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I bought one second hand last week :bang:
Mine arrived today. The descriptions look better than Haynes.
Ordered one last night. 
Shirley Knott.
Can't believe anything would be easier to follow than a Haynes description!
I've always preferred Porter as they don't assume you already know how to dismantle the engine...... 
steps for fixing steering rack,
1, remove engine
2, fix steering rack
3, replace engine
cant be that bad right? i have not had to use my panda Porter or Haynes manual yet.
i am not counting torque settings though.
1, remove engine
2, fix steering rack
3, replace engine
cant be that bad right? i have not had to use my panda Porter or Haynes manual yet.
i am not counting torque settings though.
Haynes tends to say things like "remove the alternator" - it doesn't cater for people who don't know what it looks like & can't find it in the engine bay! Half my issues are identifying where/what things are - you need pictures designed for a 5 year old & a description that your average idiot can follow!
I'm very impressed that you can dismantle everything John (and put it back together), but there are more of us Clarkson like mechanics about (shout & hit it with a hammer).
I can confirm that the instructions for removing the starter motor are "remove the starter motor" with no indication of where it even is
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I find Haynes specialises in starting a procedure by saying something like "remove such and such as shown in section 4.13" ...which always shows you a 903 in a mk1!
I'm so glad it's not only me.
I know I have very little mechanical ability, but even so I can't always (ever?) deal with the more complicated Haynes instructions.
I think you're right Cameron - the starter motor was one that got me following the Haynes manual. I can also confirm that the instruction for a 127 starter motor is "remove the starter motor", and that all the relevant pictures are for the 903cc OHV, and not my 1049cc OHC versions - which are completely and comprehensively different! :bang:
I'm very impressed that you can dismantle everything John (and put it back together), but there are more of us Clarkson like mechanics about (shout & hit it with a hammer).
is that not how its done??? its worked for me like that so far.
its how you hit it.. its all in the wrist.
Damn, thats where I've always gone wrong. I thought it was always to do with the expletives you shout as you hit it
That does help too!
see.. i like to think i am an engineer from off Team fortress. to fix things you just keep hitting it with a wrench. (google it)
it works out of games too!
see.. i like to think i am an engineer from off Team fortress. to fix things you just keep hitting it with a wrench. (google it)
it works out of games too!
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