Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:03:52 -0700
Reply-To: "Buettner, Peter" <PGB@DOLBY.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: "Buettner, Peter" <PGB@DOLBY.COM>
Subject: Re: repair books
There are actually still a bunch of German Vanagon (Transporter) books in
print. Here's a list of what I found so far (for you germanspeakers on the
list):
So wird's gemacht
watercooler ISBN 3-7688-0436-4
diesel ISBN 3-7688-0411-9
Reparaturanleitung
aircooler ISBN 3-7168-1668-X
watercooler ISBN 3-7168-1779-1
diesel ISBN 3-7168-1679-5
Jetzt helfe ich mir selbst
aircooler ISBN 3-87943-933-8
watercooler/diesel ISBN 3-613-01031-3
Get more info at www.amazon.de. Just type (or copy with Ctrl.C/V) the ISBN
number into the 'Schnellsuche' field. I think all of the books are authored
by Thomas Lautenschlger so they're probably pretty much the same. The books
are comparable with the Haynes book in depth of coverage but might offer a
different perspective and different pictures. I recently got the 'So wird's
gemacht' watercooler book. Although it claims to cover the Syncro on the
front page it only contains 1 (one) page on the subject. On this page it
gives a brief history of the Syncro on then says that "The Syncro parts and
technology is very sophisticated and should only be serviced by an
authorized dealer." That's it! Thanks you very much.
Peter
90 Syncro Westy
SF, CA
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:10:41 +0200
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject: Re: repair books
"Joe L." wrote:
> As far as I know there are two books that cover the Watercooled
Vanagon;
> one being the Bentley, the other being a BRITISH printing of the Haynes.
> This Haynes is not usually available at the usual places but can be had
> through the Bus Depot.
There are still two types of manuals for the T3, one coming from Britain,
available at JustKampers. They are made by a publisher called Peter Ruskett
(sp?), and the other is a German series, cant remember which of "Jetzt helfe
ich
mir selbst" or "So wird's gemacht" that covers the T3. I have found that
both
the British and German cover Syncros, something the Haynes doesn't, and both
are
available for D's and TD's AFAIK.
I only have the Haynes, in Swedish even.
PerL
87 Syncro 112i