[Cox]

I called Ken Cook company and found that I can buy an owner's manual for $37 or a repair/shop manual for $78. Which would you recommend more??? I wasn't sure if the repair manual would essentially contain most of the same information as the owner's manual with a bunch of additional information, making the owner's manual less necessary.

[tashasdaddy]

there is not much in the owners manual. repair is just that, covers the complete motor. Maintenance, and repair. what are you wanting to know.

[Cox]

Well I guess for starters, I want to replace my water pump at some point in the next few months. Also, I was recently at the tail-end of a week long fishing trip at which point I noticed that I had to turn my throttle pretty far before I received any response. It still seemed to do about the same at WOT but as far as slow-moving, not much happened in the early stages of moving off of idle. I took off the cowl and just by playing around with it in my driveway, I think I have a general idea of what adjustment needs to be made but I don't want to mess anything up. Regardless, as a new boat owner I want to be able to take care of my own problems when they arise as often as possible. Based on your comments, I would lean toward skipping the owner's manual and getting the repair manual, right?

[jonesg]

I bought the owner manual by mistake,
you already know more than it contains.

$40 for 40 pages, wish I could get into that racket.

the service manual is a treat to read, very logically laid out with lots of photos.

[wbeaton]

Skip the owner's manual unless its a collector motor. Even then, I'd look for an original not a repro. Buy the service manual. It'll tell you how to do all the maintenance you need.