The Stupid Question Thread

[Solian2002]

So... My pic 30/31 is dead (held together by JB weld and a dime over there inspection vent). My engine is bored out too 1900 cc from the 1500cc original stock engine. My 68 still had the original oil bath air filter which I'm not getting rid of. Can I swap out the carb for a 34 pic and still use the oil bath air filter? Looking to keep it stock looking. She's a 68 standard Beetle.

Does any one also know where I could get the air-conditioning unit? Someone stole mine from my car. Wish I was joking.

[Cusser]

[wcfvw69]

[Solian2002]

[Eskamobob1]

[wcfvw69]

Off idle hesitations and huge flat spots on the mechanical only 009. The engines run night and day better with a restored DVDA or SVDA on them.
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[Xevin]

Is there a difference between a 74 Bug (Which I have) and a 73 Bug tail light lens. Just the tail light cover/lens. The rear end of my bug was replaced with 73 fenders and bumper. Need to find a Hella left rear lens to match the right side, which looks perfect. Want to make sure there is not some weird combatibilty issue. Gotta be the same from 73 to 79, right? Any preferred retailers on the internet (Or other) you all recommend for Hella tail light lenses. Thank you.

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[AlmostHeavenWV_VW]

[Xevin]

Great info AlmostHeaven. Thank you very much. I will pull apart and investigate just what I have going on before I hunt one down. I suspect the right Hella light might be Mexican buy the good shape it’s in. Thanks for preventing me buying a part that kinda matches
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[AlmostHeavenWV_VW]

Okay, my turn:

When I look down into the access hatch/hole for the shift coupler- getting down low and looking directly back towards the rear of the car, I seem to have a gap between the metal below the shift rod/coupler. Maybe 1/4" most of the length of the rear of that little compartment.

This hole would be below the 'nose cone' and all that, so not a bad nose cone or anything such as that.

(sorry I don't have a picture, really cant get the flash to illuminate it very well- either you just see a band of light from outside or only can see the shift rod in a blaze of camera flash, can't really get a good representative picture of the situation)

I assume that's not normal, but I would just like to verify it isn't suppose to be like that before I attempt to seal it up.

If it's not suppose to be like that (I assume so) is there a specific seal or gasket for that place or just maybe some bent sheet metal/broken spot weld that has allowed the gap to appear?
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Solex 34PICT3 Carb
Bosch DVDA 205AJ Distributor

[Cusser]

This seal??? New on left, 48-year-old original on the right.

If your transmission is installed you'd need to slit and fit over the front end of transmission.
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[Gman73]

is there really supposed to be a crank sensor here or was it just used from the factory? any help would be great.

[Eskamobob1]

Is there any way to pull and press in ball joints without the special tool that apparently isn’t made anymore?

If not, does anyone have a picture of what it looks like? I see Glenn’s posts all over the place about it, but they are old enough the pictures no longer show up. Also, any idea what the tool costs vs what the costs is typically to get the presses in by a shop?
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'74 - front disks/lots more work to do

[The Dubbernaut]

What would be the minimum amount of items one would need to remove from a 1969 beetle, to then install a dune buggy body for summer driving?

I have a 69 all the way down to the pan, ready for paint and a significant rebuild from the ground up. My though is to run the beetle for winter, and when the weather turns, store the body in my shop and swap it for a buggy body in the summer. Ive looked around for anything like this but its mainly swaps from bug to buggy, and nothing really like what Im trying to do.

Would there be any body modifications I could make before putting the pan together completely which would make the swaps easier? So far, with a beetle, my experience has been total disassembly. I hadn't thought of this "brilliant idea" when I was tearing down the bug so I gutted the interior and pulled the body off with ease.
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[DurocShark]

Mine has the hood, four fenders, front apron cut out, rear deck, cut the rear apron, and the running boards all removed.
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[Eskamobob1]

Does anyoen have any idea what seats they used in the 1600SP? They look like a pretty good compromise between a more vintage look and not sliding all over the place

http://www.sebeetles.com/sp_bug/

EDIT: Second dumb question. Can I power wash my front end while still leaving the beam on teh car without damaging anything? The gunk built up on the trailing arms is so intense I can even get to the nuts and zerk fittings and im not sure I can control a wire wheel enough to actually clean it all off.
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'74 - front disks/lots more work to do

[RustyJ]

Looking for answers about a 1970 Beetle convertible. All numbers matching but yet no fuel filler on right front quarter panel but a 1967 tank. Any help would be appreciated.

[GArBa]

most likely explanation, car has been modified either to some PO's personal taste or due to accident repair.
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