Our Chevrolet assembly manuals cover cars and trucks from 1947 to 1972. The Master Copy in the Reliability Office was the only one that was complete, with all sections, and was kept up to date as revisions occurred. The Assembly Manual covers only Chevrolet-released and installed parts; the body from the firewall back was built, painted, and trimmed by Fisher Body on their side of the plant, then shipped to the Chevrolet side, where all the Chevrolet parts were added to complete final assembly. Other complete copies were used by the Material and Industrial Engineering departments for part tracking and changes in on-line assembly operations. I also triied to just open it and it took a little longer but the same results.
It would be great if we can sticky this to the top. What's All That Stuff At The Bottom Of The Sheet? Only the parts that were received ready to install at Norwood and Van Nuys are shown in the Assembly Manual. The revision record tells the history of that sheet since its initial release the date in the far lower left of the title block ; each change is numbered sequentially, and when the revision block is filled, the next change starts again at the top, with the previous revision notes eliminated. Depending on the workload in the Graphics department, it was possible that just the N. Each Production Foreman had an A.
It's highly unlikely that any of the reprinted A. I know I am barely computer literate but I cant get it to download. Who Used The Manual In The Plant? Thank you very much for making this available and thanks to the one who originally made it available. If you have high speed at work and the boss doesn't mind, stay after and download, then drag to a memory device and take home. This sheet has an illustration and a listing of which parts are on which sheet in that section Sheet A2, Sheet B6, etc. It downloads real quick and then says something about damaged file cannot repair.
When a sheet was revised, the Specs Engineer inserted the new sheet in the Production Foreman's binder, and threw away the previous sheet; all Production cared about was how to build the car today, not how it was supposed to be built last month. These brand-new manuals illustrate operations required for the vehicle's final assembly. This was more likely to be measured in months than in weeks from the date the A. A lot of administrative complexity necessary to keep a complex business like Chevrolet running that built nearly 20,000 different cars and trucks every day , but as Camaro hobbyists, we're extremely fortunate to have the resultant Assembly Instruction Manual documentation available. All of this could take quite a while from the date the E. The process that was used for implementing running changes during the production year and how the Assembly Manual was involved in that system is covered later in this article.
How Is The Manual Organized? How Were Running Changes Handled? Although it may seem like just another one of many mysterious acronyms, it's not; it's one of the most important technical references you can have in your classic Camaro technical library. It's a big file and can take awhile to download if you don't have a fast connection. Why Aren't All The Individual Parts Shown? The illustration on this sheet has been completely redrawn, so the previous revision history has been lost and starts over again. Do I have to down load the Zip7 first? Thanks, I was in a hotel last night when I tried to download, I tried at one of my stores today, same thing. Individual parts of assemblies like wheel bearings and races that were part of front knuckle and rear axle assemblies, etc.
When a part or specifications change was desired for Chevrolet-released parts, the responsible Engineer at Chevrolet Engineering in Warren issued an E. Thanks for any help, Kevin No need to sign up for file dropper. The date of a revision almost never indicates the date the change actually took place on the line; it just shows when the sheet was revised, which could have been well ahead of or well after the part change occurred in production at the assembly plant. Pick up yours today and get free shipping in the continental U. The left side of the title block shows the title, the model number 12000 series for Camaro , the date the sheet was completed, the date it was released for publication, the initials of the illustrator and the checker, and references to other sheets in the same group or to Engineering Layouts from which the information was taken to create the sheet. The top of the sheet is pretty straightforward - each part number is shown with an item number reference to the illustration, and if it's a fastener, the little triangle next to the part number refers to the torque spec at the extreme lower left of the illustration.
. Now the change has arrived in the mail at the plant - what happens next? Example showing the use of a part number for a chart instead of listing all the different pad part numbers. Typical index sheet at the beginning of a section; listing at the top shows which sheets in that section cover which specific parts. Engineering Change Recommendation which described the change, the reasons, test requirements, and desired effective point for the change. Auto assembly manuals from The Motor Bookstore ship quickly - usually in less than five business days - and make great gifts for motorheads and grease monkeys.
This article will explain how the A. Reference clear illustrations, part numbers and part locations on Camaro, Chevelle, Corvette, El Camino, Chevy trucks and more with these factory assembly manuals produced by Chevrolet. Why Aren't All The Option Part Numbers Shown? Hundreds of part and specification changes were made during the model year, for product improvements, cost reductions, supplier process changes, assembly improvements, option package changes, and revisions in standard equipment. Once the Reliability Group and the Material Control Departments were made aware that the change was coming, the Specs Man would work with Production to ensure that any required tooling or fixture changes were identified, designed, and built, that the new material was in the plant and a fresh Job Study was done by Industrial Engineering to document the detail of the affected assembly operation time studies, make sure that the Line Inspectors were clued-in so they knew what to look for, and ensure that the Quality Auditors knew what to look for on completed cars in Final Inspection. Individual sheets were revised regularly when new parts replaced existing parts, when parts were cancelled or removed, when a system was redesigned as a running change, or when illustrations were revised or updated. .