VW Super Beetle

On earlier models with the T handle, turn the handle to the left until it stops. Lift hood... On later models with the push button... push the button. Lift hood. Unless you are talking about the hood on the front, which is actually the trunk. On earlier models, there is a release under the dash you pull. On later models, the release is in the glove box.

IF you are in fact talking about the "boot" on an older VW -- which is the trunk in the front -- there is a fun bit of trouble that lots of VW owners know about. Here it is: even though you're supposed to be able to lift the release in the glove box and then go 'round and push the boot button, that's not often the way it works in real life. In real life, you'll spend around 20 minutes running around your car trying to get this to work; it's much easier to have someone you trust lift the glove box release, then you push the boot button and lift the lid. It takes two, but it works.

I have a stock 71 SB with a 1600cc engine and my highway milage is about 29MPG. Pretty good for a 37 year old car, considering most modern vehicles are just approaching that.

YOU NEED A FEELER GAUGE ABOUT THE THICKNESS OF ACRACKER BOX OR JUST CUTE OUT A PEACE OF IT AND PUT IT IN BETWEEN THE POINT AND DISTRIBUTER SHAFT ROTATE UNTIL THEGAUGE IS ON ALOBE OF THE SHAFT THEN TIGHTEN IT UP THAT SHOULD FIX U UP
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Start with adjusting the points to 016" with a feeler gauge. Next, hook up a dwell meter and readjust the points to 50 degrees of dwell.

NO. ITS AIR COOLED, WHICH MEANS IT HAS NO LIQUID COOLANT (ANTIFREEZE) TO RUN THROUGH A RADIATOR.

Well...kinda.

There are two places a VW engine transfers heat from the engine to the atmosphere. First, there are a lot of cooling fins. The cylinders have them, and the ridges that run front-to-back along the bottom of the case are cooling fins.

Second, there's an oil cooler. If you take the fan shroud off, you'll see it. Some real old VW guys say the Volkswagen engine isn't really air cooled, it's oil cooled because of this item.

All off-road racers and a lot of street people put auxiliary oil coolers on their cars. On a race car you need one, but if you put one on a street car make sure it's got a thermostat so you don't overcool the engine.

Cutting the outside hood handle in half and spinning the handle sections around will open them up.

I have owned several beetles starting in my teens. My preference is for Type 1 VW's, known as regular or standard Beetles - not the Super Beetle as mentioned before. The Super Beetle's were Volkswagen"s response to American drivers wanting the car to handle more like an American car. I find the Super Beetles to have sluggish steering and a heavier feel. Standard Beetles have front end torsion bar suspension giving it it's characteristic light, bouncy ride with quick and nimble manual steering. As for the prefered year models, I quite liked my '68 with a 1500 engine. But I have since owned 3 '74 models mainly for the more powerful 1600 engine. This was also the last model before Volkswagen switched to the problem plagued fuel injected model in '75. I owned one of those as well and it was a lemon.

Quick note on edit: this is how you wire the coil in any old car with a carburetor. Bug, Bus, carbureted Rabbit, 6-volt Bug, 1957 Chevy, John Deere tractor...all basically the same. All old cars use Charles Kettering's classic ignition system, which endured for decades because It's Cheap and It Works. Coils have three terminals: low-voltage +, low-voltage - and high-voltage. High voltage is in the middle; it goes to the distributor. Low-voltage + has two wires coming out of it, even though there are three prongs coming off this terminal. One wire goes to the ignition switch. The other goes to the automatic choke on your carburetor. The third terminal is a convenience outlet. Low-voltage - is for the condenser in your distributor. Don't hook anything else to it. ESPECIALLY don't hook it to ground!

A very long time -- since the 1960s for the ladybug-reminiscent Beetle of the twentieth century -- is the length of time that a Beetle Bug lives. The Volkswagen in question receives typically rave reviews for its owner-friendly design and mechnical longevity. Since their first production in 1938, Volkswagen's Bugs, from the original Type 1 to the New Beetle, tend to impress with parts that can be serviced by custom mechanics or non-mechanical owners.

You really don't. There was a manufacturers defect in the 2003 and 2004

NB convertibles. Upholstery shops will tell you that the window needs to

be reglued. Average cost to remove the top and reglue is about $500, but

they will not guarantee the fix. Save up and buy a new top from Robbins in

California and have it installed. Total price for the top and install is around

$1500.

Best Rgards and Good Luck,

Glenn

unfortunately no...sorry. the 75 is an (irs) independent rear suspension. which means it is a double jointed axle meaning it has 2 cv boots on each side, opposed to a single jointed on a 57 which is reffered to a swing axle...

