What did you do to your Beetle this week?

[WVDriver]

Thought I had an alternator issue because the idiot light was coming on periodically. Turned out that the idiot lights were wired up backwards. Corrected that problem but that left me with an oil pressure issue. Installed a new oil pressure relief valve and spring to fix that issue. One of the idiot light bulb holder electrical legs was broken, so I ordered a used speedometer off of ebay. The plastic portion on the ordered holder fell apart in my hand when I removed it but the electrical connector was good. I drilled out the rivet holding the connector in and transferred it to the plastic holder on my speedometer.

[TOTSKI]

I drove it to the beach. Perfect weather here at SF 😎🌞

[slave1pilot]

[indianpeaksjoe]

I upgraded to KC Gravity LED headlights for Jeep TJs. They are bright and have a nicer pattern than the VintageCarLEDs I had before. The VCL headlights were not bad, but these are nicer. The VCL ones look more stock, but my baja is far from stock looking.

More pics here: https://robonza.com/beetle/index.php/2024/08/22/kc-7-gravity-led-headlights-on-66-beetle/

-Joe
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Adventures in owning a 66 beetle

[far rider]

Used a cable, long enough to reach the far end of the tank , to Roto

rooter my ‘61 tank. You can see some of the crud and scale knocked off after one pass.
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67 zenith blue sunroof

Contentment; when what you have is what you want.

[indianpeaksjoe]

Woohoo I got emergency lights set up using my flashers.

More pics here: https://robonza.com/beetle/index.php/2024/08/25/adding-emergency-flashers-to-66-beetle-baja-bug/

-Joe
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Adventures in owning a 66 beetle

[trektider60]

Not many miles on the new carb; runs great on the road. Last two trips to town with a few different stops and the carb was flooded after setting 5 minutes. So I finally got a fuel pressure gauge and found 4.5 psi. Got the pressure down to 3.0 psi with the addition of 3 more gaskets. Seems much better now.
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1960 Indiana Red T1

[indianpeaksjoe]

I loaded up the mountain bike and hit the trail.

-Joe
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Adventures in owning a 66 beetle

[EverettB]

Cool pics with the MTB, sweet bike too
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[indianpeaksjoe]

Thanks Everett. This is the furthest I drove the beetle since I (yes, totally me) caused a stalling issue with a mod I made incorrectly. So you know, the bike wasn't only for riding the trail, but possibly to ride home if it broke down

Everything went great, only peddled on the singletrack !

-Joe
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Adventures in owning a 66 beetle

[far rider]

Got it painted. I’ve been stressing but it came out pretty decent. I can only add- the work is in the prep. Hours and hours of sanding. Also I sprang for the Harbor freight black widow HTE gun- $180. But glad I did

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67 zenith blue sunroof

Contentment; when what you have is what you want.

[indianpeaksjoe]

Awesome work far rider.
I painted my lower fenders with bed liner, the rocks on my road are destroying them. So far this is working.

-Joe
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Adventures in owning a 66 beetle

[indianpeaksjoe]

I parked it the other day to walk out the next morning with oil leaking from the passenger side trans area. I tightened the hose clamps on the boots and hope that’ll fix it. Ordered new ones too, because I have a hunch that won’t work

-Joe
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Adventures in owning a 66 beetle

[indianpeaksjoe]

The hose clamp tightening did not help, but split boots from JBugs made for an easy fix.

More pics here: https://robonza.com/beetle/index.php/2024/10/07/new-boot-scootin-new-axle-boots-that-is/

-Joe
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Adventures in owning a 66 beetle

[bandi]

Well, haven't had much time to work on my own Beetle(s) but I did realize the Fuchs wheels from my daughter's Playmobil Carrera 2.7RS fit on her Beetle.

I feel like this is important stuff.

If only they could bring out a 356 so I could put some slotted steelies on a Bug.
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'60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '66 Bus, '69 Sunroof Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '73 Super, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S. And some Fieros.

[far rider]

Ran a new wiring harness. Didn’t go smooth but it’s in.
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67 zenith blue sunroof

Contentment; when what you have is what you want.

[far rider]

Painted the gas tank. Used Max-Flex Victory blue satin. Closest I could find to a blue-grey. It’s actually a little lighter in color than it appears
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67 zenith blue sunroof

Contentment; when what you have is what you want.

[AirHead1966]

Added a backup wire for the front hood latch release in case the primary wire ever fails or jams. The new wire is under the car, tucked away in the wheel well but can be pulled out through an existing drain hole when needed.

[benthere7575]

rewired for 12v, but I can't find a diagram of how to wire the potentiometer that's mounted behind the speedo. I also can't find a diagram of how to wire the oil pressure gauge. It looks like the previous owners cut the wires to these devices and pulled the leads, so I can't even match wire to for the voltage reducers.

[shum]

Time to replace the original front shocks, only 57 years on these. Nice Sunday project.

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57 rag top, 67 bug, 73 Thing
70 Bronco U14, 73 Bronco U15
61 R69S/2 BMW, 73 R75/5 BMW