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…
May 30, 2024 It All Was Going So Well, Until It Didn’t I really think I fixed the vapor lock issue. I went for an after dinner spin. This dude was smiling ear to ear. On…
May 27, 2024 Oil Change & Oil Strainer Clean I have to say I love this beetle and how enjoyable it has been to learn on it. Back in December I changed the…
May 27, 2024 Auxiliary Fuel Pump Update Well… I went out for a cruise the day after I installed aux fuel pump but it was not to be. I made it…
May 25, 2024 Auxiliary Fuel Pump For The Baja Bug My friend Brent was telling me about his aux fuel pump set up. He uses it to solve vapor lock in the Moab summer…
May 24, 2024 Installing Battery Tender Solar Charger I actually don’t drive my beetle very far often. Mostly I go a mile or two every few days. If I kept it in…
May 23, 2024 Hot Start Issue Part IV: Hard Start Relay Install If you are anything like me you go to The Samba looking for tips on your beetle issues. When googling the Samba for hot…
