>Seems useless to be making that big list of Vanagon problems when Bentley
>has a 5 pound book with about 2500 pages that covers all of the problems,
>potential problems and how to partially fix most problems.
>Wouldn't it be cool if Bentley had included the part numbers in their repair
>descriptions??

Heh. Yeah, the Bentley has it all, but non-mechanics sometimes have trouble
troubleshooting with it because it assumes a certain amount of mechanical
knowledge and/or access to unusual equipment* to start with. It often
starts with the notion that you've already FOUND the problem. This is all
just wishful thinking, but it would be neat to have a database of symptoms
which suggests a list of possible causes and how to find out which of those
causes are the culprit. A decision tree sort of thingy that points you to
the right pages in the Bentley. It sounds like a simple project, but I know
it would turn out to me bigger than the Bentley itself.

*for example, the factory manual for my old '78 Datsun 280Z has a detailed
section on pulling the head. Step one is "remove engine and transmission
and put engine on engine stand (see section XYZ)". Yeah, sure. No problem.

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"