

| Subject: | Re: Stock Aircooled heater fan/Ode to Bently |
| From: | Jacob Shaun Dustin |
| Date: | Wed, 8 Nov 1995 23:29:42 MST |
First, a question: I'm just curious about this--why dos Bently show a booster fan for the defroster in the wiring diagram for my '71 bus? Was this optional equipment or just a little engineering humor? Second, Bently Rules: Can we do this? Can I unabashedly plug a product? Because I Love Bently. Buy it if you want to do things right. I love the list for the help it gives, and St. Muir for diagnosis and religion, but for saving time and doing things right, I love my Bently book. The price is steep for some (Most?) editions, I've seen the price tags for split manuals, and I'm not sure what you Brickriders pay, but for those of us blessed with the Bay Window Mystique, It's $33 well spent. St. Muir is great; the Zen approach to VW work is, next to a 13mm combination wrench, the most important tool in my box, but worshipping at his altar is only $8 less than getting the '68-'79 Bently last time I looked to purchase (both my idiot books are looking a little rough. One is in a manilla folder, and I just take whatever page(s) I need to do a particular job. Convienent, as long as it's not windy). I tried muddling through with Haynes and cross referencing to Muir, ect ect ect. for a while, but now when I need to know ANYTHING, from how westie package fits to adjusting torsion bars, I don't have to take the whole car apart to figure it out. I like it. I love it. I want more of it. Oh well. If I can't plug, sorry. I have no ties to Bently, etc, etc, etc. I just want to say that it is an extremely useful tool. The purchase price is high, but the savings in time and aggrivation were well worth it to me. It's nice to be able to just look somthing up and do it.. And know that I'm doing it right. One last thing--By looking in Bently, I've been able to find out what the flywheel endplay measuring tool looks like, and using aluminum bar stock, a vise, a drill, and a hacksaw, fabricate my own. No mor wrench/feeler gague jigs. Haleluja (or however you spell that) --Shaun Dustin '71 wonderbus
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