Important Safety Notice - Chevrolet 1980 Light Duty Truck Repair Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE

P rop er se rv ic e an d repair is im p o r ta n t to th e sa fe , re lia b le o p e r a tio n o f all
m o to r v e h ic le s . T h e se rv ic e p ro ce d u re s r e c o m m e n d e d an d d e sc r ib e d in th is
se rv ice m a n u a l are e f f e c tiv e m e th o d s fo r p e r fo r m in g se rv ic e o p e r a tio n s.
S o m e o f th e se serv ice o p e r a tio n s req u ire th e u se o f t o o ls s p e c ia lly d esig n ed
fo r th e p u r p o se . T h e sp e c ia l t o o ls sh o u ld b e u sed w h e n a n d as r e c o m m e n d e d .
It is im p o r ta n t to n o te th a t th is m a n u a l c o n ta in s v a rio u s C a u tio n s and
N o tic e s w h ic h sh o u ld b e c a r e fu lly read in ord er to m in im iz e th e risk o f
p erso n a l in ju ry to se rv ic e p e r s o n n e l or th e p o s s ib ility th a t im p r o p e r se rv ice
m e th o d s w ill b e f o llo w e d w h ic h m a y d a m a g e th e v e h ic le o r ren d er it u n sa fe .
It also is im p o r ta n t to u n d er sta n d th a t th e se C a u tio n s an d N o tic e s are n o t
e x h a u stiv e . T h e m a n u fa c tu r e r c o u ld n o t p o ss ib ly k n o w , e v a lu a te a n d a d v ise
th e se rv ic e trad e o f all c o n c e iv a b le w a y s in w h ic h se rv ice m ig h t b e d o n e
or o f th e p o ssib le h a za rd o u s c o n s e q u e n c e s o f ea c h w a y . C o n s e q u e n tly ,
th e m a n u fa c tu r e r h as n o t u n d e r ta k e n a n y su c h b ro ad e v a lu a tio n . A c c o r d ­
in g ly , a n y o n e w h o u ses a se rv ic e p r o c e d u r e o r t o o l w h ic h is n o t r e c o m m e n d ­
ed m u st first sa tisfy h im s e lf th o r o u g h ly th a t n e ith e r h is s a fe ty n o r v e h ic le
s a fe ty w ill b e je o p a r d iz e d b y th e se rv ic e m e th o d h e s e le c ts .