[T3] Microfiche

[J L Stamey]

Jim,
I've had 3 TDI's... currently missing my last one, bought an audi about a
year ago. The audi gets about half the milage i used to get in my 97 passat
tdi!!!! I avg'd about 45 mpg!!
The place where I found so much info about those great little diesels was
tdiclub.com
awesome awesome awesome site!!!


Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:18:26 -0500
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Microfiche
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On 14 Jun 2011 at 14:38, Gary Forsmo wrote:

> Problem: Even with a 10X magnifier, the information is too small to be
> readable.

If you've got room, official VW microfilm readers come up rather
regularly on ebay, now that dealers no longer use them. They've been
replaced with computers.

The place where I used to work had a reader that I was able to modify
(make my own, larger stage) to accommodate the larger VW microfilm
size. I no longer have access to that, and I don't think they even
have it any more. Using that machine, I was able to print out most of
the pages, but the quality is not good. Most of the microfilm arrived
pretty scratched.

There is a place here in town that could probably scan the whole
thing and put it on a CD. That would be great, but I have a feeling
that they might hesitate to do it because of copyright issues. I
haven't approached them about this since my copied pages usually
serve my needs.

You might also find a copy of the VW ETKA disk, which is what the
dealers now use on their PCs, but those are much later and don't show
many parts for our cars. I see these are available on ebay for just
under $10 with shipping.

Because I recently bought a 2011 VW, I'm interested in the current
ETKA. I see that the people selling these are in England and shipping
is a significant part of the cost, but they'll ship additional copies
for no additional shipping charge. Anyone else want one?

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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