The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Loctite 518

Look at the bottom of the bulb once inserted, you will need to remove the housing. When you push the bulb in and turn it the contacts on the bulb need to be in contact with the socket prongs. The socket prongs could also be bent and need to be bent back. One prong is for tail lights and the other fo...

Didn't start during any temp. I check the compression and got only 70 PSI, so I started rebuilding the 1600 dual port. I stripped the single port that's in the car to a long block and going to see what usable.

yep I did it the way you said except i didnt look at the distributor. I can actually bend over and move the crank and see if the valves move or not. I didnt change anything to the motor, it just stopped working and have been checking every little thing. thanks for the help by the way.

I set the valves in order of 1234. I will go get a compression tester. this suck/bang/blow is what frustrates me. it worked just fine then just stop working. I dont know. Maybe I put the leaking oily one back in. lol jk. I just cant figure it out. If I had the money i would rebuild the 1600 leaky oi...

forgot to mention, I did the valve adjustment. everything worked great. However i didnt have the gasket so yes I knew they would leak. So I have to order those

This motor ran fine other than the hesitation. Ran around the neighborhood, came home turned off car. When I went to move it into the garage it wouldn't start. I tried everything I could think of. The carb squirts great into the manifold (rebuilt the carb). Fooled with the points, change the points....

lol no it flashes like normal.

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Ok step 2 and 4 have been done. I guess I will do step 1 next. thanks for the repsonse

would a clogged heat riser cause this problem? I think I will take off the exhaust and snake it. Experts let me know.

I think I have a 1500cc engine, single port 30 pict carb. I get a hesitation at the beginning of every gear. any ideas? Also without taken off the head and measuring I have no idea what size motor I have since the UB code doesn't exist. I know its a AS41 Brazilian block. carb is rebuilt. advance the...

Ok I knew once I asked for help from this site I would solved the problem by myself (always happens to me). For those that would like to know, it was the black wire coming off the 8th fuse (if you look at it from inside the hood). I overlooked it on the wiring diagram. I have been staring at this fo...

So I order replacement gels for the speedo. before I removed the speedo I took pictures of the wiring. I put the speedo back in and hook up everything and now when I turn the key on the blinker (green light) flashes. I used the wiring diagram from this site and it seems correct. the outside blinkers...