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Click for larger image VW Beetle Oil Change, By-Pass Filter Change and Tightened Fan Belt Click larger I changed the oil and tightened the fan belt on my 67 VW Beetle. I installed AMSOIL Z-Rod Synthetic Motor Oil and changed the AMSOIL By Pass oil filter . AMSOIL Z-Rod protects flat tappet cams as well as protects from rust and corrosion for long periods of storage. AMSOIL Z-Rod Synthetic motor oil for classic cars or hot rods has extra zinc for the enhanced protection of the flat tappet camshaft this engine has. I had been using AMSOIL Dominator Racing Oil , but that's for 2,000 plus horsepower engines and this engine only has about 53 horsepower. Z-Rod gives great wear protection and its formulation enhanced with corrosion prevention additives. A much better choice for this little car. Click to enlarge On cars such as this, with older flat tappet cams, we need to avoid the API SN or API SM or newer oils as well as the ILSAC GF-5 or newer oils as these have greatly reduced the le...

The repaint of my 1967 VW Beetle I did at home with Duplicolor lacquer I bought at O'Reilly's. I am very pleased with the results. Click on the photos to get better detailed photos and information. http://www.upmpg.com/car_projects/67_beetle_repaint/

This is a 304 stainless dry cell that was run for more than 10,000 miles in my 67 VW Beetle. Really not very sophisticated, but cheap way to make hydrogen from water for improving fuel mileage. This video is about 4 years old or so, but I do plan to add videos of better units soon. Adding too much hydrogen to an engine can be counter-productive and even harmful due to the properties of hydrogen. Hydrogen, compared to gasoline, has a very fast flamepoint. If you were to run 100% hydrogen the correct timing would be approximately 9 degrees AFTER top dead center (ATDC) compared to gasoline which varies the timing advance from 10 degrees BEFORE top dead center (BTDC) to more than 32 degrees BTDC. Having excessive hydrogen in the mix can lead to peak pressure in the cylinder before the piston reaches the top of its stroke. Since hydrogen has more than 130 octane you won't hear a "ping" or rattle sound, but the engine will load up. This leads to stress on the engine ...