Had a 60 beetle that went underwater up to the gear knob in a flood. Water in engine. Towed to an old mechanic who drained the water/oil and replaced it with Kerosene. Started engine for a little time, drained the emulsified water, repeated a second time then filled with oil. I droved home 50 miles then changed the oil. Engine ran for years after with no problems.
Hear hear! One cylinder too, to boot! The infamous Number 3 cylinder still had life. The teaser at the end gives me hope, because we all saw that despite the cruddy outer tins and peripherals, the block and heads seem to be salvageable.
Watching you tear down and diagnose these old scrappers is like a crash course in vw engines. Perfect for someone who is about to build their first like me.
You have awesome mechanic skills. Best mechanics are actually experts in figuring out how to best utilize tools to perform difficult tasks. From a retired mechanic with over 45 years in the trade.
This is the 1st roached thing you've left with that I wasn't getting texts of you driving it down the road in 48 hours . I win ;), we are all looking forward to part 3 👍.
I can’t wait for the next video! This one was great too, seeing inside the old beast. Mustie you’re the best, thanks for all you do in producing the content and bringing us along :)
Midweek Mustie1 vids are rare gifts! I know it made my day even if this old engine isn't gonna make it! Love your work Mustie! Thanks for making these videos. I truly appreciate it and i know I'm not alone.
Mustie picks up a boat anchor. Will it run? Get's it to cough and smoke and belch. Determines it's an excellent boat anchor. Decides to get it running anyway and drives it across the country.
i was given a 70 SAAB 99 that needed a lot of work. I shadetree got it running on 3.7 cylinders and drove it down from Oregon to SoCal and back. My SAAB guru friend was like, "You're only person I know who can take a wreck, fix it and then drive it cross country.'
I have never seen a VW engine tore down. This was educational and fascinating. When I was in 8th grade in shop class, we tore apart a Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine to learn how it worked.
Although I do not have any mechanical skills, I really enjoy your methodical and analytical process of working toward the cause of the problem. I wish I had your skill set. Keep up the good work.
I had a 1200 Beetle years ago and over a 45 mile drive it made a rhythmic engine speed banging getting louder and louder. Ran though...finally stopped and one of the valve train nuts had loosened and dropped bits in the valve cover. Luckily no valve dropped...no tools with me...I put it together as tight as I could and drove home again, right as rain. Nipped up and adjusted, never gave me a lick of trouble. Great car.
Can't help but wonder what it looked like on the showroom floor. I hope you're not getting tired of doing these, mustie, cuz they sure are fun to watch! Thanks.
I've rebuilt quite of few of these. Looks like a 67-69 single port. The carb looks like a 30-PCIT model. Heads with that much abuse, they usually crack between the spark plug and a valve seat, though that can be fixed. I'd just a rebuilt long block and rebuild the top end with new parts. Great memories, though back then my power tools were a speed handle and ratchet. The mix of magnesium, aluminum and cast iron on a VW air cooled engine makes for resourceful thinking when removing nuts and bolts. Great video.
It encourages me to see that you let us see you can do more than just bringing the engine to its end point..!! Like the vids Mustie! Greets from Jur from 🇳🇱
Love the mid week Mustie content getting us through to the weekend! Thats a rough specimen but if anyone can bring it back around its you, hope to see you pull it off
Midweek Mustie! Yay! \o/ Watching this brings back some fond memories. My father rebuilt a 1200 Beetle in the mid 1980s, and I "helped" him as a kid. The car was sold years ago, but I just searched online and it's still registered and insured! He did a good job.
Finally bit the bullet and got myself a 1970 1303. Previously a renovation object with new floors, but lots of stuff removed... engine turns over so there is hope! Last approved to drive in 2006... some body rust, but it looks like a worthwhile project right now. Having watched your videos for the last three years, Mustie, I will blame you for everything ;-). I may even sell my 1976 Volvo 244 and 1963 Land Rover Series IIa 109 now.... 😱
Love your channel and have watched for years. This year, I am giving up on my old rear engine Snapper that I got from a curb in the early 90s. Think Forest Gump mowing the football field. It's an annual pilgrimage to make another year with this. But it needs money now so I'm getting a new mower. Turn the key and mow! If anyone in Oklahoma wants to do a restoration or will it run, come get it or it goes back to the curb. Engine is strong but carb fills the engine with gas. Plus other problems. But it mows and I drove it to where it is.
