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Subject:Re: Exploded diagrams and Value of Microfiche Vanagon Manuals
From:developtrust
Date:Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:16:16 -0800

If you can just get the ETKA CD to work would that not accomplish the same
thing?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Imua Camper Company" <res0jfr1@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: Exploded diagrams and Value of Microfiche Vanagon Manuals

>         I think so-  they would be great for reference in addition to
> the Bentley manual- you can print out any page or section as needed.
> It would be great for the Vanagon community here- make it available
> as a free download and then anybody can put it on CD if they wish or
> just keep on their hard drive.
>         Most people aren't going to hunt down a viewer to utilize the
fiche...
>
>         I'll put up money to get it done if you think you can do it-
> shouldn't take much.
>
> Shawn
>
> >We have the microfiche viewers at school and can print out the pages (do
not
> >know the quality I would achieve) and have the scanners so it would not
be
> >that hard to create a pdf. But is it worth the effort?
> >
> >Imua Camper Company wrote:
> >
> >>  >I keep noticing the gent selling the microfiche manuals on ebay. Are
> >>  >they of any value? I would like something that had an exploded view
of
> >>  >all the parts in my 82 and how they should go together. Better than
what
> >>  >my Bentley's and Haynes manuals provide.
> >>  >
> >>  >I have not be to a VW parts counter in a long while, but when I am at
my
> >>  >local Isuzu dealer, they have some nice microfiches identifying how
each
> >>  >part is used (in an exploded diagram), its number and how that
> >>  >assemblage relates to the other parts of the car. Anything exist for
us?
> >>  >
> >>  >Regards
> >>  >--Jeff Strickrott
> >>  >82 Westfalia
> >>
> >>          They would be nice to look at but cumbersome to view- would
> >  > be nice if someone could convert them to PDF and offer them on a
CD...
>
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