Addendum re work in progress 2024/07/15: 97 Manual & Yearly Updates Checked:
1997: missing 11:65-106. Other omissions?
1998: Updates received from @centerpunch. Working on stitching.
1999: Updates received from @centerpunch.
2000: missing 11:48-56, 11:59-72, 11:74-88, 14:2-5, 19:4-5, 19:13-28, 23:4-28, 23:30-33, 23:36-38. All missing pages scanned.
2001: Updates received from @centerpunch.
2002: missing 4:-7, 11:3-5 (1st set), 11:32-35, 23:4-28, 23:30-33, 23:36-39, 23:51, 23:54-57, (almost all of what's missing would be in the electrical manual)
Oddly, Prime pdf includes 17:18-30, all about Manual Steering, which is not in the hard copy version. Could they be from the 2001 Update? Were any manual steering NSX's made after 1995 other than the 1999 Zanardi/Type S's?
2003: Appears complete. Just missing 4:2-7 (Maint schedule, only ref changes) - Thanks @The King !
2004:
2005:
For 1998+ NSX's, the service manual is a bit of a challenge. The last complete service manual is 1997; 1997+ years use the 1997 service manual with yearly updates. Fortunately, the 1997 manual ,and the updates, are (mostly) available on prime:
https://www.nsxprime.com/resources/factory-service-manuals.11/
I have noted the page [HASH=1429]#’s[/HASH] for the start of each update as well as the 1997 SM starting p 375.
The issues:
As I see it, this is what we need to make updated pdf documents to print at your leisure and put in a binder (or skip printing some sections, like the AT chapter if you have a 6-speed) and also just have one document to look at, without consulting up to 8 update books. So I'm looking for folks who could:
1997: missing 11:65-106. Other omissions?
1998: Updates received from @centerpunch. Working on stitching.
1999: Updates received from @centerpunch.
2000: missing 11:48-56, 11:59-72, 11:74-88, 14:2-5, 19:4-5, 19:13-28, 23:4-28, 23:30-33, 23:36-38. All missing pages scanned.
2001: Updates received from @centerpunch.
2002: missing 4:-7, 11:3-5 (1st set), 11:32-35, 23:4-28, 23:30-33, 23:36-39, 23:51, 23:54-57, (almost all of what's missing would be in the electrical manual)
Oddly, Prime pdf includes 17:18-30, all about Manual Steering, which is not in the hard copy version. Could they be from the 2001 Update? Were any manual steering NSX's made after 1995 other than the 1999 Zanardi/Type S's?
2003: Appears complete. Just missing 4:2-7 (Maint schedule, only ref changes) - Thanks @The King !
2004:
2005:
For 1998+ NSX's, the service manual is a bit of a challenge. The last complete service manual is 1997; 1997+ years use the 1997 service manual with yearly updates. Fortunately, the 1997 manual ,and the updates, are (mostly) available on prime:
https://www.nsxprime.com/resources/factory-service-manuals.11/
I have noted the page [HASH=1429]#’s[/HASH] for the start of each update as well as the 1997 SM starting p 375.
The issues:
- The yearly updates are NOT CUMULATIVE. The new ABS system and wiring changes are detailed in the 2000 update, but not in 2001, or 2002. The 2000 update is missing the updates from 1998, OBD II/Honda PGM reader etc. So you need to get and review every yearly update up to your year. With a 2004 NSX, that could be a lot of checking?
- The 1997 SM pdf is incomplete, missing pages 11-65 thru 11-106.
- The 1997 SM is missing the Table of Contents page for every chapter. The index at the back seems to be from 2005.
- Some yearly updates in the prime document are also incomplete. I only have the hard copy 2000 Update to compare to the Prime document, but for 2000, the electronic document on Prime is MISSING 92 PAGES from the bound 2000 update. Are other years similar?
- The updates are paged by chapter, but restart the page numbers, not keyed to the pages they replace, so you need to look at the update text, section headings, and diagrams to see what applies to the section you're working on. I added electronic markings to mine of the original pages they replace.
- (Minor) The printed copies are now only available in a large book form that does not stay open easily - not as handy as looseleaf pages in a 3-ring binder?
As I see it, this is what we need to make updated pdf documents to print at your leisure and put in a binder (or skip printing some sections, like the AT chapter if you have a 6-speed) and also just have one document to look at, without consulting up to 8 update books. So I'm looking for folks who could:
- For the 1997 document, someone with the printed 1997 SM would need to scan the Table of Contents for each chapter & send it to me as a pdf. Try to scan in "OCR" or "text recognition" mode.
- For the 1997 document, someone with the printed 1997 SM would need to scan pages 11-65 thru 11-106 & send it to me as a pdf.
- If anyone is aware of any other omissions from the 1997 SM, please let me know.
- For 98, 99, 01, and 03-05, someone who has a printed copy would need to compare their print copy to the document on Prime. If any pages are missing, they would need to be scanned and sent to me. I've checked 2000 but not scanned the missing pages yet.
- It would be helpful if someone who is familiar with the 2000+ ABS system could have a look at chapter 19 in my updated 2000 pdf. I’ve swapped and added the obvious pages, but there are a few pages that I suspect should be deleted, but I’m not sure enough to delete them. Specifically: do 2000 update pages 19-6 & 19-7, “ABS Control Unit Terminal Arrangement”, replace 19-42 & 19-43, or 19-44 & 19-45, or all four pages of 19-42, 19-43, 19-44, & 19-45? But I also wonder if there are any other pages or diagrams that should be removed. Let me know if you're willing & I'll send over the document.
- The Prime SM document is searchable, thankfully, so it is not just a collection of images, but has most of the text in it as “text”, to be “found”. If someone can send me a PM on how to ensure that the other stuff we scan as part of this project is also searchable, I would appreciate it. I’m not an Adobe expert – I don’t even have the full version so I use Apple Preview to insert/delete pages and the mark-up feature to add the original related page [HASH=1429]#’s[/HASH] to the update pages. Apple Preview allows adding individual pages from one pdf to another and deleting individual pages from a pdf fairly easily so that's what I've used to make the 1998, 1999, & 2000 cumulative manuals that I've made so far.
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