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Clymer xj550 repair manual?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by TwigMonster, Aug 27, 2011.

  1. TwigMonster

    TwigMonster New Member

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    Sorry if this is an FAQ ... Need XJ 550 repair manual. Is the Clymer repair manual any good?
    What are the options for shop manuals? "Official" manual from Amazon ~$80, clymers ~$30. eBay?
     
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    My favorite two repair manuals are:
    1. This forum
    2. I also have a Haynes
     
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    The Clymers has pretty much everything you'll need, although there are more helpful and more descriptive threads on this site than some of the parts of the book.
     
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    The Clymer isn't bad. For the good stuff you can't beat the writeups on here done by Bigfitz. He has done them for the major jobs.
     
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    Mainly because I struggled and bumped along for a couple of years with only the Clymer before I picked up a factory book to go with it.

    The best thing is to have both; you can regularly snag factory books off eBay for under $30. Be sure if you get one, it has the Maxim Supplement.

    That being said, there are things like the tach drive oil seals that aren't even mentioned in either book; plus the valve adjustment procedure pics in both don't help much at all. So I've tried to fill in the gaps.
     
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