I want to say this is the BEST video on this job that I have ever seen......... Thank you so much for you time to document and GREAT job with all. Spot on.
You are awesome. My 72 was a little different, but you gave me the basics to be able to do the job. On the 72, the center bolt is 27mm, and there are two bolts that hold in the cover for the ignition cylinder. You have to take out the turn signals and the wiper controls to get to the two cover bolts. Your walk through gave me the info to get in and get started. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Solid work on the video. I just did this myself, but I don’t film it lol. All the videos of this exact process before yours were absolutely terrible quality. Glad to see people are still making repair content for aircooled beetles
Thanks for this! My '74 Super didn't have the two screws to remove the cylinder housing as shown in most other videos. Your procedure was right on for me car.
Good job. I hope you reconnected the hoses to the two long plastic hose fittings on the windshield wiper switch assembly for activating the windshield washer jets. I forgot to do that the first time I changed an ignition switch on a 1975 Porsche 914 (which uses the same wiper and ignition switches as your Beetle).
euro911 haha yeah I don’t remember if I did or not but I don’t use my windshield washer bottle as I have no spare tire and that’s what it runs off of. In my car if I remember correctly..
@@andreastecher3149 no I did not... I only needed keys to drive it... lost mine... ended up taking door cylinder out and to the locksmith... viola... done like dinner
@@andreastecher3149 I was not able to remove the ignition cylinder...I had to remove the door lock and get new keys made.... there was no problem with the ignition switch or cylinder itself
Nah, my lock cylinder was fine. I highly doubt it, I don’t take my car anywhere I’m not constantly next to it and it stays locked up at my house. In this instance the switch broke when I was trying to pull it out of my garage after months of not running it.
@@ChelszH -- I hear that the aftermarket electric components do not last very long. Very poor quality. NOS is the way to go _IF_ you can find the parts.
I want to say this is the BEST video on this job that I have ever seen......... Thank you so much for you time to document and GREAT job with all. Spot on.
You are awesome. My 72 was a little different, but you gave me the basics to be able to do the job. On the 72, the center bolt is 27mm, and there are two bolts that hold in the cover for the ignition cylinder. You have to take out the turn signals and the wiper controls to get to the two cover bolts. Your walk through gave me the info to get in and get started. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Solid work on the video. I just did this myself, but I don’t film it lol. All the videos of this exact process before yours were absolutely terrible quality. Glad to see people are still making repair content for aircooled beetles
Thanks for this! My '74 Super didn't have the two screws to remove the cylinder housing as shown in most other videos. Your procedure was right on for me car.
Great step-by-step video. I followed along with y'all and my '74 fired right up.
Thank you! Glad I could help. 😊
I just had mine replaced less than a year ago😢😢 so I'm going to try it on my own. Thank you!
Thank you. Needed a refresher before hand. Well done 👍
Good job. I hope you reconnected the hoses to the two long plastic hose fittings on the windshield wiper switch assembly for activating the windshield washer jets.
I forgot to do that the first time I changed an ignition switch on a 1975 Porsche 914 (which uses the same wiper and ignition switches as your Beetle).
euro911 haha yeah I don’t remember if I did or not but I don’t use my windshield washer bottle as I have no spare tire and that’s what it runs off of. In my car if I remember correctly..
My housing of my lock looks exactly the same but there is no pinhole. How can I push the spring and release the lock? Any suggestions?
Excellent, thank you! Well presented
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you!
Rob You’re welcome!
thank you
➡ I would not remember how to put things back together ! 😥
Lol. Sometimes it is difficult to remember.
Mine has no pin to remove the cylinder
The same problem here. Could you solve it by now and remove the lock?
@@andreastecher3149 no I did not... I only needed keys to drive it... lost mine... ended up taking door cylinder out and to the locksmith... viola... done like dinner
@@andrewbeveridge3006 how were you able to remove the cylinder since there was no hole to push the spring and release the cylinder?
@@andreastecher3149 I was not able to remove the ignition cylinder...I had to remove the door lock and get new keys made.... there was no problem with the ignition switch or cylinder itself
@@andreastecher3149 I have no clue how to remove it, once it fails... pretty sad
Maybe someone tried to steal yer car🤔?
Nah, my lock cylinder was fine. I highly doubt it, I don’t take my car anywhere I’m not constantly next to it and it stays locked up at my house. In this instance the switch broke when I was trying to pull it out of my garage after months of not running it.
@@ChelszH -- I hear that the aftermarket electric components do not last very long. Very poor quality. NOS is the way to go _IF_ you can find the parts.