The Bob Ross of mechanics

Canadian here... so just an observation: when you see an Australian sweating you KNOW it has to be hot!!! Loved the video. Cheers from Vancouver 🇨🇦!

Bruce, you’re a absolute youtube gem. Thanks for taking us along with you again. Thoroughly enjoy your videos.

Using an old fire extinguisher to fill up an old water pump is just classic, love the methodical way you work on these old engines.

A FINE job and I wager the old VW is purring by now. When I was in the Army I ended up while in my 1st duty station driving a 5-ton 6x6 with a 2500 gallon water tank on the back and a 4 inch Marlow pump pulled by a V-4 Wisconsin motor. It was a spray truck for watering down roads but I ended up hauling water from a hydrant out to where all the reservists and weekend warriors had their summer camp so they could take showers. I even got to fight a brush fire and wet down some tank trails. Then joined the local fire department and they had a 1942 and a 1948 American LaFrance pumper and a 2 1/2 Army truck with a tank on it. Been jamming gears ever since. So THANKS and I hope you lube those bees up with the WD-40 a little. CHEERS!

Hey Bruce, I'm watching from Wisconsin. I worked as a mechanic and now that I'm retired I also pick up old trucks and put them back on the road. I'm currently rebuilding a 1965 Ford F350 with a small dump body. I've got the chassis pretty well road worthy and now I'm repairing body rust getting ready for some fresh paint. Hopefully by July I'll have her ready to go. Thanks for the videos! It's nice to see you're respect for these old girls!😊

105 degrees Fahrenheit and 90+% humidity. Weather good for snakes, wasps, working on old trucks and drinking beer to heal the pain of the snake and wasp bites! 🤩🤩🐍🐍🕷🕷 🛻🚚🍺🍺

Thx Bruce from Vancouver Island, Canada

I don't know how anyone can get along without a rural fire truck. Now I want one....

The previous mechanic put grease on the fitting. Remember, the next guy is sometimes yourself. Wasps and snakes? Welcome to Australia 😊😊

A BIG thumbs up to you and Steve for the things you BLOKES do. Keep up the good work.

Respect for a man who can get an old dirty carb working by 'hand' choking to get a workable mixture. There aren't many of us around!

I love your work and attention to detail. I used to work for a small business restoring old VW buses, bugs and MG's etc, here in South Africa. My mentor would smack me upside the head if i missed a bolt or forgot to clean a thread😂 skills you don't see in the new era of the motor industry. Amazing to see the care and thought you put into your work. Thanks for the good content!

Bruce, I love the methodical approach you take by checking everything prior to starting the engines that sat idle for years. This way there is no disappointment or damage. Steve at Steve's place down under is a good friend. We communicate often and tells me you guys talked over 2 hours. I appreciate your calm demeanor and your explanation of what you are doing. Love to see a video of you guys together. I always give you a like. I'm 68 and you remind me of my grandfather. He was a good man and a great grandfather. Be good. Jim from Connecticut

You do one thing most don't have Bruce and it's the key pretty much to everything . Patience 😁

Have a cold one Bruce, you have earned it. Bob NZ.

Always a pleasure to see a new video from you. Thank you.

Never Sean a starter motor on that volks wagon motor like that before interesting set up

Hi Bruce . When I was 10 (1960) a song was getting played every day in the Los Angeles Ca. area that myself and the other kids loved and sang along to . I'm sure you know it . "Tie me kangaroo down" was a big hit . Cheers and take care , Neil

Bruce and camera man, thank you so much for sharing these videos. It takes me back to hanging in the shed with my grandad working on old farm equipment on the north coast of NSW. Probably what lead me to become a mechanic my self. Your Aussie ingenuity and humour makes you a national treasure. Cheers!

This is one of my new favorite channels. Really appreciate the historical knowledge on all these old trucks combined with the mechanical know how and bringing them back to life! I currently do motorcycle restoration and this is fascinating to me.

