In this bad economy more and more people are finding it far more economical to repair their cars or trucks themselves or at least to do the more minor repairs themselves. This simple act can save the average family thousands of dollars each year in car repairs. The first step in properly repairing or fixing your car is to be able to access the proper auto repair or owners manuals.
Most cars will have the manual they came with new in the glove box. A lot of times when you buy a used car they no longer have the owners manual. It either has become lost or the car dealer sold it separately online for some extra cash. This actually occurs a lot at car dealerships as the used car salespeople will often take keyless remotes, owners manuals, GPS systems and other items and sell them in online auctions like eBay or websites like Amazon.com or craigslist for extra cash. So if you bought a used car that used to have to keyless remotes and an owners manual and it didn't come with them it's probably due to the fact that the salesperson sold them online.
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Regardless of what might've happened to these items, if you want to save some money by repairing your vehicle yourself you will need to obtain at least an owners manual for the proper make, year and model of your vehicle. And it would be very helpful to also obtain a specific repair manual, which goes more into depth on actual repairs and needed steps and extra tips then the owners manual. Both the owners manual and a good auto repair manual can be bought fairly cheap online. Just search Google for "owners manual" or "auto repair manual" and you will find a lot of listings and some of these will even be free.
You can also search Google for "free auto repair manual" and two great resources are 10w40.com and 2carpros.com. They are loaded with links to free auto repair manuals and lots of free advice on repairing just about every make and year of car or truck (except for maybe 18 wheelers and dump trucks or other very large vehicles). You can print out any of the advice, tips or repair information and manuals unless otherwise noted.
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If, however, you would like to have a print and professionally bound version you can also find these very easily. Most are fairly cheap in the $20-$30 range and you can find them on eBay, Amazon.com and other avenues for websites. A few, especially for rarer or older and more classic vehicles, could get a little costly or pricey lake in the $50-$100 range. Some manufacturers like Volvo have a mini encyclopedia of repair books that are very helpful if you want to do any of a wide range of repairs on these vehicles. Usually a set like the Volvo ones can easily set you back $100 to even $300 at or through your local dealer.
In almost every case you are always better looking for these online. Usually you can buy them used for around $50 or so and new for half or less of what you would pay at your new car dealer parts department to order them. My advice is to start small and don't take on a project or repair gets too big for your level of expertise. Start with the simple things like doing your own air filter changes (oil changes are cheap enough that they're really not worth the trouble of doing them on your own - too messy), brakes, and other small things.
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Don't fool yourself and think that with zero experience and the greatest of books and auto manuals that you can do a transmission repair or a deep engine repair. This could lead to a completely dismantled and useless car sitting in your driveway and leaking fluids all over. Use common sense here. If you have never repaired or worked on a car or truck in your entire life a lot of the repairs will be best left to an expert. Still, even then, it never ever hurts to educate your self on cars and car repairs as this will in the future definitely help you to get better prices and, more importantly, to avoid car repair fraud.
So basically, you now have the resources and directions on where to go to get an owners manual, a repair manual or manuals, advice and more so that you can start saving hundreds or even thousands of dollars on repairs on your vehicles in the near future.
