Best Volkswagen Tractor Ever Made. But It's Broken.

hey guys how's it going hey I picked up this tractor I would say about a week or so ago it's a homemade built like a tank machine but I didn't shoot an intro I do got some footage of us getting it from the owner and him running it and that kind of thing I'll show you that right now and then uh we'll come on back and start getting into it doing some wrenching on it I might have to go in the garage doesn't run forward got gas now good directions foreign that's good so there's that maybe it's me addressed yeah I'd definitely say that's the rear mean it's dust prevention undercoating coat in the driveway but it's a cool rig I'm telling you love to see another one I can't talk about the amount of people that have commented on it don't want to buy it but think it's cool [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] thank you popper in gear all right and I have my lovely assistant modeling the machine for us today open the door you had a better idea how it's made so I gave it a quick look over again everything's handmade on it a lot of Volkswagen parts are in it and I don't know if they took um Hydraulics off of something else and like use the valves to be my guess where they just went and bought a bunch of stuff so it's got heat from the heater boxes built into it with little flaps down there it's got a brake pedal on one side and a clutch pedal on the other does not have a gas pedal which is kind of weird it's got a throttle lever but the problem is it doesn't have a governor so it's like if you go to put a load against it it's not going to maintain its RPM like a regular garden tractor is so we have to address that it's got emergency brake going to a band from the output you get in it by uh the seat swivels you sit down the back door opens swivel around and you sit in the front good sized cab and oh yeah the hood weighs like nothing it's aluminum so it's a 1500 Volkswagen engine like a 67 got a B on the case they took a hydraulic pump and I don't know if it's like from a Jeep or something ran from the generator over to run the Hydraulics a really nice job and all the hydraulic lines on it up and around and over everything's nice and you know cleanly done it's hard mounted there's no motor mounts or anything underneath it but they got the heater boxes with the Heat going into the cab but then they also have exhaust that runs straight out of the back of it everything on is just super beefy as far as the frame and the hitch setup I want to say it probably weighs I don't know 1200 pounds not probably not much different than a beetle all together it's got um Power angle power up and down if you put a if you got rid of that chain and put a solid bar there you can make a dozer blade out of it so it pisses oil like crazy so that's our biggest issue that we need to go deal with I went to go see about getting the engine off of it and look on the other side yeah that they did was they welded tabs so that's the transmission right behind here is where the oil leak is but they this is solid metal this is eighth inch plate it's not wood and they welded off of that came around it so even if you unbolt it the engine can't go that way so we have to try to get the transmission out of it I think the best way to do that is probably to get the cab off of it so we're not trying to work around the Beast of a structure that that is because it's all yeah we got to get down in there and get all that out of there so we're gonna take a few minutes and run around looks like all these bolts are what's holding it to like the inner frame that he made and then hopefully we can kind of slide this whole assembly right up off of here and give us a little bit better for filament too you got to disconnect this whatever this is great tail lights all right let's get the let's raise the roof all right only eight more to go so she cracks loose from the paint [Laughter] they run around a putty knife or something oh we tie it to the roof come on I don't know there's a nose still the nose is still stuck yeah it's got a putty knife we'll kind of like jam it in there so you can hear that I think the paint's gluing it that's all the washers falling off of it Randy said no I'm not worried about to walk oh there you go oh yeah that front lip is Frozen with the glass it almost break the glass yeah I know why one more bolt oh man it's always one hit it on me always won we may wanna lift it to the roof two animals out there we grab with the pork truck pick up the fork truck so yeah there's separation there I think we should wheel it out there grab it with a fork look like what yeah why are we gonna lift it what in that you know sometimes let's see if we get that though I think it's holding it or not got so much weight in the front you think there it goes I think it's yes stick your fingers in there yeah grab hold of it and left right thank you the wipers you've got to disconnect the wiper linkage ah you know I'm gonna go pop this off my whole Cab's gonna go flipping up over me I got you how about now I wonder how high we have to get it up to get up on the steering wheel just like this you just need to get this higher than the wheel good I want to suck you in my hand s give me a nice job so much smaller it looks it looks better without a cap okay gingerly