Damn no way, your gonna actually fix it, was excited just to see what was busted up and happy to learn a lesson, but actually finding out how this kinda junked engine could be brought back to life, that's epic!
Just wanna say that I love your stuff man! Also, you should consider having merchandise, I'd love a Mutise1 Tshirt! Would be another way to help the channel!
Thanks for the autopsy, cool to see the VW mark stamped on the valves. Great VW engine holding bracket you got there. Keep those videos coming. Greetings from New Zealand.
G'day, Mustie! What an Awesome Cliffhanger!! (51 Year Old Volkswagen - Engine Tear Down) By the way... I will agree with '5150mxVW!' We are all looking forward to "Part Three!" Lets see, if the weather has improved it... Lol! 🤣 Thank you very much for this great (Wednesday) middle of the week upload! Well done!! Cheers! 😊✌🏻🛠❤️
I don't know why but i'm SO pleased to see this continues, I know it probably doesn't need saving but I REALLY want to see this thing cough to life after being in such a sad state!
Thumbs up automatically, and holy mackerel, a Mustie1 video on a Wednesday morning. Gotta looooovvvvveeee it. Thanks for sharing with us once more Darrin. Chris Gatineau, QC, Canada
Thanks Darren, a very interesting pair of videos. Like everyone I was urging the thing to spit fire and run, but just sometimes Its not meant to be eh.. As an ex AERO parts maker (Engineer In English) I also built oval race engines for my self and selected others, but due to the coefficient expansion rates of Alloys compared to steels and cast steels, alloys expand faster than steels thus my built to regulations smaller UK race engines I always asked the engine block reborers (unless I rehoned standard size bores) up at least 1 1/2 thousands bigger than standard manufactured bore sizes/ on some crazy higher revving engines of 2 litres they were 2 thousands up to allow less friction at very hot higher revs.. Some of our very quick 1/4 mile ovals required the use of a 10/ maybe 12 gallon water tank for cooling for a rapid 30 lapper race, so the motors got hot, then hotter then hotter.. My pinto fords came off steaming like a train but built to get hot.. It was a contact sport we call BANGER RACING but lots like mine were built for speed but allowed to push/ hit/ wreck the others, but I just went for speed - loved it.... Quite often in the pits got onlookers looking under my "Bonnet" (OK Hood) just to see what i was running, a special single twin downdraught webber carbed, long twin centre branch rally styled exhaust and a crazy timing overlapping cam made my engines Howl down the straights pulled up to 180 BHP so "wrecking others cars" was a no no..All a long time ago now but am just saying, but a bit loose piston when cold makes for a nice revving engine when hot// As ever, MANY THANKS for your videos, I really look forwards to watching them.. You must have helped many in our current lock down nations from going stir crazy, but my excuse Is Im nearly 73 and gave up work 17 years ago - lol..Cheers Bud - Ian -- UK.
have a pile of scrap metal as well waiting to be dumped but always looking in it for that piece of scrap for some project , hence pile gets bigger !! great tear down as its past repair ect maybe crank,pistons recovered ??? well done . thanks for vid
Brings back memories. When I was a teenager, I worked in a VW speciality shop. We used to have competitions to see how fast we could drop a vdub engine out of beetles.
Mustie has got to be one of the greatest rusted, corroded, stripped and snapped nut and bolt extractor EVER! The touch of his wrench or screw driver is the Guru of persuasion LOL. AWESOME! I mean The guy uses an air chisel, not to cut the nut off but to save the nut and unthread it so it doesn't get rounded off at the corners! ! Sans WD-40 or anything! That's crazy man! He's the Eddie Van Halen of Rusty nut and bolt removal "It's all in his hands" LOL.
