Brooklands Workshop Manuals for cars, vans and 4x4s
The Brooklands Owners Edition Manuals show how you can maintain and repair your car yourself and what tools are needed. They provide much more information than the owner's manual that the manufacturer provides with a new car.
A Brooklands Owners Edition Manual describes step by step disassembly and assembly, adjustment, repair and maintenance of the main mechanical components, including the engine, valves, carburetion/injection system, clutch, gearbox (removal and installation), drive shafts, the steering system, front and rear suspension, the brakes and the engine's electrical system. The bodywork and the rest of the electrical system are not treated.
Each repair manual contains detailed drawings and "exploded views", the most important technical data, dimensions, torque wrench settings, adjustment data and troubleshooting tables.
These manuals are useful for the DIY mechanic as well as for those who just want to know how a certain vehicle is constructed. They mainly describe interventions on the mechanical components. The car body is not treated, the electrical installation only brief.
Publisher: Brooklands Books Ltd (GB)
Size: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.3 in), ca. 200 pages, paperback.
Language: These books are only available in English.
However, some titles have been released by Bucheli Verlag in a German edition..
Automatic transmissions and modern gearboxes: Because special tools and special adjustment equipment are needed, the overhaul of automatic transmissions and modern gearboxes (real specialist work!) is not covered in these books.
However, you will usually find instructions for removing and installing the transmission, replacing the ATF fluid and adjusting the operation. Click here for specific books on automatic transmissions.
Units: The Brooklands Owners Edition workshop manuals list sizes and weights in ISO units (m, kg, Nm, ...).
Wiring diagrams: Brooklands Owners Edition Manuals contain electrical diagrams of the most important circuits (fuses, motor, lighting, etc.).
What information does a Brooklands Owners Edition Manual provide?
These books mainly describe maintenance and repair of the mechanical components: engine (removal - installation, crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, timing gear, valves, oil pump, cooling, fuel system), clutch, gearbox (only removal and installation), 4x4 drive, suspension, steering system, brakes, alternator and starter motor. Included are extensive troubleshooting tables, technical data and tightening torques.
A Brooklands Owners Edition Manual (in this example for a Mercedes-Benz E-Class with CDI engine) generally contains the following chapters:
INTRODUCTION
General information
Vehicle identification
General servicing notes
Recommended tools
Before you start
Dimensions and weights
Capacities
Jacking up the vehicle
ENGINES
Main features
Engine - removal and installation
Engine - dismantling
Engine - assembling
Engine - servicing and overhaul
- Cylinder head and valves
- Pistons and connecting rods
- Crankshaft and bearings
- Timing mechanism
- Poly V-belt - removal and installation
Tightening torque values
LUBRICATION SYSTEM
Technical data
Oil sump - removal and installation
Oil pump - removal and installation
Oil pump - repairs
Oil filter
Engine oil cooler
Engine oil change
Engine oil pressure
COOLING SYSTEM
Technical data
Coolant - draining and refilling
Radiator and cooling fan
Water pump
Fan clutch
Thermostat
DIESEL FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
Precautions
High pressure injection pump - removal and installation
Injectors - removal and installation
Mixing chamber - removal and installation
Charge air pipes - removal and installation
Fuel filter - removal and installation
Common rail - removal and installation
Air cleaner
Glow plugs
Charge air cooler
CLUTCH
Introduction
Technical data
Clutch unit
- Checking the clutch operation
- Removal and installation
Servicing
Clutch release mechanism
Bleeding the clutch system
Clutch slave cylinder - removal and installation
MANUAL TRANSMISSION
Technical data
Removal and installation
Gearbox oil level
PROPELLER SHAFT
Propeller shaft - Removal and installation
Intermediate bearing - removal and installation
FRONT AXLE AND FRONT SUSPENSION
Technical data
Front axle half - removal and installation
Front springs - removal and installation
Front shock absorbers - removal and installation
Wheel bearing clearance - adjustment
Front wheel hubs
Steering knuckle - removal and installation
Upper suspension arms
Lower suspension arms
Stabiliser bar - removal and installation
Front suspension - tightening torques
REAR AXLE AND REAR SUSPENSION
Technical data
Shock absorbers - removal and installation
Rear springs - removal and installation
Stabiliser bar - removal and installation
Rear suspension struts
Rear axle drive shafts
Rear hub flange and wheel bearings - removal and installation
Level control system
Rear axle and suspension - tightening torques
STEERING
Technical data
Checks on steering
Steering repairs
- Removal and installation
- Track rods - replacement
- Track rod ball joints - replacement
The hydraulic system
- Filling the system
- Bleeding the hydraulic system
- Checking the system for leaks
Tightening torques - steering
BRAKES
Technical data
Short description
Front disc brakes
- Brake calipers
Rear disc brakes
- Brake pads - replacement
Brake discs
Master brake cylinder
Parking brake
- Parking brake - adjustment
- The automatic parking brake compensator
- Parking brake cables - replacement
Brake servo unit
Bleeding the brakes
Tightening torques - brakes
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Battery
Alternator
- Routine precautions
- Drive belt tension
- Alternator - removal and installation
Starter motor
- Removal and installation
- Servicing
Headlamps - replacement
Bulb table
Headlamp adjustment
Tail light units
WHEELS AND TYRES
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Fluid level and fluid change
SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE
Regular maintenance
Service every 6000 miles / 10.000 km
Additional service every 12.000 miles / 20.000 km
Additional service every 36.000 miles / 60.000 km
Once every year
Once every 3 years
FAULT FINDING SECTION
Engine faults
- Causes and remedies
Glow plug faults
Lubrication system faults
Cooling system faults
Diesel fuel system faults
- Causes and remedies
Clutch faults
- Causes and remedies
Steering faults
- Causes and remedies
Brake faults
Electrical faults
- Causes and remedies
WIRING DIAGRAMS
Brooklands Owners Edition Manuals describe step by step repair and maintenance of the most important components.
Brooklands Owners Edition Manuals contain the most important wiring diagrams.