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Caslor 1976 beetles did not have an AB transmission. Beetles from August of 1972 on had an AT transmission with an 8:31 Final Drive Ratio.
After doing some research I came upon this website http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrohwei/vwac/changes.html
If you scroll down to 1961 you will see that AB is the part number for a 1961 beetle transmission.
Yes those Datsuns were great cars. His has ALOT of emissions canisters, vacuum pods, hoses etc. The carb needed attention. But I was never brave enough to remove all those vacuum lines, canisters etc for fear that I would never figure out how to get them back on! Funny thing, even though both the Datsun and Toyota are much newer than my 75 bug, I always insist that for any road trips of more than 20 miles we take the Bug. Don't have to worry about the timing chain breaking or a coolant hose springing a leak. And I carry spare fuel injection parts and tools in my trunk at all times, just in case!
One of these days I'll have to plan my annual visit "back east" around some of these VW swap meets! As a matter of fact, Amtrak has a train that runs through Effingham, and trains have ALOT of room to carry "cargo".........
I know this isn't really VW related, but I found it interesting. My roommate has an old Datsun b210 that was parked awhile back due to a bad rear wheel bearing. While it was running, I did all of the maintenance to it. I discovered that like our bugs, the Datsun cars, atleast of the 70's and early 1980's, do NOT have "self adjusting" valves. I was not brave enough to try a valve adjustment on the old Datsun, and since it had well over 200k on the original motor I didn't think it would matter too much.
My roommate's other "newer" vehicle is a 1985 Toyota Pickup with EFI. Funny thing is the EFI in that truck is almost identical to the Bosch EFI in my bug. Anyway, his valve cover gasket has been in need of replacement for some time and this past weekend I decided I would tackle that project. And after reading through the Chilton Manual for his truck I discovered that those valves were not self adjusters either! The intervals for valve adjustments on this particular truck are like 30,000 miles. AND you have to adjust them after the engine has been warmed up. Needless to say I had to wear thick work gloves to get the valve cover off so I did not burn myself.
I also discovered that unlike the VW valves, the valves on the Datsun and Toyota cars require different gaps for the exhaust valves than they do for the intake valves. The exhaust valves were to be adjusted to .012 and the intake to .008. Instead of taking the distributor cap off and pointing to the rotor to the mark on the distributor case, I had to align the mark on the crankshaft pulley to the 0 mark on the engine case. Do this once and figure out which rocker arms are loose. Once you figure out which set are loose you check the adjustment. It's like 1, 2 , 5, 8, something like that. Adjust them exhaust to .012 and intake to .008. Then turn the crankshaft 360 degrees and adjust 3, 4, 6, 7 ( I think. I can't remember the exact order but it was weird).
It seems that most automakers who still used/use the non selfadjusting valves only have the gap adjustment for a hot engine. This seems ridiculous. You have to get the valve cover off (and all the crap that is attached to it!) without burning yourself and get the valves adjusted before the engine cools off! I decided that while it was easier adjusting the watercooled cars valves because of their location, the aircooled VW beetle valve adjustment is much easier as both the intake and exhaust valves are the same gap and you only adjust the valves to one head at a time, ie #1 intake and exhaust, #2 intake and exhaust, etc.
Like I said, not really VW related, I just wanted to share my opinion/findings about valve adjustments on watercooled cars. By the way his truck has almost 200k on it and I don't think the valves were ever adjusted and ALL of the exhaust valves were too tight. After the adjustment everything seems to be OK. Engine is a bit noiser as you can hear the valves tapping now, whereas before they were all too tight so you couldn't really hear them. My first Watercooled Valve Adjustment was a success!
hmmm maybe I should write a song about it....
sean wrote:<< Wonder where the follow up show is on the Turbo Charged Volkswagen Thing , with a couch for front Bumper ?? Anyone know if it's still Runnin ? Sean
Haa! There's a picture of that Thing on page 61 of the October Hot VWs. It won "best paint" at the So. Cal. VW Classic
I hat to admit it among so much negativity, but I kind of always liked the Mullholland Beetles. Not my thing now ,but I will admit that back in '85 when I was a lad of 15 years and yearning for my first Beetle, that is what I intended to make. If you're a SuperBeetle person, it's really not that far off of the German look Beetles.
Lol 66vwowner, are you implying that Superbeetles look like those "Mulholland" style bugs???
