Did We Save Money $$ Building This VW Engine Ourselves? A Score of Parts at Busses by the Bridge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- @MerlinsOldSchoolGarage, @jetskijim007, Brad and Makay are hard at work on getting their VW engines running for Merlin's Birthday Bash Trip to Glamis Sand Dunes. Lucky for them one of the biggest Volkswagen part swap meets is happening right down the street. They are scoring jackpots of parts all over town, you won't believe how many engines Merlin ends up with!
It is amazing how many different types of engines Merlin is knowledgeable about.
You're right about that he is a smart mother f*****h, he could fix anything or make anything
a true master. incredible.
For Sure , Very Smart Man Merlin .
Was just thinking that.
This was the fastest hour on TH-cam I have ever watched. I watched it twice.
Merlin definitely holds a knowledge to be desired. Thank you for sharing
45 years ago when I was a new up and coming teenage mechanic my neighbor brought me his VW engine in pieces in an old apple basket. He had all the rebuild parts and a VW shop manual and asked me to put his engine together for his VW and he would put it back in. I put it together and it was still running years later when he finally sold the Beetle. You have brought me back some good memories Merlin. I love watching you work on all the stuff that you do. You are always calm and collected and never get in a hurry or upset when things doesn't go right ( at least with the camera on). If you can resurrect the Yellow Submarine brother you can walk on water !! Now I'm an old retired guy but I can honestly say you have more than earned my admiration and respect !
I worked in the auto repair industry for 30 years. Guys like Merlin are hard to find.
Merlins videos never disappoint! I would thoroughly enjoy spending a week or 2 working in the garage with Merlin. So much to learn and I been turning wrenches since I was 10. Have never found anything I couldn't work on or fix. Merlin really impresses me with some the things he does and knows. Already learned so much just watching like the using acid to restore metal, all the Cummins knowledge, the model T & A knowledge, now Vw knowledge, and so much more. As a mechanic i love consuming all the mechanical knowledge I can from the old school guys with many years experience.
I couldn't agree more.
Watching Merlin and his friends is a fun way to learn.
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Talk about the "Merlin the Great" dudes a wizard and pulls it off with comedy mixed in. They hadn't even walked a 1/3 of it and the munchies had kicked in, we looking for some breakfast😂😂
I would love to be a student at Merlin’s motor college. The guy is a walking wealth of information. A rebuild manual can’t come close to teaching this type of perfection.
Merlin is single handedly saving the VW dune community.
The Backwards comment on the fuel pump and bracket had me in stitches. Running the camera and back seat mechanicing.
More VW stuff than Mustie1. What a brilliant show
Ol' Ford's to ol' VWs
Merlin was probably a WW1 mechanic in his previous life,
2 or 3 life times ago he had a room in the castle full of positions and lotions to make the motions of the oceans and little did he know what he had begun.
Thank you for your time and efforts to make a shitty day a little less shitty.🎉❤
I mean... Thanks for the wonderful start to the day,
Hahaha 🤣 😮
Well said, thumbs up
Being a helicopter technician McKay does a meticulous job without even thinking about it!
I wouldn't fly in anything he "built" probably dropped half the parts before installing them! 😂
@@stevenhall1239 A little lite grease or lube holds that rear bearing on.
I wouldn't let McKay assemble a pencil sharpener let alone an engine
@@arte9855 and holding it level so it won't just fall off
When I was working on aircraft I did the Lycoming and Continental air cooled opposed engines, radial engines some that the engine rotates around the crank, single to multiple row, turbine engines... So many designs, so much brilliance. What always stuck with me was the pressure carburetors that were aerobatic rated, they were right before fuel injection. They used fuel and atmospheric pressure, springs and diaphragms. It was really a mechanical throttle body injection system before t.b.i. It could work in any attitude, even upside down. Icing was the downfall which is why they went with fuel injection. The multi-row radials were the marvels of engineering. Get into the supercharged and turbocharged, super-turbocharged engines... Some really cool stuff.
Merlin, you are the master of all things mechanical...awesome.
You're turning into a VW Holic...lol
Always something for everyone! Thanks Merlin! Helps get rid of the Winter Blues!
Watch out, The VW bug 🐛 has bitten you guys.! Haha. It’s great watching you three amigos have fun on another Merlin adventure.!
Great video “Buzzed Busses” funny how many different cultures love the VW
There is a reason they named him Merlin - he is a wizard with everything he touches!
