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Car Collector Chronicles
Online Resource Gems “How would you like to find a digital copy of the Chilton Repair Manual for your ride? Well, it is in
In June I indicated I would be discussing what I consider to be some veritable gems, in terms of online resources. How would you like to find a digital copy of the Chilton Repair Manual for your ride? Well, it is in fact available for the 1940 through 2011 model years. The availability is courtesy of the Michigan eLibrary Organization. You will find the Chilton manuals here—http://www.mel.org/index.php?P=MeL--DatabasesBySubject#auto. Now, there is a trick to accessing the repair manuals, which I am going to reveal. On clicking on the “Automotive Repair” link displayed on the above page, you will be taken to a database list. There, click on the ChiltonLibrary.com link.
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You are now at the login page. You want to login using your MI driver The availability license number. Wait one! You say you are not from MI, and do not is courtesy of have a MI driver license; no matter. Enter F123456789123 as your driver license number and click on LOGIN. You are now in. the Michigan In the left-hand column simply enter the vehicle data for your car from eLibrary the drop down menus. After entering your car data, click SELECT. Then Organization.” click on a choice listed as available and you now are reading the Chilton manual for your car! DISCLAIMER— I did not discover this on my own. The fact is, all of this info was offered up on one of the many automobile related fora I regularly frequent. Sorry, but I do not remember which one.
Another really worthwhile source is the Wild About Cars web site. It is found at http://wildaboutcarsonline.com. Here you will find factory service manuals, parts manuals, assembly manuals and other factory information on many different makes of cars. I recommend you register on this site. It is necessary to access the materials, and also to receive updates on new uploads added to the site on a regular basis. I suspect many of you are familiar with the next site; The Old Car Manual Project, found at http://www.oldcarmanualproject.com/? It is a treasure trove for info on old cars. I have found the carburetor manuals to be particularly helpful. A veritable warehouse of info on the 1955 Cadillac is found on my very own web site—http://GrayLady.WebNG.com. There one will find a Repair Library, NAPA™ shopping list with part #’s and pricing. I am sure that many of you have web sites which could/should be included in the list of gems. We want/need to know about them. How about relaying them to me, so I may pass them on to our readership? We all would be grateful.