Volkswagen Beetle Air-cooled Flat-four Engine Rebuild Time-Lapse | Redline Rebuild - S1E7
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- Don’t let anyone tell you that rebuilding an old Volkswagen Beetle engine is easy. After countless hours of work, some busted knuckles, more than a few trips to the parts store, some heavy-duty Googling, and another 30,000 photos, we present our seventh Redline Rebuild time-lapse video.
Our 1973 Beetle trudged 2,500 miles from Portland, Oregon, to Traverse City, Michigan, in the middle of a frigid January. It has led a hard life, with a hodge-podge of parts from various years and some obvious mechanical and cosmetic shortcuts taken over the last five decades.
While the beauty of the Beetle is that almost any part from any year will fit in some fashion, we didn’t take any shortcuts when it came to the engine. Many of the original parts were too far gone to reuse, biggest of which was the original VW magnesium case. The Beetle now has a brand-new aluminum case, along with a plethora of other new parts, and she is running better than ever!
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How long did the rebuild take?
@@rbc864 how much cost
@@perabakaranramankutty9035 Don't know bro? I was also asking a question.
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Who could dislike this video? Rebuilding engines is a dying art. This man has some skills.
Yup.
People who lost parts when they did it
Rebuilding engines is indeed a dying art. My father used to play often do it. He bought ex government vehicles for resale
When i try to do it; missing and extra bolt and nuts are the main headache
@@abeheadklate you gotta put them in bowls so you don't lose them
These time lapse rebuilds are works of art. Genuinely some of the best videos on TH-cam.
True
Especially when they're engine rebuilds like this
It's an remarkably easy engine to rebuild. ty for taking time to show it though - as I did that work myself many years ago, it reminded me of how it were done. :)
MachineFreaks 666
ahahahahah rectification du vilebrequin incroyable et ca va marcher
Takes me back. My first car was a 59 Beetle for $250. It was running but tired in 1971. Me and dad dismantled it, got all the rust out, zinc treated it, repainted.Then we fixed up the suspension and braking. The engine rebuild was done by experts, not us. We fixed up all the peripherals.
It was only a 1200 but it ran so sweet. Nice memories with dad too. The beetle driving off at the end was a nice touch.
Good memories!
A college girlfriend had a bug of early 70s vintage. Somewhere along the line I got turned on toa borrowed copy of John Muir's how to keep your Volkswagen alive; a manuall of step by step procedures for the compleat idiot.
The girlfriend, the car a just mories. The book was returned to the owner. I saw a copy on ebay & bought it for the read. Entertaining book.
I had a teacher in grade school who had an older green bug that had a few dents in it. What she ended up doing to hide them was to paint a bunch of daisies on it, making for a very distinctive car. I visited her a few years ago, and asked about it. She was amused that I still remembered the car after all these years (40 years ago now), and said she’d driven it until it was too clapped out to fix, and she had it hauled away.
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The remarkable lighting and clarity of detail is really amazing. Hagerty is as skillful at filmmaking as engine rebuilds
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I like how he pulls the car forward and pops the hood and just stands there then turns it around. Lol
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It was a joke cause he was wondering where the engine was.😂😂
That's the required first step, always is. "Inspect"
Who was waiting to hear the sound?
Love that sound
As a baby, i was often placed in the 'rumble' seat. The sound of these engines still makes me sleepy at 60.
@LiveOne LiveOne yes :)
@@whyvegan79 same here buddy
@@kenalls3518 awwww
Every time I watch these I'm just so impressed. I really hate to say it out loud but they deserve the rate we pay them.
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I love seeing all the different engines in this series. I like to re-watch it at quarter speed to get a better look
From the stand point of economy and simplicity one of the best engines ever!
@Juden Arier … It used way less fuel than most cars of it's time but 25 mpg is not great when you consider Toyota and Datsun were reaching well into the 35 mpg range by the mid 70s. By 1978 you could buy a Japanese car that was getting almost 50 mpg and accelerating to highway speed in half the time. Still in all it was a remarkable car with a design rooted in the late 1930s.
And also durability and ruggedness! 👍👍👍
Juden Arier how do you get 7 people in a beetle, I mean I know they did it in the circus, but in real life?
