Assembly Manuals - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

brown7373 · 02-11-2018, 01:05 PM

Is there a better manual than the 1967-1972 Checy/GMC Truck Factory Assembly Instruction Manual? It is very hard to use, with no index or table of contents. I understand there is a lot of similarities between the various years, but it is not close to as easy to use as a Pontiac or Oldsmobile Assembly Manual.

Is there a specific Assembly Manual for 1972?

**jocko** · 02-11-2018, 01:32 PM

No, that's the only one (and yes, it sucks). However, it is worth buying the CD version. As a pdf, it can be searched for keywords.

davepl · 02-11-2018, 01:37 PM

Here's what you do.

1) Make cup of coffee
2) Grab pen
3) Number top right of every even page
4) Get assembly manual index from the board here

Some hard-working members got together and made an index for the truck assembly manual which you can search in Excel. Search the board here (assembly manual index) and you'll find it. Once you can actually LOCATE things in it, it's invaluable.

If anyone has a PDF of the assembly manual I could always OCR the whole thing and make it searchable, even online. But I don't have a PDF of it, if anyone does, please let me know!

**jocko** · 02-11-2018, 01:57 PM

The PDF version that is available at most of the vendors is searchable.
I tried the index approach once myself, documenting every key word I could think of on each page and transferring to excel, made it to about page 150 of a million and punted. I even gave up on numbering the pages, ha. I'm glad that even the paper version is available, but after about 10 years of fishing thru its super thin pages only to find exactly what I need, but OH, no, on a suburban... I gave up and bought the CD. Wish I'd done it years ago.

davepl · 02-11-2018, 02:17 PM

The CD I had wasn't searchable and the illustrations were black and white, not greyscale. It was worse than nothing. So it makes a big difference both in book and CD form what quality you have.

And my printed version has the parts numbers omitted, so between the two of them... suckage.

On the Pontiac stuff I scanned my own 3-ring binder in so could have it exactly as I like, which is nice. Great for cross-referencing by searching part numbers between parts book and assembly manual.

**LockDoc** · 02-11-2018, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jocko

The PDF version that is available at most of the vendors is searchable.
I tried the index approach once myself, documenting every key word I could think of on each page and transferring to excel, made it to about page 150 of a million and punted. I even gave up on numbering the pages, ha. I'm glad that even the paper version is available, but after about 10 years of fishing thru its super thin pages only to find exactly what I need, but OH, no, on a suburban... I gave up and bought the CD. Wish I'd done it years ago.

X2 on the CD. Only way to go.....

LockDoc

harpo231 · 02-11-2018, 03:00 PM

Buy a Pontiac so yer manual will work !

brown7373 · 02-11-2018, 06:47 PM

Okay, so I'm not the only one . I am going to get the CD version. And Harpo231, I have a 1970 Bonneville Convertible and that Assembly Manual is great! Easy to find things and has part numbers. But that manual wasn't available until the past few years. I have owned this Pontiac since 1979. A body manual has bee available forever, but the B body only recently.

**LockDoc** · 02-11-2018, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brown7373

Okay, so I'm not the only one . I am going to get the CD version. And Harpo231, I have a 1970 Bonneville Convertible and that Assembly Manual is great! Easy to find things and has part numbers. But that manual wasn't available until the past few years. I have owned this Pontiac since 1979. A body manual has bee available forever, but the B body only recently.

When you are using the CD type the word/s you are looking for in the "Find" box at the top of the page and press the "Enter" key on your keyboard. It will take you to the first instance of that word. Every time you press "Enter" again it will take you to the next location that word is used. Pretty cool the way it works.

LockDoc

ericfallon · 02-12-2018, 01:51 AM

Who sells/ makes the cd.

I have an old one from detroit iron for a 70 chevelle but have not used it in a long time iirc it was windows 95 and maybe xp. have to find it and see if it works with w8/10

**LockDoc** · 02-12-2018, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericfallon

Who sells/ makes the cd.

