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Online Haynes Manual

Post by bigpete8 »

Not particularly great (who can spot the problem with the filter change one?) but might be of some use to some.

https://haynes.com/en-gb/car-manuals/ma ... /13-petrol

Not just RX8s of course.
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If you're a paid up member there's the full workshop manual on this forum...
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I am and have used it but as they are intended for workshops are not always easy to follow.

Was just putting it out there as may be of use to some :)
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Hmm, some of those instructions aren't too helpful. :roll:

Battery check: second step tells you to "Open the battery cover" without saying how - the accompanying photo isn't helpful either. Doesn't say that you first have to move aside the coolant pipe out from where it is clipped to the rear of the battery box, then release the lid's tabs on the rear and pull forward. Judging from the number of lids I have seen that are broken or missing entirely (presumably because they broke), this process is not particularly obvious to many people.

Oil change: "fit a new sump plug and washer" - really, a new plug? You don't need to if there's nothing wrong with it...

Air filter change: forgets crucial first step - remove the engine cover! You won't be budging that air box if the cover is still in place.

Identifying fault codes: no useful information there whatsoever! Doesn't even tell you where the OBD port is. ](*,)
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There will always be a place for Haynes and Clymar Workshop Manuals, if only to give you a different perspective, literary when there are photos on the page. Unfortunately they're also famous for being inaccurate and often simplistic with their descriptions; e.g. somehow missing "the extra bolt" that the mechanic removed when the photographer was distracted, that means you can't get the parts apart. [-X
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Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise.

Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: You will skin your knuckles!

Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Not a hope in hell matey!

Haynes: As described in Chapter 7...
Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start, now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox.

Haynes: Pry...
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into...

Haynes: Undo...
Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (catering size).

Haynes: Retain tiny spring...
Translation: "Jesus what was that, it nearly had my eye out"!

Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb...
Translation: OK - that's the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part.

Haynes: Lightly...
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then re-check the manual because what you are doing now cannot be considered "lightly".

Haynes: Weekly checks...
Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it!

Haynes: Routine maintenance...
Translation: If it isn't broken...it's about to be!

Haynes: One spanner rating.
Translation: Your Mum could do this...so how did you manage to botch it up?

Haynes: Two spanner rating.

Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low, tiny, ikkle number... but you also thought that the wiring diagram was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you).

Haynes: Four spanner rating.
Translation: You are seriously considering this aren't you, you pleb!

Haynes: Five spanner rating.
Translation: OK - but don't expect us to ride it afterwards!!!

Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this...
Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Haynes: Compress...
Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on, swear at, throw at the garage wall, then search for it in the dark corner of the garage whilst muttering "b*gger" repeatedly under your breath.

Haynes: Inspect...
Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife "Yep, as I thought, it's going to need a new one"!

Haynes: Carefully...
Translation: You are about to cut yourself!

Haynes: Retaining nut...
Translation: Yes, that's it, that big spherical blob of rust.

Haynes: Get an assistant...
Translation: Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you know.

Haynes: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark plugs removed.
Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much harder. Once that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach has subsided, you can start to feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark plugs.

Haynes: Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal.
Translation: But you swear in different places.

Haynes: Prise away plastic locating pegs...
Translation: Snap off...

Haynes: Using a suitable drift...
Translation: The biggest nail in your tool box isn't a suitable drift!

Haynes: Everyday toolkit
Translation: Ensure you have an RAC Card & Mobile Phone

Haynes: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Placing your mouth near it and huffing isn't moderate heat.

Haynes: Index
Translation: List of all the things in the book bar the thing you want to do!
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Post by Ian9 »

:mrgreen: =D>

I remember about 15 years at a mates house and he should me this, i think he even emailed it to Haynes for a laugh.

True though

Very much like these autodoc vids on you tube.. guy's working on new or newish stuff