Thank you musty for another really good video it's a joy to see one in the middle of the week also just like that man said if you had merchandise I would definitely buy a hat people look at me kind of strange one or who the heck must be one was but if they started watching your videos they'd learn real fast thank you
Sometimes, there is just something gratifying (or exciting and mysterious?) in doing a teardown on a piece that may or may not have any hope of of ever even functioning again. I don't imagine it's for everyone. But just taking something apart just to see how it failed has a certain kind of satisfaction. I guess its like an autopsy in a way.
It's so reassuring watchin' someone who knows what the hell they're doing. I'd be cussing a blue fit jumping up and down like Rumplestiltskin. But I know Mustie knows when to finesse something and when to beat the crap out of something. You Sir are "The Man!"
Mustie, good video as always. I see you have COVID Hair like me. COVID Hair is grown by playing it safe staying away from the barber. I've never seen a VW engine that nasty, or that busted. The air gun in this case concerns me about what you might breath in. When I have a nasty project I use my shop vac with a bag inside it, along with a thin screw driver or something to scrape away the debris right into the hose of my shop vac. The air gun can be used as a final step with the shop vac hose running right next to the air gun. It looks like you have a Rigid shop vac. I've had a Rigid for years and they're usually powerful. Consider buying bags for yours as they still deliver excellent power and the bags save money by extending the life of the filter.
That Shake and Break worked perfectly; never seen one do exactly what it's meant to do like that. You're the only guy I see using one; they might like to sponsor you. It would be pretty cool to get sponsored by a product you think highly of.👍👌😁
There's *tons* of people in the wrenching business who lack the finer motor skills--they immediately implement *Neanderthal brute force* when confronted by frozen nuts and bolts. And if it's a power tool, it's set on level 11 and the maximum available electronic pixies are let loose. It's pretty sad actually.
I know this engine is junk; beyond economical repair, and attempting to repair it would not only waste your time, but also take away from other projects. So, that's out of the way. What I'd like to see is, using the old Mustie magic, get this engine running, using only as is parts and perhaps a few parts from the hoard. The rules are that you can't spend over $10; it must run for 10 minutes; and only 10 parts are allowed from the hoard. Your best videos are the "will it run" adventures, and this proposed adventure would be epic.
My friend had a daily driver VW, circa 1965, that broke the crank just inside the case on the pulley end. It wasn't abused. Just broke. It still ran, noisily.
I always enjoy watching your vids, your demeanor is very calm and relaxing to watch, I think of all these I've ever watched you work on, this was first time seeing one taken apart, Liked vid, Staysafe Buddy Just wondering, are you self taught on working on the vw engine, or did you have a mentor? For me I learned how to work on smaller engines by my dad, and also by a mechanic friend when I was much younger
Had a 60 beetle that went underwater up to the gear knob in a flood. Water in engine. Towed to an old mechanic who drained the water/oil and replaced it with Kerosene. Started engine for a little time, drained the emulsified water, repeated a second time then filled with oil. I droved home 50 miles then changed the oil. Engine ran for years after with no problems.
This time for sure I'm glad I don't have smellavision. Thanks for sharing. 🇺🇸
Prompt attention saved that engine…..
We used to call that a "diesel douche". I still use that technique to clean out old motors, but I use a 50/50 mix of diesel and 10 W 30.
They do not build like used to.
The fact that it even ran at all is pretty amazing lol, they are quite reliable if you take care of them.
Hear hear! One cylinder too, to boot! The infamous Number 3 cylinder still had life. The teaser at the end gives me hope, because we all saw that despite the cruddy outer tins and peripherals, the block and heads seem to be salvageable.
@@Hjerte_Verke yes there is life left in her lol we'll see on the next episode 😆👍🍻
Looks like it was run with no fan belt and overheated.
Watching you tear down and diagnose these old scrappers is like a crash course in vw engines. Perfect for someone who is about to build their first like me.
You have awesome mechanic skills. Best mechanics are actually experts in figuring out how to best utilize tools to perform difficult tasks. From a retired mechanic with over 45 years in the trade.
This is the 1st roached thing you've left with that I wasn't getting texts of you driving it down the road in 48 hours . I win ;), we are all looking forward to part 3 👍.
