Is The Volkswagen BEETLE The SIMPLEST Car To Fix EVER?
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2021
- Justin bought an old school Volkwagen Beetle for his daughter, but quite a few things need to be fixed before it can hit the road. He brought over a whole bag of parts and we were able to fix everything in less than 45 minutes. The shift linkage and shifter were taken apart cleaned and replaced with new bushings, the door handles, the window cranks, and the seat slides... a huge to-do list on any other car, just minutes on the Bug. Turns out it's pretty fun to work on, and while it's not fast, it is rewarding (and it shoots fire).
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Crazy, but, back before global warming, when East Tennessee would get some epic 6-12" snowstorms, my dad would slap some chains on his Beetle and just rock on in to work, passing all the Fords and Buicks in the ditches. It was so light it just drove on top of the snow, I guess.
So true. We drove over some epic snow drifts in northeast Neb with our 63.
Don't forget to put a couple bags of sand in the frunk. They like to go straight around snow covered corners. I speak as a former 73 Super Beetle owner from the north east.
All the weight is on the drive tires. The front acts just like snowmobile skis.
I had one one in high school. Used to go drift busting and I thought I broke something as it wouldn't steer. Turned out the front fenders were just entirely packed full of snow!
You could do a video series where you see how much engine and tech you can squeeze into a super beetle without modding the exterior. That could be a blast.
Beat this! ua-cam.com/video/hpb2Him9CUo/v-deo.html
Fuel injection conversion would be nice, not many options that are cost effective.
Can’t compare Jr to Mustie1 until there is a proper “will it run” episode on a Beetle that’s been sitting for years.
Thinking the same thing!
Can you imagine a Mustie1 and Vice Grip Garage collab?
We found this old beetle, we’re gonna drive it 600 miles home. Stopping at all the fine motels and auto parts stores for nasty tool kits.
@@whatsstefon Don't forget the McDouble (Big Mac without the extra bread) for dinner!
@@DurocShark 😂
The lack of a Autobot Logo on a bright yellow Beetle, it's just weird.
3rd car I ever owned was a '67 Bug. Ran bad and smoked when I got it for CHEEEEP money. First engine I ever rebuilt. I was done in a day! 2 &1/2 hours out, 5 hours in the rebuild, then almost 3 hours to put back in. Started and ran on the first try!!! EASIEST engine I ever worked on! Had to do a few other things on it, but it was just too easy to work on!!! Man, I drove the wheels off it!!! Love me some old Bugs!! PS That car will have NO heat unless he puts the heater tubes back on it. That's providing it still has the heater boxes on the exhaust manifolds. Tell him best 'o luck for me, JR!!!
In Brazil we call them fuscas , and there is a saying here that goes as , you can fix a Fusca with a piece of duct tape , chewing gum and wires
In Mexico it's called vocho. And in Spain Escarabajo.
@@taunuslunatic404 In Mexico the girls ask the boys, do you have a car or a Vocho?
@@taunuslunatic404 yup my aunt has vocho in her car collection she rarely drives it but I got to install her stereo few years ago when I went to visit her. Awesome cars 🚗 one of my co workers has a retro herbie bug looks amazing park outside
I was wrenching on my bug before you were born. God I'm old lol
10:10 AIR COOLED engine- avoid overheating by closing off those air blower nozzles used for cabin heat (or put on proper heater air hose). OR you may overheat engine and might 'drop' a valve.
Thanks. I'll look into it!
The ones on the shroud are blocked off, but the ones on the engine apron with those holes are definitely asking for trouble. While you’re at it, make sure the engine bay seal is sealing the top of the engine from the road. Keep that heat down under the car and out the back past the bumper.
It's very easy to change the door handle lock combination and use the original key. Also you can use a lighter to soften the handle seal and install it correctly.
My first car was a Beetle and my 3rd was also a canary yellow Beetle. Those are the best cars to learn how to wrench on because they're so simple. Just for the record the car you were working on is a Super Beetle the simplest indicator being the curved windshield. A regular Beetle has a flat windshield.
Except 71-72 super beetle is also a flat window I use the method of if it's got struts it's a super
@@maryjanesresurrection3309 True, not all Super Beetles have curved windshields, but all Beetles with curved windshields are Super Beetles
Judging from the paint colors, you’re working on what remains of three Beetles.
