New Lanark Meeting

[UK CHRYSLER 300C]

aaaahhhh the Haynes "Book of Lies"they make me laff.lol

[badger]

Very handy for finding out how the trim of a car comes apart without breaking all the stupid clips though....... and handy for wiring info when doing LPG conversions. About as much use as an ashtray on a moped otherwise, lol.

[UK CHRYSLER 300C]

but they tell you to take things off unnecessarily to get to the thing you really want to take off,if you know what i mean.lol

[badger]

Indeed, not forgetting the infamous "reassembly is the reversal of removal", lol.

Used as a guide they are generally fine, however they are not gospel.... having said that, I suppose for someone who doesn't have an engineering background and who may not be all that mechanically minded they definitely have a use.

I remember a list of "alternative" meanings to haynes instructions appearing on the 'net a long time back, there were some real classics.

haynes instruction - remove
real-world meaning - round nut off with open ended spanner, curse, try mole grips only to find that all you are succeeding in doing is removing metal, soak in WD40/diesel etc, hammer a socket on only to find it wont turn, get a length of pipe and place over ratchet handle, break ratchet handle and go flying back across yard landing on dog/cat/child/wheelbarrow etc, get tommy bar, repeat process but this time bend tommy bar, give up with "tools" and attack remains of nut with a hammer and cold chisel and split it off, only to find you have a. ruined the bolt and b. it didn't need to come off in the first place!

[UK CHRYSLER 300C]

Originally Posted by badger

Indeed, not forgetting the infamous "reassembly is the reversal of removal", lol.

Used as a guide they are generally fine, however they are not gospel.... having said that, I suppose for someone who doesn't have an engineering background and who may not be all that mechanically minded they definitely have a use.

I remember a list of "alternative" meanings to haynes instructions appearing on the 'net a long time back, there were some real classics.

haynes instruction - remove
real-world meaning - round nut off with open ended spanner, curse, try mole grips only to find that all you are succeeding in doing is removing metal, soak in WD40/diesel etc, hammer a socket on only to find it wont turn, get a length of pipe and place over ratchet handle, break ratchet handle and go flying back across yard landing on dog/cat/child/wheelbarrow etc, get tommy bar, repeat process but this time bend tommy bar, give up with "tools" and attack remains of nut with a hammer and cold chisel and split it off, only to find you have a. ruined the bolt and b. it didn't need to come off in the first place!

OK,OK,where have you located them camera's in my garage.lol