Sad to hear about Bob's passing.  I too respect his knowledge and
expertise on the engine internals.  I have always seen his posts on
the list as "must read" like those of a few other "giants" of Vanagon
knowledge.  Even though I never have been inside my engine and
probably never will be, I trusted his comments as accurate and
learned from him.  I did have one brief off list email exchange with
him when I noticed a Jonathan Richman lyric in his email
tagline.  Just waxing nostalgic about my time in Boston in the 80's,
driving my old VWs around RT 128 and seeing those radio towers.

I am also very impressed at the turnout of support and concern for
Bob's family at this time.  I hope that those who can make it to the
services and VW caravans, etc will post some pictures and videos so
that those of us who can't make it can partake from afar.

Edward