1996 Chevrolet Silverado Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado sets out a scope that fits in a sentence: two trims, SLE and SLX, one two-door sport utility body, and one engine, the 350-cubic-inch 5.7-liter V8, overhead-valve, naturally aspirated and gasoline-fueled. Everything from valve-train clearances to driveline torque values is written against that configuration, so a technician working through the truck is never reconciling figures meant for some other displacement or some other equipment level.

Engines covered

• 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 2-door sport utility

Trims covered

• SLE
• SLX

Known issues on the 1996 Silverado. Neither a recall nor a single owner complaint appears on the federal record for the 1996 model year, so there is no failure pattern to flag. What the manual supplies instead is the working detail: overhaul and in-vehicle procedures for the V8, fuel, ignition and emissions specifications, cooling system service, transmission, transfer case and axle work, brake hydraulic and friction figures, steering and suspension geometry and torque values, and the wiring diagrams and diagnostic charts for the body's circuits.