VW Bus Restoration - Episode 79 - Backwards! | MicBergsma

Welcome to episode 79 of our 1967 VW Bus restoration KZbin Series!
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Aloha! My channel is a mix of How To Videos, DIY, Tutorials, Product Reviews, Travels, Vlogs, Adventures, my VW Bus, and more! With most videos focused on helping people learn how to improve their videography or photography skills with various cameras, equipment, and accessories! I specialize in GoPro tutorials, Sony cameras, DJI Quadcopters, Apple iPhones, and more! I put subtitles on most of my videos because I am 90% deaf and I use sign language to communicate. I currently reside with my wife Lori in the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii. Hit the subscribe button to join me on my next adventure!
Filmed by Mitch + Lori Bergsma
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L I N K S ~Brake light flasher - amzn.to/3K46JFM ~Non polarity green LED bulb - amzn.to/3WIavfp ~Blinker Genie - amzn.to/4dRiFZ8 ~Front turn signal LED bulbs - amzn.to/3V1z3ij ~Rear turn signal LED bulbs - amzn.to/3yilzpx ~Tail light LED bulbs - amzn.to/4atSVza ~Magnet zip mount - amzn.to/3yhrLhf ~Accessories for bus - bit.ly/KonaTheBus ~Shop our VW bus restoration tools + Amazon picks - bit.ly/KonaTheBus ~Shop Kona The Bus merchandise - bit.ly/MicShop ~Where I download my Music *Try it FREE for 30 days* - bit.ly/MICTUNES

[@jeffhenley9851]

Going to miss you guys. It was so interesting to watch you do the restoration. it’s beautiful. We wish you both all the happiness, prosperity and good health.😢

[@richardbrowne3641]

"I HATE WIRING!"🤯 IT DRIVES YOU BLINKING CRAZY!🤪 I feel you frustration! Thank God for blinking Genie!

[@stuwemhoener5937]

A few little spots around the hatch opening and some other small spots… No worries, Mitch has it under control! You sure have done a good job keeping Kona under wraps until the video series is finished. This whole body of work will be a great resource for future bus restorers!

[@garyburgmylifeandtimes6354]

Your perseverance is to be greatly commended. Most would have given up but your determination to fix the problems is never ending, even when you have a lot of frustration. I KNOW you did get through this and ended up with one of the most amazing VW Bus restorations every made. A TRUE concourse restoration!! I'm sure you are already enjoying the fruits of you labor now based on when this video was made.

[@bartjohnson8139]

ahhh, electrical… there’s ALWAYS issues when combining old technology with new. Different species, or some other purely magical issue. Automotive and coach Electrical troubleshooting was a specialty in my Dallas shop. I can honestly say that, besides simple shorts and grounding issues, the problems were ALWAYS traced to non OEM add on systems or accessories. It’s extremely frustrating, good job on preserving, and fighting through to the end for a well earned victory! Think of how much you’ve learned through Kona’s rebirth! I’m so very happy for Y’all!

[@Milledge.Austin]

1) Kona is looking so awesome. 2) your problem solving skills are becoming so top notch you deserve a degree in that. 3) I was beginning to wonder about the transmission when you could get it in "2nd" but not 1st and then you went backwards... So glad you have gotten it this far and excited for more. Also, how great did it feel to have learned so much from Claudio and Eddie that you were able to fix things that Dom messed up?

[@user-sy2xm6yr1w]

오늘도 영상을 올려줘서 감사합니다

[@583706]

I was laughing out aloud when you showed Lori the ‘forward’ gear…. Your face as it moved backward. Been watching since the beginning and it’s not far off for the first ever drive. Unless you fancy going backwards ! 💯💯😂👍🏽

[@kurtie12]

I had the exact same reaction😂😂😂

[@JeffreyHavenga]

Thank you for the new episode 😊 I truly can't wait to see Kona riding around Hawaii 🤘👍

[@Pete_R63]

Me, too!!

