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Fri May 22, 2015 3:24 pm

A friend who got this brand new in the 80's let me borrow it to scan and share.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vcesn6xmqu1m6f6/1.9%20WBX%20manual.pdf?dl=0

Searchable pdf, ocr version (Thanks atomatom!)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qjdg8n3fobdhnhg/1.9%20WBX%20manual_ocr.pdf?dl=0

Fri May 22, 2015 4:10 pm

This is a Gem!

Contact Everett about putting onto the sites collection of references and manuals!

Thank you for sharing this with us!

Dave

Fri May 22, 2015 4:36 pm

hans j wrote: A friend who got this brand new in the 80's let me borrow it to scan and share.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vcesn6xmqu1m6f6/1.9%20WBX%20manual.pdf?dl=0
OMG - that is a keeper! Snaffled for serious perusal later.

Many thanks for your time and effort.

Fri May 22, 2015 5:17 pm

Any chance you could post directly to here or send me a PDF? Dropbox wants a CC to get on...

Thanks,

Hans

Fri May 22, 2015 7:24 pm

hdenter wrote: Any chance you could post directly to here or send me a PDF? Dropbox wants a CC to get on...

Thanks,

Hans

Really? That's not right... It should be free. I will pm you a different method when I get back to my laptop. Anyone else have that issue?

Fri May 22, 2015 7:48 pm

yes :(

mod contacted.

Fri May 22, 2015 8:32 pm

Maybe so many people wanted it, now they are charging? Everett is out of town until Monday so I'll send him a different link as well to put it in the archives. It's too large for regular email and a Facebook group.

Fri May 22, 2015 8:33 pm

hans j wrote: Really? That's not right... It should be free. I will pm you a different method when I get back to my laptop. Anyone else have that issue?

For me, it pops up with a "create account" message, but at the bottom of the pop-up it has a "no thanks, continue to download" link, which prompts the download process.

Nice find. 8)

Fri May 22, 2015 8:59 pm

kamzcab86 wrote: hans j wrote: Really? That's not right... It should be free. I will pm you a different method when I get back to my laptop. Anyone else have that issue?

For me, it pops up with a "create account" message, but at the bottom of the pop-up it has a "no thanks, continue to download" link, which prompts the download process.

Nice find. 8)

Thanks Kamz. You don't even need a credit card to create an account (at least when I got mine). Dropbox doesn't mention anything to me about limited access or too much is being downloaded.

Fri May 22, 2015 9:03 pm

hdenter wrote: Any chance you could post directly to here or send me a PDF? Dropbox wants a CC to get on...

Thanks,

Hans

Try again and either hit cancel or the escape key when the pop up shows up. You should be able to download it then. If not, let me know and I'll upload it to Google Drive and share from there. Maybe I'll even make a torrent?...

Fri May 22, 2015 10:51 pm

thanks hans! this is great. like the bentley but without the useless pages for vans i don't have.

here is an ocr (ie searchable) version.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9yUwyG7MuNAbmhiVTFsTUhMdDQ

Sat May 23, 2015 2:31 am

Dropbox is doing that nowadays, you need an account on shared links.

BUT, if you change the URL to start with "dl" you are good to go! :)

So here you go:
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/vcesn6xmqu1m6f6/1.9%20WBX%20manual.pdf?dl=0

Nice PDF! Thanks.

Sat May 23, 2015 5:59 am

No CC or account needed to download.

Thanks Hansen, awesome.

Sat May 23, 2015 8:18 am

Thanks for figuring out the access issues guys! What a great book! It shows the early AFC FI system instead of the Digijet, but we have the digijet pro training manual for that.

Thanks!

Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:19 pm

Is there a similar manual for the 2.1L Vanagons?

Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:28 pm

Merian wrote: Is there a similar manual for the 2.1L Vanagons?

I haven't seen one, but hear about some digifant or digijet manual out there?

Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:03 pm

IMHO EVERY vanagon should have this pro-training kept INSIDE the van at all travel times. Like the Bentley.
Maybe not for you if you are not mechanically apt. but for the innocent soon to be random mechanic turned vanagon repair technician

you can buy pretty colored and bound versions from Terry K in the classifieds here. or you can print and place in a report binder your own nearly free copy. care of those who will host these files for you.

80-83 Air cooled: http://www.vanagonauts.com/files/AFC_Vgon_T2.pdf

83.5-85 1.9l WBX: http://www.vanagonauts.com/files/Digijet_FI.pdf

86-91 2.1l WBX: http://www.vanagonauts.com/files/Vanagon%20Digifant%20Fuel%20Injection%20System.pdf

Merian wrote: Is there a similar manual for the 2.1L Vanagons?

Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:14 pm

agreed, but this is not the Protraining manul

Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:51 pm

not sure there is an exact 2.1 version of this manual
but there's a more full body pro-training for the 86 2.1l vanagons

http://www.westfaliat3.info/Vanagon1986DealerTrainingManual.pdf

Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:58 pm

There should be one for the 2.1, trouble is going to be finding it. Dealer techs in the 1980s would have one. The guy I got the 1.9 manual from doesn't have one though.

VW has been producing SSP (Self Study Programme) for a long time. Quick search found this, but in German... https://wimkoelman.wordpress.com/vertalingen/english/ and looks like all of them are here: http://www.volkspage.net/technik/ssp/index1_eng.php

I'll keep my eyes open for a 2.1 version.