Rotten vw engine tear down, can it be saved?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ม.ค. 2019
- moving forward with putting the 1965 vw karman ghia back together on the cheap, this engine was out of a damp basement and sat for 30 years, lets tear it down and see if we can still use it for this project.
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Mustie is a VW GANGSTA! He is the only person I know that keeps his finger on the trigger even when the carb and exhaust is spitting out FIRE! HE never really flinched ... VW OG
Thanks Mustie for the invite to your shop. You are an inspiration to us all. While you were adjusting the valves, I stepped out and watered your neighbors roses. Thanks, I`ll get the lights. See ya next time.
That chisel on the frozen nut trick, brilliant! Thank you so much.
GREAT tip on removing those rusty nuts!! So smart!! I always learn from you, Mustie1. Thanks.
That's how my 1500 was when I first got it. At least you could see the screen. Mine was covered in and out with sludge. It took a couple of oil changes to clean most of it out. Thanks for the great videos mustie1!
I have had one of those screwdriver impacts for 15yrs from my grandfather. Never new what it was used for until i started watching mustie1. Now i use it all the time.
thanks to watching your snow blower repair videos not only was i able to fix my snow blower but i was able to repair the neighbors as well. that netted me a case of bud light. good timing because we just had a big snow storm here in n.w. ohio.thanks.
I need to say thank you Mustie1 - there are tips and tricks in this video that I have just applied to an engine I'm working on. So useful! I'll have a video to follow. Appreciate you taking the time to film and explain all of this stuff.
Just what we needed on a cold Sunday always a pleasure to watch the master at work🤝👑✌️👍
I’ve used your chisel/split nut trick many many times after seeing you do it several years ago! Works like a charm every time! 👍
Thank you for all your lessons and entertainment Mustie!
Your show has inspired me . I and my guys used to work solely on V dubs. Since a medical issue hit me and i had to stop , I can watch you put some pretty rugged engines together, and its therapeutic . THANK YOU Mustie it helps J.J.
I awoke with the first rays of sunlight peeking through the window. Realizing it was finally Sunday, I rushed to the coffee maker as fast I my two feet and knee could carry me. With glee and joy, I sat down with my coffee and saw Mustie was in my notifications with a new video. It's going to be a good day! Thanks for bringing us along.
Just wanted to stop for a second and tell you how much I enjoy your videos. You inspire and keep me motivated. Just keep doing what you're doing.
I always enjoy watching Mustie bring an engine back from the dead. One of the best mechanics on TH-cam!
Thanks for explaining how to split the exhaust stud nut. I’ve broken a few of those on old clapped out motorcycles. Learning new techniques is one of the reasons I watch your videos. Thanks for sharing.
That nut-splitting at 5:00 (or so), blew me away. Gaining that little gem of a nugget made the whole video worth it for me. Thanks Mustie.
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Not that important with a manifold stud. Replacements are cheap.
@@Tore_Lund It's not the cost, it's what is involved with replacing it. Best to avoid if you can.
@@MrUbiquitousTech True, there is a danger that you'll maul the thread in the cylinder head, if the stud is very rusted.
@@Tore_Lund the hole can be re tapped.
I had to cut the exhaust manifold stud nuts off with a hacksaw blade and ask the guys at the machine shop to get the studs out with a torch. Of course that was steel and cast iron.
They are such a great engine design . Lasting design , great engine to run on natural gas, with low sulphur ....
Wish you tube was around when I had my vw
Thanks Mustie ,
Alberta
Dave
Thanks for all the great tips on removing stubborn fasteners!
Thanks for the memories. I forgot that these engines used washer/shims to align the fan driving belt. Remembering (?) the crankcase material on the VW air cooled used various alloys of aluminum and magnesium. Some production years and other variables (cost?) produced crankcase castings that were prone to alloy segregation. Threads in these cases were subject to tearing out. Still a lot of fun. Thanks.
These old vw motors were so simple and if built properly,,, unbelievably reliable
Thanks Mustie1. Nice level of detail on this one. Good length too. Looking forward to the rest of the rebuild.
Great video Mustie!!! Thanks for sharing your concerns during the rebuild about opening up what shouldn't be opened up!!!
Gave it a thumbs up before even watching it, and wasn’t disappointed. Great way to start a Sunday morning. Thanks Mustie!
