Date:         Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:46:55 -0400
Reply-To:     stan.wohlfarth@BENTLEYPUBLISHERS.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Stan Wohlfarth (aka." <stan.wohlfarth@BENTLEYPUBLISHERS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Newbie
Comments: To: mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM
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I believe they are referring to the Volkswagen Transporter Pocket mechanic
by Peter Russek manuals. I bought my copy while in England last Sept. for
the VW Action show and the Malvern Vanfest.

It covers the Volkswagen Transporter carburettor and fuel injection 1.9L and
2.1L petrol (gasoline) engines. The one I have does not cover the air-cooled
motors. It's small so it will fit nicely in a glove box and looks pretty
useful, although a little hard to read (the type tends to run together, i.e.
"ThecheckingoperationofthecrankshaftendfloatdependsonthetypeofNo.1crankshaft
bearing" (from page 27, section 1.3.0.2 Crankshaft end float). It has 204
pages and was fairly cheap. Try www.VWbooks.co.uk for the whole line of
Peter Russek manuals (including T4 and I think T2) as well as lots of other
VW books that we don't get here in the states. You can also try
www.russek-manuals.com.

Personally I prefer the Bentley and the Russek manual hasn't even made it
home from my office yet.

-Stanagon
'81 Westy, '87 Syncro


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Stevens [mailto:mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 9:36 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Vanagon Newbie


Chilton?

Bob Stevens
'87 Syncro Westy




There is another manual done by a British firm (and the name escapes me for
the moment), which is like a trimmed down version of the Bentley (only 1/2
inch thick instead of 3 inches thick). I've got this one also, but I use the
Bentley more often.


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