I might be in the minority here as a retired lady but I just love this channel! Mustie, your delight and skill in getting all kinds of things working again is amazing to watch. Thanks for putting out all this great content!!

Mustie1 has the memory of a squirrel. How he remembers where all these parts are squirrelled away is amazing!

My favorite thing is when Mustie gets something to work and he says "HA!" That youthful exuberance keeps us all young. I only hope I can be wrenching as long as you my friend.

You're the Bob Ross of mechanics. Instead of happy little trees you have happy little sparkplugs.

$40 parts plus $200K tools, plus $100K tuition, plus $1 million experience, plus infinite wealth of common sense equals a $40 fix! Love it when you fondle the hoard! Thanks, great video!

Legend has it, when Mustie was born, He drove his parents home in a VW T1

There's something immensely satisfying about resurrecting dead VW engines. I can hear the pleasure in your voice.

I like that Mustie is not obsessed by perfection. Common sense rules.

That Head tool works a treat! I had no use for it and knew where it needed to go. Glad you like it! Cheers Darren! Zip~

When that engine starts, your laugh reminds of Dr. Frankenstein as his monster came to life. 😂😂😂

Before Musty1 I could never see myself watching a 1hr+ video. Now I’m disappointed every time one comes to an end. I could watch for hours easily. Always a pleasure.

i can watch this all day, i like sitting in the garage watching my car fixed

Fine line between you tube star and excessively frugal middle aged man trying to avoid having to work 9-5. And believe me, I'm not being critical. I've been there, well except the part where I was a you tube star. But I was raising little kids. Been back in the workforce full time since 2017 but I had a long run 2002 to 2017 working part time and watching kids. It's all good. Really enjoy your videos especially your attitude when things don't go the way you expect. I'm working on that when I fix things and in life in general. You get what you get and it's often not what a person expects to get. Wish they'd teach that stuff in school.

yeeee mustie the engine whisperer has revived another one from the dead!

I think we all enjoy the first firery starts of the VW engine after so many years and the laugh and chuckle that follows that. We learn from the master and are entertained.

You really could have your own series on TV. You stick out from the rest. This is a special channel.

Just love when old stuff comes back to life ,with everything being computerized the skills and parts are slowly dying , thanks mustie

Alright, VW heaven. Stashes hidden in stashes.

Boy did you bring back memories. While away at college with my 63 beetle had one of the valves break when I was up around 65 on an interstate. Towed the car back to the apartment, pulled the engine (it was spring and outside) and found the problem- a busted valve. A $100.00 engine (guaranteed to run but no time length) installed and took us on our honeymoon to the east coast -from Chicagoland- and back. Rebuilt the engine with the busted valve and drove it for a long time. All done under the vehicle, alone with few tools. Great little engines, was a lot of fun. Now-a-days (53 years later) it's a 3 year old Honda that I don't even self-change the oil. Same honeymoon lady, we're finding out about the preachers words "in sickness and health" meant, but still enjoying life. JimM

Your bucket list for 2023 is to semi organize and document your stuff and bring us along on your venture

Musti is the man! Rebuilding a 50 plus year old engine with spare parts from his stash. Amazing!

Blue flames shooting at little gas squeeze bottle and the patented Mustie1 laugh. Doesn't get any better.

You are the King of Mechanics getting engines running. 👍👍

Mustie 1. I am blown away at your very keen memory. Especially, the extent of your hoard. A good hoarder acts oblivious to where things are to the knowledge of others. BUT knows exactly where every item is!!!

And that's how you put together a good engine from another 3 bad one's parts. Bringing back to life such a "frankenstein" is priceless. Great job Mustie!!!!!

“The stud shaft is larger.” Internet award for the day! 😂

I enjoy watching the carburetor rebuild, especially when you find a plugged or dirty jet. The feeling of success when the engine starts and runs smoothly, knowing that the carburetor is clean and tuned just right. Awesome!!

the sweetest sound in the world. When that engine finally starts. Well done.

