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Old 12th June 2011, 21:52
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repair manuals

does anybody actually know of where i could get repair workshop manuals for an R series 620 V8 scania?
scania want £1,423 just to use their online tech books for 90 days.
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Old 12th June 2011, 22:46
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At one stage, all published books had to have copies lodged with the British Library (and, I believe, the Bodleian Library in Oxford).
Luton library was where all 'motoring' books were kept (at least one copy of all technical manuals was kept there).

As I was living in Luton at the time, I was able to have access to whatever workshop manual I wanted. If they had more than one copy then you could take one home on loan.

At the time I was running a Renault 4 (wife's car) and the Renault official workshop manual was exactly what every Renault dealer had, and it included hints on tracing mystery water leaks that might appear other than where they entered (such as blocked drainage channels) and it was very useful. It also gave drawings and dimensions of any special tools needed so they could be made!

I don't suppose that there is such a thing as a printed copy of the workshop manual that you want (all on computer nowadays, together with the parts lists) so you might have to find some means of accessing it (through another operator) . . .

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Old 12th June 2011, 23:42
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http://www.workshopservicemanuals.co...anuals/scania/ Might not have exactly what you want but, they might have something that will cover what you need.
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Old 13th June 2011, 10:16
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thanks alot guys, really appreciate the time taken, thats quite something about all publised books, i never knew any of that stuff thats fantastic knowledge G-CPTN.

the web page was unable to download then registered on it and then the saerch couldnt pic up the manuals i had just viewed. thanks aloth though robert.cheers
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