Vw beetle 1500 air cooled engine not started for 50 years !!! Will it start

Getting a 1960’s Vw beetle 1500 air cooled engine to start are being sat since 1973 . 8000 miles on the clock and the start of our Vw restoration

[@pauldickinson365]

Great video again, I'm going to use this same procedure to start my reliant Robin 1974 mk1 van that hasn't started for 32 year, thanks for the handy tips 👍👍

[@dodgydruid]

Yay another Reliant owner ftw. I would do the oil and waters first, then some oil mixed with some Redex down the plug holes, rocker cover off and give the valves a tap to free 'em up and then give it some jungle juice and a good strong battery hoping the ballast resistor hasn't gone for an early shower. Dizzy wise, prob need a bit o' a cleanup new points and rotor arm (I use Distributor Doctor rotors and did use his condensors before going Accuspark electronic) Carb prob need a refresh kit from SU's over in Salisbury, yep still going strong is SU, I found on ebay a NOS dusty on the shelf "yellow top" carb paid £25 and it was minty fresh, my mechanic back then offered me £250 for it and I was "nah mate", even had its original tags and SU stamped gaskets.

[@pauldickinson365]

@@dodgydruid thankyou for the tips, will be cracking on with it next month, shouldnt take much it's all original... Fingers crossed 🤞😁

[@recreativesigns4571]

Al, your T-shirt said it all. Superhero that’s what you are. A little bit of tinkerage, a tap with the rejuvenation tool and a dash of sparkage and it comes to life. As if it was ever in doubt. Gotta love a man with a wealth of knowledge, doing what he does best. Can’t get enough of your channel.

[@aac7183]

Never was a «superhero» t-shirt worn with more justification 😁👍🏼

[@andrewentwistle515]

Wow that's impressive. Al the King of Reviving dead engine's has worked his magic again.😊👍👍👑👑

[@andrewnewton5893]

Those lumps so so reliable and being laid up that long ran very well even valve wasnt clattering lol

[@davidlipski863]

Your videos are getting better by the week proper old school , and teaching people how it's done. My friend in Poole was in to Volkswagens and had a split screen camper and a 1303s beetle around 1981. He kept on to us to get a camper and we bought a 74 Westphalia it turned out to be a pain in the ass the worst thing i bought it broke down twice the 1st week took it back to the garage he said he would fix it. Got it back and on the way home it died again he towed us back and i got a call a week later from a chap who he rented the garage from to say he had done a runner owing money. Luckily Trent's had a van in with a good engine we fitted it and i put it through the auction glad to get rid of it.

[@Mambo-lk8nk]

I am so impressed with the idea of the oil pressure tester tool. So obvious when you think about it, but I've never seen that trick. Also a good example of a rejuvenation tool 😂😅

[@dodgydruid]

I always have this mental image of out of shot your mate is stood there with a one man band setup giving it large doing the background music including the intermittent "woo-ooo's" :P Sorry couldn't resist hehehehehe

[@NapierNimbus]

Awesome video, that engine wants to live. Love the multi-function rejuvenation tool 🤣

[@mikebills9343]

Nice change of manufacturer there Al 👍🏻

[@duggers999]

Turns out you can use the “British Leyland toolkit” (aka a big hammer) on Volkswagens too!

[@SJR313]

Love watching and hearing you work. Your terminology and ramblings are great! Thank you for your content 👍

[@iangrice329]

You can't kill a VW engine 😊

[@1mic3]

Excellent video Al, I’m convinced you could get a bucket of rusty nuts and bolts to fire into life. So entertaining to watch as always. Thank you 👍👍👍👍👍

[@huggeyful]

I think you scared it into running when you approached the carb with a sledge hammer Luv it

[@tony-yp6qk]

Another great video has always al 👍

[@mikebailey2619]

Not in to VW Beetles but I’ll still enjoy watching it being restored

[@mrjones2009]

I actually thought you was going to blow yourself up legend al

[@philleggitt3005]

I love the madness Al...But it works....At least your normal flat battery is less likely to expand from roaming sparkles...

[@shaundolphin]

Audio is much better on this Video, Struggled to hear you on most, New Subscriber ;-)

[@BoredoldPunk]

Seeing as it's close to my birthyear, if it hasn't run since 1974 that would be 49 years or so.

