Have you tried the archive? I'm not sure how comprehensive their selection might be for your case, but you should give it a try
https://archive.org/details/manuals
https://archive.org/details/manuals_contributions
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what kind of manuals? Automotive?
I should have specified, shouldn’t I? Auto/commercial/plant. I seem to only buy gear that doesn’t have readily-available workshop manuals
Anna's Archive could be helpful
Are you familiar with iFixit? They provide a ton of technical manuals from what I've heard, but I haven't personally used them. Also be aware of library.kiwix.org - they're a Swiss charity that provides archival downloads of knowledge bases, including iFixit. They might have more resources that you'd be interested in too.
Fantastic, thanks, that’s a good resource even if they don’t have the specific ones I’m after