Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:38:06 -0800
Reply-To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] etka on line with registration
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Hi Roger -
Based on what I've seen at vagcat, this is ETKA 7.x for the "Local Market"
which is Europe. ETKA 7.x installed on a PC has the whole ball of wax -
Local Market, United States (includes Canada), South Africa, Mexico, Brazil,
China, & Argentina. You select the market first to look up the parts.
Vagcat doesn't give you this option, at least from what I can see.
Previous versions of ETKA (5.x, 6.x) Offered separate CD's for each
market. I have both Version 5.6 for US/Canada only and I have Version 6
for US/Canada only and Version 6 for "Local Market" (Europe Only) in my CD
archive as well as installed on a few different machines so I can compare
back and forth and catch the boo-boos. And for good measure I also have
PET5 (Porsche ETKA) for cross-referencing on 914 stuff to the Type 2
and 411/412 interchanges.
And it helps to have the factory "print" Parts Books along with the MPF 200
Fiche to look up the obsolete and superseded items. Even my recently
acquired Bosch data fiche come in real handy when looking up that elusive
part :-)
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:
> Dear Old Parts
>
> EtKA is ETKA regardless of how you use it
> i also have Etka on my PC and can locate all the parts as seen on this
> listing that i posted ...
> i have no way to check if so called north american version parts are not
> listed as i can only verify with my own parts on hand
> try this link which also has engine codes
> http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/T2/1984/4/49/
> yours
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> All pretty and good, nicely layed out too, with a minor flaw. It only
>> covers European listings (thankfully in english). Can't find any USA only
>> market listings for parts in certain parts group areas. This is really
>> important, especially when figuring out Campmobile/Westfalia stuff, as what
>> was equipped on USA/Canadian Models. Another critical area is certain
>> engine area parts for the Digijet/Digifant for North American market, all is
>> shown is for Europe, usually not the same application(s). In my profession,
>> this is mandatory for my reference, database and cataloging work at
>> Airhead/VWG. I'll stick with using my laptop and desktop installed ETKA and
>> old microfiche files for now, but tune in to the vagcat site when needed.
>>
>> Thanks for your link Roger
>> --
>> Jim Thompson
>> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
>> ***********************************
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Roger Whittaker <
>> rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> dear parts mavens
>>> http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/T2/
>>> often listees call out for part #s etc
>>> there are some who have etka on their pc but this version is free with
>>> registration and works on your browser
>>> my fire fox shows it perfectly ...
>>> all parts all the time and yes even a complete breakdown of my California
>>> as
>>> well as listings for specialty parts
>>> such as the black out shields for military vehicles and although NLA
>>> these
>>> are real parts with numbers ...
>>> best yet is click on the part and it opens a window showing price in
>>> euros
>>>
>>> note westie people are called kombi or campmobile or campmob
>>>
>>> best thing about this site as far as i can see is that there is an
>>> exploded
>>> parts view
>>>
>>> all wonderful
>>> --
>>> roger w
>>
>>
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