Everyone that owns an air cooled VW and can't afford to pay a "real" mechanic needs to read Bob Hoover's TULZ series that he posted on RAMVA (the air-cooled VW newsgroup) last year.  These writings are not published anywhere (and Bob wishes to keep it that way UNLESS you get his personal permission).  They are, however still availible in the RAMVA archives.  Go to google.com and click on groups, then Rec -- Autos -- Makers -- VW -- Aircooled, and search from there. Or, just click on the links below:

Warning:  Bob's writings get a little "colorful" from time to time, but they are always informitive and always entertaining.

TULZ - Part 1

TULZ - Part 2

TULZ - Part 3

TULZ - Part 4

TULZ - Part 5

TULZ - Part 6

TULZ - Part 7

TULZ - Part 8

TULZ - Part 9

TULZ - Part 10

TULZ - Part 11

TULZ - Part 12