Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug

[67ctbug]

Moving the hinges up will change the front gap? The weird thing is that the back gap is pretty spot on. I’ve tried loosening the top and shimming it but nothing changes. If I stuff a rag in between the door and a pillar it looks good, but taking it out puts it back right against the pillar.
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'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
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[REDKAFER]

moving both hinges straight up moves the striker down in relationship to them. Currently when you close the door, the striker is pushing the back of the door upwards which twists the hinges (rather the metal around the hinges) and closes the gap at the top. If these align correctly, closing the door will just capture the striker and not lift the door at all.

[TDCTDI]

[REDKAFER]

Installing shims on the top hinge will only create more twisting force on the door when you close it. Try the hinges first. If it doesnt work, no problem: I have acquired a rather fond taste for crow anyhow.

[67ctbug]

With two paint sticks shoved in the top it closes perfect.

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'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
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[TDCTDI]

Then you can either shim it or open the door slightly, get a block of wood & place it on the front edge of the hinge and strike the wood with a BFH towards the rear of the car.
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[67ctbug]

[TDCTDI]

[67ctbug]

5 pieces of 22 gauge

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'67 Beetle L41
'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
Go Cubs!
World Series Champions 2016

[EA812]

[67ctbug]

[TDCTDI]

You need to fix that loose door hinge before painting the car, you're likely to damage the paint trying to service the hinge.

You can also shim/adjust the lower hinge to bring the door back up at the striker, but you should repair the loose hinge first.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.


GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!


An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.


Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

[67ctbug]

[EA812]

You can squeeze the ears from inside the trunk compartment to remove the spray nozzle.
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[67ctbug]

Late thanks to EA812, I got it out unharmed. It's still not in primer, I keep finding spots that need a little filler. Hopefully within the week I'll have it all primed. I ordered the window and door seals along with a headliner so once it's painted I can get that stuff all put in. Bodywork on a car you know iis going to be black sucks The drivers fender needed work and I can feel the wave and I know it'll show when it's painted so I gotta work on that.
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'67 Beetle L41
'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
Go Cubs!
World Series Champions 2016

[67ctbug]

I need some help. I'm trying to get my clutch cable all set up, but whenever I hook the cable on and go to the back of the car to put the wingnut on, the cable falls off the pedal and I have to reset. I just spent an hour and a half trying to do this and I haven't been able to. Anyone know what's up with this?
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'67 Beetle L41
'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
Go Cubs!
World Series Champions 2016

[calvinater]

Maybe try using a bread twist tie to hold it on.
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[TDCTDI]

I just always got the cable on, inserted the pedal assembly, & then pushed the pedal to the floor. It will stay there, retaining the cable in place & when I pull the cable to install it into the throwout arm, I keep tension on it until the wingnut is in place. You can also clamp the cable with a pair of vice grips once you pull the cable back to ensure that it doesn’t slip off the pedal while you’re fidgeting with the wing nut.
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GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!


An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.


Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

[Rome]

Yep, or a thin tie-wrap.

I found this in the gallery. Simple and effective, as well as accounting for any wear in the clutch hook inner bend due to cable end wear. Since you have welding experience and equipment at home, this could work for you. Just need to cleanly grind and file down the weld blob at the hook and bolt to a nicely rounded radius so that the left face of the cable end does not wear. There's plenty of room inside the tunnel to accomodate the length of the bolt.

[67ctbug]

I tried using wire to hold it on, maybe I wasn’t doing it right. I twisted it around the clutch cable then tried to wrap it around the hook. I can get the cable on and then put the pedal assembly back in the tunnel and bolted on, but when I tighten the wing nut, the pedal always comes back and hits the floor pan even if I pushed it all the way to the firewall to begin with.
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'67 Beetle L41
'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
'63 Ragtop
'73 914
'73 Dodge W200
'72 Dodge Wrecker
Go Cubs!
World Series Champions 2016