I hope someone leaks PDFs.

 

NJ SEAPORT INFO??

I found this info on the service manuals available for the STi. I think the following prices are for hardcopy versions:

2004 Impreza General Information Section
Literature #: MSA5T0410A
Description: This is the General Information Section (section/book 1 of 10) for the 2004 Impreza. This book contains the following sections: FOREWORD; HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL; SPECIFICATIONS; PRECAUTION NOTE; IDENTIFICATION; RECOMMENDED; MATERIALS; PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION; PERIODIC MAINTENANCE SERVICES. To have complete information on this vehicle, we suggest that you purchase the entire Service Manual set.
Price: $ 12.18

2004 Impreza Engine STi Section
Literature #: MSA5T0413A
Description: This is the Engine STi Section (section/book 4 of 10) for the 2004 Impreza. This book contains the following sections: FUEL INJECTION (FUEL SYSTEMS); EMISSION CONTROL (AUX. EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES); INTAKE (INDUCTION); MECHANICAL; EXHAUST; COOLING; LUBRICATION; SPEED CONTROL SYSTEMS; IGNITION; STARTING/CHARGING SYSTEMS; ENGINE (DIAGNOSTICS); GENERAL DESCRIPTION. To have complete information on this vehicle, we suggest that you purchase the entire Service Manual set.
Price: $ 70.62

2004 Impreza General Description Section
Literature #: MSA5T0414A
Description: This is the General Description Section (section/book 5 of 10) for the 2004 Impreza. This book contains the following sections: GENERAL DESCRIPTION parts for the WRX, STi, and Impreza models. To have complete information on this vehicle, we suggest that you purchase the entire Service Manual set.
Price: $ 91.81

2004 Impreza Transmission Section
Literature #: MSA5T0415A
Description: This is the Engine Transmission Section (section/book 6 of 10) for the 2004 Impreza. This book contains the following sections: CONTROL SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (DIAGNOSTICS); MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL; MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL; MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL (DIAGNOSTICS); CLUTCH SYSTEM. To have complete information on this vehicle, we suggest that you purchase the entire Service Manual set.
Price: $ 72.13

2004 Impreza Chassis Section
Literature #: MSA5T0416A
Description: This is the Chassis Section (section/book 7 of 10) for the 2004 Impreza. This book contains the following sections: FRONT SUSPENSION; REAR SUSPENSION; WHEEL AND TIRE SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIALS; TRANSFER CASE; DRIVE SHAFT SYSTEM; ABS; ABS (DIAGNOSTICS); BRAKE; PARKING BRAKE; POWER ASSISTED SYSTEM (POWER STEERING). To have complete information on this vehicle, we suggest that you purchase the entire Service Manual set.
Price: $ 56.23

2004 Impreza Body Section
Literature #: MSA5T0417A
Description: This is the Body Section (section/book 8 of 10) for the 2004 Impreza. This book contains the following sections: HVAC SYSTEM (HEATER, VENTILATOR AND A/C); HVAC SYSTEM (AUTO A/C) (DIAGNOSTICS); AIRBAG SYSTEM; AIRBAG SYSTEM (DIAGNOSTICS); SEAT BELT SYSTEM; LIGHTING SYSTEM; WIPER AND WASHER SYSTEMS; ENTERTAINMENT; COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; GLASS/WINDOWS/MIRRORS; BODY STRUCTURE; INSTRUMENTATION/DRIVER INFO; SEATS; SECURITY AND LOCKS; SUNROOF/T-TOP/CONVERTIBLE TOP (SUNROOF); EXTERIOR/INTERIOR TRIM; EXTERIOR BODY PANELS; CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM; CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM (DIAGNOSTICS); CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM (STi); CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM (DIAGNOSTICS) (STi); OPTION PARTS. To have complete information on this vehicle, we suggest that you purchase the entire Service Manual set.
Price: $ 69.33

