Classic VW Beetle Bug Restoration How To Tip Engine Seal

[clangoddard1]

cheers for that chris. You might live to regret that lol:)

[clangoddard1]

Hi Chris

I have just bought a 1970 beetle. I haven't a clue how to work on her but I am an keen learner. Thank for you videos as they are a great help to me. I find the mauals difficult to understand so videos are great

Christine

[brighteyefilms]

@clangoddard1 Christine, no worries! If you need any help on the car, just email me.

[neckarsulme]

Excellent tip Chris....This is overlooked a lot. My '65 has a 1' gap from a chewed up seal which i'm now going to replace, Thx.

[babykilla1231]

Nice 1968, my first bug is a 68, w/ a 1800cc motor, pure white, me and my dad are restoring it to it's orig. beauty, although it was originaly bright red, lol. But, yep, that ol' engine seal is important alright, haha

[2vacuumboy]

Hey you are very cute!

[MrOeric0]

Did the 64 have an engine seal? cause I looked online and they only have 68 and up

[brighteyefilms]

@MrOeric0 yes all bugs did.



[l2eaz]

am going to buy my first vw beatle its a 1974 one. its not in very good conditin, i wish to repair it. please help e . where can i get the sparepart and accesories, thanks in advance

peace andlove

[chillidog1050]

Man...What an awesome site ! Wish this were around back in my days of owning Bugs... I had 2- 61's and a '66. I really miss my 2nd '61 which had a sunroof.. I myself rolled the odometer over once...that car was great !

[TheManc0]

hey chris, your videos are really helpful!! i have looked around but i cant find a guide to install an after market rear apron, do you have a video?

[musclecarpower]

Man I wish you lived by me I would come and work with you on bugs I had two 62 one 68 one 69 and a 71 super, my dad had 33 beetles through the years and I helped him from the time I was 5 or 6 he's 74 now and drives a chevy.

[LeviMan2001]

Wow, I never even knew there was a seal there, I'm just getting into vws with three supers.

[adrilue3]

dude, ur so helpfull, seriously, thank you!! I'll get one tomorrow morning!

[adrilue3]

hey chris, i got a question... whats the right space the contact points should have between them... like... i know its milimeters, but... how can i know, i've heard there are this things they sell for u to calibrate it, but how can i know for sure.. what can i use as a guide... i used to use them really really close to each other and my contact points used to burn in like 2 weeks...

[brighteyefilms]

You need to pick up a feeler gauge at any auto store. The space needs to be 16000ths

cv

[vw68autobug]

@adrilue3

Hi

You used to be able to buy Dwell meters which showed the exact points gap..

I have had a dwell meter for many years but never use it. I use a feeler gauge instead.

also replace your condensor on Your distributor.., also the distributor cap and rotor were usually replaced every 20,000miles in the old days...

Dwell meter and strobe type timing lamp are needed to time the distributor [plus feeler gauges]

.016" is the feeler gauge in imperial size...

Lee in Australia

[wpatpeters]

I dig your vids man. What do the nasty commenting idiots want for free?

Assholes should be driving rice burners.

In Japan. Fuggin clowns.

[bearhamo]

Good tip. VW did everything they did for a reason. They spent a lot of time on research. I even believe you should have the flippers and thermostat which I have only seen two out of all the bugs I have disassembed.

[vw68autobug]

@bearhamo

the thermostats were removed in Australia at the first service to stop any over heating... I don't know who made this recommendation.. but the thermostats were trashed... so they are very rare now.

You can buy Mexican thermostats but they stay shut if they fail, the german ones stayed open if they failed.

Lee in Australia

[deweypug]

Nice video series. Ya know, this entire matter of keeping the upper half of the VW engine completely separate from the lower half is so crucial to the health of the engine. That is- the cool section which sucks the air in via the fan, and the hot cylinder heads below that have the air blown onto them.

I have seen many dead engines that have died because of heat exchanger tubes and engine seals leaking or missing altogether.

[djapex]

SUPER tip thanks.