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Old Aug 18, 2013 | 05:15 PM
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I bought a shop manual and it is very useful. Is the Field Service Manual different from the shop manual. Or are the same? Do I need more to properly repair the car.
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I bought a shop manual and it is very useful. Is the Field Service Manual different from the shop manual. Or are the same? Do I need more to properly repair the car.
The shop manual has the electrical diagnosis section which the feild service manual does not have.
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The shop manual has the electrical diagnosis section
Which is usually a separate book ;labelled 8A
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Old Aug 18, 2013 | 08:50 PM
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Which is usually a separate book ;labelled 8A
Thank you. I was paging through the Shop Manual and it looked pretty complete. Just checking
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Is the factory service manual the same thing? Seems to me to be different, two VERY thick manuals, definitely not a Chiltons, or Haystings...
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It depends on the year. I have a "1986 Corvette Shop Manual", which is everything in one volume. It does have an electrical supplement, but that is about 20 or 30 pages of updated stuff.

For 2003 there is a 3 volume FSM (Anybody want to buy it? -- never used -- that car never had a problem in the 10 years I had it).

My 2013 FSM is 4 volumes. They're getting more complex...
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