The mid 80's DeVille also had a nine pound shop manual. Half of it
was flow charts for computer diagnostics. The good news was that
the diagnostics were on board, accessible thru the automatic temp
control - the function select buttons became the keyboard and the
display panel became the computer screen - it was awesome.
Mike L
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From Larry Dickstein <bugide at solve.net>
To: <DLancer7676@cs.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: December 24, 2001 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: Unbelieveable eBay Auction
> DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Want to know something really nuts? I was looking in the
driver's handbood
> > for our Pontiac Grand Am to source a problem, and in the back
of the book was
> > an order form where you could order the Shop Manual from
GM---for ONLY $90.
> > $90? Geez--gimme a good old Haynes for under $20 any day.
>
> I needed a "shop manual" for a later model Dodge truck. It,
too, was $90 but it
> weighed about nine pounds and had all the diagrams. I needed it
for the vacuum
> diagram and that portion (a small book) was 284 pages.
>
> Yes, the "old days" were OK but didn't include vacuum diagrams,
air bag specs, a
> cruel wiring diagram, and other late stuff that we didn't have
on the Bugeye.
> --
> Larry Dickstein
> Lone Jack, MO
>
> Pop. 420
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