Yeah, I grew up with the old style schematics in late 50s thru the
70s.  Seemed simpler when I first looked at a Track Wiring Diagram.
But if I was going to continue owning 73-later VWs, I made the effort
to learn and found in many ways they were great to use and diagnosis
of parts were much easier, especially on L-Jet, Digijet and Digifant
fuel management systems

The problem with "conventional" schematic symbols of 30 to 50 years
ago is that they don't translate into the newer devices used on
vehicles in the past 20 to 28 years or so - it's called progress I
guess.  In addition, literally more miles of wire and cable is present
than in your mid 60s or 70s VW (or Detroit Iron for that matter).  To
do a schematic in the old fashion way could run 20 to 30 pages, verses
the several pages using the Track Wiring Diagram.

As Scott said, they are quite good and once you know your way around
them, they're so much simpler than the "vintage" schematics of
yore.....

My nickel's worth :)
-- 
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
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On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote:
> At 02:43 PM 5/11/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>
>> > Has anybody converted the Bentley diagrams to ordinary electrical
>> schematics?
>>
>> They are quite good actually.
>
> I agree. �I just wish they used the conventional schematic symbols I
> learned as a toddler.