Date:         Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:04:11 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Question and parts request.
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perhaps if VW sprinkled their literature with sentence fragments, rows of periods, misplaced quotation marks, and exclamation marks scott could understand it.

alistair






alistair


On 2011-09-25, at 8:24 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> The 'cod in the swallop' ..new one on me.
> What's a 'swallop' anyway  ?
> 
> I suppose it depends on if you are working from the book in the brakes
> section, or the axle section ..lol.
> 
> see....even VW and Bentley are not clear themselves  !
> 
> hey ..since one must be incorrect, maybe they are both incorrect !
> Let us not  get distracted by the confusion of others.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Question and parts request.
> 
> 
>> There-in lies the cod in the swallop!
>> 
>> The owners manual says 123 ft-lbs. My Bentley that tells me how to do
>> the maintenance says use 133 Ft-Lb'.
>> 
>> So which is it? That is the diliema!
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> John Rodgers
>> Clayartist and Moldmaker
>> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
>> Chelsea, AL
>> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/25/2011 6:56 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>> For example my owner's manual states 123 ft lbs for my '86. Use the data
>>> published by VW for your van.