Autostick to manual conversion ?

[A. Secret]

I know this has been covered but I want to change over a car I bought
today from an auto stick to a manual.
I know you have to change out the pedal assy. and obviously the trans
but what about the clutch cable? isn't there a tube that has to be put in
or did they ALL have them already in 1968.
also what about the flywheel and such?
let me know what all is needed and what the "hard" parts are.

Thanks

Allan
Member NTVWC

http://www5.50megs.com/txbugfreak

1969 Ghia "Mamma's DahnDa" (Don't ask)
1969 Bug "SweetPea"
1967 Bug ( Oops I Sold it )
1987 Jetta "all dough no go"
1991 Nissan Pathfinder

[Speedy Jim]

See Matt Claydon's excellent site:
http://www.claydons.demon.co.uk/beetle/autostick/index.html

In the meantime, here's my short list:

Auto-Stick conversion to 4-speed

You need a lot! Helps to have a complete donor car
of the same vintage.

A tranny, of course. Make sure it has the same
front mount and rear mount design.
(It changed in '73)

If you will be using the old engine, you'll need
a flywheel, pressure plate, clutch.
Make sure the pressure plate is compatible with the tranny
you use. (That combo changed in '71)

Oil pump. Your old engine has a dual oil pump.
Either replace the pump with the single stage or disable
the second stage and block the lines off.

Complete pedal assy.

Shift Lever.

Shift Rod (in the tunnel) Yep, auto and 4-speed
are different. They also differed in length by year
so you need to get one from a similar year.

Clutch cable conduit (in the tunnel).
Some later years already have a spare conduit in the tunnel.
Check for this first thing. If no tube, you'll have to snake one
in and weld it.

Speedy Jim
http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/

[Pat Buchanan]

Speedy has already given you the run down, and the website
he recommends is the best. I have a rough text account of the
whole experience as well on my site.

If you have a '68, odds are that you do not have a clutch tube.
If you can get past the clutch tube issue, the rest is cake.

Pat Buchanan
'69 Standard Beetle
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