Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:30:29 -0800
Reply-To: Trooz <trooz@ROADRUNNER.COM>
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From: Trooz <trooz@ROADRUNNER.COM>
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] etka on line with registration
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Roger, are you talking about a new California as available in Europe? How
in the world did you get one in the USA??
I've often wondered about "European delivery" but I've never heard or read a
thing about it so guessed that it was a thing of the past.
I'd be WAY interested if there was a way to get one here in the US.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> On Behalf Of Roger Whittaker
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:50 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: [WetWesties] etka on line with registration
>
> dear old parts
>
> wow ... i had no idea it was so complex ...
> wow ...
>
> what i do know is that any vw or auto haus shop i was in in
> usa could not
> find parts for my van
> and even this version of etka shows my breather has being
> flat ... when
> indeed it is very round ...
> i got a refill at a tractor supply store in ohio
> and simply replaced my factory fuel filter which has in and
> out on canister
> as factory molded rather than fittings with ... a marine one
> kept the other for future reference ...
> but what really excited me is the industrial diesel engine information
> which is what my California seems to have for OEM power
> the v belt sizing information will prove to be invaluable ...
> that so far has been my weakest link ...
> yours
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Old Volks Home
> <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > 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
> > ***********************************
> > 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
> >>>
> >>>
>
>
> --
> roger w
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