I've posted these before, but I can't find the thread now.  Anyway, while I was looking them up I figured I'd post them again for anyone that hasn't read them.  If you own an air-cooled VW, this should be required reading . . . and you should read Part Six TODAY!

TULZ - Part One: "Holy Trinity of Maintenance – Shop, Skills &
Tools"

TULZ - Part Two: "You can't maintain your vehicle without the manual"

TULZ - Part Three: "What do you want to do with your Volkswagen?"

TULZ - Part Four: "Soldering and On-board Spares"

TULZ - Part Five: "Gimme a Brake"

TULZ - Part Six:  "FIRE!"

TULZ - Part Seven: "Dead Whales on the Moon (lubrication)"

TULZ - Part Eight: "Getting Your Shift Together"

TULZ - Part Nine: "Keeping Your Balance & Going Straight"

TULZ - Part Ten: "Front End Maintenane & Alignment"

TULZ - Part Eleven: "Click . . . "

TULZ - Part Twelve: "Carbs"

You specifically mentioned part six Zen..........this deals with fires............are you giving us a subliminal (sp?) message here? Have you had an unfortunate incident since I talked to you last?

We are awaiting your reply

                                                                  :cool:

This was REALLY good info...very helpful.  I can't believe I just now read this.  

Thanks for the links to that series...  I had to duck a few blows from his tire iron though.  Man, that guy is hard-core!  The kind of uncle that I wish I didn't wish I had.  No kidding though, he lays down the gauntlet.  For me, I am still trying to decide if I am going to "take the plunge" (and if so, when and where) so I am grateful for that kind of straight talk so that I don't jump in unaware.  I am of two minds... Part of me wants that cushy, mindless, convienience of a vehicle afforded by today's autos.  I am selling a Rover that I have loved and learned from its needyness.  And the temptation is there: "Clunker" it!  Put your money in a 2010...  But these articles have also stoked another side of me: the side that wants to take it all apart, learn how it works, and make it run well.  If I fail, so what if I go out in a 25 foot wall of flames!  At least I will have learned some cool new names for carb-science!  I will have spent more and worked twice as hard to drive half as far (reminds me of my Rover) than if I had bought a slick new ride...  I just wish I didn't feel so squeemish.  To dub or not to dub, that be the question!

Classic VW's seem to at least hold value.  The Range Rover I bought used for 8,000 almost ten years ago had an initial sticker price of 45,000.  Now she blue book/TMVs at about 1,500.  Now, I never bought a car to make money off it- but most cars you couldn't give away after ten years!

I read about this elsewhere, earlier tonight.... another VW guru gone.   

Sad to hear that he is gone. As young of a VW guy as I am, I have heard of him enough to where I knew who he was. Very good reads, by the way.

So, apparently the old Google Groups pages have gone the way of the Dodo bird.  Some wise person who thought this day might come should have copied all of these writings to preserve them for the ages.   

Well, I figured that since a person wise enough to do that probably wouldn't be interested in old air-cooled VWs, I did it myself a couple of years ago!     Now if I can just find where they are hiding on my hard drive . . .