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Re: factory workshop manual

To: fot@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: factory workshop manual
From: fpspitfire@insightbb.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 03:08:02 +0000
am assuming correctly that the factory book is called the "repair operation 
manual"?

aaron


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All the best
Aaron Johnson
#38 FP Spitfire Mk4 Southern Illinois Region SCCA
http://home.insightbb.com/~fpspitfire


> Is it safe to guess that a photocopy of the factory manual (complete
> document) would be acceptable?
> 
> 
> Jim
> Dallas TX
> with original Herald/1200/Vitesse manual and Mk III manual, but no Mk IV
> manual
> 
> 
> 
> > Having bumped into a similar question in another forum (Solo II), it
> > *likely* works like this:
> >
> > The factory manual is the only official document.
> >
> > The Bentley is not factory, hence not official, but usually acceptable to
> > resolve a tech question. The caveat is that if someone produces an actual
> > factory manual and it reads differently from the Bentley, the factory
> > manual
> > will prevail.
> >
> > And FWIW, I own two copies of the Spitfire factory manual for my car, and
> > they are NOT the same! The other day I needed to refer to it for something
> > on distributor installation and the reference I knew existed was not in
> > the
> > one on my workbench. Had to get the one I keep in the tow van to find the
> > reference. :-\
> >
> > --Rocky Entriken
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <fpspitfire@insightbb.com>
> > To: <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 7:31 PM
> > Subject: factory workshop manual
> >
> >
> >> So...the Limited prep rules state that I must be in posession of a
> >> factory
> >> workshop manual.
> >>
> >> Does the bentley manual count as this...or should I be looking for
> >> something
> >> else?
> >>
> >> aaron...
> >>
> >> (it's probably time to buy something anyways...the haynes manual is now
> >> in "loose leaf" form.)
> >>
> >> oh...and I updated to a new website...
> >>
> >> --
> >> All the best
> >> Aaron Johnson
> >> #38 FP Spitfire Mk4 Southern
> >> Illinois Region SCCA
> >> http://home.insightbb.com/~fpspitfire

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