What was wrong with the valve adjustment specs?

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mike South
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 7:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: The New Vanagon Bentley Manual is Awesome!

That is great information, but I think I speak for other breath-holders when
I ask:

did they fix the valve adjustment specs?

:)

(seriously though, I am curious to know)

mike

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> I have had a Bentley Manual and used it for my daily reference for the
> past 14 years.  During that time, I got used to the fact that it had a
> crappy cover.  I got used to the somewhat helpful/somewhat vague
> instructions inside.  It was the best manual for the Vanagon out there
> in that it covered everything from AC, to diesel, to water boxer, to
> syncro, to camper, etc.  However it had it's shortcomings as well
> (valve adjustment spec for waterboxer comes to mind).  A few months
> ago I had a guy stop here that really needed a Bentley and didn't care
> that mine was used and written all inside (I hated to part with it
> because of my notes but I wanted to help this guy out).  So I sold it
> to him and had to buy a new one.
>
> Wow, it turned out that the latest Bentley is so much better than the
> old one, it is worth getting excited about.
> First thing you will notice is the cover.  It is now a hard back book
> instead of a floppy, crappy paper cover.  This just makes it feel like
> it will hold up better especially for someone that references it all
> the time.
>
> Second, the appendixes in the back of the book are now more than just
> the owners manual xeroxed quickly as an after thought.  They have done
> what should have been done way back in the day.  Taken all of the VW
> dealer training literature that is out there for the Vanagon and
> compiled it into an appendix that is about as thick as the crappy
> Haynes manual (sorry Haynes lovers out there).  So now if you want to
> get to know the different systems in the van, how they really work
> together, you can, in a simple and easy to understand format.  If a
> new Vanagon owner would read through this section, it would open their
> eyes to so many things that most of us had to learn the hard way
> through trial and error because we didn't have this reference.
>
> I would encourage all new Vanagon owners, do not buy a used, old
> Bentley off of ebay or Amazon.  Instead invest in a brand new, hard
> back one that has only been out for the last year or so.  It will cost
> you a few more dollars.  But the extra information you are going to
> get is worth it's weight in gold.
>
> Of course we have these available on our site for sale, just thought I
> would mention that :-)  No mater where you buy it you will not be sorry.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
> Phone: 856-327-4936
> Fax: 856-327-2242
>