[Shop-talk] Web based shop manuals

[Lee Daniels]

I used alldatadiy.com for a couple of years, but in the end I really prefer to
just buy a real shop manual. When I had a '94 Nissan Quest I found alldatadiy
completely useless; the information I got was marginal at best. For my '05
Mini I dropped the $100 it took to get the complete one from MiniMania. Really
nice, and it sits on my bench in the garage. I recently wanted one for my
wife's '04 Maxima, and didn't like the "thin" ones you can get from the auto
parts houses (Chilton, etc.) I could not find a good hardcopy, but the best
deal I found was on ebay! For $4.95 I got the complete, factory manual on CD
(in .pdf format). Nice, good index and searchable.

I went back to ebay when my son wanted to work on his MR-2, and found a
similar CD-format one for him.

 Lee

> I used to subscribe to alldatadiy.com for their service manuals on
> vehicles.  I let my subscription run out.
>
> When I was re-subscribing I remembered it wasn't that great.  Does anyone
> have any recommendations on sites for service manuals?
>
> I don't mind paying for such a service (alldatadiy was like $20 a year)
> but free is better if available.