Thought I'd go nutz counting all the ACVWs in that flick!

Hi guys, I'm planning on building a remote start on my bug. I push a button on a remote and it starts. I dont want to install those ready to install kits. I want to build it myself. I have experience with electronic stuff since I has a kid and built myself all the devices to home automate my house,...

Someone put in an after market steering wheel and I can't figure how to get a horn button into the middle . I ran a new wire down the center of the "tube" but I don't see the connection for the surrounding tube. the one that at least in older cars was not grounded, it "floated" n rubber. Help! --...

Ok, here's a good one. I'm finally starting on the bodywork on the 72 Super. I need to get access to the vent area (the one between the rear hood and the back window). I must be missing how to do it, I even checked my manual and there's no help there. The area inside (louvers and panels) needs...

it's me again, 65 bug with excessive fuel consumption, high idle after i drive for awhile, and run-on after shutoff. i dont have an electromagnetic cutoff jet, and my mixture isnt too lean. and i know my choke is working, but now i wonder if it's failing to shut off. if it's continuing to heat the...

Wondering if anyone knows of a knowledgeable and experienced air-cooled VW mechanic in the Baltimore-Washington area that can do some serious work on my '70 Beetle? There aren't many left...

Yes, the first Mini-Van. like 1953? TIA -- when you believe the only tool you have is a hammer. All problems look like nails.

Hi Everyone, I have the very common oil light problem that so many others seem to have, but with a twist. Here's the scenario: First, I have a 74 Ghia with the semi-automatic. It went in for a frame off resto that took 5 years and more money than God could afford. That guy got it 90% done and...

Well, Since I have a tight budget I'm allways thinking of ways to transform stuff. Latest gizmo on my bug... Electronic digit Speedometer for 15 euros. How? Just use a bike speedometer :) Yap! It works, and it's super-precise! (tested comparing with GPS speed). All you need to do is attach the...

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Yap, I wanted power windows on my bug, but my budget is limited. So I tought of adapting some motors on the window to make it go "wushhhh" :) I found a good price on electric screwdrivers: 10 euros (about 10 dollars), and installed them directly on the place where the handle would go. Had to...

Howdy all, I bought my first air cooled VW three months ago. It's a '72 Beetle and I've been having a problem with the pushrod which works the intake valve on #4 cylinder popping out of its rocker arm. Yesterday it did it when the engine dieseled after I shut it off. I know that the idle cut...

I hate the foil-paper type fresh air hoses, so I am going to pick up a pair of plastic replacements. I use a stock oil filled air cleaner which has that third hose from the tub down to the tin. It seems to be referred to as a "warm air hose". I can't seem to find a plastic version of that hose...

There are plenty of good posts about how to remove the lock cylinder, and I was able to do that successfully. However I cannot for the life of me get the new one back in...any body else had a problem installing a new one?

I just gave my step-son a 69 cal-look bug for his 18th birthday so that leads to the question of how to slow it down for a short time? Has a 73 1600 dp stock 34pict 3 with 009 dizzy. I was thinking about one of the optional rpm restictive rotors but have never seen one on a 009 distributor,...

Were Notchbacks imported into the US? When I was a kid, my parents bought one. The dealer who sold it to them told them that they weren't imported into the US, and this one had been brought back from Germany from someone in the army. While we owned it, we never saw another one on the road. It's...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXNt2dRj0UU&mode=related&search= Guess it's not a daily driver Roger

A few months back I mentioned that I picked up nice original 68 beetle that was in very nice shape but had alot of surface rust and somedents and dings. Well its now repainted and lots of new rubber. Its looking great I will try to post pictures. where would be a good place just to throw a few...

I want to create a VW which is also a killer robot. How can I do that???

Hi all. My 72 SB had a 1600 DP with the 009 and weber progressive carb. It runs great, but at idle I get a periodic "stutter", and sometimes it will just stall. When it does stall and won't restart, i found that if I just take of the distributor cap and rotor and open and close the points by...