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What's the best shop manual for a 996?

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I'm looking to do a bit of tinkering on my 2004 996 to fix some rattles and stuff, probably a bit of general maintnance, but nothing too involved.

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I'm looking to do a bit of tinkering on my 2004 996 to fix some rattles and stuff, probably a bit of general maintnance, but nothing too involved.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I'm looking to do a bit of tinkering on my 2004 996 to fix some rattles and stuff, probably a bit of general maintnance, but nothing too involved. What's the best DIY manual for the Porsche? Haynes? Chilton? Try and get an official Porsche one?

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Factory. There is a PDF version floating around. C.

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I would like to do the same. If anyone has a link to the PDF that would be great. Thanks, Andy T

POST 4Original post

I just found my copy. It's a huge file. (216 meg) C.

POST 5Original post

Chad and Fallon, What is the best way to send a large file? Can the entire file be posted on rennlist for users to access? just thinking out loud. Not a tech savy person. Thanks, Andy T

POST 7Original post

The man! Thanks Tim (and Chad), Tim, see if you can photoshop your 04 C2 to my last fall pic (uploading it now . Andy T

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