MR2 Roadster Owners Club

The Workshop => Maintenance, Problems & Troubleshooting => Topic started by: griff on February 17, 2011, 15:50

Title: WORKSHOP MANUALS
Post by: griff on February 17, 2011, 15:50
I'm a new MR2 onwner and I wondered if anyone could recommend a workshop manual. I know that a haynes  manual does  not exist and I have seen manuals on e-bay. Can anyone recommend a complete  disc or book?  
Many thanks in advance.
Title: Re: WORKSHOP MANUALS
Post by: markiii on February 17, 2011, 16:05
pretty much teh only ones available are teh official toyota ones or pdf rip offs there of
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Post by: Goeman on February 17, 2011, 16:25
Type 'MR2 Roadster repair manual' into ebay and see what it brings up.
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Post by: griff on February 17, 2011, 17:56
Thanks guys.I did look at e-bay. Might sound silly, but they all seemed really cheap? Can they really be a workshop manuals for that price? Not complaining, but am always being told you get what you pay for.

Have you guys bought any of them? Could you recommend one over the other to me? Or should I go to Toyota direct?
Any help would be of use.

Thanks
Title: Re: WORKSHOP MANUALS
Post by: markiii on February 17, 2011, 18:04
if you buy teh CD version they are all knock offs, as toyota didn;t produce one, thats why they are cheap
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Post by: roger on February 17, 2011, 19:54
I haven't got the link at home, but Toyota do have a technical website where you gain access to manuals etc by paying a subscription.

By all counts a 24 hour subscription is quite cheap and you can download all you want in that time.
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Post by: griff on February 18, 2011, 09:02
Thanks Roger,
I'll dig around and see if I can find a thread with the link.
Reagards
Griff
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Post by: cclarke99 on February 18, 2011, 16:25
The Toyota link is  m http://www.toyota-tech.eu/ (http://www.toyota-tech.eu/) m

I have bought a couple of the eBay manuals, they were obviously ripped off, one was very good, the other pretty useless
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Post by: griff on February 20, 2011, 18:33
Thanks CClarke99,
I'll try the same route and then also look at the toyoya website, so thanks.

Griff
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Post by: Tadlad on February 20, 2011, 18:37
Hi I know everyone knocks the cheap PDF ones off ebay but to be honest I thought it was the best £3.25 I ever spent!  It takes a bit of getting used to to get around it but once you work that out it is packed full of excellent information.  I bought a car needing loads of work and have used the manual extensively  since buying it.  I am not linked in any way to whoever sells them but I can only speak as I find.  I know much of this stuff is available online but it would take forever to search for it all so fair play to them for pulling it all together in one place.
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Post by: E on February 20, 2011, 20:10
The thing is that no mattter how usefull these manuals may be we as a club cannot condone the use of ilegally copied copyright material.
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Post by: Anonymous on February 20, 2011, 20:23
Quote from: "E"The thing is that no mattter how usefull these manuals may be we as a club cannot condone the use of ilegally copied copyright material.

Correct.

And nobody breaks speed limits either.  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
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Post by: E on February 20, 2011, 21:01
Not me, no sir, no.
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Post by: griff on February 20, 2011, 21:16
Point Taken,
I look at the  offical Toyota  manuals.
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Post by: nimrod on February 24, 2011, 13:21
Can I get hold of a workshop manual in book form.
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Post by: aaronjb on February 24, 2011, 13:32
Quote from: "nimrod"Can I get hold of a workshop manual in book form.

I believe you could get them from Toyota.. I think. ISTR they have part numbers?