put that down Wham it's a good touch all at the same time I think so there we go let me get in on it so we got to get that whole assembly up out of there to get to the main seal that's back in here I don't know if that coupler has to come apart we got a steering column that's in the way we definitely got a bunch of digging to do I think maybe we'll get that seat out of our way and we'll start from this end getting that stuff off and we'll work our way forward see what happens let's get it back over to the uh operating room yeah now you definitely see the inner workings of it so sir if you would like to you could take off this tin you'll get we'll get an idea what's happening on there we gotta try to figure out how to get I don't just take a link out of the chain and maybe we could just leave that right on there I'm amazing it took the time to thread everything too so I could it's not like it's nut and bolt everything has been threaded all the way around when he nodded everything and it's not like he had the technology we have now yeah it was on the 70s let's see what we got yeah we should we get a massive link out of that I would think if there's one in it problem is that's going to want to turn the rear [Applause] so we gotta get the tires off the ground if we want to be able to rotate that to find where the master link is unless you just happen to have the mask we won't get that lucky I gotta open here we should be ready to spin it around so you can see where mine is hopefully there's a mass link if not we're gonna make one I guess I'm still looking should probably mark it make sure how many times I've gone around well I wonder if we could take bolts on nuts on anything no they're just bolted down so we could take these four off I wonder if we just take this whole Jack shaft right out of our way slide it right out as soon as I'd be able to drop down and get the chain off now you guys watched it go right by didn't even say anything it's right there so we're gonna try taking the emergency brake off flip this whole assembly right out of here we got done do the other half of the band and we take these out we're gonna leave it all connected because they're it's pinned right here he drills right through it I want to try driving that out and again all this just has to go right back we just need to fly this assembly away from the transmission not disassemble the transmission so let's hope Miss Taylor something right here oh yeah inside guys caught her pin [Music] come out of there no Let's Get Enough wiggle room though I'm sure there's some kind of coupler in here that um he's holding it so we're digging we're getting decent gotta get the steering column out of our way starters out of it you could definitely see all the oil that is on the clutch went out of there so I do believe that's what our issue is but we're gonna keep whittling [Music] uh-huh oops that was the dash light it's the amount of the dash light inside he's got tape on it too so it doesn't blind you a little Shield custom for all that night driving wonder how fast this thing goes it's all in the gearing 30. okay so we got the steering column disconnected from the trans it's on both of there we got it's like one down here before it's separate yeah it looks like it's got one there one on your side and maybe it'll it will slide forward backwards yeah yeah back is the new forward or should you get the seat out of her way too if that's going to be um problem yeah it all depends on how heavy it is right we got that all right let's see if she'll do anything we'll give her a little cry [Music] what was that noise let's see if it'll um slide backwards out of that I don't know oh yeah it's back come on back oh so pretty I don't know if that coupler came out of there because you gotta be able to lift up on it at some point you know that's probably a uh just a regular Volkswagen pilot shaft going straight in there yeah we may have to rig something up to try to lift on this and like spin her sideways once we get out of the way I don't know the seat start to look like it's annoying so we're gonna try and just wiggle that thing straight back out of there I don't know about you but I'm gonna go throw a pair of gloves on because it looks like it's going to bite us a bunch of different capacities I probably got like three rights in one left so I think I was taking it oh there's one set and I'll go with Old Yeller all together Power Rangers Unite prepare to qualify shall we yeah lots of pinch points I would grab the pedal maybe on that side there you go see I told you to see yeah that only came off I think we take to get to see that because we gotta put that thing back in there yet if there's a stud sticking down from the middle of the seat that we're you wanna try it one more time yeah oh let's see let's hitting this tab right here I'm clear [Music] so is this the answer to all our problems it is it doesn't come out all right there you go Let's uh you guys gotta move over a little found this what is it I don't know we'll throw that in the uh questionable you get my gloves we're so close yeah I can see it on there um got it yeah oh here the problem is yeah there's that there you go yeah let's throw it anywhere that's not the problem anyway that looks fine now see I get the back of that bell housing off of there [Applause] looking