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• Rear Disc brake conversion for early Bug
• Disk Brake converstion..front! (1 2 3 4)
• dropped valve in 1600
• Big bore piston and liner kit on 1.6
• Electric fan for the cooling coil?
• stock 1600cc rebuild, upgrades, detailing? (1 2)
• 1600cc engine build up
• dynamo servicing
• Fuel Pump for Fuel Injection
• Bearing sizes , brand for alternators, generators
• New fuel line for FI
• allignment & balancing (1 2)
• Temperature Dipstick
• let's share what engine, gear oil you guys use
• FLywheel lightening
• Noisy Valvetrain (1 2)
• feul gauge
• Sealants, loctite etc for aircooled motors
• Restoration welding works (1 2 3 4 5 6)
• protect your speedo
• Cal Look tyres combo
• servo conversion (1 2)
• Battery Cut Off Switch + or -
• early model wiper model
• hard to start
• shifters
• Stock Plug cables
• aftermarket ignition upgrade (1 2 3 4)
• stock fuel tank mod for FI
• coil location
• Floor Pan stiffteners
• lowering my beetle .. (1 2 3)
• O2 Sensor
• high torque starter motors
• rear anti roll bar (1 2)
• resistor-less Bosch rotors
• distributor advice needed
• still in search for counterweight crank n 110 cam!
• petrol tank venting
• Petrol tank cap for early model
• 1300 Heads, Cylinders and Pistons on a 1200 Case
• Uuu... wats this?
• rotating parts balancing (1 2)
• Polyurethane Rear Torsion Arm bushing
• Dropped Spindles
• Nasty Port Flow
• Lowered Type1's (1 2 3)
• Rubberized Under Seal - Yay or Nay?
• Sound Deadening
• Window Scraper Restoration
• Signal lights grounding
• Door Panel Removal
• TIG welding and balancing the fan (1 2 3)
• Alternator OVER charging
• Tranny maintenance/diagnosis....... (1 2 3)
• VW front beam and Swing Axle suspension upgrades
• Porsche Camber Compensator
• Megasquirt DIY EFI
• Brake hose length
• Rag Top beetle
• Lead, Tin Filling
• Petrol smell (1 2 3)
• steering box lube
• 1966 Euro version wiring diagram
• Solex repair kits
• What are relays used for? fuses??
• Restoration Threads
• Vehicle weights
• mechanical oil pressure gauge
• high performance coatings
• clutch cable, accelerator cable lengths?
• safety belts for early model VWs
• New Sound System
• Primer - what is out there?
• Bolt grade standards
• Personal view
• Painting a VW
• Restoring an old Beetle
• HOW TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE CHASSIS (1 2)
• making own VW fuel tanks out of aluminium
• Torque Bar (1 2)
• locally made electronic distributor for VW (1 2)
• Floorboard talk (1 2)
• DEEP OIL SUMP EXTENSION
• avoiding corrosion
• Wheel Lug Torquing
• Oil Cooler Project (1 2 3 4)
• SEDAN TO RAG TOP CONVERSION
• Help??!! - My beetle gears failed to engage... :( (1 2)
• torque value for body to chasis M13 bolts
• BRAKE FLUID
• oil temp sender location
• Restoring old bumpers
• what clamps are these?
• what rims can i use
• rear torsion bars
• SKINNING YOUR BRAKE SHOES
• HOW TO RECOVER IN A SPIN
• TOWING WITH A VW ?
