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YOUR RESEARCH996 Service Manual Mystery

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same as ed's link

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Suspected cause

I use a PDF of the factory service manual - probably the same as Ed's link.

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Use service manual

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so I did a search before posting and all I found was a 3 page covert thread from 2 years ago that never answered the question: What do you guys use for a service manual?

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Use service manual

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Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.

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Suggestion · Original poster

so I did a search before posting and all I found was a 3 page covert thread from 2 years ago that never answered the question: What do you guys use for a service manual?

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Use service manual

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Discussions
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0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.

0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.

Suggestion · Original poster

so I did a search before posting and all I found was a 3 page covert thread from 2 years ago that never answered the question: What do you guys use for a service manual?

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996 Service Manual Mystery
Reported and suspected causes (1)

These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.

same as ed's link

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Reported fixes
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Discussions that suspect a cause
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0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.

0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.

Suspected cause

I use a PDF of the factory service manual - probably the same as Ed's link.

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5 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

OK, I'd like to so I did a search before posting and all I found was a 3 page covert thread from 2 years ago that never answered the question: What do you guys use for a service manual? Bentley had a great one for my M3 and I'd like to find the equivalent for my 2000 996. Thanks, Don

POST 2Original post

try here LINK or Rennlist / Renntech - much faster

POST 3Original post

I use a PDF of the factory service manual - probably the same as Ed's link.

POST 4Original post

I just won a bid on eBay for a factory 996 manual on CD for $10.00.

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Thanks Ed! Downloading now...

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