Feeling ok today?
I just watched the film 'welcome To Mooseport', very entertaining. It also had a Staffordshire Bull Terrier in it, just thought I'd mention it.
In real life the Staff(Staffordshire Bull Terrier) is quite easy to tell apart from an Amstaff(American Staffordshire ...

I have a '62 K.G. and I can't get a 165-15 in the well and close the
bonnet. same with my wife's '69
but, it seems I don't have that problem with our '71.
did they change the well, and when.?

Congratulations with you new president, great speech!  
Screw the female poet, what a waste. Aretha was great though.
J.

Got a bloke in another state with a 058 129 413D carb Idling Shut Off Valve.
He,s not sure if its suits Type 3,s.  Anyone got any idea?.
                  Cheers
                     John

the curved type.
story here:
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=123186
Needs to be shipped to Bentonville, AR 72712 as soon as baseball, to get

I was pulling out the back seat, and some metal came in contact with
the regulator, it was dark, and all I saw were sparks. The generator
light stays on now while the engine is running, and all the fuses look
fine. It seems to me that I fried my regulator, but is there a

Homemade macaroni and cheese with bacon here.  I boiled some elbow
macaroni in water and a little bacon grease to keep it from sticking
together.  I fried up about 1 1/2 pounds of bacon and drained it, then
crumbled it all up.  I diced up an onion and sauteed it in some of the

Anyone know what happened to Ant the Monarch of Menace ?
For some unknown reason I got to thinking about him earlier.
Randy

seems my wife's ghia has taken to lighting up the gen. lite.
It did it before and replacing the brushes. Fixed it for a while.
It seems to be a dirty commutator as a "cleaning" fixes it for a while.
q. is what is the way to do a more permanent cleaning? pref. with the

I went out to warm-up the 1776 the other day and the starter just  
clicked and I went to turn the crank and it was frozen. would not turn
in either direction.
So, I put the car in gear and rocked the whole car back n forth.

Is there a way to adjust the stock speedometer on a 1973 superbug for a
different wheel size or do I need to get a new VDO gauge? (if that is also
possible)
Thanks,

After breaking my heart, re-conditioning an old generator from my parts
(junk) stash, to replace the sickly one on my 1600 '72 deluxe beetle....to
find it didn't work after installing it and polarising it, I'm considering
an alternator conversion.

A friend wants to get back into aircooled VW's.
Looking primarily for a bug or possibly a ghia to tinker with. Doesn't
need to be perfect, but needs to be in running condition, all basics
"there". Reasonably reliable, legal, safe to drive etc.

Okay, first off..my engine still leaks oil :( Despite my efforts, the
same leak I was trying to fix by replacing top-end related seals did
not fix the problem. However, I did see that the middle, lower main
bearing stud(?), the one with the big nut on it it between #1 and