ETKA is almost a must for ordering parts...which is something you will
get use to doing ;o).  Funny, when I was at BOW WOW auto parts in
Vancouver BC, I was actually better that the clerk at navigating the
ETKA...that's when I realised I had a problem...LOL 

Pascal 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jeffrey Vickers
Sent: July 26, 2007 2:50 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Haynes manual

If you have a PC (or a Mac running Virtual PC) get a copy of the
ETKA. Its a little funky to use but the exploded diagrams are really
helpful. Seeing entire sections of the van in exploded view can
really make sense out of a problem when the Bentley is missing that
one piece of info that you need.

Jeff

On Jul 26, 2007, at 7:41 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

>
> I'd second that. I use both, too. While the Bentley is far more
> complete,
> I'm not a professional mechanic, and that's who the Bentley is
> written for.
> The Haynes is written for the backyard mechanic. I tend to use the
> Haynes as
> sort of a "Cliffs Notes" to the Bentley, but refer to the Bentley
> when the
> Haynes' coverage is insufficient (which does happen fairly often).
> For the
> cost, if the Haynes allows you to do just one job D.I.Y. that you
> otherwise
> couldn't have, it already saved you 3 or 4 times its price.