VW Diesel Truck Rescue ENGINE work & FIRST Drive Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- 1982 MK1 Volkswagen Caddy Pickup with 1.6L Diesel... Can it be brought back to life after a lifetime of abuse and being abandoned for 25years?
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This was abandoned over 25years ago, 800 miles from home after a life of neglect. There are a ton of redneck repairs but they will be sorted out. The engine runs fantastic now and thankfully the injection pump seams to be in great shape. I think it was parked do to a bent valve(low performance) and overheating issues or maybe it was the starter that made them throw in the towel. What do you think?
What I did in this video:
ENGINE: Honed block to accept standard piston rings. Knurled (dimpled) pistons 3 and 4 to take out any slop do to minor oversize do to clean up. Fixed warped head. Lapped and put in 1 new exhaust valve on cylinder 2. Cleaned injectors. Checked clearances for everything. New head gasket, head bolts, timing belt, water pump, hoses, etc.
TRUCK: Purged fuel tank. Fixed shifter. Fixed rack pinion mount. Lubricated CV axles.
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Hey Moe, this is one of my favorites. Besides Ginger, the parts I liked the best were the shoe!!, the 11 mm, when you said 'Guten Tite' and when you finally got her on the road. I am never going to do this or even know what you were doing in every part but it was so much fun to watch, sort of like Mechanical Archeology, LOL You did a great job of explaining and videoing the project, thumbs up.😎👌
You can also get them nizentite
It's good to see that their are real mechanics like you out there. The stuff your teaching is almost a lost art.
Hey Thanks Jesse. -Moe
Is there literally anything you can't do or make or come up with? You are the modem day MacGyver!!! I love you channel so much, I've learned so many different things from you over the years! This was awesome seeing you revive the old vw diesel!!
Macgyver wishes he was as good as moe lol
Came down here to write the same thing... MacGyver
Literally everything on this truck had to be touched. Such an artist you are and so much to learn from this channel!
You and Mustie1. Best content on youtube by far.
I could smell that old diesel smoke over here in the UK,reminds me of my 89 VW Transporter van i had ,nice job pal
Yes, the diesel smell! Thanks.
Man this is my goal, go from recording in the street to, having a house, garage, and fixing old VWs. #goals 😂
I had the entire neighbor excited when I was 16 pulling the front end of my 1965 Ford apart to put disc brake axles under it. That's the fun of doing it in the street, you get to meet people and talk to them. I'm actually watching your Cadillac Video right now. Isn't California pretty brutal about working on anything these days?
@@sixtyfiveford lol I hear you, more about storing the tools and stuff. I guess I get my stair climber in and cardio at least lol. And to answer your question on working on anything. I have no idea... Didn't ask, just went for it. I'll ask for forgiveness god for bid. ha. Nah we're not supposed to have it on stands or anything but I think that's more refereed to "leaving" it on jack stands. So I always lower stuff before bed. Plus my rims may get robbed if I don't. HAHA. I think they frown on working on cars in the street, but I've talked with plenty of police driving by and all of my neighbors at this point. Still haven't gotten any feeling of annoyance. Knock on wood.
@@BrokePremiere It's awesome what you're doing.
Holy moly, this is one of my favorite build series ever! I love how you look at a broken part and say 'I can fix that!' instead of trying to find a new one. Awesome. It's great to see these rescues where most people would just trash the car, but you're giving it new life. I know this was awhile ago, but I can't wait to watch the rest!
I love it when older, uncommon vehicles are brought back from certain death! Great job Moe👍
Well done Bud!! Never a doubt!!☺
Thanks 👍 Sometimes is just about the challenge.
Amazing RUclipsr watching another amazing RUclipsr.
Wanted one of those so badly back in the day. Convert to veg. oil, ya know.
I looked endlessly for one of these around 2008 and wanted to veg oil it. Due to gas prices through they were selling for astonishing amounts in similar shapes to this one. This one is fulfilling that dream.
All that used engine oil and cooking oil can now help you to motorvate down the road...
I got a headache from when you ran over the camera driving out of the yard...LOL Great job, Moe and kudos for bringing this one back from the dead!
I eyeball measured the clearance but didn't account for the exhaust.
Yea it did the same to me. I jerked my head so hard it was like it actually hit me in the head 😅 great special effects
Ginger is so freaking adorable!!! Jumping through the tires and over them. And she loves you to death!!! Sitting there waiting shotgun, jumping on you on top of the tires. So cool a man and his dog, best friends!!!
Damn dude, at 37:29 I pulled a neck muscle trying to dodge that exhaust clamp.
She's a sweet little bombing around rig. Thanks for the great vid.
