At 8:32 PM -0400 6/19/00, Katherine Maas wrote:
>Alternatively, if there is someone on the list in the Vancouver area
>who owns a Bentley and would be willing to let me have a look at it
>to see if I can figure out the answer to this question for myself,
>would you please pmail me?

Katherine,

I have a Bentley for years 80 - 84 (85?).  Same format as for later
model years, just doesn't cover the 2.1 L gas motor or syncro.  A
good manual for many things, rather poor for others.  On balance,
worth buying if you plan to do a modest amount of DIY work.  I don't
find the vanagon version nearly of the same quality as the 68-79 bus
bentley manual, which was excellent.

You'd be welcome to borrow my copy for a few days or a week or so if
you'd like to get a feel for it.  A thought: would the Public Library
have a copy, by chance?  I go on to the mainland once a week or so,
and if you could pick it up / drop it back off at my office at UBC,
that would be easiest for me.  (unless, of course you wanted to take
a short trip to beautiful Bowen Island some sunny day).

Let me know.

T.

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Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca

'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/
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At 8:32 PM -0400 6/19/00, Katherine Maas wrote:

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someone on the list in the Vancouver area who owns a Bentley and would
be willing to let me have a look at it to see if I can figure out the
answer to this question for myself, would you please pmail me?

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</fontfamily>Katherine,

I have a Bentley for years 80 - 84 (85?).  Same format as for later
model years, just doesn't cover the 2.1 L gas motor or syncro.  A good
manual for many things, rather poor for others.  On balance, worth
buying if you plan to do a modest amount of DIY work.  I don't find the
vanagon version nearly of the same quality as the 68-79 bus bentley
manual, which was excellent.

You'd be welcome to borrow my copy for a few days or a week or so if
you'd like to get a feel for it.  A thought: would the Public Library
have a copy, by chance?  I go on to the mainland once a week or so, and
if you could pick it up / drop it back off at my office at UBC, that
would be easiest for me.  (unless, of course you wanted to take a short
trip to beautiful Bowen Island some sunny day).

Let me know.

T.

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Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca

'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")

'97 son Russell                                   =============

'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter

1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!

1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~

Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)

http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/