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Do you have any manuals, such as John Muir's "How to keep your Volkswagen Alive", or a Chilton's/Haynes/Clymer/Bentley...?  If you don't have at least one of them yet, then I strongly urge you to make that investment before going any further.

Starter:  Have you tested the starter to find out if it's even working?  There are procedures explained in Muir's book on how to do that safely.  If it checks out, you need some sort of circuit tester to start checking wires/grounds, etc.

Master Cylinder:  other side of the kickwall from the brake pedal.  Easily found if you pull off the left front tire, and you'll see it.

Spring on the carb:  The spring won't make the engine idle too fast, but other things (timing, carb adjustment, tight accelerator cable) will.  Before turning any screws on your carb, read the manuals on how to do it properly; give your engine a complete tuneup, and then you can make the adjustments.

Yeah I Have A Chiltons Big Book covers all foreign cars like up too 79 I Think from 68 << Somethin like that . Can Tell You Things Are Done Differently Than what a Chilton,s Will Give You . Least For the Most part these days . Best Bett Here Is I Agree with the Bugmeister On This John Muirs Idiot Manual How Too Keep Your Volkswagen Alive is Probably the Best for the beginner Volkswagen Mechanic . << very Informative and big time on the shade tree how too, in your Garage . Keep the Chilton,s <, as Back Up has Good Info Also . But cant beat the Idiot manual . <, Sell um at Napa auto . Now as too your starter problem ? Jack car up Crawl under neath it Look Around the wires Goin too The Starter Should be a Big Battery Wire , then a small grey wire usually layin across the transaxle too the starter plugged in too small male prong on the starter solenoid . This small wire is what engages the starter . Now if you dont have that then Hi Probability exist you have a small wire runnin from the starter solenoid intoo a small black box and or a Ford Solenoid < This is an Upgrade . If Its the Small Black Box Will usually Have an In Line Plastic Fuse . << Check the Fuse And Chec Too see if Wire that Goes Too Black Box thats Probably layin across the transaxle has fire too the black box with a test lamp while somebody turns key switch too start . ( Disconnect Coil wire For safety So wont start and Run you over ) Post again with your Findings . As Too Location of Lil Black Relay Box << Purely depends where They Drilled A Hole and Mounted it with a screw , Sometime Its Just hangin . But should be with in A Foot or so Of The Starter . As Too Master Cylinder When You Gett That far Post Again With Problem,s Etc Reason Why you Want Too know where its At Etc . As Too Carb Type Etc More Info Needed . Sean

By pull staring I mean pulling it with a chain behind a lawn tractor witch is at full throtle.

as to the master cylinder comment My cusin was looking for it for some reason(trying to help me with the problem, I geuss) He thought it was around the engine.The container that's inside the driver's side front fender I'm assuming that that's where the break fliud gose(missing the cap).

I mite one of these weekends put it on the rack(lift) and see what's what underneath

Exacly......I figure something's not hooked up right considering when I got it, it was literally in pieces and all inside the car, engine case, tail light lenses, spare tire, and the "hood" or rear hatch or what ever you wanna call it all of it. So I'm thinking I need to get under there and see if I can figure out what the problem. Oh btw is the type 1 wiring all intergrated in to one circt more specifcaly my wiring. Saw in Herbie fully loaded wher they compltely shut Herbie down by unpluging the L-plate light connectors so that's why I asked

Ummmm, yup, that's what you gotta do.  But go get that book first so you have an idea of what you're looking for.

Do you believe everything you see in movies???

You've got quite a few fuses in your car - each fuse represents a different circuit.  Get a book with a wiring schematic, or check out some of the sites with wiring diagrams (sorry, I don't have any links handy)

That is a 'no' on the movie thing.

Bought the book yet?  ;-)