The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Thanks!

bill hauck wrote:Exprof: got it, finally. Thanks for the advice.

Glad to be of help.

didn't work. still need to "coax" it open with a small screwdriver. should just fall open, shouldn't it?? Yes, it should. Sounds as if the tab is a bit too far back. You may have to "finagle" a bit to get the right adjustment. Bend it a bit more toward you if you are sitting in ...

I had to replace my wiper switch, but the only one that I could get was a for a '67. Unlike the '66, the '67 has two speed wipers. The switch didn't come with a wiring diagram. After trying to wire the switch myself, I took the car to my mechanic. He got the switch to work, but it activates the wipe...

bill hauck wrote:I have a hard time opening mine. Is there some way to adjust this so it opens easier???

Check that the latch itself is not damaged in any way. If it's functioning properly, you'll have to bend the metal tab slightly to get the hook on the latch to engage the tab.

Nice pictures; could you tell us a little about the history of your car?

bajadave66 wrote:My Vin starts with a 116 but the fourth number is totally off, What's up with that?

I'm not quite sure of what you mean by "totally off." Shoot me an email with your chassis number, and I'll try to decipher it.

Chassis numbers for 1966 model year: 116 000 001 - 116 1021 298

Chassis numbers for 1965 model year: 115 000 001 - 115 979 202

Chassis numbers for 1967 model year: 117 000 001 - 117 844 892


This should give you a range to work with in case your car turns out not to be a '66 after all.

scruffy wrote:I graduated high school I think, in Hinton Iowa south of Lamars.Used to go to alot of Iowa/Minnesota rival football games! Still have a lot of family down there. Welcome aboard!

Thanks Scruffy, glad to be here.

Nice looking car. Welcome to the forum; does the ".hu" in the pictures' URL stand for Hungary?

I was watching this waiting for a solution, because I'm about to replace my mirror as well. I figured to replace all components. My question to your solution is if the parts you are using were designed for your car? Are you trying to put a mirror from a much different model on? Reason I ask is why ...

In case anyone out there is at all curious, the solution to this problem is a bench grinder. I don't have one, and I didn't have access to one this weekend. What you have to do to get the brass insert to fit is to grind off about 1/8 inch from the non-threaded end, and bevel the end around its entir...

I tried that initially, and got a split mirror base for my troubles. Fortunately, I had a spare. I also tried tapping it in with a hammer; that didn't work, either. Since brass is soft, I didn't hit it too hard for fear of messing up the threads.

I replaced the hinge pins in my driver's side door today. I've not done this job before, and I ran into a problem. What do I have to do to make the threaded brass insert fit flush with the top of the hinge pin? Can I bore out the top of the hinge pin with a drill bit, or is there some other method?

Beautiful car!

That's quite a find; I hope my Pearl White '66 looks half as nice once I've finished it.

Welcome to the forum!