Date:         Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:18:29 -0400
Reply-To:     Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: known Vanagon problems
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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that would have been nice but vw wants to protect their revenue stream.
the local dealer here is so lame that they won't even give you part
numbers over the phone or when they generate you a quote.

jonathan

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Stan Wilder wrote:

> Seems useless to be making that big list of Vanagon problems when Bentley
> has a 5 pound book with about 2500 pages that covers all of the problems,
> potential problems and how to partially fix most problems.
> Wouldn't it be cool if Bentley had included the part numbers in their repair
> descriptions??
>
> Stan Wilder
> www.engineceramics.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Schneider" <Tim.Schneider@SYNOPSYS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: known Vanagon problems
>
>
> > ** Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET> wrote **
> >
> >  >> This is brilliant. What would be very useful to us
> >  >> amateur mechanics new to Vanagons would
> >  >>  be to turn it into a FAQ.
> >
> >
> > Kind of like the stuff that is here?
> > http://www.vanagon.com/
> >
> > And in the archive.. although I agree.. laundry lists
> > are definitely great when you are new to a van.
> >
> > You can kinda go down and knock them off one by
> > one, till you know where you "are" with the vehicle.
> >
> >   -tim
> >
> > 90 syncro westy
> > mesa, az
>
>
>