dear pedagogical vanagoniterites i vote we all move to Medford Oregon and play in Scott's pile of repairable Vanagons - this creates a situation where teacher and student are always together both when Scott s alone and when someone else is there - loads of vanagons on site -and at last word he is in hawaii so it will always be paradise as well - Stan -do you have a Bentley - Volkswagen Vanagon (T3) <http://www.bentleypublishers.com/volkswagen/repair-information/vw-vanagon-80-91-factory-repair-manual.html> Official Factory Repair Manual: 1980, 1981, 1983, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 <http://www.bentleypublishers.com/volkswagen/repair-information/vw-vanagon-80-91-factory-repair-manual.html> Including Diesel, Syncro, and Camper this is the book by which you can commence to fixin yer vanagon - with little to no mechanical expertise or experience - " God knows cause i'm one " to quote The House of the Rising Sun get a Triple A RV level membership so you can at least get yer disappointment home and practie several sayings with your wife during regular at home crises - "That's the charm of these things." "You know she's lots of trouble but when everything is working great - it is unbeatable." rathter than the reverse corollary of this statement which is the usual typical norm "the beatings continue until everything is working great - it is no trouble." "I love my Vanagon " "We love our Vanagon" "My wife is right, these vanagons do create their own personality, goat like in opposition to every rational thought i have ever had." "Those Germans, sure know how to build stuff. Guns, fast luxury cars and other neat systems, I wonder where the guys came from who worked on this vanagon?" regards
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Michael <mikewelldon@icloud.com> wrote: > Love it. We can use my van. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 16, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Stan Shapiro <mail@STANSHAPIRO.COM> wrote: > > > > I am a newbie Westy owner, with minimal mechanical skills. I have been > > impressed with the knowledge and expertise on this site. I wonder if > there > > is any way to pass some of this knowledge along to the newbies. > > > > > > > > How about some weekend courses/training that involve some class room and > > lots of hands on. Maybe a cooperative effort from the members of this > > board, where each person could teach one aspect of vanagon repair or > > maintenance? I would think a class size of 10 might be workable. I > > would be ok with a fee. As an attendee, I would gladly pay $100, which > > could go to the expenses of the instructors or space rental. Start out > > with beginner classes. Work up to more advanced classes. All that > is > > needed is volunteers to teach, a space to have a small classroom, a > garage > > to go thru some repairs, agree on some topics, and someone to coordinate > all > > of this. If each attendee drove a van, one person might end up with a > > tune up, one person might end up with a new aux battery system, etc. > > Then there has to be some agreement on a location. I would volunteer > to > > help coordinate to help get this rolling. > > > > > > > > Your thoughts?? > > > > > > > > Stan/90 Westy/Idaho (currently in 65 degree weather in Arizona) >
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