Toyota Trucks: Chilton's or Hayes which one is better ???

Go with "Hayes".
It's the better of the two.

Haynes is more in depth, and for about the same price. If you can find one
cheap, the factory service manual would be even better.

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Dee
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"Matt" <net> wrote in message
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In my experience, the quality of and level of detail for manuals in
general follow the order:

Factory (I highly recommend, if you're planning on keeping that or
similar vehicles for any period of time. I myself have a full shelf for
trucks 84-94, Celica and Supras 82-85, Tercels 86-94, MKII MR2, and a
few misc others)

Bentley - best SAAB manual available, almost as good as factory

Clymer - only have these for motorcycles

Haynes - not bad, but not terribly specific.

Chiltons - really just good as a checklist if you already know what
you're doing.

For my 89 and 94 V6s, only the factory manuals are sufficient, in my
opinion. I've got the Haynes ($1 at a garage sale), and it doesn't compare.

Matt asked:
 

lycka till!
GTr

If you are able to pay a little more, and wait a little longer, keep an eye
out on eBay. There are sets of FACTORY manuals that go up for sale there.
There should be 2 volumes, one for chassis, one for engine.

"Ben Smith" <charter.IT.net> wrote in message
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If you have high-speed internet access, you can download the manuals
directly from Toyota's website at http://techinfo.toyota.com. It costs ten
dollars for one day's unlimited access.

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Well I payed the 10 bucks and went online as posted. It did have a wealth of
knowledge. SO i downloaded anything i thought I could possibly need-from
brakes to tranny to electrical. I hope i didn't miss anything!

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Matt C.


"Dreamer" <com> wrote in message
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"Matt" <net> wrote in message
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Sweet - how many megs was it total?

"Ben Smith" <charter.IT.net> wrote in message
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I got most of the stuff I thought might be useful and it was about 7 megs
total. (They're PDF's.) Unfortunately, you have to download things a section
at a time - you can't just say, "give me all you've got on the 1997 Tacoma."
It's sorta tedious.

D