1982 Chevrolet C15 Service and Repair Manual
This factory service and repair manual for the 1982 Chevrolet C15 belongs to a plain working truck: a two-door standard cab pickup in Cheyenne or Custom trim, with two inline-sixes of 4.1L and 4.8L, 250 and 292 cubic inches, and a 5.7L V8 of 350 cubic inches, all overhead-valve, naturally aspirated and burning gasoline. Two of the three engines carry their cylinders in a row, which changes manifold, ignition and accessory drive work enough that the tune-up specifications and torque sequences are given separately for each rather than pooled.
Engines covered
- 4.8L inline-six (292 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 4.1L inline-six (250 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
Body styles covered
- 2-door standard cab pickup
Trims covered
- Cheyenne
- Custom
Known issues on the 1982 C15. The federal record for this truck is clean: no recalls have been issued against it and no owner complaints have been logged. That leaves the manual as the reference of record rather than a list of known faults, and what it holds is the working detail — overhaul clearances and torque sequences for both inline-sixes and the V8, transmission and rear axle procedures, brake and steering specifications, wiring diagrams for the lighting and charging circuits, and the diagnostic routines for running problems on a truck of this age.
