1982 Chevrolet Caprice Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 1982 Chevrolet Caprice covers a car offered with four overhead-valve engines: a 3.8-liter V6 of 231 cubic inches, a 4.4-liter V8 of 267, a 5.0-liter V8 of 305, and a 5.7-liter 350 built in both gasoline and diesel form. All of it reaches the road through three bodies — a two-door coupe, a four-door sedan and a four-door wagon — in Base, Classic and Classic Estate trim, so the specifications and torque values shift with the engine and the body under the work.

Engines covered

• 5.0L V8 (305 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 3.8L V6 (231 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 4.4L V8 (267 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, diesel or gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door wagon
• 4-door sedan
• 2-door coupe

Trims covered

• Base
• Classic
• Classic Estate

Known issues on the 1982 Caprice. What the manual holds is procedure — diagnostics, specifications, torque values and wiring diagrams for the four engines listed above, the transmissions behind them, the brakes, steering and suspension, and the body electrical of coupe, sedan and wagon. On a car this old the specifications matter, because most of the hardware has been replaced several times over.