Hey Bruce. For brushing inside battery clamps, I buy a plumbers brush for cleaning inside copper fittings, cut the handle off, and chuck it up in my battery drill. Works very well.

If there's one thing I've learned in my lifetime of resurrecting old gas engines that have sat for many years, the carb is ALWAYS knackered and must be cleaned. I hope to see this fascinating water pump pump water!

Yes, I too was hoping to see it spray water. Your demeanor, knowledge, actions remind me much of watching my father work on equipment while growing up on the family farm. Another very enjoyable video, thx for sharing.

Hi mate great video again. Thanks for the shoutout. It really means a lot. I have one of these pumps at my place but without the engine. Not sure where I got it. Anyway mate all the best and talk soon

100% correct about bees and wasps smelling the sweat. Ive spent long hours prospecting in the bush and they will seek you out and become very persistant at having a drink.

Always an education!. Bril, Nuff said.🙂

Incredible patience. Great Video! Thank You.

Hello Bruce all the way from the US!👋👍

Mr Bruce, your workmanship and patient approach reminds me of how my Grandpa used to get things done. I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy watching your videos. I do hope that the hot weather subsides.

Queensland Rail used to use VW motors for portable air compressors. Two of the cylinders had modified cylinder heads incorporating inlet and discharge valves for air.

The Jimmy Hendrix of old truck engines👍👍😉 Greetings from🥖🇫🇷 Peter

We use to swap plug leads around to creat a backfire most times it would clear a blocked jet ,then reset leads into correct order

Gday Bruce, it’s almost there and I hope you get that carby sorted, I was speaking to Steve the other day on the phone, he’s a top bloke with plenty of toys to last a lifetime mate, top job, cheers

Thank you for another great video! Love the content, best regards from Sweden ❄️

Man that is one of the best engines for a project bug, I heard that the old industrial vw power plants are like the old ford straight six drive from Brisbane to WA and back happily… great video great find

You're the man Bruce, a pleasure watching you work.

Bruce you are an amazing mechanic and you teach me something every video. Keep it up

love the hand choke - reminds me of my old HD holden and many a time of having to resort to that

Great content! ALWAYS great to come across another Aussie youtuber! I've been doing this for 18 years now (& somehow, still retain a tiny bit of santy!) ;)

Very good advice on using heat near batteries and fuel Bruce 👍🏾🇦🇺

Great video! Love the production improvements.

Thanks for the video Bruce

Not sure if you were a firie but your info was bang on. Hello from NSW, good to see fire trucks havent changed as our current fleet at the NSWRFS is identical in function.

So much universal useful tips & tricks in a single video! Thank you!

If you ever work with Bruce for a week, you are level up easily worth of 25 years. His tips and explanation worth it all. Only a A MASTER mechanic wears a Gold watch while doing his work.

a real volkswagen beetle. There you have some good things from Germany. major service, clean all filters, fluids, battery, new spray/suction hoses and it will last another 40 years, nice to see German stuff in Australia, greetings from the Netherlands

Thanks Bruce have worked on this type of unit way back then they came from Narwhal flushers out of Sydney

Good on ya bruce 👍 i always learn something from watching your videos. We all greatly appreciate you sharing your knowlage 😀

😉It seems you have picked on a Unit that was well maintained, Bruce. Your tips regards oil on the internals with plugs in and with the plugs out was exceptional none the less.

Great Video Bruce! Looking forward to the next video on the VW Fire Truck. Thanks!

I learned a few things. Good video. 😊

Bruce thanks so much for all the great videos I really love them

Brilliant video Bruce. Can't wait to see the next installment. Watching from England. You're great to watch 👍

great job Bruce its blokes like you that get/ keep this old stuff goin again❤❤❤❤ im in NSW and out west still see those W.P signs NEVER knew what they ment so thanx for the info

Watching a magician at work

Well done mate. Got the 1200 fired up and it sounds good 👍 If the jets are ok it might have an automatic choke which sits behind a little triangle with 3 screws. Under the cover is the spring choke which is like a large spring from inside a watch. They become temperamental for sitting for so long in the one position. Might be worth a little inspection if that when your checking the jets 😉

i do watch steve`s place down under,,very enjoyable im from the uk

Plus I wish every starter motor was that easy to get to 😄

Great videos sir.

