300E series Bible

This so called called MB bible on the 300E by Bently Publishers. Has anyone had any opinion on it to share. Is it worth purchasing for repair help and guidance on the MB's. Thnx, Rebe

[chazola]

It's a pretty good book, more like an extended owner's manual with a few extra maintenance items shown. There's some handy hints and info, and some of the more routine repair procedures are explained.
If you want more detail get a Haynes 124 repair manual: -http://www.haynes.co.uk (they ship to the US) or the service cd's.

[deanyel]

It isn't really a repair guide - Haynes manual is better for that - it's also available at 303-237-0911.

[104.992]

The Bentley book is a good coffee table appointment or something in place of a newspaper when its that time of day.

I've got no experience with the Haynes manual.

I use, with satisfaction, the 124 CD and use it in conjunction with Steve Nervig's maintenance manual index

[suginami]

Originally Posted by 104.992

I use, with satisfaction, the 124 CD and use it in conjunction with Steve Nervig's maintenance manual index

What is Nervig's maintenance manual index?

[gerryvz]

Basically all of the key chassis, Nervig and other owners took the CDs and created an online index for them, so that the CDs can be navigated much easier by topic area. You can get down to individual job sheets rather than having to wade through the normal MB CD BS. No copyrighted info is on the site, just a listing of the headings and subheads of the CD organization.

http://webwench.net/w123manuals/Service/Library.html

Cheers,
Gerry

Where do you get the cd's at? I am not sure!

[gerryvz]

eBay !

I found the 124 bible to be a wonderful education on the evolution of the 124's prodution run, and worth buying, but it is not, and should not be confused with being a service repair manual!

There are several on-line distributors, including FastLane, that offer 124 service repair manuals in CD form, priced anywhere from $24. to $150.

I could be wrong, but in my opinion, the $24 and $150 CD's have no differences, and are exactly the same, except price! BB

[deanyel]

I always thought the $24 version was the bootleg and the $150 was the lawful version - don't really know though.

[chazola]

I think I paid $12 for mine off ebay. The CD's are good if you already have a fair understanding of these cars, but I found my Haynes to be more handy for toilet reading/when I was actually out working on the car.

[LEADFOOT]

I have all three. The CD is the best for DIY.

The Bentley is good reading but not a shop manual as was mentioned previously, the Haynes is written in British English but I am able to decipher it, the CD rom is the best bet... or just use the weblink provided above for free. Here is one:

http://skinnerbox.steaky.org/Service/W124/Index/103index.html

[deanyel]

I find it about 50/50 - half the time the CD is more helpful, half the time the Haynes manual is more helpful, and it's nice to have both. The Haynes manual of course does not cover V8s and CD is generally more comprehensive. I flipped through the 124 bible once for a few minutes and saw no reason to buy it.

I sent an email to fastlane as the cd's weren't listed. They replied back that they can be purchased for 157 american dollars. That is a bit much for that series. I tried to open the url listed, but it keeps giving me message site can't be found. I bought a Haynes for my 190E, but it wasn't very detailed. I, also, noticed some people very dissatisfied with the ones they tried to purchase on ebay.