The 1966 Owner's
Instruction
Manual
August 1965 to July 1966 Model
Year
~~~
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
We
hope you find this information useful.
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