Guest gs fan Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Just called the number on Haynes Online to enquire when the manual for the C5 is available . It's due the end of this month they say .... Mind you the guys on this forum seem to have the car pretty well sus'd so who needs it ?? Quote
bobbyb52 Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Just called the number on Haynes Online to enquire when the manual for the C5 is available . It's due the end of this month they say .... Mind you the guys on this forum seem to have the car pretty well sus'd so who needs it ?? Just ordered it from Haynes website, 3 day delivery and in stock Quote
ando7p Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Thanks for letting us know. Ordered mine (hopefully) before the rush! Quote
Randombloke Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Thanks for letting us know about this - mine arrived today. It allowed me to sort out the slightly less than ideal rest position of the sunroof, always left alone in the past..... Very good for removal of things like door trims covers 1.6/2.0 HDi but not 2.2, but with easily readable circuit diagrams. Worth buying. Will earn its purchase price back very quickly. Quote
techbod Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Haynes is a good guide "to a point" then we get the real side like how to rest the ECM when the battery has been disconnected and the drive cycle to reset the ECU good book though Quote
Randombloke Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Haynes is a good guide "to a point" then we get the real side like how to rest the ECM when the battery has been disconnected and the drive cycle to reset the ECU good book though Haynes manual covers the drive cycle to reset the ECU. Chapter 4, part A, Fuel and Exhaust, petrol models. Not seen the battery disconnect reset yet, but then I've done what I bought the book for. My £20 is already refunded...... Quote
ando7p Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Mines arrived nice and promptly. Lets be honest, the Haynes manuals are good for reference and as Techbod says are good as a guide to a point. Interesting that this is the first Haynes that I have seen where a lot of the pictures are of corroded / dirty components! Maybe a result of taking so long to produce a manual for this car .... Quote
Randombloke Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Mines arrived nice and promptly. Lets be honest, the Haynes manuals are good for reference and as Techbod says are good as a guide to a point. Where it scores over the RTA manual is that it seems to have more bodywork stuff, like the sunroof. Can't find any info AT ALL for the sunroof in the RTA manual. OTOH the stuff about things like the brakes seems to be better in the RTA manual. The Haynes manual has tried to cover too many engine types, IMV. 1.8/2.0 indirect petrol injection plus 2.0 HPi and both versions of the 2.0 HDi (ATED/BTED) plus the 1.6 HDi. By comparison the RTA version I have covers only 2 engines, DW10ATED and DW12TED. Despite all this detail, it's a thumbs up for the Haynes manual. I think it will lead to a drop in the more basic questions here. Quote
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