LOL I was thinking the same thing
Yes, you win........for Now !.....just you wait and see :-)
I don’t need to go to work today, it’s Sunday right? LOL. Thanks for the surprise!
Haha good one😂
Wednesday morning, a cold soda pop with the foam on top, retired, relaxing and Mustie1 shows up.... All Is Good !!
I thoroughly enjoy your Volkswagen motor revivals and explorations. Keep em coming.
I can’t wait for the next video! This one was great too, seeing inside the old beast. Mustie you’re the best, thanks for all you do in producing the content and bringing us along :)
Ah I’m so happy you are doing a “mid week Mustie” video!!!! Thank you for making my day :)
Midweek Mustie1 vids are rare gifts! I know it made my day even if this old engine isn't gonna make it! Love your work Mustie! Thanks for making these videos. I truly appreciate it and i know I'm not alone.
I’ve never been interested in VW stuff but I can’t stop watching this engine now.
Mustie picks up a boat anchor. Will it run? Get's it to cough and smoke and belch. Determines it's an excellent boat anchor. Decides to get it running anyway and drives it across the country.
He is like Mrs mc gyver& mrs evil knevil had a son that went VW after leaving katholic church ...
A true believer of oil &grease ...
How else would you get it to your boat.
i was given a 70 SAAB 99 that needed a lot of work. I shadetree got it running on 3.7 cylinders and drove it down from Oregon to SoCal and back. My SAAB guru friend was like, "You're only person I know who can take a wreck, fix it and then drive it cross country.'
I have never seen a VW engine tore down. This was educational and fascinating. When I was in 8th grade in shop class, we tore apart a Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine to learn how it worked.
Although I do not have any mechanical skills, I really enjoy your methodical and analytical process of working toward the cause of the problem. I wish I had your skill set. Keep up the good work.
I had a 1200 Beetle years ago and over a 45 mile drive it made a rhythmic engine speed banging getting louder and louder. Ran though...finally stopped and one of the valve train nuts had loosened and dropped bits in the valve cover. Luckily no valve dropped...no tools with me...I put it together as tight as I could and drove home again, right as rain. Nipped up and adjusted, never gave me a lick of trouble. Great car.
Can't help but wonder what it looked like on the showroom floor.
I hope you're not getting tired of doing these, mustie, cuz they sure are fun to watch!
Thanks.
Glad to see the new viewer readable Compression Gauge made it over. Grin
Thanks for your videos.
I've rebuilt quite of few of these. Looks like a 67-69 single port. The carb looks like a 30-PCIT model. Heads with that much abuse, they usually crack between the spark plug and a valve seat, though that can be fixed. I'd just a rebuilt long block and rebuild the top end with new parts. Great memories, though back then my power tools were a speed handle and ratchet. The mix of magnesium, aluminum and cast iron on a VW air cooled engine makes for resourceful thinking when removing nuts and bolts. Great video.
It encourages me to see that you let us see you can do more than just bringing the engine to its end point..!!
Like the vids Mustie!
Greets from Jur from 🇳🇱
Love the mid week Mustie content getting us through to the weekend! Thats a rough specimen but if anyone can bring it back around its you, hope to see you pull it off
Its amazing any VW ran at all, let alone how well they ran for years with little maintenance!
THANK YOU...for sharing. Enjoyed as always. She ran for a moment.
Old Volkswagen engines don't die they just cough and splutter great videos keep them coming
I have a 100% dead one lol. Bottom of crankcase has a inch of burnt metal filings, seized by rust and broken bearings. It wont turn no matter what.
Midweek Mustie! Yay! \o/
Watching this brings back some fond memories. My father rebuilt a 1200 Beetle in the mid 1980s, and I "helped" him as a kid.
The car was sold years ago, but I just searched online and it's still registered and insured!
He did a good job.
That one was rode hard and put away wet, a long time ago. Probably pulled when those keepers came off way back when.
Miss the days of fixing those engines. Such a joy. 10 minutes to pull out, a day or two to fix and then 20 minutes back in and away you go.
