51 year old Busted Volkswagen engine tear down. 

The fact that it even ran at all is pretty amazing lol, they are quite reliable if you take care of them.

Had a 60 beetle that went underwater up to the gear knob in a flood. Water in engine. Towed to an old mechanic who drained the water/oil and replaced it with Kerosene. Started engine for a little time, drained the emulsified water, repeated a second time then filled with oil. I droved home 50 miles then changed the oil. Engine ran for years after with no problems.

Watching you tear down and diagnose these old scrappers is like a crash course in vw engines. Perfect for someone who is about to build their first like me.

Miss the days of fixing those engines. Such a joy. 10 minutes to pull out, a day or two to fix and then 20 minutes back in and away you go.

I have never seen a VW engine tore down. This was educational and fascinating. When I was in 8th grade in shop class, we tore apart a Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine to learn how it worked.

I’ve never been interested in VW stuff but I can’t stop watching this engine now.

Wednesday morning, a cold soda pop with the foam on top, retired, relaxing and Mustie1 shows up.... All Is Good !!

I had a 1200 Beetle years ago and over a 45 mile drive it made a rhythmic engine speed banging getting louder and louder. Ran though...finally stopped and one of the valve train nuts had loosened and dropped bits in the valve cover. Luckily no valve dropped...no tools with me...I put it together as tight as I could and drove home again, right as rain. Nipped up and adjusted, never gave me a lick of trouble. Great car.

I thoroughly enjoy your Volkswagen motor revivals and explorations. Keep em coming.

always a pleasure to watch the master at work

Ah I’m so happy you are doing a “mid week Mustie” video!!!! Thank you for making my day :)

Midweek Mustie1 vids are rare gifts! I know it made my day even if this old engine isn't gonna make it! Love your work Mustie! Thanks for making these videos. I truly appreciate it and i know I'm not alone.

THANK YOU...for sharing. Enjoyed as always. She ran for a moment.

Love midweek vids!!

Mustie picks up a boat anchor. Will it run? Get's it to cough and smoke and belch. Determines it's an excellent boat anchor. Decides to get it running anyway and drives it across the country.

I can’t wait for the next video! This one was great too, seeing inside the old beast. Mustie you’re the best, thanks for all you do in producing the content and bringing us along :)

Although I do not have any mechanical skills, I really enjoy your methodical and analytical process of working toward the cause of the problem. I wish I had your skill set. Keep up the good work.

I don’t need to go to work today, it’s Sunday right? LOL. Thanks for the surprise!

This is the 1st roached thing you've left with that I wasn't getting texts of you driving it down the road in 48 hours . I win ;), we are all looking forward to part 3 👍.

Brings back good memories. Thank you.

Great thing you did a video for us during the week! Thank you! Also great that you did fine some matching parts to continue the build.

Old Volkswagen engines don't die they just cough and splutter great videos keep them coming

Can't help but wonder what it looked like on the showroom floor. I hope you're not getting tired of doing these, mustie, cuz they sure are fun to watch! Thanks.

You have awesome mechanic skills. Best mechanics are actually experts in figuring out how to best utilize tools to perform difficult tasks. From a retired mechanic with over 45 years in the trade.

What a treat an extra video on hump day Wednesday thank you for brighting my day

Love the mid week Mustie content getting us through to the weekend! Thats a rough specimen but if anyone can bring it back around its you, hope to see you pull it off

It encourages me to see that you let us see you can do more than just bringing the engine to its end point..!! Like the vids Mustie! Greets from Jur from 🇳🇱

Awesome Breakdown Vid Mustie! Really enjoy the vw engine tidbits they help give me confidence to work on my stuff!!

I've rebuilt quite of few of these. Looks like a 67-69 single port. The carb looks like a 30-PCIT model. Heads with that much abuse, they usually crack between the spark plug and a valve seat, though that can be fixed. I'd just a rebuilt long block and rebuild the top end with new parts. Great memories, though back then my power tools were a speed handle and ratchet. The mix of magnesium, aluminum and cast iron on a VW air cooled engine makes for resourceful thinking when removing nuts and bolts. Great video.

"Number three is usually the worst." Number three: "Fire in the hole!" 🙂 Thanks for the autotopsy.

Its amazing any VW ran at all, let alone how well they ran for years with little maintenance!

Finally bit the bullet and got myself a 1970 1303. Previously a renovation object with new floors, but lots of stuff removed... engine turns over so there is hope! Last approved to drive in 2006... some body rust, but it looks like a worthwhile project right now. Having watched your videos for the last three years, Mustie, I will blame you for everything ;-). I may even sell my 1976 Volvo 244 and 1963 Land Rover Series IIa 109 now.... 😱

I don’t know much about engines but I was able to follow along somewhat. Since it’s a vw microbus, I love it.

Damn no way, your gonna actually fix it, was excited just to see what was busted up and happy to learn a lesson, but actually finding out how this kinda junked engine could be brought back to life, that's epic!

Love your channel and have watched for years. This year, I am giving up on my old rear engine Snapper that I got from a curb in the early 90s. Think Forest Gump mowing the football field. It's an annual pilgrimage to make another year with this. But it needs money now so I'm getting a new mower. Turn the key and mow! If anyone in Oklahoma wants to do a restoration or will it run, come get it or it goes back to the curb. Engine is strong but carb fills the engine with gas. Plus other problems. But it mows and I drove it to where it is.

Been so busy I missed this episode! Great video Mustie.

Cannot wait to see the next one! Thanks!

Your passion for this is amazing. Beyond words. Kuddos!

That one was rode hard and put away wet, a long time ago. Probably pulled when those keepers came off way back when.

Nice 1 mustie 1 love the videos 🙂. Great to see the work you do to breath life back into these things 👌. Keep up the good work 👏. Happy 2022 😉.

Thanks Darren, a very interesting pair of videos. Like everyone I was urging the thing to spit fire and run, but just sometimes Its not meant to be eh.. As an ex AERO parts maker (Engineer In English) I also built oval race engines for my self and selected others, but due to the coefficient expansion rates of Alloys compared to steels and cast steels, alloys expand faster than steels thus my built to regulations smaller UK race engines I always asked the engine block reborers (unless I rehoned standard size bores) up at least 1 1/2 thousands bigger than standard manufactured bore sizes/ on some crazy higher revving engines of 2 litres they were 2 thousands up to allow less friction at very hot higher revs.. Some of our very quick 1/4 mile ovals required the use of a 10/ maybe 12 gallon water tank for cooling for a rapid 30 lapper race, so the motors got hot, then hotter then hotter.. My pinto fords came off steaming like a train but built to get hot.. It was a contact sport we call BANGER RACING but lots like mine were built for speed but allowed to push/ hit/ wreck the others, but I just went for speed - loved it.... Quite often in the pits got onlookers looking under my "Bonnet" (OK Hood) just to see what i was running, a special single twin downdraught webber carbed, long twin centre branch rally styled exhaust and a crazy timing overlapping cam made my engines Howl down the straights pulled up to 180 BHP so "wrecking others cars" was a no no..All a long time ago now but am just saying, but a bit loose piston when cold makes for a nice revving engine when hot// As ever, MANY THANKS for your videos, I really look forwards to watching them.. You must have helped many in our current lock down nations from going stir crazy, but my excuse Is Im nearly 73 and gave up work 17 years ago - lol..Cheers Bud - Ian -- UK.

Pretty cool to at least see what happened to the engine. Nice job! always neat to watch what you get into!

I would be affraid to mess with this engine at all. Just upon first glance, I can see so many bolts I would snap off. Way to go Mustie! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

My wife was driving a ‘68 VW Bug when we got married. I worked on that pos many times but it served us well into the late ‘70s.

Just wondering what to settle down and watch, and this pops up, brilliant!

Mustie has got to be one of the greatest rusted, corroded, stripped and snapped nut and bolt extractor EVER! The touch of his wrench or screw driver is the Guru of persuasion LOL. AWESOME! I mean The guy uses an air chisel, not to cut the nut off but to save the nut and unthread it so it doesn't get rounded off at the corners! ! Sans WD-40 or anything! That's crazy man! He's the Eddie Van Halen of Rusty nut and bolt removal "It's all in his hands" LOL.

Wow New video on Wednesday. Awesome! Thank you Mustie1. I love your videos and keeping the VW faith running.

Thank you musty for another really good video it's a joy to see one in the middle of the week also just like that man said if you had merchandise I would definitely buy a hat people look at me kind of strange one or who the heck must be one was but if they started watching your videos they'd learn real fast thank you

Nice to see you working back at the 'homestead'.Cheers from the UK.

