Thanks for the intro to the people's primer.  I had never heard of
this book before.  FYI, I just ordered it from Amazon.com marketplace
for $3.29 used plus about $3.50 in shipping.  So, I should get the
book in a week or so.

-- Craig

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:38:35 -0700, Peter Linsley
<peter.linsley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to follow up and for the sake of the archives, I ended up
> purchasing two books:
>
> 1. HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE
> 2. FIXING CARS, A PEOPLES PRIMER
>
> The second I totally love so far, it was written in the early 70's by
> a group of self taught mechanics in San Francisco, I've been told it's
> not that easy to come by but if you can get your hands on a copy it's
> well worth it.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:15:48 -0700, Peter Linsley
> <peter.linsley@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm a novice at auto repair and I'm looking for a good book about the
> > subject, the more pertinent to the vanagon engine (2.1) the better but
> > a good generic book would be just as welcome.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
>