Hi all,

I'm having some problems with the door lock / alarm switch on a Vauxhall 
Combo van, and I could really use a workshop manual to try and figure out 
how it all works. After searching the web I found this:

http://www.workshopmanuals.co.uk/workshop_manuals/cars/vauxhall_workshop_manuals.htm

It seems ludicrously cheap at 15. Usually when something seems too good to 
be true, that's because it is. Has anyone tried one of these CD's, and if so 
is it worth bothering with?

Cheers,

Nick.

one is adobe acrobat - should be o.k. not sure about the format of the 1st 
one. also no bloody good when under car unless you have a laptop!!!! Get a 
Haynes manual....
"Sparky"  wrote in message 
news:7O6dnY-ly7WMlXDfRVnygA@pipex.net...

> Hi all,
>
> I'm having some problems with the door lock / alarm switch on a Vauxhall 
> Combo van, and I could really use a workshop manual to try and figure out 
> how it all works. After searching the web I found this:
>
> http://www.workshopmanuals.co.uk/workshop_manuals/cars/vauxhall_workshop_manuals.htm
>
> It seems ludicrously cheap at 15. Usually when something seems too good 
> to be true, that's because it is. Has anyone tried one of these CD's, and 
> if so is it worth bothering with?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick.
> 

"Sparky"  wrote in message
news:7O6dnY-ly7WMlXDfRVnygA@pipex.net...

> Hi all,
>
> I'm having some problems with the door lock / alarm switch on a Vauxhall
> Combo van, and I could really use a workshop manual to try and figure out
> how it all works. After searching the web I found this:
>
>

http://www.workshopmanuals.co.uk/workshop_manuals/cars/vauxhall_workshop_man
uals.htm

>
> It seems ludicrously cheap at 15. Usually when something seems too good
to
> be true, that's because it is. Has anyone tried one of these CD's, and if
so
> is it worth bothering with?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick.
>


Try ebay, loads cheaper. Just do a search for Vauxhall TIS. I've got the
ford one, very useful, has loads of extra stuff that the Haynes manual
doesn't have, like technical bulletins with common faults. It is still well
worth having a Haynes manual as well though.

OTOH you can print the pages you want to take to the job, throw them away 
after and don't have to put up with a filthy thumbprinted manual for the 
rest of the cars life.  I have all the rover 8 series workshop manuals on 
disk (not from that seller though) invaluable considering they go into far 
further in depth than the haynes ever will.

Ad


"Max the Axe" <maxtheaxe@hotmale.co.dotuk> wrote in message 
news:Tw-dnQ-1g99VjXDfSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk...

> one is adobe acrobat - should be o.k. not sure about the format of the 1st 
> one. also no bloody good when under car unless you have a laptop!!!! Get a 
> Haynes manual....
> "Sparky"  wrote in message 
> news:7O6dnY-ly7WMlXDfRVnygA@pipex.net...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm having some problems with the door lock / alarm switch on a Vauxhall 
>> Combo van, and I could really use a workshop manual to try and figure out 
>> how it all works. After searching the web I found this:
>>
>> http://www.workshopmanuals.co.uk/workshop_manuals/cars/vauxhall_workshop_manuals.htm
>>
>> It seems ludicrously cheap at 15. Usually when something seems too good 
>> to be true, that's because it is. Has anyone tried one of these CD's, and 
>> if so is it worth bothering with?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Nick.
>>
>
> 

Sparky wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having some problems with the door lock / alarm switch on a Vauxhall 
> Combo van, and I could really use a workshop manual to try and figure out 
> how it all works. After searching the web I found this:
> 
> http://www.workshopmanuals.co.uk/workshop_manuals/cars/vauxhall_workshop_manuals.htm
> 
> It seems ludicrously cheap at 15. Usually when something seems too good to 
> be true, that's because it is. Has anyone tried one of these CD's, and if so 
> is it worth bothering with?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Nick. 
> 
> 


Tried the Vauxhall and the Ford TIS - the Ford is actually quite useful, 
the VX is rather less so. For the VX you're constantly referred to 
Tech-2 test diagnostic procedures that (without a Tech 2) you can't 
achieve. There are *some* useful tidbits, but basically the VX one is 
awkward to get anything really relevant and useful out of.