Car pretty clearly was once orange
“Phoenix Red” was the color name on my ‘74 orange beetle.
Definitely originally a horrible 70's orange
I think you should strip it and repaint it in its original orange. ;)
I would have put the window handle up. That is how I oriented all the ones I had when younger. Makes it easier to find when dark to roll down and doesn't get in the way of anything.
I put mine with the handle down so they don't vibrate open when you're driving.
@@someonebald2022 factory placemenyt is 10 o'clock
My favorite car. I have owned 6 of them. Glad to see you working on one.
I love bugs but JR's one hand on the camera and the other hand fixing the cars is impressive as hell! And funny! I could never do that. Mustie 1 and 5150 just got a new soul mate.
and coldwar motors...
Love the channel, but always find the one hand thing annoying as hell. Time for a tripod
My buddy always had Baja bugs and bugs because back in the early 80s they tended to be dirt cheap, fun to drive, and reasonable mpg. They also were so simple and easy to work on. I never really liked the way they drove but they always seemed to run, even when they shouldn't. He started buying old Toyota when they started getting reasonably priced and they just tended to be even more reliable and drove better but we had a lot of fun in those bugs and bajas. You really don't see them either way anymore around here.
I'm no mechanic, and I could work on the '74 Super Beetle I used to own in the early 2ks.
I replaced the starter, clutch cable, shift linkage, interior, and radio.
Same width my '80 & '82 VANAGON L.
Old school air cooled VWs are the absolute best.
To help with the slop on the shifter he can install a short shifter it's a plate that goes from the hump and in between the shifter.
Parts are cheap for vw
When you changed the door handles you can unscrew the lock tumblers out and switch them with the old ones so the door keys match the ignition key. Instead of having multiple keys for the car. Also the number on the old door handles is the cut code for the keys. Old bugs are very easy and well engineered. Your friend has a super beetle McPherson strut front end known to shimmy down the freeway. Tell your friend to put a 50 lbs bag of sand in the trunk. Trust me it works.
The bug just became the coolest bug around with the installation of the Saleen shift knob
Like you "unbelt" name for the scissor lift...There used to be a building here in Ottawa owned by the Sunlife insurance company, with their "Sunlife" logo in lit letters on the side...and then the day came when it became the "unlife" building. We wondered if Vampires had taken them over...
A neighborhood by my house was named Sunswept Village. Their fancy sign kept having the S stolen and making it Unswept Village. It happened so many times they put up a painted sign instead.
I learned how to drive a manual in a 63 bug. Trans / clutch is indestructible. Looks like this one started life as orange. Better get a front bumper on it for a new driver. And hope his daughter is ready to roast her ankles in the winter and scrape the windshield from the INSIDE for defrost. And don't forget to adjust the valve lash.
I had a gold Super Beetle with a sunroof that I loved. I wish I had kept it. No AC, but it had great ventilation. Like you said, they are so easy to work on.
Probably my favorite video all year!
Bought mine a bug also! Seats don't recline... ultimate "daughter" car!
The scissor lift should get its own channel called Watch JR Go Up. LoL
It’s always more fun to drive a slow car fast, then a fast car slow.
Glad to see it was a quick and easy fix!!
Jr: "I Almost kinda want a project bug" Project Rolls Smoke: *Raises Eyebrow*
Wow... this brings back memories! Back in 1978, I traded a 1968 Buick LeSabre (which was given to me and did not have a straight body panel or a back windshield) and $150 for a 1967 Beetle. At the time, I worked at an auto parts store and had zero experience with any type of import (read: "foreign car"). I drove the VW for a week and the engine blew up... it spun a rod bearing! I bought a copy of John Muir's book "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step procedures for the Compleat Idiot" and built a new engine (I re-used the old heads and carburetor-- after rebuilding them-- everything else was either new or remanufactured). New clutch, front suspension, brakes, etc... I drove it for a couple of years until I learned a most valuable lesson about driving while intoxicated when I rolled the bug onto its' roof one night. Flipped it back onto its' wheels, changed a tire and added a quart of oil and drove it home holding the driver's door closed with my elbow. Kicked most of the dents out of the roof by removing the seats and lying on my back and kept driving it. I later sold it to a friend for $400, and he drove it all the way to Louisiana without a hitch...
VIN 133.... Type '1' Body style '3' (super beetle) Year '3'' 1973. Known as curved windshield Super Beetle (71 and 72 had flat windshield).
Love to see JR repair cars. Would recommend installing strong metal brackets bolted through floor pan around front seat rails to prevent VW beetle ejector seat problem.
I always wanted a Bug. I fixed my sister in laws and by the time I drove it to her house, I was over it! I still think all old Vdubs are undoubtably cool, though.
Just found this now, and loved it. Memories of our 1972 1600 Super bug. @nd hand with 6000 miles and we had it for years then sold it after 175000 miles to get a larger car for our family. Saw it some years later up for sale and when wife and I sat in it, we were so surprised it was so small. Ours was yellow too.
I saw it in the background and was REALLY hoping you would do a video! Awesome
More content like this will make your channel explode the super cars are fun but not all of us own cars like those
It’s been bugging me for ages that you haven’t done a Beatle video!
Beetle
Beatles make music.
I had one same color ! Brought me good memories!
That was one of my first mods on my '70 Beetle.
Good stuff.
The link in the shifter too...
5:51 Why would you want the window handle to be in the way when you open the door?
You want to leave the handle on the side where gravity will keep the window shut. On the passenger door (which you're referring to), if the handle was on the left side of the 6-12 clock face, gravity would pull the handle down resulting in the window rolling down.
I love having the use of a scissor lift at work. The only thing that sucks is how hot it is once you pass the first twenty feet.
YES!!! THIS is the sort of stuff that I want to see!
yes!!!!!!! perfect vid on my bday, thanks JR!!!
If you get a Beetle you can fairly easily build-up a 250 horsepower engine and with the weight 250 horsepower is nothing to sneeze at.
A beetle with 250hp would be a death trap.
60hp is plenty for those rattle cans
If I could work on the Volkswagen Beetles with Watch JR Goes and Justins I would drink the cold Bartle Skeets and roll up the Number and get all schmoked up.
Great video JR.
On today'sepisode of watchjr mow we go almost as fast as a craftsman lawnmower in a vw beetle... Lol John is the (g.o.a.t.) Of youtube keep it up man
Thanks JR for helping me fix my lawnmower
Best channel on UA-cam
Same door handles on my 944 I just got. I need a set!
"I'm not gonna show you the keys because I've watched...to copy them..." 6:07 Yeah, like someone's gonna wanna steal that 'cream-puff' for sure~ LoL
Hell yea man love the old-school vws first cars I learned to work on and first car I got at 13 to build was a 71 super beetle
I had a 72 Super Beatle with a sun roof, while stationed in Germany. Loved that car.
I believe the car in this video is a Super Beatle.
@@Brian_Homer yea I had the sunroof too the crank was a real pain it broke eventually so I gutted everything out and just used a set of hood pins to keep it shut
@@maryjanesresurrection3309 Lol, the sunroof crank was probably the only part of the car that didn't break. I had a lot of mechanical issues but I still loved that car.
I saw this exact beetle listed online awhile back!
I used to own a Type 3 fastback. Same motor. Pretty simple to work on. Worst part is rusting floor pans. There is a whole aftermarket for it and you can everything for them. (except type 3 windshields, you have to look hard for those)
I had two orange 1972 super beetles.. easy easy to work on with plentiful cheap parts. Fun cars. Brought back lots of memories. Both of mine blew flames out of the exhaust … keeps tailgaters off your ass🔥🤣😂🤣😂 The brake master cylinder attaches to the brake pedal if I recall. At one point I had to replace one, I remember it being easy.
How cool! My first car was a 1970 Bug back in the 80s. Only engines I ever built until my Dodge 4.7 in 2018. I sometimes kick myself for selling my Bug as a basket case.
Love the orig bug, 1300-1600cc air cooled, so cool. The Singer sewing machine sound
There are two covers one on the body and one on the tunnel in the front to move the shift rod forward to replace the forward bushing
Finally a vw video , brings back memories of my 2 vws
I learned to drive stick when I was 16 on an old bug, easy to work on, think I can drop an engine as fast as you put those seats in
Perfect timing, ima be doing some bug content also! I’ve got a orange one!
Damn dude, it looks like this is one of your most popular videos!!! Go Bug go!!!
Outstanding Justin. Bless you for raising your children as you desire. Safe driving course?
Raise your kids your way brother. H5Bravo 👍🏻🇺🇸
Cool bug and good upgrades.
Awesome! JR
Beetles are indestructible! SO much fun to drive, and work on. Left a beetle on to of a washing machine in the sand dunes across from NYC many years ago (landing on that washing machine was NOT fun)
If you’re going to do anything air cooled it should be a Corvair!! Still enjoyed the bug project!!
Agreed, very underrated classic car.
Wasn't there a turbo version as well?
@@jfv65 yes… early models were spyders 150 hp. and lates were Corsa 180 hp.
Corvair Wagon with a turbo!
I love Bugs, it is fun if you can make a project with a bug something like a Bug Series.
I’m doing one on my channel
JR that yellow bug is a firefly. 💥
I had a neighbor who did a resto mod of one of these... Absolutely beautiful restoration job. However the twist was in the rear - it had an air cooled Porsche 911 flat 6.
As a proud owner of the same bug for over 40 years, not a car for a daily driver for a kid
Just a cruiser for her, she has a nice daily already
Holy Child Endangerment Batman! No way my child would daily drive that.
It's far from a daily for her. Just something to cruise with her dad in his caddy
oh ya gotta get one, i love my 72
Love it great choice
That was fun! Buy a project bug. 😎
This is awesome! You really need a mini truck build! An S10 would be so cool to see.
I understand people liking the VW bug. My issue with old bugs are how they survive in a serious accident. I hope his daughter stays safe and free of collisions.
Amazing content always !! Super UA-cam chanel!!
That’s the first car I learned to work on. Been chasing one ever since
When you said it wouldn't go in reverse I started to say "did you try pushing down" LOL
You definitely need to get a bug. Tons of cool ways to build them. I would love to do one with the 40 Ford style front with a Subaru 2.0
I have a 63 corvair and its pretty easy to work on as well.
When I was very young, my neighbor had a beetle. Whenever he would leave his house, he'd honk the horn twice after he changed from first to second gear. To this day, part of me still expects to hear two horn blasts whenever a beetle shifts from first to second.
Really cool Bug I like it
Those are cool cars so easily taken apart
Shift rod bushing is a super easy job...and now's the time. Won't shift quite right without it.
enjoy seeing Bug projects. get a project bug for sure- that'd be great content. actually the shift link bushing is not a huge job. can be done in about 30 mins with 2 people. I was able to do mine solo in just over an hour. and wow! previous owner painted over the classic orange to go with yellow.
My first car was an orange 71 VW bug. It does great in snow and it is a great car to learn how to work on cars everything is so simple. I can pull a motor in about 20/30 minutes 4 bolts and drop it out. Lol.🤙🇺🇲
Wow, good timing here. Let’s see what the bug can do!
🥉 super early!
@@WatchJRGo notification squad pays off 😎 (and being on UA-cam already when you posted) keep up the great content!
Thank you!
OG bumblebee. Nice.
My Grandma gave me a '74 Super Beetle but I had to get rid of it. I didn't run and the rear brakes were locked, and I didn't have a place to store it. I'd love to get another one some day.
The rear brakes being locked is standard for these cars, nothing a small sledge hammer can’t fix.
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I've always wanted a Bumblebee of my own. There is one on Craigslist for 7k right now but I'm $6,999.00 short.
drifting in winter with beetle are king
Glad I never gave up on the channel,
A bug should be everyone's first car.
VW used that seat install arrangement for years. At least up through the MK3 Golf/Jetta (through 1998) years. Never had to pull the seats out of my MK4, so not sure if they used that setup as well. There was a little bracket/stop that would keep you from sliding the seat out of the rails though. Not sure if the Beetle should have had that.
I miss my 71 Super Beetle, but don't miss replacing the throttle cable.
The lockpicking lawyer is the bomb! Just like you @watchjrgo!
Great vid