July 22, 2024 50 Miles, All Smiles. I just hit 50 miles without an engine issue. It may be safe to say the stalling issue was all due to the electric…
July 21, 2024 Reinstalling The Light Bar on the Baja Last year I had the local boat shop make me a light bar for front lights. It started to crack so I took it…
July 20, 2024 Replacing The Beetle Turn Signal Lever The turn single switch (lever/stalk/etc) on my 66 beetle has been iffy since I have had the baja. One of my first purchases was…
July 5, 2024 Ride to the Butte Since we last spoke I have been trying to diagnose the stalling issue. My test was 20 miles of short trips in my “neighborhood”…
July 1, 2024 Installing a Super Beetle Solutions Cut Off Switch Months ago I installed a negative cut off switch from NAPA. While it worked I never loved it, I had to remove the back…
June 28, 2024 Replacing The Beetle Fuel Tank When last we met, I replaced the in tank fuel filter. During that I discovered that the tank was rusty and gross. I had…
June 26, 2024 New Sew Fine Interior for the Baja My interior is nice, but it is not Sew Fine nice. It may have been home made, it seemed like terry cloth to be…
June 23, 2024 Replacing the In-Tank Fuel Filter A whole new thing has started in the last two weeks, the beetle just died on me. I went down my driveway maybe 1000’…
June 23, 2024 Raising the Fuel Line If you look at my fuel line it is an inch or two from the heat riser, exhaust and intake manifold. I put a…
June 18, 2024 Replacing Intake Boots Using EMPI Split Boots The intake boots on my 1600 DP Beetle motor were cracking. What drew my attention to it was the gas and shmutz around the…