VW Type 1 ENGINE Build Part (1) Abandoned Karmann Ghia Rescue Restoration! air-cooled Volkswagen, CT 

I think your "foreign object" was the plastic cover which fits over the positive battery cable connection on the battery under the rear seat. It protects the battery from shorting out on the springs of the rear seat. I'm not an expert, but owned a '71 bug "back in the day."

I really enjoyed the use of the hammer to remove the oil pump

We need to build you a motor that you can drive on the interstate and out to the farm. We will need some more modern parts but that motor will make a nice art project .And you were getting your hands dirty and there’s no better way to learn about an engine and appreciate the cost of a rebuild and what goes into it keep up the good work

Great job. I would toss the adjustable pushrod tubes. They always leak. The plastic piece you found seems to be a battery post cover.

Darren is teaching you a lot. You have come a long way. Where to go keep it up. videos are getting better day by day

just put some welds on that stud. mound them up and use them to unscrew it. should come out. When you were beating on that I was YELLING PULL THE OIL PUMP OUT....

You are a brave man using you wife's bowl to change the oil, how fast do you run? I have worked on a lot of trucks like the dragon, but here you are the teacher. It's kind of like a motorcycle motor. I like that you show what you find and share what your thinking.

Great video of a Volkswagen engine

Wow what a mess . great job putting videos out CT I enjoy everyone thanks

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The oil cooler blocks the air flow to the number 3 cylinder. Later models of the VW engine corrected that flaw when they redesign the oil cooler and it placement and the cooling fan shroud.

Looks like another complete rebuild of the drive train, brakes, tires, sending units, gages, wiring, Etcetera... fun stuff.

Finally something you know how to work on

C-weeT❗️ What a GREAT, RELAXING video. Can’t wait to watch you clean that old engine up and rebuild it👍 Another option to repainting the engine might be to powder coat it😳 CT, you shore do have some great friends AND a GREAT wife to support you in these projects ❗️ You be sure to keep her happy, she’s a KEEPER ‼️ (I still think you oughta restore the KG for her) 😊 Stay safe, you and youn’n👍

My hat's off to you o' brave knight!

“Let’s clean it up before the wife sees” 😂😂 Great video man! The cuts, the angles and shots, editing is great and awesome content! Subbed 🔥

Amazing video can’t wait for the restoration process

Man get a case splitter. Worth it not to break other things. Aka that stud.

If I recall, the '67's still have 6 volt electrics. Suggest replacing the generator and battery for 12volt. Also, a big bugaboo on older VW's, particularly buses, was overheating of #3 cylinder, caused by the oil cooling tower in the way of cooling air. Suggest replacing it with an aftermarket oil cooler that mounts in the rear of the fan housing and frees up #3 to get properly cooled. I think if I recall there are even systems that allow for a spin-on oil filter to be installed.

hi CT, this video reminds us that when we start a job that, we know from experience, will be long, difficult and expensive it is only our great passion and the desire to learn to guide us👍😂

24:40 check end play with flywheel & shims ON, not after taking them off

very cool Video, looking forward to the next steps,

Awesome Job CT!! 🎸🥇🎸

Loved watching your strip down can't wait to see you build it up again, I don't know how you know where all the stuff goes putting it back together, goodluck👍👍👍

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Well you just made my day the case needs line boring you can get over size bearings you kept hitting that case to open it but forgot to take out the oil pump.

Hi ct great video my friend.

Those shields form the heat exchanger system for your heater, but they make more places for oil, grease, dirt to hide!

The adjustable pushrod tubes are a relatively modern thing (80's I think). If your stock tubes are leaking you pull the rockers and the pushrod, crush and twist off the old tube and fit an adjustable one. Some people hate them but I like the CSP adjustable ones with twin o-rings as they have never leaked for me. Hopefully that rear main bearing saddle is not too far gone.

Is that the original engine? For a 67 it should be an HO number, I think. If it is, I hope the case can be thrust cut and line bored. I got lucky with my 69 and just was able to get away with the machine shop work. I hope you can save it.....it’s very rare to find an original case in a VW Also....if you have the case machined, have them install case saver inserts for the cylinder studs. Great job! 😀😀😀

I s tu I’ll can’t figure out why not pressure wash it BEFORE disassemble it. Specially if you do it in your house garage.

That's how they do! If you go into the block, you take the rod caps off and pull the pistons and jugs out together. You have to split the engine in half.

Excellent video CT :) and you have motor fix up soon!

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You're right: someone DEFINITELY has been inside that engine but it wasn't to rebuild it. They tinkered with it and from the signs/damage they left, they should've never been in there in the first place. I think there were more MISSING screws/bolts than there were ones left holding it together. YIKES!

Darrin don't look at the 26:15 min ... very good job congratulations and good luck with the new project, I have been following your channel since very recently and I have been a vw lover since I bought my first car which was a vw polo 86c 2f .. Congratulations!!

So cool

I know one thing you are good at tearing things apart. That motor needs a lot of work. I hope Darrin help you put back together. Keep up the good work.👍

Well done CT !! I’m just starting stripping one of my big engines !! Keep the original parts and do away with adjustable push rods 👍

When I see that sludge on the filter cover I wonder if I spoil my motors to much. I can’t understand why people abuse machines so much. Love your channel!

Original equipment!

I have that exact same red full face helmet sitting back there on that toolbox......