[@ourtechie2158]

Imagine if you went there you’d see it. It’s been almost two years since this video was filmed. I’m guessing Kona is finished by now. Not sure why the video uploads are so far behind though

[@High12083]

Dom did the worse paint job on the history, you should get refund for that, Rebort should had fired that slobber years ago

[@rustinzuber2206]

Your transmission probably looks like this..... 1 3 + R 2 4 But, your project is very close to the finished line. 💪😊

[@dgadver]

Dom created a ton of aggravation!!!!!!!!! The bus looks awesome!!! I learned a lot about wiring and LED lights!!!!

[@KH102695]

Looking great! Bummer about the shifting issue. I'm sure you'll have it sorted. Wiring can be so frustrating, especially when you're integrating LED's. Yes, I miss Claudio too, that guy is the best!! Dom should have never been allowed anywhere near that bus.

[@hugo73gathier21]

It is very good and beautiful for your bus !!🙏🏻❤️

[@MicBergsma]

Thank you very much!

[@snowdogs59]

Mitch, I for one am very excited to see you drive the bus( although of course this happened long ago). Been with you all the way. Good thoughts from Colorado🗻

[@cristhomson9043]

I’m very impressed with your electrical skills. That is one thing I absolutely hate doing and you make it look easy.

[@MicBergsma]

Thank you! I spend a lot of time with electric stuff on scooters :) KZbin.com/MitchsScooterStuff

[@waleedhuwaish3889]

شكرًا لك على إضافة الترجمة للغة العربية أتمنى لك النجاح ❤

[@rhondabergsma6311]

Good job son…💙

[@Taco_Melon]

I'm on the edge of my seat to see Kona starting moving forward after all of those years until its went reverse. I was like HUH?! WHAT?! NO WAY?! but i hope that you fix that issue asap to see it moving forward! :D

[@MicBergsma]

Hahaha yeah, hope not too hard fix :)

[@vsenefsky]

I had a '73 VW Super Beetle. The wiring in it was frustrating until I hooked up with a good VW wiring expert. I learned on VW's, everything needs proper grounding.

[@S2NAZ]

Looks like things are coming along 👍🏻

[@alexcarniglia8141]

Thanks for the video.

[@MicBergsma]

You bet!👍🏼

[@BradahBri]

Hahahahahaha! Did the same in my ‘68 std swapping the reverse gear out. I drove so fast in 3rd gear backwards!!!! Got real fast at dropping and breaking down the transaxle😂😂😂. It won’t hurt you to see the innards of that transaxle, you will truly be able to say you had a wrench on just about everything in the beauty🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@MicBergsma]

Hahaha oh man!! I had to call the transmission guy and asked "Bus went backward, did you flip the ring since I will be running without RGB" and he said yes... ok hmmm

[@BradahBri]

So very glad it was just a worn spot!!!

[@FrankWhite842]

Led lights looks awesome! Great work!!

[@robertking7232]

i wouldnt get Dom to paint my dog kennel

[@terryreeves4308]

What's the issue?

[@clasicradiolover]

I think the people who made the paint had a part in it not coming out correctly, too.

[@derekwalters6132]

When you mentioned the paint job again I thought aren’t you being a little picky Mic, but then you showed it and then I thought Jesus Dom what the hell, because I remembered you had him redo it already. The only good thing about these little hiccups in getting Kona to run is you’re going to know this vehicle inside and out. Hopefully they all workout I’m looking forward to you driving that bus

[@charleshart6992]

Another excellent video - you have certainly worked hard to fix the problems! Looking forward to seeing the bus on the road!

[@joachimkohlwey4964]

The last scenes were funny 😂😂😂

[@RogierYou]

Painfull!