Aww yes Gipper the California Zephyr is the train that goes from Chicago to Emmeryville, CA. Through Utah, Colorado and the Sierra Nevada's. Have never ridden that train but I hear the scenery is spectacular. Would like to try it someday. I myself have been on a crusade, along with other railfans writing our senators and congressmen/women. The government keeps trying to stop funding Amtrak, which was created in 1970 BY the government to relieve the freight railroads of the financial burden of rail passenger service. Unfortunately it has been severely underfunded ever since and each year just barely survives, usually with route cuts. Would be a real shame to lose all Long Distance trains that run West of Chicago! I would be screwed, as I do not fly!
Yancey, I hope you don't mind but when the train was stopped in Indianapolis I got out and carved "For a good time call Yancey's VW Specialists" on the train platform and I also wrote it on the mirror in the trains bathroom!
I'll have to get back to you on the green card thing. It is really a shame when someone of my status has to have a passport to travel to Lexington Kentucky. Why, I make a special trip to Lou-UH-Vul just to go to Six Flags! I"ll have to find a flattering side of my bug to take a picture or two of and post it. Lol.
Yancey, you wouldn't by chance be that "fan" that has been sending me notes written with individual letters cut out from various magazine articles would you???
P.S I hope you remember to clean all of your records with the DiscWasher record cleaning pad and fluid before each play back!
Clancy/Yancey if you've ever wondered, wondered what ever became of me. I'm living on the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati's W-AN-MUR-EE. Got kind of tired of packing and unpacking. Town to town, up and down the dial. Maybe you guys and me were never meant to meet, but maybe think of me once in awhile.
Well guys thought I would update you on what's been happening with me all summer! My superbeetle was parked in late December because several things needed attention. Six months later I was down to the wire getting it put back together, as I had a looming AMTRAK trip from Portland, OR to Cincinnati, OH at the end of June and the car had to be put back together so I could get to Portland! Before I parked it the Super was using a bottle of brake fluid a week, as the master cylinder was leaking something awful inside the chassis (what a mess to clean up). My battery was also one or two bumps from falling through the floor, the piece of plywood I had in there just wasn't cutting it anymore. Here is a basic list of what I did get done:
Removed pedal cluster, cleaned, painted with POR15, greased it up. Replaced clutch cable, replaced master cylinder. Area around brake fluid reservoir in trunk was pretty rusty, so drilled out the welds holding the reservoir into place, treated rust, painted the inside of trunk in moisture prone areas with POR15. Removed rubber sealing gasket where trunk lid meets body, treated rust, painted. My trunk lid has never closed right, so after some paint grinding and investigation I learned my super had been in a front end collision that is why my trunk lid doesn't seal properly when closed. Not much I could do adjusted the lid as best as I could, then took an old trunk seal and glued it to the bottom edges of the trunk lid itself and now when I shut it actually seals enough to keep moisture out.
While I was messing around in the trunk, I rigged up a heater blower system using a coffee can and an old fresh air fan I had. Now with the flick of a switch I have warm air blowing out of the dash vents. I'll have to see how it works this winter. If it works out well I'll have to take pics so others can see what I did. Pretty simple.
I also ground off the surface rust that was forming on my heater channels and in my wheel wells. Treated the areas, and covered in POR15. Then covered that with Kool Seal Elastomeric coating and covered that with black glossy paint. Did the same with the strut towers, replaced struts and strut mounts. Cut out the rusted sheetmetal on my floor pans replaced. Can't weld so used rivets and seam sealer. turned out good. Removed all the tarboard paper from floor pans, ground off rust, treated and coated with POR15. Recovered floors with this TITAN sound deadening stuff from MidAmerica. Pretty thin stuff but it does a good job. Heating it with a hairdryer makes it pliable and easy to install. Didn't stick very well in some areas though. Covered that with some padding I bought from MidAmerica. Interior is much quieter now.
Also treated the inside of doors with rust neutralizer and POR15. Wrapped some of that padding in plastic and stuck it in the doors. Also helped with the noise level. Did the same type of thing with the rear panels on either side of the back seat. But inside those (after treating the inside with POR15) I used some sealed spray foam, regular insulation and padding. Covered the mess with plastic for a vapor barrier.
And last but not least, had to cut out a sizeable section on each side of outside quarter moon vents , due to the RUST. Ripped out all of the old unsealed foam insulation. The previous owners of the car had just bondoed over the swiss cheesed metal and then painted over it. They did a terrible job and the bondo was bubbling as the foam under the bondo was SOAKED! So I cut out those sections ripped out the insulation, replaced it with sealed foam insulation, used scrap, galvanized sheet metal to replace the sections and since I am no master metal worker used a little bondo over that to get the proper body contours. Of all the places on the exterior to rust the area by those darn vents has to be the hardest to contour!
