It’s amazing to watch someone who is so brilliant and yet so human. I remember someone once posting that they would watch Mustie making toast. I have to agree. I’ll never do any of this stuff, but find it fascinating to watch.

Dear Mustie1. 👍👌👏 It's obvious that you are a professional because: Maaan, you sure let it look so easy working on that good looking bus. Congrats! Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.

"Think it's ground but I'm not positive on that" I see what you did there. Lol

"This is the last of the commitments to friends to working on their vehicles" This cracked me up, I hit this point 3 years ago...

I had the worst week. Then a youtube notification goes off. I get a mustie video that's over an hour. And all the stress and headache go away. Thank you.

Couldn't ask for an easier Transmission to do and busses are so fun and easy to work on I have 25 years experience working on VW I loved every minute of it

When I was younger and working I did automotive side work in my garage...man did I have a lot of "friends". Once I retired and stopped working on cars nobody comes around anymore...imagine that!

Nothing much to add to the comments re. your video(s), but that quick afternoon drive, you live in a beautiful neck of the woods, and the colour of those trees is fantastic! Thank you as always 👍

There’s something in the way Mustie1 explains things and bring the audience in with him. He makes it that even someone as mechanically ignorant as I am understands what he is doing and why. It’s not what he knows that raises him above other channels, it’s what the viewer knows by the end of the video. DiagnoseDan is another channel I find very informative.

When I was about 10 my cousin came over with a beetle he bought. I was amazed the engine was in the back. He took me for a ride and I loved it. I still feel that way when i get a chance to ride in VW. Coolest vehicles ever. Tha KS for the video!!

Very enjoyable to spend time with you in the workshop thanks 👍

My god they found me, i dont know how but they found me... RUN FOR IT MARTY!!!

A Wigan Kebab ( Meat & Potato pie on a buttered Bun ) for the ones who don't know.. Coffee and a New Mustie1 video. Heaven on a Sunday..

Fascinating video from start to finish. Didn't realise the length as I was so engrossed. Thanks!!

Its always a pleasure to watch you work Mustie1

Another great awesome video with my coffee hey mustie1 me yesterday's video 5150 see how many parts he got? He loaded up a square back VW with a ton of parts and he still has to go back to get more more more more parts for VW'S

When I was young I remember my boss put the clutch disc in backwards on his Dodge plow truck. What a simple error to make, I would never do that. Several years later working on my CJ5 Jeep. Ooops, yup,

And the Torque setting is...4 ugga duggas with the air impact!

55:29 - “she ain’t the prettiest girl on the block.....(but) she’s got strong legs” I almost spewed out my coffee

Thank you for posting this vid , excellent info , I learned al lot 👍

Great content as always with Mustie1. I can safely say this guy made me appreciate old VW'S. They are great machines. Much more honest that their current successors that are overengineered to the brim! Thank you Mustie1!

Yes! Really enjoyed this one mustie. Thanks for sharing this with us 😊. Have a great one mustie!

Dude, I envy your shop. You are the Norm Abrams of VW repair, and these vids are gold. Makes me miss my 66 bug as well as my 78 air cooled bus, which I never should have sold. Keep it up!

I always always always put new pressure plate bolts when replacing the clutch. I learned that one the hard way as the old ones frequently snap off when retorquing.

I enjoy watching you work on anything man. I actually learn quite a bit watching. Thanks man.

You should have a contest in which the prize is “A day with Mustie.” What fun it would be to come spend a day fetching your tools and holding the work light.

Great video Mustie. I'm always amazed that you dont curse when fixing things. Applause...

I love so much to watch this guy. Very entertaining and we learn so much!

Hi Mustie1 😎 Thank you for sharing your knowledge on mechanics. Always enjoy watching your videos. It’s almost addictive 🙂 Looking forward for the next videos.

Best way to start the day. Thanks again for sharing Mustie!

I now have ingrained in my memory, the orientation of that mounting bracket. Thank You Mustie1. Your methods of teaching are unorthodox, yet effective. You are a true scholar and master.

