The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

...half were out? how far? What did you adjust them to, and are you sure you adjusted them correctly / in proper order? "sounding meaner" to me means your valve train is a lot more chatty, which immediately makes me think those valves are too loose or adjusted in the wrong sequence. That's...

Odds are on battery at least as a beginning. Generator/alternator may not be charging. Get a meter, get it running, and check the voltage going to the battery. If the charging circuit is OK, then yeah, probably battery. If you're not getting sufficient voltage when the car's running, then it's time ...

In my head that said July '66. unfortunately, my head and hands often disagree about what gets typed Good catch.

Mine do not.

I'm sorry, what I really meant to ask was what color is the PAINT on the interior

Welcome. That does look like a heavily oxidized blue. What's the interior color?

In most cases you can replace the bushing without worrying about unloading the spring plate. When you put the car in the air, the spring plate, shock, and rear axle tube (or shaft if it's IRS) are still bolted together and keep the plate from slipping off the lower lip of the stop. Here's what I mea...

BB is dead on here. If the car's stock, let the stock suspension do it's job. Old torsions can sag so sometimes just replacing them will perk up your suspension AND help increase carrying capacity because they aren't worn out and saggy. Changing from a stock 26mm torsion to a beefier one (say a 28 o...

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Looks like one outer, though tough to tell with the fenders off. They're pretty easy to re-index. You should get yourself an angle finder at your local hardware store, that's really the only way to set the spring plates correctly.

Yeah, anthracite interior, with silver and black exterior. Crazy.

Looks like it's gonna be a nice project though, Welcome.

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Welcome to a fellow desert rat. There's a very active scene in Tucson, lots of good VW folk down that way.

Yeah, many people shave the turn signals and just multipurpose the running lamps inside the headlight bucket. That's how mine are as well. Another very common trick is to relocate them to the fender grilles using motorcycle blinkers. It's aesthetic stuff that bleeds over from street rods and customs...