Vw repair boook
DogDiesel
a Chiltons do.
P.J.Berg
"How to keep your Volkswagen alive" is entertaining but also flawed.
The Robert Bentley series, Haynes or Chiltons are more correct and
informative on details.
J.
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Jim Ed
> Anyone read the how to keep your volkwagon alive book. Is it good. Or will
> a Chiltons do.
The Chilton's manual is not all that good.
The How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive book explains things well in
layman's terms.
But he recommends things like disconnect and disable the choke and
let it idle to warm up for 5 minutes both of which most do not agree
with.
It is a quite helpfull book.
I used it and the Hayne's manual to rebuild a Type 1 engine a long
time ago.
These are good books to have:
Official Service Manual
http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=BVB0002&cartid=0921201087823008\
Hayne's Manual
http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=BVB0003&cartid=0921201087823008
How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive by John Muir
http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=BVB0004&cartid=0921201087823008
These are really good ‘how to’ videos:
Bug Me Video DVDs, Complete Set of Vol 1 - 7
http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/catsearch.php?categoryid=BVV&cmd=list&parent2=BV&perpage=
or
Bug Me Video (How-to DVD series), Volume 3 Complete Engine Rebuild
http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=BVV0003&cartid=0921201087823008
Tech sites:
Jim Ed
Here is a link to a sample to the
BUG ME VIDEO DEMO VOL-2 - MOTOR REMOVAL AND CLUTCH SERVICE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I5Nz1gxEck
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On Sep 25, 10:55 am, Jim Ed <Jim3...@msn.com> wrote:
> On Sep 25, 12:39 am, "DogDiesel" <nos...@nospam.none> wrote:
>
> > Anyone read the how to keep your volkwagon alive book. Is it good. Or will
> > a Chiltons do.
>
> The Chilton's manual is not all that good.
>
> The How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive book explains things well in
> layman's terms.
> But he recommends things like disconnect and disable the choke and
> let it idle to warm up for 5 minutes both of which most do not agree
> with.
> It is a quite helpfull book.
> I used it and the Hayne's manual to rebuild a Type 1 engine a long
> time ago.
>
> These are good books to have:
>
> Official Service Manual
> http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=BVB00...
>
> Hayne's Manualhttp://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=BVB00...
>
> How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive by John Muirhttp://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=BVB00...
>
> These are really good ‘how to’ videos:
>
> Bug Me Video DVDs, Complete Set of Vol 1 - 7http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/catsearch.php?categoryid=BVV&cmd=lis...
> or
> Bug Me Video (How-to DVD series), Volume 3 Complete Engine Rebuildhttp://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=BVV00...
Jim Ed
Here is a link to the Bug Me Video VW Complete Engine Rebuild
DogDiesel
"Jim Ed" <Jim...@msn.com> wrote in message
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I grabbed a Chilton. To get familiar. Nobodies going to let me crawl all
over their VW,. I got one friend with one and he gets a little peeved if you
leave the seat back.
Id love to get the Bug me series. But they are stupidly expensive even used.
Considering now you can put the whole thing on one or two DVDs.
Joey Tribiani
"DogDiesel" <nos...@nospam.none> wrote in message
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> Id love to get the Bug me series. But they are stupidly expensive even
> used. Considering now you can put the whole thing on one or two DVDs.
>
it's the knowledge you pay for, not the dvd's or vhs's... "stupidly
expensive" is all relative to what it's worth to the individual... there is
a difference between price and value...
Jan Andersson
I had them all, they are well worth the money and then some.
Especially if you have a laptop with a DVD player, you can take it to
the car and it's like having an instructor right next to you showing how
it's done. While you are AT the car. And he won't get mad if you pause
and rewind him.
Plus the bugmevideos were made by a fellow VW enthusiast, a good friend
to many of us (Rick Higgins and his family). Support a honest, sincere
effort to help us all. They spent a lot of money and research time to
make a good quality video.
Ashman40
else. It is also great to "see" the different parts. If it wasn't for
those DVDs I'd never have figured out that I have a '71 steering column
in my '75 and would need a '71 turn signal switch!
The floorpan and heater channel replacement are great too.
The only thing better would be to have and experienced VW mechanic/body
man on hand for ALL your repairs!
Buy the videos as you need them, or save up and get a discount when you
buy a set. Skip the TypeIV videos if you don't plan on installing a
TypeIV motor in your car.