The Little Details Make a Big Difference | VW Bus Restoration Episode: 26

[@callanderbarbers]

great helpfull video, love n peace from Scotland

[@Vangabonders]

Thanks!

[@meighanusn]

i really appreciate these videos. i bought my first bus last week and i've been working on it for a few days. seeing you work on your bus motivates me to work on mine, and encourages me to keep learning and making progress. keep up the good work!

[@Vangabonders]

Im glad these videos have helped you! Positive comments like these help me more than you know. Good luck on your restoration 😁

[@griffergerbille5858]

i watched this vide with a cat on my lap and joy in my heart, thank you for posting these videos as I'm sure me and the others are really happy to get weekly updates from you and i wish you luck for what your doing next.

[@Vangabonders]

Love seeing you in the comment section man. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ikaro1120]

I love the progress so far can’t imagine what the final outcome is going to be. Great job, keep the VW Bus content coming !!

[@Vangabonders]

Thanks! Will do!

[@hanniebence]

Well done. Awesome to see how thorough you are restoring such a legend

[@steveduffy3626]

Fab vid as always.

[@Vangabonders]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@levainqueur9095]

I just refurbished the steering box on my 71 Westy. Good work! Wolfsburg West, I would buy more product from you if you sponsored this fine gentleman!

[@Vangabonders]

haha If only they watched my videos

[@princesstrojan740]

Handsome, hard working and super talented, enough about about me...Great video as always 😉

[@Vangabonders]

Thanks 😂😂😂

[@novavolks9652]

8:05 definitely beautiful, and professionally finished 😼😃

[@Vangabonders]

Thank you! I love when parts look brand new!

[@mccluredb]

Oh, you make me wish I had not passed up all the rusty project VWs in the past.

[@Vangabonders]

Any bus can be saved if you’re crazy enough 😂

[@matthewadair9815]

Great videos! I enjoy watching them, and while I don't have a bus, I think I want one now.

[@curranhouse]

Nice another episode ❤ !!! 😄

[@Vangabonders]

Plenty more to come!

[@SunnyMiniuk]

good work, always great to see some progress and shiny bits!

[@DemopVWgarage]

good good, great progress mate, those finger sanders are the bomb hay just wish those belts lasted longer ;)

[@Vangabonders]

I've bought most of mine from harbor freight. They're pretty cheap, but unfortunately do disappear quick

[@dekenshonestattempt968]

Love the stache :) good team work!

[@Vangabonders]

Let’s see how long Malo let’s me keep it

[@TheDaf95xf]

Nice just job 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@creativenativeNC]

WoW! I've nothing but respect for the hard work you both have put into your Bus. I'm subscribing to continue following your story.

[@Vangabonders]

Thank you so much!

[@rafaelmachado3682]

Keep them videos comin 😊

[@Vangabonders]

Will do!

[@supremebeing7834]

Love the videos! Great work

[@Vangabonders]

Glad you like them!

[@mikedx2706]

Nice work!

[@Vangabonders]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@chrisduffy2891]

Nice job cleaning up the washer bottle, what did Mallory use to clean it up like that?

[@Vangabonders]

Baking soda, vinegar, dawn dish soap, hydrogen peroxide and a magic eraser. This is what she told me lol

[@kurtgoetzinger]

Love your KZbin channel! I just discovered it. While I may not have the experience or confidence in tackling projects of this scale, I very much appreciate being able to see what I can or cannot do and thereby need to hire out to a mechanic. May I share a link to your channel on my "Sparky the VW Buw" website so I can help others who are restoring buses find you? Cheers - and keep up the great work!!! Happy Holidays from Omaha, Nebraska.

[@dontheplumber9338]

Nice welds

[@Vangabonders]

Thank you! You should have seen what my welding was like when I first bough this bus lol

[@williamoorejr]

good stuff

[@alfredritcher]

You are making me want to buy another vw bus

[@Vangabonders]

Do it! Lol

[@alfredritcher]

If I could afford it I would in a heartbeat

[@rickkoshak4919]

👍

[@Vangabonders]

👍👍👍

[@ChrisStrickland-j6b]

what did you use to clean the washer bottle and get it from yellow to white?

[@nmartin5551]

Any reason you didn’t hit it with the pressure washer first?

[@Vangabonders]

Honestly, it probably would have been a good idea but unfortunately I don't always have one on hand. It is possible to push water past seals with a pressure washer though. I'd say if you have one do it like that lol

[@mikesveedubobsession8286]

How much does the wall art cost

[@Vangabonders]

Send us an email with the pic of the vehicle you want to do and what you want written on it and Mallory can tell ya!

[@peterdonaldson6786]

Yeah! I tried that GUNK DEGREASER and quite frankly it was as much use as an ash-tray on a motorbike! Smells terrible too.

[@Vangabonders]

haha that's a good way to put it

[@mwilliamshs]

Brass bristles are the wrong choice for degreasing an iron case.

[@Vangabonders]

I sure learned that one the hard way

[@mwilliamshs]

@@Vangabonders never wondered "why brass?"? Brass is soft and non-marring. Brilliant for getting patina off a delicate item or removing corrosion from something engraved, etc. Frankly stupid for scrubbing dirt from an iron steering gearcase. Probably didn't even need degreaser. A buck at the car wash would've yielded a cleaner case with less labor and a fraction of the money invested. Follow that with some Dremel wire brushing in the corners and crevices, then a cleanse in acetone or other surface-prep, and you're done. Also befuddling to see the case coated in a protective layer BEFORE the seals were replaced. The seals didn't get coated and the removal/installation process compromised the coating. You also mentioned that the input flange o-ring isn't readily available but didn't mention how you addressed it.

[@Vangabonders]

Honestly I used the brass bristle brush because its the only thing I had around at the time. As far as the O-ring seal I just cleaned it up and re-used it. I have seen other people use RTV or some kind of silicone/gasket maker but I didn't feel like it was necessary. Only time will tell

[@jeffsegui3280]

Small jobs take just as much of time hope u had fun in the snow . From Jeff with the 62 VW bus from Niagara falls Ontario Canada. If want to see my bus go to Chrome 's channel Vancity van life playlist year 6 video #7

[@Vangabonders]

Your bus is beautiful! I love the "Houseless not Homeless" sign

[@jeffsegui3280]

@@Vangabonders been living in the bus when I bought it November 11th 2021 it has 95 thousand miles on it right now I'm in northern Ontario Canada traveling

[@jeffsegui3280]

Been living in the bus when I bought it November 11th 2021 traveling Northern Ontario Canada right now

[@Vangabonders]

@@jeffsegui3280 Where else do you plan on taking it?

[@jeffsegui3280]

Hoping this summer to go to Texas for VW meets see the crew of VW life and old volks tv .Then try to find u and Mallory as I don't do any social media

[@neilkennykenny4113]

Hopefully you never need to use the toe hook,but you went to a lot of trouble keeping everything original all these little details will count when your done. Yourself and Malarie will have an incredible bus when it's done.