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Post by clarencebunsen on Feb 13, 2013 12:44:32 GMT -5
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Post by Clipper on Feb 13, 2013 14:27:37 GMT -5
I love it. There are some really great sites available. My friend John just went on line and got the instruction manual to re-install a remote starter that we gave him when he bought Kathy's van. We had taken it off her 1996 and had never put it onto the 2002. We have a drawer full of manuals for just about everything we own in our kitchen hutch. Everything from good processors to my cordless tools and lawn equipment. I may take the time some day and download all the manuals I can find on line and put them on a thumb drive or disc.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Feb 13, 2013 14:49:44 GMT -5
I have at least 2 file cabinet drawers full of manuals. A job I keep putting off is going through them to throw away the ones for items I know longer have. You are right, downloading them to a solid state drive for use with a laptop, tablet or e-reader would make sense. What doesn't make sense is that I have a laptop, tablet & e-reader all of which came with electronic manuals and I never thought to combine them in one easy to find place.
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Post by Clipper on Feb 13, 2013 15:46:32 GMT -5
Hmmm. Now you have me thinking. I wonder how many of OUR manuals are for items we no longer have. I know there will be several.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Feb 13, 2013 17:51:52 GMT -5
I'm probably a bit over the top on manuals. I also have an electronic version of the one for my wife's car. When we got it home I discovered it didn't have one in the glove box. (Does anyone put gloves in there?) She went back the next day to get it (probably took one from another car) but I couldn't wait & found one on line.
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Post by Clipper on Feb 13, 2013 18:09:33 GMT -5
When I bought the truck that I am presently driving there was a printed manual in the glove box, and there was also a disc with the owner's manual on it.
I also have the manual for my lawn tractor downloaded to as file on my desk top computer. The illustrated parts break down has come in handy on several occasions. The Sears service clued me in to the electronic manual. They use it themselves when doing service calls to order parts. When I had trouble with the engine while still under full warranty, he came out twice. The second time he ordered a new engine. He said that the 17 hp engine was prone to the problem that I was having. He said "oops" put in the wrong part number, and shazam, I now have an 18 hp, trouble free tractor with an new engine. No more trouble plagued 17 horse engine.
I can't imagine mobile service units such as that, trying to order parts from a microfiche transparency and a telephone connection with the warehouse. When I first worked for the communications command, our supply folks were still tied down to microfiche for much of their catalogs.
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Post by dave on Feb 13, 2013 22:40:55 GMT -5
Wish I'd known about it yesterday, when I spent a couple of hours searching for a manual for a Creative Soundblaster external card. I did find what I was looking for, but manualsonline.com probably would have made it easier.
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