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RustyJ
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vamram 
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:39 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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I recently installed a new clutch on my '74 Super - TO bearing, pressure plate, spring plate, and cable. It's adjusted properly and is super easy to work. I have a really good feel for the car and can easily shift thru the gears by barely pressing down on the clutch pedal, maybe an inch and a half or three at most.
My question is, what's the proper way to engage the clutch? Do you have to go all the way down to the floor? Or is the shallow push I use OK or am I unknowingly "riding" the clutch?
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kpf
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:34 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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I recently installed a new clutch on my '74 Super - TO bearing, pressure plate, spring plate, and cable. It's adjusted properly and is super easy to work. I have a really good feel for the car and can easily shift thru the gears by barely pressing down on the clutch pedal, maybe an inch and a half or three at most.
My question is, what's the proper way to engage the clutch? Do you have to go all the way down to the floor? Or is the shallow push I use OK or am I unknowingly "riding" the clutch? |
With good timing, it is possible to shift without using the clutch at all. The more your timing is off, the more wear you'll put on your synchros. What you're doing is half way between: More risk of synchro wear but not as much as if you were not using the clutch at all. The owner's manual recommends always pushing the clutch pedal all the way, and this is the best way to minimize synchro wear.
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vamram
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:37 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Thanks! Time to re-read the owner's manual and keep that pedal going to the floor.
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| I needed a new headlight switch for my 1970 bug. I ordered one but instead of three 30 terminals, it has two 30 and one X. Will this work? |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:25 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| I needed a new headlight switch for my 1970 bug. I ordered one but instead of three 30 terminals, it has two 30 and one X. Will this work? |
1. Wire it up and try it out in the trunk, before you mount it in the VW.
2. Or return it.
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:38 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| I needed a new headlight switch for my 1970 bug. I ordered one but instead of three 30 terminals, it has two 30 and one X. Will this work? |
1. Wire it up and try it out in the trunk, before you mount it in the VW.
2. Or return it. |
Yeah I was hoping to avoid returning it. Jbugs was on backorder so I ordered it from partsgeek. (Last time I do that.)
I’m afraid to test it out. The factory wiring diagram shows three 30 connections. One to the ignition, one to the fuse block, and then another to the voltage regulator. The switch I received has all of the exact same connections, except instead of three 30’s, it has two 30’s and an “X”.
I also have an alternator with the internal VR so I’m not entirely sure if that changes things or not. Without a VR I’m not sure where that connection to my switch should go.
The irritating part is that I only have time to work on her on the weekends, and none of the places I deal with are open LOL.
What I’m hoping is that someone here knows something about this. Maybe I’ll get lucky and hear “yeah after 197x they stopped making the switch that way, and now the X connection is for blah blah blah....”
Why do we torture ourselves so eagerly? |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:08 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| The factory wiring diagram shows three 30 connections. One to the ignition, one to the fuse block, and then another to the voltage regulator. The switch I received has all of the exact same connections, except instead of three 30’s, it has two 30’s and an “X”. |
I'll assume that VW was working fine, charged the battery, etc. before the headlight switch went out.
What I'd do is connect the same three wires to #30 terminals, use a connector like one of these
And leave X terminal blank.
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:46 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Yeah everything was good before...at least as it relates to that switch.
I’ll give your suggestion a shot. I have a couple of those splitters so I’ll let ya know what happens. |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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We used to have good VW shops i Phoenix, a chain called BAP Auto. About 3 decades ago, I needed a new headlight switch for my 1971 Super Convertible, so I just took the bad switch with me to local BAP store.
Guess what - there was no listing at all for the part I had in my hand !!! This was before computers and Google, so I looked at the headlight switches they had there for 1970 and 1971 years, and picked the one I thought was closest, and that I could wire up correctly. It has worked fine since.
Remember, 1971 was first year that ignition needed to be switched on for the headlights to light; so maybe this, and that it was a convertible might've been the reason.....
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Yeah the one remaining thing I’m nervous about is the fact that I don’t have an external voltage regulator. I need to find a 1970 wiring diagram that is drawn out with an alternator instead of the generator setup. |
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Cusser
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Yeah I came across that one about 20 min after I posted that last comment. However, I really do appreciate the assistance. This is gonna be my daughters first car. So I’m very eager to get everything perfect. Everything that I come across that isn’t, gets replaced. So I’m buried in the steering column at the moment LOL!
Thank you. It’s mice having some place to ask questions like this. |
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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So doubling up on one of the 30 terminals didn’t work.
I read in one of these threads that a guy used a jumper but now I can’t find it.
Attaching a picture here. The switch one the right is obviously the old one, and the left is the new. Help?
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VW_Jimbo
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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So doubling up on one of the 30 terminals didn’t work.
I read in one of these threads that a guy used a jumper but now I can’t find it.
Attaching a picture here. The switch one the right is obviously the old one, and the left is the new. Help?
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Use one or two of these. VW used to make 4 way ones also.
Wolfsburg West has them for $2.50 I think.
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111937079
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:35 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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So I found a good thread by searching for “jumper” here in our forum.
Jumped X to one of the 30’s. Everything works perfectly now.
Appointment for registration at 3pm today. Might have her on the road by tomorrow morning! |
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Or not. It appears my alternator is not charging the battery. |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:28 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Does your charge warning light actually light up when you turn the key to ignition but don't start the engine? That needs to happen with an alternator.
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Yeah I get the light when I turn the ignition on. And it goes off after I start the car. |
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SiRJoZ
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Looks like it’s charging now. Just kinda weak. I’m at about 12.2 not running. If I fire it up I’m at 13.5 with lights on. 13.7 with them off.
My brake lights come on when I have the ignition on also. Guess I better investigate that. Might be related lol |
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