Date:         Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:09:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Frank Brand <frank001@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Brand <frank001@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: repair books
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I have the 'Jetzt helfe ich mir selbst' book for my '89 Carat. While my
Bently coveres about everything  I ever wanted, the repair procedures in
'Jetzt helfe ich mir selbst' are explained more from a home mechanics view
as opposed to a professional shop. It also includes repair tips and pictures
and illustrations that aren't in the Bently. The Haines book (which I also
have) seems to get all it's pictures and ilustrations from the Bently.  The
number of pages in the Haines and the German book are about the same
 around 1/3 of the Bentley). I also have the German (and Bentley books) for
my Audi and BMW. Can't have too much information.

Frank
'89 Carat
'91 535i
'85 Audi

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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