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Offline Aloid

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Are the shop/service manuals on CD worth getting?
« on: July 15, 2010 - 10:35:19 PM »
Looking for a good manual for a '73 Cuda so I know how things should go together...  verses guessing...

What is recommended by you guys and are the CD versions useful?

Thoughts... opinions... pretty please.

Also, what is a recommended repair, care & feeding manual for a 360?  ;)

Alan
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Offline drewcrane

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Re: Are the shop/service manuals on CD worth getting?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2010 - 11:41:35 PM »
Looking for a good manual for a '73 Cuda so I know how things should go together...  verses guessing...

What is recommended by you guys and are the CD versions useful?

Thoughts... opinions... pretty please.

Also, what is a recommended repair, care & feeding manual for a 360?  ;)

Alan

I kinda like the idea of a cd , my factory text is in shambles it is in two parts and i cant find the part i dont need thankfully,but the important part i scanned and enlarged the electrical part ,and laminated ( i know old skool) it so i could just take that schematic and use it in the car for reference,

but if it is on a cd that would be easier to just print the desired page and use that, and also it is preserved for future reference,

i have a barracuda i am restoring, and i probably will just go with the cd makes sense to me :popcorn:

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Re: Are the shop/service manuals on CD worth getting?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2010 - 11:59:34 PM »
I have the service manual cd's for the 69  and 70  but still use the actual paper manuals for researching as I already look at this damn screen too much. Other than that, I print out specific pages when applicable. And yeah, they provide all the information that you will need for reassembly :2thumbs:
« Last Edit: July 16, 2010 - 12:01:05 AM by HANDM »

Offline Aloid

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Re: Are the shop/service manuals on CD worth getting?
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2010 - 01:31:42 AM »
Thanks guys... went with the CD for $29.  I like the idea of printing what I need...  and a ream of paper is not that expensive... hahaha
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Offline Topcat

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Re: Are the shop/service manuals on CD worth getting?
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2010 - 01:41:34 AM »
I have the Chassis service manuals in book form and the factory part service manual on CD. The one with all the part numbers.
Together they really compliment each other on any questions or issues.
Mike, Fremont, CA.


Offline brads70

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Re: Are the shop/service manuals on CD worth getting?
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2010 - 12:19:07 PM »
I have the 1970 Dart/Challenger CD and find it very useful especially for electrical stuff!
Brad
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Barrie,Ontario,Canada
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My restoration thread 
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=59072.0
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http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=73985.0