In a message dated 2/6/99 10:27:11 PM Alaskan Standard Time, satcong@VOL.COM
writes:

<< Steve - Oh no, I don't plan to archive my digital copy of the Bentley on
 the List!  I just want to make selected pages available for folks who
 are having problems with their '80-'91 Vanagons.  Heck, if they won't
 tell, I won't.  Gosh, what red-blooded American Vanagon owner would
 object? >>

Hey List Friends....

        Not too long ago my beloved van was sitting in the parking lot of the local
Air Force Exhcange pissing oil out from behind the oil cooler.  I was
completely without technical information.... it was snowing.... and I didn't
know where to start.  A kind listmember emailed me a scan of the exploded view
of the engine area revealing the probable culprit as the o-ring seal behind
the oil cooler.  Without this information I would have had to call a tow truck
and spent at least a few hours at the local auto hobby shop BEFORE I actually
determined the fault and then effect repair.  What a powerful aid that one
image was to me.  Of course, I want my own Bentley and will get one soon....
but what a great way for one vanagoner to help another.

Scott De Santi
86 Vanagon