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Publisher: John Muir Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  110 reviews
Sales Rank: 1158676
Media: Paperback
Edition: 13th ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 418
ISBN: 0945465122
EAN: 9780945465126
ASIN: 0945465122
Publication Date: 1988
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: ex library book
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 For all the VW community, this book is GREAT November 24, 2007
It tells you everything you need to know about our beloved VW's, and how to fix the problems in a step-by-step procedures. The drawings are a class in its own and very illustrative. Maybe the book is little outdated because of the date it was published but it has plenty of liner lones about the latter VW models and appendix articles as well.
What I really loved about this book it at the end, where it gives you a list of the most common troubles your VW can come across in any circumstances, and a guide of what to do to solve it (referring, of course, to the specific chapter where that is being covered).
A must for all the VW nuts!
A benchmark in technical writing November 18, 2007
My father's motto regarding do-it-yourself repairs was "anything you can do, someone else can do better." I heard that refrain hundreds of times when I was a kid and a teenage, trying to learn how things work and how to fix them when they break. Reading this book and "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" were breakthrough moments in my life. I owe a good bit of my life and career to John Muir. Learning that I could disassemble a complicated (at the time, for me) engine and return it to its proper place in working order opened up a world of technology to me and I have never looked back to this book with anything but affection.
I no longer own a VW (after 20 years of several bugs and vans), but I still love this book. I can't recommend it highly enough.
 VW Convertible Maintenance Help September 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Prefer this manual to Chilton's for our VW Convertible. Drawings are concise. Tips are geared to what isn't working and then gives suggestions on what to try first. Also contains list of parts (used, re-manufactured and new) dealers and their websites which is very helpful since no one carries parts for our 1970 Convertible here.
My first car, my first repair manual September 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book, with its tongue-in-cheek humor and fun attitude towards one of the most personable cars ever, literally put me on the road in my first car. A VW Beetle with no floor, a barely-serviceable engine, and a million and one problems was no match for the The Guide, as my dad and I called it. It was by our sides as we rebuilt my first car, then my second... entertaining and informative -- a MUST for anyone who owns an air-cooled VW and wants to perform their own maintenance or repairs.
 Time to update this book September 9, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've had this book for over a year now and feel compelled to write a review to offset the rave reviews this book continues to get. While I'd be the first to agree that it's very easy reading I have yet to find it truly helpful when I get into a difficult problem with my '69 bug. Lots of good, folksy philosophy, but don't look to this book to help you through a complex problem. In their attempt to make it a book to satisfy all VW owners, many sections are simply way too high level and generic to be of specific value.
Most of the R Crumb inspired drawings are great to look at from an artistic point of view but isn't it time to include some real photos? There are a lot of subtle differences in VW components over the years and a one-picture-fits-all approach doesn't cut it. After all, it's supposed to be a 'how-to' book, not a coffee table book.
Hard to believe that in 19 editions, little has been changed or updated to make it more user friendly - certainly there are better how-to-do-it guides out there - it's time for John Muir's successor's to either update this thing or put it to rest.
I caution any purchaser to not rely on this book to get you out of a jam if you aren't a seasoned VW mechanic.
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