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JPSmit

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well, went to the mailbox this afternoon and received an owners manual for Ms Triss. What makes this special is that it is the actual original owner's manual for the car! The PO's were cleaning house, found it and took the time to mail it - I am very very happy!
 
Oh and they sent the workshop manual too
 
Neat piece of history!

Though the "shop manual" is just an old Haynes manual instead of the factory shop manual.
 
The Haynes manual looks to be in the same shape mine's in. Great that the POs saved and shipped them to you.
 
well and I actually have the Haynes already but it's nice to have anyway
 
"Shop copy". :wink:
 
Hehe, I had one like that too! It kept getting greasier with every referrence to it. I finally bought some clear sleeves and a loose-leaf binder, took the whole manual apart, page by page and made a "grease-proof" book!!
 
I've purchased the manuals on c/d's . Keep the originals for reference and just print out the pages from the c/d I need to take out to the garage and get all grubby.Nice of the P.O. to send them.
 
I purchased the cds two years ago and unfortunately I don't have a computer now that can open them. I had printed off the entire shop manual for reference. I have found the Haynes and VB or Moss catalogs more useful in most cases.

If anyone knows how to get the cd to work with VISTA please let me know. There is other good info on ther besides the manual.

Mark
 
You may be able to try an emulator, or setup a virtual machine with the operating system the CD's need to run on. Either that or find a cheap used laptop, put the OS needed on it, and have a garage computer. I did that with an old Dell laptop. Put plastic over the keys and track pad so I wouldn't get it too nasty with grease and crud.
 
Vista shouldn't cause a problem. Most of the c/d manuals are a pdf file that will open with Adobe Reader. The Reader program is usually included with the cd. If it isn't you can down load the program for free from the Adobe web site. It installs very easily. You can google Adobe Reader to find the web page.
 
Try "Googl"in' Vista and th' CD's. Ain't gonna run on Vista and neither M$ or th' authors of th' CD's have a "fix".
 
When you use the computer in the garage to read a shop manual, you end up with a greasy keyboard...go buy hard copies...at least you can take them out to the work bay to compare pictures!
 
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