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The Bus Gear Calculator

Gearing for every VW bus, side by side. Pick a bus, then its gearbox, gears and tires. Stack up as many setups as you like and compare.

1950–2013Every VW bus

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Illustration of VW buses on a coastal highway, from the Bus Gear Calc header

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Bug won't start?

A step-by-step no-start guide for the air-cooled Type 1. Answer one question at a time and it walks you from battery to spark to fuel to timing, with the specs you need along the way.

Type 1Carbureted, air-cooled

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Illustration of a VW Beetle pulled over on a coastal road with its engine lid open

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Westy Solar

Solar panels made for the T3 Westfalia. Shaped to the roof and the cargo rack, so they look like they came from the factory.

150W

Roof panel

118W

Roof panel

80W

Flexible cargo-rack panel

348 watts total. Grade-A SunPower cells. Marine, walk-on construction. All three are current-matched, so they wire together cleanly.

Light blue Westfalia with solar panels on the roof, parked in the woods

In development

Kits for the Bay

Bolt-on parts we are building for our own buses first. They come to you once they are proven on the road.

Cooling

Underbelly radiator kit

Cooling for a real water-cooled engine, tucked under the bus.

Full-size radiator and A/C condenser, laid under the floor
Sealed scoop, puller fans and a road screen
No cutting into the nose

Suspension

Vanagon front end

Bolt-on Vanagon front suspension for the Bay, with an upgraded cooling pack.

Vanagon control arms and knuckles on a bolt-in subframe
Upright radiator and matched A/C condenser in the subframe

From the shop

Our buses

Westfalia parked on a cliff above the ocean

Westfalia parked below a hillside of trees

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Shirts soon.

micro.werks tees and stickers are on the way. Follow along on Instagram @micro.werks.