[@alanwelford9815]

Was just thinking the same .

[@unicyclingistheshit]

Al's thinking it's still the 2010s. Cant blame him, I do it too 😂

[@BoredoldPunk]

@@unicyclingistheshit counting down to my pension.

[@LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise]

That little flat 4 sighed back into life 🙂and it sounds good 🙂 AL you need to love our comments more often. then subscribers will go through the roof 🙂

[@paulmoso2375]

you crack me up, if you were rich they would call you eccentric, but obviously you are as mad as me! i would gladly take you for a beer. maybe two

[@nigehomer9744]

Love your videos. Your way with words always amuses me.

[@astravanmk2]

Love the old Air cooled flat 4 we had a 1600 in a 73 type 2 bus and the 1300 in a 70 beetle. We had one on the kitchen table over winter while it was rebuilt too 😂

[@marktownsend5130]

Very cool Al these are easy engines to work on top quality video I enjoy watching you are very talented looking forward to seeing your next project

[@Ireland-bc2gx]

Great video al brilliant engines run for every 👍

[@stephenpoessl5464]

Got to love a bit of German engineering.

[@simonwoods3827]

Hell of a go kart al😂😂😂😂

[@patlydon519]

Thats a good battery and starter

[@daznichols5561]

Great work mate you make me chuckle :)

[@johncunnane1582]

its alive!!!!!!!

[@Elvis35-77]

Brilliant m8!👍👍👍

[@ogormanator]

Brilliant, thank you for the video

[@TheWoodman71]

I wish I had given you my 2012 astra diesel to try and fix, I spent over 2 grand and still ended up scraping it. 😢

[@mikepickett3277]

Great stuff

[@bryjan51]

Another excellant vid Al. If you got one kicking about, an old petrol lawnmowers have nice little fuel tanks for jobs like this. Keep em coming 👍👍

[@mrfishbulb7187]

That's exactly what I use for similar projects, simple gravity fed fuel supply.

[@pauldixon3677]

A sweet little 1500 beetle engine.

[@ivanfernyhough3851]

I wish 1974 was only 38 years ago,i would only be 41 then lol.i think you mean 48 years.another great upload tho,allways looks odd when a engine is running with no car around it lol.

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Lol yes to much for a fella to work out some times !! And cheers fella 👍

[@julesdowner5585]

I'm glad to see you keep the garage floor paint safely in the tin. I am also impressed with your 'old man kneeler'! a necessary piece of equipement

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Did have a mad floor painting spree last year looked great for about a month !! Might get all excited and use the 150 ltrs I’ve got kicking around 👍

[@julesdowner5585]

@@6DDIESELSDorset Haha!

[@nigelsears7191]

gota say that silly grin as it started said it all , top job Big Al , even the workshops looking a bit clearer now too

[@focusstdave123]

Brilliant 🙏🏽👍🏼

[@anthonymillar6183]

Good video AL you should also do videos of workshop builds it’ll give you more subscribers 👍 👍

[@JohnHonda101]

Mint man.

[@philipcable437]

You might want to connect the vacuum pipe from the carb to the distributor.

[@michaelkeen5010]

I had a couple of air cooled Beetles back in the day, they were both very good cars.

[@thatcrazyguyjay]

You got to love the man AL He’s seems to get them started in the end always love your videos Al mate and if I ever get stuck with one my motors I love how you go in depth on how to strip and rebuild engines AL keep up the good work mate too regards jay 😊. Always looking forward to your next videos mate 😊👍😉

[@johnshaw4140]

XPP 767 , in pale blue was my dads 1st car , 1300 beetle , well done Al , magic as usual

[@terryatkinson899]

The sadist in me wanted to see you get a bang off the spark plug 😀

[@AliMackMechanical]

I love these old Vw Engine's so simple. Great work Al good Find with a few tweaks it will be mint.😊👍

[@nickevett4707]

Ace 👍

[@johnmackay9629]

Another great vid Al can’t wait to see you put it all together ps your banter is fab 😂😂

[@julienrankin2108]

HT lead at the coil looks to be arcing 6D - love this stuff!

