FSM on Ebay is it worth it? (1 Viewer)

[LandCruiserPhil]

Has anyone purchase one these manuals from Ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7908721255&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT

Is it a FSM in PDF form?
Is it worth anything?
I like the idea of it being on CD so you can print and then toss it when done.

Phil

 

[e9999]

It does not look like that one is a copy of the Toyota OEM FSM.
There are, however, true copies out there, which appear to have been downloaded from the tech site and burned to CD. Somebody I know did order one. It was indeed OEM Toyota. But rather inconvenient to use, and the vendor did never send the full EWD despite repeated requests.
If this indeed not the true Toyota OEM FSM, I would not bother. If it is, it may not replace the hardcopy unless $$ are very very tight.
JMHO
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[MrZumma]

Phil,

For $10 and 6 to 10 hours of your time, you can download approximatly 900 PDF's containing Toyota's FSM, EWD, TSB's, transmission manual, etc... Unfortunatly it does take quite some time...

To make the on-line version searchable, I combined all the pdf's that are contained in the FSM into one large pdf. The search function in Adobe does a decent job..

Here is the link to Toyota's technical site.

 

[tucker74]

Just keep an eye out on eBay for one - I picked up the FSM for my '93 for $15 a couple of months ago (OEM ). Believe me - it's a lot better having a hard copy when your all nasty in the garage (never know what else you'll need to look up on a job).



Tucker

 

[Junk]

I have my FSM on PDF. Now I can print out clean pages any time I need them, or when there is a pc out in the garage I can pull them up online etc.

That said, any manual other than the FSM is a pos.