I found a shop repair manual for a 1983 or 1985 Toyota pick up on my local classified site, I own an 1984 toyota sr5 pick up, I was wondering how different these are from a 1984 Toyota shop manual, will most of it be similar or should I locate a 1984 shop repair manual?

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Garrett, well for one thing, the body style changed from 1983 to 1984...so if it's an 83 factory service manual, then I'd imagine there will be quite a few differences. Also, the 1985 manual probably introduces a lot of EFI sections that will not apply to your 1984 truck. There will certainly be a lot of common area between all the years, but it would be best to have the correct FSM for your year. Another option is to find a PDF version online.

 

It would be okay for motor and axle information but not much else as the trucks changed quite a bit in those years. I have an 85 FSM and it does show the EFI in it. it would still be a great manual to have if you thought of ever getting an earlier truck.

 

Depending on price I'd do the '85. The the EFI is a section but it has a carb section too. Shoot I'd give you an e-copy of '85 if you were local. I originally had a hard copy of '86 same year as my rig. Had search ebay which had copies but bids quickly shot price up. Found a hard copy on used book site for $26 with shipping. Movers liberated my copy when we went overseas along with some tools. So now I've got '85; '88, and '92. I printed '85 and use it most. But my rig has bits and pieces from several years.