I thought that. too bad.

Yes, the screw you see just holds the leaves in place.

OK, I’ve spent a few hours on the internet and now I see how that adjustable beam works, basically by rotating the torsion bar leaves inside the beam. That seems like an awful lot of work and a little expense to do, or go for a greater expense and buy one already made.My beam, which I assume is stock, has a screw midpoint in the upper and lower…[Read more]

Dropped spindles lower the car 2 and a half inches.
mrlmd ran into trouble when he put new tires on the car.
I’m betting no on the dropped spindles.
mrlmd – these pics should help you determine if you have stock or dropped spindles:
Dropped Spindles:http://www.jbugs.com/store/graphics/00000001/Drop-Spindles-B all-Joint-Disc-Brake-22-2951.jpg
Stock…[Read more]

Ed. Was the lead that fell off coming off the item shown in the picture I added. I thought it was an electric choke but turns out to be an Idle Cut-off Valve. The wire came off on mine and caused the engine to run rough and stalled when I let up on the accelerator. I had to keep the engine revved up as I drove to get back home. If this wasn’t the…[Read more]

Since no one has mentioned it, I’ll throw a wrench in all this and ask…might you have dropped spindles on your front end? Some people install dropped spindles rather than go to all the expense of an adjustable beam. If you do in fact have dropped spindles, the simple fix would be to install the stock spindles to return to the stock height. Then…[Read more]

Two separate issues.
Regardless of whether or not you decide to soften the suspension, the adjustable beam is used to raise or lower the car. Each tube of the beam is cut and an insert is welded in. The insert has a lock bolt on it. You loosen that bolt and can rotate the insert up or down to adjust the height of the car.…[Read more]

 It took a while for all this to make sense to me as well,but it finally sunk in.
As you have already said,when you remove leaves to soften the ride ,it also lowers the ride height.This means that the fenders are closer to the wheels.The adjustible beam has adjusters located at the center of the beam that allow you to raise[adjust] the ride…[Read more]

The car is located in Bonanza, Oregon and needs to be delivered to me in Phoenix, AZ.  I appreciate the help and advice.

Dan,Glad it wasn’t any worse. Because the wiring is the headlight circuit I wonder if now is the time to add a headlight relay. I know its only for the high beams but burning up a relay is better than burning up the wires and any associated wiring in the bundle. I’m sure you’ll check out the entire bundle for melted/shorting wires. Good luck and…[Read more]

I’m sorry but I’m missing something here. I have read these threads and probably can understand about softening up the suspension’s reaction to bumps etc, and as an offshoot to that, better handling, by removing leaves or springs inside the beams, but I want to increase the height of the fenders in relationship to the height of the tires (or the…[Read more]

Where’s the car going, to and from? Speedster guy Alan Merklin transports cars for a living on the east coast. He might know someone out your way.

If you want to go to a standard trans, there are two sizes of Chevy bell housings. The smaller one limits you to a 10.4-inch clutch disc, but it’s probably the one to use in a car as narrow as a TD and it should hold fine as long as you don’t go crazy and run steam roller slicks out back. The smaller bell housings also fit on the inline sixes, and…[Read more]

 If I am thinking correctly, the flywheel housing on the 283 is somewhat wider than the 2.3 Ford or 1.6 Chev. There is barely enough room for the clutch,brake and accelarator pedals with the small engines so with the V-8 there will be even less space available.. You probably will need to keep both hands on the steering wheel just to hang on with…[Read more]

I will need to select an auto transport company soon.  Does anyone one have any recommendations or warnings from previous experience?

Supposedly, the engine and transmission were taken apart by the last owner and found to be in excellent condition.  No leaks reported any where.I wonder what would be involved in changing the automatic transmission to a standard.

For a second there I thought schu wrote sometimes a little WOBBY looks good….OK, back to the wobble thread.

Thanks schu.Shocks do not control ride height. A taller shock will simply compress when you settle the car back down onto her tires.Removing leaves is meant to improve your ride. Our cars are much lighter over the front axle than a srtock VW Beetle. Removing leaves softens the suspension, vastly improving your ride. Instead of a rock hard…[Read more]

The tire dealer I use suggested that size because that is widely available, is stock VW, 1/3 the price of 145’s, and only 3/4″ taller so I didn’t think there would be any problem.I get a gentle scrape of either fender from the top of the tire when making sharp turns now.Looking at the suspension underneath, how does removing springs from inside…[Read more]

Ed,
Sometimes a little wobble looks good on a women – just saying