And a pretty good Huckleberry Finn, too! (Okay, Makay is going to put together this engine for me...)😁
Edit: "Volkswagens for days!" 🤣
I love when you show us how to rebuild engines. I can honestly say that I love all your videos because you go into detail,and don't bore me , I know some viewers out there get bored. I don't i enjoy watching.👍
as always, awesome, your old school knowlage is staggering, the best bit is you pass it on . good stuff Merlin
That show is way cool ! What a crack up some of those buses are. Just way cool! LOL! Love this video Merl!
Exactly Macay, I don't smoke but I certainly don't care. I would go for sure!!! Probably the most mellow event you have ever been to. Nobody fights smoking weed. 😂
Thank you so much for not only passing on this knowledge to your friend but also to us who watch this😊😊
Merlin, you said you were going to teach how to build the engine, but you did most of the work, it was like watching my dad and me when I was a kid😀😀😀
When you go to Glamis, would you please, please take a side trip to Felicity? A lot of us would absolutely LOVE to see just what the place is like. Reading about is fascinating, but a video tour would be amazing!
Stay tuned!
Merlin, I always enjoy your uploads but this one brought back found memories. I rescued a 74 super beetle. Long story but I rebuilt the motor in my apartment, with some upgrades and drove it for another 8 years. Great video!
Another great one. Brings back so many memories of building old school sandrails. The best part is you and Mackay just hanging out in the shop building engines all day. Great place to be in life hanging out with your buddies, doing what love to do.
man i wish i was friends with you. i think we'd get along great.
bring your model T's to the Newport hill climb. i think you'd enjoy the weekend and all the friendly competition
Damn, Merlin! Are you trying to corner the market on VW Motors?
Hey, the 1st car I ever owned was a '62 VW bug bought from an old German, factory trained VW and Porsche mechanic. It cost all of $400 and was 100% original. That was around 1973 and I was 18 years old. (1st two years after getting my license, I made do with a motorcycle, which was fun in Colorado winters!)
Aside from some thin original paint here and there from polishing, that car looks great and was bulletproof! With studded snow tires I could plow snow off streets, climb trees and pull 4x4s out of snow banks. I drove it for 3 years and other than tires, brake shoes, oil, gas, extra wheels (for the snow tires) and a stereo I installed... the total cost of "repair" was 26 cents for a spring that broke in one of the rear brake assemblies. I even bought a 2nd bug... a '63 if I recall correctly... for my girlfriend at the time. Hers was green, mine was blue. Both had the vinyl cloth-like, folding sunroof. I hated to do it but sold it at a profit to buy a 1950 Chevy truck (was working construction at the time and really needed a pickup).
What a cool event!!!
Walking VW engine encyclopedia is Merlin! it is amazing how much he knows about so many different engine types. Love the teaching McKay - old dogs and new tricks! great content Merlin.
McKay you showed up just in time ,, to see Merlin and Brad with the munches, lol so sorry we’re stoned, lololol not me not ever koolkats,VW at the river,,,, thanks BigAl California
G'day Merlin and crew. I have just watched your video on TH-cam for the fireman. What an awesome show. I was a fireman for 10 years. No longer as I have had my left leg amputated. This was an awesome time in my life. We had a great reputation for running into danger when others run away
This upload took me back! Theres a lot of VW lovers out there! This video proved that! Once a VW lover always a VW lover! Catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊
One thing about it, when you guys plan to do something, you go all out. VW engines everywhere. .when did the seadoo adventure there where seadoos everywhere
Just thought of my next project. Old VW bus with a mid-90s GM FWD engine and cradle in the back. Maybe the Buick 3.8 with the supercharger. Maybe even keep the rear steer.
I really enjoyed watching Merlin teach Makay. How lucky to have such a great friendship. And the Volkswagen van event was a favorite part as well. I like the inertia that's growing on the sandrail builds. Seeing all the engines with their quirks gives such a comprehensive vantage point of how messed up they can be and what it might take to salvage an old VW engine.
Love seeing the VW engines. In '78 I did up a '67 engine for my Dad: case line reamed, 1600 jug set, mild cam, went over the heads, re-jetted the carb, straight header with cherry bombs - and also put a gasoline heater in the cabin. Now THAT car was loud (we could hear him coming from 4 streets away and it would rattle the picture window idling in the yard). It actually was faster after I cut the cherry bombs and put a stock muffler and tips on it. She'd do 40 in first and not breathe hard. That taught me about the glories of backpressure - and how necessary it is.
