Day 1 of my open university course in VW Campervan Maintenance

Haynes AND Bentley
Between the two, and the good members of TLB, with a smattering of the samba and ratwell thrown in for good measure, you might find out what you need to know

Edit: Bentley might seem expensive, but it costs less than a decent tyre. It could save you a lot of garage bills

 

Mmm!

Following some of this but I have feeling that there are different conversations going on here. I am slacking already, I think this will have to be a apart time course, hoping to look at the van this afternoon with set texts!

Will do some reflective learning later

Darron

 

There are always different conversations going on. You’ll work out how to pick out the relevant ones

 

Never! What are you talking about.

 

First step: tell us what your van's doing to "not start".

 

Remember you can't fail... Everything tried is knowledge gained....
Slowly slowly you may be surprised at what you can learn and achieve with your bus.

 

No

 

And then which oil you're using

 

Item One : did it run when you last left it where it is sitting now?
Item Two: what has been replaced in the last few years ?

 

When I was teaching I always had to double check my feedback was written correctly when pointing out a students bad spelling, punctuation and grandma

 

There are few things in life more rewarding, than spotting someone *****ing up their pedantry

 

You’re obviously a bit of a pendant about that sort of thing.

 

It may seem expensive at 50 quid but if the Bentley manual saves you 1 hours labour in a garage it's paid for itself!

Or do what I did and download the free pdf version....

 

This ^^^
Even if you only learn how to do a basic service you've not only saved money but have the satisfaction of knowing it's done properly .
My first priority would be learning how to tension the alternator/dynamo belt . Very easy to get wrong but critical , if it fails your engine will be toast ...

Or pop along to techenders in a couple of weeks time and someone will show you the basics ...

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I was being paid to do it!

It does rub off though and I do have to bite my tongue every now and then!

 

That sounds like insider information. So which course did you study

 

Vegan Sociology Media Studies, at the University of the North Circular.

 

Did you leave these behind by accident, deliberately or accidentally on purpose?
Discuss.

 

Yeh, I was there man - the bloke running the sandal renovation workshop. S236 what a course.

 

There's no index in the Bentley which is annoying.
I prefer the Haynes generally.