Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:27:20 -0700
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From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject: Re: Bentley manuals- version page counts
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Are they going to fix a lot of the errors in the writing? They list the
front differential in a North American Syncro as 5.43:1, which it is not, it
is 4.86:1 just like the rear differential!
David Marshall
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jim Arnott
Sent: June 19, 2004 9:21 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Bentley manuals- version page counts
In my discussions with Stan Wohlfarth at Bentley it became apparent
that perhaps the primary reason for the omission of certain data was
confusion regarding just when changes occurred. The discussion may be
found at:
<http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1125&tstart=60>
This is quite easy to understand. While VW has exact chassis number
information regarding running changes to the base vehicle, I doubt that
Westfalia was so precise in recording just when a change to the
cabinetry was put into production.
Thanks to listmembers here and on a couple other lists, we were able to
provide Bentley with the correct information and hopefully, the next
printing will contain the missing pages.
In my dealings with Bentley, I've found them to be extremely responsive
to both queries for more information and corrections. If you run into
a problem with any Bentley manual, let them know. They apparently have
a strong desire to maintain their reputation for producing the
"correct" manual.
Jim
On Saturday, Jun 19, 2004, at 07:33 US/Pacific, mark drillock wrote:
> 80-84 has 660 pages
> 80-91 has 1360 pages, wow!
>
> The paper is noticeably thinner in the 80-91 version so while it is a
> thicker book not by so much as the page count would cause.
>
> Looks more like they left it all in and added quite a bit. Syncros and
> 2.1 stuff would be much of it.
>
> Thanks to my assistant Anne for doing most of the counting. Took us 10
> minutes. Counts may be off by a couple pages.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Jim Felder wrote:
>>
>> There's a lot more about the camper interior, for instance. Just think
>> about all the 2.1 stuff that isn't in the earlier book, yet both are
>> about the same size. I haven't done a page-by-page comparison, but
>> they
>> took out a lot of something to get the 2.1 stuff in.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Jun 18, 2004, at 11:19 PM, David Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> Is there stuff in the 1980-1985 edition that isn't in the later
>>> edition?
>>>
>
