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Old Mar 21, 2007
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Free Ford Service Manuals Online

Just ran across these, don't know if anybody's posted them.
They're free downloadable CD/DVD's and the owners of the site just ask for a donation to keep the site running.

www.fordcds.com
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007
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Only has 92-02
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007
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these like repair manuals? or owners manual?
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007
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I believe they are full factory service...
I'm on dial up right now and didn't want to wait 6 hrs for download...I'll get it later.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007
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they are the full service manuals... its run by one of my best friends jon heese... donate if you can he just got married last month
 
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Is that legal??
 
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Originally Posted by l2en
Is that legal??

who knows
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007
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LOL! Works for me =]
 
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I get nothing but timeouts when attempting to download, oh well
 
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man thats a big file... im downloading 99 truck and its 200mb
 
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That link as been around for over a year, and been posted here before -- though it bears repeating.

Many of us have these manuals.

The DVD ones are a pain -- some require double-layer discs and you have set your system date (particularly the year) back to use them. The DVD's have built in "expiration dates" and you have to fool the software into working. FYI: if you set your clock back and forget to set it right again, you may have anti-virus and other software faults next boot up.
 
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ok so it downloaded but all it does when i click it is open up my CD burning software?
 
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ok so it downloaded but all it does when i click it is open up my CD burning software?
If you downloaded a ISO file you have to burn it to a disc first.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007
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I fyou need manuals go here...www.avl.lib.al.us and click home access. Then find the shop manual section and its all there...wiring and everything. Username is vansickle and PW is DUGFVNWO...i dint care if yall use it its for school and i dont use it so there you go.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2007
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Originally Posted by 04lvl2
If you downloaded a ISO file you have to burn it to a disc first.
i did and all it did was burned the file that opens up the burining software... so when i clicked on it in the CD it opened up the same thing...

im computer illiterate i guess...
 
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Old Mar 23, 2007
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Originally Posted by 4X2XLT
i did and all it did was burned the file that opens up the burining software... so when i clicked on it in the CD it opened up the same thing...

im computer illiterate i guess...
There's an .iso burning tutorial page/link on that same site....
 
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Old Mar 23, 2007
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Originally Posted by 91redranger
I fyou need manuals go here...www.avl.lib.al.us and click home access. Then find the shop manual section and its all there...wiring and everything. Username is vansickle and PW is DUGFVNWO...i dint care if yall use it its for school and i dont use it so there you go.
It accepted the log-in info but I get a message about how it's unable to validate my information. It does that with any link I try.
 
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I can get on that site just fine and log in, but where the heck is the shop manual section?
 
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Old Mar 23, 2007
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I can get on that site just fine and log in, but where the heck is the shop manual section?
It's under auto repair, I beleive. At least, that's the closest thing I could find......and it still didn't work
 
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