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…
June 17, 2024 Custom Coil Wire When upgrading to a Pertronix distributor you are supposed to use only shielded spiral wound wires. A month ago I replaced the coil wire…
June 16, 2024 New Starter and Distributor On my continued hunt to fix my hot start issue I think it might come down to a bad distributor. I mean at this…
June 15, 2024 Leaky Oil Sump Plate A few weeks back I changed my oil, after which it developed a leak. Assuming I might have not tightened everything enough I checked…
June 9, 2024 Adding Hazard Lights to the Baja Bug The 66 and prior VW beetle did not come with emergency flashers/hazard lights. This was apparent when it broke down on me the other…