@@rupe53 you're right on those japanese cars getting amazing mileage for the time but the beetle had literally no competition in durability and mileage in the US during the 60's
@@hagglundguy … personally I don't feel most people were looking for mileage in the 60s when gas was around 23 cents per gallon. It was cute, quirky, nimble, and took up no space in the garage or parking lot. Also consider that by the mid 60s you could buy a mid sized Mustang, Falcon, or even a Plymouth for only about $500 more.... then there was the Corvair. OTOH, by the time those were popular the bug was entrenched in society by a good 15 years, outselling all the other imports combined. It took another 10 years (mid 70s) for the Japanese imports to catch up. By then the old bug was doomed in this country due to emissions and crash regulations.
Every time lapse video - magic...
I had a vw garage called ‘the bug factory’ through the 1970’s. I’ve lost count of the number of these engines I rebuilt. Out of the vehicle in under 15 mins. Pulled down in an hour. Rebuilt with a piston and cylinder kit imported from South America costing at that time me about $50 . Machined crank and cam shaft in stock. backin the car before we went home. Love those cars.
That has to be the most satisfying engine rebuild footage I think I've ever seen
Yes, same here!
Make sure you check out our other ones! th-cam.com/video/ft3GUzuo_AM/w-d-xo.html
Love the first 5 seconds
What is wisdom, a sturdy VW engine that doesn't boil in the desert, that fits in a suitcase and was made over 70 years ago. From Dusseldorf.
А таков Авто сервисе и таких Мастеровых !!!, можно только помечтать, а владельцу "Жука" - только позавидовать... Белой завистью !!!
No vehicle engine easier to work on than the vw flat four!! So awesome vehicles.
That first few seconds 😂 pulling in forward, opening the front *confused look* 💡oh yea!
Pulls out then backs in.
Para quem tem um olho atento, este motor foi fabricado no Brasil, basta olharem a inscrição no bloco quando ele está desmontando, muito bacana saber!
Sim...Blocos brasileiros foram exportados...
os farois traseiros tambem sao uma indicaçao
Será que foi algum modelo exportado por completo?
Eu logo reparei nisso. Esse é realmente um "Fusca" e não um Beatle. Rsrs
Sim, reparei o nome Brazil no bloco
I built a flat four for a 1964 326C Porsche. The owner was a Man named Hennessey of Texas. Yes he was part of the Legendary Hennessey's. I was honored and it was a beautiful project.
Having worked at a motorcycle dealership as a tech, rebuilding an entire motor and carb is what we call "controlled chaos"..😁
It’s ALWAYS a 3 day thing
Carbs especially
Off topic but desiel engines dont require a carburator or spark plugs do they? But they have glow plugs to preheat the fuel? Would that also mean they do not require a distributor too?
And are all diesel engines fuel injected?
I'm still learning.
@@ripp3rjak934 You are correct on all points. They fire based off of injection timing and just the shear compression ignites the diesel. Most diesels are direct injected, however, a few use indirect injection but all are injected.
@@GreatLakesLogger Thanks! Now I don't have to beat my head. I really appreciate responses like these. So I can test my engine knowledge!
"When I retire, I want to own a Volkswagen. Because by then, I'll have enough money to buy the tools to work on the engine."
--A friend of mine about 20 years ago
All the tools you need for basic engine work will fit in your school lunch box.
@@Denpachii knowing how to utilize that tool box takes a bit of grinding but there's always a way😂
@@Denpachii I never owned a VW. But if they're anything like BMW cars and motorcycles you'll need a special tool to remove the part you need a special tool to remove about once a month.
@@SeaMonkey137 I do not know BMW, but the only special tool, other than the engine stand (if the engine is out it is no longer basic) I bought was the socket and alignment tool for the flywheel. And a torque wrench. Everything else was easily kept in a rather small box about the volume of a bread loaf.
