[T3] FW: kensue356 thought you might like this item on eBay

[Dave Hall]

Yes, I've a copy of that 1974 printing of the Haynes manual, and they write
them from doing a full strip down of an actual car, but the photos aren't
factory quality, and where an earlier or later car is different, they can
set you off down the wrong track for its repair.  It was a 1967 car they
used, judging from the registration and chassis numbers visible, but there's
no trace of that car on the government database now.

The newer Haynes manuals are so generic, you can pick places where you know
it doesn't relate well to the car you are actually working on.  That leads
to uncertainty over any procedure detailed, and a lack of confidence in the
text.  There's some danger using the original factory manuals due to later
workshop bulletins not being present in the old manuals.

The most practical advice is to be found on here!

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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Sent: 04 February 2012 15:36
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Subject: Re: [T3] FW: kensue356 thought you might like this item on eBay

On 3 Feb 2012 at 16:45, Dave Hall wrote:

> back in the early 60s there weren't too many VW manuals available in 
> the UK.

When I bought my '68, at first I let the dealer do all the work, because the
car was under warrantee (2 years / 24 months.) After that ended, I continued
with the dealer for a couple years, until a bad experience taught me that
there were some things I could do as well or better than the dealer. 

During those years I looked around for a decent manual, buying several, but
never being really happy with what I could find. The best of that era was a
plastic bound edition (so you could wipe grease off the cover with a rag)
that came out of England.

Eventually, I came across the brown Bentley. I still remember my
astonishment when I first looked thru it. It had real photos, real data,
real wiring diagrams for each year, and it covered the fuel injection in
detail. I bought a copy immediately. That was a first printing,  new for
$12.95!

I still have that copy. It's falling apart now, but I don't dare buy a new
one because the old one has all my notes in it!

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