A.I.M. Over view
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Racer
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A.I.M. Over view
I have an A.I.M. for my 79, but it is difficult for me to find things in it. Is there anyone out there that has the decoder ring or can school me on the best way to navigate through it? Thanks.
MajD
MajD
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Mine for my '73 is horrible as well... it's difficult for me to find anything without just paging through looking for drawings close to what I'm working on at the time..
There's probably some method to the madness, but it escapes me.
mardyn
There's probably some method to the madness, but it escapes me.
mardyn
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From: Lafayette Louisiana
Agree
Agree and suggest the following:
I paged through the whole AIM and made my own table of contents as I went. Next 3 hole punched it and put in the front.
AIM is chock full of great info and looking through it page by page is a very informative exercise in itself.
Hope this helps.
I paged through the whole AIM and made my own table of contents as I went. Next 3 hole punched it and put in the front.
AIM is chock full of great info and looking through it page by page is a very informative exercise in itself.
Hope this helps.
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From: Tampa, Florida
Agree and suggest the following:
I paged through the whole AIM and made my own table of contents as I went. Next 3 hole punched it and put in the front.
AIM is chock full of great info and looking through it page by page is a very informative exercise in itself.
Hope this helps.
I paged through the whole AIM and made my own table of contents as I went. Next 3 hole punched it and put in the front.
AIM is chock full of great info and looking through it page by page is a very informative exercise in itself.
Hope this helps.
Melting Slicks
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that's why i bought the CD pdf version that you can search for key words for my 72.
then when you find the info, print it out, get it dirty in the shed, throw away after use.
i also keep a copy on my mobile phone and tablet as well.
handy for when your out and about and need some info or to show someone something.
then when you find the info, print it out, get it dirty in the shed, throw away after use.
i also keep a copy on my mobile phone and tablet as well.
handy for when your out and about and need some info or to show someone something.
Last edited by riverracer au; Jul 4, 2017 at 10:45 PM. Reason: 72 added
Racer
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MajD
It's a Camaro site but this is the best explanation of the AIM organization you will find:
http://www.camaros.org/AIM.shtml
John
It's a Camaro site but this is the best explanation of the AIM organization you will find:
http://www.camaros.org/AIM.shtml
John
Last edited by JC68; Jul 4, 2017 at 11:24 PM.
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This is exactly why I did the pdf's in OCR. So you can find stuff.. Our Assembly manuals on CD have been run through the Optical Character Recognition.. and then we added key word searches to it...
So if you want to find Dash pad.. you search Dash pad and it'll pull all the pages.
Willcox
So if you want to find Dash pad.. you search Dash pad and it'll pull all the pages.
Willcox
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It's great that Willcox has made life easier by putting the AIM on CD.
Here's an index that was posted years ago.
It may be off by a few page numbers but it might help.
http://www.birkes.com/corvette/sprea...page_order.htm
http://www.birkes.com/corvette/sprea...Alpha_Sort.htm
Here's an index that was posted years ago.
It may be off by a few page numbers but it might help.
http://www.birkes.com/corvette/sprea...page_order.htm
http://www.birkes.com/corvette/sprea...Alpha_Sort.htm
Last edited by Peterbuilt; Jul 4, 2017 at 11:58 PM.
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There is no "magic bullet" for using the AIM. You first have to understand what it IS:
This is a document used by the final assembly plant to assemble the car in the sequence in which it was assembled. The AIM only has info related to the final assembly of the vehicle; pre-assembled items that were procured from other GM plants DO NOT have detailed info on them in the AIM (engine, transmission, other sub-assemblies).
The AIM is constructed per a 'base' vehicle with no options and the L-48 engine with manual transmission. The last sections of the AIM show all of the additional/different detail for vehicle "options". So, you can see how the 'base' assembly was done and then you might also need to access the 'options' section to determine other detailed info relative to your vehicle's configuration.
Is this the best design for a document to show you how to "repair" your car? NO. Is there anything better available? NO.
P.S. The more you use it, the better you will become at making use of it.
This is a document used by the final assembly plant to assemble the car in the sequence in which it was assembled. The AIM only has info related to the final assembly of the vehicle; pre-assembled items that were procured from other GM plants DO NOT have detailed info on them in the AIM (engine, transmission, other sub-assemblies).
The AIM is constructed per a 'base' vehicle with no options and the L-48 engine with manual transmission. The last sections of the AIM show all of the additional/different detail for vehicle "options". So, you can see how the 'base' assembly was done and then you might also need to access the 'options' section to determine other detailed info relative to your vehicle's configuration.
Is this the best design for a document to show you how to "repair" your car? NO. Is there anything better available? NO.
P.S. The more you use it, the better you will become at making use of it.
Last edited by 7T1vette; Jul 5, 2017 at 11:39 PM.