The stuff of good dreams!!. When I first followed Mustie, this is the type of thing you did, it’s good to be back....Its how to make a boring Sunday brilliant.Thank You Pal.

Doc Brown: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads." Mustie1: "Noted."

Did anyone else hold their breath while Mustie was torqueing the heads down?

Of course it will be saved. This is Mustie1 doncha know. Love your laugh when you get to create some fire in these old junkers. Keep up the great work sir.......

I'm impressed... when I saw it it looked just way to rusty to even think about restoring it.

Never gets old to see old non running junk come back to life! Love it!

Mustie is the greatest "shop teacher" I ever had. And I have a degree in this stuff!

This man is a legend. Once in a blue moon he doesn't win but very rarely. It's so fascinating to watch him pull an engine apart and rebuild it to run spot on. Great video mustie

I love your timing for uploading your videos. They're the first thing I watch on KZfaq on a Sunday morning.

I recognize that yard, your over at VWnut 1967 place. Hi Brian!

Only master hoarders have a stash at their friends place. The ones you see on tv are amateurs

Lost a hour, gained a Mustie1 laugh! 9 times outta 10 Mustie1 can make ‘er run! Another good engine for a restoration project. Oh no.....now Mustie1 has to go and get a Vdub to restore! No end to the projects, I like it! This is Vdub engine overhaul 101! Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz

Oooh. . . I knew it would pay off to be up early this Sunday 😂🤙

Picked up a free lawn mower last night, cleaned the carb and sold it today. Thank you for your videos you have taught me a lot.

I'm not too proud to admit it,but at 75 I also have a crush on the man. Cute as a button. Smart and kind. And funny!

Love the video Mustie. Very glad you gave the extra effort and brought it back from the dead. Enjoy it

That child-like laugh and "do it again" gets me every time. My guess is Mustie got himself a dune buggy, probably a ratty one.

4:50 that's why i've started sorting my crap. Man, i'm only in my 30's and the other day (figuratively speaking) i was combing through a mountain of parts that had collapsed in the shed of goodies, and i realized that if i don't know what the heck i have in there, and i was perfectly imitating Gandalf with his line "i've no memory of this place", mind you, then it might just as well not exist. Yesterday morning i discovered i somehow, some time ago, stashed an entire drive train for my 1980's Merc in my shed and i never even knew about it, when i bought parts for it. By the time i get to Mustie's age, i'll probably forget i even had the shed in the first place, because i'll more than likely bury it in more stuff. So my lesson for 2020 was, hoard responsibly.

Anybody else find they can’t wait till Sundays when they can sit with a cold beer and watch mustie rejuvenate the life into something. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to future projects.

I was very happy 😃 at the end of the previous video when we saw the search for engine parts and we knew he was going to resurrect the engine!!

Jason called it, you'd get it purring like new with nearly no money invested.

This is awesome! You inspired me to make my own channel, I picked up 7 small engines from an estate sale for free and I've made 2 videos so far!

When the engine started I smiled 🥰 I’m probably one of the few females at my age especially, that loves that sound! Love my bug and other vintage VW’s ♥️

I thought I was the only one to do the rubber hose/drill valve lapping trick. You are my hero. Every motor I've done this to has run like a champ.

I'm in awe of your mechanical expertise!

Amazing how tough these little engines are. Sitting 40 years with water all over and in it, and couple of parts replaced and good to go.👍👍

No just 40$ Musties knowledge worth thousands $ just love watching him work on anything. From the UK

How to transform a total pile of junk into an absolute sweetheart! And for less than a synthetic oil change. Darren you're a national treasure 🇺🇸🦅 salute from FL 🙋

Something about the calm easy work through on your videos makes me wish I was a nicer person. They are also really relaxing and my appreciation for how thorough you are is very appeasing to my OCD. Kudos

New Title: VW Archeology

She's a runner! Always fun to pick through the stash and find a box full of winners.

Future generations will miss the sound of old petrol engines roaring and popping!