Perfect to watch on a Very Snowy Afternoon here in New York. Thanks Mustie as always
Always a pleasure revisiting these gems, loved the slo mo footage at the end, very enjoyable love Darren’s laid back approach and those shits and giggles laugh he does 😆👍
Brilliant video, thanks for sharing your expertise with us regarding restoring that old VW engine. Keep up the great work.
Its always a good feeling when the head bolts move a little. Makes ya feel like youre doing something:)
You're really bringing it back very nicely! Awesome job.
Just wanted to say thank you for all the videos. I am a new homeowner with no skills with small engines and watching your videos over the past few months gave me the ability to confidently get my used snow blower working well again. Replaced the carb, tuned it, replaced the drive and auger belt, and was able to get things running smoothly. Thank you so much and please keep doing these videos!
Very interesting and useful video. Engine looks loads better with a clean
that trick with splitting the nut was worth the price of admission all by itself
Excellent practical tips on removing rusty fasteners! Thanks
Such a relaxed, down-to-earth, pragmatic approach. A pleasure to watch you work.
Thanks for sharing!
36 degrees in Florida this morning as I watch my Mustie1 video....what a beautiful day
Mid 70s I built a Bradly GT kit for a guy in my town . Nice clean bug to start with . We rebuilt entire engine , balanced crank and assembly with 1.800cc cylinders . Two stage Weber along with too much cam ( people had convinced owner ) . We fired it up and could hear knocking right away ! 20 minutes later after tear down we found one block main bearing in block had been cut oversized . The end of block had not been punch marked as any machinist would do . So after polishing the crank and flushing the whole engine and two new sets of crank bearing along with fresh oil pump we re assembled . What a fun car to rip around on . Loved the gull wing doors and the fact it would bring the front wheels off the ground in first and sometimes second gear .
I gotta say it, you are definatly enjoying yourself. Years of hands on, your an 'ol school' mechanic. Things you do are only learnd by hands on experiance over the years.
Happy to see the right side took a good torque with no issues and you saved another VDub old engine.
Wonderful Mustie! Even with the corrosion and issues with it, you're still making it into a survivor! ✌
Try running it with 20% oil and 80% diesel in the crankcase until it is nice and warm, all the old oil gets washed out. Maybe even to a point where the aluminium of the heads starts to shine through again (never had such an old, neglected engine to deal with).
Did this to at least three engines, in one case at least twice. works like a charm.
Before, everything under the valve/rocker covers was just black, after it aluminium and steel parts were nicely distinguishable again.
Once the fuel and oil are mixed, it means that the seal of the unit has gone wrong, which happens from time to time in use. Today starlight will introduce to you how to do with this kind of situation. 1, oil pump membrane rot or degumming, so that diesel oil into the oil tank and oil mixing
Thanks so much for doing this video!! I'm doing my first engine tear down/rebuild (1200cc/36hp) and I use this for reference. It is the best one on TH-cam in my opinion!! Thanks again!
Thankyou Sir. Literally the first person to explain a VW engine to me. 🤘
Same here. I've been wrenching for 25 years and haven't turned the first nut on an old VW. Pretty cool.
Living in Illinois at the time where they use salt on the roads in the winter I learned working on VWs early on an impact driver was a must. Chiseling off those nuts was a trick I remember learning from my old auto shop teacher back in the early 1970's because nuts are much cheaper than having to replace a nut & stud and quicker than playing with penetrant oil or heat.
I liked the added info on not backing the nuts off before chiseling - I was thinking the blows from the chisel would bend the studs, but not so with the nut still snug. This is something I can use in other applications as well. Thanks Mustie!
Nothing like waking up on a cold frozen morning in ohio to a mustie1 video before church. Thanks for all the great content, it keep me motivated on my projects.
Rodge so many people from Ohio watch him! Same man. How’s this weather treating ya? :p
Great video Darren. Love how you explain the inner workings of an air cooled engine. 👍
Always love your videos, wish I still had my 74 super beetle sun bug. I have learned so much more from you than the Hays manual.
Beautiful work its coming along amazingly... even with the damage it has cleaned up well .. cant wait to see it all finished and installed to hear it purrr buddy .. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride , look forward to the next video ! :)
Mustie, thank you. So thorough and so much information. I love your presentation.
Breakfast with mustie1 can you get any better than that. I really enjoy the way you explain to us exactly what you're doing. Thank you.
I was tearing down a 1600DP just yesterday and did the same thing with the heater box manifold nuts. Glad to have validation in doing what I do. Great videos as always!
Smoke on the garage and fire in the sky. Thanks for sharing yours tutorials Darren and greetings from Venezia.🔧⚙🔩🔥😉
To think in 1985 we could get a rebuilt long block VW for $750 (advertised in the pages of Uncle Henry's)
One thing I love about Sundays. Wrenching with your channel. Woe is the day when we dont get your relaxing vids.
Every time I see you work on some horrible pile of junk turning in the end to gold, I would so much want to have the same skill and be able to do what you do :D Yet I have so many other interests and so little time that I'm certain I will never even begin to grasp the basics. Yet, I'll still keep watching and admire everything you know and do!
Yes! I’ve been waiting for your next video, great as always. Thanks for the laughs Darren always a pleasure to watch you work.
This is really cool to see VW engine work again. My dad had a VW shop and us kids were raised as his mechanics.Your videos bring back a lot of memories. Thanks for your videos.
I could watch you do this all day!
Thanks for another interesting and educational video.
Please keep them coming.
Thanks.
As a former Citroen mechanic I use to heat corroded and sized nuts at 2CV exhausts heating them with oxiacetilenic welder till they become almost red and spraying a little of water over.... they loose as for miracle.Go on great stuff yours!
Just finished watching this one! It's amazing how you can clean up these old engines and bring them back to life. Thanks for sharing man!
Thanks , Mustie1, for all you do and share!!
The suspense is killin me.
This tear down reminds me of my first ever engine build. It was a Pontiac 400 that literally sat in a swamp in the back of a junkyard for about 20 years. By the time I got done tearing it down, you couldn't see a single patch of clean skin.
Hi Darren; I actually remember the first time I had seen one of those impact tools, at the time I owned a Kawasaki motorcycle,had it in the shop,for some work. This was in 1972, and the shop was, Mud Creek motorcycles.
There was, back in the day, a tool called a nut buster which worked well for doing that. It fit over the nut and had a bolt that drove a chisel like point but you didn't have to hit it. I never used one on anything above a 1/2'' bolt but they worked well on that size and except for really tight areas they were worth owning.
roy gunter Craftsman sold the for years as part number 4772.
Being part of your southwest fan base . the amount of rust you deal with is amazing .
A good job for a cheap repair to bring the Karmann back on the road.
It gave me some smiles.
I like that chisel trick. Just proves that you can learn something everyday.
Thanks for the continued videos Darren , you inspire us to do more than we think we can.
I may have missed it, but what are you using to edit now that youtube stopped the support ?
Indeed - I came for info on snowblower repair a few months back, staying for the rest.
Crusty rocks too.
True !!!👍
@@audiokaos4703 yes .
Very excited for the next video. Can't wait to see the Karman Ghia back on the road again.
Mustie, that engine rebuild was fascinating. Don't know If you like kids, but if you found an 8th grader that wanted to learn you would be a great teacher.
Love the ice expansion at the end of the vid. Love the cold winter.
Good way of removing seized nuts for sure... Reminds me of time we called a local mechanic 73 years old to replace the exhaust manifold on our John Deere 50... He cut the tops of the bolts with a torch then put a vise grip on the studs and proceeded to heat where they met the head but not to red hot and cycled between heat and spray lube, but in between he would ever so gently bump the vise grip left, then right, etc.. We asked him "because he was kind of frail" . You want us to get in there and crank on those grips for ya?? He said,,, " Years of this kind of work has taught me, heat, lube, and shit loads of patients with a light touch will get you what you need",, "Kinda like a good woman"... . Ive taken that approach to several nuts, bolts... etc... And wow.. Pure wisdom... Just waiting for the opportunity to apply it to a good woman though.... LOL!
This really brings back memories. Back in the sixties a bud and I bought a volks with a frozen engine and he wanted to drive it. Never saw a volks engine before. Bought a Sears engine book on the Volks and we went into it laughing our ass off. Had the crank ground with new bearings. Long and short we did two more. Always had extra parts left over. LOL
Hey Mustie, you've inspired me to get a project. I'm super into motorcycles and just picked up a 1982 Kawasaki kz650 for 100 bucks! Needs a ton of work, sat outside under a tarp since 2013. Brakes stuck, carbs stuck and clutch stuck. Tank rusty. Wheels rusty. But has 15k miles and turns over. No spark. Hopefully she has some compression and I can revive her. Your motorcycle videos are awesome and I'd love to see more of those. I'm located in ct so you know how rusty our projects are. Anyway, love the vids!
love the Hank Hill reference in your name lolol. I arrived here the same way. I was taking a TH-cam break while resurrecting my 1971 Yamaha 650 and decided to hunt for a VW bus video (just cuz I love Type 2 VW's) and I haven't left since. I'e been learning and getting inspired since, and have come to follow a bunch of the other guys in this circle of talented folks. Have fun with that Kaw, it's a great machine.
