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Haynes owns Chilton last I checked. I do not see hardly any difference anymore since Haynes took ownership of Chilton. Disney Corp. owned Chilton for awhile and kind of ruined it (in my opinion).

I used to swear by the Motors Professional series but I guess they no longer exist.
 
Back in the old days, Motor and Glenn Mitchell were the standards in the trade. These days, it is hard to find any really professional manuals besides the factory service manuals.

Given the choice, I would take Haynes over Chilton hands down. Chilton has tried to cover too much in one book and as a result ends up being more confusing than helpful. Haynes is more on subject. Unfortunately, neither covers the finer points of things like servicing transmissions or electronics. The information given is somewhat basic and not in depth.

One thing that frustrates me is some of the information they give is incomplete. For example, if you are replacing a radiator. They tell you to disconnect the hoses and transmission cooler lines. I look at the radiator, and I see fittings that I am unfamiliar with. I look back in the book, but it tells me nothing about HOW to release the cooler line fittings. Do I need a special tool? Is there a release tab? Is there some secret technique? Why not tell me?
 
Jim, I know what you mean...

The reason they don't tell you is because they don't know either!

They worry more about professional staged photography and a male model that pretends to be working without a spot of grease on him.

I can get deeper and more detailed information from Youtube!
 
IMHO, neither are worth the money or paper they are printed on. They cover too many years and option levels are all mixed together. Plus they mostly cover the stuff that a bit of common sense will let you figure out how to fix or replace. When you get into the tough stuff like transmissions or electronics, they just tell you that is beyond the scope of the book and you should send the vehicle to a shop.

Since I typically keep a vehicle a long time, I spring for the official factory manual(s). You can't beat those despite the high cost
 

Go online and buy a subscription the the manual for your exact vehicle at http://www.alldatadiy.com/.

Still not perfect, but better than the junk you were wondering about, supposed to be a copy of the actual factory manuals.

EXPENSIVE, but they offer discounts on renewals and other manuals, if you are a repeat customer.
 

Autozone has some info on their site...

Manuals/repair info are a big expense for a shop...

You will be hard pressed to find one manual that covers it all..

I did not catch what you are needing a manual for.
 
Only pop for factory manuals! Ag stuff available thru a multitude of old literature dealers, they advertise all over, club publications being the best bet. Old Abe New or the Heritage Eagle for example with Case stuff. You can't begin to cover a specific model, engine, year etc in a 100 page book. If it's older, say 70's or 80's vintage, chances are the carb info will be built around a 40s straight eight Buick with a 12" high single barrel down draft unit, not exactly the 4 bbl quadrajet you where looking for help with. I get stuff off ebay quite a bit, the original publisher of a lot of the automotive stuff is Helm, they have a lot available new. Spend some time and pop for Factory published stuff, you'll never regret it. Like mentioned below, I too, run my "stuff" a long ways, rust and body rot being the only reason for throwing away anything........ Larry
 
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