There are no VW parts left in Havasu - Merlin got'em all. 😎
I built my first VW motor in 1978 at 17 years old. It was in a ‘68 bug. I put dual port heads and 1800 cc big bore kit on it and dual Solex carbs. With that motor and wide tires I was able to pull the front tires off the ground in 1st and 2nd gear. Fun times.
great video I just did this with my 23 year old son. we took a seized 1600 dp put bigger jugs and a old school Webber. it ripps pretty good. now he knows how to build a motor
Very interesting 🤔 content. Really enjoyed seeing the VW show 😺, that was pretty 😍 neat 😄. Thanks 👍 for sharing.
Thanks for the hard work and teaching us novice a thing or two. Family was bitten by bug's in the 60's.
Man, I wish I could spend the day with Merlin. He’s a fucking Encyclopedia, in so many different things.
I remember rebuilding the motor on a 73 Super Beetle back in 88. I had a Haynes manual and then a guy gave me John Muir's How To Keep Your Volkswagon Alive. The original idiots guide to doing something. It was entertaining and really helpful. Of course not long after I finished it I traded for a GMC 4x4 truck.
Such an interesting video, I especially enjoyed the VW show,never realized there was that many VWs left.
Great show
Merlin mixes up the magic concoction and bam things happen
I "fiddled' with these Air Cooled Motors in the early '80s. (I'm 6 years Older than you) Thanks for a walk down memory lane.
Been a while since I stopped by, but you now have my complete attention. / former VW drag racer, East coast. (90's early 2000's)
17:40 set the bearings in the case before you assemble the crank and mark them with a sharpie at the case split.
Merlin is very impressive. I'm a cabinet/furniture maker.....will never in a million years build a VW motor yet here I am watching him explain how to clearly. This guy knows his stuff!!!! I used to watch Merlin 4th on Sundays but now he's #1.
We had 67 transporter, my dad would take my car on Friday nites. We'd load up bunch of us to go roller skating or just having fun, was one of my favorite vehicles, have had about dozen bugs in various hp but all are so fun to drive!
McKay is doing all this sand rail work, he needs one 😊
Merlin, you are fing amazing!
The easiest way to line up the main brg dowls is to set the bearings in the case on the pins and lightly scribe the backside of the bearing at the split line. When the bearings are on the crank and ready to be installed, just set the crank in the case then line up the scribe lines, it should be extremely close to dropping over the dowls.
It was a trip down. Memory lane rail bugged for 25 years. Mostly Hill Climb I miss it. I’ve gotten too old. Thanks for the memories.
Next summer's epic adventure- Merlin crosses the Sahara desert in his VW with only a bag of tools and 100 gallons of gas & water 🤣👍
Giving the old stuff new life!!💪💪💪
my first car 72 super bettle we draged race them wood blow the valves apart with big bore kits and hi lift cams this vid brought back lots of memories iam 65 now old hippie smoke them if you got them
Love this VW amazingness!!!!!!!! Can't wait for the next vid!!!! And now i want VW truck or bus lol
Merlins knowledge of every type of engine never ceases to amaze me your a proper engine whisper great vidj Merlin 👌🏻👍👌🏻👍👌🏻👍👌🏻💯🇬🇧👨🌾🇬🇧🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Amen to that !
Never assembled a VW engine, but his friend had assembled small aeroplane engines.
Proceeds to smack crank bearing in the center with hammer.
Merlin- " NO NO, smack them out here bud"....lol
Love your channel. I grew up all around the Phoenix area, Avondale in my late teens on. I got my first VW at 15, a love hate relationship. Keep on.......
The bearing pin alignment trick is to put them in the case-half on their pins without the crank, and then mark the edge of the bearing where it meets the case half. A scratch awl is good for making a very slight line. Then do it again with the crank assembly in place. Your pins align when the bearing marks are in the right place. It takes a few seconds to get the bearings on their pins that way. Didn't see any assembly lube on those main bearings, but I assume you lubed them and the rod bearings.
Kind of a new follower. Ive been witching since Fab-Rat and I am Super Impressed with the set of patience you have. You are a good man for showing that man something new. You are never to old to learn something. Great Video !!
😊 So much fun, I'll have to put another VW in my lineup for future building
VW's are just straight up fun!! Makes me really mis the ones I use to have!!
Very cool event 👍😎
Really cool video!! I've never seen that many VW's in my life, let alone in one place!! LOL!! I counted 9 VW engines as you were pointing them out. I many not have got them all. When you get all the buggies built you will probably have enough left over parts to build a couple more. Maybe you can hit the next VW swap meet and have a sale?! LOL!!
