It's not an easy job, I'll be honest. But it's doable if you are willing to be patient and give it some time and effort.

That sounds like a great project.

Thanks. Slow but (somewhat) surely.

Thanks for watching!

Glad you found it useful!

Thanks! It did work well.

Hope it lasts longer than the first time.

nice. Thanks.

Thanks!

No problem! I'm glad you found it helpful.

Thanks!!

Dale's a slave driver!!

too bad bondo doesn't rhyme with right...

I wish the work went as fast as the time lapse sections.

You're full of all the phrases. Thanks for being part of it!

That could be true. I'm sure there was a lot of variance from vehicle to vehicle based on the factory, the day, the worker.

I think my compressor runs around 120psi.

I’m so sorry. That’s a big job to end up with it still leaking. Sometimes I think the plastic housing is what fails.

@@3rdstallgarage yeah i ended up ordering the whole housing. wish me luck

You're welcome! It's been a few years now and I've had zero issues with the air system.

You’re welcome 😊

I agree. I imagine I'll keep the car for a long time, but you never know when the next enticing project will come along and then I might sell it. I'm all for being honest and transparent. It would be hard to hide it with all the videos online!! Thanks for watching.

!!!! Didn't remember that I did, but you are definitely right.

you can clearly see that the body is not straight like it should be

Yes. I think you are right. We have some re-work to do.

Do you mean on the front passenger quarter panel? I’m not sure which left you mean?

@@3rdstallgarage Yes front drivers side just in back of your relief cut.

Thanks Jeff! I'm blessed to have a friend to go with on this journey. I think part of what makes it exciting is the fact that it's a little dangerous and risky...ie we have hopes, but no guarentees it will go smoothly. Thanks for following along.

Thanks for the encouragement brother!

I think a lot of people do similar and I'm sure it works well. The problem is that the epoxy will burn back away from the weld area further than it would with weld through primer.

Yes, then after all painting is finished I coat the inside of closed areas with fluid film.

That's so great to hear! We actually hoped when creating the channel that it might help encourage somebody. If we knew how much welding this car needed before we started, we never would have started because my welding skills weren't good enough. but with enough practice it's steadily gotten better. I'm using a Lincoln Wed-Pak 100 which has settings A - B - C - D for ams and a 1-10 dial for wire speed. For most sheet metal I use B for amps and 4.5 for wirespeed. For really thin sheet metal or sheet metal that was rusty and is extra thin then I'll drop it down to A - 3 or 3.5. I hope that helps. If you ever want to share pictures of your project, we'd love to see. Feel free to send them to [email protected]

Thanks for sharing. This is encouraging to us. Save the vintage VWs - Extinction is forever. x2 on Doug ask for pics

It's not too bad. You mainly need a willingness to try. You'll feel good about accomplishing it after you are done.

Or in this case, weld it in, grind it out and repeat...about 7 times.

Yes, you totally could. It just wouldn't be or look like the original numbers.

We appreciate you following along!

Thanks, we're enjoying the journey!

I agree. A few videos later I ended up converting to gas welding. It wasn't necessary, but it sure is a whole lot nicer.

Good question. I'm sorry that I don't remember. It's been quite a few years since I did this repair and I just don't remember. Sorry! Good luck!

I assume you are talking about the electrical connector to the seat element. I cut that wire so I could transfer the wiring harness plug to the new heating element. That way the new element could attach to the factory wiring harness in the Jeep.

You're welcome! Have a great holiday season.

Thanks. Probably wise move.

Good question. That's the type of question that Dale is better at answering than I am. We'll see if he chimes in here.

@@3rdstallgarage your videos were great. I am sitting here watching your videos instead of out working on my bug. lol :)

Dale here - good catch! I just bought a repo hood crest (WW) and then used double sided tape to put it on the hood (AKA no metal working skills). It was a non-original hood that was on the car. As you will see in future episodes, the parts car hood actually fit better (probably an original 64 hood) when compared with what was on when I drove it to 3rd stall. I'll have to decide if we cut into the '64 hood to put on the hood crest or go with double sided tape. I want to end up with a '66 with 6 things "wrong" that fit my preferences one of which is a 3 color hood crest like the early 60's beetles.

Totally get it. I have a 64 convertible and was thinking about putting an original hood crest on mine. That's why I noticed yours lol. 0:02

Fair point. It's really not that hard. It just takes hundreds of hours to create your own channel, do the work, create the videos, edit them, promote the content and then submit requests to vendors. It's not hard, it just takes hundreds of hours. It would never be worth it just for the free welder, but it's a nice side bonus.

@@3rdstallgarage Good point 👍

I agree. I'm glad to have the right bolts in the right places. It also helps because I'm putting together a car that I didn't take apart and I've never assembled a mustang before. So it gives me clues and helps figure out how to reassemble correctly.

Jo Daddy is pretty amazing at what he does. i agree.

I'll admit, I am a little intimidated by the the bondo work. But I've gone through harder learning curves. I'm willing to learn. Thanks for following along. I hope you enjoy the videos.

Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it!

Thanks for the input!

It's the 2.0 diesel TDI.

@3rdstallgarage I have a 2012 Passat S 2.5L and the engine design is totally different. I have been watching your video to get encouragement to tackle this repair. I was all ready to do this weekend. Went to a junk yard, they had a 2.5L pulled out and noticed the difference. Almost everything in the front has to be pulled out. Out of my league 🤷‍♂️.

Nice. Good luck!

I love it. Haven't had a single problem with it yet. I would definitely use it again.

Thanks. I have a lot to learn yet about using a hammer and dolly, planishing, and such. Thanks for the advice.

We put weld through primer between most seams but forgot a couple. We haven't done seam sealer yet. We need to do seam sealer through the whole car yet. That's a future episode.

I'm glad I could help you find that bolt!