Help!

[Blue Baron]

I said it may be a sticking needle valve. The way to check is when the engine stalls, give the top of the carb where the fuel line goes in a few good whacks with a hammer. If the engine then starts, replace the needle valve. It's in your rebuild kit.

Worn bushings is a problem. You'll find gas leaks around the throttle arm when the problem gets critical.

[KKV270]

Unfortunately I struggle with that last one Blue Baron- worn bushes that allow for leaks occasionally. Any solutions or is it just time to get the carb replaced? I tried creating my own bush out of aluminium (Pepsi can ) but it would cause the throttle to jam on acceleration and have an excess Rev as the return spring couldn't shut it..

[Itskyle]

After rebuilding the carb (twice) I was able to drive the beetle not only pass the CVS at the front of the subdivision, the Speedway, that I had coasted to before, but all the way into work.

Of course, being a near 50 year old car, it has some other issues I need to look into, but this major show stopper may be OK now.

I'll see after work if I can't get it started up then.

Kyle

[Itskyle]

It's been running great, like a top.

My wife loves to ride in it. The son tolerates it (his exact phrase was this back seat, while cramped, feels like I am sitting on air) HA! He isn't used to actual springs in seats!

Had it painted by Maaco. They did a passable job, it looks great from a distance, but they didn't charge me extra for the original paint color even though it was a pearl coat white.

The right front wheel bearing needs replaced, so I didn't drive it in to work today or yesterday. I'm waiting to get a hold of a buddy with a breaker bar to get that wheel off to replace the bearing.

I was going to pay somebody else to do the bearing until I saw how easy it looked on Youtube and found out how inexpensive the bearing is. My wife couldn't believe it herself when I told her, for we have had to replace bearings on two of our cars before, and it never was a cheap undertaking.

I'm nervous about the cold weather approaching. I still need to get new rubber seals on everything, put the windshield in (existing one is cracked), new front apron, and running boards.

If I get the wheel bearing fixed, I'm driving it to the CCVW Volkstoberfest and will bring along some extra parts and memorabilia to flog to support the restore. I mentioned this to my wife, but I think she thought I was kidding.

Hope to see other people there.

Kyle

[Blue Baron]

Don't jump to conclusions it's a wheel bearing. I just fixed a seized wheel cylinder in my '63. Same symptoms as a bad bearing. (Also, a separated brake lining will cause the same thing.)

Before tearing everything off with a wheel puller, try to back off the brake adjusters. If the wheel then turns freely, the problem is not with the bearing.

[Itskyle]

Don't jump to conclusions it's a wheel bearing. I just fixed a seized wheel cylinder in my '63. Same symptoms as a bad bearing. (Also, a separated brake lining will cause the same thing.)

Before tearing everything off with a wheel puller, try to back off the brake adjusters. If the wheel then turns freely, the problem is not with the bearing.

It was the wheel bearing. I had just had the brakes done (should have done them myself, saved the money, and found out about the bearing about to go bad then.

There wasn't much left of that outer bearing. It had literally disintegrated in the short time that it went bad. The only part left of it was the inner housing, which was stuck fast to the spindle. A buddy with a dremel tool, and a torch, finally convinced that last bit of that outer bearing to come off.

I did make it to Volkstoberfest, but too late to enter the car in officially (not that I would expect it to win.)

It was a good time, this weekend going for a longer trip in it, down to Bloomington to go camping with the scouts.

Kyle