Its a steep learning curve for those who think they know motors and find out they don't when they have to built a VW motor. One of my friends who built 1600cc motors for me used case savers and an8mm head stud set.. They are less likely to get a cylinder to barrel leak when they heat up. We also fly cut .040 thou out of the heads which brings the comp up to somewhere near 9.8 to one which is a safe max comp for longevity for a vw motor. I wish they'd come out of the factory with an oil filter. Ilove aircooled VW Motors. VW stopped making good cars when they started putting radiators in them. LOL
My last bus was a 66 dormobile camper that I put a ford capri v6 water cooled engine in. Worked great and i wish i had never sold it.thanks for sharing the show!👍👍
Excellent surprise today!
Build it on your laps!!😂its basically one of the most simple...as long as you know all the little steps that cant be left out or done out of order.
I also learned line boring is so important to make these motors last especially if theres a new crank, hot cam or higher compression going in. I enjoyed this video fellas been a long time since I got dirty hands on a VW!!
Merlin, Ferdinand Piech & Wolfgang Porsche are tghe Name off the VW Guys.
You got a mess of VW engines. Worked on a lot of different engines but never a VW. And that VW meet up at the bridge looks fun.
when I was 15 the first engine I rebuilt was a VW I bought my parts thru JC whitney Co a mail order company, it cost me 22 dollars for the rings, rod, main, bearings and gasket set. that was 55 years ago, Super simple and ran great on my dune buggy.
See you in Glamis. I’m bringing an old school mid engine two seater. 2.8 GM 6 water pumper
I am very impressed. I looked close and never once saw Merlin consult the "Instructions for the Compleat Idiot."
I have owned, built, repaired and flogged all manner of air cooled VW buggys, vans, Beetles, Ghias and 1 1957 356b.
I feel bad for the young people that can't afford to build from the scrap rounded up in the neighborhood.
The beauty of your volks acquisition effort is that you will have plenty of buggies and parts for your birthday bash. Excellent episode
Merlin, you amaze me with the breadth of your knowledge. 12 Valve Cummins to LS to VW flat 4s. Wow. I hope you are teaching enough young guys so that body of knowledge is passed to the next generation.
Nice looking VW van's ,great show,thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones
Way too much fun!!!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Wrecker VW ,nice and get that guy on your vlog in the building of a VWrecker , nice ,,good idea for a future vlog build, thanks BigAl California.praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏
I knew I loved following you! My Cummins in the driveway got me started watching your videos. But I am totally hooked watching all the air-cooled stuff going on. Got a 1776 living in the garage. Not crazy, just love the fun. I'm glad you keep making good videos!
What a fun few days, building/salvaging VW engines, then the bus show, great stuff. Devcon F is great stuff if you need to repair an engine casing, I got a 1600 engine that had thrown a rod, but rebuilt the crankcases where needed and ran it for a few years.
Omgosh VW bug my first second third 4th 7th 8th 9th cars lol bugs rabbit Baja jetta and a van. Such a sweet video thanks for taking us with you. ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
Pinning the bearings reminds me of people cracking a safe in the movies 😅
Lucas! We got into some trouble back in the day.I'm just getting back into VW's and lucas found me some seats and carb set for my 73' squareback from that show.
Cool video.I had a new 76 bus,drove from Oregon to NYC by way of Alabama.In 1983 started having problems with the fuel injection.Got a Weber kit from Empi .That really made a difference in performance. I had for another year then bought a Jeep.
Thanks for this great video. Reminds me of me and my brother rebuilding our VWs in the 70s on the garage floor in our rental in So Cal! Good times and lots of mistakes!
Impressive to say the least. 👍🇺🇲
Yeah that first VW motor you showed does look real rough. You guy really go all in when you commit to building something that's for sure. Just keep getting more and more stuff to try and insure you have enough parts to at least get of them to run and work. Best of luck
I thinks it’s great on you wish I could visit you I’m in Oregon and long time ago I lived in Arizona
WOW ! Heehee... Thanx !
wow some really nice VW Buses there. the ones with a ton of windows (21, 23) are worth a fortune.
sweet veewee ambiance at mosg, never heard of the bus gathering, wow!
I have enjoyed this VW section thanks again
for sure.... VW for days........ Awesome stuff thou!! You sure gonna have fun at the dunes!!
Loved all of it. What a ride this one was. New subscriber after seeing it.
My first was a 62 and turned into a Baja, took it to a friends time share south of Ensenada for upholstery. That was 47 years ago. Had a dune buggy and boxes full of engine cases and parts that I sold prior to moving to the mountains. Fond VW memories, thanks for reviving them.
Great job guys. Thank you 😊
Loved the bus show thank you
Very cool well done thank you for sharing