Haynes and Chiltons Manuals.

Check your local library, ours has a selection, including older editions. Pretty much luck of the draw as to what is available at any given branch but they do have interlibrary exchange and computer catalog database.

Ebay can be a good source for anything old. Maybe this would interest you:

Here another that looks like a better deal if you don't mind a little grease on the cover:

-jim

They should be able to order them. Or you can get them from Amazon. If it were me I'd get the Haynes and not bother with the Chilton's.

--scott

I am going to an Autozone store this morning and buy a carburetor rebuild kit and some new vacuum line hoses, I am going to rebuild that Carter Themo Quad 9342 S 2562 carburetor meself, 1983 Dodge 318 engine automatic transmission.

Heh, all of my old auto related manuals have grime on them, from my own grimey hands.I don't mind a little grime at all, but I don't want grime inside of my carburetor. cuhulin, the carburetor

Is this what you want??

eleven dollars thirty seven cents at alibris:

It turns out the Autozone store did have a Haynes Dodge & Plymouth repair manual, covers 1971 through 2003 full size models, six cylinder, V6 & V8 engines. $24.99, I went ahead and bought the repair manual.

I am fixin to start working on the carburetor now.The choke rod is broken in two pieces in the middle of the rod. it was like that when I bought the van, I think I can braze weld it back together.If not, I will check the local junk yards for a good one.Maybe a junk carburetor too, I will rebuild it and keep it for a spare.

The guy I bought my van from last year, he was asking $1,500.00 for the van.I handed him $1,500.00 he handed me back $200.00 he said, Here, buy a spare! I reckon he knew the carburetor had some problems. cuhulin

Pep Boys and AutoZone carry them, but I don't remember if Checker/ Shuck's/Kragen does. Every large new book store has them, and so do some used book stores. OTOH Haynes and Chilton books are kind of lousy for anything involving computer-controlled stuff (fuel system), and I haven't seen an accurate wiring diagram in one yet (AFAIK the only good wiring diagrams are in factory and Mitchell manuals). Those books were so bad for my Nissan that I bit the bullet and paid Nissan $140 for a factory manual, and I don't regret it at all.

eBay has factory manuals on CD real cheap, wink, wink.

Wrong kit.Yestreday, at the Autozone store, I told that guy I need a carburetor rebuild kit for a Carter Thermo Quad 9342S 2562 four barrel carburetor.He looked on the store computer system, he sold me a rebuild kit for a Carter two barrel carburetor! Why, oh why, didn't I look in the box first before I left the store? Now, I have to hitch a ride with somebody and go back to the Autozone store.

Here is a Tip, always, but always, check the parts first before you buy and leave the store. cuhulin

I learned this decades ago. I'll bet that you did too. My guess is that that you thought the guy undercharged you and was wantin' to make a clean & fast getaway. :-)

O'Reilly's guy said $28.00 for a kit.Autozone guy said $12.95.I bought the Autozone $12.95 kit.Heh, I should have known better! I am still trying to get this carburetor apart.I have rebuilt some one barrel and two barrel carburetors before and they all worked just fine, but this Thermo Quad is a real bugger!

O'Reilly's guy had also told me when I was there the day before Christmas eve he knows a guy who will rebuild my carburetor for $145.00.O'Reilly's wants $370.00 for a rebuilt Carter Thermo Quad carburetor. I am thinking,,,, I am thinking,,,,,, cuhulin

Big mistake there, getting away with something of no use - and paying for it! I *really* like to have the old part in hand to compare it. Rotors should be simple, right? But the parts store managed to give me the wrong ones once. For some reason my Celebrity sedan had the much heavier duty "station wagon rotors." Good reason if you don't have the part to have the VIN if the store uses it. Another time my I picked up a remanned alternator for my son to put on his '93 Corsica. Stuck in raging snow storm in the school parking lot. Don't ask why he had to do it right there. I don't remember. Remember that he had to get in my car 3 times to warm up his hands. And I remember the back of the alt casing was put on 180 degrees wrong. Another trip in the storm.

--Vic

google is your friend. If it can be had, you can get it via megabookstores like amazon or barnes'n'noble (bn.com). amazon has the advantage of having a used book program if it is out of print.

With new cars, I usually do both. Last time around, I got the shop manuals on ebay on CD.

Usually the shop manuals are best, but I've seen examples where they can really suck. When I had an '85 nissen sentra, the manual would have had me dissassemble the shifter and the struts to do a clutch job. (step 1: remove transmission. Flip to transmission section: step 1: remove engine.... )

My 95 Lumina had rotors two differing rotors for that year. I could never remember if I had the big rotor or the small one. I did have to carry that rotor to the parts store to be sure.

I have had this happen. As I recall, I undid the housing bolts and turned the front part with with mounting ears 180 degrees. This puts the connector in the correct location.