Awesome Breakdown Vid Mustie! Really enjoy the vw engine tidbits they help give me confidence to work on my stuff!!
Finally bit the bullet and got myself a 1970 1303. Previously a renovation object with new floors, but lots of stuff removed... engine turns over so there is hope! Last approved to drive in 2006... some body rust, but it looks like a worthwhile project right now. Having watched your videos for the last three years, Mustie, I will blame you for everything ;-). I may even sell my 1976 Volvo 244 and 1963 Land Rover Series IIa 109 now.... 😱
Love your channel and have watched for years. This year, I am giving up on my old rear engine Snapper that I got from a curb in the early 90s. Think Forest Gump mowing the football field. It's an annual pilgrimage to make another year with this. But it needs money now so I'm getting a new mower. Turn the key and mow!
If anyone in Oklahoma wants to do a restoration or will it run, come get it or it goes back to the curb. Engine is strong but carb fills the engine with gas. Plus other problems. But it mows and I drove it to where it is.
I would be affraid to mess with this engine at all. Just upon first glance, I can see so many bolts I would snap off. Way to go Mustie! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
What a treat an extra video on hump day Wednesday thank you for brighting my day
Damn no way, your gonna actually fix it, was excited just to see what was busted up and happy to learn a lesson, but actually finding out how this kinda junked engine could be brought back to life, that's epic!
Just wanna say that I love your stuff man! Also, you should consider having merchandise, I'd love a Mutise1 Tshirt! Would be another way to help the channel!
Like with Crustie and "How is it goin´ " underneath?
Hell yeah!
@@beakittelscherz5419 That would be so awesome!
Rust colored complete with oil stains.
I don’t know much about engines but I was able to follow along somewhat. Since it’s a vw microbus, I love it.
Your passion for this is amazing. Beyond words. Kuddos!
"Number three is usually the worst." Number three: "Fire in the hole!" 🙂 Thanks for the autotopsy.
Cannot wait to see the next one! Thanks!
Thanks for the autopsy, cool to see the VW mark stamped on the valves. Great VW engine holding bracket you got there. Keep those videos coming. Greetings from New Zealand.
Thank you Mustie, for doing a follow up video! I was looking forward. 🇺🇸
More to come!
Great thing you did a video for us during the week! Thank you! Also great that you did fine some matching parts to continue the build.
Thanks for the autopsy. That's how major learnings and discoveries occur. I follow your yellow-brick road !
Pretty cool to at least see what happened to the engine. Nice job! always neat to watch what you get into!
A midweek Mustie....what a treat! It feels like a Sunday all of a sudden!
G'day, Mustie! What an Awesome Cliffhanger!! (51 Year Old Volkswagen - Engine Tear Down) By the way... I will agree with '5150mxVW!' We are all looking forward to "Part Three!" Lets see, if the weather has improved it... Lol! 🤣 Thank you very much for this great (Wednesday) middle of the week upload! Well done!!
Cheers! 😊✌🏻🛠❤️
Nice to see you working back at the 'homestead'.Cheers from the UK.
I don't know why but i'm SO pleased to see this continues, I know it probably doesn't need saving but I REALLY want to see this thing cough to life after being in such a sad state!
Brings back good memories. Thank you.
Love that shake & break tool! Never seen it before. Much nicer then an impact screwdriver.
Thumbs up automatically, and holy mackerel, a Mustie1 video on a Wednesday morning. Gotta looooovvvvveeee it. Thanks for sharing with us once more Darrin.
