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Subject:Re: '85 Haynes Manual
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:11:24 +0200

�ric Giroux wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Here's the full story as found on the www.haynes.com:
>
> Haynes Publications Inc. (USA) does not publish a manual for water-cooled
> Vanagons. They only have one for the air-cooled:
>        1029 - Vanagon all air-cooled models '80 thru '83

Thise one is an "Owners Workshop Manual" as Haynes call them, while...

>
>
> Haynes Publishing (England), however, does publish a manual that does cover
> our water-cooled Vanagons (called Transporters in the U.K.):
>       3452 - Volkswagen Transporter (82-90) Transporter
>              Van & Pickup 1913 & 2109cc water cooled
>              petrol engines '82 to '90

...this one is a "Service and Repair Manual", which is a whole 'nother story. In
the OWM, you can get step-by-step tranny overhaul, while the S&RM just says "take
it to the dealer". The same thing about many stuff, but it covers an engine
overhaul.

Just my ,02 NOK

PerL
87 Syncro 112i