A guy I worked for when I was a teenager had one of those trucks. He loved that truck. One time I made a customer mad and the guy ran into it in the parking lot totaling it.
Stumbled upon your videos on this vw caddy and I must say I have mad much respect for you Sir! I got tired of messing with the 1.6 non turbo and did a 1.9Tdi conversion from a 2003 beetle. Keep up the good work! Love your videos.
You're amazing Brother ! I love my 2002 VW TDI 1.9 (52.75mpg) Diesel thats got 325,000 miles on it. EGR Delete, former 5 speed automatic now a 5 speed manual trans....purrs like a kitten and goes like hell ! Seems to get better MPG the faster I go. I usually run at 75/80 miles per hour on my road trips where she gets the 52+ mpg ! (no wonder the US Government wants to ban them !)
'Someone has been in here before" . In many ways too. Nice save.
Gotta love a well worn work truck.
Its like a miracle, back from the dead. And to be honest, I had my doubts about this one.
Hey Thanks.
I use deoxit on all my electrical connections (including Christmas lights). It chemically cleans the connection and takes care of corrosion. Thanks for the great videos.
I have contact cleaners but I have never tried Deoxit.
Glad you saved that old VW ! Those are rare as he hens teeth anymore. Ginger is a gem too !
Hey thanks. Ginger is a good sport.
Yay!
I would like to find one of those trucks to drive to work in
Thanks Man.
" Didn't have a valve spring compressor the right size, so I whipped one together out of scrap." OMG! That is awesome. 😁❤️ The previous owner was a real maestro in the use of bailing/coathanger wire. Wow. I liked watching how you used your portable lift to remove the engine/trans. What a fun video to watch.
Hey Thanks. They were on a different level of wire tying skill than I am. The lift definitely is a time saver for moving these things around.
I had a couple of buddies who each bought one of these new. One engine was no end of trouble and the other was trouble-free - I can't recall the problems. Fuel mileage varied from one vehicle to the next. VW had valve stem seal issues in that era, and didn't protect the fuse box from water resulting in a lot of corrosion problems. Diesels looked very attractive back in those days of fuel shortages and higher prices. People would do ANYTHING for fuel economy. VW bottom ends were not problematic as I recall, and they weren't as sensitive to fuel quality as were Chevy's attempt at consumer diesels. Car makers were still learning about these and went to school on their customers' dimes.
Nice work. I'd be tempted to repurpose that engine.
Awesome! That old school school diesel engine rattle. Nice job Moe getting her running again.
That looks like some of that Arkansas engineering I see around here, that they did. Glad to see you saving this thing.
Whatever kept it on the road I guess.
That's a pretty good Flex I didn't have the right valve spring compressor so I just made one
Cant believe i never came across your videos. These engines are crazy.
You're shoe lined clamp beats my carburetor with a bottle cap in the bowl holding the float up, to get fuel to the engine. I think LOL
Great 2-parter, love the engine restoration job you did. Whoever owned this must've worked on a farm due to all the bailing wire "repairs".
A man who makes his own tools! Awesome. You must have some farmer genes!
Hey Thanks.
Wow, I'm impressed. Great work overhauling that engine! Currently doing a mild restoration of an 81 rabbit pickup. Also had mouse activity all throughout the vehicle. haha.
Good luck!
THEY HAVE REPLACMENT FUSE BLOCKS FOR THOSE......they go out all the time. Windshield leaks water on the fuse block. Also the grounding clusters come loose. Another common item.
When I took my Caddy cylinder head off, I kept the exhaust manifold attached and just detached it from the down pipe. The way you did it was smarter. It was super heavy to lift off the motor. heheh. Taking the motor out the bottom is a great.
I too appreciate your vids! This project in particular - I had two diesel rabbits, a diesel dasher (1980 model) a gas powered rabbit and a bunch of other air cooled Vdubs too. Wish I still had them all.
Very cool!
Dogs are a good judge of character they say, you must be a good man!
Great job! My starter held me up too, so I swapped it out on my 82 with one for a 96-06 1.9 TDI auto trans. Bolts right up and it's gear reduction.
Great to know!
Brilliant. The way the clutch came together proves it. Cool and breezy wins the day
Why can't it go this easy when I'm laying on my back under a car trying to bench press the transmission back in? I was all geared up to struggle fitting it, but it went together near effortlessly.
Great work! Love your pragmatic and sensible way on looking on things. Don't fix it if ain't broken. If it worked when I pulled it apart it has a high likelihood to work when I put it back together. Any idiot can swap parts but actually fix things is a skill. Only time I ever used 11mm spanner was for the M7(!) head bolts for my (german) moped.
