Complete Workshop Manual FREE
10-07-2005, 09:34 PM
#29
Originally Posted by Nubo
Rumor has it that you can actually *buy* the workshop manual... All printed up... 
You spent big bucks on the car -- why steal the manual?
You spent big bucks on the car -- why steal the manual?
we bought a 30k car and don't get a real service manual...just a petty dummy manual
the PDF version is much much better as you can search through it and it is easier to print out individual pages...you save a LOT of paper doing so
it is a ******* insult that Mazda doesn't offer it to us upon purchase...atleast in a digital format
10-08-2005, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by truemagellen
you are kidding right Nub?
we bought a 30k car and don't get a real service manual...just a petty dummy manual
the PDF version is much much better as you can search through it and it is easier to print out individual pages...you save a LOT of paper doing so
it is a ******* insult that Mazda doesn't offer it to us upon purchase...atleast in a digital format
we bought a 30k car and don't get a real service manual...just a petty dummy manual
the PDF version is much much better as you can search through it and it is easier to print out individual pages...you save a LOT of paper doing so
it is a ******* insult that Mazda doesn't offer it to us upon purchase...atleast in a digital format
They're not free. But as you point out, we bought a 30k car -- so why not pay the price for the workshop manuals? I don't see why they should offer them for free -- they cost money to produce. I've never had a Mfr offer the service manuals for free; I'm just glad they make them available to the customer at all.
I don't find it particularly difficult to search through the service manual. It is well indexed, and boots up in less than 1 second :D
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10-08-2005, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Nubo
I'm talking about the actual shop manual and wiring manuals, which are available from Mazda.
They're not free. But as you point out, we bought a 30k car -- so why not pay the price for the workshop manuals? I don't see why they should offer them for free -- they cost money to produce. I've never had a Mfr offer the service manuals for free; I'm just glad they make them available to the customer at all.
I don't find it particularly difficult to search through the service manual. It is well indexed, and boots up in less than 1 second :D
They're not free. But as you point out, we bought a 30k car -- so why not pay the price for the workshop manuals? I don't see why they should offer them for free -- they cost money to produce. I've never had a Mfr offer the service manuals for free; I'm just glad they make them available to the customer at all.
I don't find it particularly difficult to search through the service manual. It is well indexed, and boots up in less than 1 second :D
)we are saving paper btw :D
10-09-2005, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Nubo
Rumor has it that you can actually *buy* the workshop manual... All printed up...
You spent big bucks on the car -- why steal the manual?
You spent big bucks on the car -- why steal the manual?
10-15-2005, 04:54 PM
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excerpt:
To increase the size of the left side menu first open the index.html file, then go up to "the menu bar and click VIEW -> SOURCE. A text editor window pops up and you "can make the change by going halfway down to the section that has:
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<frameset rows="60,*" frameborder="no" framespacing="0">
<frame name="srvc_menu"
change the frameset cols="250,*" to something larger. You only need to change the number, save it close the window and then refresh and the menu will have changed.
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Or you could just put your cursor on the dividing line between sections and move it.
To increase the size of the left side menu first open the index.html file, then go up to "the menu bar and click VIEW -> SOURCE. A text editor window pops up and you "can make the change by going halfway down to the section that has:
scrolling="no" noresize marginheight="5" marginwidth="5">
<frameset cols="250,*" border="0" framespacing="0">
<frameset rows="60,*" frameborder="no" framespacing="0">
<frame name="srvc_menu"
change the frameset cols="250,*" to something larger. You only need to change the number, save it close the window and then refresh and the menu will have changed.
__________________________________________________ ____________________
Or you could just put your cursor on the dividing line between sections and move it.
10-16-2005, 08:43 PM
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the manual has been available from another source in a thread link on this site for long time, but the info is old and now partically inaccurate due to edits and revisions by Mazda, the newer your RX-8 is the less likely the online manual is likely to be accurate
10-17-2005, 10:05 AM
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Wow, I just downloaded the manual and opened it up. It pretty much has the same content as the service manual that truemagellan has the link to, except that it has a sleeker navigation bar on the left (requires ActiveX). Thanks for the great find!
10-17-2005, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
the manual has been available from another source in a thread link on this site for long time, but the info is old and now partically inaccurate due to edits and revisions by Mazda, the newer your RX-8 is the less likely the online manual is likely to be accurate
For 95% of tasks or more this is reliable info...
-taking the car apart, any possible piece really hasn't changed much
-torque settings have remained the same on almost every piece of the car except the rims (90lbs switched to 110lbs I prefer 100lbs)
-removing the overhead console, the DIYs on the forum are much better...in fact I like to review both the forum DIYs and the service manual before tacking any task
Most of what guys want this manual for is so they can run wires for a sub, or info on swapping the exhaust, or how to remove calipers, or whatever...they aren't using it to take the engine apart, port and polish
Everyone deserves this manual, period.