[@Morphaplasm]

I love watching your progress on KZbin! You guys work so hard to achieve a high quality of workmanship on Kona. So impressed with your patience and determination to fix things, like the led lights. How bad though that you have had to re-do poor workmanship, which you had already paid for to get to a great standard. Anyway, keep going! you're nearly there! Love you guys and by the way, the T shirts you supply are fab quality! Love mine xxxx

[@paulinebaban4913]

Patience is a vertue. Don't worry Mick you will figure it out. ❤

[@Sojourning_]

You been getting a little to techy with the bus. LED has a place, but not in all the places many try to force it in. The Lord Bless you and yours.

[@nicoswarts1490]

setting of your shift rod, three will now be one and four will be second gear. so adjust your shift rod

[@MicBergsma]

Found out the shifter is broken, showing in new episode!

[@k.p.bruckmann483]

Geiles Projekt, Geiles Video, Kona ist der Hammer. Du schaffst das, es wird der schönste T1 den es gibt.

[@Rudi.D]

it's coming along well...one step at a time...if you saw Kona from the beginning...he or she is starting to shine...hup to episode 80 now ☺

[@jimmyfish5388]

I have a old series Landrover and the electrics have been the Bain of my life. One minute you fix one thing and then it causes another problem somewhere else. So I sympathise greatly

[@ubertomariapelosi1169]

Sometimes you're rally comical 😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@laurentwallon9098]

Minute28:les joies de l'électricité 😄quand on a trouvé la panne et que ça fonctionne 😊

[@grahamstaddon9990]

Each bolt you tighten make a mark with correction fluid or paint pen so you know it’s done

[@MicBergsma]

Good tip!

[@rangercwgbear6352]

Mitch buddy I’m doing a project right now it’s not a VW but had to do the some of the same things your doing I to finally got it worked out and so glad I did it puzzled me to love watching your project coming to life one question is there going to be another project after Kuno

[@stan5513]

I struggled with LED bulbs on my Vespa dash until learning to add diodes . LED s are a bit of a puzzle.

[@rhondabergsma6311]

I want him to do a “VW Thing"

[@Raikon316]

At end, look like differential mount upside down. Check around transmission to find problem and maybe the one shift connection to transmission. Anyway keep up and move forward. Ignored Dom and you’re almost there. 😊

[@rubenvanmeer9142]

Hold in Mick !

[@ЕРР-э1р]

Красавчик , приятно смотреть с такой любовью восстанавливает , спасибо за подсказку о субтитрах в начале видео, очень помогло. Удачи

[@dave1135]

With your turn signal problem, sounds like you have a bad ground. All paint has to be removed around the ground wire terminals, you can't count on the threads to provide a good enough ground point

[@MicBergsma]

I thought so, found out all problem was polarity bulb... changed to non polarity bulb, all problems disappeared haha

[@richs7362]

Yep with LEDs in an older vehicle you need resistors for them to work.

[@MicBergsma]

wild

[@missingremote4388]

Or just keep incandescent bulbs < they shine just as fine

[@billisaacs702]

Mic, it's working fine. Your head is simply on backwards. That's what Dom would say, anyway. 🤣

[@MicBergsma]

Hahahaha

[@iantyler4045]

I never knew you could buy non polarity LED globes. Every day is a school day.

[@MicBergsma]

Yeah crazy

[@jamesgrill6016]

Obviously you have figured out what’s wrong with your transmission by now. I believe you have the lock out plate under the shifter backwards. You were getting reverse instead of 2nd gear. I’d live to see the car someday as we live near where you were finishing it in Washington.

[@willemp6432]

Mick, when you speak I hear " wawi mah na mo mea aach". But Lori hears. Tap the brakes slightly and turn the key to on. Slowly release the power and ad 50%, then create a chart and post it on the internet. You two are made for each other. 🥰

[@rhondabergsma6311]

Oh my gosh that is so funny

[@tuesdsy]

I’m thinking that the bus was completed two years ago and they now have two children?

[@MicBergsma]

Hahahaha... nope ...

