Due to having an awful flatspot I am looking to ditch the dreaded 009 and replace with a standard distribute. The problem is I can't find in the manual what code I need. I have loads of them at my disposal however the codes stamped on the side vary. I have a 1600t engine. Any help would be greatly a...

Does anybody know where i can buy some ht leads from for my fastback as i think they need changing. I have had a look online but cant find any anywhere. I will also get a new dissy cap and rotor arm, am i right in thinking these are the same as a beetle.

Gary

The galleries were the same diameter so the oil cooler is now fitted.

Thanks again for ther advice

Thanks Peter, fingers crossed i wont need to worry about conversion seals then.

Thanks for your help, im going to pop up my garage and check the galleries tonight. If i do need a conversion seal, do you know where i can buy them.

I am in the process of rebuilding my 1600 fastback engine and im slightly unsure of what spacers if any i should be using on the oil cooler. Im not sure if there were any on there when i took the oil cooler off but it looks like there should be some fitted.In the gasket set i bought there are two di...

Ok, so after a few months of owning the fasty i am now drawing up a list of jobs to do. The first one is a biggy, and its going to be a full engine rebuild!! To cut along story short after a couple of weeks the engine started smoking a bit, turns out that a push rod tube has rusted through and has a...

not sure why the pics are so small but hey-ho

As promised here are the pics of my Fasty http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l612/gary-pb/th_014.jpg http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l612/gary-pb/th_015.jpg http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l612/gary-pb/th_016.jpg http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l612/gary-pb/th_018.jpg http://i1126.photo...

That sounds great, probably going to struggle this month as i am at Vanfest the day after but i will definitely try and pop down for the October meet

that is good to know, i am actually about 5 miles from Lewes. There are a few bits i need (as there always are with old vw's),so i may well try to make contact soon

Cheers

Gary

Hi Guys, just thought i would sign up to your forum and become a memeber. I recentely bought a fastback and i figured this would be a good place to come for advice and help . I am based in Sussex and i have been into vee-dubs for as long as i can remember. I went to my first show (BVF) about 15 year...