Hello, I cant find a workshop manual for my 2013 panda 1.2. Due to being ripped of too often by main dealers i need one! I may be wrong, but I heard somewhere that the 500 is the same underneath. I can get a Haynes manual for the 500. Any advice please.

Rick

Hi

The 500 ..ford ka.. panda were all built in the same Polish factory back in the day

Fairly simple mechanically

Your motor has fundamentally been in fun small cars since the early 80's

A 500 manual would be a fair basis... but the modern ones spend too long covering 'the basics'

more in depth stuff.. like rebuilding electrical components.. sadly no longer feature

Dont spend too much..

Charlie 2012 twinair

Thanks,I agree that modern Haynes are not as comprehensive as 20 years ago. I just need things like torque settings etc. hopefully these will be the same if 500 had same underpinnings.

Richard65 said:

Thanks,I agree that modern Haynes are not as comprehensive as 20 years ago. I just need things like torque settings etc. hopefully these will be the same if 500 had same underpinnings.

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I agree. Haynes makes too many "Fun" or "nonsense" manuals and lacks some other essential ones.
They don't for example have one for a Panda TA and that has been around long enough now.
I keep getting email inviting me to buy this manual or that manual but when I enquire about a particular one they don't do it.:bang: