Recent content by Dantra

It has the electronic conversion.. A pleasant surprise that I discovered while doing the cap.

Cap color doesn't seem to matter in my case. My spare cap that I used was black (came from Oreilys Auto Parts) but the one it replaced was brown. My bug has a red one now.. Just depends on mfr.

I guess 642 knowledge is fading away... But here is the answer for the other lonely 642 owners. Over the weekend, I decided to have another look at the cap and thought "Damn, that looks just like the one in my Beetle" .. I've got a chop top 1970 VW Bug that I built a few years ago and plenty of...

What's out there for aftermarket Carbs and rebuild kits Bobert enjoys a good choke to start and a little less choke to run it's smoothest.. No choke at all and he sputters out.

So, I've been Googling and searching this forum for a definitive answer as to what cap and rotor I need for Bobert. He runs pretty good, but looking at things, it's time. I did find that the factory plug is a AGR-22, but the cap and rotor has become aggravating. I considered buying one of the...

Thanks for such a great answer!

When I bought this machine, I assumed the center pedal was for the aux control lines. I just read something that says that the center pedal is a parking brake. If that's the case, it looks like I need to fix the park brake because it doesn't work. If it is actually the brake... what controls the...

I'm pretty sure that the 642 that I just picked up, has hydro fluid in the tank. I've read that 10w30, 10w40 and 15w40 are what is typically used. I keep AW32, 5w20syn and 15w40 in bulk.. not looking to keep anything else. I'm in Indiana and wondering if the 15w40 would be fine to use? I'll...

Picked up a pretty decent 642, last weekend at an auction. Needs a few things but I have a strong mechanical and fabrication background, so I'm not sweating it. I'm not a purist so pretty much nothing will come from dealer. Just need to learn a few things, get some specs and take any beatings...