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Old 06-19-2005, 07:34 PM   #1
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Hi -
For those of you who do your own maintenance, what reference books are you finding most useful? On other car's I've owned I've typically used Haynes - which seems to offer a 3 Series book covering the M42 and M44. I also looked at the more expensive Chiltons which covers a wider range of years and models (not necessarily a good thing).

What else is out there?

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i use this website as my primary resource of DIY maintanance...

i got a repair manual from the library one time...but it wasnt really helpful...dont remember what kind it was though

this website rocks, by the way
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It does Rock! I'd be terrified to try anything more complicated than replacing plugs, filters, etc without a good manual in front of me though. A picture's worth a thousand threads right?
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http://www.geocities.com/e36rulz/DIY.html

they are helpful too...

another useful site for DIY maintaince
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