I've got both books and only find the Haynes slightly
useful. Haynes appears to be dated to the older and
European models of Vanagons. No Syncro and Westy
stuff. Lots o'stuff on carburators

Interestingly they show the flush of the cooling
systems and the replacement with some British brand of
coolant - not the recommended VW $coolant$.

I find Bentley much more detailed and specific to the
Syncros and Westies.  Nice big pictures in Bentley but
we now need the steps and "how to" filling the gaps.

Brent, I would not spend the money on the Haynes book.

Joel
89 Syncro Westy

--- Brent Christensen <bpchristensen1@HOME.COM> wrote:
> This brings up a related question:
> I know that the Haynes does not cover the Syncro or
> the Westy.  Are there
> any Syncro Westy owners that would recommend the
> Haynes in addition to the
> Bentley?
>
> I have Bentley, thinking about buying the Haynes,
> but don't need another 200
> page book with 20 pages of useful information...
>
> Brent Christensen
> '89 GL Syncro Westy
> Santa Barbara, CA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 8:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Bentley or Haynes?
>
>
> > Chris,
> > Get both of them.  After you buy the Bentley, the
> additional cost of a
> Haynes
> > seems like a trifling amount.  Be forewarned:
> neither is without errors
> and
> > inaccuracies.  Since I am accustomed to exact
> "as-built" documentation,
> the
> > errors I have found in the Bentley wiring diagrams
> are particularly
> irksome.
> > This is not solely a problem with the Bentley
> Vanagon manual but also
> their
> > other titles I own.  At least with the other
> marques, manuals are
> available
> > directly from the manufacturer.
> > Rich
>

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