Around 2000, he should have been able to buy at least 3 volkswagens and been able to build 1800+cc engines for them with electronic ignition distributors, twin 40mm progressive vertical draft webbers with aircraft grade heim joint linkage, spring loaded pushrod tubes, external oil cooler, biggest valves you can stuff in the heads, and nice peppy cams. I've built an 1835cc dual port motor a time err two for a trike i put many hours into. Also made a 1600cc single port out of the good parts from two bad motors. One split a valve and locked down two cylinders, the other had an issue with the crank eating up oil seals. So i put the good top end and bottom end together in one night and carried it 150 yards from my shop door, mounted it up on the old sand rail, adjusted the valve lash and ignition timing, and fired it up at 6AM. im only 27 currently. I was oh 17 turning 18 when i did all that. Seems to me one thing that can fail on these engines is the valves. For some reason they like to split.
I am not the least bit interested in vw or any motor from them. But I could not stop watching this. These time lapses are awsome
I love the very beginning where you're looking at the frunk like "Uhmm..." looking for the engine, I have that same moment with Corvairs 😂
It isn't a car's engine but a poem. Only volkswagen can be such a beauty!! I love this car.
everything I needed to know to care for my beetle engines, I learned in a high school industrial arts class breaking down and rebuilding a simple air cooled lawn mower engine.
Best time lapse ever
Chris Piazza te apoyo man
組み上がったエンジンの美しいこと！
感服します。
just like i remember it
Just great
Chris Piazza i think so😅
Evidently, I have some sort of fascination with time-lapse engine rebuilds… saw the Hemi Firepower one the other day, and have now watched four more. Very satisfying! I used to restore VW’s, and a well built engine, detailed just right, was my favourite part of the car!
Great work! Thank you.
Ron, Tasmania, Australia
Ovo ne rade majstori već doktori.
Doktori majstori!
I love how he drove it in hood first and just stared at it for a few minutes. LOL
'what did I get myself into'
insider joke
"Oh damn engine isnt up here"
You just know he's frustrated with himself because he did that.
I've always imagined if someone sees my beetle and asks about it i would open the hood and say "hey where'd I put that engine now?
A VW beetle was one of the most reliable engines. I drove one for years when I was an apprentice mech. Pulled the motor in the dark, it was so easy. Great old Ferdinand!!!
@A Gough For your information please note that this motor was the first Porche engine and is still based on the same flat motor! Copy?
@A Goughkma!!!
25 HP was quite good for a car that size when it was introduced, but it is outdated 1930s tech, idk why there are no modern air cooled car engines, they are so reliable!
When I was a kid we went on holiday with one of those. Mom and dad on the front seats and 3 brothers in the back! An all baggage in the front compartment, but no suitcases, just the clothing directly stuffed in! It was always a lot of fun during the rides with these beetles.
I love this work. This, is and has never been available to me in any town I reside in. I have never seen good engine work from a shop. And I'm 44 years old. This is how it's done and it's done very well.
Heard the term " complete engine teardiwn" but never saw one...Amazing. And many excellent mechanics take apart in a sequence like this & memorize everything, so they can go back the other way & re-assemble without skipping a beat. Hats off to your skills!
This Video is What Every 10 to 12 Years Should Watch with their Grand Dad, or Uncle that a Machinist or Mechanic 🥲💪🥳
I’ve must’ve seen this a thousand times! Still enjoy it every time.
Had a VW Kombi van in the 1980's, in Johannesburg, replaced the engine twice in 10 years. First was a local, so called rebuild.....garbage, lasted 2 years or so. The second was a rebuild from the VW itself, cost a lot more. This engine was brilliant and seemed like it would go on for ever. I wish I still had that van, carried furniture, building materials you name it.
it came in running and its still running , AMAZING!
Yet another rebuild?
*BRING IT ON!!!* - The more the better!
Already hard at work on some more! Glad you're liking them!
What would the charge be (ballpark) if I were to drive my '69 beetle over and have the same done (stock 1500 single to be left as stock as possible)? Any idea. No need to make a video though :-)
Love these!!! Seriously some of the best stuff on TH-cam!
In the 70’s in São Paulo, traffic was composed of over 90% of every cars being a VolksWagen Aircooled.
As a result, nowadays if you want to make a VW build in Brazil you can find parts very cheap, literally everywhere.
Also, literally every mechanic with a beer gut and a bald head knows an aircooled engine inside out like the back of their own hands. I’ve seen some very interesting builds, others not that much.
My dad had a 53’ with a right side UK steering wheel in the 90s. VWs are the most beautiful thing.
