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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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what is the best manual to get for an 05 chevy truck?
hayes/ chilton/ shop manual?

something easy to follow etc...
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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i've always used chilton.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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I got my factory service manual from Helminc.com

It was around $140 if I remember correctly, definitely worth it IMO.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 09:44 PM
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Haynes makes Chilton. But Chilton has a bit better info in them. But both books are garbage IMO. Google has more info about our trucks than those books.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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Get you one of these...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevr...sQ5fLiterature

or this, but I like the DVDs better.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-...sQ5fLiterature
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Silverado53
I got my factory service manual from Helminc.com

It was around $140 if I remember correctly, definitely worth it IMO.
Ditto!
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