete than the ones you buy at local auto part stores. They are the real deal for servicing the truck.
Can you please give me an online address to order these books?
For my 2007 i use the books, i formally used the CD version of the books for my explorer and was just as good. it was nice being able to pull something up quick without having to grab the big book. but once in the garage i always prefer the paper backs.
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07-23-2022
Google: Bluetooth OBD2 reader
Usually under $20, have used an ELM327 for years and have no complaints
You need a smart phone(android or apple) as the display, which most people have
APPs are free, or $5 for the more advanced reading which most do not need
I did get a BlueDriver recently because it can read automatic transmission codes, and chassis and body codes, no complaints on it either, but $100, not a complaint, but $100, lol
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