The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

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I'm torn. I like that VDM repop as it's very unique, but I like the banjo too.


How do you like the black braided lines? Are they pretty easy to work with?

After you strip the top end junk off, 1300/1500/1600/ and beyond all look the same from the outside. It's very difficult to judge whether or not it's still a 1300 without pulling it, pulling a head, and measuring the bore and stroke on one of the cylinders. The general lack of availability for 1300 ...

what's the wheel in that first interior shot? I note in the second shot it morphed into a standard 3 spoke...

Also, Line lock for a 1776? Do I sense a hair dryer on said small mill?

Kicking ass on this build, keep it up.

It's a baja. I'll put a buck on a P.O. having rewired it already based on their own needs. At this point, you can either order a harness and out it all back to stock, or strip it and rewire it to suit YOUR needs.

^^^^ Spammer.

That definitely looks like a factory recycle, you can see how it looks like the face was milled and re stamped, which VW did when they reman'd a case. I remember reading an article on this and it had codes in it, but I can't for the life of me find it now. Unless you're going for a complete 100% cou...

To make this really easy, put the jack stands on the tubes that run crossways at both ends of the car. The one up front will be the beam, the one in the rear will be the spring plate housing NOT THE REAR AXLES! Further forward.

Lots of changes for Federal safety regs in between there. In general, I think it should all fit, provided it's a 1973 standard and not a super beetle. If it's a super, everything is completely different. You'll probably want to use your earlier steering column and whatnot and make sure that everythi...

branston wrote:0.15mm is .006 inches.

The whole world uses mm except us.

Totally missed that. nice catch.

Blue Baron wrote:I also buy oil additive with ZDDP. Modern oils are not formulated with the zinc that's important for pushrod engines.

I keep forgetting to do that.

If your oil system is completely stock (IE no filter or additional coolers or sump), just under 3.

I run 20W50 Castrol in the desert in Phoenix so you should be fine with that.

13' 4". Courtesy of Everett Barnes who scanned in his '66 owners manual and posted it over on The Samba.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/man ... page74.jpg

Blue Baron wrote:Fatal, will you come over and adjust my valves?

Maybe we can go out after and get '66 VW tattoos. I'll pay because of the typing you save me.

*smirk*

Eliminate some of the simple stuff. Crawl under and look at your trans mounts. Do they look like they've been on the car for 40 years? If they're done, you'll get vibrations at certain ranges. Next, check all your tins and make sure they're secured. Check the shock bushings. Check the rubber body mo...

.015? Yoikes! Waaaaaaay too loose. .006 intakes and exhausts. That's part of why they're so chatty, and definitely part of your power loss as well. Also, your diagram has cylinder positions swapped. 1 and 2 are passenger side of the car, 3 and 4 driver side. If you have factory cylinder head tins, t...