Well I got my autostick 69 beetle about 5 years ago. Ive never had anything major happen with the autostick components or anything, so that is great. However, when we bought the car, we were told that it was converted to autostick. I was just wondering if there is any specific way to truly tell if it was. I know its running a 34 pict/3 and the original dizzy. If it was converted to autostick, wouldnt that mean that its running the incorrect distributor? I know it has vacuum advance.
Also what carb should be ran with an 69 autostick. Sorry for my non-technical knowledge. lol
Hiya dear,
Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you aboard.
While it is possible to convert a manual transmission equipped car to an AutoStick it is rare to see such a conversion. Truth be told, quite a few VW folks who are "manually oriented" buy AutoSticks (because they are generally in great condition) and then convert them to a manual.
All that having been said, you don't mention which engine you currently have in your Bug. That it is running a 34PICT3 carburetor would suggest that the engine is a dual port. If, indeed, it is a dual port, it most certainly is not the original engine. Any Bug (USA import spec) would have run a 1500 single port engine from the "H5" series of production engines.
If you are not sure which you engine you do have currently, take a look at the engine case just under the generator stand. It's easily visible from the rear of the car. You should see a six (or possibly seven) digit number preceeded by an alpha character. If there is just one alpha character ("H") you have a single port engine. Two alpha characters ("AE") denote a dual port. My nickle says that you are probably running an "AE" or "AH" engine.
How to tell if the AutoStick is original to your car? Well, first off realize that the car being 39 years old does complicate the matters somewhat. It is possible to bolt in the components for an AutoStick in a nearly seamless manner. If the person who did this conversion was conscious of detail it may be nearly impossible to tell just by looking. Try this.........The AutoStick has holes (for hoses to the vacuum tank on one side and a hole for the ATF filler neck on the other side) in both engine side firewalls. These holes were punched at the factory and sealed with primer and paint. Take a look at the holes in your side firewalls. Are they factory or have they been drilled? And (although this would have been easy to change) look at your ashtray. Does it have an AutoStick shift pattern or a manual shift pattern?
Failing all this one would have to start pulling things apart and checking numbers for reasonable matches. It also might be possible to check with the Stiftung AutoMuseum for original production specification for your car (the VW "Birth Certificate").
The OEM carburetor for a 1969 AutoStick would be a 113 129 027J. The flange number (an easy way to determine which carb is which) should be 167-2.
The OEM distributor for a 69 AutoStick would be 113 905 205AA.
thanks for all that. It was really helpful. I'll be sure to check everything you told me when I get back in town.
Quote from: Bookwus on 18 July 2008, 23:54
If there is just one alpha character ("H") you have a single port engine. Two alpha characters ("AE") denote a dual port. My nickle says that you are probably running an "AE" or "AH" engine.
I am fairly ingorant in the ways of volkswagon but my sn on my block is AH359695 and it is a single port, as far as my limited knowledge can decifer. It has a solid metal intake manifold with with only four ports, one for each head. Please correct me if I am wrong but dosent a dual port have 2 intake ports per head? Is it possible someone used a DP block and put on SP heads? sorry for the thread hijack but just wondering.
Hiya Steve,
Quote from: clem1226 on 02 August 2008, 09:06 .......Is it possible someone used a DP block and put on SP heads? sorry for the thread hijack but just wondering.
That's very much the case (pardon the pun). As a matter of fact, in the engine rebuild I'm doing right now I'm using an AE case (originally a dual port 1600) to build a single port 1600. That AE case will give me dual relief valves for the oil pressure and I'll be able to slap the doghouse oil cooler on it also. That's better than the old "B" series case could do for me.
Quote from: clem1226 on 02 August 2008, 09:06
Quote from: Bookwus on 18 July 2008, 23:54
If there is just one alpha character ("H") you have a single port engine. Two alpha characters ("AE") denote a dual port. My nickle says that you are probably running an "AE" or "AH" engine.
I am fairly ingorant in the ways of volkswagon but my sn on my block is AH359695 and it is a single port, as far as my limited knowledge can decifer. It has a solid metal intake manifold with with only four ports, one for each head. Please correct me if I am wrong but dosent a dual port have 2 intake ports per head? Is it possible someone used a DP block and put on SP heads? sorry for the thread hijack but just wondering.
Sounds like a dual port engine..
One pipe going to each head - Four inlets..
Single ports only have one pipe to each PAIR of heads..
As Mike said, it unusual to change to Autostick from a manual but Not unknown..
In Australia in 1968-69 and 1970 - the autostick was the Only beetle to have IRS
rear end with CV Joints... so anyone who wanted IRS used an autostick chassis
It is easy to change over to Autostick without leaving any telltale signs
that it was a Manual transmission to start with..
does it have an ATF lamp inside the Speedometer??
Australian assembled beetles didn't have the ATF light
but it seems most European beetles did have the ATF lamp
in the speedo... but no bulb behind the lamp..
cheers
LEE