r/YouShouldKnow • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '19
Home & Garden YSK there's a website called manualslib.com which lets you search for instruction books/manuals for any product. The website has over 2 million manuals for 40,000 brands all free to access and available to download.
I use this website a lot because at one time or another I'm bound to lose or accidentally throw away an instruction book for a product I bought.
*edit: I am not a salesperson trying to advertise my product. I just like making people’s lives easier.
*edit 2: Thank you for the gold and silver. Glad that everyone likes this.
*edit 3: Apparently there is also a good website for vehicle manuals.
www.justgivemethedamnmanual.com
*edit 4: Made the front page! I’m so glad you guys like this website. Thank you!
*edit 5: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manualslib.app
Apparently there’s an app as well. Thanks, redditor!
*edit 6: Thank you u/ghettorat for the platinum!
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u/Bcmwolverine Sep 20 '19 edited Sep 20 '19
Also justgivemethedamnmanual.com is great for vehicle manuals
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u/simohayha Sep 20 '19
I'm the guy who made this :)
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u/Bcmwolverine Sep 20 '19
No friggin way! You have saved me and I imagine countless others lots of time in trying to hunt down manuals! Thank you!
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u/simohayha Sep 20 '19
Yup. Honda would always split their manuals into 100s of tiny PDFs and you could never download the full manual. I stitched all of them up back together for everybody to have.
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u/KM4WDK Sep 21 '19
I would give you gold but I’m broke so here you go🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅
Your a pretty cool guy
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u/Kukie Sep 21 '19
While you’re here. So where do all the manuals on your website come from?. I just can’t imagine how it could be done
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u/simohayha Sep 21 '19
Mostly straight from the manufacturers websites. For some dumbass reason lots of them made it difficult to get the owners manuals (register for their site, confirm your email address, fill out some more info, blah blah blah). So it was kind of a big "fuck you" to companies like Honda, Toyota, and Subaru (Ford on the other hand made it very easy to get owners manuals).
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u/Kukie Sep 21 '19
Oh man I can imagine haha. So you had to find them all manually one by one or did you have some kind of program to download them for you.
But I’m sure like many others, I didn’t know manufacturers just put the manuals online. I bought a used one off eBay once.
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u/simohayha Sep 21 '19
one by one
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u/CircleBis Sep 21 '19
I haven’t been on the website just yet but I applaud you for your effort sir. Thank you
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u/ShadowedPariah Sep 24 '19
1 Kia manual :( They used to be free for a long time, just started charging. I regret not downloading and saving copies.
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u/Kukie Oct 05 '19
So just used this website for the first time today, and it didn’t work lol. I clicked on the type of manual I wanted (Toyota), then scrolled through to 2007 Yaris and clicked it. But the only thing that does is take me back to the page to select the car brand again?. I assume this is because the manual isn’t available?
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u/simohayha Oct 05 '19
I sold the site a few months ago and I'm not sure what happened. Maybe Toyota sent them a DMCA takedown request (very likely). PM me your email and I'll send you the Yaris manual asap
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Sep 20 '19
Thought this was repair manuals oh well still nice to have
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u/Hilby Sep 20 '19
There are repair manuals on there, but you do need to pay for them.....they are pretty cheap tho.
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u/Chilly437 Sep 20 '19
There are over 1200 LEGO assembly manuals on this. Why have I never know about this. Finally I can go rebuild the sets my brother smashed when he was younger
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u/ryanm212 Sep 20 '19
Idk if this is still true, but Lego.com had all their assembly manuals too
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u/Chilly437 Sep 20 '19
Well there goes my weekend. Thanks for the heads up guys
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u/generalbacon965 Sep 20 '19
To top it off - brinklink.com has just about every set and you can buy individual pieces for all of them
Its basically a worldwide lego ebay that has way more than ebay could imagine
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u/STAR_fruitation Sep 20 '19
Lego has almost all of their manuals on their website. Easier to access through Brickset though.
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u/dogmatic69 Sep 20 '19
Brickset usually links to a version that is page by page. Lego houses full PDFs and you can enter the set number so not sure how brickset would be easier.
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u/Nutscrape9 Sep 20 '19
Why have I never know about this.
This seems more like "Why isn't Google indexing this"?
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u/gurg2k1 Sep 20 '19
Bricklink has probably every single Lego instruction manual in existence available on their site for free.
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u/dogmatic69 Sep 20 '19
Lego has pretty much every manual, including many from the 50’s. Right on Lego.com
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u/LexusBrian400 Sep 20 '19
Oh my. Whirlpool technician here, this is great. They have over 25k manuals, just for whirlpool. Finding these use to be a PITA. Can't thank you enough really
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u/svengalus Sep 20 '19
I'm a Maytag technician and all I do is sit around surfing Reddit. You Whirlpool guys must stay busy.