I love watching the rebuilt of the Volkswagen motor I got a VW bug 1972 restored the whole thing myself and it's my Sunday drive I love driving it
Beautiful! As an air cooled VW owner and enthusiast, this was a fantastic watch!
5:37 I literally love how the music just cuts straight to the car's engine up
When this engine was designed and built by the Germans.
This engine and transmission were mad to come apart on a work bench. It simplicity is remarkable.
I'm gonna own one of these one day.
People dont know the inteligence of working on engines and repairs,its a great feeling to make a machine to help everyone,and your the artist of physical art!.......... ......396 guy
Just wow! Every car should have this maintenance ! Art of job ! Greetings from Mexico !
The last Beatle was made in Mexico in 2003. In Brazil it's know as Fusca. Greetings from Brazil to Mexico, EUA and Germany.
These guys are not of this earth. Amazing
I can watch this video over and over and never got tired. The sound of the motor at the end is lovely.
I almost cry, here in México the VW Sedan was one of the most popular cars, my father was auto mechanic and I had great moments with him learning and disassembling those beautiful engines.
I've done a zillion of these but it was still fun to watch. Great job!!
Hey Rick. Thanks for everything you have done for VW enthusiasts worldwide. We appreciate it.👍
Surely if i did this, I’d find a few spare parts laying around after I was done...
Not with this one! It’s easier than baking a pie, I promise!
Me looking at the extra parts after thinking I was done, "Wow! How nice! They gave me spare parts!"
Pfft why are these holes spitting out fuel. And why isn't it starting.
Wait *what's a sparkplug???*
Effen A
So did they.
Похоже мужики разбирали такой мотор не один раз!) Красота!!
Not the most powerful motor in the world but everyone that admires cars knows and appreciates the sound of that little, flat four.
The sound of the vehicle driving away at the end is legit.
The camera work is so good, I could watch someone feed their goldfish
Carbies and Point ignition was the era that not many would miss... welldone...
Great fun to watch! Super production, love all the little 'moments' and in-animation animations (bolts running around, etc). Thanks Guys!
When I was a 6 year old kid sitting in my mom's car at the market in 1959 I saw three men in a pick up truck steal a Volkswagen engine in under two minutes .
Four bolts hold the entire engine, the rest are just few and small wires that can be cut with small pliers, the engine comes out from the bottom
When I was 18 year old in 1959 I stole an engine from VW beetle..... were you that little kid staring at me? ))))))
12 minutes was my record time.
@@nick_vash were you at the farmerboys market in paramount , CA . You'd have to be 80-90 years old now . So I doubt it was you .
1m 6s is the fastest removal time for a beetle engine.
I love watching these rebuilds. It makes me happy to see these old engines being brought back to life :)
But can I confess how that little crankshaft is the most adorable thing ever. It's so short and small I can hear it huff and puff "I'm a real crankshaft too you guys!" and all the bigger cranks are like "Yes, yes... Sure you are."
Классная работа. Приятно всегда смотреть на настоящий ручной труд. Молодцы.
Those old Magnesium cases make awesome campfires.
I can’t believe how much work have to rebuild a engine and that guy is amazing to do that good job I’m impressed
Lmao pulls it into the garage... realized the engine is in the back.
Einfach nur Geil, es Lebt.
You beat me to it
he really just thought about his whole life after he popped the hood too hehe
It was on purpose its a joke
Ahmedsami1995 ya we all knew that....it was just funny
I feel so good when I see the markings saying Brazil on the engine, probably this Beetle has already roamed Brazilian streets... and today it is in your skilled hands ❤
Didn’t see him line boring the crankcases. Absolutely essential to get that done once you split them, otherwise the new bearings will fail.
The beetle will run forever due to this guy. ✌️🤘👍👏
I wish i had mad skills like this. 👌
Wish I have a garage and full lathe like that.
I had added an external oil cooler and a magnetic drain plug to the engine in my 1967 VW Van. Along with a Porsche oil filter, sheet metal air scoops, and a cut-out door over the engine compartment, a beautiful enamel coated flywheel rounded out my additions to it. I still miss it 😭.
Nice to see the old engine with parts from Brazil. I know that a lot of replacement parts are still sourced from Brazilian stock.
Look at those old bumpers.
Great video guys.
