I thought what with it being Christmas, and seeing a few other old members had posted here again I thought I would officially say "Hi". Hi! :-) It's been ages since I properly posted here, there is quite a lot of things to catch up with! For me, I still have my 1966 1300, but sadly is no longer...

Did I miss a post that discussed this? Or has it not been brought up yet? Or is it not happening this year? Thanks.

Sometime between about 9:30 last night and 10:30 this morning, my '68 Westfalia pop-top was stolen from in front of my apartment near Priest & University in Tempe, Arizona. I'd very, very, very much appreciate any leads as to where it is...my parents got it in '79, and it's the first car I...

To all RAMVAians I wish you all the best that can be - for Christmas and the new year. For those that have had a good year, I hope the next is just as good. For those that have had a bad year, I hope the next is better ! Best wishes going out to you all

Over the past few weeks I noticed that the brake pedal was low on my 1974 Super Beetle so I removed all 4 drums and inspected the shoes. Turns out that the shoe linings on the right rear drum were worn almost to the metal. I installed new Raybestos shoes all around and while one wheel cylinder...

After all the years. here I am. I got an AH engine case.. and matching heads. I bought the cylinder and head boring tool.. it's in the mail. If it's right I am going to buy a drill press. I got parts out the yin yang and ready to burn the streets up.. I got a valve sping compressor coming and a...

I've seen the term used on the samba but what does it mean? I know Ratrod is kinda like baja or some cut up job (Non Stock) right? Thanks Steven

My front pass. side wheel is wearing on the inside a lot faster than the middle and outside edge. Is this an alignment fix, individual adjustment for that wheel or is my framehead crooked? Mind you DS wheel is OK. tia, -- Mel P. 77 Bug - stock FI

is there such a thing as j-tubes for a 1979 bus ? a friend of mine has a bus and we were talking about exhausts and I was telling him about the j-tubes on my buggy, and I was not sure if there was such a thing for a bus engine. I believe he said it was a 1969cc engine, it is the stock engine in...

post some thing !!!! quiet aint it ! ummm let me think of something to post ...... Rich

Hi. My '66 Beetle rides like crap. The shocks are no doubt toast--for all I know they could be the originals --so I'm going to be replacing them. But is there anything else I should consider to improve the ride, espcially in the rear end department? Thanks in advance. Roy

Hello! I've been hanging around here off and on for a looong time, but I finally have a VW of my very own that I could use some advice with. Last week I spotted a cute blue Beetle on the side of the road for sale. When I stopped and looked at it I thought it might have been Mexican, as the engine...

I posted about making my bug a daily driver on the interstate. I just wanted to say what I already did to it. It has all new brakes, new hardware, shoes, drums, all new rubber hoses, even to the fluid reservoir. I replace all the rubber fuel line with fuel injection rated fuel hose, even under the...

I've tried to go to aircooled.net the past couple days, and it seems the site is down. Has anyone else ran into this problem? David

Ello, ... ok got a few more questions .. not relating to the VW that i am slowly working on ... this question is about the autostick tranny .... how exactly does it work? is it bascially just VW's version of the automatic transmission? .. and if that's the case ... whats the shift pattern ? (like a...

THE NEWS LATELY IS AS FAST AS THE PONY EXPRESS. I hope the mailman is ok.

ok - it's a bit quiet, so - here goes ... HISTORY OF ENGINE OIL Part One Black and Slippery Engine oil is slippery, it gets dirty, it drips on the garage floor, it often appears out of the exhaust pipe as black smoke, it is not welcome

Hello, I know a guy that works with my wife that has a 71' Super for sale for $500. Here are some specs that he has told me so far . Front fenders are dinged up from putting it in the ditch .The back window leaks a little and has started to rust the rear deck. The front windsheild has been...

The metal gas line in my car is leaking drop by drop. How do you spice a rubber tube to repair it? can you cut the rubber tube and add a stainless steel clamp over it? They do this to water main repair but they bury it and it stays nice.

We can only win the war in Iraq with VWs, battle-VWs, modified like those vehicles in "The Road Warrior". That's our last chance. The prophecies say that a VW will save the day or we are doomed.