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Corvette, 1966-1982: Shop Manual (Motorbooks Workshop)

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The "Corvette, 1966-82 : Shop Manual" is certainly not as detailed as the GM manual but it contains all the layperson needs to do the basic maintenance on all moving parts. Highly recommended to have it in the trunk for diagnosis and reference on the run.

This book should NOT be considered a shop manual. It lacks many basic elements of repair. For example, there is no information in the book about removing the door panels, replacing a door lock or body panel adjustments. As a very basic and rudimentary overview of C3 vette's it is acceptable. If you need a true "shop manual" that describes in detail every component of the car, you need to look elsewhere.

I own a 1982 Corvette and was looking for a book that would help me conduct maintenance on it. This is not the book to own.

Unfortunately I purchase a number of these types of general maintenance books to help me with my corvette. They do provide you with the most common repair processes for the most common Corvette but if your maintenance requirements for your Corvette are not common this book is useless. Unfortunately the (C3 body style) Corvettes underwent a lot of changes and unless you are really in luck procedures to repair your Corvette may not be correct in this manual.

You need to purchase a Shop Manual for the year of car you own. They are available from different sources a lot from Amazon.

Do not purchase these types of general maintenance books if you want to do anything other than change the oil.

Unfortunately I did not figure this out until I connected with C3VR.com guys and got some help.

Way better than a manual from a parts store. This has everything needed to completely rebuild a vette.

I needed a Shop Manual specifically for an '81 Vette...this manual though claiming to represent 66-82 has a tiny supplement at the end for 80-82 Vettes and doesn't have a wiring diagram for an '81 or info on the Electronic carburetor from that year...and no body or interior info after '79.Misleading...I will need to track down an original Shop manual.

Great book on how to remove and replace anything mechanical in the car. Has no interior information. However it covers all of the basic mechanical parts thorough with lots of pictures. Only critique is that sometimes there are significant differences between a 66 Corvette and 82. The book usually does not distinguish between the years-so the instructions can be slightly off. So far, this has not caused any problems because it gets you close enough to figure out any alterations to the instructions.

A wonderful addition to my maintenance library. I already have a Haynes repair manual for this vehicle, so I am able to compare/contrast the two. This book has more schematics/wiring diagrams than Haynes, but a similar amount of pictures, maintenance procedures, etc. Each book has some procedures that are not included in the other, but between the two, I can usually find the answers I am looking for. In fact, some of the step-by-step procedures are better (and some worse) than Haynes!

If you have a corvette and plan on doing a little work on it, you need to add this to the workshop manuals. I've already saved the cost of it. gk

Quite good book. Useful list of problems / solutions. For 82 models could be more detailed especially on CFInjection system. Also range of years could be narrowed down and could use some more pictures and better print quality / paper

This manual is almost 3/4" thick, so it can't have a great amount of detail in it for the entire C3 Corvette line. For the price, it is a good deal.