Cool video mustie I Injoy watching you take apart VW engines and trying to bring them back to life 👍🏻stay safe

Logged into work, 60 degrees today in Chicago land area, and I see a new mustie1 video uploaded an hour ago. Today is gona be a good day!

Thank you Mustie, for doing a follow up video! I was looking forward. 🇺🇸

OH MAN!! that engine brings back soo many memories of when I started working as a mechanic in my uncle's garage ! ( it makes me feel so old )

Thanks for the video! Looking forward to seeing what you get to next, appreciate the autopsy on this one!

Mustie1, You got it to run a little bit anyway. Nice parts haul!! Jason must have been in heaven!

Good way to start the morning.

Thanks for the mid-week fix Mustie!👍

Thumbs up automatically, and holy mackerel, a Mustie1 video on a Wednesday morning. Gotta looooovvvvveeee it. Thanks for sharing with us once more Darrin. Chris Gatineau, QC, Canada

Thanks for the autopsy. That's how major learnings and discoveries occur. I follow your yellow-brick road !

That little Milwaukee impact kicks some serious butt

Midweek Mustie! Yay! \o/ Watching this brings back some fond memories. My father rebuilt a 1200 Beetle in the mid 1980s, and I "helped" him as a kid. The car was sold years ago, but I just searched online and it's still registered and insured! He did a good job.

Glad to see the new viewer readable Compression Gauge made it over. Grin Thanks for your videos.

Love the uploads great camera work in every video

Thanks for breaking it down. It helps to see how bad it can get. Heat, lack of lubrication, and water ain't good for engines.

I don't know why but i'm SO pleased to see this continues, I know it probably doesn't need saving but I REALLY want to see this thing cough to life after being in such a sad state!

Just love these type of videos from Mustie. Can’t wait for the followup, what’s a tease at the end!

I'm halfway... Scared this is just autopsy, I really wanna see it running again! Ur the best Mustie

I would love to still see you rebuild and bring this thing back to life!

Thanks for the autopsy, cool to see the VW mark stamped on the valves. Great VW engine holding bracket you got there. Keep those videos coming. Greetings from New Zealand.

How you haven’t contracted hantavirus yet is amazing, you must be a superhero! Love your videos.

The repair will continue. Amazing.

have a pile of scrap metal as well waiting to be dumped but always looking in it for that piece of scrap for some project , hence pile gets bigger !! great tear down as its past repair ect maybe crank,pistons recovered ??? well done . thanks for vid

Anyone else holding their breath when he pulled out that air nozzle and started blowing away the mouse crap?

Been looking forward to this video 😊👍

Love that shake & break tool! Never seen it before. Much nicer then an impact screwdriver.

A midweek Mustie....what a treat! It feels like a Sunday all of a sudden!

Another great video. Wow that's rough. Stay safe out there.

It's amazing that you had that popping over at all.

It was neat that it ran at all. Thanks for the mid week snack.👍👍

Good call. Thanks for the tear down.

Thanks for the ride👍😊

Thanks for the mid week treat!

Thanks for another excellent video !!!

+1 on these Mid-week vids!! Helps keep my week going lol

Love it Mustie. That engines bits will come in handy if you never use them.

Thanks for showing us this Mustie, That was an interesting old engine.

I wish i was half as talented as this man is

The next video looks interesting if that little snippet is anything to go by. Enjoying each video bro. Safe travels

Cool surprise before work. Thanks.

Brilliant mustie midweek video 👍🔧🔧🔧👌

I love your videos. Thanks for posting this VW curiosity.

Just wanna say that I love your stuff man! Also, you should consider having merchandise, I'd love a Mutise1 Tshirt! Would be another way to help the channel!

What a pleasant surprise. It's not weekend yet; you spoil us good sir!

Hump day, coffee, Mustie1. All is right in the world today. Thank you sir.

Great informative video as usual 👏👍

I was hoping ya had another vid and not have to wait till Sunday lol let's see how she gonna run and how ya fix it ...let's goooo...lol love it

You no when mustie1 means business when the shake and break comes out to play. Great content as always 👌👍

Nuther Wednesday Bonus Vid from the MAN! Gotta love it! Thanks. :)

You know it's bad when Mustie puts gloves on ...

Great video my friend one of my favorite channels.