These are the manuals that I use day in and day out -- and sometimes at night.
The list servers are invaluable to me for information, camaraderie and moral support.
Manuals:
  • How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive
    (A Manual of Step by Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot) by John Muir
    Types I, II, III, IV & Fuel Injection
    ISBN 1-56261-070-8, 464 pages, $21.95 SRP
    (latest edition: 15th edition, 2nd printing, April 1993)
  • Volkswagen Station Wagon/Bus Official Service Manual Type 2: 1968-1979
    ISBN 0-8376-0094-4, 464 pages, $34.94 SRP
    (latest edition: 4th revised edition, 1979)
List Servers:
  • Vanagons (water-cooled)
    This list server used to cover all Type II's but grew so popular it has split into this water-cooled group and the air-cooled Type2 list below. To subscribe, send a mail message to listserv@vanagon.com with a body of SUBSCRIBE VANAGON Firstname Lastname.
  • Type II (air-cooled)
    This list is for all air-cooled split window (50-67), bread loaves (68-79), and Vanagons up to the water-cooled versions. It is further divided into group for Vintage Busses.

To subscribe to the type2 list (50-75 messages a day) send a mail message to type2-request@type2.com with a subject of subscribe. For a digest version (1-2 e-mail messages a day) send a mail message to type2-digest-request@type2.com with a subject of subscribe.

To subscribe to the Vintage list send mail to vintagebus-request@type2.com with a subject of subscribe

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