I converted a '63 beetle from 6 to 12 volt, the only tough spot (for a poor
college kid) was the wiper motor. Only one year of beetle in the late sixties,
first year of 12 volt, had a motor that would back-fit, and $70 was more than I
could afford. I could afford a really high current low-ohm
If I remember correctly the 6V bugs had a cable tween the gauge
and tank and the buses didn't have a gauge, just a little handle
you turned when the gas ran out and then you better get some
soonest. It wasn't till the 12V cars came in that the gas gauge
went to electric in the bug and a gauge w
Dan the first thing to try is to disconnect the vacuum from the
transmission alltogether. That will give the hardest shift. All
that the vacuum does is to cause the modulator to reduce the
internal pressure on the clutches at low to partial throttle.
In normal use as you push harder on the ped