I have an old one from detroit iron for a 70 chevelle but have not used it in a long time iirc it was windows 95 and maybe xp. have to find it and see if it works with w8/10

Welcome to the board....

https://www.amazon.com/CD-ROM-1967-1.../dp/B00435N4QU

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GMC-Chevy-T...-/400735893799

LockDoc

ericfallon · 02-12-2018, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LockDoc

Welcome to the board....

https://www.amazon.com/CD-ROM-1967-1.../dp/B00435N4QU

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GMC-Chevy-T...-/400735893799

LockDoc

Thank you for the links

rsavage · 02-12-2018, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harpo231

Buy a Pontiac so yer manual will work !

I agree

02-11-2018, 01:05 PM	#1
brown7373 Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Fort Pierce, FL Posts: 430	Assembly Manuals Is there a better manual than the 1967-1972 Checy/GMC Truck Factory Assembly Instruction Manual? It is very hard to use, with no index or table of contents. I understand there is a lot of similarities between the various years, but it is not close to as easy to use as a Pontiac or Oldsmobile Assembly Manual. Is there a specific Assembly Manual for 1972?

02-11-2018, 01:32 PM	#2
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,975	Re: Assembly Manuals No, that's the only one (and yes, it sucks). However, it is worth buying the CD version. As a pdf, it can be searched for keywords.

02-11-2018, 01:37 PM	#3
davepl Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 6,332	Re: Assembly Manuals Here's what you do. 1) Make cup of coffee 2) Grab pen 3) Number top right of every even page 4) Get assembly manual index from the board here Some hard-working members got together and made an index for the truck assembly manual which you can search in Excel. Search the board here (assembly manual index) and you'll find it. Once you can actually LOCATE things in it, it's invaluable. If anyone has a PDF of the assembly manual I could always OCR the whole thing and make it searchable, even online. But I don't have a PDF of it, if anyone does, please let me know! __________________ 1970 GMC Sierra Grande Custom Camper - Built, not Bought 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Coupe 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Convertible

02-11-2018, 01:57 PM	#4
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,975	Re: Assembly Manuals The PDF version that is available at most of the vendors is searchable. I tried the index approach once myself, documenting every key word I could think of on each page and transferring to excel, made it to about page 150 of a million and punted. I even gave up on numbering the pages, ha. I'm glad that even the paper version is available, but after about 10 years of fishing thru its super thin pages only to find exactly what I need, but OH, no, on a suburban... I gave up and bought the CD. Wish I'd done it years ago.

02-11-2018, 02:17 PM	#5
davepl Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 6,332	Re: Assembly Manuals The CD I had wasn't searchable and the illustrations were black and white, not greyscale. It was worse than nothing. So it makes a big difference both in book and CD form what quality you have. And my printed version has the parts numbers omitted, so between the two of them... suckage. On the Pontiac stuff I scanned my own 3-ring binder in so could have it exactly as I like, which is nice. Great for cross-referencing by searching part numbers between parts book and assembly manual. __________________ 1970 GMC Sierra Grande Custom Camper - Built, not Bought 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Coupe 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Convertible

02-11-2018, 03:00 PM	#7
harpo231 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Lincoln City DE Posts: 1,292	Re: Assembly Manuals Buy a Pontiac so yer manual will work ! __________________ Stan 67 swb BLU MULE posted via flip-fone

02-11-2018, 06:47 PM	#8
brown7373 Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Fort Pierce, FL Posts: 430	Re: Assembly Manuals Okay, so I'm not the only one . I am going to get the CD version. And Harpo231, I have a 1970 Bonneville Convertible and that Assembly Manual is great! Easy to find things and has part numbers. But that manual wasn't available until the past few years. I have owned this Pontiac since 1979. A body manual has bee available forever, but the B body only recently.

02-12-2018, 01:51 AM	#10
ericfallon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: kona hawaii Posts: 41	Re: Assembly Manuals Who sells/ makes the cd. I have an old one from detroit iron for a 70 chevelle but have not used it in a long time iirc it was windows 95 and maybe xp. have to find it and see if it works with w8/10



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