Volkswagen Station Wagon/Bus: Official Service Manual Type 2, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003 | ISBN-10: 0837600944 | ISBN-13: 978-0837600949 | Edition: 4th Revised

This Volkswagen Station Wagon / Bus Repair Manual Type 2: 1968-1979 offers air cooled Volkswagen Bus and Van enthusiasts comprehensive repair information for their Type 2 vehicles. Maintenance, tune-up, and mechanical repairs are covered (except the 1974 and later Campmobile interior equipment). Fuel injection troubleshooting and repair is described with full instructions for making the necessary electrical tests.

The aim throughout this Volkswagen air-cooled repair manual has been simplicity, clarity and completeness, achieved through practical explanations, step-by-step procedures and accurate specifications. Whether you're a professional technician or a do-it-yourself Volkswagen Type II owner, this manual will help you understand, care for and repair your car.

New durable hardcover format - This manual is now being published as a durable, long-lasting hardcover book designed to withstand frequent use in a professional shop or home garage. All of the content of the previous softcover edition is included.

Technical highlights:

• Tune-up and oil change: specifications and procedures for all models, up through the latest 1979 vehicles
• Troubleshooting, replacing or repairing every component of the electrical system - with complete wiring diagrams
• Troubleshooting and repair of the electronic fuel injection system used on 1975 and later models
• Troubleshooting, repairing and rebuilding the clutch, manual transmission and automatic transmission
• Rebuilding the carburetor-including dual carburetors
• Rebuilding disc and drum brakes
• Rebuilding the front axle and steering gearbox
• Comprehensive engine repair and rebuilding data-including 1978 and later engines with hydraulic valve lifters
• Spark advance curves for all distributors-including the transistorized ignition system used on 1979 California models
• Emission controls-including 1973 and later exhaust gas recirculation systems, and the 1973 and 1974 air injection system
• Adjusting passenger doors and sliding cargo doors
• Official Volkswagen tolerances, wear limits, settings and tightening torque specifications for every part of your vehicles

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Bentley Publishers; 4th Revised edition (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837600944
• ISBN-13: 978-0837600949
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since 1950, Bentley Publishers has helped professionals and do-it-yourself mechanics by publishing highly detailed automotive manuals and time-saving service guides. We started by reprinting and distributing hard-to-find British car manuals, such as Austin-Healey, MG, and Triumph. Today we offer a full line of technical automotive reference information for Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen and many other vehicles.

Everything that goes into a Bentley manual - from developing the outline, tearing down a car, authoring the repair information, taking our own photography, to meticulously disassembling the vehicle (and putting it back together again!) - is done by our team of Technical Editors right here in our Cambridge, Massachusetts office.

In authoring our manuals, our approach has been to go for the details, resulting in books that may look intimidating, but are easy to use. More detail and less "averaging of facts" leads to less guess work when you are working on a car.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reprint of the Factory Technician Service Manual, September 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Volkswagen Station Wagon/Bus: Official Service Manual Type 2, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Paperback)

This indispensible publication is the often-referred-to text used by the factory trained techs while servicing your vehicle at the dealership. The illustrations are clear and instructive. Measurements for new and acceptable wear limits are located within each chapter along with torque values. Each chapter is keyed by the subassembly ie. brakes, engine, chassis, etc. If you own Volkswagen products, this manual should be required to ensure you understand how your vehicle should be maintained. (If you do not actually get your hands dirty, consider offering it to your mechanic as a reference!) Bentley manuals are not quite as detailed as typical factory issued motorcycle repair manuals, but run a close second.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful, Recommended, but with Caveats, August 29, 2004

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Henry Clayton (New Orleans, La. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Volkswagen Station Wagon/Bus: Official Service Manual Type 2, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Paperback)

This book has its uses. If you have a need to do moderately extensive work on your VW yourself, it's probably wise to have this book in your shop. It's inferior to John Muir's classic Idiot's Guide (ISBN 0945465122 ) in terms of providing effective ways of repairing your VW (not to mention less fun), but it works well as a supplement to the Idiot's Guide. It's a good secondary reference when using the Idiot's Guide as a primary manual for maintenance & repair. For instance, the Service Manual will often contain illustrations of tiny parts within parts that are lacking in the Idiot's Guide, which can be useful when trying to visualize how things fit together. When something goes wrong, turn to the Idiot's Guide first; when you want a little more padding to get your head around a problem, the Service Manual is often just the ticket. In short, something to keep in the garage rather than in the bus (as you should do at all times with the Idiot's Guide). Highly recommended for this purpose.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good instructions and pictures., June 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Volkswagen Station Wagon/Bus: Official Service Manual Type 2, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Paperback)

This book was very clear and concise and covered a lot of the repair issues. The pictures were good and clear. The only downside was they didn't cover enough or discuss all eventuallities. There was no discussion of modifications. This book is mostly just the basics.