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Mine is a '69 with four bolts. The removable valance was stopped when they stopped using the type 1 'Dog House' fan housing. Probably 1973.

That's it! Rip out the cooker and install decks!

OMG! You'll be fitting a Billy Bookcase in your bus next! :LOL:

I normally use either a bottle jack or trolley jack on the chassis/outrigger joint like others on here. However, on the occasion that I had a puncture, I found that the bottle jack that I normally take with me is too high to get under the chassis with a flat tyre. I also have the original jack...

Yeah Wookie, we'd love an update on what you found.

I was thinking on an Early Bay exhaust. I suppose you would have to weld an 18mm socket onto the bottom of the silencer, (muffler). That way you would get a mix of gasses from all cylinders.

Interesting! Where in the exhaust system did you install the O2 sensor? I assume it is in the silencer unit?

Apologies! Miss-read what you typed, Other than that what I said is correct.

Copper is not a good idea. It can work harden with vibration and crack. Stainless is better but can also crack after a prolonged period.

Not strictly true! Mine has never had belly pans! Only the front pan under the pedals! Oh! just to say that mine is a tin top so maybe that makes a difference!

No, that's fine! "You do you", as they say! :)

Well, all I can say in answer to that is my 1600sp has been running on SAE 30 and latterly on 5 w 30 since 1983 with no problems.

Why! Why give your cat caviar when it is quite happy with kitty kat!

If he had the engine on a stand and the fuel on the floor then the pump probably can't lift the fuel that high. The beetle fuel tank in comparison is relatively on the same level as the pump so will have enough lift to pump from the tank.

If the above doesn't sort it, drain the petrol from the carb float bowl. It may have water in the bottom of it and gets picked up when you try to accelerate. If you are using E10 fuel, this is becoming a problem as the Ethanol absorbs water and it deposits on the lowest part of the petrol tank...