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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: mk2mark on 09 October 2006, 22:02

Title: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: mk2mark on 09 October 2006, 22:02

Hi! What's the best service type manual for these cars? Haynes hardly did a GTI specific manual? Can't really find much on amazon, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: Xiotis on 09 October 2006, 22:22

From what I have discovered I don't think there is a specific GTI manual.

I've been told that the Haynes Manual called the Owners Workshop Manual (Green cover) is the better resource to have then the Haynes Service manual (Red cover)- which doesn't have as much info.

The other publication is the Bentley Service Manual, which is written for US models - which although is not totally relevant to us, still does have some useful and relevant info.

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: takethefifth on 09 October 2006, 23:27

The Bentley Manual (grey cover, from amazon us) is fantastic compared to the Haynes. Lots more detail and no 'missing' bolts!

Some things you have to reverse and i am not sure about some of the volumes so it helps to pick up a second hand haynes off ebay as extra reference.  :smiley:

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: mk2mark on 10 October 2006, 15:56

Cool, I actually saw in the other section that there was an online Bentley manual that's not online anymore - I should be able to host it if someone emails it to me - provided the traffic's not too bad. There was one guy that seems to have it, but I can't figure out how to PM..

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: takethefifth on 10 October 2006, 20:23

You need 10 posts before you can PM.   :smiley:

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: mk2mark on 11 October 2006, 09:16

That's not going to be a problem, loads of useful info and a nice place to boot - I'll be sticking around :smiley:

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: mk2mark on 11 October 2006, 09:17

Hey look, I'm half way there already :grin:

Ok enough of that :smiley:

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: saldavorescobar on 11 October 2006, 09:37

I have the online version of the Bentley Manual on my computer here.

If you can tell me where you want it I can zip it up and put it somewhere for you.

It comes in at a heafty 43mb zip file though.

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: mk2mark on 11 October 2006, 11:04

Wow that's big! Here's where I saw it: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=20498.0, according to that it's just over 17Mb?

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: saldavorescobar on 11 October 2006, 12:45

Yeah, I think it was me who said that it was 17mb.

I've just checked the file and it looks like I'd managed to put a zip file inside a zip file.

The real size is 20mb.

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: mk2mark on 11 October 2006, 14:15

Cool, I should be able to manage that, I'll send you the details when I get home.

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: mk2mark on 12 October 2006, 13:13

Sent you off a PM there last night - not sure if it went through or not, let me know if it didn't :smiley:

BTW where would I get some of those little plastic tabs to hold the boot panel on? I just destroyed the 2 that were left on it and I'd rather not use rivets :embarassed:

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: mk2mark on 13 October 2006, 16:04

Ok guys! VW mk2 Bentley Manual up and running pending bandwidth usage (so don't everyone go downloading the whole thing in the next few minutes!) I've no intentions of ever taking it down, so if you just use it as you need it, it'll be around for as long as you need it!

Find it here: http://www.iol.ie/~kilkennyhockey/BentleyManual/

Title: Re: Reccommended Reading?
Post by: takethefifth on 13 October 2006, 17:28

Top job!  :smiley: