TheSamba.com :: View topic - conversion from semi automatic to standard

Sun Jul 20, 2003 5:16 pm

Converting from semiautomatic to standard. I have a 1968 beetle with a semi automatic. I am restoring it but i kind of like standard with a cluch. would you recomend this conversion and how much work am I looking at.

Sun Jul 20, 2003 6:15 pm

you have to change the flywheel, oil pump and add a clutch tube if you don't have one. There are a few posts on the forum, but I forget the titles of them, look around and you will find several posts with sites to check out

Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:43 pm

You also need a complete pedal cluster, shift lever and shift rod swap.

Tue Jul 22, 2003 6:49 pm

would it be to complecating to do!

Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:15 pm

I did it, here's my earlier posting on the subject.
Add a manual pedal cluster to the listing, and it's accurate:

j.pickensusa.net said... (5/1/2003 at 1:08PM PST)

I did the converstion on a '69 ghia hardtop.
It didn't require anything monumental.
Needed:
Proper length shift rod, I used a beetle rod.
Standard shift lever and base plate.
Shift coupling.
Clutch cable tube to be installed
Bowden tube and clutch cable
Manual transaxle

I used 3/8" copper tubing to make a clutch cable tube. The bracket for welding a tube at the factory and the hole at the rear of the tunnel were already present in my ghia.
Just used hose clamps to attach the front end of the tubing to the weld bracket, and another hose clamp at the rear of the tunnel to keep the tube in place. Installed the bowden tube, put in the transaxle, and Viola'.
Worked perfectly.