'59 Beetle

Marilyn: Are you talking about a single stock Solex carb and not some
dual carb setup? Ok, let me see if I can create a mental picture for
you: The tube which passes through the fan shroud has a little
flared ring area which keeps the tube from falling forward (toward
the front of the car) though the fan shroud. Ok, the tube is in
place and you've passed the cable through this tube, and the
accelerator cable is not hung up on anything back near the tranny.
Now this is what you may be missing...there is another metal tube
about 4 inches long and about 1/2 inch in diameter which is pressed
to a smaller diameter opening at one end. This tube is needed if you
are trying for a stock setup. In use, the large compression spring
is placed over the cable coming through the fan shroud tube and sits
on the tube. Then the second metal tube is passed over the spring
and covers most of the spring with the cable passing though the
smaller diameter end. Then comes that little sheet metal cap which
should have a slit in it. That cable is passed into that slit. It
may be necessary to open the slit up a tad with a screwdriver, but
be sure to crimp it closed a littel so that it doesn't fall off the
cable. From this point the cable should be secured in the barrel nut
in the carb throttle arm. Does this make sense?

If you don't have the metal tube you may be able to get one from a
junk yard or order from one of the major supply houses....I guess
that means The Real Source. Good luck. Clancy

Marilyn Fornell wrote:
>
> Been restoring this '59 for the past couple of years. It had been
> sitting in someone's back yard for 14 years when I got it. Lots of
> small parts were missing off it. Well, finally got the body done
> (what a mess of rust!) and finally have the rebuilt '62 engine
> installed. Now comes the fun part. If anyone out there is an
> expert with an old beetle mechanically, boy could I use some input.
>
>
> Accelerator cable: I'm having a bit of a problem with this. The
> cable runs through the fan housing on it's way to the carburator.
> There's a tube on the side of the fan housing that the cable runs
> through on its way to the carb. There is a sheet metal cap and
> spring thing that fit on the cable before it gets to the carb. I
> can't figure out what I'm missing because the spring buckles and the
> cap thing touches the carburator. Looks like I'm missing some sort
> of part, but none of the books I have gives me a clear picture or
> explains this linkage.
>
> Also, is it recommended or necessary to put lead additive in the
> gasoline once the darn thing is running? The sources I have are
> conflicting on this - half says it's necessary - half say it's
> not.
>
> Can someone help me???????
>
> Marilyn Fornell
> mfornell@comcast.net
> 630-961-1623
>

Marilyn: If you can't find the tube I was talking about you can also
remove that long compression spring that's over the cable and use a
tension spring attached to the throttle arm and the carb body. See
part no. 64b on Vic's drawing. Continued good luck. Clancy

Clancy wrote:
>
> Marilyn: Are you talking about a single stock Solex carb and not
some
> dual carb setup? Ok, let me see if I can create a mental picture for
> you: The tube which passes through the fan shroud has a little
> flared ring area which keeps the tube from falling forward (toward
> the front of the car) though the fan shroud. Ok, the tube is in
> place and you've passed the cable through this tube, and the
> accelerator cable is not hung up on anything back near the tranny.
> Now this is what you may be missing...there is another metal tube
> about 4 inches long and about 1/2 inch in diameter which is pressed
> to a smaller diameter opening at one end. This tube is needed if you
> are trying for a stock setup. In use, the large compression spring
> is placed over the cable coming through the fan shroud tube and sits
> on the tube. Then the second metal tube is passed over the spring
> and covers most of the spring with the cable passing though the
> smaller diameter end. Then comes that little sheet metal cap which
> should have a slit in it. That cable is passed into that slit. It
> may be necessary to open the slit up a tad with a screwdriver, but
> be sure to crimp it closed a littel so that it doesn't fall off the
> cable. From this point the cable should be secured in the barrel nut
> in the carb throttle arm. Does this make sense?
>
> If you don't have the metal tube you may be able to get one from a
> junk yard or order from one of the major supply houses....I guess
> that means The Real Source. Good luck. Clancy
>
>
>
>
> Marilyn Fornell wrote:
>>
>> Been restoring this '59 for the past couple of years. It had been
>> sitting in someone's back yard for 14 years when I got it. Lots of
>> small parts were missing off it. Well, finally got the body done
>> (what a mess of rust!) and finally have the rebuilt '62 engine
>> installed. Now comes the fun part. If anyone out there is an
>> expert with an old beetle mechanically, boy could I use some input.
>>
>>
>> Accelerator cable: I'm having a bit of a problem with this. The
>> cable runs through the fan housing on it's way to the carburator.
>> There's a tube on the side of the fan housing that the cable runs
>> through on its way to the carb. There is a sheet metal cap and
>> spring thing that fit on the cable before it gets to the carb. I
>> can't figure out what I'm missing because the spring buckles and the
>> cap thing touches the carburator. Looks like I'm missing some sort
>> of part, but none of the books I have gives me a clear picture or
>> explains this linkage.
>>
>> Also, is it recommended or necessary to put lead additive in the
>> gasoline once the darn thing is running? The sources I have are
>> conflicting on this - half says it's necessary - half say it's
>> not.
>>
>> Can someone help me???????
>>
>> Marilyn Fornell
>> mfornell@comcast.net
>> 630-961-1623
>>
>
>