2004 Impreza Wiring Section
Literature #: MSA5T0418A
Description: This is the Wiring Section (section/book 9 of 10) for the 2004 Impreza. This book contains the following sections: WIRING SYSTEM. To have complete information on this vehicle, we suggest that you purchase the entire Service Manual set.
Price: $ 23.42

2004 Impreza Mechanism and Function Section
Literature #: MSA5T0419A
Description: This is the Mechanism and Function Section (section/book 10 of 10) for the 2004 Impreza. This book contains the following sections: SPECIFICATIONS; FUEL INJECTION (FUEL SYSTEM); EMISSION CONTROL (Aux. Emission Control Devices); INTAKE (INDUCTION); MECHANICAL; EXHAUST; COOLING; LUBRICATION; SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM; IGNITION; STARTING/CHARGING; FUEL INJECTION (FUEL SYSTEM); EMISSION CONTROL (AUX. EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES); INTAKE (INDUCTION); MECHANICAL; EXHAUST; COOLING; LUBRICATION; SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM; IGNITION; STARTING/CHARGING; FUEL INJECTION (FUEL SYSTEM); EMISSION CONTROL (AUX. EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES); INTAKE (INDUCTION); MECHANICAL; EXHAUST; COOLING; LUBRICATION; SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM; IGNITION; STARTING/CHARGING; CONTROL SYSTEM; AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL; ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM; COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; GLASS/WINDOWS/MIRRORS; BODY STRUCTURE; INSTRUMENTATION/ DRIVER INFO; SEAT; SECURITY AND LOCKS; SUNROOF/T-TOP/CONVERTIBLE TOP; EXTERIOR/INTERIOR TRIM; EXTERIOR BODY PANELS; CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM; CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM (STi) . To have complete information on this vehicle, we suggest that you purchase the entire Service Manual set.
Price: $ 94.61

I couldn't find a price for the entire Service Manual set. :-?
The PDF manuals can also be downloaded from this site, (but they're not cheap):
http://techinfo.subaru.com/html/ixS....com/html/ixSearchNkSm.jsp?level=1&model_year=2004&vehicle_line=Impreza+WRX+STi

 

awesome find. like you say; large dollars. y'know, i was recently at a dealer for some work and they had a password on a *sticky* on the monitor to the subaru support site. man, i was tempted to jot it down. i bet it would have gotten me into this techinfo site.

 

wow man those are pricy...together the damage comes to $490.33, once apon a time i owned a ford contour and the whole service manual was one book...it fell of the truck (friend that was a service tech "found" one for me to borrow.

 

when i bought my '91 se-r (in '91), it was one (tremendously thick) book, but was only $50. $500 is a large chunk of change.

 

Fold-down or pass-through rear seats in Canada? Trade+cash?

Yes, shop manuals now tend to be $200-$500 now a days. I'll be waiting for the Chiltons/Haynes.

 

The best ones to have to get are the first year of a redesign, otherwise you usually have to buy all the "base" manuals then the yearly supplements. If someone has a 2006 or 07 STi and want's them, they will probably have to buy all those above then each year's supplements since they seldom re-release whole new books they just release updates, unless it's a total redesign.

 

I happen to know of somebody who has ALL of the manuals....Me. I got them for $20 straight from subaru. Here's a little known secret Every manual for Every recent Subaru can be had for $20. Go to techinfo.subaru.com and get a 3 day membership for $20 and you can download anything you want. I got the complete 2004 Manual set and STi owners manual. You will need a high speed connection and 400 MB of HD space and about 3 hours of click copy paste.

Have fun.

CoreySTi04

 

Thanks for the tip CoreySTi04

Think I am going to give that a shot.

 

oh god this is taking forever

thanks CoreySTi04

 

egads subaru. this is painful! how about one fat pdf so i can sleep while it's downloading. man, this is punative.

 

fellas, how many files where there?

 

here is what I have so far
http://members.rogers.com/prodigy/ServiceManual.txt

 

i'm working on an automated way to suck 'em all down. (fingers crossed.)