like so guy get the steering column now see what we got two right there and we got a bracket up here one Bolt's already out for the starter and we get the two down below and hopefully that whole assembly slides back if not it's gonna suck we'll see all right giving her a tug see if that whole assembly will come out you might have to pull down on it up top I'm gonna make it yeah yeah punch you in the head [Laughter] two bolts away so close we think your turn okay bar and hopefully okay so you can get a place that kind of my crush it you know you think he would have came up with something that to pull that apart come on baby just pop you're just like right there there's nothing there [Music] let me get this out of her later if I can touch it who's your hose Volkswagen [Music] they say oh bring these back and forth why does it look like the starter is behind the starter and the flywheeler behind that should be I don't know because the flywheel shouldn't come with the wall housing right just stay on the motor right that clears it that's part of the bell housing it'll go with it okay cool we just got to figure out maybe we can kind of can we hit it from the other side yeah I can probably get maybe right in there do some a little bit of prying a Dickie glued it yeah a good hit right there with a sledge or something look at that eyeball we're gonna take a quick peek underneath just make sure you know it almost feels like it's bolted or something somewhere else let me take a quick look all the way around to make sure you got no other issues kind of like removing the cab you know all right so we're looking at it it's not going to come apart so it looks like so originally on a beetle this is uh the mount for the engine and Transit supported in here is a couple of bolts that go through you would bolt a motor mount to it so I think inside the bell housing this plate is bolted to there and there and then they counter bolted this bracket's welded to the Tractor so they have that one going up and then down under in that sucky area down in there is another one which is going to be a to get to but I think we got four of those we have to get off and then it'll allow it to slide on that plate we think he said oh he found like four bolts in the bottom of the firewall we think it's kind of floating and it will uh lift up give us a little bit of space it's just too tight yeah [Music] mouse trap something like that getting more like a mouse trap every second oh yeah who's sticking their fingers down there to get them bolts out nothing dangerous there yeah that's better now trying to get to those bolts under there you know one of you little guys come over here and put your fingers in here for me you know you little guys you know you little fans yeah yeah we'll work on this a little bit and I think that's kind of force we probably have to support that motor too because there's not gonna be anything um on the back lifting that engine up come up with something before we slide that back hmm what if the heater boxes will hold it from the floor okay might be okay putting it back in on the other hand at the lifter a little bit we were determined not to disconnect the Hydraulics but you know one Bolt left oh yeah she's fun I think you might be able to get like a 3 8 ratchet in there now someone is it more beefy you should do is that 13 that's right that Cable's gonna get you everything just could there be all you need is a 3 8 ratchet with a little bit of a swivel head don't you wow you're gonna fight with it oh wait tool for the red job we'll see what happens I don't know if it's going the right direction the clicky yeah first he's really not right out of the toolbox you want to support the head of it if you can't but your fingers yeah Joker just a finger maybe just a finger or two hope that board doesn't slip is that give her all right but you wouldn't do for an air ratchet huh sorry could have been worse it could be in the lower one they had the drag all the way out could be the worstest it could all be for nothing just for practice hit it all apart and it wasn't even yeah it wasn't it was the oil cooler it's not the flywheel yeah yeah it's got a big crack or something see with your hands be one with the bolt oh you only think I'm doing something really I'm napping see I get those suckers in there yet yeah that'll be something ouch got it oh yeah go get some pry bar on a nail all right let's get that thing though just watch fingers everywhere it's like a grenade everywhere yeah my specialty grenade oh come on I think we might go now I still can't I was actually trying to drive it from the other side oh there we go careful we won't shake it too much it's gonna mouse trap us we're in yeah there's a little bit of oil in there he'll be fine it was a six volt they ran out of sequel that's where the thing was where they bolted it on the inside it's a new car oh that thing was smoked huh I want this from the oil or just from sitting there's just from sitting yeah so yeah all right it's good good old 36 millimeter socket flywheel off and we'll see where what our seal looks like yeah it's been spitting oil for a while all right [Music] smell it and let's get that out of there yeah remember this is floating in the air yeah just about ready so yeah nurse fight no it's fine we got a couch right