I believe that Rennie didn't realize that the PDF's you have made are from the
ETKA Euro V5.3/261.  I think the N.American one is at a different update #.
The N.American version I have is update 458.  One thing that does change about
part #'s though is the parts that are NLA, or have a different suffix to
indicate rebuilt, production change, etc, etc.

Cheers,
Keith Adams
Calgary, AB, CA
86 Westy "Roxy" / 87 Syncro project "Hugh"

Michael Sullivan wrote:

> Dear Rennie,
>
> Are you telling me that the part numbers have changed for a car that hasn't
> been in production for over 10 years? My "old" EKTA goes up to model year
> 1998!! How "different" could a newer EKTA be (especially for Vanagons)?
> Frankly, I'm incredulous.
>
> Cheers,
> MJS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rennie Wible [mailto:volksdragon@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 9:57 PM
> To: Michael Sullivan
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: giiving something back to the list...
>
> Not to burst anyone's bubble, but this is a very old copy of ETKA.  The
> update is 261 and the last update I got at work is about 497.  All this
> means is that you should double check the part number with (especially)
> the dealer before ordering your parts.  Aftermarket companies often
> don't update their part numbers as often as the dealer does (we receive
> 10 updates annually).
>
> Just for instance, you haven't been able to purchase bodies in quite a
> few years!
>
> Rennie
> VolksDragon@earthlink.net
> Los Angeles