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• Re: Alternative to Bentley manual
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 3 May 1999 23:41:23 +0200
  ...This manual is not an "owners workshop manual" like previous manuals, but included in a new series of "repair and service manuals". These manuals...
• Re: Westy Manuals, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 14:41:50 -0500
  ...the 66' manual you are looking for. Are you looking for the owners manual or a 66' Westy manual? I could trade you my...
• Re: friday- How Haynes manuals are written
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:29:30 -0700
  On 4/6/07, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > Went looking for a Haynes manual and found this, which is one of the > most...
• Swap workshop Manuals!
  Historical mailing list - HC Carter
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:32:21 -0700
  Hello, I recently got an 86 VW Vanagon Syncro & I know nothing about it so I am looking for a workshop manual. I have...
• Vanagon Manuals
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 May 94 01:03:13 EDT
  I have the bentley manuals and the microfiche and a UK VW repair manual that isn't all that great and a Haynes manual...
• Re: Westy Manualzzz
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Jan 95 07:58:57 -0500
  Michael Heron suggests: >Pat, Joe ( and all other Westy manual owners): > >why don't we pool our resources, and make copies of our manuals...
• Re: Ooh, Ooh, manual!
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Ufer
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 10:38:42 -0500 (EST)
  Hi everybody, I finally checked what I have regarding manuals etc. That's what I have: Volkswagen Owner's Manual 1976 Models Volkswagen Campmobile...
• Re: Repair manual.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:18:07 -0500
  > I was just wondering...I am a new owner of an '87 GL and am in need of a > repair manual. I keep reading...
• Re: friday- How Haynes manuals are written
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 13:35:46 -0400
  Yeah I hear right after they release that they will be releasing a Children Manual. On 4/7/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: Air Conditioning Manual
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 01:04:56 EDT
  ...Something like the Pro Training Manual for the FI systems?? > Has anyone got one?? > > i have some A/C manuals, but theyre the factory...
• WEsty Manualzzz
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 14:19:25 -0500
  Hey the more Westy manual the merrier!!! If people want to swap manuals with me I can send them a copy of what I...
• Re: Bentley really sucks
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 4 May 1999 07:47:50 -0400
  Dear List, The Bentley manual for my Audi 200 is THREE TIMES the size of the Vanagon manual. The Bentley manual for my 1996...
• Re: friday- How Haynes manuals are written
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:48:59 -0700
  actually Wikipedia claims that Haynes wrote a manual on babies. Possibly a good book for new mommies and daddies? (says the non-daddy SINK...
• 71' bus manuals (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 07:40:54 -0500 (CDT)
  ...71' bus manuals good manuals for stock VWs include the classic Idiot manual, the Haynes manual (UK) and the Bentley manuals, which are the...
• Re: Haynes Manual
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:24:00 -0500
  > I do have a Bentley Manual but I was not aware of another > manual covering vanagons. Where can I get the Haynes manual I...
• Re: friday- How Haynes manuals are written
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 16:41:00 -0700
  ...friday- How Haynes manuals are written > actually Wikipedia claims that Haynes wrote a manual on babies. > > Possibly a good book for new mommies and...
• Re: Alternative to Bentley manual
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 3 May 1999 14:56:23 -0700
  ...It does NOT cover Diesel, Turbo-diesel and Syncro. > This manual is not an "owners workshop manual" like previous manuals, but > included in a...
• Re: Repair manual.
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:40:01 -0800
  The Bentley book is the factory service manual -----Original Message----- From: Phil Dennis <Phil@JRE.COM> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date...
• Re: VANAGON digest 314
  Historical mailing list
  18 Jan 95 20:23:01 -0700
  va> Michael Heron suggests: > Pat, Joe ( and all other Westy manual owners): > > why don't we pool our resources, and make copies of our...
• Re: 1964 micro manual!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Jan 1995 07:53:24 -0400 (EDT)
  Steve Walker described his Original Owner's manual... But what Steve really has is VW's replacement owner's manual. VW at least during...
