1976 shopmanual

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Antileon
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Your car is a: Spider 124 1800 coupe 1976
Location: Denmark

1976 shopmanual

Post by Antileon »

Hi
Being new to the spider - and this forum -I am looking for a shop manual.
I have the Haynes but I am not impressed. I am not experienced with car repairs and need clear "dummy" instructions/illustrations.
I have purchased several download manuals from the internet and the quality is terrible. They are obvious poor scans from the originals manuals and the pictures are useless.
Does anyone offer a high quality copy or even a NOS original.
thanks guys
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aj81spider
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Your car is a: 1974 Fiat 124 Spider
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I have this one:

http://www.international-auto.com/repai ... 975-on.cfm

It's available on-line, but the on-line versions have pictures that are so dark they are useless. This one is my "go-to" manual for anything I do.
A.J.

1974 Fiat 124 Spider
2006 Corvette
1981 Spider 2000 (sold 2013 - never should have sold that car)
Antileon
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Your car is a: Spider 124 1800 coupe 1976
Location: Denmark

Re: 1976 shopmanual

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aj81spider wrote:I have this one:

http://www.international-auto.com/repai ... 975-on.cfm

It's available on-line, but the on-line versions have pictures that are so dark they are useless. This one is my "go-to" manual for anything I do.

so the pictures in the printed version are OK ? purchased 3 downloads, useless quality.
Thanks
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aj81spider
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The pictures in the printed one I have are good. I downloaded one on-line (you can find them if you search), but found the pictures to be almost useless.
A.J.

1974 Fiat 124 Spider
2006 Corvette
1981 Spider 2000 (sold 2013 - never should have sold that car)
2ndwind
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Your car is a: 1982 Spider
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Re: 1976 shopmanual

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I have ALWAYS found the Haynes manuals lacking for any car, even for a fairly experienced backyard mechanic. You have to guess a lot of steps. I have the same shop manual from IAP. Some pics are a little dark but still discernible. Couldn't do without it.
Steve
1982 Red Spider 2000
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