It's on the front of the transmission. VW Joe! Have a Great Day

go to Craigslist.com you can find all kinds of VW parts in our area, someone might have a used one. or you can go to midamericamotorworks.com they'll for sure have a new one, or you can try JCwhitney

First off there is a radio wiring diagram for a 1972 super beetle found here basically the exact same as the 1971:

You go under the hood (which is actually where the spare tire goes in the front of our 1972 super beetle). Im taking out an old Kenwood Radio which was compatible with the 1972 super beetle (that's what im working on, but i understand the question here is about a 1971, however they are relatively the same). If you take it out to install a new radio youll need to remove the face plate in the car and modify it with a rotary tool (shave of the existing face to create a standard face that a modern radio/CD player will fit into). also there are little metal markers to keep the old radio in, youll need to bend those off or shave them off to fit a modern radio in the dash.

after this, make sure your new CD player or radio uses14 volt DC power consumption. anything more can mess with alternator power.

use a power amp conditioner directly connected to the batery on a toggle switch or use another 12 volt battery if needed to have extra amps to feed a radio. Know that your bugs alternator may not charge two 12 volt batteries properly however. it depends on if the batteries are hooked up in parallel or in a series. i believe series is the way it will charge properly on a 1971 bug but ideally youd want to run the batteries in parallel for more amps. this might require a better alternator which youll need to shop around for.

Im installing a new Pioneer CD player/usb reader that has 4 speakers (pretty close to the original speakers watt output/power)

when you open the engine cover look at the right side as you stand . no 1 cylinder is the inner one in the side where the starter located.

Wiring diagram available at www.thesamba.com. Print the largest color copy possible and laminate it. Kinkos.

Unless your experienced, a wiring diagram can look very complex, but it really is not.

I rewired a 73 standard beetle (first time I ever did such a thing) by removing each wire and labeling where it came from and where it went to and wrote all of this down on a log. Then I laid out the required number of wires, really only about six run front to back, and labeled each end. Run extra wires if possible in case they are needed in the future. You will need one for each turn signal but the other lights share a wire. You will need to wires from the voltage regulator to the alternator/generator/battery.

Repeat this for the lights in the front. That's basically all there is to it. It's a little more complex if there are no wires to copy off of but keep at it.

Super bug is a game manufactured, developed and released by Atari. It is an arcade game developed.

A range from 4,079 millimeters (160.6 inches) to 4,278 millimeters (168.4 inches) answers questions regarding the length of the Volkswagen Beetle. The first figure represents the length in the Volkwagen Beetle Type 1 manufactured from 1938 to 2010 while the second shows the length of the A5 VW Beetle produced since 2011. In-between the two extremes stands a length of 4,129 millimeters (162.6 inches) for the VW New Beetle released between 1997 and 2010.

I weighed my '69 convert a few months ago and it weighed approximately 1960 lbs.

Pull the engine. Remove the heads. Take the heads and money to a machinist because he needs to refinish the valve seats. He can also test your heads for cracks, and if he finds any you need to replace the head.

One possibility is small hole in the muffler. I had that happen once, and it whistled under accelaration.

one option is to find the beeping mechanism and simply unplug the wires to it. the beeper should be near the bottom of the steering wheel.

Yes,

it came stock with a generator.

There are a lot of sites that show you how to install alternator tho.

There are two versions of the Super Beetle, one made in 1971 and 1972, the other in 1973, 1974 and 1975.

All of them have a louvered front apron (the piece of sheetmetal below the trunk lid, behind the front bumper) and the spare tire lays flat in the trunk. All Standard Beetles had the front tire standing up in front of the gas tank.

The 1973-75 Supers also have a curved windshield.

The oil filler tube is located on the alternator stand next to the alternator, or generator on older Beetles. There is a special tool for removal which few people seem to own, a crafty mechanic may be able to fabricate his own tool. If you remove the oil filler cap and look closely inside the tube you will see two slots opposite each other a couple inches down inside it. The tool fits these slots and then it unscrews off the stand.Due to the age of these enginesit can be difficult to persuade it to come off, and all manner of undesirable filth can be unleashed into the engine crankcase inthe process, so removal of the generator/alternator stand may be recommended. A sturdy vise would be able to hold itfor removal on the bench. The only reason for removal might be replacement with some manner of aftermarket type oil filler setup, many are available.

yes it does,

it comes from the back of the exhaust and goes into the heater channels along side of the car, check if the orriginal exhaust is there, the pipes that go from it in to the heater channels aswell,

have a look under the car by the engine.

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