Man I can't get decent pedal! 3/4 the way down and then if if your
lucky you won't have to pump em up. I've got to be doing something
wrong!
Start: bought the car 73 super, had mushy brakes and pulled to right

After years of looking for just the right westy we found one in
December .. finally had it ready and on the road early this month
So I've had it on the road two weeks and just finished a 6 day 3000
mile round trip. Admittedly not the best idea I've ever had but the

Is there some type of relationship between the RPM, PRESSURE & OIL VISCOSITY
for a VW AC engine's oil pump?

Tomorrow is Memorial Day here in the United States. It's the day we
set aside to remember those who have served in our armed services. It
is observed on the last Monday of May. Government offices across the
country take Memorial Day off, giving almost everybody a 3-day

sorry I've been slack :D
hope everyone is ok

Hello all, I am going to restore a 1963 beetle I just bought, I was
wondering if the "Bug Me Vidoes" aer worth the money and are there any
place I could get them any cheaper? Thanks  ArchAngelmm

I'm trying to set the timing on my 77 FI Bug.  I cleaned the points and set
the gap.  I used a timing light but if I set it to spec, the engine idles
real rough and almost seems like it wants to stall.  I played with the
'idle' screw and tried to keep it between 900 & 1000 RPM.

nice show and good turn out  there are pictures on the samba
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=330023&sid=96570a6c524d72566ec1
a6c1b0300ce9
notice how my fan club made sure the first picture  was of me.  :o)
hope all that was there had a good time and for you that ...

Hullo all,
I have a mysterious sound I have been trying to track down for months,
finally decided to ask ramva, someone might have had a similar
problem.

I've got the engine from my '78 SB on the floor of my garage at the
moment. I went to remove the fan housing since I need to do replace a
bad alternator. Having browsed the group posts I came to the
conclusion that dropping the engine would involve the least pain (I've

Well I just got back from NY and saw many air cooled VW's.
Everything from a kit car at Greene's cruse in to passing the same
white 73 std 3 times and  went to a junk yard that had a dozen beetles
and a few westies with lots of good parts still.

I am restoring a 1963 Beetle, I need a deck lid, hood, driver side
door and steering column......I found a vw repair shop that has some
misc parts for sale and they have a 1963 deck lid with a little
surface rust but it has the tag light dome and light on it....they are

Does anyone know where I can get J.T. Garwood's book The Car Of The
Century both volumes?

A few weeks back I checked my oil and found a gallon of fuel in it.
Woops.  Based on the advice of others in this situation I decided to
replace the fuel pump and also rebuild the carb.
I have been using a Solex Pict-3 for many years now, but I had a Solex

Anyone know is the Jim Muir engine sounds are still available anywhere?
The link I had is dead and can't find it on google anywhere.
Would be horrible to think we'd lost it as a resource.
Maybe there are better/newer files available now, if so can you point me in