Yes you want the Bentley manual for sure.

an 82 can be an air-cooled one,
or an 82 diesel vanagon ..
you could/should say which.

there are a few rare auto trans air-cooled vanagons with an auto trans ..so
you could say which trans too.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kendra Calhoun" <kendracalhoun@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:31 PM
Subject: new 82 vanagon L

> hi everyone, glad to be a part of this very active list! i just bought an
> 82 vanagon L to take my band on tour across and around the country. so far
> it runs great with the exception of a bit of squeaking while changing
> gears. looking forward to learning how to work on it. think i should start
> with getting the manual? happy new year everyone!