• HOW SLOW CAN U GO IN 4TH GEAR
• WHICH IS BEST ? VW FRONT BULBS
• upgrade top speed (1 2)
• HOW TO KEEP THE VW RUNNING COOL
• Narrowing the Beam
• HOW HOT CAN BE THE VW RUN ACTUALLY
• SPARK PLUG IN OUR VW
• ESSENTIAL DIALS IN THE VW
• SINGLE PORT OR DUAL PORT
• WASHING OUR PETROL TANKS
• ENGINE OIL CHANGE - MALAYISAN WEATHER
• VW SOUNDPROOFING (1 2)
• DRY CELL OR WET CELL BATTERIES
• Fuel tank
• ENGINE BREAK IN S
• TYRE ROTATION ON SWING AXLE BEETLES
• PAINTING YOUR ENGINE
• TECH QUEERY
• O Berg - Oil Filter
• carb rebushing services
• Download tech manuals
• Trigger Shifter - Q&A (1 2)
• wheel bearings VW
• rear torsion bar size
• Oil Temp (1 2)
• 66 model fuel sender
• Mechanic for fixing 13B rotary in Beetle
• disc brake dropped spindles
• Chop Top VW
• Standard Spare Parts Price & Workmanship (1 2)
• Petrol smell when I stand near my engine?
• 6v to 12v
• 4 cylinder Porsche engine into a VW
• 1200 engine modify (1 2)
• Right rear wheel slightly slanting (1 2)
• Leaky carb - repair kit?
• wide 5 vw rims balancing
• set
• original steel wheel restoration
• door pin changing (1 2)
• Retrofitting Power Steering in vws
• How to Jump Start Properly ?
• VW door's small parts
• Sandblasting in Malaysia
• Fuel Gauge needle......
• locally done/modified disc brake for early beetle?
• VW Technical (1 2)
• Carburator
• Faulty car switch, need replacement ASAP
• VW TRANSMISSION Part II
• HID for Beetle
• Brake servo, hydraulic clutch and Pedals setup (1 2)
• Bosch VW Electronic Distributor
• early to late wiper shaft conversion
• thud like sound coming from rear left
• Door Pin
• VW TRANSMISSION R & P Ratio (1 2)
• REF: Floor pans and heater channels
• Floorboard (1 2)
• Q on engine types...
• Over Haul your engine? (1 2 3 4)
• Steering Box
• Brand of engine oil (1 2 3)
• What a bus
• Nice setup
• Altenator not charging
• Fan Shroud and engine tins (1 2)
• leagendary mechanic
• IS THIS SAFE??
• Front Axle Modification (1 2)
• Replacing the gear shifter bushes
• engine fuel lubricant (1 2 3)
• bug refuse to start
• Tools
• Changing Fenders
• Jerking
• VW Books
• Kombi Gear Shifting
• Front Axle - conversion from Kingpin to later type (1 2)
• fan box
• Evolved 'H' series engine
• Who told you...there is NO engine Engine in front
• 12 Volt Generator
• Polyurethane bushings
• Idle Problem
• 1915 turbo project (1 2)
• Bearing clearences
• stock 1600 turbo info (1 2 3)
• Intermitent wiper setup
• Mounted my dash fan
• 65 Beetle 356rwhp (2500cc WRX STi)
• lowered
• Mods
• Fuel Pump (1 2 3)
• Carburator
• Beetle C Pillar Soundproofing (1 2)
• Air-condition
• starting problem...
• Cylinders & Pistons
• How to differentiate a 1.3 or 1.6 beetle engine? (1 2)
• advice needed
• Battery Relocation
• Is this stuff any good
• Post 1975 Alternators - Single Pin Type
• What is this?What isit used for?How much it worth?
• Battery being drained !! (1 2 3)
• Engine (Crankcase) Numbers Not in Line
• Gear Box mounting
• The look of Beetle (1 2)
• FI wiring through firewall
• Fuel leaking from cap...
• Valve adjustment
• Oil leak from oil filter?? (1 2 3 4)
• Rear shelf measurements needed
• Useful website
• Engine rebuilding / upgrade (1 2 3)
• Vacum for timing
• Carb Engine VS FI Engine?!? Which 1 better? (1 2 3)
• 1.2cc engines VS 1.3cc engines
• Inspection/check list for buying a used VW Bug. (1 2)
• Custom made Disc brakes - not OEM VW
• Stainless Steel brake Line upgrade
• EFI upgrade!!!
• Chasis/Body rigidity - improve?
• Heat Risers? need em or nt?
• Loose front quater glass
• Hood Seal (Mexico)
• Air-Con for 1.3L VW.. (1 2 3)
• driveshaft rubber boot leak...
