So I got the truck in December, and i am creeping up on the 30K maintenance and i was thinking about getting a Chilton's guide, but I have seen people here referring to a factory service manual. I have done some searches here on DF and Googled it several times, but I can't seem to find one you don't have to pay for. Does anyone have any links to find one for free? Or is the Chilton's a good substitute and I should just buy one of those?

thanks,
nateroach

 

You kinda lost me? The factory service manual just tellls you the reccomended maintenance intervals as well as the fluids and quantities. The Chiltons manual or Haynes will explain the procedures in completeing the mainenace tasks.
Online stuff is not free, but there are a few guys on here that have access to Alldata and a few other sites that cost money to be a member(generally comercial accounts) which is a super thick book that has wiring diagrams and everything imagineable. Way more than needed for a 30kmi tune-up.

Make your life easy and buy a Chiltons. It is in normal language that everyday guys can understand. The Alldata and a few online commercial type sites are really for professionals that understand things in/out.

 

I guess what I was trying to say is that I am looking for a Chilton's or "factory" equivalent, not just for the 30k tune up, but for any and all future repairs/reference. It sounds like the factory manual may be a bit overkill, just thought i would check though.

thanks,
nateroach

 

he's talking about the 2000 page manual that the dodge mechanics use. I've got one for my 04 that would be applicable to some things but I havent looked nor needed an 07 one. I'm sure someone has one somewhere. Happy hunting!

 

I have service manual from www.repairpromanuals.com for my 07. Its an adobe file and it was cheap, only like $15 for an electronic copy which I would recommended because its like 9000 pages. Its got about everything you'd ever need.

 

that sounds like what I was looking for. Thanks for the link.

nateroach

 

looks like the site isn't working or something. I believe I actually bought a CD-ROM off of ebay, then loaded to my computer.
Something like this on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2006-...ltDomainQ5f100