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It seems like the list of essential touring spares to carry in the vehicle at all times, is progressively getting longer!

That would be my guess too! The 38A rated dynamo had an external voltage regulator, but I vaguely recall that there was an early-type alternator [50A rating & external voltage regulator] and late-type alternator [55A rating & internal voltage regulator]

Are you referring to the following links or some other? https://www.magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/volksworld-magazine-june-2002-issue.html https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/volksworld-magazine Why would a VW 1600 Type 2 engine mount be in the way of a hand-cranked. engine starting handle!?! My father...

Battery EMF voltage and hence current, is a temperature dependent property, covered in the chemical thermodynamics section of physical chemistry. In short, the lower the temperature the lower the lower the EMF voltage. In some of the colder climates, one could obtain mains-electric heating...

If that doesn't work, I shall simply resort to cranking the engine over by hand, using the starting-handle facility that was retro-fitted in circa 1989; a facility that was factory-fitted to some vehicles, especially for the armed forces. See the following magazine article featuring a military...

I have long planned to do something similar, using a momentary push-button micro-switch on the steering column (on the opposite side to the ignition switch), to activate a solenoid (i.e. ultra heavy-duty relay) in the engine-compartment, of the same type that would be used with an inertia-type...

If one has a factory-standard, VW 1600 Type 2 with the oil-bath air cleaner and various 50 mm diameter flexible hoses, it's probably easier to access a battery mounted on the other side of the engine compartment. This is what we did in circa 1981/82, when we fitted a generic 60 Ah battery...

I concur regarding the headlamp switch and headlamp dip & flasher relay. It's also advisable to carry a direction-indicator cum hazard warning light relay, together with at least one complete set of bulbs & fuses. If one incorporates multi-way connector blocks into the various electrical...

I am in no way embarrassed by my gear-knob, salvaged from the local car breaker's yard, when VW 411 & 412 cars were common there, which has served me well for many years. My late-1970s vintage Olympus OM2 SLR camera does not have any film in it, and I would be reluctant to spend the money on...

No pictures of the gear-lever or knob available and none are likely to be available for at least the next few years! I have always found gear-selection to be incredibly easy with my 1973 model-year VW Type 2 and NEVER selected the wrong gear by mistake! Of course you've already seen the...

I get the feeling that civil unrest is quite common in the USA as are mass shootings, which is hardly surprising, given that there are more than 400,000,000 licenced firearms, including automatic & semi-automatic assault weapons and probably an unlimited supply of ammunition. On average, there...

The gear-lever knob on my 1973 model-year VW Type 2 (manufactured late-August or early-September 1972) is of the type used on a VW 411/412, which is more comfortable for my hand. The gear lever also has an extra bend in it (done using a pipe bender at work in 1988/89), to make the lever easier...

I too have a few telescopic magnetic probes which I bought cheaply from a tool stall at a local boot fair. I also have a similar looking telescopic pen cum board-pointer for use when lecturing.

I presume one or both "fuel-injected" cylinder heads would have an M10 x 1.0 mm threaded boss for a cylinder-head temperature sensor, for the North American specification, Bosch L-Jetronic fuel-injection system and possibly the Mexican specification Bosch Digifant fuel-injection system, which...

I came across more than a few members of the REME, RE & RAOC, plus a former member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, during the year I spent at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, during 1990~91.

There are lots of requirements for driving in Europe these days! Germany requires one to carry a first aid kit and although one may carry a spare petrol can, one MAY NOT store spare petrol it. Running out of petrol on the autobahns is an offence. Either one on two warning triangles are...

It's my impression that the inlet-manifold in the first picture has a large-bore vacuum connection for a vacuum brake servo unit, but not a small-bore vacuum connection for the air-filter housing's thermostatically-controlled, air-flow damper. I suspect that the inlet-manifold in the second...

What has become of the two pre-threaded holes for the seat-belt mounting points in the central aisle? I would be wary of cutting large holes (especially with sharp internal corners, which create extreme stress-concentrations for crack formation!) in a vital support structure for the front seat...

Overall effective gearing is dependent upon transaxle gear ratios & final-drive ratios, plus wheel-diameter, tyre section-width & tyre aspect-ratio. With tyres of the same nominal section width, using a lower profile than 185/80 R14C on a 14 inch wheel or 195/70 R15C on a 15 inch wheel or 195/65...

These LPG - liquid petroleum gas (i.e. butane or propane) tanks, should not be confused by Americans with gasoline / petrol tanks, who for reasons best known to themselves, misguidedly call them gas tanks.