• aftermarket EFI mod (1 2 3 4)
• transmission(gearbox) oil
• 1303/1302 (1 2)
• Hydraulic Lifters
• Dual Port Manifold vs Single Port Manifold
• turbo engines for vw bettle
• bodywork welding techniques
• VW Website
• Distributor Rotor (1 2)
• Rag top
• DIY CD/MP3 Player & Speakers (1 2 3)
• Generator light (1 2)
• single piece windows
• gearbox tech
• NIkasil Plated Cast Aluminium Cylinders
• modifications on engine (1 2)
• Gearbox Oil Change
• Volvo 240 brake fluid reservoir
• wiring harness kit for beetle
• gear box weld in mount
• Body to Chasis SEAL (1 2)
• performance engine building (1 2)
• framehead chasis bolt 4 pcs
• steering shafts differences, boss kit
• Clutch pressure plate
• Front Brake Disc (1 2 3)
• rack and pinion...
• Fire Extinguisher install
• Motor Oil Articles by Dr. Ali E. H (1 2)
• Do we have type 4 engine in Msia??
• super confusion....
• type of engine
• 1303S Suspension
• Speedo meter
• significant of firewall
• full tank capacity, prices and mpg? (1 2)
• VW Specialists vs Normal Mechanic
• Petrol Tank Cleaning
• Engine Dead When Step on the Accellerator (1 2)
• Gearbox Problem
• ventilation (1 2 3)
• Parts replaced recently
• Engine Leakage (1 2 3 4)
• WTA- recomended wheel spacer or rims offset (1 2 3)
• progressive webber,twin carb,performance carb
• Drive shaft rubber cover (1 2)
• Fuel Leakage 101
• engine oil you guys use
• 58' mechanical fuel pump
• adding engine breathing
• Carb Repair Kits Needed
• MY Fuel Injection engine - !! (1 2)
• Disc Brake Solution (1 2)
• ICE. (1 2)
• Super charger (1 2)
• Porsche Engine
• Weber Progressive 32/36 DGAV (1 2 3 4)
• 2nd battery
• Starter motor
• Defi Series Gauges
• Wiper Motor Dying
• NGV on Bug (1 2)
• Belt cover.
• Interior. (1 2)
• Carbs
• My bad day... (1 2)
• How fast can ur Vw go? (1 2)
• Volkswagon 411/412
• Kombi
• What is this wire for?
• Pros & Cons.
• Spark Plugs
• Dehne Fuel Gauge
• Fuel Filter Cleaning
• Tuning the engine timing
• Octane Ratings ???Unleaded or Leaded
• Bug Shaking
• Driver side lower
• BioFuel
• Methods for lowering....
• Before and After (1 2 3)
• Hydraulic Jack (1 2)
• What is this???
• Change of engine oil (1 2)
• 1.3 Gearbox and 1.6 Gearbox
• proper brake hoses
• Fuse 8 amp or 16amp?
• How to.....
• Loose Ignition Key Hole
• Compufire Ignition
• Nut size
• Useful technical site
• external oil cooler (1 2)
• Fixed my no idle problem
• A-arm front suspension
• converting from SWING to IRS
• Turbo anyone??
• Porsche Fan System
• Engine MODS!!! (1 2)
• Need help
• 5 speed...
• Fuel
• supercharged VW
• hubs and shafts
• Website link
• Window crank handle stuck
• Fixed my drivers vent window
• Engine Oil (1 2)
• alternator cleanup and bearing change (1 2)
• Electronic Fuel Pump (EFP)
• Powered pop-outs
• serpentine belt system vs V belt
• bleed the air from the drum brake
• Transmission Issues
• Types of wipers for your bug
• Battery for your Bug
• Absorbers
• KONI steering damper
• pedal assembly upgrades
• Chamber Adjustment
• welding shops that has done body removal restorati
• Engine oil stains
• anybody fitted HID to vws?
• neat wiring under dashboard
• Rain Deflector repair
• hoses and fittings tech explained