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--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 3 Feb 2004 at 20:37, Aaron Clow wrote: > > > I know Bentley is king, but this Clymer manual was > > invaluable to me as well for all its FI info. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2l2cf > > I never thought the Clymer manuals even got close to > the Bentley in ANY area, > including FI. The only thing close to the Bentley in > the FI area is the Elfrink > series, which is actually better than anything else > I've found. Here's the take from a relative newbie to the scene who ended up doing an unplanned top-end rebuild on his Type 3 before he even started the car... The *Bentley* is obviously the bible of the Type 3, as has been said many times on this list. It has all the specs, info, and procedures you need to do just about anything on the car. My problem with it is that from my perception it is VERY light on step-by-step stuff. I used the *idiot's guide* as well, and that is just the opposite, but it is incredibly tough to navigate around for the Type 3 stuff (if you have this, go to page 32... If you have this, go to page 63, then come back here and follow the same instructions for the B**tle, except if you have a 73, in which case you'll need to go to page 114 when you finish with page 32). Ugh... Still, if you can find what you need, it's great for the step-by-step stuff. The *Elfrink* I honestly haven't spent that much time with, as it seemed to be quite heavy reading for what I needed at the time. I have hardly ever referred to it. The *Clymer* I found to be extremely easy to use for the FI stuff. Lots of nice pictures, clearly laid-out steps and explanations, etc... And actually, I think it was the Clymer FI section that was put in a PDF and was the "official FI reading" for the type3.org website. I used that as well and relied on it quite heavily, along with the FI PDF I put together (and *cough* available on my website) from the Glenn's Fuel Injection book, which is another great FI resource. What else... The *Wilson* air-cooled engine book was great for the hard-core engine rebuild stuff. The actual putting the big pieces back together... And a $50 digital camera was also extremely valuable in helping to put back all the electrical parts and connections where they belonged... Anyway, that's just my take on it with fresh newbie eyes... The Bentley is the book I keep handy at ALL times, but the other books definitely have their uses (except the Haynes, which to me seemed to be a complete waste of paper)... Just my $.02 from limited experience... (and I think it was Greg who put together a whole PDF file on fuel injection based upon the Clymer stuff)... ===== ----------------------------------------- Have you driven your Type 3 today? http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ ----------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org