I started my career working on these. Wunderbar! Porche Boxer. Brilliant engineering. Die Deutshe Moterenworken. Yah.
This is my favorite Hagerty series! I NEED MORE!!!
Time-lapse is great, but the slowly-panning camera makes it really engaging, brings it to life somehow. Terrific photography!
I still remember my green Volks beetle 1968....which I had did tinkering, mechanical and painting to it...
I love the way the camera moves around slowly. Nice effect. Must have taken a lot of patience.
Also, love the shiny push rod tubes.
Peter Morris you can buy fairly simple rail systems you just mount on a tripod. Usually you program it to move either for a bit between shots or just tell it to move for x mm per minute or something similar. It’s nice for stopmotion also.
Finally!!! Awesome work guys! Do more rebuild timelapses.
Those old VWs are gems. Very simple and awesome cars. Pretty much the same as early Porsche's. Great German engineering.
*If it were not for the air cooling system, it is a simple aircraft engine, one of the simplest car engines. The work of many hours simplified into minutes is amazing. Congratulations*
Sou apaixonado por fuscas, vê-los recuperar um motor de fusca faz eu me sentir feliz. Mais um velho guerreiro pra rodar 3 decadas
Só não vir regulando as válvulas!
I love the time lapses that you guys make. Keep them coming!!!
Quite possibly the most perfect engine ever invented considering it is over 70 years old, almost indestructible no matter how you drive it.
This is probably the 5th time I have seen this and every time I think wow this is probably one of the prettiest engines made by man.
I love watching your rebuild videos. It gives me a great joy to know there are still not good but great workmanship out there still. I would definitely bring my engine to you if you were in my country. God bless
I love these videos. I now imagine I do this same process with my snowblower, mower, and ice auger but I'm really just drinking beer and cleaning that carb.
Uff.. i love that 'clean' engine on that beetle ❤
Amazing work! Love how you rectified the connecting rods instead of replaciing them. There is an oil pump for the fuel injected bugs, that has the conection for an oil filter, and fits perfectly in the carburated engines. It's always a good add on to prolong the oil's lifespan. Regards!
Were can I get either new or secondhand deconditioned 1600cc Vw Engine.please advice if you are vw lover am in kenya
I'd rather drill and tap the case for a remote full flow filter and, if I drove the Bug in a hot climate, another external oil cooler. Oil does most of the cooling on those air cooled engines.
Amazing work ❤💪🏻
Well there’s one thing I’ll never do😂. Awesome work.
I love how the camera glides during the timelapse. The camera work is as detailed as the rebuild.
Awesome video and great work! Your video has inspired me to fully capture the engine rebuild on my ‘66 Beetle... fully disassembled now, and organizing everything to reassemble. Editing the clips into videos is proving to be as much of a learning curve as rebuilding these aircooled engines (this is my first).
Did you manage to do it? I'm tihinking of trying to rebuild mine.
My 73' crank is shifting and time for a tear down. This run through video had me locked in from start to finish!
This put a huge smile on my face.
Sabe aquele vídeo que você não consegue parar de assistir... Lindo demais! 😃😊
This showed up on my feed ... I'm like, sure, I'll watch it again! Can't press like again, though!
I love these motors. The beauty is in the simplicity
I did this 100s of times back in the day. Parts where cheap & widely available.
I honestly respect this man and we can really learn a lot from him on his videos. Such an important skill.
Que video tan bueno!!! Desde pequeño he visto al VW escarabajo como uno de los autos más hermosos!!! Gracias amigos por devolverle la vida a ese auto, se lo merece!!!
My dad loved his VW! An didn't have near as good tools, lifts, jacks, but he could pull engine in 17munutes with a big smile!
Amazing,bravo, there is a beauty about rebuilding something old,
More noble than just the new stuff coming out of the factory,ty!
I loved watching this Volkswagen restoration. You guys are great!
Just WOW! Really well made video 9/10 and content is 10/10. I just loved the end result when it drove off. Beautiful sound!
Sweet! My sister had a VW slapstick she had it painted like Herbie, winter time in Chicago is a beast, Herbie always started and never got stuck like chuck! But that heater was totally useless she always had blankets for all four passengers until it warmed up! Nice rebuild done by professionals!