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- Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:50 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: door handles, continued
- Replies: 8
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I have a late (February) 66, I bought it with round button paddle handles. I was lucky to get them to open. Bought after market square button paddle handles, they were just as bad. Has anyone had experience with early 66 door handles working on a late 66, see pic? After market or originals. http://w...
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:58 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: 1966 Frankenstein starter problems
- Replies: 3
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Clean up the flywheel teeth
Before you install a rebuilt starter, replace the bushing and clean up the flywheel teeth. Use a Dremel to shape the face of the teeth and a large file to dress the tops. The ring gear is softer than the Bendix gear, therefore, if you hear grinding the ring gear is loosing material.
- Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:09 am
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Honk if you can
- Replies: 1
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Honk if you can
My horn was not working when I bought my 66. The horn beeped when the negative terminal was grounded at the horn. The horn ring was not making contact with the steering tube. This problem was solved by soldering a wire to the horn ring and feeding it through the steering shaft. The horn negative wir...
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:12 pm
- Forum: My 1966 VW Beetle
- Topic: Bahama Blue 66
- Replies: 4
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Bahama Blue 66
I converted a Blue '68 Beetle to electric 30 years ago, its been great, but I missed the fun of driving a time machine. Now I have the best of both machines, with my nice original '66. See more pics: http://public.fotki.com/WAYNEWANG/ http://images12.fotki.com/v1641/photos/0/1261880/14172780/2016102...