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harvq - If you can wade through it, The Velvet ...

2009-11-09T20:01:12.896-08:00
harvq - If you can wade through it, The Velvet Monkey Wrench is a crazy philosophy book and worth examination. Though, you hit the nail on the head that his VW book may b more "Zen" than TVMW.

I owned a 1970 Beetle convertible from 1986 to abo...

2009-11-07T04:45:13.269-08:00
I owned a 1970 Beetle convertible from 1986 to about 1993. Keeping it alive was at first a necessity, and then an obsession! I still have my copy of Muir's book (complete with dings, grease stains and dog ears), and I think back to those late nights in the garage with fondness. I maintain that his book was a collection of Zen philosophy masquerading as a repair manual.

Great Blog and John Muir has kept many owners happ...

2009-06-23T20:55:13.905-07:00
Great Blog and John Muir has kept many owners happy and VWs on the road.
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In 1972 with Muir's book and my first 1959 bus I l...

2008-07-01T20:02:00.000-07:00
In 1972 with Muir's book and my first 1959 bus I learned to turn wrenches. I've been doing it since then.
I have many a long conversation with Muir while working on my bus by the side of the road. It wasn't until many years later that I realized I was have a conversation with a dead man. A 'how to' book you can talk with, hard to beat that.
I have a copy in the garage, I bought it last year.

Despite a couple occasions of frightfully bad advi...

2008-07-01T17:57:00.000-07:00
Despite a couple occasions of frightfully bad advice (e.g., 009 dizzies are j.u.n.k. no matter what the Rt Hon. Mr. Muir says), the importance of having and reading the Idiot Book when confronting one's first ACVW cannot be overstated. I don't know as I'd've had the moxie to try my hand at V-Dub ownership way back when without it.
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Muir's publications also included a book on the 19...

2008-07-01T16:37:00.000-07:00
Muir's publications also included a book on the 1982-84 Subaru. A fabulous 4wd cult car. His publication work with Carl and Lorena gave us Camping in Mexico and Cooking On and Off the Road. Sadly out of print but worth the search.

I have spent a few winter nights in the bus with a...

2008-07-01T13:33:00.000-07:00
I have spent a few winter nights in the bus with a candle going studying Aschwanden's pictures. Never fully understood the internal combustion process until I got a copy of the book.

I very much enjoyed this education Big Blue's Driv...

2008-06-30T18:59:00.000-07:00
I very much enjoyed this education Big Blue's Driver. Well done.