 

DONE !
http://members.rogers.com/prodigy/ServiceManual.txt

going to check and see if everything is there and if they are all working then im going to make them into one PDF for an index webpage, and throw them on a cd,

 

my apologies

Ahem... Maybe someone can leak out the pdf's? I know, I'm cheap... :lol:

 

hey, i had a brainstorm. for those who have downloaded and organized the manual and burned to cd, i think it would be legal/legit if you send copies of the CD (we pay shipping/handling, of course) to people who can prove that they've already paid our $20 to subaru. subaru go their money. and you're not profitting on their copyrighted information, so soa shouldn't be up in arms just because we didn't individually commit 6 hours to downloading 1400 files. any lawyers in the group??

 

I would pay Subaru $20 for that. I thought about trying to dl it all myself anyway.

 

we would be very happy if you can :wink:

 

cross drilled rotors

I can do that but I need proof I can do it (Legit). and proof that each person has an accout.

 

Boost Guage on my STi

woohoo!!! i rock! i just figured out how to automate the download! (at least i got one to download, but i think i can count these chickens.)

 

it's alive! it's alive!!!! mooohaaaahaaahaaaahaaaaa! downloading by itself, as we speak.

i'll describe how it's done later. i wanna make sure it all works first.

 

websnake wget should work.

 

okay, i've packaged up the stuff i used to automate the download of the sti manual. (btw, this is all for windows.)

http://archlab.gmu.edu/~rchong/STI/download-sti-manual.zip

this zip includes three files:

getit.bat is a windows batch file that you'll use to download all the files. you should peek in here just so you see what's going on.
subarucookie.txt is a cookie template you'll need.
curl-xxxx.zip is the program that does the downloading.

1. unzip the curl archive.
2. move getit.bat into the directory where curl.exe exists
3. move subarucookie.txt into the directory where curl.exe exists
4. register with the subaru site and pay your $20 for a 3day subscription.
5. got to one of the pages and try to download a pdf; e.g. go here.
6. you should get a login page. go ahead and login.

now the "hard part".

you need a browser that will allow you to inspect your cookies. i use opera and it'll show me my cookies. if you're a linux/unix/osx geek, i've found that lynx works well also (once you've logged in, press ctrl-k to see the cookie jar.) you should see the cookie for techinfo.subaru.com. note the long alphanumeric string. that's the sessionID. copy and paste that into subarucookie.txt where indicated. (fellaz, please let's not share cookie files, okay? just pay the lousy $20 and do this legally. if you can't get your session ID, lemme know and we'll figure out something.)

now open up a command/dos window (start menu, run, "cmd"), cd to the curl directory, and run getit.bat. sit back and watch. it'll take a while; i've got a big pipe and i'm getting ~600 files/hour. if you want to be clever, you can break the getit.bat into four separate files and run all four scripts in parallel. this should at least triple the download speed, provided the server isn't limiting the number of connections from one client.

now, once the download is done, should use windows' search facility to fine .pdf files with the test string "<html>". the batch file simply tries to retrieve document numbered from 35094 to 36480. however, some of these documents don't exist. in this case, the server sends back an error page, not a pdf file. so by searching for files with "<html>", you'll be able to identify which files are not pdfs. just delete them. then that should be it.

one weakness of my approach is that a file's name is just its document number, not a descriptive name. i'm not convinced (yet) that this is a big deal since i plan to just use acrobat to combine all the files into one big pdf. if this is an issue to some, i'm certain there's an easy way to rename the files. i'll work on that if requested.

okay that's it. *hopefully* this is clear. these instructions will likely have to be revised. and let's hope that techino.subaru.com doesn't change things to spite us.

EDIT: this information has changed as the script has evolved with the help of forum members. visit the url provided and download the script. there is a README.TXT included that describes process.

 

websnake wget should work.

i tried wget and some other webcrawling software, but the cookie is the problem. curl solves this nicely...at least once i figured out how to format the cookie.