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What do you want to know about the M60?
best, whit
Big, Big Time Poster
I need a better repair manual than Bentley!
Hi,
Is there a better repair manual than Bently for M60s? I feel so dumped by Bentley publishers for not covering M60s so well. Do the dealers have a repair manual for these engines?
Thanks
Arun
530i / Nikasil M60 3 Ltr Motor / ZF5HP18 (A5S 310Z) Tranny / Prod: March 95 / Fully stock / 95K miles
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Dumped on? Okay....
What do you want to know about the M60?
best, whit
Major Contributor
This board is a good place to start for M60 stuff...
Ramon
1994 540iA Nikasil EAT Chip
Tampa Bay, Florida USA
Grand Master
I'm not too fond of the Bentley either. Maybe I'm just so used to the Haynes format.
Cheers
Wingman
'89 525i/A Exec 193000kms
'94 Subaru Liberty AWD Wagon
Looking for Merc 300TE
NSW, Australia
Green Beret Special Ops
yeah well...what can you do short of writing your own? I felt let down on that aspect but I got over it fairly quickly and filled in the missing parts with this forum.
95 E34 530I V2.37
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Grand Master
you're kidding. even for my e28 the haynes 3er and 5er manual is useless in comparison to the bentley.Originally Posted by wingman
Germans: Why can't they make everything?
Grand Master
Well Haynes manuals can vary from good to crap depending on the vehicle.
They tend to be more comprehensive for English vehicles.
However after all the flag waving and praise dumped upon the Bentley I was rather underwhelmed after I forked out $130.00 for a Bentley manual.
To be fair, one of the problems is the number of variants in the E34 series.
From a publishing perpective it would have not been economically viable to produce a detailed manual for each of the variants.
So the Bentley has to cover the lot and as a result details for each engine type etc are rather thin.
BTW does anyone no where to source BMW factory PDF manuals... in English!
Last edited by pundit; 04-09-2006 at 04:04 PM.
1990 E34 535iA, 215,000kms (130,000 miles).
Dual Climate, Rear Headrests, Rollerblind, M-Tech Wheel,
Memory Seats, EAT Chip, T-Stars.
Grand Master
i must admit having both the e28 and e34 manuals from bentley, the e34 manual is tiny in comparison to the e28 manual which can be used in place of brick to smash windows. hell it even tells you how the rebuild the manual gearbox, bonza maaaaaaaaaaate!
Germans: Why can't they make everything?
Super Moderator
Sure, you can buy them from the same place i bought mine, from
bmw, its only 454.00 US for the 3 manuals that you need for the e34's, only they don't come in pdf, bmw uses html and a webpage browser to view their manuals. Thats 623.71 Aus.
I disagree with you on the haynes... I find them to be pretty useless and i have virtually all of them out there. Haynes, chilton's,bentley,motors,mitchells,popularmechanic s bmw cd's, Out of the whole bunch of aftermarket manuals the bentley is still one of the best for overall help.
Well Haynes manuals can vary from good to crap depending on the vehicle.
They tend to be more comprehensive for English vehicles.
However after all the flag waving and praise dumped upon the Bentley I was rather underwhelmed after I forked out $130.00 for a Bentley manual.
To be fair, one of the problems is the number of variants in the E34 series.
From a publishing perpective it would have not been economically viable to produce a detailed manual for each of the variants.
So the Bentley has to cover the lot and as a result details for each engine type etc are rather thin.
BTW does anyone no where to source BMW factory PDF manuals... in English!
Super Moderator
Buy the E32 7 series Bentley Repair Manual, that covers the 740 M60 engine.
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