{"product_id":"vw-classic-beetle-maintenance-and-upgrades-manual-how-to-rebuild-vw-air-cooled-engines-1961-2003","title":"VW Classic Beetle: Maintenance and Upgrades Manual \u0026 How to Rebuild VW Air-Cooled Engines: 1961-2003","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVW Classic Beetle\u003c\/i\u003e is the latest in the Maintenance and Upgrades Manual series, which are based on real-life experience and written by expert authors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The original air-cooled VW Beetle is a hugely distinctive and popular classic car with over 21 million produced over a 65-year period. It is also an ideal starter classic for anyone looking to get their hands dirty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This new book includes an illustrated timeline to the various models produced and a useful buyers’ guide with a systematic approach. There is information on workshop tools and equipment and a service and maintenance schedule. How to maintain all aspects of the engine, transmission, brakes and bearings, suspension and electrics are covered. Information on modifications and upgrades for the engine, brakes and suspension including front beam, dropped spindles, spring plates, air ride, and wheels and tyres is included. Troubleshooting tips for when your car won’t start or won’t go into gear are given and, finally, tips on restoration of the paint and bodywork, or respray. There are useful chapters on fitting an ISOFIX base for a child safety seat, as well as fire suppression.\n\nCovers rebuilding the VW Type 1, 2, and 3 engines beginning in the year \n1961, when a significant redesign improved the reliability, durability, \nand horsepower of the basic initial design.\n\nFor more than 70 years, automotive enthusiasts and the public in general \nhave embraced the VW air-cooled engine for its simplicity, its capacity \nto be modified, and its bulletproof reliability. Offering beautiful \ncolor photos and insightful step-by-step captions for expertly \nrebuilding Volkswagen air-cooled engines, this book will provide indepth \nhands-on information for disassembly, inspection, machining, parts \nselection, preassembly, final assembly, installation, and tuning. Not \nonly are the procedures for rebuilding covered in depth but engine model \ntypes, identification codes, specifications, and details are also \ncovered in a manner that allows the user to source a good later-model \ncandidate for rebuilding and helps retrofit the modern engine designs \ninto earlier chassis.\n\nOne of the most widely used and versatile internal combustion engines in \nthe world, this engine has powered VW Beetles, Buses, Porsche 914s, \noff-road buggies and rails, formula race cars, and many other machines \nboth on and off-road. If you have any interest in reviving your old VW, \nor perhaps are researching purchasing one, this handy guide will cover \nall the bases in bringing that old air-cooled powerplant back to life.","brand":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45127514980632,"sku":"KIT9780719840135\/B09369","price":60.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/kit9780719840135b09369.jpg?v=1772256939","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/cs\/products\/vw-classic-beetle-maintenance-and-upgrades-manual-how-to-rebuild-vw-air-cooled-engines-1961-2003","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}