By Nick DeValera (Ndevalera) on Monday, October 01, 2001 - 10:20 am: Edit

My 97' Disco is quickly approaching 70,000 miles. I would like to do some maintainance work on it myself to save the dealer costs for parts and labor. Which Disco manual would be best for someone who does not do much mechanical work but is willing to learn fast!!!

Thanks

By Daniel on Tuesday, October 02, 2001 - 12:09 pm: Edit

Nick,
Haynes is the easiest to find for under $100.00 (that's what a new dealer's manual mght run).
It should run you about $30.00, and you can get it on e-bay and from a couple of the vendors in the resource section. (Can't remember exactly who right now.)
I actually bought a copied Dealer's service manual for $50.00 off of e-bay. The benefit is that it will actually go down the list of things to do for the services. I can't tell you what the Haynes has in it, but the guys on this board will be very helpful if you ask.
I can give you a little bit of help as I just did a whole bunch of stuff to my truck at about 69k.

By Greg on Wednesday, October 03, 2001 - 02:02 pm: Edit

I had to order my Haynes Manual from England on the Haynes web site. they dont sell them here in the U.S. (That was 6 month ago) Around $30

By randall phelps (Randall) on Tuesday, October 09, 2001 - 10:39 pm: Edit

ive got a haynes,and so far, its proven useless in my struggles against my various issues

By Nick DeValera (Ndevalera) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 12:04 pm: Edit

I'm really only interested in the bare bones basic Disco maintenance e.g oil/filter change, replace hoses and belts, spark plugs, fluids, spring/shocks etc... I hope later on after I am more comfortable with fixing and updating my Disco I will tackle more advanced projects. I think the Haynes will probably be perfect for the basics.
Thanks for all of the suggestions,
Nick
97' Disco V8

By F.J. (Rovercon) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 08:35 pm: Edit

I bought my manuals (Haynes and Shop Manual) from http://4by4connection.com/landrover2.html

$29.95 for Haynes
$79.95 for Disco Shop Manual + Engine Overhaul

The Haynes is a lot user friendly with lots of pictures, step by step instructions, and various degrees of difficulty. It also covers, Diesel & Petrol Discos.

However, I don't know how useful the Haynes Manual would be for major repairs. It seems to be geared toward the cusual / easy everyday repairs.

The Workshop Manual isn't exactly what I expected, so I wouldn't recommend it. However, for $30, the Haynes Manual isn't too bad.... if you can find it used, even better.

I bought both manuals to get some insight into the truck.

By Herk Papadakis (Hpapad01) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 09:03 pm: Edit

When you say "...workshop manual isn't exactly what I expected" what do you mean? Normally shop manuals do not have very many directions, just were the parts fit together or so I thought. At least you should be able to identify all the different parts.

I was getting ready to buy it also, but I am going to wait for your response.

Herk

By F.J. (Rovercon) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 09:47 pm: Edit

The comment about the workshop manual was mainly addressed to Nick's interest in bare bones maintanence. IMHO, the Hayne's manual would probably serve him better than the other one.

I am not a mechanic nor do I have a lot of experience wrentching on cars. I can do the basic stuff and that's what I stick with. For the mechanically inclined, the Work Shop manual might be what they are looking for -- they briefly identify things, show some pictures, but they don't go into depth. Again, it seems to me that this is more geared to people who feel comfortable working on cars/trucks and just want the specifics for their Rovers.

If you want more specific details, I can scan a topic and e-mail it to you so you can see it for yourself.