My 11mm has lead a lonely life.
@@sixtyfiveford Hahaha
I got a 1980 Dasher with the 1.5L Diesel .. I rebuilt the engine in 2001, I'm still driving it. 45 hp It runs at highway speeds just fine. Gets 45 mpg.
That's awesome.
That’s got to be one hell of an archaeological rebuild your ingenuity and your knowledge are beyond compare thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
Way Cool. Doing the same thing. Saved one from scrap. I got mine running. But it was way down on power. Swapping in a 1.6td I fully rebuilt. hope to fire it this weekend, and have another on the road in Utah. Waiting forever on parts these days sucks!
Dude, I remember finding your channel when I had a Fiberform boat. Now I was just given a VW pickup exactly like this one! It’s in rough shape. Definitely following for practical resto on mine.
Awesome. This little pickup has been a blast to drive and gets so much attention.
Yea check that Hans auto parts for the fuse block and some other parts. The rabbit stuff is not too bad quality. but some stuff is total crap...It is super cheap to buy from them. Shift linkage stuff, bushing kits, mounts, are OK...
I had two of these, the 81 was the best. I drove it for quite a while, then it was my daughter's first car and then my son's. Both of them wish they had it back. 55mpg but you didn't want to pull out in front of anybody and if you wanted to go over 55 you had to draft a truck. There was a very well know VW mechanic in a near by town that was extending the cab by putting front doors off of a 2dr rabbit on one. The front doors on the PU are from a 4dr rabbit, 2dr's are quite a bit longer. I happened upon him just as he was starting his project and told him "I always thought it would be good to splice in the top of a rabbit convertible" and he thought that was a great idea. Went by 3 years later and saw the end result it was the nicest VW Rabbit Truck going!
That's awesome. I had plans to do the exact same thing and it was one of the reason this project took so long to get off the ground. I tried to track down a running 4door rabbit for nearly a year that would be a good candidate. I couldn't find anything.
Awesome job. I'm sure some VW collector will see this and wanna take it off your hands. Love your dog. I knew about acetone and ATF fluid but not about molasses. Thanks for that.
A man's best friend right there .
I love that you saved this from the crusher. I had vw rabbits great build my dad was able to squeeze 40mpg out of my diesel rabbit
Awesome!
"DIY MASTER" Solidified.
Hey thanks
Came by for obvious reasons, and the puppydog. Stayed because of the OEM VW fixes like a shoe, and a bungee cord... Waiting on the zip ties to be exposed.
Whatever kept it on the road I guess.
I am amazed that you got that engine going , judging from the look under the head. Good tale of perseverance and ingenuity . i am pretty sure you willed that diesel back to life, enjoyed and glad that the dog got a ride!
It's been a challenge for sure.
Hats off to you good sir. I went the easy way with my 82' Caddy and swapped a 1.9L TDI & 5 speed out of a 03' new Beetle into it.
Good to see it run ,doing a good job
34:19 the sound of victory, 38:19 Ginger holding the camera for you, so cute!!!
She's a great sport!
I love it when the starter motor goes weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
A former Ford owner. I always heart you can keep a Ford running with bailing wire.
Ginger is a clever girl. Lotsa work but truck is coming along nicely.
Thanks Man.
Worked on a lot of them from the 80s ,but don’t remember seeing a green engine before, looks good, you’ll have fun with it.
I'm fairly certain no one but the assembly guy knew the real color, because they were always covered in oil and dirt!
Like the the color, you’re probably right
After I put all the accessories on the front you can't see any green anymore. I actually had to Google it because I didn't think they should be green either. According to Google and the Volkswagen gurus it was essentially a John Deere green.
That’s funny I had 3 trucks and maybe 5 cars all my kids drove them, seem like the engines were in and out of them all the time. Know it doesn’t sound good but they were old cars at the time. Most always easy and fast fix’s. good luck with yours think you’ll like it.
i had one .. drove it on veg oil for years .. one trip .. Vancouver BC to cabo san Lucas and back ... used bout 2 gallons of diesel for warm up and shut down 60 gallon veg tank in the back
Very cool!
Old video, I know, and I haven't seen part 3 yet so perhaps you've already replaced the fuse panel, but there's a fantastic product to clean up contacts called simply De-oxit (not sure if hyphen or not). Cleans and lubricates without conductivity. spray some in, pull fuse, spray a bit more, then insert/remote the fuse several times and it's likely to be good to go.
