BandMominMO Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 Hello, new friends! I’m wondering what your recommendations are for a repair manual. The hubbs is about 90% sure there’s a vacuum leak in the kid’s ‘93. Should we go with a Chilton or the Haynes? Is there much of a difference between the two? *my first post* (insert modest blushing here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicMechanic Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) Honestly, for about the same price (or usually less) as a new Haynes or Chilton you can usually find a good used Factory Service Manual off eBay for what he has and it will have 1000x the information as the generic manuals. 1993 Cutlass Supreme https://www.ebay.com/itm/284923758122?hash=item4256c7862a:g:QusAAOSwt0hi7X2l&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsMqhcfRUaabaupH6jcZxApwZ70y62X5rQomPyQG8xf7dWtT5THvWTgOe0RoioyzDSJGklypBPfGkD4QFWALNO0SXU8cTVm8tVj1Rd%2FMXjFXHrdG0EEK5MjlbLroKcAmqdSdKZiQ4qCS9O1jsBulomatKnQMgOQkARdcmEQqreH7mToXAWmidH2YWG8vp0nZt8%2FkG1Tf5J%2BQ%2FQLJycA5M4k%2Fl%2FlW19Ih9SgGym8COyHQd|tkp%3ABk9SR6y9s4m3YQ Edited January 16, 2023 by ManicMechanic primergray and Robbie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stantmann Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 I Here's what you do, get a 3 foot hose, cut off the end and hold one end to your ear, and the other move all around the engine. You can always find the leak this way. The leaking air noise will be very apparent. I don't have a preference in repair manuals btween the 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffaelli Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 Spend the money on the pair of factory service manuals. My car came with the service manuals, and they are excellent to have. (And I’m a professional mechanic) I’ve found Chiltons and Haynes much too generic for someone who is serious with their car. ManicMechanic and Robbie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 8:17 PM, Raffaelli said: Spend the money on the pair of factory service manuals. My car came with the service manuals, and they are excellent to have. (And I’m a professional mechanic) I’ve found Chiltons and Haynes much too generic for someone who is serious with their car. You've just answered a question I was asking in another category. Thank you, sir! I'm gonna try to track these down for my Regal Raffaelli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandMominMO Posted December 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2023 Overdue update: We went with the set of factory service manuals. Thanks y’all for your input. They’ve come in quite handy after he crashed it last April. Hubbs has gotten it all put back together, and it’s not necessarily good as new, but it’s fairly close. Here’s the best part of the put-back: We live in a town of 700 people, and one of our neighbors just happened to have a running ‘95 vert in the same color scheme. It even has a title, believe it or not, and he sold it to us for a Dewalt impact and $400. Now we are fortunate enough to have pretty much have one set of replacement parts for whatever we need forever. pwmin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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