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Service manuals being free was the norm? I had to pay for the one for my Japanese motorcycle from 1982 and on every other vehicle I've owned, unless you mean bo
by RankingMember 3y ago
Service manuals being free was the norm? I had to pay for the one for my Japanese motorcycle from 1982 and on every other vehicle I've owned, unless you mean bootlegging on car forums. I don't know anyone who's gotten free service manuals direct from the manufacturer.
- userbinator 3y agoYou could borrow a physical copy from the local library, which often had a huge number of them. There might still be automotive service manual torrents floating around with content which was partially a result of my efforts when I was in the "bookz scene" over 2 decades ago.
- RankingMember 3y agoOne of the bummers of the decline of automotive forums is the reduction in availability of the bootleg copies. So many are wastelands of broken links these days.
- userbinator 3y agoDo you really think automotive forums are in decline?
- RankingMember 3y agoI can only speak for the ones I visit, which are primarily for Japanese vehicles: there's been a noticeable decline in post frequency and the info that is there has gone stale/is full of broken pic references/links. On one of them, it's gotten comically bad, where easily >90% of new posts are from spambots, and it takes days for them to be removed after I report them. Subreddits and Facebook are much more active comparatively, and that's a bummer in my opinion.
- goku12 3y ago> Service manuals being free was the norm? Yes. I had a manual for a scooter (which was more similar to a motorbike than to a skateboard) complete with 3D exploded-views of every part.