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Offline Joe65SkylarkGS

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Using the electronic garage
« on: October 26, 2008, 09:34:50 PM »
How do you know where anything is? Great source if I could figure out how to look something up.

Please forgive me, i'm not too swift on the computer.
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1965 GS 4 Speed Hard Top (Under Construction)
1965 Skylark 462, 12.21@109.8
1964 Special FireBall V6, 3 on the tree 4 Sale
1987 Grand National
1987 SS Monte T-Tops 4 sale
1995 Slammed Asstro
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Re: Using the electronic garage
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2008, 10:22:16 AM »
Most of the manuals (but not the parts book) have an index on the last page, so look it up there first. The index will not direct you to a page number, but to a section number, and page.

For example, To look up SUSPENSION specs:
In the 1965 Chassis manual service manual, The index is on the last page, page 646. Start there. You have to back up a page to find the listing for SUSPENSION....That directs you to page 7-1. ???
Now the hard part. You have to zero in on page 7-1 by trial and error.

The manual is set up by sections....
Section 1 is in the front of the book, and section 12 is in the rear of the book. That makes sense.
You want page 7-1 for suspension.....that translates to:
Section 7, page 1

Figure section 7 is somewhere in the middle of the book, lets try page 350. Click on 'Page 350'.....that takes you a page. In the upper corner is the page number....once again, it's Section#-page#. In this case, clicking on page 350 takes you to 'Section 8- page 22.
Guess we picked the wrong number, guess again!

Going back 22 pages should take you to the first page of Section 8, so go back more than 22 pages....Lets go back 40 pages, and click on 'page 310'.....
That takes us to a page marked 7-9....section 7- page 9. Close!
We want 7-1, so go back 8 pages....click on 'page 302'....
Bingo! we're in Section 7, page 1! ;D

It could be organized better, but that would take the fun out of it!

Note there is a manual for 1965 Buick Chassis and one for 1965 GS Service.
The 65 Chassis manual will cover everything on the base small-block Special and Skylark.
The 65 GS manual will cover only those items that are different that the base Skylarks....like a 401 Nailhead engine.
Walt K
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66 GS Silver Mist/black 401 4 spd
66 GS Flame Red/black 401 5 spd
66 GS Saddle Mist/black 401 L76 auto
66 Special Flame Red/black 300 5 spd
65 GS vert Verde Green/ Saddle buckets 401 4 spd
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Offline Joe65SkylarkGS

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Re: Using the electronic garage
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2008, 07:40:17 PM »
Huh? ???
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1965 GS 4 Speed Hard Top (Under Construction)
1965 Skylark 462, 12.21@109.8
1964 Special FireBall V6, 3 on the tree 4 Sale
1987 Grand National
1987 SS Monte T-Tops 4 sale
1995 Slammed Asstro
17 in Boyd Coddington
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Re: Using the electronic garage
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2008, 11:55:22 PM »
The books need some index work. 

Anyone on the board want to lend some wicked HTML skills and want to help with the index's?

I can send the code and someone would just need to rename the pages so they make better sense.

Thanks
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Offline wildcat65

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Re: Using the electronic garage
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2008, 02:35:57 PM »
Wow,  I just checked that out.  I could spend all day looking at those books.
Thank you for putting this online.
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Re: Using the electronic garage
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2008, 09:46:54 AM »
Yeah, thats a great resource! ...hope it's not illegal :-\

Sorry, Chris wish I could help, but I have NO html skills!

Joe....just print out all the pages and put them in a binder, and arrange them any way you want! :P
Walt K
Eastern Pa

66 GS Astro Blue/blue 425 auto
66 GS Silver Mist/black 401 4 spd
66 GS Flame Red/black 401 5 spd
66 GS Saddle Mist/black 401 L76 auto
66 Special Flame Red/black 300 5 spd
65 GS vert Verde Green/ Saddle buckets 401 4 spd
79 Turbo Regal