How to Restore Volkswagen Beetle (Enthusiasts Restoration Manuals) – PDF DOWNLOAD
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How to Restore Volkswagen Beetle (Enthusiasts Restoration Manuals) – PDF DOWNLOAD
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How to Restore Volkswagen Beetle (Enthusiasts Restoration Manuals) – PDF DOWNLOAD
YOUR step-by-step illustrated guide to body, trim & mechanical restoration All models 1953 to 2003
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS :
This book is very much the richer thanks to the help and goodwill of Simon and Barbara of the Beetle Specialist Workshop of Worcestershire, England, and most especially the encyclopedic knowledge and vast experience of all things Volkswagen of BSW workshop chief Terry Ball. It is a rare privilege to be invited to spend a substantial length of time in such a quality professional restoration workshop.
INTRODUCTION :
As recently as the 19905. the Beetle was easily the most prolific classic car on the roads of Britain but, in the following years, the situation altered and, in the let century, the Beetle has become quite a rare sight on our roads. The decline in Beetle numbers is almost certainly due to many having failed their annual road worthiness test due to body rot, consequently being scrapped or left to rot away; not just a few, but tens of thousands. The reason why Beetles have been scrapped in such awesome numbers is that the cost of restoring them professionally has been greater than the car’s end value, and too few owners have been prepared to _ undertake (or have started and abandoned) DIY restorations. In recent years, countless Beetles will have had shoddy welded repairs necessary to keep or make the car roadworthy, giving it another year or two of life on the road but ultimately leading to the car’s demise as the cost of properly repairing the growing number of such temporary repairs rises. Many people will have started DlY restorations on their unroadworthy Beetles but, as is so often the case with DIY restoration, enthusiasm andfor money will have petered out partway through the job.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
How to Restore Volkswagen Beetle (Enthusiasts Restoration Manuals) – PDF DOWNLOAD
Chapter 1 Buying a Beetle
Restoration/reshelling cars
The workhorse
Restored cars
Customised cars
Convertibles
Lookers’
Salas
Where to look
Who to buy from
Specialist dealers
Classic car auctions
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How much to pay
Assessing bodywork ‘
Underneath
Mechanical examination
Mechanical/electrical
Inside the car
Outside the car
Test drive
The final analysrs
A caveat
When you have bought your Beetle
inspection
Under the car
Rear of the car
Engine compartment
General
interior
first service
And finally
Chapter 2 Mechanical restoration
& repair
Work place & tools
Safety
Avoi ing trouble
Engine tests & removal
Engine removal
Height restriction _
Engine strip, inspection & rebuild
inspection
Crankshaft grinding
Rebuild
Pistons & cylinders
Cylinder heads: refit
Cylinder heads: repair
Rocker gear
Valve gurdes
Modifications
Head overhaul
Lapping valves
Rebuild continued
Fuel pump
T mware
Topcoat paints
Engine e ectrics
Coll & condenser
Distributor
HT components
C/B’(contact breaker) points
Rotor arm
Static timing
Dynamic timing
Dwell angle
Vacuum advance
Engine won’t start!
Diagnostics
Is there a spark?
Low tension crrcuit
High tension crrcurt
HT leads, distributor cap, plugs
Fuel
The fuel system
Fuel tank
Fuel tank sender unit
Fuel lines
Carburettor
Specifications
Inlet manifold
Clutch fork shaft
Clutch spares
Clutch fork shaft rebuild
Gearbox (transaxle) removal & refitting
Swing axle cars
Diagonal arm suspension cars
Gearbox
Brakes – overvrew
Rear brakes
Front brakes édrum)
Front brakes disc)
Master cylinder
Bleeding the brakes
Suspension/steering
Front suspension – torsion bar
Beam axle
Front suspension – MacPherson strut type
Rear suspension
Swing arm suspension
Diagonal arm suspension
Wheel beanngs
Steering
Steering wheel & column
General electrical system – overview
Restoration 8 electrics
Battery
Lights
Fuses
Windscreen wiper rocker replacement
Rocker removal
Refit
Starter motor
Generator
Voltage regulator
Heat exchangers 8: exhaust
Heating system
Final setting up
Carburation
Transmission
Brakes
Chapter 3 Bodywork 8: trim
restoration
Premises, tools, skills & equipment
Welding equipment
Using a MIG welder
First steps with a MIG
Other tools & equipment
Use 8: abuse of body filler
| Using body filler
| Panel beating
l Repair panels
| Rust proofing
! Restoration – car condition
! Paint & underseal
1 Seat removal
! Seat repair
! Rear seat
2 Front seats
l Fixed glass removal
l Window aperture repairs
i Windscreen refit
l Headlining removal
i Headllnlng replacement
5 Door removal
‘ Door strip down
‘ Door panel repair
l Door rebuild
l Wing removal
9 Wing repair
l Wing replacement
| Running boards
| Bodyshell welded repair
| Rear Inner wing
| Rear bumper mounts
| Front end – overview
i Luggage bay lid removal/replacement
i Flitch replacement
3 Fltch repair panels
3 Spare wheel well
3 Removal of bodyshell from chassis
I Floor pan repair/replacement
| Floor pan repair
2 Combined floor pan halves/heater channel
5 replacement
5 Heat channel replacement
3 Frame head
5 Front crossmember (toe board) replacement
5 Rear crossmember (heelboard) repair
3 ‘A’ & ‘8’ post repair
7 Refit bodyshell to chassis
2 Quarter panel repair
2 Window aperture
l Luggage/engine bay seal retaining strips
3 Flitch top rail repair
1 Using ‘donor’ car panels
5 Paintwork
3 Painting equipment & facilities
3 Types of paint
3 Preparation
1 Under the wings
J Finishing touches
1 ‘Boxing up’
2 Chromework
2 Interior
2 Case history
3 Update
3 Professional restorers
Sad but true
Chapter 4 About the Beetle
Living with a Beetle
Index
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