One of the best Caddy Diesel videos I've ever seen. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brother from another mother, I've been waiting with baited breath to see that run. My dad being a lifelong mechanic brought projects home all the time, always excited to see them go on their own power. He had a 180D he bought when it was 5 years old drove it for years had a problem and it had to sit for a couple years until he could afford parts and get it running more exciting than any movies or there. He had my cousin put the wheels on and we got about a half mile down the road and a wheel fell off. My cousins put the wheels on and no lug nuts. Anyway my friend awesome series and I'm looking forward to more.
loved 1.6 diesel, golf 1.6 first car I owned
Ginger treats you SOOO good! I believe my torque on the head retorque was 120 or 125. Seems like it started at 115 and I just went on up. Never leaked again and YES, they are super rigs! Sounded like mine did when they were right. I ran DELO in them too. The worn p0ut one was roll start and got 45 m.p.g. at no more than 45 m.p.h. or it'd run away. You'll love it and one had a rack and pinion power steering I changed out on my back in a gravel driveway. They're a trip and the difference with the a.c. on and off was 1 gear. GBWYall!
I'm used to the low power and AC with my wife's 96 Ford Escort. Going up hills I have to kick it off and it feels like I hit a turbo button(a slow turbo at that). Right now I have really thin oil in 10w40 just to flush everything out of the bearings and passages. It will be changed relatively quickly to something more robust.
@@sixtyfiveford YAAY and A-PLUS!
Awesome job on this. You're definitely a top tier repair man!
Thanks Luke. -Moe.
I think the ARP head bolts I used on my 351 were somewhere in the 120-130 foot pound range. I was certain that I was going to pull threads out of the block. It's definitely a "pucker" moment!
For sure!
Great job 👏🏼. Had several of the engines and found that the pump shaft seal needed changing on older higher mileage ones. It’s available and can be easily changed to avoid hard starts from leak down!
Nice work. I like the sping loaded center punch knurling. I had a goofy acquaintance who called it "narrowlizing" Also the valve straightening was pretty cool. Would have come in handy when I crashed the intake valves in my GTI. Thanks for posting.
ginger is a doll. pretty cool ya brought this thing back to life.
Hey thanks
@@sixtyfiveford my best friend's mom had a rabbit diesel about the same year as this. same color combo (my gramma had a gas-powered same color too) and that little under powered thing was a solid runner.
Painted the engine, transmission and your diy valve spring compressor. 👍
Yes, I did. Hey Thanks Man
I can't believe it runs that good
You make light work of such major repairs. I admire your knowledge and ingenuity.
Thanks for including the clip of using the ac compressor to pull the diesel fuel out. I just had the ac replaced in the house and kept the old unit for projects. A vacuum pump using the compressor was on the list of things to do, and now has been moved up the list. I have been using a pneumatic sucker from Horror Fright to suck brake fluid or other fluids. Hate that thing! So noisy and inefficient.
Awesome. I've use it to do AC systems but it has be relocated to the shelf since an bought a professional AC vacuum. I didn't think about bleeding brakes with it. Thanks for the great idea.
Using the dog as your profile pic is genius. :) Love that dog!
Amazing. Who else would have stuck it out with that thing.
Hey Thanks Man. It was a challenge.
Good to see some more idi's living on. I've got 3 of them. (2 turbo motors) those pumps will live forever as long as you keep the water out of it. Mk2s had 2 water seperators, might want to look into the later fuel filters. Has an internal seperator in the filter. Many gas stations have rusty diesel tanks that can sell you water by accident.
Good to know
@@sixtyfiveford thanks for sharing the fix on that cylinder head!! I've never thought about what would cause the warpage, simply accepted it as the best reason to keep a solid cooling system intact.
Had to send this vid to some fellow VW diesel folks. All of whom are blown away at the sound logic and ingenuity of your fix.
What's better about your method than what machine shops will do is no line boring cam journals, no cutting valves to a "custom" stem height, no waiting for shim kits in the mail (if you can find NOS german ones), and no aftermarket cylinder head that could have subpar QC or metallurgy in critical places like valve seats.
👏👏👍
Can we all give Ginger credit for her amazing video work on this one?
All the action shots. Under the truck was hairy for sure but she's a true professional. Not one time did she try to run in the street.
Great job Ginger!
She's always off camera waiting to give me advice on how to make the video.
I've been wanting one of those trucks as a project but living in NY makes finding rust free ones impossible. So jealous you found this gem and for so cheap too!
