Beware of data CDs on ebay

BobN wrote:
> DUH! The official service shop manual is several volumes and costs $100s. If
> you think you can buy an authentic manual from some anonymous dope on Ebay
> for $29, you might also like this bridge I have for sale.

FWIW, I bought a genuine Ford CD for my 2000 Focus, it covers all Ford
cars for model year 2000. It's the exact electonic equivalent of
the genuine Ford paper manual set I bought from Helm, Inc. for about
$200 if I remember correctly. It's not a pirated copy, it's the original
CD imprinted with the Ford logo, etc.

Was it obtained legitimately by the seller? I suspect it was surplus'ed
when an updated edition of the CD manual set came out, which probably
happens at least once or twice per year.
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Mark Olson wrote:
> BobN wrote:
>
>> DUH! The official service shop manual is several volumes and costs
>> $100s. If you think you can buy an authentic manual from some
>> anonymous dope on Ebay for $29, you might also like this bridge I have
>> for sale.
>
>
> FWIW, I bought a genuine Ford CD for my 2000 Focus, it covers all Ford
> cars for model year 2000. It's the exact electonic equivalent of
> the genuine Ford paper manual set I bought from Helm, Inc. for about
> $200 if I remember correctly. It's not a pirated copy, it's the original
> CD imprinted with the Ford logo, etc.
>
> Was it obtained legitimately by the seller? I suspect it was surplus'ed
> when an updated edition of the CD manual set came out, which probably
> happens at least once or twice per year.

Forgot to add, I only paid in the range of $10 to $15.
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Hi All!

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:22:07 GMT, "bgd" wrote:

> Beware of auto data cds on ebay

I purchased a complete 2002 WRX/Impreza service manual in .pdf format
from an ebay seller for like $10. The real McCoy. Also got a service
manual for my Toyota MR2; similar deal
And for a basically unlimited time, I'm making these available to the
fine folks in this usenet community for the cost of a download.

If anyone has anything else they'd like to add to my collection, let
me know and I'll put them up for grabs as well. Community service,
don't ya know

WRX/Impreza: <http://chester.uccs.edu/WRX_Manual/> (.pdf's by section,
~100MB total)

MR2: <http://chester.uccs.edu/MR2/> (88 and 89, complete manual in one
..pdf. 88 is ~23MB, 89 is close to 100MB)

EA81 engine: <http://chester.uccs.edu/ea81/> (scanned pages from shop
manual, 200-300KB individually, or in one big 15MB .zip)

ByeBye! S.



Steve Jernigan KG0MB
Laboratory Manager
Microelectronics Research
University of Colorado
(719) 262-3101
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:51:26 -0700, S
wrote:

>Hi All!
>
>On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:22:07 GMT, "bgd" wrote:
>
>> Beware of auto data cds on ebay
>
>I purchased a complete 2002 WRX/Impreza service manual in .pdf format
>from an ebay seller for like $10. The real McCoy. Also got a service
>manual for my Toyota MR2; similar deal
> And for a basically unlimited time, I'm making these available to the
>fine folks in this usenet community for the cost of a download.
>
>If anyone has anything else they'd like to add to my collection, let
>me know and I'll put them up for grabs as well. Community service,
>don't ya know
>
>WRX/Impreza: <http://chester.uccs.edu/WRX_Manual/> (.pdf's by section,
>~100MB total)
>
>MR2: <http://chester.uccs.edu/MR2/> (88 and 89, complete manual in one
>.pdf. 88 is ~23MB, 89 is close to 100MB)
>
>EA81 engine: <http://chester.uccs.edu/ea81/> (scanned pages from shop
>manual, 200-300KB individually, or in one big 15MB .zip)
>
>ByeBye! S.
>
>
>
>Steve Jernigan KG0MB
>Laboratory Manager
>Microelectronics Research
>University of Colorado
>(719) 262-3101

For those looking at the WRX manual, be advised that the one section
Steve hasn't posted, Section 2 - SOHC Engine, contains all of the
information on the WRX cooling system. I don't have the space to host
it, but it can be found here:

http://ken-gilbert.com/wrx/impreza_manuals.htm
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Hi Ned, All!

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:52:22 -0400, Ned Pike
wrote:


>For those looking at the WRX manual, be advised that the one section
>Steve hasn't posted, Section 2 - SOHC Engine, contains all of the
>information on the WRX cooling system

Oops, my bad for not checking after an FTP session . . . section 2
there now. Thanx for the heads-up on this.

ByeBye! S.

Steve Jernigan KG0MB
Laboratory Manager
Microelectronics Research
University of Colorado
(719) 262-3101
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