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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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What is the best resource for wiring diagrams? I have a project C3 in which I discovered numerous wires to nowhere. Some of these are live; don't ask me how I know.

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Don Olson (member) does a nice one
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 04:34 PM
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What is the best resource for wiring diagrams?
Doc Rebuild's are great, with pictures of terminal ends.

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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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The AIM and the Shop manuals have wiring diagrams,
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Don Olson sold me a color coat-laminated set....best set I have ever seen. With the Assembly manual and his wiring diagram I never made a mistake rewiring the dash or the engine

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I got mine from Don Olson at Olson Engineering. The E-Mail address I have for him is vetsvette2002@yahoo.com
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I bought a CD from wbryce@comcast.net with all the C3 wiring diagrams on it in PDF format. I then took that to Kinkos and had them blow it up to about 3 foot square. Hung that on my garrage door so I could just look up while rewiring stuff rather than flipping a book around.

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What year do you need? I have a lot of color 82 vette sheets on a server you can download.
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I also would like to endorse Don Olson and his wiring diagrams. I got one for my '71 and it seems to cover everything electrical. Completely and clearly. Definitive.
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I also would like to endorse Don Olson and his wiring diagrams. I got one for my '71 and it seems to cover everything electrical. Completely and clearly. Definitive.
I agree, I'm very happy with the one Don sent me for my 71.
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The AIM has the factory diagram. No disrespect to anyone reproducing them but I like the one I pieced together from my AIM manual a lot better. It turns out bigger that anyone I've seen reproduced and it's easy to do if you already have the AIM plus you save a little money and can make as many copies as you want. Copy the pages and line them up then tape them together. It creates a poster size schematic. I have a picture of mine somewhere I'll post if needed.
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The problem I have with the AIM is the quality of the print. It looks like a copy of a copy of a micro fiche
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Originally Posted by SIXFOOTER
The problem I have with the AIM is the quality of the print. It looks like a copy of a copy of a micro fiche
I understand that, I guess I got a "good" copy. I do have a few pages that have part of them cut off though but the print is dark.
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Here's a link to download my 82 color diagrams if you like.
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Originally Posted by SIXFOOTER
The problem I have with the AIM is the quality of the print. It looks like a copy of a copy of a micro fiche
I'm extremely disappointed in the AIM wiring diagram and a few other NCRS 'publications'. You can only photocopy something so many times before the quality goes to hell. I wrongly assumed that if it were coming from the NCRS there be something other than hand drawn pictures.
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Thanks everyone. I am always amazed at the value of forums. Who knows how long it would have taken me to find these resources on my own.
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I bought mine from Lectric Limited. It's 22x17 and laminated. I use a dry erase marker to trace wires, then wipe off my marks when done.
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i've got all above mentioned and found errors in all (74). they present info in different ways which is good. if you plan on doing a lot of work on the wiring, you'll probably end up with all, like i did
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I like the GM "all cars" wiring diagram book. I have one for my 77, I assume they were used for at least some other C3 years.
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