The 1966 Owner's
Instruction Manual

August 1965 to July 1966 Model Year

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Rob was fortunate enough to make a friend who had just acquired a rather rough-looking Beetle, but surprisingly the original wallet with Owner’s Manual and service record were intact and in very good condition. We met first through one of the VW information forums (the server is in the UK), and we were delighted to find that we both lived in Adelaide, Australia -- and then more surprisingly he moved to a new job which happened to be around the corner from my office. The world of VW’s is full of surprises.

This manual is from an Australian version VW beetle, despite the left-hand drive pictures in the car (Australia is right-hand drive), so there may be some slight differences in equipment levels, and description of components compared to other countries, but these will be quite minor if they exist at all.

Each of the 79 JPEG files is fairly large - of between 50 and 100kb each (one for each page of the manual), and there is one very large .gif file (the cutaway picture) of 248kb. Download time may be a few minutes for each file, depending on your connection speed.

Here’s the list of pictures -

Front cover
Back cover
Header page
Contents
Controls - page 5
Keys – page 6
Door and seats – page 7
Mirrors and turn indicator – page 8
Wipers - page 9
Lights - page 10
Quarter window vents – page 11
Luggage compartments – page 12
Safety belts – page 13
Fuel gauge – page 14
Checking oil and tyres – page 15
Starting the engine – page 16
Instrument cluster – page 17
Shifting gears – page 18
Speeds in each gear – page 19
Economical driving – page 20
Economical driving and brakes – page 21
Parking – page 22
Towing – page 23
Cold weather driving – page 24
Cold weather engine and battery – page 25
Cold weather tyres and chains – page 26
Care of tyres – page 27
Changing wheels – page 28
Changing wheels – page 29
Car care – page 30
Car care – page 31
Care care – page 32
Car care – page 33
Lubrication… engine – page 34
Lubrication…engine – page 35
Lubrication – oils – page 36
Lubrication…gearbox – page 37
Lubrication…front axle – page 38
Lubrication…doors – page 39
Lubrication…seat runners – page 40
Maintenance – page 41
Maintenance…fan belt – page 42
Maintenance…air cleaner – page 43
Maintenance…timing and fuel pump – page 44
Maintenance…distributor and points – page 45
Maintenance…setting the timing – page 46
Maintenance…spark plugs – page 47
Maintenance…compression – page 48
Maintenance…valves – page 49
Maintenance…carburettor – page 50
Maintenance…clutch – page 51
Maintenance…torsion arm links – page 52
Maintenance…steering and brakes – page 53
Maintenance…brakes – page 54
Maintenance…bleeding brakes – page 55
Maintenance…hand (emergency) brake – page 56
Maintenance…battery – page 57
Maintenance…headlights – page 58
Maintenance…headlights – page 59
Maintenance…blinker and tail lights – page 60
Maintenance…licence plate and instrument lights – page 61
Maintenance…fuses – page 62
Maintenance…doors – page 63
Engine description – page 64
Engine description – page 65
Gearbox description – page 66
Chassis description – page 67
Technical data – page 68
Technical data – page 69
Technical data – page 70
Technical data – page 71
Chassis lubrication points – page 72
Lubrication chart – page 73
Maintenance chart – page 74
Tools and accessories – page 75
Index – page 76
Index – page 77
Index – page 78
Identification numbers – page 79
Cutaway picture - BIG file

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