

| Subject: | Re: Haynes manual |
| From: | Jeffrey Vickers |
| Date: | Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:50:12 -0700 |
If you have a PC (or a Mac running Virtual PC) get a copy of the ETKA. Its a little funky to use but the exploded diagrams are really helpful. Seeing entire sections of the van in exploded view can really make sense out of a problem when the Bentley is missing that one piece of info that you need. Jeff On Jul 26, 2007, at 7:41 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > > I'd second that. I use both, too. While the Bentley is far more > complete, > I'm not a professional mechanic, and that's who the Bentley is > written for. > The Haynes is written for the backyard mechanic. I tend to use the > Haynes as > sort of a "Cliffs Notes" to the Bentley, but refer to the Bentley > when the > Haynes' coverage is insufficient (which does happen fairly often). > For the > cost, if the Haynes allows you to do just one job D.I.Y. that you > otherwise > couldn't have, it already saved you 3 or 4 times its price.
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