Chris
Gatineau, QC, Canada
Thanks Darren, a very interesting pair of videos. Like everyone I was urging the thing to spit fire and run, but just sometimes Its not meant to be eh.. As an ex AERO parts maker (Engineer In English) I also built oval race engines for my self and selected others, but due to the coefficient expansion rates of Alloys compared to steels and cast steels, alloys expand faster than steels thus my built to regulations smaller UK race engines I always asked the engine block reborers (unless I rehoned standard size bores) up at least 1 1/2 thousands bigger than standard manufactured bore sizes/ on some crazy higher revving engines of 2 litres they were 2 thousands up to allow less friction at very hot higher revs.. Some of our very quick 1/4 mile ovals required the use of a 10/ maybe 12 gallon water tank for cooling for a rapid 30 lapper race, so the motors got hot, then hotter then hotter.. My pinto fords came off steaming like a train but built to get hot.. It was a contact sport we call BANGER RACING but lots like mine were built for speed but allowed to push/ hit/ wreck the others, but I just went for speed - loved it.... Quite often in the pits got onlookers looking under my "Bonnet" (OK Hood) just to see what i was running, a special single twin downdraught webber carbed, long twin centre branch rally styled exhaust and a crazy timing overlapping cam made my engines Howl down the straights pulled up to 180 BHP so "wrecking others cars" was a no no..All a long time ago now but am just saying, but a bit loose piston when cold makes for a nice revving engine when hot// As ever, MANY THANKS for your videos, I really look forwards to watching them.. You must have helped many in our current lock down nations from going stir crazy, but my excuse Is Im nearly 73 and gave up work 17 years ago - lol..Cheers Bud - Ian -- UK.
Mustie1, You got it to run a little bit anyway. Nice parts haul!! Jason must have been in heaven!
OH MAN!! that engine brings back soo many memories of when I started working as a mechanic in my uncle's garage ! ( it makes me feel so old )
Thanks for breaking it down. It helps to see how bad it can get. Heat, lack of lubrication, and water ain't good for engines.
Thanks for the video! Looking forward to seeing what you get to next, appreciate the autopsy on this one!
have a pile of scrap metal as well waiting to be dumped but always looking in it for that piece of scrap for some project , hence pile gets bigger !! great tear down as its past repair ect maybe crank,pistons recovered ??? well done . thanks for vid
Hump day, coffee, Mustie1. All is right in the world today. Thank you sir.
Brings back memories. When I was a teenager, I worked in a VW speciality shop. We used to have competitions to see how fast we could drop a vdub engine out of beetles.
Anyone else holding their breath when he pulled out that air nozzle and started blowing away the mouse crap?
Yeah, I ain't breathin that shit in...
Breathe deep the gathering gloom.
Videos you can smell.
@@hughmarloweverest1684 Knights in White Satin ?
had to back away from the monitor.....
Cool video mustie I Injoy watching you take apart VW engines and trying to bring them back to life 👍🏻stay safe
Mustie has got to be one of the greatest rusted, corroded, stripped and snapped nut and bolt extractor EVER! The touch of his wrench or screw driver is the Guru of persuasion LOL. AWESOME! I mean The guy uses an air chisel, not to cut the nut off but to save the nut and unthread it so it doesn't get rounded off at the corners! ! Sans WD-40 or anything! That's crazy man! He's the Eddie Van Halen of Rusty nut and bolt removal "It's all in his hands" LOL.
Just wondering what to settle down and watch, and this pops up, brilliant!
Mustie1's moto "Beatings will continue until moral improves or engine starts running."
He is one step away from keel hauling that thing.
Nice 1 mustie 1 love the videos 🙂. Great to see the work you do to breath life back into these things 👌. Keep up the good work 👏. Happy 2022 😉.
It's amazing that you had that popping over at all.
Love midweek vids!!
Love it Mustie. That engines bits will come in handy if you never use them.
My wife was driving a ‘68 VW Bug when we got married. I worked on that pos many times but it served us well into the late ‘70s.
I would love to still see you rebuild and bring this thing back to life!
These last two videos really have the original Mustie 1 nostalgic feel to them.
Just love these type of videos from Mustie. Can’t wait for the followup, what’s a tease at the end!
Thanks for the mid-week fix Mustie!👍
Logged into work, 60 degrees today in Chicago land area, and I see a new mustie1 video uploaded an hour ago. Today is gona be a good day!
Thank you musty for another really good video it's a joy to see one in the middle of the week also just like that man said if you had merchandise I would definitely buy a hat people look at me kind of strange one or who the heck must be one was but if they started watching your videos they'd learn real fast thank you
Sometimes, there is just something gratifying (or exciting and mysterious?) in doing a teardown on a piece that may or may not have any hope of of ever even functioning again.
