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by bch 1164 days ago
Reminds me of this book[0] about (air-cooled) VW maintenance, which goes right into how to tear down and rebuild the engine. Anyway, it can be disorienting, at the back of the car, looking at the engine and knowing what’s front/back, but I recall he wrote something like:

  Now look at the front of the engine (FRONT IS FRONT) and you’ll see…
Also, happens to generally be one of the most beautiful to read and to look-at technical manuals I can think of. Right up there w The C Programming Language.

[0] https://olsensvw.net/shop/engine/idiot-book-how-to-keep-your...