Mercedes CD manuals on Ebay. Any good?

[Tony E]

Hi all

I can't find a printed technical maintenance/repair manual for a 1991 560 SEC but there are always plenty of CD manuals for sale on Ebay at £5-£10. Has anyone out there bought one, and are they any good.

Would really appreciate anyone's input on this - or advice on where to get a printed original Haynes type manual.

Thanks

 

[Keith]

CD manuals

my experience was good. For £5-£10 theres not a lot at risk anyway

 

[jules335500]

They should be ok...got one for my ducati and it was ok but the print wasnt too clear!!!

 

[Razormac36]

Workshop manuals on e-bay

I bought a 5 disc cd set and had a nightmare installing them.

But I bought a DVD for $24.00 and it worked perfectly.

It depends on how much you want to risk

 

[philharve]

I purchased 3 sets on eBay (11 CDs) covering different aspects of a wide range of MB models and you will find that they are highly detailed, more than any paper-base manual. But you will require a modern Windows-based PC with a largish hard disk.

Yes, these CDs can be awkward to install because they are comprehensive technical manuals as used by the trade and they should be installed on a PC before use. Razormac36 reported he had this problem. I too. You will likely require 2 CD drives to facilitate installation.

You can purchase a set of discs on eBay for under a tennor and they are surprisingly good value compared with your typical Haynes manual.

REGARDS Phil

 

[guydewdney]

i have boiught the 5 cd WIS syestem and the yank 2CD epc and find it very useful... bit of a pig to install - you need two cd drives for the epc system...

 

[89_420se]

I got the WIS DVD for £20 and yes it is a bit of a pig to install, but luckily the seller had incuded full instructions which if followed thru fully work fine. The programme itself seems to cover virtually every MB ever built , car, trucks the lot.
Good for detail but awkward to find what you are looking for. the more you use it the more you find.

 

[Tony E]

Thanks everyone. I finally bought the 2 CD US manual on ebay for £6.99 incl. p&p. It wouldn't run on XP using latest acrobat version and refused to load Acrobat 3.0 as recomended by the vendor (also supplied on the disc). Eventually I got it to run through bypassing this and opening it via a different file.

It is pretty comprehensive but confusing/awkward to navigate and the graphic quality is lacking in some areas. It is certainly not as user friendly as a Haynes manual - but they don't exist for W126s (I've asked them)

As these CDs are so popular but so troublesome it makes you wonder why a techy out there doesn't come up with a new easy to install and navigate version and charges a bit more for it.

 

[gfern]

I once bought a very good manual for a 1989 300SE from Bentley Publishers in the states www.bentleypublishers.com it wasn't cheap but invaluable to any repair work. I think it was around £75.

 

[guydewdney]

I got the WIS DVD for £20 and yes it is a bit of a pig to install, but luckily the seller had incuded full instructions which if followed thru fully work fine. The programme itself seems to cover virtually every MB ever built , car, trucks the lot.
Good for detail but awkward to find what you are looking for. the more you use it the more you find.

did you have to tell it to allow all vehicles? mine just does cars, but lists vans etc (i have a sprinter as well, and would like to see blurb on this as well) - but i cant get to the info...

 

[310DTurbo]

Hello,
I have a 95 310D non-sprinter, do you know if the £20 DVD eBay sets cover vans as well as cars?
Cheers

martyn the ambulance man

 

[philharve]

Latest electronic manuals on DVD.

The 2004/5 electronic manuals are on DVD (1/2 disc sets) and widely available on eBay. However, they are expensive. Expect to pay in the region of £50+.

The CD sets, still available, cost around £15.

REGARDS Phil

 

[peterchurch]

i have boiught the 5 cd WIS syestem and the yank 2CD epc and find it very useful... bit of a pig to install - you need two cd drives for the epc system...

Hi,
Have you got a key gen for wis? I have g.05 but the chap won't sell me the keygen for it

Cheers

Peter

 

[Anubis]

Manuals for E380SL

I purchased a download set of manuals for an E380SL but have been unable to get CD to run correctly due to Acrobat Reader version issues I suspect so am still stuck for workshop/tech manuals :neutral:

 

[roadrunner]

I bought a 5 disc cd set and had a nightmare installing them.

But I bought a DVD for $24.00 and it worked perfectly.

It depends on how much you want to risk

I bought the 5 disc cd set too, still hav'nt been able to install them.
How did you do it?