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Post Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:44 pm

Just browsing realOEM.com and saw the advert for the workshop manual http://www.emanualonline.com/Cars/BMW/B ... b4bb0b8882

thought it would nice to have as a reference, so does anyone have this they can email or is it stored somewhere on a server i can download it from?
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Post Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:18 pm

What's an e30 z1 while we're at it?
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Post Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:19 pm

Idol wrote:What's an e30 z1 while we're at it?
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Z1
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Post Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:20 pm

Z1:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Z1

very nice & rare

I'd suggest googling Bentley E30 manual, you should be able to download it somewhere.
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Post Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:15 pm

TPS wrote:
I'd suggest googling Bentley E30 manual, you should be able to download it somewhere.
thanks
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Post Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:55 pm

Cool, never new about the z1, it's an ugly fu£&er 8O
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Post Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:58 am

lhd220turbo wrote:
TPS wrote:
I'd suggest googling Bentley E30 manual, you should be able to download it somewhere.
thanks
Bentley is useless for Euro E30s...rather look for the Haynes manual online...I have both in PDF format and the Haynes in hardcover. :)
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Post Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:03 am

Haynes is just a book of lies though; mostly covers Jetronic and carb cars.

There's always the Wiki winkeye
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Post Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:50 am

The Bentley is definetly not useless for European spec e30s there is very little differences between the us and uk models for the majority of the main components.

Haynes is OK but the bently manual is much easier to follow.
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Post Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:18 pm

I have a Bentley's for my Golf, and have all intentions of getting one for the E30. I regard my Golf one as the 'Bible' it's brilliant
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Post Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:30 am

Grrrmachine wrote:Haynes is just a book of lies though; mostly covers Jetronic and carb cars.

There's always the Wiki winkeye
You have to learn to speak the Haynes language..."lightly pull out" means ......"hit with largest hammer available!" for example.

Haynes covers Motronic pretty well I think (Haynes Manual 1948)....and some of the Wikis are pretty much lifted from the Haynes Manual.

To each his own though...some like Bentley and others Haynes...I make use of both plus some online stuff I have found. :)