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The shifting on my 71 bus was very vague with every gear hard to find. Once I thought I had second but it had actually gone into reverse without even needing to push down. It was on my to-do list to tackle it this weekend. I happened to get an early start today and took a look at the shifter...

After I reassembled engine and installed in the '71, we ran into a starter problem. Starter would turn over, but, it would not stop turning over even if the key was turned off. We quickly narrowed down the problem to starter or solenoid. I had another Bug starter available and tried to swap...

The pedal set up on my 71 was not opening up the throttle fully -- just half way. Comparing photos of the linkage and bell crank to parts diag I realized the bellcrank was installed inverted reducing the leverage. I thought that should be an easy 30min fix. Well, not quite... Here's the...

Thanks! Hoping to get more RHD specific help here as theSamba is typically dominated by US models. Btw, I am a US expat who's been here in India for 5+ years now. My other cars (my own) include a 71 1302LS vert (RHD), a '65 KG LHD, and a 66 Fiat 1500 Cabrio LHD (with 1600 twincam). The vert...

Looks like the rear breast plate and the tin you've just installed are not meant to work with one another. There were many different combinations.

Hi! I have a '71 RHD BayWindow Bus here in Bangalore, India. Not mine really, but belongs to a friend for whom I'm "fostering" it. :) The van was "restored" once before but very poorly. The engine was brought to me in boxes. So, over the past year I slowly assembled it together, fixed...