Years ago when gas prices were skyrocketed I looked at quite a few. They were all in horrible condition rust wise and mechanical. This one's just mechanically unfit
About 15 years ago i had a friend who bought a 1990 Golf GTD with the turbo version of this engine. The timing belt had snapped, so he didn’t pay much more than scrap value. Except for the engine, the car was in excellent condition. We replaced two bent valves, gaskets, belts etc. and had it running again in a matter of days. It was amazingly fast for a diesel of that age - one night, out of curiosity, we took it out on the highway and gave it the shit. When we hit the rev limiter in 5th gir, the speed was well above 100 mph. When driving at normal speeds, he often got close to 70MPG on the highway. It had VWs ‘’4+E’’ transmission; the 5th gear was labeled "E" for Economy. From memory, i think the gear spacing was somewhat unusual, where the first 4 gears had a normal spacing and the E gear somewhat longer, the idea being you would accelerate to the desired speed on the lower gears, and then, provided the speed was high enough, drop it into "E" during cruising. He had the car for a few years and drove the shit out of it, and sold it with a nice profit. Good memories.
Thanks for sharing. Awesome story.
All through the video - that distinctive vintage VW diesel car smell on my brain.
Loved the video, thanks for taking the time to make it.
Thanks Amy.
Guy you one hell of a genus, that’s my fav car , my buddy put a gator snow plow on his it plows awesome with chains in the front lol
Great set of videos. Been watching you at least ten years. Thanks for the education. Found the piston knurling fascinating. And for the first time, I saw a dash having an old fashioned clock complete with a sweep second hand. Haha. The cylinders? Seemed to have developed their own personalities! You should have nicknamed them! Anyway, take care and thanks again.
She sounds awesome. She'll be a nice put-around mobile.
Thanks, I think it'll be fun.
Well done bud !!! This is getting right on par with Mustie1 - and it’s why I really enjoy your vids. You know HOW things SHOULD be - but you use your creativity and solve your issues. Love it !!!!
Awesome thank you!
the dimpling is a great tip. i re ringed a 6.5L detroit diesel. one cylinder could have used some dimpling.
That's my own technique. Maybe it'll work, but I don't see why not nor the difference between this and knurling. I actually Googled it to see if anyone else dimples and couldn't find anyone other than the knurling machines. And only old timers talk about the knurling machines and most are relocated to the backs of home shops.
elekchickin's are so versatile with there use of alternate materials...cool vide
I had a mystery charging problem for years in mine and could figure it out. Finally found that the alternator bracket and bolts were insulated from the block. They relied on a braided ground strap which had corroded through. They had a weird almost backward voltage system. The horn was that way too....just FYI if you run into some issues.
I thought it was weird to have the braided strap and figured it was just for redundancy.
I am just now finishing the video, When you said I might have to push in the clutch I had to laugh because I have a 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo (951) and yeah I guess in Deutschland people know not to hit the starter with it in gear because there is no lockout on the clutch pedal and yes it will try to start without pushing in the clutch, lol.
It needs an ebay turbo kit and a hood stack! ;)
I am throughly enjoying this series on the old VW diesel. You are a master of fixing things yourself, unless they are completely destroyed. Great video!
Always loved seeing these little trucks when I was younger shame here in Illinois they seem to have just vanished
They always caught my eye. It's definitely a crude vehicle even when new. It's easy to forgot how budget these VW's, Toyota's, Datsun's of the era really were. My 65 and 78 feel like Cadillacs in build quality compared to these. I think most just got put away/retired for more modern luxuries.
@@sixtyfiveford hard to believe that the Audi 5000s I had and that little vw were made pretty much by the same company btw love that your heeler was in the video jus got a red pup a few weeks ago
Awesome save! Sounds like a Singer sewing machine!
It does! Hey Thanks Man.
The fuel economy you are going to get will more than pay for your time and effort. I drove one my boss had 20 years ago that got 40+ mpg town and 65 mpg or so highway. It isn't a power house, but it will get you from a to b. Great purchase, you will get a lot of use out of your VW pickup.
Solid looking truck .worth the effort and time.
Hey Thanks Man.
I transplanted a 1.5D rabbit engine into my mk2 Jetta automatic (removed 1.8L petrol engine) it's lazy as hell, but a real fuel saver. I also have a dismantled 1.6TD engine which I'm yet to assemble. I hope it all works as the previous owner said but I'll only know for sure one assembled.
Yeah, you never know until you try it out.
I use 11mm socket on a lot of things especially driveshaft u-joint straps
That truck was not loved.
Glad you got ahold of it.
Best way to check for a bent valve... unless you have a dewalt drill😏
That's hilarious!
That little truck will pay you back and then some. These VW Diesel engine are made to last forever and 50-60 mpg. There was a guy who had one and like he had it long time.
I didn’t see what weight motor oil you are using but for a diesel I highly recommend shell Rotella 15w40 in it so the engine will live longer.
Enjoyed the video and have a Blessed One Sir. Like to see more videos on this VW rabbit pickup.