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I suggest purchasing a repair manual for that vehicle. Bentley published the best manuals for Volkswagens, if you can find one.
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There are a few things to look at, look at the windshield first, in a super beetle it will be curved, also on a super beetle if you look at the front suspension you will see struts (springs instead of shocks) and if you open the hood you will see a circular depression for the spare tire to lay down, and the last way to tell is to look at that dashboard, a super beetle has a dashboard that is big enough to throw a pack of cigarettes on to whereas a standard bug has no dashboard.Actually, in a 1971 and 1972 beetle you can get a super beetle with a flat window and a flat dash. I own a 1971 Super beetle. It looks like a standard beetle in every way but it is slightly larger. The only way to tell is by looking for a spare tire that lays flat (only true in the Super) and the suspension. I suggest looking at the spare. If it is angled vertically it is standard - laying flat means it's a super.
google imagesGo to this web site: http://www.vintagebus.com/wiring/index.htmlIt has wiring diagrams for Bus, Beetle, Super Beetle, Karmann Ghia, Type 3, Type 4, Type 181 (Thing), Type 48 and Kubelwagen. Years ranging from 1950 - 1991.
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Most of the parts for old classic Beetles are still easy to find and relatively inexpensive.
All fuses should be 8 amps (white) with the exception of circuits 9 and 10. These circuits should be 16 amps (red). Hope this helps. also there is a fuse box diagram for a 73 super beetle found on this link (you can find other super beetle fuse box diagrams and wiring diagrams there too) http://www.vintagebus.com/wiring/bug-73+fuse.jpg
Where could I find a wiring diagram for a 1976 VW super beetle? Either in the Bently repair manual (the orange one): http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=Bently&Search1=Search If you are keeping the car it is well worth the money. Or one of the VW Bug forums like: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/ And search for "1976 Super wiring diagram".
hi ive got a 1973 super beetle and id like to find out which modle ive got i know ive got a super beetle but id like to know if there is anything special about it like if it tells the color the day and when it was built if it was a sun bug or not the serial number is 1332643879
your 73 has a 1600cc dual port engine check the number stamped in the alt/ gen stand and refer to the mur s book .
It is not uncommon to find a June beetle in UK. This type of insect is also called the May beetle or June bug.