1983 Owners and Repair Manual

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seantp
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1983 Owners and Repair Manual

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I just received a Repair Manual and an Owner's Manual for the 1983 4WD from a kind elderly gentleman. I'm thinking about removing the binding and running it through my sheet-fed scanner. Is there any interest out there? In the mean time if anyone needs reference on a specific repair I could share a few pages.
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Would like to see what Motor Trend had to say about our cars...
if it aint there, there's a good chance it won't break!
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I'd be interested, my car is an 83 and it'd be great to have access to that. I know there are subtle differences in the manuals and the wiring diagrams and colors may be different. I found an fsm for an 84 that is a little different than the 85 one on here and has photos instead of illustrations in some sections, though the illustrations are probably easier to decipher. I didn't think about using a feed scanner like that, I suppose you could hole punch it and put it in a 3 ring binder when you were done.
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OK! Sorry, I didn't get a notification of these replies and things have been hectic with the new to me Tercel. I will get scanning.
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I'd love to get an 83 specific manual. Any progress on the scans? Also, thank for even thinking about doing this for us all!
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that repair manual is for the 2wd sedan, engine and front end repairs should be valid, but not much else.

the owner's manual is for the 4wd.
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