there like that is what if you cut this surface this is all cut so the back of it looked like it was rubbing no no it's got a weird kind of I don't know that's rubbing right there yeah the end play that bad that it's um we'll pull that seal out of there and see what we got it looks like I don't know this looks a little suspect let's see go pop that seal out of there oh I see just watch that yeah that crank moved a lot let's go see because that was pouring out of there yeah dumb you know yeah let's um go set that on the flywheel we'll see how snug it is on there okay yeah I don't know for the amount that oil that was coming out of that I definitely would have expected to see more damage than that hmm and off the bottom in is just so War m that's pretty chewed up I would have figured a lot more play than that though yeah for the way it was dumping yeah yeah like it was raining oil and the O-rings there but those are all just slow leaks out but that's definitely where it was leaking from you see all the oil was spitting all the way around and the bell housing was full let's do a little bit more used for whatever that stuff is but I think that's where the cash rather failure happened I know the only thing I could think of so actually the further in the seal is the more the less it's on the flywheel I almost like that just the Gap was just so far off I'm gonna go pulling that card fully stay on there I'm just gonna have a lot but I mean that's not terrible I was thinking the same thing yeah there's that on a Volkswagen you adjust with shims there should be three shims in here see we got yeah you got three shims that's not your issue I just don't want to put it all back together crude I'm gonna find out wasn't it okay so I'm gonna wash it would you point down here and uh now this is a little suspect too we're gonna go wash a bunch of this stuff off and see if we see anything yes unfortunately it's not like we can run it you could definitely back up and look you can see right Waters running down right out of it I don't know it's acting kinda like it wasn't the main seal it just seems like it's not very wet right here and it's like right in this area it could be this we're gonna go take a little bit and wash that up [Music] hmm we're kind of looking over we do feel that the main seal is what was leaking so this is the old one and it's got a decent amount of drag let's go try a new one and see how much oh yeah see much more pliable too so I think what was happening was this one was on there although it's touching all the way around it's probably off just a hair one way or another it's leaving an air gap so I'm trying to tell myself anyway that's what I put it all back together for not having to take all apart again you need to go polish that up too sometimes they'll get a Groove in them go wash that up yeah Brian took off he really appreciated his help especially all that heavy stuff lifting it up and around so I don't know I don't know if that was the issue or not I'm still kind of yeah it all points to there but at the same token I thought it would have been much more obvious something on a seal a tear or if it pulled itself away or something along those lines that would cause that much of a leak but I don't know that's a few days later and I think what I'm gonna do is we're going to kind of like quick put it together not assemble everything I have a little bell housing with a starter on it and that's like a hunk of Volkswagen transmission just enough to hold the starter and that can bolt to here and here and all we need is the seal put on and the flywheel no clutch you know nothing and uh we can kind of like run it for a little bit so that's the battle plan so let's uh get this cleaned up a little bit the uh seal it has about an eighth inch of play how far you seat it into the uh back of the motor and that allows you to kind of tweak a little bit on the flywheel where it sits so I'm gonna let it sit a little more proud this way and by doing that it's going to allow it to seat or sit just a little further down on the flywheel and what happens is sometimes they get a Groove in them you can actually I don't know if you can see that there's a little one right there it's focusing yeah it's a group and they're right there so I'm gonna try to uh maybe offshoot that a little bit and we'll see if we get a little bit better response so I'm gonna go clean that up tap in the seal in there and uh throw it back together see what yeah foreign [Music] [Music] chance burn it up you know get that O-ring out of there get a new one in it another area can leak you wouldn't have that major leak even if this was missing that bad but while we got it apart definitely throwing one of them in there and then with the new you can see how flat that one is gets mushed up against the crank so that should be fine thank you I'm gonna go get a pry bar and pull on that and see which play we got front to back it's actually pretty good all right make sure we don't have any up and down there's a little it's not side it's not uh from the back that's got it it's yeah so that rear main bearings got some play so probably it's happening they can't maintain it's um its Center on the seal right there it did sound a little funky when it was running oh well let's keep going watch your fingers Guillotine yeah he's