Manuals - 1982 Workshop Manual, 1986 Electrical Wiring
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:29 pm
I've managed to borrow a couple of original Mitsu Starion workshop manuals, and I've just finished scanning the mongrels.
They are:
- 1982 Workshop Manual
- 1986 Electrical Wiring Workshop Manual
1982 Starion Workshop Manual
Complete scan of the manual, each section in a separate PDF file. The total size of this is about 50 MB.
1986 Starion Electrical Wiring Workshop Manual
This has a huge amount of info and schematics, a lot of which I'd expect to be applicable to earlier models. This one was a bitch. Most of the circuit diagrams (and there are a lot) are of the fold-out type, longer than A3. Plus the paper is thin, so the print on the other side of each page shows through. As if that wasn't enough, the print in some sections is small and rather faint, so it took a lot of experimentation to work out the right scanner settings so that it's readable on the screen, prints well and the file size isn't enormous. In the end, I believe I have now got the scan quality so that when it's printed, it's pretty much looks exactly like the original.
Most of the fold-out schematics I've scanned at A3 size. All the schematics fit comfortably on two A3 pages, with plenty of overlap so that when they're printed, they can be cut and joined at a good place.
The scan of this manual is in a number of PDF files, totalling about 20 MB.
How to get them?
Due to the size of these, it's probably easier to burn CDs and post them out in a CD mailer to those of you who want them. I'd expect the total (non-profit) cost for doing this to be around 5 or 6 snappers.
Anybody want 'em?
They are:
- 1982 Workshop Manual
- 1986 Electrical Wiring Workshop Manual
1982 Starion Workshop Manual
Complete scan of the manual, each section in a separate PDF file. The total size of this is about 50 MB.
1986 Starion Electrical Wiring Workshop Manual
This has a huge amount of info and schematics, a lot of which I'd expect to be applicable to earlier models. This one was a bitch. Most of the circuit diagrams (and there are a lot) are of the fold-out type, longer than A3. Plus the paper is thin, so the print on the other side of each page shows through. As if that wasn't enough, the print in some sections is small and rather faint, so it took a lot of experimentation to work out the right scanner settings so that it's readable on the screen, prints well and the file size isn't enormous. In the end, I believe I have now got the scan quality so that when it's printed, it's pretty much looks exactly like the original.
Most of the fold-out schematics I've scanned at A3 size. All the schematics fit comfortably on two A3 pages, with plenty of overlap so that when they're printed, they can be cut and joined at a good place.
The scan of this manual is in a number of PDF files, totalling about 20 MB.
How to get them?
Due to the size of these, it's probably easier to burn CDs and post them out in a CD mailer to those of you who want them. I'd expect the total (non-profit) cost for doing this to be around 5 or 6 snappers.
Anybody want 'em?