Difference in Service Manuals?
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Melting Slicks
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Difference in Service Manuals?
Is there any big difference in the '02 and '03 factory service manuals? Is there any good reason to look for a set of '02s when I have a set of '03s already. (for an '02 ZO6) Thanks.
Melting Slicks
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Reviving this fifteen years later - Service manuals for C5 are rather pricey and finding a set for the exact year of your vette may not even be needed.
Do the later years manuals just have an addendum for changed procedures, different parts, etc.?
Dad has a 2000 model, if I find anything from 2000-2004 will those all have information about 2000 model C5 cars?
Do the later years manuals just have an addendum for changed procedures, different parts, etc.?
Dad has a 2000 model, if I find anything from 2000-2004 will those all have information about 2000 model C5 cars?
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Follow on manuals did not just have addendums, they were totally new manuals as they incorporate changes from year to year. However, for a large majority of systems, the later manuals should have info that will get the repair done.
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The big reality check is that after you pony up between $100 and $300 for a three book set, it will sit on a shelf and collect dust while you google the answer to most every question or problem, and if you preface the query with 'C5 Corvette' one of the first listed responses will always be here to the forum, where the answer is more than likely waiting for you to implement. Occasionally you'll find a question that either was never answered, or more likely they found an answer, but didn't share.