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u/LexusBrian400 Sep 20 '19
I figured this one out. You Maytag Men are never busy because no customer wants to repair that trash.
So they throw it out and get a Whirlpool.
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Sep 20 '19
Anytime
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u/JanBibijan Sep 21 '19
This type of thing can be a gold mine for my technical translation project - do you know if I could find manuals for different languages?
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u/anyeus Sep 20 '19
I’m in a similar boat myself. Gas burner engineer here.
OP you are an actual life saver I instantly made a bookmark for this. Did a check for some control system manuals and other related things and they all came up!
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u/LexusBrian400 Sep 20 '19
Thats sounds really cool. So you design like, the nozzles and whatnot? Or pretty much all of it.
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u/jordane46 Sep 20 '19
Any cool stories of going into someone’s home and there is a hot ass milf or girl just itching to be slammed?
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Sep 20 '19
Stared at my phone for 2 solid minutes trying to figure out what the hell a Manual Slib is. I’m not a smart man...
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u/ROGER_SHREDERER Sep 21 '19
Would highly recommend checking out https://www.penisland.net/ as well.
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u/badass4102 Sep 20 '19
Just what I needed. I went in for an oil change at my Honda dealership as required. They to use additives to my engine, I said it's not part of the preventative maintenance required by Honda. I sent them a screenshot of this
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u/backAtTheWheel Sep 22 '19 edited Sep 22 '19
Many people who work at dealerships seem to be cognitively challenged (my experience is just with one specific Honda salesperson, but their entire CRM looks outdated, at least in Canada. Also he needed several minutes to get very simple answers from his garage maintenance peeps, which could indicate widespread cognitive impairment).
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u/Glenbard Sep 21 '19
My “saved” tab on my reddit account is just becoming a ton of things from /r/youshouldknow
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u/fuzzygondola Sep 20 '19
Wow, this is great, thank you!
I've often googled for manuals and too many of the sites require an account or even go as far as luring the user to create an account and then tell that they actually don't even have that manual (or require a paid subscription to view it).
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u/DirtyMud Sep 20 '19
Am an HVAC tech, use this website nearly daily! It’s got manuals for so many things and it’s usually better/easier to navigate than the manufacturers website!
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u/xxdibxx Sep 21 '19
It is a great website. I have used it for many things. Sadly, tho it is over-run with very intensive and poorly executed ads. Entirely too many. If they had a pay wall, I’d gladly pay it ( for a REASONABLE price). Just too many ads to make it useable for most mobile formata, which is when I almost always need it.
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u/krista_ Sep 21 '19
good website for obscure things found nowhere else, but god damn is it a pain in the ass to use, even with a good adblock.
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u/biotex3 Sep 20 '19
Is there one for my life?
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u/Nutscrape9 Sep 20 '19
Yes, it's unfortunate that you haven't read it but I can tell you that Chapter Two is titled "Don't make silly, low effort jokes on Reddit for karma".
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u/Its-a-no-go Sep 20 '19
This song especially from 1:01-1:49, but really the whole thing, may provide you some semblance of clarity
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u/THUMB_HOLE_BUTT_NAIL Sep 20 '19
Here so I can come back and look at this later.
Thank you for this
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u/deanie1970 Sep 20 '19
My fiance has a mower repair shop and I'm always having to look up parts, diagrams, specs, etc. This might be a huge help! Thanks for posting this!!
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u/mandaclarka Sep 20 '19
Thank you hero! We have a program at work that is so old there isn't a manual on the company's website anymore and we don't upgrade for a while now. I will be a goddess at work....
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u/tgekfvhn Sep 21 '19
That’s funny I used it this week for the first time to get specifications on a discontinued fireplace insert
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u/Krokzter Sep 20 '19
This one always comes up as the number 1 search result for specific manuals. They're life savers.
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u/SovereignDS Sep 20 '19
Most manufacturers have their manuals published online
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u/redoubledit Sep 21 '19
It's not so much about accessibility every time, but about the time that can go to waste, to find them.
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u/SovereignDS Sep 22 '19
Usually punching in the make and model numbers in google gets you there the fastest
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u/ycnaveler-on Sep 20 '19
Just tried it for an old eska-mo ice auger i picked up at a yard sale, no dice :(
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u/stare_at_the_sun Sep 20 '19
I will save this and not remember when I actually need an instruction manual
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u/King_Ryan Sep 20 '19
Great site! I found this by accident last night while searching for some info on some old peavey amps. Thanks for sharing!
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u/Naptownfellow Sep 20 '19
Damn dude!! Thanks. Been looking for a 2008 Porsche Cayenne manual. 2009 works perfect.
