I'm thinking about swapping the indicator stalk to the other side in my 1959 beetle. It gets very confusing having it on the left when the Subaru I regularly drive has it on the right! Is it going to be as simple as undoing the stalk at the base, swapping two wires inside the base, and swinging it around to the other side of the steering column? Is the column just smooth all round?
Craig Torrens wrote:Why do you need to swap wires around?:jesus
OK, actually I don't! I just assumed that it would be necessary because the thing would be upside down, but now that I think about it, the wires will still be correct after I've slid it round to the other side.
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
ive seen late model bugs with column assembly upsidedown blinker onthe right and key on left :duh
its wierd im always swapping from different cars and autos to manuals but for some reason when im in a bug i always go for the blinker on the left but dont when im in a main stream car
same as when i drive an auto all day i get in the bug and never forget the clutch
i think its just u know ur in a vw csue its so confined LOL unlike any other car
I'm terrible when i go to drive anything else apart from the bug. I go looking for reverse where 2nd gear usually is, I try putting the key in the ignition on the passengers side of the dashboard, I go looking for the radio in the glovebox...
damn, driving a v-dub is fun 😀
68AutoBugBeetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
I think all cars from europe have the blinkers on the LHS..
My Sister in Laws Astra convertible does....
& Her Husband switches the wipers on in their falcon every time they are going round a corner... LOL...
AS other people have said... its different driving a Beetle
so Your remember where things are.....
I wonder what the correct side is???
probably no correct answer.....
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Sometimes it's about LHD vs RHD cars. A manufacturer puts the indicator on the correct side for whatever side of the car the driver is on... then when they make a few cars for other countries they use the same steering column / indicator assemblies.
i dont know if the dash in ur car would allow it as i havent seen it but it would be abit more difficult on a late column as they use push on plug connecters and the wiper switch would end up pointing down at the gear stick when off and some where around ur left leg when switched to hi so i wouldnt recomend it
My car is a kit and the column basically goes through a hole in aluminium plate, but thanks, I hadn't thought of the wipers on max. I guess I should do some measuring.
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sinecure wrote:Can the whole column be rotated (easily)? To reverse the wiper side as well.
Mine is a '59 so the wipers are controlled by a knob on the dash, I have no idea how the wipers are set up on later bugs. The steering column in mine is just a plain round tube, and the only thing on it is the indicator stalk.