Over an hour of aircooled spannering, one of my favourite topics of yours. Thanks for taking us along as usual mate. Respect from the UK

Discovered your channel and videos a few months ago and have really enjoyed watching them. Thank you for posting them and providing very interesting educational and entertaining content! By the way, my first car was a 68 bug that my uncle converted into a baja bug for me. We worked on it together. I was 15. He was a German immigrant who owned a couple different repair shops in Rapid City, SD for many years. He worked on Volkswagen's and many other German and import vehicles. You remind me of him very much. 😊👍

The fast forwarded part at the end makes it sound like an old motorbike.

I love that you leave the mistakes in the video. It keeps it very real. great videos!

I loved this video...I've watched your videos for years, but this one really got to me. I had a 71 Bus (white over blue) and I really miss it today. I'm in California and would like to think that was my bus. Watching you work on this bus brought back so many memories, of course I removed the bumper because I had to save my floor jack for the engine. Great work as always, your videos are always a highlight of my day.

This bus should feel and drive like a new one after all of this! Nice service job Mustie1!

I'm going to enjoy this, love the longer vids!

When i first watched a Mustie1 vijeo(prob about a snowblower) a few years ago i was hooked. Binge watched most of the content except for vw related stuff. Never had the slightest interest in vw. Now i find myself not only watching them but also gradually catching on to what its all about. All thanks to Mustie1. Please keep ranting and explaining. PS. I find carb stripping and cleaning interesting and much appreciated even after all this time. Accuse me for my bad english😉 im swedish...

I had a “68” bus. Boy do I have some memories flooding back because of this video. Thanks!

I gotta tell ya, you are an excellent mechanic second to none! But I can tell when you are happiest working on restorations or your own design fabrications. Either way I anxiously await your next video. As I have told you before.....when you see someone do something and they make it look easy, it's because they are GOOD at it !

I took the little "raise button" off of my lift and put it in a metal outlet box with a 20' cord. Makes a world of difference as I can be anywhere around the car and lift it.

Wow this brought back some good memories. The last VW I worked on (1986) was an overhaul of the engine in my Bradley GT kit car that I owned while living in Pittsburgh. During the overhaul I put on bigger jugs and took the engine to 1835cc's. It was a little fiberglass rocket ship to drive after that. Eventually sold it to my younger brother who was in the Navy when I was transferred to the deserts of southeast New Mexico. Wish I still had the Bradley. Keep up the great content. I look forward to each and every video.... Joe

I could have done with watching this 30 years ago. My '71 camper had the same problem of shifting into 2nd gear and the first time I really noticed it was on my first trip during rush hour on Sydney Harbour Bridge, causing me to slow the traffic. It took a bit of fiddling around to find I had to push the lever hard across to engage. Now I know what an easy fix it was. Keep on with keeping us informed and entertained Darren and thanks to you I have just stripped and cleaned a weed whacker carb.(found in the trash) and got it running.

You make it look so easy. I remember working on old VW Bugs with my dad when I was about 13 and he would take that darn engine out in one hour or less, replace gaskets, seals, and adjust the valves like it was a cake walk. I really learned a lot about the simplistic yet smart engineering around the Bugs design and the other models like the thing. My dad was some of the first American Technicians at a dealership here in Pittsburgh called McGee Volkswagen who trained to service them in the early 60's when the type 1 I believe was made for the US market. One funny thing I do remember was my dad using a stick to check the gas level because they didn't have gas gauges or his was broke and was pulling my leg, lol

Quality content right here. Love all your VW repair videos. This is why I subscribed in the first place. Would love to see more like this. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Your knowledge of VW's is amazing and your videos are addictive. God Bless

i have a '71 UK bus, same colour as this one. You're vid is a big help in me learning all things bus related. Cheers from the UK.

Back in the 1970's when I was working on and driving VW's we would always lose the rear bumper, usually because it would be bent up anyway on the $50.00 vans we would pickup. Made engine swaps so much easier plus aftermarket exhaust would fit.

This has to be my favourite channel ever. And i do follow many!

It was fun watching you wrestle the motor putting it back in , it looked from here like it almost hip threw you once, good job fighting it off!

