Joshua Van Tol wrote:

> >> If you don't know, the Sermons of Bob Hoover was surely the most
> >> popular VW resource on the net until it was pulled down earlier
> >> this year. Back when I had the ability to log the Sermons web
> >> page, people were requesting about 38,000 sermons per week. It
> >> was an incredible resource--and still is.
> >
> >... that is, if you own an air-cooled bus.  Bob Hoover's opinion was that
> >Vanagons were dinosaurs, doomed to go extinct while air-cooled busses
> >survived forever.
> >
> >Save your money and buy a manual written by someone who likes our
> >water-cooled vans.
> >
> >Just my humble opinion.
> >Coyote
> >
>
> Bob's advice, while not specific to the vanagon is generally quite
> applicable to the vanagon. I think Coyote is being a bit harsh here. Seems
> he and Bob had a falling out not so long ago over whether public postings
> were the property of the list administrator. Bob held that they weren't,
> and the whole thing got ugly.

Had to step in here,
I did not follow the flame wars w/Hoover earlier this year, I flushed all that
mess, but I know one thing for sure, Hoover's sermons for aircooled type II's
and earlier will be of -very little- practical use to a watercooled Vanagon
maintainer: period! They are very different cars, with manifold, (to risk
Hoover's derision), -improvements- over the TII'ss and I's. And with these
improvements came increased complexity in some instances: this is Hoovers rub
against the Vanagon. Therefore, IMHO, purchase the Bentley, monitor the List
here and post up your tough problems: This is a much better solution that
Hoover's Sermons. For general auto maintenance info, merely refer to the
Vanagon owners manual.
BTW: An equivalent of Muirs book for the Vanagon would be great!!

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