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| Thread ID: 105639 | 2009-12-09 08:47:00 | Ford Transit | ubergeek85 (131) | PC World Chat |
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| 838113 | 2009-12-10 04:07:00 | I have an opinion about Haynes . This is a nice site so I won't say that the authors have reservations in the theological establishment of eternal punishment . Oh! I just did! {snicker} |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 838114 | 2009-12-10 04:29:00 | The writers at Haynes possibly mean well. For the target audience, the books are probably quite adequate, although less words and more pictures, plus bananas for each task accomplished would be beneficial. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 838115 | 2009-12-10 07:20:00 | The writers at Haynes possibly mean well . For the target audience, the books are probably quite adequate, although less words and more pictures, plus bananas for each task accomplished would be beneficial . The only "well" that the writers of Haynes coloring books adhere to is the "well" of money they make selling bogus - no, make that "BAD" and incorrect information . Sometimes it is SO wrong that I write them letter as only I can . The say pretty much what you just copped to: "It's the market we want" where now you should add your own closing words from their subliminal message . I have a good opinion for their pulp fiction --> it's putrid junk and a waste of your money |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 838116 | 2009-12-10 09:13:00 | Had a gutsfull of Haynes manuals over the years. Stink photos of an area you need to see. Really good but useless pics of areas you dont need to see. Step by step instructions which are common sense and that a retarded chicken could work out. When you need step by step instructions to remove something ie sequence the only instruction is remove. Stink parts break downs with thick lines so you dont know what is seal,spacer, shim or washer. They only seem to do one model of the car type so if they have an Albanian export model to play around in to do the manual and yours is an Antipodean model they are so different the manual is as good as tits on a bull. Never found a wiring diagram which completely matched the car I am working on. Tells you to borrow or buy special tool for job than none in NZ has seen when a jolly good whack with a hammer would suffice. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 838117 | 2009-12-10 16:04:00 | I had a buddy who followed the Haynes fuel injection routing and timing for a 6 . 9/7 . 3 L diesel in a Ford and he had to force the line to comply with what their manual showed to be the correct plumbing sequence . It ruined the engine and of course Haynes said it wasn't their fault and suggested that the pictures they presented were "typical" when they were not . There's only ONE way to install the injection lines and they are pre-shaped by the factory to go where they go - not some fantasy re-bending and misalignment that ruined his new engine . If anyone's got a copy of the Ford F-Series book, take a look at the injection plumbing . It's wrong and yet Haynes has not seen fit to print a retraction or redact the pages even in subsequent issues . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 838118 | 2009-12-10 17:40:00 | Transit the van that built Europe so they say. Apparently the design team were sent out in the 70's to see what people wanted and the feedback was "it has to be able to fit sheets of 8x4 board flat so that's what they went and designed | gary67 (56) | ||
| 838119 | 2009-12-10 18:38:00 | And those other manufacturers who thought tranmissions, engines, suspension, durability, drivability and a pleasant driving experience were "a good thing" can just go away, the Transit proves that. Given the world-leading perfection of the Transit, isn't it a little strange that so few of them last beyond automotive adolescence? |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 838120 | 2009-12-11 09:39:00 | And those other manufacturers who thought tranmissions, engines, suspension, durability, drivability and a pleasant driving experience were "a good thing" can just go away, the Transit proves that. Given the world-leading perfection of the Transit, isn't it a little strange that so few of them last beyond automotive adolescence? Thats why we call them Ford Tragics they are fine if you dont cane them. Cane and dont service them to Henrys instructions then its a 3k a break down 3000 big ones for a turbo supercharger 3000 smackeroos for injection pump 3000 dolleros for engine computer 3000 plus moulah for cam belt breakage and subsequent meeting of valves and piston 3000 plus notes when layshaft on gearbox snaps Need to keep on top of brakes throw the front rotors away every 50k Dont give them death and drive them like a Nana vehicle fit turbo supercharger timer they are very reliable. Dont lose the master transponder key Keep antifreeze to specified sg ally radiator ****s itself. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 838121 | 2009-12-11 16:56:00 | What a piece of junk! I looked on the WIKI . Taunus-anything is just a poor excuse for a vehicle . With that reworked 2 . 0 and 2 . 2 Ranger engine which won't even sell in the US as totally unreliable and horsepower-less, I can imagine the black eye these vans get . The latter models look much like the E-Series vans we haver here, but with a flee-weight engine they wouldn't make it up our driveways and over the Continental Divide to invade the Western States . If they have the typical Ford ecumenical engine/transmission combo, then they cannot be relied upon to fall off a cliff for forward motivation even . The ZF transmission is absolutely the WORST transmission in the world - I know - I've rebuilt many of them . Ford vans in the US at least have the V-10 Triton engine and the E40d-LE transmissions of a later design . They still don't hold up and will sometimes make it to the end of their warranty period without too many transmission replacements and new heads on the engines . Ford has built crappola for years ever since they started sleeping with Euro-designers . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 838122 | 2009-12-11 18:55:00 | [QUOTE=SurferJoe46;848452]What a piece of junk! I looked on the WIKI . They are no more or less reliable than the Fiat, Merc vans of a similar size . My opinion is the designers dont factor in the abuse that vans gets in Nouvelle Zealand . Give the young mechanic the van to go get a part and he will invariably give the van death, everyone flogs them like a slave here . If I was a designer of vans I would make sure the drive train was more robust with big cant ignore idiot lights that come on when a parameter is exceeded . |
prefect (6291) | ||
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