[@zubeystinzen540]

You can see it arcing on the coil

[@pauljohn20111]

Hi fella, looking forward to popping in again 😀 👍 great video teaching the young guns that actually want to work! Rare i know 😂 liked and shared tohelp out

[@delscorey8727]

Brilliant Al...thanks

[@bettyourcampervan]

I really enjoy ypur videos Al......they are just ace 👍👍

[@meganpaull6140]

Yay nice sounding engine great work now all we need is a nice VW beetle body and take it for a drive

[@blueangel2402]

Where can I get a rejuvenation tool from I really need one it fixes almost everything😂 love the vids keep them coming😊

[@PedroPlckle]

If there's a snail cam pivot bolt on the neck of the solenoid bracket housing, try turning that a quarter turn either way. It can move out of adjustment and just need to get in the right position to fire the starter pinion a bit further out on activation.

[@-DC-]

My old man always reckoned the VW Bug was quite possibly the worst motor he had ever owned and he was a man who had had some truly dreadful cars 😅, I've got an irrational hatred of VW products to this day !

[@JohnSmith-dn6fk]

Will be watching the rebuild for sure👍

[@connor45rm85]

48 years

[@raymondpearce5245]

Great content keep the video coming brilliant

[@karolinakaczmarczyk5589]

❤

[@stiggy9204]

And thats a serious question??? ✌️✌️😀

[@BRED510]

Great content. Nice to see an Air-cooled motor being played with. Great find, a low mileage 1500, not often you find that! It looks to be the original 67 distributor and carb, if the carb is iffy get it rebuilt, dont buy the new aftermarket ones as they are utter junk, same with the distributor. And old Vdubs, they always run! And you'll find most the aftermarket parts really are crap now, so if you can refurbish OE VW bits it definitely pays to do it.

[@dreammaker730]

Nice one Al. I will look forward to seeing the beetle series mate.

[@lliambunter]

Excellent video

[@hoggmotorsport]

Fair play mate 👍

[@icba4907]

T shirts.... Hoodies...

[@johno4521]

Using a test screwdriver as an oil light 🤣🤣🤣

[@johncallaghan4616]

Al - said it before, but it has to be said again, absolutely love what you do, and how you do / deliver it - been looking for a contact for you online, as I have a similar ‘please resurrect’ challenge for you, but can’t find you - how can I get in touch? Keep ‘em comin’! JCHK

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Face book 6D Diesels and we have an instagram account to 👍

[@johncallaghan4616]

@@6DDIESELSDorset hate Facebook, no Insta, but will do what I can on the dreaded FB !

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

If you google us fella there’s a phone number on my google business page ( I even occasionally answer the thing too lol) 👍

[@kie185]

I was really worried this time just it going to end in a fire ball

[@patlydon519]

Best place for wan liners,drop of petrol down its yap😅😅😅😅

[@jasdunlop9907]

No laptop required just a brain 👍😜

[@stiggy9204]

I would love to work there!!! U got any jobs going???? 👍👍

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Not at current 👍

[@kevinholmes4277]

Air cooled but needs to be moving to help cool

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Self cooling they even made Vw generators perfectly able to cool it’s self sat still

[@drdavidjlewis]

Is it just me or does the VW1500 air-cooled engine sound much better than the 1300?❓

[@andycrazy7238]

hi i need a Mercedes Sprinter Gearbox’s 2000-2006 asap pls let me know if you have one and can you send it thanks

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

I’ve got about 5 fella but it’s big heavy and a nightmare to send without the cost of a pallet , your more than welcome to collect it £100 gets you a gooden 👍

[@terryatkinson899]

So Jesus had a bicycle and hosana had a hi ace... i guess the rest of them walked 🤣👍🇮🇪

[@andycrazy7238]

its for a 311 CDI

[@johncoldwell340]

If that isn't leaking oil you must have do something wrong😂 every air cooler flat 4 I have ever fitted has leaked 4 different engine builders and still never seen a dry lump

[@dave4803]

You want to be careful, being 1960's and off the the road so long it won't have the hardened valves to take unleaded.

[@dreammaker730]

Quick fix it before zi Germans get here 😂

[@garethparkin9498]

@Mustie1 style