Oil change, had to drop the round metal filter with I think 6 nuts. Don't forget to get a new gasket. Valve clearance adjustment, a constant regular thing with these. Not hard, just tedious and sometimes the spring holding each valve cover on could be a pain to pop loose. Transmission level check (that was fun). I loved my Beetles, learned a lot about car maintenance (by necessity lol) but I wouldn't have another at my age now.
They had a ridiculous accelerator cable similar to a bicycle brake cable that often broke. I’m pretty sure I’ve been in that position routing a replacement to the engine.
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Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Idles ruff.
Zier@fedia.io · 3 pts · 2y
The Scooby-Doo Garage, solving mysteries one car at a time. Ruh-Roh
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Is there ever a legitimate reason to get under a bug like that? I'm pretty sure the entire engine is accessible through the little trunk opening.
Rhaedas@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
Oil change, had to drop the round metal filter with I think 6 nuts. Don't forget to get a new gasket. Valve clearance adjustment, a constant regular thing with these. Not hard, just tedious and sometimes the spring holding each valve cover on could be a pain to pop loose. Transmission level check (that was fun). I loved my Beetles, learned a lot about car maintenance (by necessity lol) but I wouldn't have another at my age now.
cly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
They had a ridiculous accelerator cable similar to a bicycle brake cable that often broke. I’m pretty sure I’ve been in that position routing a replacement to the engine.