# Recommended car repair manuals on line! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 1, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337 "2007-10-01T01:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![georgedet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@georgedet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/georgedet)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337/1 "2007-10-01T01:44:01Z")
As a DIY’er I find repairing cars fun & rewarding providing a good instruction manual is on the bench for back up. Anyone Recommend one that is online and covers most cars&trucks? ---
**Author:** ![mutabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@mutabi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mutabi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337/2 "2007-10-01T03:01:09Z")
Go here: [http://search.ebscohost.com/Login.aspx?lp=login.asp&ref=&authtype=ip,uid](http://search.ebscohost.com/Login.aspx?lp=login.asp&ref=&authtype=ip,uid) For the username pick ‘user’ without the quotes For the password pick ‘password’ without the quotes Login Scroll down to the bottom and click on “Auto Repair Reference Center” Knock yourself out ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337/3 "2007-10-01T19:10:27Z")
I like [alldata.com](http://alldata.com). Check with your local library to see what they have. Often you can log in to their databases if you have a library card. ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337/4 "2007-10-01T19:11:01Z")
P.S., you get TSBs from Alldata. ---
**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337/5 "2007-10-01T19:26:53Z")
Autozone has online auto repair guides. [http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/repair\_info/repair\_guide/repair\_guide.jsp](http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/repair_info/repair_guide/repair_guide.jsp) Ed B. ---
**Author:** ![willey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@willey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/willey)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337/6 "2007-10-01T21:24:06Z")
Autozone uses Alldata for it’s information but it is somewhat limited. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337/7 "2007-10-02T02:53:49Z")
ALLDATA is about the best on-line source but it’s going to be pricy for a subscription. JMHO, but I’m not totally sold on ALLDATA. There’s a lot of info there, but there is also a lot missing. The best print sources are the factory manuals and MOTOR manuals, but this is much pricier than ALLDATA once you start figuring in the multitude of vehicles. I prefer the printed stuff myself and find it to be more thorough, but of course you’ll need a small library to catalog everything in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![georgedet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@georgedet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/georgedet)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-car-repair-manuals-on-line/5337/8 "2007-10-02T21:37:40Z")
Thanks to all that anwsered