EXCELLENT CITROEN MANUALS !!!!!!!
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Gotta agree about Haynes manuals they really are not worth the paper they are printed on, people (myself included) seem to buy them out of habit and we know that there going to be crap, Last decent one I had was for a ford sierra and even that was just about usefull.
Seems a shame really thats what got me into fixing cars and motorbikes when I was 12-13 years old, used to read them for hours and couldn't wait to rip some poor unsuspecting moped apart.
Think thats why I got excited about the russek books THEY TELL YOU HOW TO PULL THINGS APART !!!![:D]
They really are worth the money.
Seems a shame really thats what got me into fixing cars and motorbikes when I was 12-13 years old, used to read them for hours and couldn't wait to rip some poor unsuspecting moped apart.
Think thats why I got excited about the russek books THEY TELL YOU HOW TO PULL THINGS APART !!!![:D]
They really are worth the money.
Just out of interest.................
I have recently seen some manuals on offer in Halfords, for peugeot 206, vauxhall cavalier, ALTHOUGH NOT FOR XANTIA THESE LOOKED PRETTY GOOD they were the same size as a haynes but a lot thicker and were softback. I think russell was in the authors name but I am not sure can any body help????
I have recently seen some manuals on offer in Halfords, for peugeot 206, vauxhall cavalier, ALTHOUGH NOT FOR XANTIA THESE LOOKED PRETTY GOOD they were the same size as a haynes but a lot thicker and were softback. I think russell was in the authors name but I am not sure can any body help????
I think these are the Lindsay Porter series (Porter Publishing). The ones i saw were for "families" of cars hence there are peugeot ones (definitely) and I think a citroen one (perhaps) which include XUD TUD and XU petrol engines. The HDi engines are in another volume I think - and there may well be individual ones for the more modern cars. Halfords reduced these a while back to sub-Haynes prices - it looked like an attempt to clear them out so I suspect they're out of print now.
Publishers clear non-moving books out of warehouses PDQ if they can remainder them - sometimes even before they're published if they haven't pre-sold well enough .....but that's another story.
There are of course the excellent "Revue Technique" manuals if you're prepared to interpret the French - well, my BX ones are pretty good, anyway....
(For revue technique manuals, consult www.alapage.com or chek out www.ebay.fr)
Publishers clear non-moving books out of warehouses PDQ if they can remainder them - sometimes even before they're published if they haven't pre-sold well enough .....but that's another story.
There are of course the excellent "Revue Technique" manuals if you're prepared to interpret the French - well, my BX ones are pretty good, anyway....
(For revue technique manuals, consult www.alapage.com or chek out www.ebay.fr)
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theres some guy selling those books on ebay for £5, he seems to have all models part from the diesel and TD!
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Yes he was... & someone just outbid me by 50p!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AGHHHHHHHHH!! its time for Auciton Sniper agaiN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:(!]
theres some guy selling those books on ebay for £5, he seems to have all models part from the diesel and TD!
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Yes he was... & someone just outbid me by 50p!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AGHHHHHHHHH!! its time for Auciton Sniper agaiN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:(!]
www.blackwells.co.uk are doing free delivery on all orders over £20 just now
Just bought the Peter Russek manual, and another book I was after (The Golden Fool, by Robin Hobb, if anyone's interested )
Just bought the Peter Russek manual, and another book I was after (The Golden Fool, by Robin Hobb, if anyone's interested )
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reference Paulxmski's complaint about lack of info on V6s, if he has the 90 degree 24 valve he'll be OK with the Peter Russek manual, but if like me he has the 60 degree 4-cam .then he'll be disappointed. For all that, the Russek manuals are the bees knees, I still use a pocket GS manual for info on hydraulics.
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