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Brisbane
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December 2002
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Hands Up
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Thu, 30 January 2003 07:02
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Hands up all those people who have a car manual for their car?
I have and I refer to it before I go make a goose out of myself by asking online. And im a Girl! 
I have read some silly questions on some forums which I think a manual could have answered. 
But of course on the other side of the coin there is others which the manual doesnt help with at all and its nice to know there is help out there.
Well its just my 2 cents worth.. 
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Location:
Coffs
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Thu, 30 January 2003 11:36
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Yes i have a manual for my car.
Tells me somethings but never enough.
eg. It doesnt have a section on what 4ag heads fit on what block.
By the way will any 4ag 16V head fit on a Black Top Bottom end??
I guess u would have to change the pistions??
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Hands Up
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Thu, 30 January 2003 14:24
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Owners manual is definatley the shit to have. Cant go without it.  Good reference point, if its not in ya book look on here.
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Fri, 31 January 2003 02:53
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Couldn't find a Haynes manual for an RA28 celica 1G-GTE.
Couldn't find anything for a 1G-GTE.
My motto is "If in doubt see dad" it is really handy having a mechanic father 
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Fri, 31 January 2003 08:56
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Actualy, i have 3:
Hayes
Max Ellrys
Gregorys
They all seem to cover things in slightly different ways. Some cover the twin cam, some dont.
Some of the stuff they don't answer is quite simple, and wouldnt have been hard to include.
Craig.
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Fri, 31 January 2003 09:47
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I have manuals but I find that parts books are better as they usually show a totally exploded view, how every thing goes together (and comes apart) and names all the parts with pics and the order they go together.
Manuals can be good. They tell you how you should take something out but there may be a quicker way to do the same job. But if you get stock trying to shortcut a removal of something the manual can get you out of trouble. And they list torque and clearance specs.
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Location:
Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered:
May 2002
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Hands Up
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Fri, 31 January 2003 18:57
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I have a manual, but our car are much more fun, (and sometimes more reliable), when set up a little differently to when they left the factory. It helps to be able to talk to people who have some experience to see if there is a better way of doing things.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Fri, 31 January 2003 23:26
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Ive got several for my car and for any car ive ever owned. I cant help but collect them from markets etc. I think the most ive ever paid for one is about $10. Always using them as sikmr2 said its a good reference point.
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Location:
Gippsland Victoria
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Hands Up
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Sat, 01 February 2003 01:37
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i found one for my ra40 sitting in the glove box of another in the wreakers. i dont think they have notest it missing yet
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Location:
Dandenong/VIC
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Sat, 01 February 2003 01:39
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has anybody found an english manual for the 1g-gte or for an 86 soarer with a 1g-gte?
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Location:
Southern highlands - NSW
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Hands Up
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Sat, 01 February 2003 02:00
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Truthfully, I do not have a workshop manual for my car, this is the first car I have not had one for, Problem being that to date the cheapest quote I've had for one is $580 + gst, I've been qutoed less for A jap import engine!!
If any one out there has workshop manual realistically priced (and in english) for a '93 MR2 Pleeeeeeeeeease lemme know where you got it.
NoTE :- for those NRMA members out there, there is a technical service available where they will Fax you pages from toyota's WSM's if you can tell them what it is you need to do.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Sat, 01 February 2003 02:23
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Holy crap thats an expensive manual.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Sat, 01 February 2003 09:34
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punkdefender,
considering the Soarer was never released outside of Japan, I highly doubt there would be an english version.
If you do find out, give me a buzz
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Central Coast
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Sun, 02 February 2003 01:52
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hehehe I have the original Soarer Owners Manual for my MZ20, but I can't read it  But the pictures are funny, happy little comic dudes.
They showed me where the flare was in the car
And not to drive silly in the wet hehehe its funny, I should scan some pages in and post em 
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Sun, 02 February 2003 01:57
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| rvrolla wrote on Sun, 02 February 2003 12:52 |
And not to drive silly in the wet hehehe its funny, I should scan some pages in and post em
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Dan you should show that to the other dan. 
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Central Coast
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Sun, 02 February 2003 01:59
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bahahahaha your dobbed on! 
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Sun, 02 February 2003 02:02
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hahaa
he loves it... he's just waiting for me to crash majorly
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Hands Up
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Sun, 02 February 2003 05:11
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the manuals are helpful as a guideline, but dont take them as gospel... the people who write them are good mechanics, but not specialists in the cars.
for example, I looked in my supra manual on how to change the rear diff seal. Manual says just change it. But post here, and someone with a lot more knowledge (ok, it's paul (supragte)) tells me it's more complicated, and if I had just replaced the seal it'd go within 1000km again.
so be a little wary.
plus having a 1jz engine doesn'r help matters
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Location:
Gippsland Victoria
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Hands Up
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Sun, 02 February 2003 11:36
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i found hanes manuals are a bit useless in their specifications. my cylinders measure about 0.2mm smaller than they say in the manual. im kinda glad they arnt to speck otherwise the pistons would be a little slopy in the cylinders. i recon it must have somthin to do with the toyota zones.
it also has a habit of saying "take it to a profesional mechanic". i dont mean to insult any mechanics here but quite frankly, i recon i could do a better, more complete job than most mechanics anyway (unless they were mates. then they might be stuffed doing a PROPER job for a change)
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, that it dont help all the time..