a little bit of a transfusion she lost some blood on the table so talking about that much almost slick huh no plan I don't know if we uh lost anything with wiring haven't tried it yet and that starter me and me not be any good because every Volkswagen that I have if it has a starter issue it's the first place to get stolen from that's who we get battery I charge that battery up assistant again oil light we don't have a generator light Where'd I lose it get back all right let's uh get some fuel we should have spark I didn't like I said I haven't disconnected anything the other problem too this does not have a throttle hey you like pump the gas pedal because it's just a cable set to it so let's go dump something down the throat and see if she'll go so this right here is the vent going into the carb into the float Bowl and I should be able to feel the float chamber with fuel I have no idea what it has in it for gas as far as this machine in general how old it is it should be enough to run on and we'll give it just a little bit more Kick It Off because it's up off idle a little bit with choke on should put a clean pan or something on it we'll see if it starts pouring though get back off the throttle keep it a idle oh that'll warm up a little we'll see it pissing right there probably would have been a good idea to run it before you took it apart too but get rid of some of the choke it may die honest I don't know I don't know what we got for gas rev it up a little yeah it's running out of gas I think any oil light does work it's in the key off uh it's because he's standing even in the tank I just want to put stuff in it if it's we gotta do all that purging you know foreign [Applause] yeah there's a lot of gas in there about half full pump might not be working or it may just die for something else yeah let's go up fill that float up one more time and we'll let it run again worst case we'll uh put a gas can up top and we'll just let it run off one of them see what we got we got a few on the filter has it what's it got for a fuel pump I don't see a H it looks new you can always pull that line too we just crank it see what we get let me go fill it one more time we'll let it run more a little bit more joke no joke don't try no joke give her a little bit where are we gonna throttle let's get a little bit hard [Music] towards the hydraulics that's nothing fun it might not be included but she doesn't have any fluid in it nothing foreign carved off a little bit foreign there you go I don't see anything I gotta clear the air in here real quick I do see it it's probably just a grease I put on it spitting out right there as you gotta be a little careful like that would get on the clutch if there was a clutch was there nice I'm happy with that it's uh I'm gonna open the door and turn the fan on real quick we'll look in here see if you got any uh power steering fluids so my guess is we can unplug this and allows the cap to spin I guess just a breather and overflow I do not see much in there was something in there that looks like I fell off or something [Applause] what's that oh no it's soldered on didn't it not look like that thing was uh flapping in there let's go try putting some more again it looks like power steering fluid in there see if it comes back to life power steering fluid in uh ATF is very similar as far as this weight a little more I think as much as I thought it would to make a difference but let's see fires up thank you yeah does this thing though it doesn't have a governor so like I put in an idle and of course it's stalled you know it's hard for it to maintain the RPMs turn the key off but it's working and both our lights are working that's a good sign man this thing is built awesome hmm push any fluid out so that's all it was it's just not enough in the reservoir we'll keep an eye on that see how much it pushes out well there you go how's our puddle doing I shouldn't say that I think we're awesome dry I tell you other than that so we got a bunch to do I ordered uh two Master cylinders uh that is a dual but they're only using one chamber of it so I I've ordered a single and a double the other one will just go in my stash possibly we'll just get you know get rid of some of that junk that's on there I got adjust the valves we got to kind of go through the carb in the fuel system yeah definitely a bunch more stuff to kind of go take care of I want to pressure wash and get all the crap off of it and just kind of go through it dig up an air cleaner meat though huh he said this we're taking it apart he had a couple these these right here you could break it and take the plow system right off the front of it the cool attract the compressor's yelling at us telling us to go home all right guys with that they were gonna sign off I got to do a good assessment on it uh hopefully it doesn't start leaking in the future a little concerned about that you know the crank up and down movement on it um that may or may not be no okay I guess time time will tell on that one but for this one guys uh if you want to see the rest of it getting put back together hang around should be the next video but no promises until then I'll see you bye [Music]

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Length: 51min 42sec (3102 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 16 2023