At 01:15 PM 10/18/2002, Peter Patal wrote: >Hi all, > > >New to vanagon (westy 87) I am going to buy a book >and which one you can rec a Bentley or Haynes Manual >They are available on budepot site. Haynes has better descriptions for amateur mechanics, but is a bit shaky on the 1.9l digijet system since 1.9l in Europe were either carburetted or lacked oxy sensor or both. It has a brief "representative" wiring diagram. It doesn't mention campers, and its major advice on transmissions is "see a pro." Bentley has full wiring diagrams, many pages of them, mostly correct and drawn by someone who believed in getting the meaning across. It has all kinds of technical detail lacking in the Haynes, mostly correct. It covers the camper versions which the Haynes entirely omits, and has full info on transmissions. It's cryptic and nasty. It's easily five times the volume of the Haynes, and it should be at least twice the size it already is. I would get both. And welcome to the list. :) david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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