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Anyone interested in an online Feroza owner's manual??
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:43 pm
by murcod
I'm trying to gauge the interest in putting online the factory owner's manual. My Feroza was missing the books when I bought it and Daihatsu no longer publish them no matter how much you would be willing to pay.
So, I've borrowed an original F300/310 Australian Owner's manual and was contemplating scanning it all in (PDF format hopefully) and posting it on the web. So who would be interested?
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:36 pm
by *BESTY*
That's gonna take a long time to scan all them pages !!!
I have one, so it doesn't matter much to me, but I think it would be a great idea to have available on the web.
Maybe when Andy gets
www.feroza.com up and running, he might post it for you on his site.
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:59 pm
by Ferwoaza
Nah, still got mine..
Don't need the workshop manual either, got a nice printed version here that I bought off Mike a while back
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 11:06 pm
by JD
Dont need one either, sorry. Ferwoaza's workshop manual is another story though, even if it was just the pages that are missing from the online copy.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 7:40 am
by murcod
Yes, it will be a big job scanning it in. I'll have to get my PDF stuff working first though
(Didn't have much luck last night.....)
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 2:39 pm
by Ferwoaza
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 4:07 pm
by murcod
Sounds interesting... wonder if it's in German!
Would be very good if it is as said the full manual and covered everything (not just the engine).
Hmmmmm.... maybe we should all contribute a towards the purchase of one and start our own Australian distribution point (if you get what I mean
)
I've sent the guy a PM asking for a few more details.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:02 pm
by murcod
OK the manual on CD is 15 pounds including delivery to Australia (around $38). It supposedly includes everything from rebuilding the gearbox down to putting the stickers on the bodywork.
The guy who has it for sale appears to be the webmaster of the site, so it shouldn't be a dodgey deal.
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 11:31 am
by murcod
OK. I've just ordered the manual on CD.
I'm also getting the Aussie Rocky manual included too. If anyone is interested PM me and I'll see how much interest there is and come to some arrangement splitting the costs.
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 12:04 pm
by Rick
Did likewise a week ago. My manual arrived yesterday on CD. Looks good - approx 1260 jpgs of all the sections in the Rocky F70-F75-F77 range.
I am going to do a rough comparison of it to the pinted version and then let everyone know the verdict, but on first take it looks good.
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 1:11 pm
by murcod
Damn. You should have said something!
I've ordered the Feroza and Rocky versions- have you just got the Rocky one?
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 2:00 pm
by Rick
Yep, the Rocky one. Not for the Feroza.
I had to go to Sydney about a week ago and have been out of contact since I ordered it.
From what I can see it is complete 1246 files at a total size of 149.7 MB. Each file is a jpg of each page.
Here is the front page
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 2:10 pm
by Rick
Damm the image did not go.
Another try
http://sa.nextwish.org/Hosted/COVER.JPG
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 4:15 pm
by murcod
It will be interesting to see what format the Feroza one is in. I heard somewhere else it is in Word format, but the guy selling it was saying he will be doing them in PDF from now. PDF makes more sense.
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:31 pm
by Rick
I agree. I will be converting the Rocky one to several pdf files and look around for somewhere to post it.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 5:21 pm
by Heathx4
Damn, I'd love to get my hands on the F75 manual!
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:39 pm
by Rick
U 2 can have one.
Follow the link below. It will cost you 15 pounds UK including postage. I have not had time to fully evaluate it but it looks good although it does lack clarity.
I will probably post the one I got somewhere but at 150 MB it will not be for some time yet
http://www.daihatsu-drivers.co.uk/?q=no ... a980e731cf
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:24 am
by murcod
Heathx4 wrote:Damn, I'd love to get my hands on the F75 manual!
Hang on for a bit then until mine arrives- I'm looking at splitting the costs between however many people want a copy in Australia. So far only one other person has expressed interest- but I'm looking at $50 divided by the number of people (plus postage etc).
Hopefully somebody will have enough web space and be able to post both the F75 and F300/310 manuals on line for everyone.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 9:06 pm
by murcod
For anyone who is interested the F300/310 Feroza Owner's Manual is now posted on the Internet.
(it's the full 214 pages in PDF format)
http://users.tpg.com.au/murcod/feroza/manual.htm
Hopefully somebody can get some use out of my blood, sweat and tears!
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:51 am
by Ferwoaza
Mate, download is not working for me? Can't find manual.zip...
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:13 pm
by *BESTY*
Multiple Choices
The document name you requested (/murcod/Feroza/manual.zip) could not be found on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you requested.
Available documents:
/murcod/Feroza/manual.htm (common basename)
Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the broken link.
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I can't get it either
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:28 pm
by Ferwoaza
He's playing with my mind!!
I see dead people
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:33 pm
by murcod
Hmmmmmm..... was working last night!
Will have to work out what's wrong tonight- can't do much about it at the moment. It's only the manual that comes in the glove box- I get the impression some people on WARFs are expecting a workshop manual!
(Speaking of which I'm beginning to wonder if the one on CD I ordered is going to turn up...
)
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:02 pm
by *BESTY*
I gotta admit.....I thought you had the workshop manual !
I got the glovebox book here
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 4:42 pm
by Heathx4
Yep, I reacted before reading too, and thought it was the workshop manual. What use is the glovebox manual? Much detail?
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 5:57 pm
by murcod
Heathx4 wrote:Yep, I reacted before reading too, and thought it was the workshop manual. What use is the glovebox manual? Much detail?
If you didn't get one with your Feroza (like me) it's very useful. Details all the servicing intervals, basic maintenance, how to take the roof off.. etc..etc- would have saved me asking a few stupid questions over the last 7 months!
It's for sale on Ebay overseas- so there must be a call for it....
Found the problem too: must have gone over my 10MB limit on my website (got one set up for my other car too) and the ISP kindly deleted it last night for me. Am uploading it again now.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 6:34 pm
by murcod
Well, it's not happening.
Anyone think of a reason why I can't upload a .zip file to my ISP?
It goes through all the motions, but doesn't appear in my FTP program's directory list after finishing? I don't appear to be over my storage limit.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:48 pm
by murcod
Ferwoaza wrote:He's playing with my mind!!
I see dead people
It's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Hopefully it won't disappear again.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:22 pm
by dubb
Thanks David for the owners manual download. Mine didnt come with 1 when i got it..ive downloaded it and printed it all out. That must have taken ages to scan..I owe you one
Cheers
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:55 pm
by murcod
Yes it took a little bit of time......
One page (10-6) from memory is stuffed though.... If anyone has a manual and wants to scan it in as a largish .jpeg and forward it onto me I would be grateful.
I can then convert it to a pdf and fix it all up.
