QUOTE(Steve Snyder @ Jul 24 2017, 06:00 AM)
Tom,
I have considered posting copies of the 914 and 914/6 manuals for each model year on p914.com, but I'm pretty sure the Porsche police would frown on that since it is copyrighted material. That is unfortunate, because there is a wealth of easy-to-find information in those little books.
Steve,
There are copyright exceptions for non-profit uses & reproduction (posting pix) of copyrighted materials. It's been a while since I looked at the law, which may have changed in the 2-4 years since I last looked at it - so best to look for yourself at the US Patent & Copyright Office website &/or one of the reliable legal resource websites, all of which usually pop-up in a google search.
I think there may also be specific language , credits, disclosures, warnings on reuse, etc. that you may have to include with any posted material - which would be at the actual laws/codes/regulations found there.
Certainly someone like Drew posting pix of his personally owned manual for personal use should be okay, & if others followed suit with theirs pix posting on here. It could be argued as a digital archiving of personal materials in case of loss/damage, since they are in short supply now, & AFAIK aren't being reprinted at present by Porsche.
However, you can make suggestions on needed products to Porsche Classic at their website:
http://www.porsche.com/usa/accessoriesandservices/classic/IIRC - posting the pix of an old out-of-print document(s) like these with the source & copyright credits intact in full, would typically be exempt from the "Porsche Police" actions, if done properly & according to the laws/etc. noted above.
BTW - for those of you who don't know, Steve does the excellent 914 resource website p914.com ( & .org + .net).
It should be on everybody's 914 bookmark list, along with 914world, 914club.com, & Jeff Bowlsby's set of great 914 websites, & Porsche's ever expanding Classics section.
And everybody should have at least a downloaded copy of the 914 PET Parts Catalog & at least a CD copy of the 914 Factory Repair Manual (for sale from AA, SMC?, Stoddards?, 914Rubber?, & perhaps other vendors).
914 PET Download:
http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf/origi...USA_KATALOG.pdf One of the major points in this thread, is to say that there are resources out there, in your glovebox, etc. which folks can use to figure stuff out on their 914s - prior to, instead of, & without going straight to the smartphone in your pocket to do a "help me" post on things asked regularly & repeatedly on 914world.
BTW - if you get "no joy" looking in the books - or not enough detail - then doing a plain google search of the topic will typically get you much better returns, than the search function on this website. So try the google search after books, & before asking the questions in a topic here.
Chances are it's been asked more than once here & answered already - such as one of my favorite annually recurring topics - usually by several people each time - the ubiquitous hot start / vapor lock problem!
You'll be a better informed & "edumacated" 914 owner too, by doing some good old fashioned "book larnin' " - whether the "book" is in paper or digital format.
Tom
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