Date:         Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:59:44 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Tech Talk--free download
Comments: To: "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <52E2EFBC.5030508@turbovans.com>
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That about them gobbling up tech information when it arrived was meant to
be a joke. Nothing could be further from the truth, I am sure.

My dealer didn't know anything about Vanagons when I bought my 90 new
except how to work the Z-bed and where to put the brake fluid. That's about
it.

Jim


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:57 PM, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>  Right..
> and when it says 'connect VW special tool # XYZ' ......what does one do
> then ?
>
> Not that there are not a few interesting and useful things in this Tech
> Talk piece.
>
> You think VW dealer techs sit around gobbling up new VW-supplied tech info
> ???
>
> Most likely only when they absolutely have to.
>
>  On 1/24/2014 12:00 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
> Back in the days when VW dealers and mechanics knew what a Vanagon was, the
> factory supplied dealer shops with two-sided flyers called Tech Talk. I
> scanned the ones I have had lying around and put them into a 14-page pdf
> here
> <http://www.knology.net/~felder/Vanagons/VW%20Tech%20Tips.html> <http://www.knology.net/~felder/Vanagons/VW%20Tech%20Tips.html>
>
> in case anyone needs to know the factory way to adjust the idle and set the
> throttle valve, test for bad fuel, and adjust CO content among many other
> topics.
>
> I'll bet that not much work got done the day these babies hit the mailbox.
>
> : )
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>