Also replaced rear brakes, rear wheel bearings, C.V. joints and rear fenders. Lol Anne Will need to go back on tour to pay for it all!
Got the car put back together a few days before I left for Portland. Only had a little time to drive it before making that 5 hour drive. Luckily I did all the mechanical stuff right as I did not have a problem!
Left PDX on Amtrak on a Thursday evening, went through Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and finally arrived in Chicago on Saturday evening. Almost missed my connecting train to CIN! Due to problems beyond Amtraks control, "The Cardinal" rolled in to Cincinnati 4 hours late. Which was okay by me as the arrival time into CIN is 5 a.m. and I wanted to see that station in the daylight! I had left from that station the year before and was in aw of how beautiful it is. Since the Chicago bound Cardinal leaves CIN at like 3 a.m. I didn't get to see it in the daylight the year before.
It was completed in 1933 and at one time was one of the busiet stations in the country. Believe it or not, former Cincy Mayor JERRY SPRINGER was instrumental in saving the building from being razed and it is now a museum. Amtrak reinstated passenger rail service at that station back in the 1990's. You can visit the Union Station website her http://www.cincymuseum.org/explore_our_ … _terminal/
Thought of Yancey as I was cruising through Indiana. Lots of corn! Visited family in Kentucky and PA. A close friend and roommate of Anne's flew out to KY and accompied Anne back to Oregon. I'm not the star I once was so when I take Amtrak I have to travel coach. Having a travel companion is nice as I do not have to worry about who I am going to get stuck sitting next too! On the Eastbound trip the woman in the seat behind Anne kept farting LOUDLY in her sleep. PLLLLLLLLLL
Well now that I have written a small novel about what I have been up to, I must go and do some more work to the Super before the Oregon rain starts up for the winter.
Ciao
Anne
Actually..."Anne Murray" is a longstanding member of this forum (search in the Old Technical and Old General forums) and has provided serious mechanical solutions to various problems submitted by other members. Additionally, "Anne" also provides an unending source of amusement and entertainment for readers who understand where she is coming from...hint...hint... hint...Much better than some of the spam we receive occasionally. Nope, I never had an Anne album....please forgive me, Anne.
Clancy
Thank you for the kind words Clancy. Fortunately my Canadian heart is big enough to forgive you for not supporting me financially by buying my records and tapes!
Emeeder, I didn't realize that my sweet music could have a lullaby like affect on people! Maybe I should start re-releasing some of my old records as sleepaides! I could pay to have them stocked in the Pharmacy section of retailers nationwide next to the sleeping pills. What a wonderful idea!!!
if im immature and ignorant......be the bigger man about it and "ignore" it......the guys who are truly sharp do...
Typical response from people like yourself. So what you are saying is that we should let you post rude, ignorant, smart alek remarks in the middle of our posts, but we need to the bigger person and ignore you. Let you have your fun. Instead of it being the other way around, in which you grow up, respond with helpful information and when you want to be crass, start your own thread, instead of taking over someone elses. Trust me if this board had an "ignore" button, like chatrooms do, I would have already clicked it.
and dont try to be one of the small group "pseudo" alpha-males......... i knew within minutes of searching this site who those few "pseudo alpha-males" were (every bbs has a few) and sure enough..........
Even after your insight and "research" you are still here. I've been visiting this board since the late 1990's. There are also quite a few others on here who have been on here as long or longer than me. I haven't noticed this "alpha-male" behavior you claim to see on here. But then again I don't have the "sixth sense" that you seem to. Those of us that have been on here for years have seen your kind come and go. And we are still here. I think you should check out the samba dot com. You will find yourself in like minded company over there.
BTW: i wasnt aware of the used german fender drought. if they are so rare, ill sell mine.
Have you been living in a cave? If you had any real interest in, or knowledge of the VW hobby, you would know how rare and hard to find certain german parts are. And here I thought you were the fountain of all knowledge.
in this day and age we dont really need full punctuation for people to understand, read the posts of others for evidence. .......is an old man trying to tell me about computers????? how many beads on your abacus???
What an immature, ignorant thing to say. Do you conduct yourself like this outside of the internet? We don't need full punctuation for people to understand? Your wife must make the bucks. Because people who make stupid comments like that sure don't
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