{
  "schema": "factory-manual-access-v1",
  "date": "2026-10-26",
  "scope": "Access and reading status; not a claim that the complete manual has been checked",
  "documents": [
    {
      "publication": "AKM3267",
      "description": "1975 North American Midget1500 workshop manual",
      "source": "https://store.otpubs.com/service-publications/",
      "access": "Publisher listing verified; complete individual publication not accessed"
    },
    {
      "publication": "AKM4071/B",
      "description": "Expanded Midget1500 workshop edition; title page explicitly incorporates AKM3267 and covers US including California, Canadian and UK models",
      "segments": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.spridgets.de/downloads/Midget%201500%20WH%20Teil%201.pdf",
          "scan_pages": 38,
          "sha256": "91efc51919816489221752f6a8bacd0cea2ee8d00a0be473549f7357d23abe92"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.spridgets.de/downloads/Midget%201500%20WH%20Teil%203.pdf",
          "scan_pages": 35,
          "sha256": "ef9fcafbd4e1387439bff02bf75dbc7222403a26374bb93ef3a77ca9aa5e4e66"
        }
      ],
      "access": "Two partial scans available locally and OCR-indexed as a search aid. Title page visually read. OCR of contents and selected operation text read; no full-manual reading claimed.",
      "relevant_gaps": [
        "US engine procedure pages86\u2013100 are not present in these segments. The UK12.37.01/12.41.01/12.45 instructions are not substituted for the1975\u20131976 US operations.",
        "US cooling pages126\u2013127 are not present; available UK cooling text is not promoted to an applicable US procedure.",
        "USA manifold/exhaust pages130\u2013132 are absent: the available UK manifold scan is followed by shared clutch p133. UK manifold procedures are not applied to the USA single-Stromberg arrangement."
      ],
      "additional_segment_checks": {
        "Teil2": "HTTP403",
        "Teil4": "HTTP403",
        "Teil5": "HTTP403"
      },
      "next_reading": "Visually check shared clutch/gearbox operations against their actual page images; continue locating the missing US sections."
    },
    {
      "publication": "1977 factory parts book",
      "source": "https://www.spridgets.de/downloads/Parts-1977.pdf",
      "access": "Local342-page scan; selected plates read, not all pages systematically checked",
      "selected_current_plates": [
        {
          "pdf_page": 86,
          "role": "1500 crossflow radiator/hose arrangement"
        },
        {
          "pdf_page": 88,
          "role": "1500 continuation; GRH525 top hose returns to low tank neck. Expansion arrangements/change points remain distinct."
        },
        {
          "pdf_page": 65,
          "role": "USA/Canada TKC285 single-carburetor manifold distinguished from RKC723; coolant pipe/adaptor roles are documentary, not fitted registration."
        },
        {
          "pdf_page": 122,
          "role": "NAS BHH1163 compensator and distinct CHA379 cleaner / Federal CHA491 preheater connection roles."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "current_implementation": "Upper hose reference retains the photo-guided source material and current radiator/outlet stations; adds an explicitly estimated hidden return based on factory connection architecture. No US replacement procedure or fitted path is asserted.",
  "limits": "Edition coverage is not the same as access to every page. Parts diagrams establish roles and connection architecture, not fitted dimensions, hose interchangeability, loaded clearance or service instructions.",
  "reviewed_shared_operations": [
    {
      "operation": "33.25.10",
      "printed_page": 134,
      "scan": "Teil3 page30",
      "read_status": "Visually read; five housing bolts, bottom copper washer and three laygear springs identified. Shared housing procedure, not complete North American engine removal."
    },
    {
      "operation": "37.00.01/.02",
      "printed_pages": [
        138,
        139
      ],
      "scan": "Teil3 pages34\u201335",
      "read_status": "Exploded gearbox and key visually read; front thrust washer and three-spring role cross-checked."
    },
    {
      "operation": "17.30.02",
      "printed_page": 105,
      "scan": "Teil3 page17",
      "market_scope": "1975\u20131976 emission control",
      "read_status": "Visually read; cold versus warmed valve-plate direction. This is a check, not a removal/adjustment procedure or proof of fitted identity."
    }
  ]
}