The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

the cap pops off and the unit itself is removable by taking out the six or eight screws (can't remember how many) very simple job. the cap just attaches the cable to the gauge.

thanks for the advice. I will give it a try.

tried to post this before and cannot tell if it was successful or not. I mistakenly hooked up the 12v wire to the distributor side of the coil and fried the wires to the condenser, the points. etc. does this do any damage to the distributor itself or will just replacing the condenser and the points ...

Better to take off the beam, remove the torsion arms and have a qualifed machinist remove and replace the ball joints. Make sure the camber fittings are on correctly. I almost forgot to put them back on!!!! whatever you do, do NOT take the torision springs out of the beam!!!!! very difficult, dirty ...

Dave: I recently rebuilt a motor myself (first time ever attempted by me) and could offer you the following advise. Get Rick Higgins Rebuild DVD and watch it. It made the whole process rather simple. The only real tricky thing was getting the distributor gear seated correctly. If your cam is bad, yo...

Blue Baron: I did get a bare replacement beam and rebuilt the front end with help from Matt D. worked pretty well. It is a big, dirty job, though.

I am in the process of finishing a body off job. the heater channels were gone and have been replace with new ones. Does anyone know the height of the distance between top dead center of the doors and the heater channel/door sill?? I believe the width dead center is 36.5 inches or so. Thanks for any...

I bought that airheads flasher unit for my 66 and it worked great!! easy to install. I spent hours trying to figure out what was wrong with the original one.

to all interested in this item, Matt's suggestion about a bead of weld on the tip of the torsion bar cluster did the trick!!! Many thanks to Matt for the suggestion.

can't seem to get the torsion springs installed. even in sections, cannot get all of them in.

should I "tape" the end I am inserting to try and keep the leaves together?

Matt: can't seem to get the torsion bars in. What am I missing?? Even separating them I cannot get them all in.

I see the photos: Do you intall the torsion bar ends in the torsion bar end first, screw down the grub screw and then insert the bars in the beam??? I do see how all the indentations line up. I assume, then, that I could use a rubber mallet to tap in the bars hitting the outside end ot the torsion a...

Matt: any trick to getting the torsion bars back in?? do they go in one at a time or am I missing something?? they seem to catch in the center near the indentations.

By the way, the ball joint press did not work. Will have to take it to a pro.

thanks Matt. might have to contact my mechanic buddy. he has a torch.

I don't think a hand held propane torch will do it.

Matt: what size hex wrench removes the grub screw from the torsion arm?? Got most of the old beam apart. hard time getting the tie rod ends out. what a job!!!