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Old Jan 9, 2004
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For all you DIYourselfers out there

don't buy the service manual from Honda, especially if you live in Toronto, Ontario. cause they will charge you ^ the a**! I walked into a dealership and inquired for the service manual for my civic and it would cost me $175 that's only for one of the manual (excluding the Vol: 2 supplement manual and electrical) they both cost extra. So instead go to www.helminc.com to order it. that's the publisher for honda and it would be cheaper than honda ordering from them to you. Just thought i would safe some people money around here.
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Thanks for the info. I had asked Honda and they said the same thing. So now whenever I need diagrams, I ask the service people to print me the specs.
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gearbox: they are nice enough to print you the specs....wicked! maybe i should save money too by asking them to print
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yeah honda has made copies for me as well...just ask one of the service guys.
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how detail are they, they include all the tools needed and estimated time? and how much would they charge?
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Just try not to get stuffs from Honda dealers. Ebay is always the best place to get stuffs for cheaper!=) I got mine for $40 USD and it helped me a lot with my civic.
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ebay>? last time i saw one was for $5.99 US and it was gone before a blink of an eye
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$5.99?! You sure it's the genuine made by Honda? There are some ones sold in Pepboys that has much less info about civic or some sellers sell the CD that contains the info. If it is the same one from the dealer then it is a STEAL!!!
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it said SHOP COPY on a sticker infront of the copy. i assumed somebody got fired at a dealership and just took the copy and put it up for bid on eBay.
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$5.99 is probably one of those rip off CD that people sell on ebay. Not the genuine Honda Service manual. My local honda dealer printed out diagram couple times for me as well. All does CD's off ebay does contain all informations you need. All pages are in PDF form. There are many downloadable PDF helm guide online for older civics..
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no way...so i can get ripped at eBay? that sux guy
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i saw one on ebay but it was up to $41 , and still being bid on... it was the real one.... used , but still real
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I bought one used on this site for 40 bux
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