Thanks for the references and the advice..

Being a 68, I just assumed they were drum brakes on all 4’s, but I guess I better pull a wheel and check first.. Then, I think

I need to start by looking at some of the references or Youtube and as Paul suggests learn how to adjust the breaks before I start pulling and replacing things..

Scott

Generator is rebuildable; usually just needs brushes. But to do it I think you have to take it out anyway and that’s most of the work.

Advantages of the generator: There is a reason you don’t see generators on new cars, man. Alternators give a better charge at lower rpm, tend to run longer, and they’re lighter (though I don’t know what the VW a…[Read more]

Rob and Dave’s Aircooled Pages are a great resource too:

http://www.vw-resource.com/

Their brakes pages are indexed here:

http://www.vw-resource.com/brakeslinks.html

Some simple first steps:

Visual inspection – looking for things like fluid leaks, soft brake lines. Bad? Fix it. Good?

Brake pedal – Is it firm? If sot, likely need to bleed the…[Read more]

Thanks, I am rep;acing the mounts, hope it works.  will advise.

I had the clutch chatter and was going to pull engine to check clutch. I then found bolts holding engine to trannie were a little loose. I tightened them and it started off with no chatter at all.

There are many informative and helpful videos on YouTube. I just search the subject I want to learn about. For your situation, I entered “air cooled vw brake” and it came up with over 5 different people showing how to do everything from inspecting to actually replacing the brakes. You can also google(or in my case Bing) “air cooled vw brake” and,…[Read more]

Scott
Do you have drums or disks that are locking up?

Mine also arrived yesterday. Really looking forward to this mini vacation.

Got mine yesterday! #8

Of course it will be on the windscreen of one of those German recreations.

Got my sticker today.

Okay. I had some damage to my passenger door due to the severe storms. I removed the door, made the repairs and am currently painting. I have some photos to post which leads to these questions.

(1) When I first add a photo, I go to my gallery and add the photos; then in the topic post, I select the photos I want to add and cut and paste.…[Read more]

Thanks anyway!! there has to be someone or something out there???….Please let me know if you hear of anything or find a good contact. I am willing to pay good$$$$ for any manuals, build sheets, parts, tool kit jack. If they are original Thanks Cliff

I had a girl come up to me and ask if she could have my car. I asked her if she could drive a manual transmission. She said no. So I told her, “Then I can’t give you my car. Because it has a manual transmission!”