I don't imagine it's for everyone.
But just taking something apart just to see how it failed has a certain kind of satisfaction.
I guess its like an autopsy in a way.
The repair will continue. Amazing.
That little Milwaukee impact kicks some serious butt
I'm halfway... Scared this is just autopsy, I really wanna see it running again! Ur the best Mustie
It's so reassuring watchin' someone who knows what the hell they're doing. I'd be cussing a blue fit jumping up and down like Rumplestiltskin. But I know Mustie knows when to finesse something and when to beat the crap out of something. You Sir are "The Man!"
Ehh, he broke a few cooling fins beating the jugs off. Not my cup of tea or level of finesse "even though most of the motor was rotted"
Took the day off to celebrate my Gf birthday, and was surprised with this. Awesome!
She really must love you dude with you wacthing on her bday !!
@@robc3056 lol she does :)
You know it's bad when Mustie puts gloves on ...
Very rare😂
Been so busy I missed this episode! Great video Mustie.
I just love seeing you bring the engines back to life but I was hoping you were going bring that car back to life too.
As we used to say in the trade It Done Blowed Up. Thanks for the memories (sometimes nightmares).
Mustie, good video as always. I see you have COVID Hair like me. COVID Hair is grown by playing it safe staying away from the barber. I've never seen a VW engine that nasty, or that busted. The air gun in this case concerns me about what you might breath in. When I have a nasty project I use my shop vac with a bag inside it, along with a thin screw driver or something to scrape away the debris right into the hose of my shop vac. The air gun can be used as a final step with the shop vac hose running right next to the air gun. It looks like you have a Rigid shop vac. I've had a Rigid for years and they're usually powerful. Consider buying bags for yours as they still deliver excellent power and the bags save money by extending the life of the filter.
Interesting tear down with some great hoarding insights to finish...x1 Thermostat saved! 😊
That Shake and Break worked perfectly; never seen one do exactly what it's meant to do like that. You're the only guy I see using one; they might like to sponsor you. It would be pretty cool to get sponsored by a product you think highly of.👍👌😁
There's *tons* of people in the wrenching business who lack the finer motor skills--they immediately implement *Neanderthal brute force* when confronted by frozen nuts and bolts.
And if it's a power tool, it's set on level 11 and the maximum available electronic pixies are let loose. It's pretty sad actually.
It was neat that it ran at all. Thanks for the mid week snack.👍👍
Cool surprise before work. Thanks.
Good way to start the morning.
How you haven’t contracted hantavirus yet is amazing, you must be a superhero! Love your videos.
Swing and a miss..........not really cuz its still fun stuff, thanks Mustie!
I know this engine is junk; beyond economical repair, and attempting to repair it would not only waste your time, but also take away from other projects. So, that's out of the way.
What I'd like to see is, using the old Mustie magic, get this engine running, using only as is parts and perhaps a few parts from the hoard. The rules are that you can't spend over $10; it must run for 10 minutes; and only 10 parts are allowed from the hoard.
Your best videos are the "will it run" adventures, and this proposed adventure would be epic.
Hwah!! Hwah!! Hwah!!! "Let the beating begin!" And "Needs some more persuasion!" You were in rare form tonight Mustie!! You made my day! Thank you!
Another great video. Wow that's rough. Stay safe out there.
What a pleasant surprise. It's not weekend yet; you spoil us good sir!
Good call. Thanks for the tear down.
My friend had a daily driver VW, circa 1965, that broke the crank just inside the case on the pulley end. It wasn't abused. Just broke. It still ran, noisily.
I always enjoy watching your vids, your demeanor is very calm and relaxing to watch, I think of all these I've ever watched you work on, this was first time seeing one taken apart, Liked vid, Staysafe Buddy
Just wondering, are you self taught on working on the vw engine, or did you have a mentor? For me I learned how to work on smaller engines by my dad, and also by a mechanic friend when I was much younger
All the fins were clogged up.. causing overheating.. parts engine..if anything. Great video