Manx Club

It has been many years since seeing a ball joint that had the plastic caps in them. I think it was 8x1.00mm the same as the beam Zerk fittings. Best way to tell is remove cap and measure with calipers. My local NAPA store sells difference sizes of Zerks both in metric and standard thread, and even h...

They all used 90wt gear oil in the steering boxes from the factory. As other car companies have done, VW remove places to lubricate moving parts. Ball joint front ends when they first came out had plastic plugs in the ball joints you could remove and install Zerk fittings for greasing them. After a ...

All the replacement steering boxes I seen have grease in them. The original steering boxes came with gear oil in them. The originals boxes always started seeping/leaking after years of service. On my Kick Out it still has the original steering box on it from 1969 and it seeps. I replaced the oil in ...

Yes the front trans mount on a 1960 Bug chassis is a one year only. Replacing it with a 1961 and later mount is the best way I know to repair. There are two parts you need the chassis mount which welds on to the torsion housing and the rubber mount from a 1961 and later Bug. Wolfsburg West and West ...

Gary, Like what other have posted too, there are many ways of installing a Bus Trans in a Bug chassis. Machining the axles (removing stop) for the wider Bus CV joint has been done. When others did this many years ago, it was found that it could create a stress riser in axle causing it to break were ...

It is a 6rib Gary. Should have a 4.56 ring & pinion in it. 1st 3.78, 2nd 2.06, 3rd 1.25, 4th .85 Will work great with 30 to 33 tall tires Since you have 3in body lift you could use a solid mount kit that would work by cutting a hole in the lift kit and leave the trans level for shift rod to go t...

14 degrees before top dead center is little more than most set timing at idle. I use between 8 to 10 degrees at idle with total advance approx. 30-32 degrees total with a 009 or the early 010 distributors at 3,000RPMs. Having a distributor where you can set the advance curve sound neat. Did it come ...

Do you have the specs on engine other then the size of it? Compression ratio? What the specs are for the camshaft? Cylinder heads, valve sizes? Timing at idle and full advance? Spark plugs you are using? Exhaust size, that would be the size of the tubing? Muffler, what type? I know you are saying yo...

A copy of the instructions for building a full size Manx come with the AMT 1/25 scale Meyers Manx model kit. It is on the other side of the instruction on how to build the model. I am sure someone has original instructions for building a Manx, and hopefully they see your post. You may also want to p...

Are you saying without the shocks on the front end moves freely? Or is it with the shocks in place? What brand of stock oil filled shocks are they? You can buy front beam adjusters and weld them into your beam. Or you can buy a new beam with adjusters already in the beam. There has been many article...

A couple of things to look at first if you feel front end is to stiff. Tire pressure could be to high. Since there is very little weight up front, tire pressure can be lower then what is on the sidewall. I use 12psi on the street and lower it some when off roading. Other use more or less. Front shoc...

It is a Kellison XP1 made in Lincoln, California or a really good copy. Kellison used the square corner fold down windshield on its' different buggy body models. Engine appears to be a 1971 and later dual port engine that if stock would be 1600cc (1.6L) Have fun with it, that is what buggies are for...

The knob on a timing light is for checking total timing at around 3,500RM. You turn knob so that TDC Mark is at split in case and then read where the knob is turned to. This could be 28 degree and more (with around 10 degrees BTDC at idle). I would recommend taking it back to who you bought it from ...

Are you absolutely sure your crankshaft pulley is mark correctly with top dead center (TDC) for number 1 cylinder being in the correct position with piston being at top of stroke? I have seen pulleys being marked incorrectly. What kind of timing light are you using? It is able to dial back to zero t...

Here his a couple of pictures giving you and idea on what needs to be done to fit a master cylinder inside of tunnel for the clutch. The hose coming out of tunnel in front is for the reservoir (lower corner of picture) for clutch. Reservoir was mounted on firewall above brake master cylinder. I had ...