For seats, check with Chris Jordan in PA. (I = think his e-mail is jordanVW@aol.com)
For a repair guide, go to www.busdepot.com or = www.vanagain.com and order the Bentley and the Haynes manuals. = The Bentley is the "bible" but is not very user-friendly for = the novice mechanic. They Haynes is supposed to be much more = user-friendly, but lacks some of the authoritative detail of the = Bentley. (Unfortunately it has no info on the Westy or Syncros, = so I don't have one)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C=
OM]On Behalf
> Of Topher Jerome
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 3:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Folding seats... where to find?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a week into owning my first Vanagon... We =
have a 1984 GL
> that does not
> have the folding seat in the back... we =
eventually want to
> change it around
> so it's somewhat like a 1988 Wolfsburg... it =
had rear facing
> seats and a
> nifty table that folds out. Anyway, I went to a =
second hand
> parts source
> (e.g. VW junk yard) and they want to charge =
$450 for the
> rear folding
> seat including the pad for over the engine. =
Having no
> experience with this
> kind of thing, I was wondering if this seems =
like a fair price?
>
> I am also wondering if anyone knows of a good =
source for used
> parts in the
> Seattle area? And/or the internet?
>
> Yet another question.... Can anyone recommend a =
good repair
> guide for the
> water-cooled Vanagon and where I might be able =
to find it?
>
> TIA,
> Topher
>