You are awesome man just clean the carby out and the main jet ✈️ and all be good. Can’t wait until you get it done and running like a new one boss

Australian wasps are the size of UK birds! Thanks again Bruce for another entertaining video. Sadly mechanics of this caliber are becoming few and far between and being replaced with single make fitters. My father is this generation of mechanic where it was the norm to repair or improvise instead of simply replace parts.

Well done good video

I fell in love with your channel instantly!

Holy crap this bloke is such a legend hey

Respect a real mac, great videos Sir, Arno

Bruce, could it be that the idle jet has an electric solenoid? They added those to stop the engine from "dieseling". Great video, and keep them coming.

With that fergy haul out tractor try tap the injector pump the rack may be stuck, and check the stop leaver that may be still pulled out or stuck off. Like your channel.

What a sweet sounding engine

I know exactly what you’re talking about with the right tools 🛠️ i was a mechanic for 26 years and I definitely know the swivel socket stuff gets u out of trouble and like you say take your time and be patient

Your very clever, enjoy your videos 👍👍

G'day Bruce you are the sort of mechanic I aspire to be and the type of person I want to learn from. My career may still be relatively young, but I see myself being like this some day

A bit hot there old fella. Thanks for the video Bruce 👍

G'day Bruce l was familiar with those pumps when l worked at Forrestry in the ACT They were mounted on the back of an Isuzu The engines would run hot after a long period and the fuel would vaporise in the fuel pump The solution was to keep a water bag handy to cool the little pump down !!

No worries Bruce!😊

Great video Bruce ! I have been waiting for this one . Really unique set up with the VW engine . You should be able to get that engine right without too much more work . I already watch Steves place and Pete-mate . Enjoy watching all three of you blokes . Take care mate , get some rest between videos . Scott 🌵

Bruce, i wanna see you repair that carb and bring it alive again ! Loved the video but i need moooore :D

Enjoyed following along on this mission bro. Look forward to see it pass water. Safe travels. Ken.

You are a legend, I’m a mechanic but been out of the game too long, you should be a teacher but I guess that’s what you are mate, leaning a shitload from you bruce. Keep up your amazing work!!!

Great seeing a new video

I love this no nonsense channel, RockOn

nice upload mate cheers Jim

You are right plugs in!!

Another great video Bruce,keep em coming really enjoyable.

Great vid 💯💥 from UK

By the way Bruce, I'm using ATF to prevent the piston seizure, when I trying to start an old motor 😉 since long time ( An old army mechanic told me that ).

Nice old rig, certainly needs some TLC ,thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

Great vid. Regards from Sweden

Hello from the uk! Keep the food videos coming

Doesn't take long to release a wasp in the hand. Steve has some great content. Thanks for sharing, sure is humid in South East Qld lately.

Great mate really enjoyed

Another great video Bruce, it must have been hot inside that shed ! Thanks for sharing

Love ❤ this video hope going want see more

Many great tips Bruce and your easy going manner make it a pleasure watching your videos, I will be checking out Steve's place down under site as well. Looking fwd tothe carb rebuild video if that's in your plan!

Love these vids.

Top hoe jij alles aan de praat krijgt Erg leuk om te zien hoe veel ervaring jij hebt Blijf jou video's bekijken 🙂👍🙂

Love your show man

It’s taken me so many years to find exactly what this is on KZfaq, an old Aussie who’s worked the land all his life and it’s the generation that’s getting lost

I worked on vw motors for a few years, and most interesting were an old 36 hp driving a compressor for an ice skating rink. Another was a liquid argon truck that used a 40 hp to drive the pump for the Argon.

I've always turned an old motor by hand with the plugs out, never thought about the compression forcing the oil down before but makes perfect sense...