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Hello people, just wondering what workshop manual would you suggest is the better one?
I've heard one is better than the other?
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i use the Gregory's and cant remember a time its let me down
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I have both, I think the Max Ellerys is a bit more in depth.
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Gregories has better pictures, is more model-specific and much better for the home mechanic. The Elleries ones are far more detailed and technical and assume you already have a fair bit of mechanical knowledge.
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I use the Gregory's one too. Much easier to follow.
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13-12-2011, 09:16 PM
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the Max Ellerys is pretty much useless.
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Best to have both, then bits that you can't follow too well you can read up on the other and vice versa, to get a better idea on how to do it.
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it has incorrect technical information. its full of spelling errors and typos. |
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Yeah that's true, get both. Use the greg to understand what the basics are and use the Ellerys for when you need the detailed information.
You can rebuild a BTR using the ellery you cant with Greg.
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I've got an Ellery's that tells me it's a Cleverland.
(And aside from the spelling, it is verrrrry vague)
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one of the things i found between the 2 in the au falcon version of both was, if you look up auto trans rebuild in both books, ellerys did a reasonable job of a step by step guide (up to a point), in the gregory`s there was basic serviceing and incidentals, but it did not have the rebuild section.
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Neither, buy genuine Ford.
I have tried each on older models and found they were next to no help.
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^ What this man said. I had the Max Ellery manual for the XF and whilst helpful by and large, it was far from complete.
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gregorys are much better imo,having said that i have factory manuals but never use them with dirty hands thats what the gregorys ones are for.
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I would agree whilst expensive and cumbersome the ford ones are the ducks guts
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Max ellery or gregorys
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