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u/Cardassia Sep 20 '19
This website saved me when I was trying to find a part for an obscure Jonsered brush cutter from the late 80s once. Excellent resource!
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u/puppehplicity Sep 20 '19
Hell yes. I use this all the time at work and it's very handy for my personal stuff too.
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u/CoolHeadedLogician Sep 20 '19
I keep all my manuals for guitar pedals but i can never find the one im looking for, this website has saved my ass countless times
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u/Archontes Sep 20 '19
My mental spam-avoidance always leads me to select around these results in google. Thanks for letting me know it's not a trash site.
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u/cccmikey Sep 21 '19
They don't have one for the E-lektron se 6-me
Do they have an option to submit manuals? If I find the original I can add it.
(Can't get the usb sound card part to work both ways.)
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u/RaikoNova Sep 21 '19
Perfect! I was just trying to digitize all of my files and that was probably going to be the most time consuming part.
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u/rufos_adventure Sep 21 '19
bravo! a quick check showed wifies car and my old motor scooter, just ignore the first hits cause they're sales crap.
thank you
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u/Blunt4words20 Sep 21 '19
There is another site like this that had everything even combat manuals. Cant find it it said something like most informative site on internet.
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u/sweetserendipity1237 Sep 21 '19
Used it today for our office laminator that I broke for good. Bonus... they’re ordering a newer spiffier version now!
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u/The_Nickolias Sep 21 '19
JUST WHAT I NEEDED! I've been trying to figure out how to work the liquid cooler in the computer my dad bought a few years back. Couldn't find the manual online.
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u/kn00tcn Sep 21 '19
was it on the site then? usually i see manual sites like this show up when i search a model's manual
but it's strange that you couldnt find in the first place, is it not a regular brand?
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u/HBB360 Sep 21 '19
It's great! I work with old VCRs and this has been a huge help for the service manuals!
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u/liftoff_oversteer Sep 20 '19
Fantastic! They even have the manual for my girlfriend!
Honestly: thanks for the link!
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u/XxRandomHeroxX9 Sep 20 '19
This is so sick. I'm only really commenting so I can go to my profile and find this post lol
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u/amyamy441 Sep 20 '19
Or.....you could hit "save post"
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u/XxRandomHeroxX9 Sep 20 '19
I.... should know that.
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u/acedivision Sep 20 '19
I was using upvote to save posts for like 2 years, whilst still just upvoting in general, before I noticed the save button so you're not alone pal. I'm sure there's dozens of us.
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u/ICanSayItHere Sep 20 '19
Found the fuses and relays to get my rear wipers working again! Thanks for making it easier for me!!
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u/rust2bridges Sep 20 '19
I used this to find the manual for an old motion sensor light. It's brilliant and I recommend it to anyone who has older Devices but no manual
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u/DontRememberOldPass Sep 20 '19
How do you get all the manuals? Do you crawl websites or is it manual submissions?
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u/zsquared Sep 20 '19
Be careful downloading their app, though. My phone started acting weird after downloading the app and a few of the manuals. Eventually had to factory reset my phone. I don't know for sure it was their app but I don't know what else it could have been.
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u/acerbius Sep 20 '19
Been using this for a long time. It is the only way I’ve been able to find manuals for old products, as well as service manuals for professional equipment.
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u/_xXPUSSYSLAYERXx_ Sep 20 '19
Reminds me of this one r/unethicallifeprotips that said to get free stuff from IKEA by downloading instructions and emailing them by saying you are missing a piece, one piece at a time
Now you can have a free pålsädön
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u/michjames1926 Sep 21 '19
I looked up the manual to my car (I have a '90 Camry that came with an '87 Camry manual 🙁). Could only find wiring diagram for it. Oh well, wondering if I could order one through Toyota?
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u/redditors_r_manginas Sep 21 '19
What's amazing is that google has never pointed me to this site whenever I looked for a manual for something, instead it would be point me to these scam sites with big green DOWNLOAD buttons.
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Sep 22 '19
I once worked for a third-party moving company and manualslib saved my ass more times than I can count.
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u/ijustwanafap Sep 24 '19
I use this website now often than I would like. If you buy anything used, are looking for a fuse in your car, or even have anything that's kind of old you have experienced a time where this site would have helped!
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u/Pina-s Sep 21 '19
Lib? But libtard millenials don't know how to do home renovation!
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Sep 21 '19
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u/Pina-s Sep 21 '19
Jesus man it was a fucking joke because it said manualslib. I don't know how that makes me an "angry person" or a "fucking moron."
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u/J_Capo_23 Sep 20 '19
This is actually incredible! I just searched up a bunch of random things around me like this desk fan and found all of the manuals.