Maintaining my 99 coupe
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Maintaining my 99 coupe
Recently aquired my first Corvette and want to learn how to maintain it myself.
I am mechanically inclined with some rebuilding skill - but my rebuilds date to the 60's and 70's.
Reading through all of the threads here are extremely helpful but I want a quality service manual.
Is the Helm manual a good one? Or the manual available from the store on line here?
Probably will not be doing any rebuilding for a while but learning proper maintainance, diagnostics, and parts/component replacement are important for starters.
Any recomendations would be appreciated.
I am mechanically inclined with some rebuilding skill - but my rebuilds date to the 60's and 70's.
Reading through all of the threads here are extremely helpful but I want a quality service manual.
Is the Helm manual a good one? Or the manual available from the store on line here?
Probably will not be doing any rebuilding for a while but learning proper maintainance, diagnostics, and parts/component replacement are important for starters.
Any recomendations would be appreciated.
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Get a set of the factory service manuals - you'll see them for sale every now and then (I'd recommend a set for your year car), or you can buy them new from Gene at gmpartshouse.com.
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I purchased my Factory Service Manuals from West Coast Corvettes
$149.95 for a 1999
http://www.westcoastcorvette.com/sea...service+manual
$149.95 for a 1999
http://www.westcoastcorvette.com/sea...service+manual
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From: Rockledge FL
i bought the digital service manual off of ebay for like 30 bucks. its on my laptop and so far I cant find a difference between it and the paper one other than it is a lot easier to look up the section I need on the computer.
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From: West Jordan Utah
Same here, and if I need a page to have handy to look at while I am working I just print out the needed page. Very handy!
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From: Converse TX
That's is the one I would get