Its so satisfying to see how Mustie saved this engine from death. Love and care is all these air-cooled engines need. Thanks for another amazing video

Take a triangular file and put grooves across the threads of the nuts to give the crud somewhere to go. This is not to cut new threads, only for cleaning them. 26 years as a machinist taught me this trick.

Yet another perfect Sunday morning. Thanks for the always awesome videos!

Legend has it... He pulled it out, started it... and never figured out how to put it back... RIP motor

Interesting ring compressor. Designed for installing cylinder on the piston, instead of piston into the cylinder. I had my doubts on this engine, but with enough spare parts, anything’s possible.

Thank you Darren I learned so much. These are the kind of videos that really helps A guy like me out

Mustie I really enjoy your vids. I worked with an old fellow who was a repairer and fixer i often found lawn mower engines and tell him the previous owner said that the engine would never run again..Fred always proved them wrong.

Always a joy watching Mustie, love his laugh, just noticed the altered sign, from Men Working too Men Playing 😆

Pull up a Hickory Stump - School's in session. Great work man!

good Morning goood evening and im ready for this coffees brewing!

You brought that thing back from the dead. Sounds good!

I know this is edited, but you make it look easy. A very satisfying watch. Nice.

And the engine may run for another day. Nice job as usual 👍

When I was taught to lap valves they would test the seal afterwards by putting the valves in, without springs etc., put the head cylinder side up on the bench and before they went home for the night they would fill the area the valves seat in with petrol. The petrol had to still be there in the morning!

Another one rescued, spare parts turned into Spare Motor... Nice work as always.

Mustie1, That hoard of yours really paid off AGAIN for you on this one! Very Nice work, very nice indeed! That valve spring compressor mechanism worked well for you! Have a good week!!

Pretty amazing. Horribly knackered worn out engine resurrected with stuff you had lying around - Oh that and a sack load of skill. The self tapping oversized head bolts were amazing. When the OG bolts pulled out I wondered what the hell you were doing continuing to assemble the engine! It sounds so healthy at the end. Astonishing

It is a great felling watching that engine blowing fire for the first time in years awesome work my friend.

No way anyone else would have/could have done that resto, even with all kinds of used parts! Brilliant!

Mustie1, your a man of great skill and knowledge, a pleasure to watch you in action.

I was waiting for it.... Sunday bliss! Thanks.

Great inspiration for folks with a few tools, some time and some air-cooled VWs in the backyard. Darren in his element. Educational entertainment! Thanks, Darren!

Impressive salvage/restoration 👌

These vids make me want to start looking for vw engines to mess with

Sounds amazing with this exaust! Perfect revival😍

“The inner sanctum of the hoard”. Hilarious.

Motor sounds good like a well oiled sewing machine, thanks for taking us along.

Maybe time to change names to Rustie1. 😀😀 Seriously, I really like and thoroughly enjoy all of your videos! A wonderful balance of education, demonstrated experienced knowledge, and a very likeable, affable and humourous personality. Please don't ever change....and please don't ever stop making these wonderful videos. They help so many people in so many ways, especially in these very troubling times. Thank you so much, Darren. 😀😉👍

@2:29 I stopped the video and had my wife take a look while saying - Don't complain about me anymore.

Yes !! a mustie Update !!👍😀

From snow covered rusty old parts to a sweet sounding v dub brought back to life, love it!!

Thank you Darren. That was a most interesting three part series. Nice job! 😊

the maniacal laughter when it starts.. priceless!

This is awesome, I expected the last video to be the end where it was just going to be parted out, but this is excellent

Great to see it running again, great job Buddy

Love the sound of the idle without exhaust. Reminds me of Herbie and his Irish Coffee bubbles!

Looking forward to seeing this.

As always I'm inspired by the enthusiasm that you have for keeping things alive. If this was a Bond movie, then it would be You Only Live Twice, but then there would be more sequels. Thank you for your enthusiasm. Regards, Tiny, Lincolnshire, UK 🇬🇧 😁

at 2:17 the "hoard within the hoard" is revealed ... absolutely lovely !

amasing word, thinking some people throw away old engines, resurecting the dead is simply awesome.GJATY