Seriously, this is a great way to begin a day-my coffee even seems to taste better!
I LOVE TO SEE A MUSTIE1 Engine fix!! No matter how many I see I still want more!! I guess I'm spoiled!! LOL
Why do I find myself leaning in closer to my display when he is pointing out things? So easy to get involved and lost in the process. Much better than weekend TV.
Same here
Nostalgic for me. I used to overhaul these back in the 70s. I just might look around for an old beetle. They were easy to work on....not like the modern motorcycles I have.
The way you split those nuts with a cold chisel, I would not have believed that was possible. Years of practice must help !
I used to have a Citreon 2CV, that too was air-cooled with similar tins. Every nut on that car was either 8mm or 13mm, really simple engine.
Another awesome and very informative video! That ice at the end was neat as well. I remember ice fishing on my lake once while the ice was making noises like that. Then a big crack came flying right between my legs. I knew it was time to get off, haha.
Well snow blowing the driveway just got put on hold for a while. Priorities... Mustie has a new video up!
I just rescued my snowblower by watching his roto tiller video, now it's time to layer up for 15 degrees of playtime.
My driveway can wait....
So glad I don't live in the frozen north anymore, it was kinda cold here in Oklahoma today though, it only got up to about 52, lol.
I love the sound of ice popping on a lake. So eerie.
Enjoy your videos Mustie, from Cape Town, South Africa.
Brings back a lot of good memories working with my stepdad he used to take Beatles and cut it in half and make trikes he even made one with a 327 small block in it
Looks like every old motor I’ve tried to work on, nice to watch a pro handle it.
With like 7 other motors in the Buses what made you see this one and say " Yup , that's the one ! " lol . Great video , lots of tips and wow, A LOT of cleaning ! 👍
it was the closest to the door
@@mustie1....Ha, perfect!!
@@mustie1 Still looks like a decent engine after that compression test, on kerosine! :p
@@mustie1 Work smart... not hard. :)
@@excavatoree I was just making a joke about the motor, as I saw the almost finished product first hand the other day & I forgot how bad this motor was to start with until I watched the 1st vid ....to say it gives some of my boat anchor vw engines laying around hope is an understatement . Thank you Mustie1 for this engine revival series , great work & looking forward to the next episodes .
Love those VW engines. I learn a lot from you.
That is eerie. When you "listen" to a pond with ice. It creaks, it groans. It can even roar.
(This is at the end of Mustie's Video).
Nice video. I hope we get to see what the draining of the pan looks like after the kerosene soak.
the crude leaking from the EXXON VALDEZZ was cleaner that the stuff from this relic.................
It's great to watch a man who knows what he is doing..... Love the engine wrenching more than body work but I guess on a case such the Karmen both are required!!
And how can casually throw in the walk of death on a frozen lake at end!!!! Jeez Mustie.....I was clenching!!!!
I just found out the other day they make a tool for splitting nuts. Great tip!
That’s got to be the best start to a TH-cam video ever, that’s like a Merlin V12 bursting into life....do it again, do the t again!!!!!!
Great video. I’m looking forward to the rest of this series. 👍
Great tip for removing very rusted nuts from bolts.
What a great video series! I learn a lot on each one. Thank you! I LOVE IT!
Hello Mustie. When adjusting valves here is what I do. Please tell me if I am wrong. Remove plugs and valve covers. Get the engine on TDC. I don't care if it is on number one cylinder or not. Go under the car and find three loose valves on one side of the engine and one loose valve on the other side. Check and adjust all four valves. Now turn the engine over 360 degrees and get the TDC again. Go back under the car and find three loose valves on one side and one loose valve on the other. Check and adjust all four valves. You are done! Replace valve covers and spark plugs. Take care and enjoy the ride!
Dude, since I started watching you work on VW air cooled engines I've wanted one.
I love this channel. I’ve learnt so much within such a short space of time. Keep up the good work
Thanks Mustie. Good for you for knowing when to stop on that one corroded head bolt.
Great video, as usual! Neat sounds of the frozen lake!! When living in Iowa we heard similar sounds coming from frozen trees - a kind of reverberating twang.