I cant get over how you are able to get the bolts and screws out without heat or just breaking them. When ever I had the occasion of working on one of these engine it was always A nightmare of stripped screws ,rounded nuts and broken studs.

Endplay is definitely a sign of what’s going on inside. Try to save as many original components as possible; as you did with Rusty, including crank, pistons, cylinders, cam and lifters provided they’re within spec. Maybe a cleanup and change of bearings, rings and cylinder honing can do the trick depending in condition, same with the engine case. You might have to line bore the case; and definitely re-do the heads, focusing on the condition of guides, springs and exhaust valves. Most aftermarket parts don’t even get close to OEM quality. You do have the thermostat vane system; all you need is the rod, thermostat and bracket. I’d get them and put them back if I were you. Maybe Darrin has some in his stack of parts? You are absolutely right about the oil stand deflector plate; it’s missing but your new seal kit has it. Great thing that you have the blaster; you will make all those parts look like new.

use a flat tip screw driver to remove dirt,don't use your finger u may get cut.

Once you get endplay like that on a mag case it will almost certajnly need align boring. It might also have ovalled the bearing dowels that stop the bearings from rotating in the case. That engine has seen some miles amd neglect. There is also a tool called a case splitter that fits in the oil pump opening that will safely split a case and stop you having to break stuff on it!

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Hi. Here at Basil, there are reconditioned engines, the air-cooled ones recondition the heads. take the measurements from the crankshaft, but piston and shirts are better by standart. these rings behind the wheel are for taking the game off the crankshaft, but this is not the right way. look at this link for a reconditioning of a vw engine here in Brazil.

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the adjustablep pushrod tubes might have allowed for replacement of them without having to tear down the engine to put them in. Possibly a couple of the original tubes might have sprung leaks or sustained damage somehow.

As far as the camshaft movement I'm pretty sure there's shims on the flywheel

Great video😃

Adjustable pushrod tubes does not mean engine was rebuilt. It means that the original tubes were rusted through and leaking, and needed to be replaced without taking off the cylinder heads. Adjustble tubes probably came out in the 50's.

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Excellent work but so messy, I'm sure a local supermarket would have provided cardboxes as temporary storage bins. A good power wash before the strip may have helped to reduce the exterior oily grime on the garage floor. I'm so disappointed watching the bolt being sheared off with the hammer - but sh*t happens when one isn't watching when using the hammer. Good work but very untidy!

Ok I take back my earlier comments, you were wise to tear that engine down. I'm really curious to see more of the transmission, looks as if some may have swapped in an old split case Transaxle. But yeah that engine is plum worn out !

When you have a gap like this that means you have a bad case good luck 👍.

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"It took about 3 hours or so. Could have done it faster without filming..." But it should have taken longer bagging and labeling everything as soon as you take it off. You REALLY need to get more organized. It is impossible to remember which part came from where especially when parts got replaced by non-spec spares.You'll have good use for your partswasher and sandblaster.

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Belt tensioning shims the ones bolted on the outside are just spears

It's probably number 3 cylinder they need to be repaired more than any other part of the engine

Yes......18:18......you can just make out HO212661 I think. That’s the correct 1 year only case for this car.

it there is a leaf then my guess is there is a tree in that engine lol

That foreign object looks an ID plaque,....

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are you not filming rusty videos because your waiting on parts?

I have never seen anything like it you have got a thick stud case before you remove the head nut's you must always torque them up to 30 pound if the stud dose not tighten it will need a helicoid fitted you should fit them when the case is apart

i think that vent is just a suggestion. lol.

Do u have any more pics of the ghia, I’d love one sweet motors

13:53 "You seen those before guys"? (yeah, in a 1977 J.C. Whitney catalog)

Depending on the year, some engines were magnesium and some aluminum.

Crank might be good. But the block may be shot!

Put rustys engine into the ghia so you can cruise 😎

Have to use calipers to find the sizes.

Definitely needs every thing😵😵😵 but VW IS pretty easy

Why don't you pressure clean anything before you work on it?

Maybe this was asked already. I know the case has end play issues. When the bolt broke from the hammer blow did it break the case or just break the bolt off? Enjoy your channel.

Woow how long did it take you to take it apart

Back in 1970, my brother took apart( or tried to) a 1956 VW engine out of a 56 VW bus...he was dismantling it but stopped when he came to what he said was a 35mm(?) "Gland nut"... he couldn't find a socket to fit it so it sat for years,and years,the bus itself was given away a few years later....I knew nothing about engines so I took his word for it....was he bullshitting me about this " gland nut"?

If you check Mustie1 channel he said that there are shims that you can use to take up that end play on the crankshaft.

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Probably torqued on and hasn't been off!

Most VW engines and some Porsche will work.

Man , ..ever heard of a socket wrench ?

As you pull the tins off you should hand them over to the wife for a sandblast and a primer coat before you paint them red.

Hi Ct I would get a brand new engine if i were you.

An “abandoned “motor with a new carb, fuel pump, distributor and Bosch blue coil?

Washes his hands a lot. Glove's would help

I'm surprised you don’t wear rubber gloves when handling oily parts or used oil itself? Like hand cream, skin also absorbed used oil in to the skin which is very harmful

If it can’t be fixed with vice grips it can’t be fixed

OMG! Just did 80% of this on a 71 bagged and tagged all the way... talk about a tear down! Yikes!

All that crud is from the car sitting outside for decades.

Next time start with cleaning...

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know that's normal that is the oil filter

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I would of just bought a new engine that looks like a lot of work.

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