My Tesla Powered VW Beetle (Bug) Episode 3

[@thatwebbloke]

Whilst I appreciate the enthusiasm and just wanting to get the job done, I have learnt the hard way you should always delay and get the right tools for the job. Your health is worth more than saving a few quid.

[@jarmis777]

Awesome project! To anyone reading this who plans to weld, it’s best to fully cover your skin to shield it from the UV created while welding. It is far stronger than the sunlight.

[@DuncanCunningham]

Just pull off the rear bumper and apron and then disconnect the motor from the transmission while having the engine supported on the Jack and pull out. That is how I did my motor replacements. This way was way too complicated but much fun to watch.

[@samurai-capybara]

I knew there was a simpler way, considering some people do it in about 3 minutes!

[@doctorsatansrobot]

Not quite that simple. The rear apron is welded on.

[@melaniejaneprocter5529]

Looking good Louis nice to see your dad again and see Raya's grandfather. Can't wait to see it finished. 🚙🛣💙XXX

[@FilipinoMusicians]

Great video. Waiting for the next one.

[@oliviaparker5540]

I am a welder almost done with school, and I just started to learn how to TIG weld! Good job on your first bead, great timing with your filler metal! It's difficult learning the foot peddle. I loved the van series, definitely watching all of the bug!

[@DANNY_-rf4cv]

I can’t believe I’m seeing you again after more than a decade I remember seeing your food for Louis videos,the blended rats the roadsidekill videos 😂😂

[@RVDL]

Cool video! Also happy nothing went wrong with removing the engine, it had me worried with those jacks and bricks that you were pushing your luck a bit. I do not want anybody to get hurt.

[@ThizzMarley]

bricks crumble always use wood blocks my neighbor was killed when a cinderblock failed and the car crushed him

[@gkozak430]

Let's go! I'm pumped for this series 🤙

[@buzzingaroundwiththebusbys]

Glad you guys are putting more content again. This is a carpentry adage but it fits here, "measure twice and cut once." Please be careful you have a wife and child to be around for my friend. I love how you are not afraid to just jump in and do something without fully knowing what you're doing. It is not an insult at all you can't know everything about everything you know. Just try to be safe my friend we need you around. Can't wait to see when you were driving this thing down the highway fully Electric

[@LifeAgentScottNJ]

Yay! New content from Louis

[@gd4u422]

Watching how that jack was leaning as you were propping up the other side made me think-Now I see why women live longer than men.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@Bel-ej9go]

I used to have a yellow jeans Beetle, I loved it. Good luck x

[@YourSpaSounds]

He has so many crumbs on his lap when he goes for a drive to pick up the kit from joshs workshop

[@connorwyllie8674]

Must've stopped at greggs 😂

[@charlenechua6073]

Love the car project episode

[@aircooledhouse]

Great episode as usual! Word of warning on the jacking points, they are pretty much only for the original style jack. If you have a trolley jack the best place I’ve found is under the torsion tube cover. I saw someone jack up the jacking point and it went through the floor! I’ve found a slightly less sketchy way of doing the engine is to actually drop it on to the floor then jack up the car after only to pull it out.

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

I appreciate that som people have nostalgia about the old powertrain. But I suspect that a majority of the complainers about EV conversion, wouldn't mind a fosil engine switch. Then its not about keeping it original, but about resisting the new and unfamiliar. I think its a lot better to convert to EV, to make a reliable car to be used regularly, than to keep it as a continuous service project.

[@craigchatterton4164]

I was so happy to see you use a regular powered saw this time, instead of that "Final Destination Death Wheel" saw you constructed in the VW Bus conversions. You have a baby to look after now! 😁

[@natashaoneluv3776]

Well done lads taking out that engine.👍🏾😃😉

[@cecilia_mackie]

That is so great! Pls stay in touch!

[@manierlinge7392]

i love these projects.

[@jorgejnr7902]

So far so good with the new Lithium battery box well done mate you have very cool video🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼💫💫💫👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@jannepeltonen2036]

Interesting video again, love these build series! Also this is a lot less sketchy than the previous build, although I'm still slightly scared about those brick stacks :D

[@Vinceventuring]

Louis is a big kid who never stopped dreaming big and tinkering and I love it

[@krisztianmicsko3790]

Hi mate Is there a part4 out yet?

[@tracynation2820]

Super. Might be interesting to run the electric motor output to the transmission input, as I don't think I have seen that done before. There has got to be some advantage to having a choice of gear ratios to send the motors output through to the drive wheels. P.S. Teslas use one motor per wheel, not one per car. Good luck. 💙 T.E.N.