• Diesel owners manual
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cronin
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 22:29:47 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi I'm relatively new to the list and was hoping someone had a spare owners manual to an '82 Diesel Westy. Unfortunatel, the...
• Haynes Repair Manual for Wasserboxers
  Historical mailing list - SBate82659
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:07:30 EST
  Vanagoneers, Today I received a big ole box from the British Isles and inside was my Haynes manual for Wasserboxers. It's great - everything...
• Re: Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 18 May 2001 00:43:08 EDT
  ...Bentley. >> Well, if you want to get technical, he said "...Official Service Manual and the Official Factory Repair Manual?" It doesn't say anything...
• Re: Bentley vs. Haynes
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:28:17 -0700
  Greg, There is no such things as having too many manuals. Different manuals approach a problem from different angles. I find that the later...
• Workshop manual advice wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Oct 1996 15:39:16 +0100
  ...I'm after a good workshop manual for this van. Is there a Haynes manual? Is it any good (I've had some bad...
• Special 4x4 Vanagon Manual
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Oct 94 15:01:50 EDT
  Horray! After two years of failures I finally received in the mail today the manual called "Workshop Manual Volkswagen Transporter; Four-wheel drive 5...
• Re: Repair manual
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 7 Jun 1994 23:08:30 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The Bentley manuals ARE the official VW manuals. Bentley is just the publisher. I saw the "official" VW manuals in Whitney, but it's...
• Re: Need help, Quantum question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:18:37 -0400
  > Does anybody have a Quantum manual? > I can't find a Quantum manual at any Flaps around here. Bentley prints a Quantum manual, similar...
• Re: Ooh, Ooh, manual!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 19 Jan 95 14:48:52 PST
  > > Some of you have turned to talk of swapping manuals and I'm > interested in getting an owner's manual for my '74 type...
• Re: Repair manual
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 Jun 1994 06:34:51 -0400 (EDT)
  The official VW manual IS the Bentley Manual. The $85 is the price according to Classic Motorbooks. Realize that this is probably the most...
• Westy Owners' Manuals etc...
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:48:36 -0700
  ...It has the (really torn up) original VW owners' manual and a really bad photocopy of a 1987 Westfalia manual. I'd like to...
• Re: Replacing 86 Vanagon water pump
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:18:22 -0800
  >| It's worth the $75 for the VW shop manual if you don't already have it. Is this the actual shop manual that...
• Bentley manual (s?)
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Wed, 27 May 1998 11:13:27 -0700
  I read that there are actually two different Bentley manuals. A Service manual and a Repair manual, the difference being that on is geared...
• Re: Junkyard adventures (was Re: Westy _curtain changes_,
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 17 Jan 95 10:38:06 PST
  Michael Heron suggests: > Pat, Joe ( and all other Westy manual owners): > > why don't we pool our resources, and make copies of our manuals...
• Owners manuals
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 22:53:59 -0700
  Hello All, I have some owners manuals, extras I'd like to pass on to someone who needs them. Here's what I have...
• Re: Consensus wanted....OK to drive with power steering belt detached for awhile???
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:55:02 -0400
  <snip> Manual steering from lack of pump pressure is identical to manual from-the-factory, only you probably have a smaller steering wheel and...
• Eberspacher Heater Manual
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:39:14 -0500
  ...I think I've got a buyer for the BA 6 Eberspacher heater but will probably need a manual. Any one got a manual...
• Re: Need help, Quantum question
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 04:23:17 +0200
  The Bus Depot wrote: > > Does anybody have a Quantum manual? > > I can't find a Quantum manual at any Flaps around here. > > Bentley prints...
• Replacement owner's manuals
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 16:06:32 -0400
  Rodney Kindlund wrote: > > Does anyone on the list know where I might find an Owner's (or > Operator's) Manual for an '84 Wulfburg...
• Re: Westy Owners' Manuals etc...
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 22:42:56 EDT
  ...It has the (really torn up) original VW owners' manual and a really bad photocopy of a 1987 Westfalia manual. I'd like to...
• Re: Manual or Automatic? Which is the One True Tranny...
