The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

fatalifeaten wrote:NGK. Nippondenso if you can find 'em are also great for an acvw.

I agree, Ive used these ever since I purchased my bug and never had an ounce of trouble.

Thank you Fatal for the operation procedure! That is brilliant! Thank you so much. Will be getting under the battle wagon tonight to fix these up, haven’t driven it for 2 days so it will be lovely and cold... plus I probably would have knackered up my valves if I had kept on driving it! Thanks again...

After Further inspection of A.) the car and B.) the Volkswagen rule book.... fatalifeaten you would be 100% Correct! I have incorrectly adjusted the valves in the wrong sequence, will be picking up new rocker cover gaskets tomorrow to fix my stupidity. Thank you for your assistance! I really appreci...

Hi Fatal, This is what I did not sure if have done somthing wrong here but this is the path I took, No.1 - 2 -3 -4. and to make sure I was adjusting correct valves to which cylinder I watched which direction the Rotor arm was pointing to following its spark lead through to cylinder and working on th...

Hi guys, I have just recently adjusted my valves, timing & points according to the Volkswagen workshop manual. I was having some point’s issues last week and spent all Sunday doing jobs I had been meaning to do for a while, all went well everything seemed to work for me. Fired up the engine and ...

Hi guys, Recently had my old dynamo wear out as it was no longer charging up my battery, it had ceased out-putting any energy what so ever. So my Dad picked me up a second hand one from a local VW repair man as his reconditioned ones looked a little... On the Iffy side. With much huffing and puffin...

Hey Guys, Finally got a chance to work on the o'l bug yesterday morning. After removing the burnt out dynamo, coil and the regulator just for interests sake. It turned out that my regultor points had fussed shut and was no longer working... which in turn destroyed both of my dynamos. With all electr...

Thanks DC, Yeah i'm getting there ever so slowly it has been one thing after another thus far... ALL ELECTRICAL issues, I have a funny feeling the guy who had it before I got my hands on it sort of had the "that'll do" approach which in my eyes is pretty silly with something that can easil...

Went back last night to have a little look at the car see if it would A. Turn over and B. look at it in day light. Car started and ran, then would not start a second time from the looks of the Coil and dynamo I believe my parts man has given me a 6V coil to power a 12v system, also the copper wiring...

Hi guys, Recently had my old dynamo wear out as it was no longer charging up my battery, it had ceased out-putting any energy what so ever. So my Dad picked me up a second hand one from a local VW repair man as his reconditioned ones looked a little... On the Iffy side. With much huffing and puffing...

fatalifeaten wrote:LHD models it's just to the left of the steering wheel under teh dash (so between wheel and door). I'd guess RHD models it's the opposite side, but I've never looked, to be honest.

spot on there, thats where my RHD 66 Bonnet lever is located.,

Hi Everyone, I have been hiding on the forum boards for the last month and a half looking for people who were having similar mechanical/electrical issues with there beetles, after seeing how nice & helpful everyone was I just had to join up and become a member of this fantastic little forum. I p...

I recently purchased my little beetle was having what seemed to be Intermittent electrical faults and www.1966vwbeetle.com was the first website that popped up and im so glad it did!