VW Beetle Type 1

Do you mean a chrome aftermarket cover or the whole firewall? The aftermarket chrome one you will need to remove the engine, the stock firewall will require some extensive bodywork and the interior being removed.

yes it's fashionable, lasts a very long time and isn't that expensive!

5 clowns.

1 on chair

4 holding each leg. up so you can reach lamp.

you remove lamp.

you go to the auto store.

with lamp in hand

you go to the counter and

say

hey mista, got some lamps.

bingo.

There are what are called 'grub' screws holding the torsion leaves in the center of the 'beams' and at the suspension arms. Disassemble your outer suspension parts (varies depending on ball joint or link pin style suspension). Loosening these grub screws at both ends and they slip out of the torsion tubes. Be ready for them to be extremely filthy from years of grease being pumped intothe torsion tubes. You will notice there are depressions drilled into the sides of the torsion leaves to hold them in place. Be sure to keep them in the right order and direction of rotation (right side verses left side, inside and outside) as they don't like being compressed differently once they have been used. If you are replacing them with new don't worry about this.

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lift handle hard.

then push button in end

then relax hand but not button.

Whatever 3 quarts of oil and a "Beetle oil gasket kit" costs in your area. About $20+- US?

2.cip1.com usually has pretty good prices. Buy the oil locally tho.

Back in 1970 all engine controls were done by mechanical means. The answer is no, there is no PCM on a 1970 VW Beetle.

You have a short circuit between the backup light switch and ground. VWs are infamous for this because the power for the backup lights comes off the side of the ignition coil. When you stick the car in reverse, it grounds the coil and the engine dies.

1969 VW Beetles do not, nor should they need, starter gaskets. If it's leaking around the starter, it's because one of the two seals back there is leaking.

You must first figure out what oil is leaking out. Crawl under the car and pick up some of the oil on one of your fingers. Then get out of there, open the engine cover, pull the dipstick and wipe it on another one of your fingers. If the same oil is on both fingers, the engine's main seal is leaking. If they're different, the transmission seal is leaking.

Pray it's the transmission seal if you don't have an impact wrench because changing the engine seal can't be done without one.

you left your emergency flasher on overnight

It's impossible to say without knowing your driving record, but the insurance companies see them as old, slow cars so they're pretty cheap to buy insurance for.

Unhook the battery and jack up the right side of the car, then open the engine compartment lid. The starter is bolted to the transmission's mating flange. You need two 17mm box-end wrenches for this.

To get the top bolt out: Reach around behind the fan shroud, find the 17mm nut and remove it. It'll either come off or the bolt will spin round 'n' round. If the latter happens, crawl under, put a wrench on the top bolt and then go back up and unscrew the nut. (If you had to crawl under, once you've gotten the starter out take the top bolt to a welding shop and have the guy weld a little bolt to one of the flats on the bolt head. The big bolt will spin around until it hits the case and then will spin no more.)

Next, unhook the two wires. One pulls off, the other is bolted on with a 13mm nut.

To get the bottom nut off, hold the starter in one hand and remove the 17mm nut with the other. Do this because starters are heavy and can fall out right on your head.

the original beetle... a few prototypes were around in '38, there are still a couple of '39s about, but then they pretty much cancelled them for ww2. they still made beetle derived vehicles though (kommandeurwagen, 181, schwimmwagen etc), so i guess you could say they were'nt completly abandoned. started up making civvy vehicles again in '45, and carried on up until 2003, although german production stopped in '79.

there is a speedo cable that runs from the back of the speedometer to the drivers side front dust bearing cap it has a square hole in it that it sticks in

Well for starters, the 'New Beetle' has the engine located in the wrong place. ;-) It's in front, not in back like the original Bugs. Other key differences are that the New Beetle is water vs. air cooled on the older cars. The new model also has many modern day amenities, the classic Bugs were fairly minimalistic in design.

Much of the Beetle's design was inspired by the advanced Czech Tatra cars. You can attribute most credit to chief engineer Hans Ledwinka

Electronic stabilization system

Yes. '74 or '75 is when Super's changed to a curved windshield.

Hi, in most cars, the oil light means that the oil PRESSURE is below normal, so this has something to do with the oil pump or the filter.

It doesn't necesarily means that the oil LEVEL is low.

Check the oil level, if it is correct, then the most sure is a failure with the pump.

on my 72 super they are attached to the master cylinder witch is located under the car l on the drivers side near the frame head. usually 2 of them.

By the description I'll guess what you're experiencing is a "backfire". This happens when the timing in the engine is off for whatever reason. When this happens the intake valve is not yet closed when the spark plug fires. The air/fuel mixture is ignited and the burning / expanding mixture goes back up the intake manifold to the carburetor with a loud bang.

Inspect and clean your distributor and give your ignition system the once over. Set your timing and it should take care of the problem. If not then the engine has other issues that are more involved to go over here.

5w30 if you live in a cooler climate or time of year, 10w40 if you live in a hotter climate or time of year, 30w if you can't decide.

Pick your favorite brand.