[@jeanlandauer5551]

Courage

[@paulcavanagh3324]

Mic my friend you are an amazingly talented guy I would have you rebuild my business any day as it would be 99.9% perfect 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Paul - Sunderland UK

[@RaymondMaher-x5w]

Hi Both, Poor lots of problems 🙄 will be alright soon finish. You are good claim take time work 👍🏻

[@viannna1971]

Godd Night! Saudações do Brasil, normalmente quando se engata uma marcha que não seja a ré e o carro vai para traz, pode ser diferencial virado na caixa de mudanças, experimenta engatar a terceira e a quarta para ver se, se comporta do mesmo jeito, se andar pra tras, o diferencial esta virado, sendo que vc terá uma marcha a frente e 4 para tras, pode tentar tb engatar a ré e ver se não vai para frente.

[@user-ul3ew4qe2n]

عمل رائع جداً.🌺. تستحق التشجيع 🥰🙏

[@MOALI886]

finally backward instead forward but it was wonderful progress to see it moving

[@MicBergsma]

Haha yeah big step 😂😅

[@willterrell2748]

my guess is your reverse lockout shifter plate is installed backwards

[@kpdvw]

hope the differential is NOT installed on the wrong side...

[@nikline60]

he simply forgot how the speeds were organized : www.l-atelier-vintage.com/uploads/images/produits/6315-pommeau-de-levier-de-vitesse-vintage-speed-gris-diametre-10mm-1.jpg

[@MicBergsma]

I checked many times, it's in correct position .... still weird but found out shifter is broken!

[@eduardovelez5863]

Good...saludos amigo..

[@foundonroaddead1]

I had a 79 VW Rabbit. That car does reverse in 2nd gear. To go forward, you must shift to 2nd then 1st. I dunno, got to be a VW thing. Look forward to your next episode.

[@faulmannpictures]

Mic I noticed you eliminated the reduction gear boxes. Did you let the transaxle builder know that? Otherwise I wonder if he built a transaxle for a bus with reduction gear boxes. Meaning you would have four reverse gears and one forward gear.

[@MicBergsma]

Yes! I contacted transmission guy and ask to make sure he flipped the ring, he said yes... then I found out shifter is broken!

[@rajiv4972]

Yeeeahhhh! Many thanks!

[@jamescolonel2048]

woo hooo, can't wait!!!

[@friscoacosta8867]

😂😂😂😂 at the end! but it went backwards that face tells it all 😂🤣🤣

[@terrygaudet5529]

You need to change the position of the plate between the shifter base and the floor. The slightly curved upward tab on the plate has to point forward and on the right.

[@jamie-r2034]

these videos were from a couple years ago - It's prob sorted out by now.

[@DemopVWgarage]

Great progress mate, don't worry about the gearbox, i've also put the hub in the wrong way around and got 3 reverse gears ;)

[@MicBergsma]

Thanks! Oh man haha, I contacted transmission guy and asked if he flipped the ring, he said yes, then later I found out shifter is broken!

[@DemopVWgarage]

@@MicBergsma best shifter on the market is the bus gene berg one, they are amazing 🥰😍

[@GeorgeWalker-hg5yt]

OMG you guys , 😧 can't believe all the things that that still haunted your 🚐 bus, felt so bad for you, but you figured it out, God bless 🙏 you

[@indiansoul912]

Wow. New episode is here😊

[@MicBergsma]

😅👍🏼👍🏼

[@fabianobrazoliveira3974]

Very good 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Polecat54941]

Dom was a disgrace to the profession, only one place would employ him.

[@Menticknap]

IMO you have the plate for the gear stick the wrong way round. ie. there is no "gate" to get into reverse. To get reverse, you push down, move to the left then back. with no "gate" you are simply putting it into reverse.

[@Stephen.C.]

Gears are ok, Engine is running backwards 😆

[@viannna1971]

Diferencial montado virado.

