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Online schematics/repair walkthroughs

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Is there anything online similar to the Chilton books that show step by step repairs and schematics, but free? Or should I pay the $19.95/year at the Chilton site?
 
There are shop manuals online for various vehicles -- what car are you looking for? The entire MR2 factory service manual is available online. I think I have the FSM for my Tundra too (found online).
 
haynes guides or equivalent.

also, if there's an enthusiast forum for your vehicle(s), chances are someone will have a writeup for whatever maintenance you want to perform.
 
You may want to check the Autozone site. I've seen some step by step instructions there, with diagrams, for various repairs. No guarantee they'll have it for your car, and I honestly can't tell you where I found them there, so you'll have to do some searching around, but I was fairly impressed with what they had there.
 
As Fenix already said, your best bet is an enthusiast forum. I you tell us what you're working on, we might be able to point you in the right direction.
 
jlee said:
There are shop manuals online for various vehicles -- what car are you looking for? The entire MR2 factory service manual is available online. I think I have the FSM for my Tundra too (found online).
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Yup, same for the Supra. Although I did buy the actual book from the dealer for $100. Probably the best money I ever spent on this car.
 
It's a 98 Isuzu Rodeo. Will be replacing my power steering pump this afternoon.
 
For a popular car enthusiast forums will print out pdfs from the shop manual, which generally kicks the ass off the haynes, which really just lightly glosses too many things.
 
Okay, I subscribed to Chilton's online service (sorry bruceb, didn't see your post until now). I have the belt off, the bolts off, but the pump will not slip out of the housing. It moves and seems like it's going to come out but somethings holding it from coming completely out. The blowout photos I have don't show anything that should be holding it up, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Any ideas?
 
On some cars, you may have to remove the pump and housing or pump and mounting bracket, then seperate them after they are off the car. Also be sure a line is not hanging up somewhere.
 
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On some cars, you may have to remove the pump and housing or pump and mounting bracket, then seperate them after they are off the car. Also be sure a line is not hanging up somewhere.
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I don't think I need to take the housing off with it. In fact, I can't access one of the housing bolts unless the pulley is off and I really can't get the pulley off until I have the pump out from the vehicle. I've looked for everything that may be hanging it up but I haven't found anything yet. This is very frustrating and is going to put me in a pinch if I can't get it taken care of by tomorrow. sigh....
 
Remove low pressure and high pressure hoses (this one could be hard to break loose). You might want to have an oil pan handy, to capture the oil. Disconnect electrical sensor. Remove the bolt that holds belt tension adjustment plate. And finally remove the bolt that holds the pump in place. It is bolted from the back and located at the right lower corner of the pump if you are facing the front of the car. Remove the pump assy. You may need to bring the pump to a shop to swap the pulley.
 
Fabricate something with two pegs to hold the pulley so you can get it off? Can the pulley be rotated so you can put a socket through a hole in the pulley and into the bolt? Slip a wrench behind it and work the pump bolts out 1/8th of a turn at a time? Sometimes you have to do shit like that (fine precision ratcheting wrenches are worth their weight in gold when you're working at home and trying to take shortcuts by not taking everything apart just to get to a bolt).

And as suggested already, if you can't get a pump to bracket bolt out with the pulley in the way, then just remove the bracket from the block and take it all out. Use a mirror and flashlight and be methodical and just take your time. You'll laugh at yourself when it's all back together and know you can do it next time in 15 minutes.
 
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