Yes I already did. David in post #308981 provided the same link. My serial number breaks down to be November or December of 1969.

Thanks Paul. What’s strange is that the vin I have is NH04001. It has been used for the last 35 years. I have dome history that shows that. It is a number assigned to the car from the state of NH. I think the very 1st owner of the car was from NH and he went to the state to get that vin number. Just wondering why they didn’t use that number on the…[Read more]

I have no idea what you’re getting to. I just want to know if the serial number on top of the tunnel is the VIN number

The number I located on top of the tunnel would that also be considered the VIN number? If no one knows the answer I guess the only way to find out is if there is a member her that has a 1969 VW bug sedan to locate that number on theirs and compare it to their known VIN number.

If that is not the VIN number then who assigns a number and when? Is…[Read more]

Thanks Bill. But those wiring diagrams are for the entire car. I was looking for a simple wiring diagram of the ignition system. Something showing the battery, coil, distributor etc.

I had a similar problem. My low beam headlight did not work. What I found was that there was some corrosion between the tips of the glass fuse and the holder preventing electricity to flow through. You should take each fuse out one at a time and clean the tips and the holder with steel wool or sandpaper then snap them back in. Do this one at a…[Read more]

You say you have other gages not working so it may be a electrical problem. I purchased my MIGI two months ago and at the time, the low beam lights did not work. After a lot of troubleshooting I found the problem. On mine under the dash on the drivers side I have a strip with all the glass fuses. The one for my low beam headlight had some…[Read more]

What is wrong with your gages? Are you talking the speedometer and the tach? If the Speedo doesntwork I may be able to help you. I just fixed mine. Do not try to remove the bezel by prying it off. You will destroy it.

It could also be November of 1969

Using your chart and if I read it right, mine was built in December of 1969. Is that right?

The number under the generator stand is:
H5351754. I don’t know if that can be broken down as to what I have for a engine.

Thanks David.
I removed the passenger side seat bottom. Then I was able to peel back the carpeting exposing the top of the tunnel. From the shifter mechanism, the linkage access cover is back about 18”. They had put a very thick coat of something all over the flooring and tunnel. I look real close and right in front of the access cover hole, it a…[Read more]

I did call those two shops back about 6 weeks ago. They both gave me estimates of $450.00 to $500.00 plus parts. No way would I do that. Thankfully I was able to remove the bezel with no damage at all, make the repair and reinstall it. Only one number is off slightly but I’m good with at

No I didn’t. This morning the numbers in the odometer were 30997. The 0 and both 9’s were out of sink. I took it off for a ride and all four numbers on the right had to rotate. All the numbers are now in decent alignment . One of the 9’s is off. So I’m going to keep this speedometer. Hopefully in time it will correct itself.
I don’t want to t…[Read more]

When I was working on it, I accidentialy slid the shaft out a little which hold the numbers for the odometer. When I finally put it back together, there was one number that wasn’t aligned with the others. Stupid me. Well I could live with one number being off a little. So I put on about 40 miles today and now they’re 3 numbers not aligned. The tri…[Read more]

We’ll, as I figuired, the repair guy couldn’t take it apart without destroying the bezel. I  called VDO and at one time like 15 years ago, bezels were available through VDO but not anymore.  There is no way to remove a bezel without destroying it or at least at a minimum it would end up being warped so bad it would look like hell.
I did chuck…[Read more]

Figured it out. When I looked at the fuse block originally, all the glass fuses looked good and they were. I traced the wiring as far as I could. Noticed that the wiring was a certain color for the low beam. Went to the fuse panel again, located which fuse was on that certain color wiring and removed the fuse. Swapped it out for another one. Did…[Read more]