[@josephknopf4856]

All good but need re fix the shift before you think twice if u drive back crash it be careful safety please make sure check the shifts system ❤🤙🌸

[@marcellomendhesdnadoscaipira]

Agora até eu fiquei confuso com a questão da segunda ir para ré! 😅 🤔 🤞🏼🤠 🇧🇷❤️🇺🇲

[@simoneuselli1170]

Super💯👍👍🙋🏻

[@outdooraf]

And Dom strikes (out) again

[@DemopVWgarage]

all that show boating with the spraygun was for zero ;)

[@randyisham7873]

Now if anything goes wrong you can fix it on your own. Not have to pay a mechanic. That’s a major plus for you.👍🏻

[@MicBergsma]

Yes!!😊

[@johnnycoleman6879]

I can't believe it about reverse and the Non polarity LED bulb! that makes you crazy and frustrating! I would feel the same way!

[@roussillat]

A LED bulb is made of a luminescent diode. A diode is a component which lets current flow only in one way. A normal bulb lets current flow in both ways. So replacement LED bulbs must have the same behavior than normal bulbs and this is achieved only by non-polarity LED bulbs.

[@beatrizcedeno8191]

Hola, ya quiero verte conduciendo tu bus. Cuando terminas???? Finish 🇻🇪😃🙏

[@Hermanwagen]

Did you solve the gear issue yet? I recently acquired a ‘57 panel van and kept going into reverse trying to go down into 2nd. Is it possible that where you think is 3rd is actually 1st? Try it because that’s how mine feels to me after driving bay windows.

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

I'm wondering if the gearchange mechanism has been altered so that when you select 2nd, it's Reverse, and 3rd will be First, 4th will be Second, top right (on the gate) selects Third, and selecting the old reverse is actually Fourth! Like this: 1 3 ----+---+ R 2 4

[@ricardolopezgutierrez1989]

Saludos de Mexico Mic

[@fredbuhl]

Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forward. 🙂 Hopefully an easy fix now that you see what's happening.

[@bryancooper2699]

Great progress . Will you be putting down a Matt or carpet in drivers area? That paint doesn’t look like it will hold up in that area. I see you were making patch up already on the paint. Bring on episode 80

[@jonesdecorators]

Video sent via my Facebook page 💙

[@MicBergsma]

🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@one9stand898]

Oh yeah so long I waiting for this

[@oiygfdxssfgg]

It's looking good, strange about the gearbox.

[@rbcrain2469]

Talk about a cliffhanger!

[@DavidFitzgerald-v3e]

Mitch, see you are still having problems with the shifter, I know they are expensive, but a Taiwan Speed long shifter I think will sort it

[@kevinmcisaac526]

MIc I found a cover for the ignition terminals down in brazil. They come in black and white.

[@MicBergsma]

Really?! How can I find it online?

[@romuluscreative]

Whos the guy in the blue sweater and glasses? handsome!

[@southernpaths2986]

Dom not giving you your money’s worth on the paint job is bad enough but that’s fixable… and you fixed it. What I can’t forgive is his treatment of Lori. That can never be fixed and if anything should haunt him for the rest of his working life it should be how he treated a paying customer, especially when it was just him and her. You don’t strike me as the violent type but I am willing to bet my retirement Dom would be missing a few teeth if he had done what he did to Lori in your presence.

[@curranhouse]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@_maucal]

donde se podria ver corriendo por las calles a kona en este mayo 2024?

[@laurentwallon9098]

❤❤❤❤

[@calvinsmart3471]

Looks like belt needs tightening.

[@Rick.Colorado]

I am just like you. "Good enough" does not work for me. I would want it perfect too. SMH on Dom's paint job! I can see you were so excited that you got close to the end... until you are going backwards! One step forward, two steps back! OMG. Don't give up!

[@Endex.2024]

Have cool GoPro tips I buy hero 12 on april

[@toliakvw]

Супер vw

[@tonymorton1558]

With led lights you might need a couple of diodes in the circuit to stop power leaking back down the other line