Volkswagen, hot (Aircooled)

Brake noise

My Bug, a '60 on a '68 pan with type three rear brakes and dual circuit master cyl is making a "clunking sound" from wh...

4 comments posted 22yrs

posted by braukuche

4 comments posted 22yrs posted by braukuche

before you buy a steering box...<long>

I was driving home tonight and the cheap plastic horn button popped off my Grant steering wheel. I noticed the steering...

6 comments posted 22yrs

posted by paulmbedard

6 comments posted 22yrs posted by paulmbedard

Crap. I guess I cant see my own posts!

If anyone can see this then please email me. Thanks, Darren

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posted by darrenjet_spamless

1 comments posted 22yrs posted by darrenjet_spamless

drive plate blues

I have a 73 westy, 1700 cc type IV engine. I am trying to get the driveplate off... Has 12 point key bolts. Sheer hell....

0 comments posted 22yrs

posted by woodbury

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by woodbury

Engine Compartment tar paper?

What is that stuff behind and on the sides of the engine compartment? it seems to me to be a thick tar paper of some so...

13 comments posted 22yrs

posted by exille

13 comments posted 22yrs posted by exille

71 Front end, part 2

Thanks to all that replied to my post re: drivers side sitting 1 1/2" lower than passenger side. Upon removing both sho...

5 comments posted 22yrs

posted by dont

5 comments posted 22yrs posted by dont

first success

yay. i have conquered a 34pict/3. it put up a valiant fight, but carb cleaner and screwdrivers in hand, i prevailed. it...

3 comments posted 22yrs

posted by automatictransgression

3 comments posted 22yrs posted by automatictransgression

Newbie would like some advice

Hello all; I'm the proud new owner of a (previously) one-owner '68 beetle. The car is all original save a paint job som...

6 comments posted 22yrs

posted by no

6 comments posted 22yrs posted by no

What year?

trying to identify a turn signal chrome top for a bug that i have found on my shelves. the are narrower than the 65 66...

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posted by none

3 comments posted 22yrs posted by none

Dumb shock question

I got the Boge shocks this week that I'm installing on the Bug. No problems with the rear, but the front sleeves (dust...

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posted by mcgyver66

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by mcgyver66

Is this my vacuum port?

I am currently running a 010 centrifugal dizzy. I would like to switch to a vacuum advance dizzy in the near future. Th...

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posted by gifty74

9 comments posted 22yrs posted by gifty74

O.T. Ramva education??

Hi all, i learn a lot by reading this NG, not only when i post a message but also just reading others. However when one...

11 comments posted 22yrs

posted by animal

11 comments posted 22yrs posted by animal

Beetle/Baja Still WANTED :

I still would like to get ahold of a beetle already converted into a baja or one that would make a good donor car. I li...

0 comments posted 22yrs

posted by dswebber

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by dswebber

924 front disc brakes for Super Beetle.

Hi all, I posted before regarding 944 brakes/spindles fitting a 74 super. It turns out I was mistaken, the car is actua...

1 comments posted 22yrs

posted by rlesterat

1 comments posted 22yrs posted by rlesterat

On the road again...then back off

I thought we had the 67 fixed and drove it today for the first time in 4 months. It is still not charging right for som...

11 comments posted 22yrs

posted by vw67fweems

11 comments posted 22yrs posted by vw67fweems