The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Of course, as Blue Baron points out, you'd be wise to start at the valve clearances, the check plug gaps, points & timing as a matter of course. Muir's book will advise you to do them all on a regular basis (3000 miles/3 months I think.) Check at least the suspension, steering & brakes for p...

Had similar problem - carb was just needing a rebuild ($20 rebuild kit, a tin of parts cleaner, a can of 'spray air' and about an hour's work) cured the rough running. Now & again the inlet jet will stick open and flood the car so it won't start. I think it's residual crud in the fuel pump comin...

I have a '66 Bug w/1300 motor, converted to 12V by PO, runs fine, but starting can be a problem. When I turn the key, the starter engages with the flywheel for only about 1/8 of a second, turning the engine over maybe one revolution, before it disengages from the flywheel & spins freely. This is...

I've ordered parts from a number of suppliers recently - I got my Bug 3 months ago - and have found good and bad. I'm not gonna mention the bad, but there are some good ones, here's a few I've dealt with. California Import Parts (www.cip1.com) have a huge inventory, and are very helpful on the phone...

Ordered some parts from this website via Paypal, the payment was made to him, I have had no response about the order. No confirmation, nothing. Left 3 messages on his phone, emailed him twice for an update, have heard nothing at all. The 'business' address is a house in the middle of a suburban neig...

Mine's a little different to that, but essentially it's on the filler neck. The one in the pic has a hose going up to the air cleaner, and what looks like a solid pipe going in the opposite direction down therough the floof of the engine bay. Where does that one go to?

So I'm looking around my new (to me) 1966 Beetle and there's a fitting on the underside of the oil filler neck, just under the cap, that looks like a hose should be on it. I'm replacing it, of course, but where does the other end of the hose go? Somewhere on the crank case?

You could try a toilet snake (looks like a hand drill with a flexible metal snake about 3ft long on the end of it.) I used one to clear caked myd out of a motorcycle exhaust that had a 90-degree bend in it once.

My '66 has a knob in the same place. I've no idea what it was for originally - my Solex 30 Pict 1 has an automatic choke on it - but the PO turned it into the power on/off knob for the radio.

Just bought a '66 Beetle and after I got him home I started finding that the PO had 'lost' a few parts here & there, namely the throttle return spring bracket, the mixture screw and parts of the seat belts. I found a carb screw and made a bracket, but I need the belt parts. It's the part that at...

Looking at a restored 1966 Beetle this weekend, have looked at car before but owner wasn't ready to sell. Now it's in an estate sale. Probably going to need some tips from this site - any 47 y/o car is bound to have a kink or two!