Other than it has a built in gearbox and won't connect up to the VW transaxle without major surgery, sure why not? I think a 2.2L 16 valve Subaru engine would be a far more practical way to go to make a Bug insanely fast. Tony "Tweak" > wrote in...

I replaced the wheel seals in my 59 bug. And they leak. I have done this twice now. The driver side leaks a little. The other side leaks a lot. The first time I took them apart the rubber seals, for whatever reason, got tweaked. The next time I installed them differently, by placing the spacer and...

I haven't had the bug out on the road for about two months now. It's been sitting b/c I'm trying to sell it. So my brother calls me and says he's thinking about buying it. Well, this means I need to run a tune up, and drive it around to lubricate everything. Anyway, after cleaning off the...

The car is in Sandia Park, just about 20 minutes East of Albuquerque. 14,000 miles on rebuilt 1600cc - runs strong, no smoke, all cooling tin. AC.net SVDA dizzy, oil changed every 2k and valves adjusted every 2k. Points and timing adjusted every 4k. Front disc brakes with recent pads, recent...

I listed my '73 for sale on Ebay this morning around 10 a.m. moutain time. It is now 3 p.m. and I don't see it yet. Considering I payed a whopping 47 bucks to list the damn thing, I a little ticked off that it hasn't shown up for a 7 day auction yet!!! Any idea what's going on? ~Anthony

Sad but true. Anyway, this is my first time selling a car. I would appreciate any hints and tips, and no, I don't plan on selling it to someone who won't take care of her. That's why I'm posting here...I want to know where I can advertise the car to people who are aircooled enthusiasts. ...

In the Februaruy issue of Car and Driver, there is an article about the "Mini Tec Vtec MINI" This thing has a 220 HP Vtec honda engine in it, and weighs about 1800 lbs. Here are some specs, courtesy of C&D. Tranny: 5 spd man wheelbase: 81.5" curb weight: 1792 lbs 0-60: 5.0 sec

It's that time of year again, and those fweembucks are gonna go to waste soon, so I put 'em to good use and ordered three quarts of John C's Amsoil synthetic gear lube. Any tips for putting the new stuff in and taking the old out? First time I've changed the gear oil on my car; it's a '73...

It's that time of year again, and those fweembucks are gonna go to waste soon, so I put 'em to good use and ordered three quarts of John C's Amsoil synthetic gear lube. Any tips for putting the new stuff in and taking the old out? First time I've changed the gear oil on my car; it's a '73...

.... on a 59 VW bug. I used the Bentley shop manual to installed all the hardware per spec. And wouldn't you know it, I put transmission oil and two days later it started leaking from both rear wheels. Kind of slow on the driver side, a little faster on the passenger side. The one major thing...

I stripped down my seats to the metal frames. I was going to get them powder coated. However, I noticed that a couple of wires were broken. Now I guess I could go an find junk yard replacements. But I would first like to explore fixing what I have. Only problem is I can find any wire...

We had a beautiful sunny day here in Portland, Or. Something that we don't often see in November and I took advantage of it and installed the ignition kit. It was a simple and straight forward installation and the only hitch was I found one of the advance can screws was too long and was...

The guy at the local air cooled VW shop here told me that with swivel foot valve adjusters that the valve clearance should be set at .002" cold. This seems awfully tight to me and I'm concerned about burning up my valves. Any opinions? Tony

I'm installing a mechanical/vacuum advance distributor in my dual port Bug engine with a PICT34. There are 2 vacuum ports on the carb. One points to the left and the other straight back. Which one connects to the vacuum can on the dizzy? Anybody know for sure? I'm looking forward to getting...

Now that I have a larger and more powerful engine in my 66 Baja, the brakes are not up to the job any more. I'd like to keep the wide 5 pattern but the cost of a wide 5 disk brake conversion is more than I want to spend. Is there any way to use old type 2 front brakes on a bug? If all else...

I broke the vent window latch on my 66 Baja some time back and I'm just getting around to replacing it. I bought a latch but I don't know how to pop the window out to get to the broken latch. Any suggestions or tips for replacing the latch? Tony

Anybody try one of those 2" VDO tachometers? Along the way of replacing my oil pressure gage, I installed a 3 hole gage panel over were the old speaker hole was. I had to do a bit of cutting with my dremmel tool and went through almost a whole pack of those tiny cutoff wheels but it fits well and...

Here's the latest pix of my 66 Baja. The first pix after the masking was remove after the paint job. http://www.oregonmotorcycleparts.com/images/Bug3.jpg The Bug and the fat man. http://www.oregonmotorcycleparts.com/images/Bug4.jpg I used to call it Frankenstein as it was build from other dead...

I'm just getting the perpetual project on the road and I would like to keep the fingers of on lookers off the engine of my Baja bug as much as possible. I'm looking for a hood that is in perhaps less than great condition as I'm going to scallop off the lower 1/3 or so. I plan to use Pin type hood...

How about once a weak or so some one posts a message with all the links, his full name and address and the full story. Then we shun him. I mean we don't reply to his posts and ignore his replies to our posts. If we could stick to this, I think this newsgroup would be a better place. Anyway...