Many times that I'm working around the house I put on one of your videos. It really cuts the drudgery of chores when you can listen and watch you work your magic. I had a 77 Westie so a lot of what you talk about I can visualize in my mind when I can't look directly at the video. I love your channel, bud.

Beautiful job on that transmission swap.

Hey Mustie.....when you split that pipe to patch the preheat tube, I expected you to weld the back half on first(from the inside) since it would be difficult to get around the back to weld. Then add the front half , doing the seams and the remaining radius halves. I have done something similar where there was no access to weld the back side. Anyhow....cool video as usual, I love the new shop and I really appreciate your ingenuity when repairing things that simply do not have parts availability. You and Andrew Camarata inspire me to take on projects that I would've avoided in the past. In today's society people have become so specialized or lazy(whichever)....that we just contribute to the disposable mentality. Most things are not rocket science if you have ANY inkling of mechanical aptitude, but I think many people just lack curiosity and would prefer not to tear into stuff . Keep it up brother!!

Dont ever stop making videos. Its such a joy watching you. Love it. 👍

Wanting to take a moment to thank you for the VW videos. My first car back in the day was a 6 year old 1972 standard Beetle, red with the cloth (corduroy like fabric) interior. It was a great car for my last year of high school and first two years of college. Your vids have me traveling the nostalgic road. One things for sure, if KZfaq and you had been around back in the day I would have understood my car better, been more skilled at doing some of the maintenance, and would have had greater appreciation of the engineering. Thanks for taking the time and all the effort to film, edit, and post the vids. I am in awe of the knowledge and abilities....

Awesome video appreciate you sharing your VW knowledge with us.

Mustie I need a friend like you ! Love your videos

Thank you for showing every aspect; that is amazing..!!👍👍I could never get my regular mechanic to show me this stuff ( the guts & removal).

This is valuable information for anyone who wants to work on one of these, (and many do) nothing is "too much information". Keep up the good work. People will appreciate a video like this as long as it is up.

There's a lot of torque and action in every Mustie1 video...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 For those that complain about his torque settings, during his time as a test pilot for NASA Mustie1 lost control of his bird and suffered horrendous injuries. However "they" had the technology, "they" had the capability, to make him better...stronger...faster, and so Mustie1 has a bionic torque wrench right arm, that's all I can say, the rest of his modifications/enhancements are still classified as TOP SECRET!!!!!

Wow. We changed a transmission and did a test drive in less than an hour and a half!

From your videos I have seen, you put in a lot of long days and probably, short nights. Thanks for all you do. This is so informative and fun to watch!

15-20 min to convince the engine back into place... I’m too embarrassed to think how long it took me last time. Another great Sunday morning with Mustie.

That's a really nice bus, and glad he had you do that work on it, so it gets done right. Runs good too, and that's to bad that pre-heat tube rusted through, but bet that happens on a lot of them, think I would have used some JB weld on the back where you couldn't weld though..not usually a big user of it, but it's good for things like that. Although they make a high-temp silicone sealer that would work as well, actually have some here for one of my projects. Really nice getting those seals replaced, think I would condition them with some 303 aerospace protectant to extend their life. Have made a rolling lift out of a old transmission jack, but would like to come across a rolling lift like you got, that's a handy thing, although the one I cobbled together has changeable jigs for my common things I work on.

This bring back memories! I had a 67 beetle and totally rebuilt the engine after my mother ingested a valve. I added a 2 barrel carb and manifold and that car flew. After my first 4 hour attempt to remove the engine, I got so good at it, that i could get the engine out in 15 min!

Makes me smile every time I see that green Craftsman jack. I have the same one. Bought it new in the late 70’s. One of the best tools I have bought.

I have 74 Kastenwagen and restoring it atm. Always fun to watch your videos. You are like Bob Ross of mechanics. Very relaxing and informative at the same time.

A clean bus example. Must be nice to work on for a change vs rusty and dirty. Alittle greasy but still a nice bus. I need to get one lol.

Great video! Now maybe I can get the reverse lights working on my '70.

You've stayed true to your style, and yet your content has really improved over the years. Excellent work as always!