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:03:29 EST
  The main differences between manual and automatic are: 1)gas mileage -- manual owners are reporting highway mileage around 23 mpg while my automatic (Westy...
• '80 vanagon owners manual $5
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:26:14 EST
  '80 vanagon owners manual $5 '80 rabbit owners manual FREE chris [text/html]
• drive axle lengths
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Fri, 2 May 2003 18:09:48 -0400
  Finally getting my project van going, problem is Van came with auto trans, I converted to manual. I got the axles from the manual...
• Re: A Manual Question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 21:18:04 -0600
  ...While I was there, some guy was forking over $93 for the >Bentley Manual. However, on their manual rack they had the Hayes >(Haynes...
• Re: manual power steering rack for sale, fits all vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 22:29:42 EST
  In a message dated 3/3/02 10:23:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, JordanVw@AOL.COM writes: > manual power steering rack for sale...
• manuals manuals
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Feb 1995 15:16:57 EDT
  Add this one to the list of gas heater manuals: Eberspacher BA6 zeroxed, complete (i think) Christian
• Re: Bentley really sucks
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 4 May 1999 10:05:10 -0400
  And I have an encyclopedia that is 5 times the size of your three manuals put togeather. Furthermore, Tolstoy's "War and Peace"contains...
• Re: Wanted: 1980 Westy owner's manual
  Historical mailing list - JD Foster
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:39:41 -0700
  Jack, I think you may have confused "Owners Manual" with "Repair Manual." Repair manual is a much more extensive piece of literature. Cheers, JD...
• Re: manuals manuals
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Feb 1995 02:08:33 -0400
  Please also add: 1985 and 1987 owners manuals, Cdn versions. Did I miss a theme / post?? tim s.
• Re: Westy Manuals - '60 out there?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 09:26:50 -0500
  ...I too would like to find a 1960 Westy Manual. Sorry i don't have an owners manual for a 60' Camper, but I...
• Workshop Manuals - Price Reduced
  Historical mailing list - HC Carter
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:15:10 -0700
  I found a workshop manual for my 86 Syncro so I am selling/trading these Workshop Manuals - Prices Reduced: Bently Official Service Manual Type...
• '83 to '88 workshop manual on CD
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:11:52 -0400
  Anyone know anything about this '83 to '88 workshop manual on CD? It shows up on ebay a lot; e.g.: http://cgi.ebay...
• manuals for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:40:30 -0600
  Bentley manual which covers all vanagons, fair shape $40 obo 87 Westy Factory "booklets" (vehicle manual, westy manual) with a nice case, excellent condition...
• vanagon manuals opinions wanted
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:32:29 EDT
  hi- so which manuals are the bestt? the factory manual, or bentleys? like to know before i buy
• VW Factory Manual.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 18 May 2001 00:45:36 -0500
  For those of you that have been following this Bentley--Vw Manual thing, the VW Genuine service manual reads--- Volkswagenwek Aktiengesellschaft-Wolfsburg. What in...
• Re: Looking for a decent pair of used manual window regulators
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 8 Jan 2014 14:32:42 -0800
  I'll trade my manuals for your electricals! ________________________________ From: kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Wednesday, January...
• Re: Wanted: Syncro Owners manual
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 29 Apr 97 21:00:26 CDT
  ...I for all the folks looking for new, unused, cheap owner's manual, check these folks out: Out-of-Print Service/Owners Manuals Volkswagen...
• Re: Looking for a decent pair of used manual window regulators
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 8 Jan 2014 18:04:26 -0800
  ...Looking for a decent pair of used manual window regulators I've long thought that manual on the drivers side & electric on the passenger...
• Re: Looking for a decent pair of used manual window regulators
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:44:20 -0800
  I've long thought that manual on the drivers side & electric on the passenger side would about be perfect. Rob vwrobb@gmail.com At...
• Re: Carat: Manual vs Automatic
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:27:50 EST
  In a message dated 11/11/99 8:48:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, lindgre@ONLINE.NO writes: << Why shift manually? Heck, that's...