I sort of like having Both.

Have had a Haynes for years, and finally got a Bentley the year before last after reading “Well if you had a Bentley” in many of my posts during suspension work on Inga.

The Bentley is superior when it comes to the nuts and bolts of a 240. Note that there is a very well done list of corrections by our own Presidential Nominee Art and a few of his friends (lets call them the Bentley Czars), it is well worth the time to print out if you own a Bentley. When it comes to brakes, suspension, and major drive train components the Bentley is the best choice.

Have to admit that based on the many posts touting the superiority of the Bentley that it was sort of a minor let down. Excellent resource,(tuck the flame throwers back in the holster and turn the valve off Bentley fans). My expectations were higher than they should have been after reading all the Bentley posts.

The one area that at (least for my 86) that the Haynes kicks the Bentleys buttocks is in the Electrical Diagrams. If I have an issue with the ignition, alternator, instrument cluster, and most other electrical wiring I leave the Bentley under the rear hatch and reach in and grab the Duck Taped, yellowed, greasy pages of my old Haynes. Absolutely no contest between the two manuals on that one. You can actually see and make sense of the diagrams in the Hayes. Even if for some reason the diagrams for the 86 are in the back part of the manal. You need a large magnifying glass and a bright light to read any of the wiring diagrams in the Bentley.

Now if you need emergency spare toilet paper for the privy, a good doorstop, or maybe long unrelated descriptions of how things work on a 740, get the Chilton.

Regards,

Paul