Great diagnosis: I have seen coils totally rotted by being near the stacks of boilers on hospitals. They would only last between five to ten years, and would be full of soot. Thanks for the great video's.

You know how you know you're hooked on Mustie1 vids? You have absolutely zero interest on the particular topic, and still watch every second.

That bus was built the same year I was born. I love these old VW's. My aunt had a Beetle in the same color as the bus and it was my favorite color of the VW's. I have always wanted a beetle but, can't seem to find a decent one that I can afford. All the ones I find are either rusted out shells with hardly anything on them or ones that are in really good shape that they want upwards of 5-9 thousand and above. Love watching you wrench on them Mustie. Thank you for that and educating me on a lot of this stuff so if I ever do get one, I will know better how to work on them. :)

Some nice work Mustie1, thanks for taking us along!

Out of all the guys that I watch VW video, I learned more from you, you make a great teacher! Thanks for this video, very educational.

lisence plate: antique MRBUS heh only 1 minute in and it got a small chuckle out of me

Ban saw already stepping up to the plate. Mustie1 "If you don't have the tool you make one". lol

Great video, I watched the whole thing. When you pulled over to let someone pass you and then we took off again and you shift in to second I thought to myself “OH YEAH “. Great job!

You made my memory's kick in on this one , those rubber air seals i had forgot what a pain those where pulling those in and totally forgot abut the shims on the generator, also had no knowlage of shiftier adjustment on floor ! all the rest i recall ! Great Job as you always do ! One of the best times in a van was winter of 69, put cut down log truck chains on it and ran around pulling others out of ditch, more like paddle tires, but when the snow plow cleared the main st had to quit , speed at 5 miles per hour would make to much jumping up and down ! pushed snow with head lights ! Thanks Mustie 1

Good one. I stil have my VW clutch centering tool from the late 1960s. Oh, and the 36 mm socket. Haven't touched a VW in 30 years.

22:12 "... and now for the little Allen wrench" ... lol.

this is the reason I started watching a lot of your videos. air cooled vdub repairs. great video. thanks for giving me my fix.

Mustie1, that oil fill tube: you can use two flat screwdrivers, crossed over each other in an X fashion so they both bear on each other where they cross in the center, and apply a lot of torque that way. For tightening, they go one way, and for loosening, you reverse how they bear on each other.

"It's a little left of center" - that's what she said!

You torqued the flywheel to factory spec, then used brake cleaner. For a minute I thought I was watching SMA.

I watch, laugh and learn. I pulled the carb off my lawnmower and fixed it because of you. And you are making me want some kind of VW. I think a bug or a Ghia. I had a 67 bug when I was a teenager. Thanks Mr M

Mustie, Appreciate all your videos. I binge watched almost all and hope there’s more coming:) You’ve inspired me so much I’ve taken on my mower, snow thrower and gas power washer I’d send them in usually. But you’ve cured me of the fear! Just waiting on parts for the toro mower which by the way, has not been serviced for over ten plus years Dude! I’m def going to watch my neighbors trash from here on out Thanks for all the positive stuff man!!!

So I’m not the only nut up at this time on Sunday just scrolling

JB weld would have sealed up the tube by itself or the small area that was hard to reach. Great fab fix on the heater duct! 👍

Nice video, I’ve been learning so much watching your videos!

Fantastic video mustie mate I don’t care what you call things it’s an education to watch you at work!!!! Keep up the great work love your channel

Hi from northern part of norway You are osom👍😊

I think a shifter bushing kit will be in this buses future!

You are a wizard!! It is great to watch your videos!! Thank you for doing them!

Thanks for the content 👍 I can't believe how an hour passes so fast. I enjoy your videos. Keep it up. Chris Reno NV

The rear end of a VW aircooled engine is fascinating

Good morning

a great bunch of improvements; lucky Mr. Bus.

Wow, what a great video. I had a vw bus once and wished I still had it. I just got to worried I couldn't fix it. Wished they still made the bug and hope they bring it back. I like the older ones compared to the new ones. Man what a job. And you got all the parts put back together. Mustie the magician. Thanks for the great video.