[@freeclimb64]

It´s always better to unscrew the engine without cranking up the complete Beetle. The car will stand safe and stable. Unscrew engine, pull it back and let ist slip down with heatexchangers finally resting on two wooden piles . Remove wooden piles side by side. Then you can lift the car at the back much more safe, then before. I did it many times.

[@ML-jr1yz]

A bit of wood board should be added under the jack, the bricks may break.

[@jerryrod5363]

Louis out here bricked up 😂

[@sm1thers]

Make the rear valance REMOVABLE! It will make everything much easier to work on in future.

[@edgestrikesecurity]

That is so sketchy with the bricks! 🤣🤣

[@deniporter3321]

I was an only child until the age of 12. My father expected me to do the job of two men. He would buy a wrecked VW bug, replace the engine, repair the body and sell the car. On several occasions I was assigned the task of pulling an engine................or else. Other wise known as "motivation". LOL, this video was a painful reminder. I once told my memories to a man I had just met, as we had dinner. His reponse blew me away. "No man ever wants to hear THAT".

[@Mythix2]

if you jack it up on axle stands be sure to lock the front wheels with some bricks so it can not tip over the jacks

[@andyf7699]

Loving this build and hope to do the same one day. Question... isn't some kind of cooling needed for the batteries?

[@BOBSCOTTONLINE]

you could use a copy of John Muir's HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE which may cover what TY doesn't 🙂 Enjoying the project!

[@StaceyW078]

Saved £160 but took how many hours lol. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

[@markpenniston]

If the rear wheels are staying on, put something under them just incase it slips off the axle stands and falls

[@Homieguerneville]

In the 60's 70's we took out engines from VW bugs and busses without all that drama.

[@craigchatterton4164]

Cmon, you just KNOW some surfer dude in CA in the 70's was using wood blocks and bricks to prop up his VW so he can convert it to a Baja, or transplant the engine into a Meyers Manx! Louis is just bringing back 60 year old techniques!

[@Invictus_ashwani]

Love from India welcome again bro ❤

[@doctorsatansrobot]

So much easier to drop the engine, then lift the car and drag it out. 😊

[@pb6839]

I’m all for EV but it’s still kinda sad seeing him mutilate a classic car that someone before had put a-lot of work into maintaining and restoring.

[@corneleousworthington4566]

I agree 100%.. Newer generations who never grew up with these old VW bugs just won't get it though- I suspect they'll just see the old ICE motor as "dirty"... It's part of the character of these old cars, and PS: Takes a LOT less resources to build them, and they run completely without computers.. And, good luck trying to get a 50 year old Tesla to run when that day arrives. Mechanical devices, will run forever.

[@JCSmythe]

The record for beetle motor replacement is 1 min. 04 seconds.

[@SherryAsher-zh8ir]

Louie, why don't you make it a hybrid.

[@kevinmcmuhammad4841]

My CPC teacher is building a vw tesla bug also, so say hello to Bernard from leitrim the local VW EV self sufficient guy.

[@GrahamPlays]

Louis you are looking jacked!

[@RocketDog73]

What happened to this project?

[@plasmaDave]

You know the record time for an engine swap on a vw beetle is 1min 7 seconds . No really that is a genuine real recorded time 🤣

[@lowlikeme]

What happened to the bus? Can't believe ur ignoring the bus

[@michaelholliday100]

It only requires removing 4 bolts to remove the engine. Why did you not Google this? You made this much more difficult than needed to be.. Four bolts and the entire drive unit comes out. You then separate the engine from the transmission, you then attach the electric motor to the transmission and slip it back into the car. the whole process should have taken less than 1 hour.... with very minimal tools...

[@doctorsatansrobot]

Well that's not really true. 4 bolts... Plus gear linkage, clutch cable, heater cables, fuel line, accelerator cable, wiring, driveshafts...

[@miike7988]

need ep4

[@Invictus_ashwani]

First like and comment ❤

[@bea_moon]

Are these FunWithLouis videos from before you were married?

[@FuquarProductions]

8 f****** bolts to remove that engine

[@rafaelcalventi1955]

I enjoy your videos, but you work very unsafe, is better to get the right equipment, if you don't use it sell it later.

[@outdoorsmansgarage]

It's kind of hilarious how many people actually believe that electric vehicles will save the environment when in fact it's actually worse for the environment because of all the mining and fracking that has to happen to get the minerals for the batteries and in reality you're not getting away from using petroleum products because anything that maybe plastic or rubber on the vehicle is made from petroleum you enjoy your electric vehicle I'll keep my gas-powered gas guzzler

[@th3er]

Sorry mate but some sections of this are painful to watch. Either you be professional and get professional tools, or ask a professional to do it for you.

[@nosoundafter]

What happened to this project?