'89 stang new owner seeks manual

[davidyork]

I just bought my 1st car, and it's an '89 mustang. I am looking for a shop manual for it, preferably an official Ford released (opposed to the Hayne's of Chiltons). Does anyone know of a good place to look? Ebay is listing them for almost a hundred dollars, which seems way too steep.... Are those Hayne's or Chiltons Manuals okay? I've only heard bad things about them....
Thanks!

 

[RED92VERT]

I have Chiltons manual and it works great. Most local autoparts stores should carry them. Its not really worth spending the money on a shop manual. .

 

[jes72mustang]

Shop Manuals

Check Ebay, and Mustang parts houses. I have the original ford manuals for '72 and the haynes manual, I have noticed that a lot of the diagrams and procedures in the Hanyes manual are right out of the Ford manuals.

 

[SitDown]

I Liked my chiltons 89-93 manual...didnt care so much for the 79-93 haynes one, but they were good info between the 2 of them.

As for Ford service manuals, they are definatly the most informative. I have several from 88-93. Some Yrs are complete in 1 book, other Yrs are broken down into multiple chasis, electric, drivetrain etc books... some in great shape, others in not so great shape. shoot me an email if interested

 

[1320stang]

No offense David, but you might try posting in the 5.0 forum or the 2.3 forum, depending on what engine you have. I'm not trying to run you off, but there's a better chance on of those fellows has one over there that they might part with, or have a source to get one cheaper.

In my own experience, I've bought factory manuals for my '95 Windstar and my '90 Isuzu Amigo off ebay and never paid more than about $25.

 

[StangPro]

Isn't there somewhere online that you can DL service manuals and owner's manual. I can't remember the site.

 

[Max Power]

I have Chiltons manual and it works great. Most local autoparts stores should carry them. Its not really worth spending the money on a shop manual. .

Boy, I couldn't disagree with this more.

Factory manuals are FAR superior to Haynes or Chilton. They are 5 times the size, and they didn't fill that extra space with blank pages.

BTW, Haynes owns Chilton. Bought em a couple of years ago.