You can get a new Haynes Manual for the 1987 Ford Ranger from Amazon for only $2.93, or a used copy for $0.01, though the shipping is $3.99. The address is www.amazon.com/Ford-Ranger-Bronco-Haynes-Manuals/dp/15639206 You will certainly find a transmission diagram in this book.
Although these manuals are commonly referred to as Haynes Manuals, they are actually called Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manuals and are directed at both professional mechanics and DIY enthusiasts.
Currently there are 300 models of cars and 130 different motorcycles covered within the manuals, which focus on the repair and maintenance of them. More recently, Haynes have published manuals in the same style as the automotive ones to cover personal computers, domestic appliances, model railways and digital photography. They have also published more light-hearted manuals on men, women, babies and sex; and although these are not intended to be taken seriously, they have sold very well.
The Briton John Haynes, OBE is the gentleman behind the series of manuals; in 1956, while at school, he wrote (and more remarkably) published a book on how to build a ‘special’, which was based on the Austin 7. When he was undertaking his National Service with the Royal Air Force, he wrote another two books.
In 1960, Haynes Publishing was founded, and the very first manual to be given the title that we are all so familiar with now: The Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manual, was published in 1965 for the Austin-Healey Sprite.
All of the manuals are based upon the same principle of completely taking apart each vehicle and putting it back together again, with each section having detailed illustrations and photographs to help the process and aid the unquenchable interest that some of us have in how automobiles work.
Although these manuals are commonly referred to as Haynes Manuals, they are actually called Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manuals and are directed at both professional mechanics and DIY enthusiasts.
Currently there are 300 models of cars and 130 different motorcycles covered within the manuals, which focus on the repair and maintenance of them. More recently, Haynes have published manuals in the same style as the automotive ones to cover personal computers, domestic appliances, model railways and digital photography. They have also published more light-hearted manuals on men, women, babies and sex; and although these are not intended to be taken seriously, they have sold very well.
The Briton John Haynes, OBE is the gentleman behind the series of manuals; in 1956, while at school, he wrote (and more remarkably) published a book on how to build a ‘special’, which was based on the Austin 7. When he was undertaking his National Service with the Royal Air Force, he wrote another two books.
In 1960, Haynes Publishing was founded, and the very first manual to be given the title that we are all so familiar with now: The Haynes Owner’s Workshop Manual, was published in 1965 for the Austin-Healey Sprite.
All of the manuals are based upon the same principle of completely taking apart each vehicle and putting it back together again, with each section having detailed illustrations and photographs to help the process and aid the unquenchable interest that some of us have in how automobiles work.
