My brother has my dad's old truck (1999 S10, V6, LS, 2wd). 326,000 miles (!). This weekend we got it to fire off for the first time in about 3 years. It's actually not in bad shape, but it's gonna need some help to get roadworthy.
A local shop quoted us $10,000 for everything, but it's not worth that much so we want to do as much as we can ourselves. I know watching Scotty's YouTube videos will teach us most of what we need to know ( 😉 ) but it would be nice to have a reference on hand.
RockAuto lists both Haynes and Chilton shop manuals. What's the difference, which is better, and would we need both?
Thanks!
The Haynes and Clinton manuals are OK but they are generic. I always bought the actual factory shop manual for my vehicles, It was expensive but really worth it.
If you can get your hands on the factory shop manual, they are so much more thorough.
i was about to buy Haynes for my 1999 Honda Accord, but after a ton of googling and forums, stumbled upon a PDF manual for my car. My goodness, that thing was thick. But had all the info I needed.
i also recommend watching YouTubes of others doing the same work for the same car.
both the PDF and YouTube were immensely helpful.
Where did you find the factory shop manuals at?
It was a Honda forum that some one posted a link specifically for my car. It took some Google-Fu and some luck to run into it. If anyone knows a legit source to official car manuals, I am all ears.
right here
http://www.helminc.com/helm/homepage.asp
Look up ALLDATA DIY. You should be able to subscribe to complete service manual for precisely your truck. Everything, …
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30 bucks a year isn’t too bad. Thanks!
I always bought Haynes
THE best service manual is AllDATAdiy.com hands down (also what Scotty uses - except he uses the ‘professional’ version); it has everything the expensive factory service manuals have and more, and can be accessed on-line from any device. I’ve owned both and will never go back to the printed factory service manuals (not to mention very expensive). Alldatadiy.com is well worth the annual fee you pay to use it; every DIYer should subscribe to it. If you plan to keep the vehicle for 5+ years, you can pay upfront and get a better deal.
On their site ( https://www.alldata.com/diy/en), after model year under make select “Chevy Truck” and then your vehicle should come up.
Haynes
