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jlaird

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Wireing diagram for Bugeye has elec, fuel pump and a horn relay. Duh. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hammer.gif
 
That's the: "If a Bugeye was a 1500 Midget" diagram yer lookin' at, Jack. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif

That's not the first 'inconsistency' Haynes books have been guilty of, either.
 
That's because haynes tears down 1 car and the instructions they write are for THAT 1 car... then they put the appropriate years/makes for all similar models of that car/bodystyle on the cover.
 
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But I always try to get two or three manuals for each of my cars. Different coverage and differing perspectives ...

That way I can really confuse myself about what I'm suppose to do and how to do it.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
I know that your post was of the stunned/not-stunned humorous type but...

I have a few Haynes manuals but I don't know why I keep them or even why I ended up with them in the first place. Their stuff has ALWAYS been unreliable to someone who is really dealing with a car, just the skimmed surface information and often inaccurate to boot. I suppose that everyone here knows that the Bentley books and a few others devoted to specific aspects of repair/maintenance/mods are where you should be spending your time.

Jack
 
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That's because haynes tears down 1 car and the instructions they write are for THAT 1 car... then they put the appropriate years/makes for all similar models of that car/bodystyle on the cover.

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and it's always the model i don't have that's in the picture i need /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Most every dead little MG I buy has a Haynes - or part of one - in the trunk! I'll bet if the owners had bought a Bentley manual instead those cars would still be on the road!
 
I have been thinking about getting the next real Bugeye factory manual that shows up on eBay. I had one but let it go with the last car. Dumb move.

Have not even seen a reprint anywhere.
 
I found most Haynes manuals in trunks of old MGs that I've bought to rebuild or part out have gotten wet and have swollen up and the pages have stuck together...I figure the previous owners used them to chock the tires with.
 
Jack, try finding "An Original MGT..."....$250 on ebay, $160 on Amazon used books!

& I need one as we put the '53 TD back together!
 
They're good kindling after they dry out, Jack. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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Have not even seen a reprint anywhere.

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Jack,I thought I saw a reprinted workshop manual in the Moss catalogue.Of course it may be different to what you used to have. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Stuart. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
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Of course it may be different to what you used to have. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Stuart. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif

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Yeah, the one Jack let get away was carved on stone. In Latin.
Jeff /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
Gesh, think it was Greek in fact.

I had all the books and stuff, some times I am so dumb.
 
If any of you guys have a Haynes manual and can't stand it, feel free to mail it to me. It'll save me the cost of buying one. I've got BMC manuals, a Bentley manual ( I think ) and a couple of other manuals. While I'm sure they're much more accurate than Haynes, there are times one needs quick access to procedural information more than extreme accuracy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
You get them springs sorted yet? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif

GOTTA be the cable body "clip" givin' ya fits. It's the only thing to give a choke cable 'resistance' AFAIK.
 
Yeah. I got it figured out. The two strands I had to clip, continued to unravel back to the handle. They sort of formed their own special spring. I pulled the whole thing yesterday, found the problem, clipped them all the way back and then tinned the tip of the wire.

Probably wouldn't have found that in a manual /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
I think you just might find a new cable inside at the bike store if you think it is needed.
 
My favorite 1-step Haynes instruction...
"assembly is reverse of removal"
 
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