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Most service manual reprints out there are useless

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zooeyhall

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Does anyone know where I can get GOOD service manual reprints?

Most of the available "reprints" are severely lacking. The text is ok. But the pictures are often little more than a murky image of shadows and light spots.

Problem is: the lithographed images in an OEM manual do NOT copy cleanly. At least not on a standard home user Xerox machine sitting on someone's kitchen table. Where I suspect is how most of these "reprint manuals" were created.

I advise anyone buying from the big "reprint" companies you find on the Internet to check-out some samples of the printing first. Especially if you are going to need to use the pictures.

The only other alternative is to find the occasional OEM manual on Ebay. But they tend to be pricey.

Any advice? Opinions? Comments?
 
I had the same disappointment years ago, buying an OP manual for my Ford backhoe, from Jensales. Pics were worse than crappy. Dunno how there other manuals are.
 
I don't know what tractor you are working on, but Binder Books is awesome for IH and Farmall stuff. Very good reprints etc...
 
try to find one that is on a cd disc. find the page you need and print it off high quality on your printer. If you get the page greasy just print another.
 
I agree I just pay the cost of buying originals when I find them owners,parts and service manuals have a library of them from over the years I rarely let the books go when
I sell a tractor or equipment.
 
what manual are you looking for? i reprint manuals and i try my best to make the pictures the best i can. everything is scanned at high resolution and digitaly enhanced.

I also have been disappointed with jensales so i started to do them myself. i dont have the amount that jensales have but my library is growing.
 
Binder Books?? Try one for a 1020-- pages wrong, pictures so dark all you had was a black page. Mine went into the burning barrel. I did not want to return it and have them sent it to someone else. Find an original. I did.
 
Completely agree with you. Mine was so bad you couldn't see the 2 arrows indicating the hydraulic fluid drain plugs. Looked like only 1. First time draining the fluid I was confounded by the fact that only 5 gallons came out of a 10 gallon sump when the dip stick read 'full'. No help at all.
 
Originals and reprints from the publishers are usually the best quality. Some of those "reprint" companies are sometimes just photocopying and reselling copyrighted material that is owned by someone else.
 
I like the ones from Davenport Tractor. All the pages and pictures are pretty clear. Only bad part is some of the pictures aren't colored to distinguish wiring circuits and such. I do like that they are designed to be in a binder, so you can lay the book open and not have it fold up when you're working on something.
 
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