1973 Super Beetle Auto-Stick

Brock · 10 February 2010, 21:11

will a heavy duty 7/16 braided hose work for the 12mm hose?

Bookwus · 11 February 2010, 00:08

Hiya Brock,

Sorry but PhotoBucket seems to be locked up for me. I can get into my account but that's about it. Can't even post up a link for you.
I'll have to tweak it a bit, I guess.

Truthfully, 7/16 hose will probably work for a limited amount of time. But it will collapse sooner or later. You're going to be much better off just buying the 12 mm wire reinforced vacuum stuff.

And replacing those hoses (1, 2, and 3) with 12mm regular (they do not need to be reinforced) braided hose will be fine. But that will leave you with the problem of where to hook them up. You do not have that oh so necessary stock air filter.

Brock · 11 February 2010, 00:18

actully i do have it, should i put it back on?

the 3 hoses that were talking about i looked closer, and the back wire enforced hose is falling all apart, i plan on replaceing them, i should put the stock airfilter back on too? and im gonna replace the hose that goes to the carb too... plan on doing it in the next day or 2, ill let you know if that fixes it!!

Bookwus · 11 February 2010, 00:57

Hiya Brock,

Oh, by all means, get rid of that chrome aftermarket air filter. The OEM oil bath air filter is the best air filter you can use. It doesn't look as flashy as that chrome wonder but it will outperform it any day of the week. And the oil bath air filter has a built-in velocity stack which actually helps to improve engine performance. Of course, the stock oil bath air filter will also provide you the ports for those hoses!

About the hoses....my recommendation..... change out all the large hosing from the control valve to 12mm OEM wire reinforced hosing. The small 3mm hose from the control valve to the carburetor can be regular braided hose (it does NOT need to be wire reinforced). The other hoses (numbers 1, 2, and 3 in a previous post) can all be 12 mm regular braided hose (non-wire nreinforced).

Brock · 11 February 2010, 01:21

Quote from: Bookwus on 11 February 2010, 00:57
Hiya Brock,

Oh, by all means, get rid of that chrome aftermarket air filter. The OEM oil bath air filter is the best air filter you can use. It doesn't look as flashy as that chrome wonder but it will outperform it any day of the week. And the oil bath air filter has a built-in velocity stack which actually helps to improve engine performance. Of course, the stock oil bath air filter will also provide you the ports for those hoses!

About the hoses....my recommendation..... change out all the large hosing from the control valve to 12mm OEM wire reinforced hosing.

arent these the same 3 hoses we have been talkin about?

i wish yer photobucket was workin write, i think i figured it all out, attach my 2 loose hoses to the orignal air filter, and the change out the control valve hoses to 12mm OEM... what other hoses other then the carb do i need to change?

The small 3mm hose from the control valve to the carburetor can be regular braided hose (it does NOT need to be wire reinforced). The other hoses (numbers 1, 2, and 3 in a previous post) can all be 12 mm regular braided hose (non-wire nreinforced).

CarlIseminger · 11 February 2010, 18:22

I noticed something in the picture of the shift lever. The to adjusting sleve is kitty whompus. The slot for the movement of the lever should be aligned with the car front to back. I see that it is pointing off center. This caused my shifter to act up too. You aren't getting a good contact when trying to move the lever as the shifter points are not always being engaged. So when you adjust the shifting points, you should make sure that this slot is aligned front to back.

Carl

singlecab61 · 15 February 2010, 20:08

Quote from: hercdriver on 10 February 2010, 18:39
Quote from: singlecab61 on 10 February 2010, 16:37
Mike (or any of our other veteran Auto-Stick guru's), have you ever seen an Auto-Stick with the 12mm vacuum supply hose for the control valve coming out of the drivers side intake manifold elbow? I always thought they came out of the manifold center section under the carburetor. I am aware that the intake is of the EGR era of '73-'74, but never seen that setup before...................Input.............??

Evan, I was thinking the same thing. That sure looks like hillbilly engineering at it's finest. I'm sure they did it because they replaced the original manifold with a newer one without the vacuum pickup. I wonder though if it would effect how the left side of the engine would run (leaner/richer?).

Dave

I'm not sure about the running issue. I would say definitely so if there was a vacuum leak in the 12mm hose system. I also don't think that the 3-4 side of the engine is a good place for the CV system since 3-4 run hotter already.

I do, however know that a 1971 Baywindow bus, 1971 being the only year with a TYPE 1 engine and front disc brakes, has a manifold center section with the same 12mm hose port for the brake booster that the the Auto-Sticks have. These are actually easier to find than an Auto-Stick manifold. He would need a new left side manifold elbow if he replaced the manifold.

I have a good used dual port Auto-Stick manifold center section if anyone is interested, I dual carbs, so I don't need it.