Engine manuals

G

Gordon111

Cadet
Joined
Sep 30, 2002
Messages
6
Hi,<br /><br />which of the manuals that are offered in the mall is better for a newbie in boats (but with a lot of experience in repairing cars). Is the SELOC manual or the Clymer manual better ? Or is it worth it to buy both because each handles some topics different than the other one. <br /><br />Thanks for the hlep<br /><br />Gordon
 
M

mellowyellow

Vice Admiral
Joined
Jun 8, 2002
Messages
5,327
Re: Engine manuals

Gordon, it's my experience that the best manual<br />you can get is the factory service manual for<br />your model. my seloc manual covers all inline 6<br />and v6 motors from 1969-1991, 90hp to 300hp.<br />that's a lot of models! gets confusing to me<br />sometimes.<br />good luck!<br />M.Y.
 
JB

JB

Honorary Moderator Emeritus
Joined
Mar 25, 2001
Messages
45,907
Re: Engine manuals

Hi, Gordon.<br /><br />I agree with MellowYellow. Factory Manuals are the best.<br /><br />I think Rick is asking about it being OMC (Johnson or Evinrude) because there are a ton of factory manuals for sale on Ebay right now.<br /><br />Of course, maybe Rick has one to sell :) <br /><br />Good luck.
 
C

cloumar

Petty Officer 1st Class
Joined
Aug 12, 2002
Messages
305
Re: Engine manuals

Gorgon,<br /><br />I do agree with mellowyellow and JB, nothing is better than the genuine repair manual from the manufacturer of your outboard. My self am a car Tech and last month I ordered a Seloc, well it is so confused to use that I returned it and bought the manufact. one which covers only my motor --<br />Lot lot better.<br /><br />Mario ;)
 
J

John Carpenter

Petty Officer 1st Class
Joined
Nov 1, 2002
Messages
336
Re: Engine manuals

Could not agree more...I bought the Seloc manual for MerCruiser's and in my opinion it is a confusing mess. Go with the factory manual.
 
B

BillP

Captain
Joined
Aug 10, 2002
Messages
3,290
Re: Engine manuals

Ditto on the factory manuals. Although some of the older abos(early intertec)manuals appear to be very close to factory manuals. <br /><br />I include clymer in the same class as seloc...kinda sorta ok if you don't need much help. Intertec went down hill when clymer got involved.
 
G

Gordon111

Cadet
Joined
Sep 30, 2002
Messages
6
Re: Engine manuals

Hi,<br /><br />first thanks for the answers. <br />@ rick: it's a 1996 5.7L Mercruiser with an alpha 1 drive. <br />Some of you said that the factory manuals are best. I visited the mercruiser homepage but could not find a place to buy the manuals. Where can i buy a manual for my engine ?<br /><br />Gordon
 
S

SHelms8844

Cadet
Joined
Nov 1, 2002
Messages
27
Re: Engine manuals

Anybody have any ideas for a Volvo Penta AQ 125? I have been told to get the factory manual instead of Seloc and Clymer.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top