This is a nice reference manual for the aircooled VW owner . Very helpful .

Bentley manuals are the gold standard for VW repair. Absolutely the best VW service manual. A must for EVERY veedub garage.

In response to the first review. If you are to stupid to take an engine out of a VW please do not buy this book. Take your car to a qualified mechanic.

The Volkswagen Official Service Manual Super Beetle has a lot of info.
Has some good NEWBY info.

This is the manual the dealer sold to repair shops to work on the air-cooled VWs. It is the only repair manual you will need. We resale the manual in our VW repair shop for our VW owners.

A must have for any volkswagen enthusiast or do it yourselfer ! Call me stupid but i would like to see more pictures and exploded views.

A must have for any volkswagen enthusiast or do it yourselfer ! Call me stupid but i would like to see more pictures and exploded views.

The book is well set out with reasonable descriptions for the Do It Your Selfer to follow.

As a new VW owner (with experience pulling apart Australian Holdens), I put a kit through the Carby. Got caught out a bit following the "dismantel" instructions when the "re-assemble" instructions were "do dismantle in reverse". The dismantle instructions just said take everything off, which I did for the course and fine adjustment screws without noting their current setting. Putting them back, I had not idea where to set them. Elsewhere in the "tune up section", it said to screw the fine adjustment in all the way and back it off between 2.5 and 3 turns. No advice on the course (until the car is running and warm), so I guessed 1.25. This seems to work OK. Will get a Tacho to do the tune-up regime.

I've found this to be a good reference, but it leaves me with a lot of questions every time I look something up. I usually have to supplement it with online research to be able to understand my repair projects correctly. I haven't purchased any other Bug repair manuals, so I'm not sure how it stands up against the others. It seems to be the most popular one out there with all the veedubbers online.

This is the official Service manual that VW of USA used. If you want do anything on your VW Type 1, you almost have to have this book. It is thick and with lots of pictures and not to corny language, you do have to a bit interestet in cars and mechanics to fully appreciate and understand this book. This book is also avaiable for other VW and other brands.

Buen manual, complementa otros manuales del tema. Muy bien ilustrado. Posee detalles de la transmisión y caja de cambios que no son abordados en otros libros. Recomendable.

We haven't completely dived into any major repairs, but have referenced this book for information about fixing the horn, fixing electrical wiring that's been noodled around with and tune-up specs, etc... So far it has provided enough detail, that is easily understood. It does seem to assume some prior vehicle mechanical knowledge or experience. My only complaint has been the lack of an index....sometimes it's difficult to locate your topic. The book is divided into 8-9 sections, each section has a table of contents....but when you're looking for something small, you have to guess which category it might fall into -- then read the table of contents to see which subheading it might be under...and if you don't see it in the tables of contents, you have to scan the sections.

very detailed lots of photos showing how to install and work on your particular car. Would recommend it to anyone with a volkswagen.

The only way to go is factory information. You get it all wiring and diagrams of anything to do with your vw!! A+++++

Previously had the 60's era manual. It was great too. This is THE manual for servicing an aicooled VW T-1. Some of the tools shown are very specialized (VW) and you will likely have to buy slightly different aftermarket ones to actually use, but the concepts and methods are the same. All specifications needed to assembled/disassemble your ride are here. Written for a shop mechanic, but easy enough for a backyard mechanic to use. Though, not really for the beginner.

This is by far the best shop manual available for the Beetle and Ghia! I have a 1970 Volkswagen Beetle Type I, and the Bently Manual has helped me more than any other book during the car's restoration. It has just about all the information you could need from a manual. And hey, it *is* the official service manual, published for Volkswagen!! There is only one downside which is not a major problem but certainly would help: there's no Index.

If you were to only buy one book on how to repair your Bug, DON'T buy this one. While it does contain a lot of information, it has several problems.

First, it does not have an index. Second, it does not even have a centralized table of contents. Instead, each chapter has its own table of contents.

Next, the book assumes you are working in a profesional mechanics shop, with hydraulic lifts, etc. This was made clear to me, when the section on removing the engine said to LOWER the car to 3 feet.. Shoot, I barely got the car above 2 1/2 feet with my floor jack, and that was using wood props. Also, they tell you to use lubricants that are not common, which can be substituted with a more common lubricant.

If you have the money to blow, it probably is good to have this guide, as it is the "official" one, but I would recommend the Haynes guide above this one any day.

I purchased your book from a local VW Dealership and paid a lot more than what you sale it, but the book was still worth to me what I paid for it. My only disappoint is with the wiring diagrams lines are not in color. I ordered the book because the one I saw had the wiring diagrams in color. In effect the diagrams are basically the same as those in the Haynes catelog which is about a third the cost. Understand my point here, cost is not the issue the lack of color photos is my dissatifaction. Overall you manual is EXCELLENT, easily 5 STARS. I AM WILLING TO PAY TO FOR A COPY OF THE COLORED WIRING DIAGRAM FOR A 1972 KARMANN GHIA. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE???