will it run/drive? rusty vw bus sitting 13 years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- I picked this bus up about 14 years ago from a girl that was a groupie for the band phish, she settled down and started a family so the bus just sat. I picked it up and have been gathering parts for it a long time, but its parking spot behind the garage is going to be used for other purposes, lets see if we can get the old girl up and running once more shall we.
I get so excited when I see a Mustie video appear! Best channel on TH-cam by far. When you gonna set up a Patreon account so we can support your work?
News article: "A missing New Hampshire man was found near death today, having been stuck between a garage and a VW van for three days. He reportedly was trying to retrieve a clamp." (I sometimes think about the strange news articles, usually about my death, that could result from my hobbies.)
me as well. "Local Philadelphia Teen Killed from Brain Aneurysm after Dropping Screw down Basement Drain"
Looking for a spare tire: "I don't see that, but I do see the door's ready to fall off. THAT might be an issue.." -- why I love Mustie1's videos, no project is too far gone to save.
"Lets see how well this goes without brakes." It should go real well, stopping is the problem.
just put it in a low gear and let off the throttle. engine braking
thats not what im saying. mayby 2nd or 3rd gear and slowly let off the clutch if you want to slow down, not a complete stop
of course. im not saying that engine braking is an alternative for regular foot brakes.
It's not going fast that gets you, suddenly stopping does. - Jeremy Clarkson
There's no problem stopping this bus as it as the auto brake on the right front.
You get to work on some of the coolest stuff ,plus we get to learn so much from your video's.
Please keep it up
The amount of rust on that bus is sooo sad. I wish people would've put more effort into preserving them 😭
Colepaq most people in those buses were super baked so keeping the elements of nature was not a priority
The East Coast weather did most of them in-
I can watch old vehicles being brought back to life all day.
Thanks Mustie for your efforts!
D J Tanner same. Makes me wish I had a dad to teach me how to work on cars growing up. Everything I know, learned on TH-cam.
Jesse Lynn, there’s many smart and great mechanics to learn from on TH-cam. If you want to learn to do just about anything, you can find someone on TH-cam to teach you how to do it!
"Drive with locked sliding door only" it says right above the steering wheel. I don't think you or that door followed that rule :)
i wonder what would happenif you parked a new 2017 car and didnt run it for 13 years. I suspect with all the electronics etc it would not behave like this VW did
Ted Bishop that's a shame in today's modern world. Also, if you tried to start a car that has fuel injectors, have a fire extinguisher handy since worn out or rusty injectors can catch the car on fire.
WinVistaUser2 best thing for a new car! Catch on fire!
Try doing it to tesla...
pffft.... that rust should buff right out.. lol
Rustie1 😉
"Just a tad bit of rust..." [Floor caving in]
She's gonna need some parts boys.
But when its all over - everybody will want to chooch it.
Thank god you got it out of the weeds in time to save it.
If you keep it red you should name it cherry Garcia
Only a Veedub air cooled would wake up after 14 years with a scoot of 2 stroke, God bless their rusty little hearts.
Man Darrell that was a cake walk to start it up....compared to other cold starts.Sounds like it ran only a month ago.603 here thumbs up
That bus missed having a good mileage for Halloween, just 6 miles short!
Those old engines like a bit of 2-stroke gas to wake up after a long sleep just like we do with coffee (or tea), eh?
Did you ever restore this one Mustie? I have a 70 westy and would love to see yours restored
Mustie1 "The engine whisperer" lol.
It always amazes me that an engine sitting so long will start at all.
Damp would have got into every area.
I disagree: It's the famous Dr. Von Mustiestein. He has brought another one back to life. Can't you hear him yelling : "IT'S ALIVE. IT'S ALIVE'?
Seriously. Imagine letting a modern car sit and rot for 14 years, and then starting it by throwing some gas and a battery at it. Aircooled VW's are the perfect TEOTWAWKI vehicles.
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the joys of old engines that are mechanical and free of electronic sensors. A modern car would never be able to do this.
Fantastic job always very interesting a man of many talents
FRAME RUST no problem.
Your defiantly have the glass is half full attitude when it comes to rusty VW's
If you keep a negative attitude when working on projects, you will probably force yourself to lose interest.
Kevin Richter Living and working with old or antique cars does require a heavy dose of optimism and a sense of humor. Mustie does it best! I (on the other hand) would be swearing like a drunken sailor!
Working on anything old requires that optimism attitude, cars, houses, electronics, computers.
Matte Edström it’s a question if I brought you into a room with a half a glass of water on the table you never saw before and asked you what you see
Hey Darren, I saw a another TH-camr loosen up a stuck wheel by placing a prybar under the lugnuts like you did. EXCEPT that he let the prybar touch the ground. Then he lowered the jack back down so that the prybar could put pressure on the drum and broke it loose WITHOUT any hassle. Maybe he got lucky, but he sure made it look easier. Hope this helps.
That's one for the old grey mater to lock away, Till needed.
Murphy's law would have the wheel remain locked and car shifted from the jack onto the ground upon lowering
Did all this when I was young but now don`t now that I wan`t all that trouble....nice to see you go at it......CHEERS
Those factory mufflers sure are quiet. Now I see why you are buying donor buses. Wonder what kind of shape the phish girl is in these days lol
Tyler's Neighborhood Garage Fancy seeing you here, Tyler.
Tyler's Neighborhood Garage Hhhhh
Good start after so many years, it's nice to have a relative easy one once in a while.
That was creepy-Christine-ish when the lid slammed down on the fuel hose. "NO! NO! I DON'T WANT TO GO!
I had similar thoughts when I saw that...
Love the bucket mouse trap. lol
Needs more water.
These are literally my favorite type of videos that you do Mustie! Every time I find an oldie that's been sitting in a field for a decade + I'm always tempted to go run and grab a battery and some starting fluid and seeing if I can at least get it somewhere covered! I wish I had the time and contacts to do the same in my area except with Volvos. Love your stuff! Keep doing more like this!
It is very nice video.Thanks.
A tap of rust???needd a new frame !!why to destroy the another vw t2 when the frame is in the same condition??
nice little early bay westy! But here in texas that amount of rust would be daunting to most of us :)
Old VWs - 0... Mustie1 - 57!!!!
Sorry but i have to say this car is sadly junker becausse of a chaisis...
Oil spraying the body seams and cavities once or twice a year with Fluid Film or even chain saw bar and chain oil (stays tacky) would have saved this bus. It's sad how many people "love" their VWs and won't even craw under them once a year with a couple of cans of Fluid Film and stick the straw inside of the body cavities and prevent cancer rust with a little bit of oil spray.
But what about once the rust starts?
Doug Owens rust can be killed and patched.
LUKATHEDRIFTER 13 My former boss at the service station I worked at for 16 year's used to coat the undercarriages of his car's and truck's twice A year to stop rust. At first he used Phillips 66 MM non-detergent oil but later switched to LPS-3. It's A wax based metal preservative that is still available from amazon.
He had A 64' I.H. Scout plow truck and A 66' I. H. wrecker and A 65' Chevy pickup. When he retired he sold the wrecker to an auto part's yard that stopped the preservation measures and the body rusted off in about 10 years. The Scout and P.U. was bought by A coworker and he did the same routine as our boss did and the body's are as solid as the day they were made. It work's much better if you have A lift to work under but tall jack stand's can work also. Unfortunately for me, I tend to buy car's and truck's pre-infested with the rust worm's and salvage is long past!
Gary Ronan thank god I live in NC. So glad we don’t have to deal with that down here. Only problem cars here are cars from the beach.
A little Alabama bondo aka duct tape and spray paint and it'll be good to go 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Backup light works. You'll be legal in most states.
I’d like to thank you Mustie, I’ve learned so much and have started successfully repairing stuff at my place. Thanks to you, keep’em coming!
German Warhorse guys...
that mouse trap when you opened the driver door made me laugh.
spoiler : any time Mustie try to start / run something, it does :-) or he makes it do
I always look at the length of your cold start videos and try to guess if you'll be successful
There's something Phishy about this bus....
Roadkill will drive it 1000 Miles in Snow!
l would too, just need brakes,
Their old Ford which got a 302 transplant for the trip and blew out the frost plug more than once if I recall correctly
i didnt mean that you wont, keep up the good work Mustie!
"Fahren nur mit verriegelter Schiebetür" "Drive only with locked sliding door" That's what the sticker says on the steering wheel column. (20:14) Very enjoyable videos. I'll be checking back. I love seeing these old VW's restored! When I was 7, in 1969, my dad bought a 1969 VW Beetle. In 1974, he traded it in for a 1974 Super Beetle. My brother and I thought we were moving up in the world with the cool new Super Beetle with the curved windshield and the sunroof! LOL! Thanks for posting these videos. Don't forget... Vergessen Sie nicht! Fahren nur mit verriegelter Schiebetür!
It's ready for a road trip!!!
The crustmites have been a tad bit bizzy engine sounds pretty good Mustie making a fun prodjectamondo rusty bus I didn't know if you heard this before that tire was only flat on one side lol!!, I glad that you grabbed that clamp before Thanksgiving smart move looking forward the next installment thanks 😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍👌
Lovely and beauty vw westfalia! I want a westfalia for me too! Sorry for my english, greetings from Querétaro México
I like watching you videos buddy but you sound like the pilot of an aeroplane
Ssskkt!... "This is your Captain Speaking! We are currently traveling at 1000 feet".......... :D
No blue, white or black smoke?
What do you mean no brakes. You have the new AlwaysOn® brake. You just let off the gas and it stops your car.
HaHa, watching you work is like watching me doing the stuff you do. I was a mechanic for 30 years and have worked on any thing that had a engin on or in it...
At 16:26, that's what the ColdWarMotors guys would call Grampa Grip.
The engines on Beetles and Microbuses will always start. They are bulletproof.
Besides showing this bus occasionally throughout your videos have you ever done an official video on it??
Love the channel! I have learned a lot from watching you "fix" junk up! You are a engine freak! Thankz
Had an identical '71 I bought for $1 when I was 13. Was forced to give it back 4 years later after gutting it. I was so pissed. Had just bought a much needed welder when I was told the camper must go.
I bought my double door van in eastern Washington for $600.00. It had no rust and no dents, and a new motor. The guy wouldn't drive it because the tie rods were shot which was an easy fix. Sadly I lost it due to my wife dying of cancer and leaving me a quarter of a million in debt.I losr my 73 Thing and two bugs too.
11:25 That handle sticking out from the dash above the shifter, that's the parking brake if i remember correctly and it looks pulled out... That might have been an issue also, no? =D
It's still pulled out at 20:12, so it wasn't loosened.
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Great video, Mustie. I have a 1970 Bus that I've been driving and tinkering with for the past year, so I'm looking forward to see what you do with this one.
The main thing is......does the stereo work....???.How about the Kanuton valve
I know you are into VW, but these videos were awesome. I have a 92 dodge dakota that has been sitting since around 09. It needs a torque converter and a fuel line replaced. Any suggestions for other work I should do besides lubrication?
Look up the Woody allen movie "Sleeper" he finds a 1968 VW beetle in a cave.. been sitting 200 years, he gets in turns the key and it starts right up... funniest ever.
Yup, the ol' tinworm's been munching on that ol' hippievan, and Phish, hmm, makes me want ice cream......... :P
Hey mustie love your videos watch you all the time
did I hear something about "restoration" of this hulk?
starting with the frame, I presume......
Hi Mustie1 this is Handyma48 you have a burnt out reverse light out on the left handside the bulb number is 1073. I don't know if you have that bulb or not, when you go to the store go to the car care section & look for that bulb.
She's a little crispy but runs good. I'm sure you can get her all fixed up. I'm guessing another container is coming to put behind the shop?
DUDE, You had the parking brake set the whole time you were trying to move the bus. Brakes weren't seized.
yeah this German car with a boxer 1.6 engine hp 55 are always start even after 30 of 40 year they are amazing strong and it is a M2 model they give much money for this car in Europa yeahyeah
I’ve always wondered what does Senor Mustie do for a living ? Small engine repair/ VW restorer ? Inquiring minds want to know lol !
Hey mustie, can you try and start an old ford escort mk1??
I have one sitting at my house and I would love to see someone fire an clapped out one up!!
I know it isn’t a vw but i think you have the expertise to do a ford escort!!
seized brakes: I fired up my Trans Am this summer because I needed it to get it out of the way for some fence building. It fired right up on who knows how old a fuel. When it come time to slip it into gear you could tell it did not want to move and with a bit more throttle pressure there was a horrendous bang as the back brakes broke loose. I still had one brake caliper froze up in the applied position. I broke a C Clamp trying to press it together. hammered it off the rotor. swapped the seized caliper with one that came off a 13 year newer Caprice . and she was good to go.
I "found" (quess it was never lost to the owner) one of these buses lying in the forest near me, it is fully molded on the outside, bad rust everywhere, engine compartment was so badly rusted that the engine had fallen out.. I found out that it was driven to that spot in the end of the 90s. I dont think it is salvageable anymore :( Would be nice though to own one of these one day!
SPOILER ALERT !!!!
'course it runs... haha
Sir. You are working like a real hero on these cars. I like the original brown colors on them, But what is the red color ? Some kind of rusticles or something ;) The final car deserve to wear the name Titanic II :D ;D
Hi Mustie1, look forward to seeing your videos like other people and don't know whether it's just me but I found it quite funny when you opened the side door and you said it was about to fall off that tickled me, then when you said if you think this one's bad whow the one you got the wheel out of the door did fall off, how meny have you got or have you lost count? Keep up the great work mark in the UK
So what's next for this bus? Or just moving to different storage?
RichE
After looking at the chassis on the 2 red busses in your videos I think you should try restoring that 1928 wreck that was parked alongside the other bus in the field. the chassis on that looked in better condition,
Shine a light shine a light, or is it sparks coming from the floorboard? Skidding all the way in a snowy New England day 😂
I love the outside looks of these and the front seats look okay, but I will never understand the mustard yellow seats in the back. They don't even match, haha!
Don't know how I came by your vids but,really enjoy them,I'm not a machanic but,they are cool
She sounds great for a bus dormant so long (like a sleepy suzy)...do I sense a series coming on...I do hope so!
well letting it set for so long does more damage than keeping it running but keeping it running does create something else on my bus 737,000 miles on some of its parts. Rambus
Great vehicles ever. Still when you see either a Bettle, karmann ghia, buggy, Westfalia, they still turn heads.
That was an easy one, except for the stuck wheel. Great job! Thanks for sharing...
hi mustie1 looking forward to the next car job this look a good one, from bob in derby in the uk ps 9/10
If I were an after market vw parts supplier, I’d try and get one of the manufactures to make replacement rocker panels for both sides and front rear doors and quarter panels. Seems they all are rusted out.
Wouldn't it be nice if you had the ability to send this video to the groupie girl you bought it from years ago..
That is amazing, very quick start, good German quality. Excellent video.
Nice videos dude, but consider wearing some gloves when touching all that rusty things
like a spider dragging it back to the lair..there is no escape. It's a done deal. Way to go Mustie1.
mustie did you change the audio settings of your cam / video editor? louder sounds are quite distorted. I guess the bitrate is too low...
A Bit of rust... that camper body is spiders holding hands 😁
Please make more visits on this
Aiming to build a VW bus «train» roadtrip with some kind a league ?
Better Mustie than me. I got tired of working on those old VWs 40 years ago!
I had one just like it 20 yrs. ago except mine didnt have bit of rust on it.
Sounds like a stuck valve causing the miss, and asking if it will run? Mustie is on the job , no worries
This was hysterical, great video. Looks like we’re dragging the wheel a tad...haha!
Awesome man. Did you sell the double cab you were working on?