Oh it's just so hubnut. Racks and racks of stuff. Many very nice multiple trayed tool chests. Lots and lots of space. And you choose to scrabble around in a box on the floor and an old table for tools. lol.

'Not my Sierras' needs to go on a t-shirt.

@bentullett6068

3 жыл бұрын

And not my protons

A man does the thing that he didn't do before. Any video is very welcome. Thanks for sharing your work. Oddly, some of us don't live in the supercar world so seeing "normal" people working on the more accessible cars is, to me anyway, much more interesting.

Best reason yet for getting rid of the Oltcit & Yugo. Project Rebuild Daisy, yes please! Top job :)

@lucasbarton1773

3 жыл бұрын

No

@bentullett6068

3 жыл бұрын

If he is quick he can ship the Yugo to Aging wheels as he has just been donated a Yugo.

Thats unmistakable the sound of a happy 2Cv. Time to ckean up the chaos...before Mrs Hubnut comes to the garate, Ian🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

How I Iove the sound of a carburetted engine when the second choke is opening. That deep grunt from the air intake, the soprano singing of the 2CV engine gets an added tenor.

Great vid, a series of you putting a 2CV back together from spares would be brilliant

@Ragnar8504

3 жыл бұрын

I once saw an ad for a surprisingly cheap 2CV. A closer look revealed that you weren't buying one 2CV but actually two, only they came in the shape of one big pile of loose parts! I passed on that offer.

FYI, if you want to clean up or flatten a surface with a file, the best method is called "drawfiling" which is holding the file with both hands and moving the file at right angles to the length of the file. This is not intuitive, but is a good way to prevent the grooves the file makes when using it normally. Dave.

In the bin! Nice mcm quote

Fabulous, what a delicious way to settle in to a sunday evening. Thanks Ian.

@stephenholland5930

3 жыл бұрын

Followed by Retropower and Harry's Garage!

I do know the feeling. You just got your engine running again and you just have to try it out, even though there is more to do. Sometimes you just have to do that to confirm your fix worked. Oh the delight when it has fixed it.

Good to see a return to the HubNut videos of old.

I know I have said this before but Psalm 114 'O Lord, how manifold are thy works'

@mr-wx3lv

3 жыл бұрын

As long as he displays some Manifold wisdom 😉

@jonnycando

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr-wx3lv better late than never……that’s the Hubnut way….

'The one I should've fitted last time' Beautiful

Love it! It's like having a mate in the garage with you. Only downside is grease and crud all over the laptop when I keep rewinding...lol!

I have always lightly greased paper/cardboard gaskets on intake manifolds to ensure a good airtight seal and the same on water pumps and thermostats to ensure a watertight seal. Not that I've ever read that this is the best thing to do but it has certainly always worked for me.

Exciting videos to come? What, more exciting than watching man washes a Nissan Primera? I can hardly wait.

Loved the nod to Marty from MCM there. 👍

Nice to hear Elly running as intended. She sounds very quiet actually. Another round of successful fettling, well done Ian.

A great conclusion to 'Ellie's' service, and she sounds really sweet. 👍🏻

watching any of your video's is like being round at your mate's house, just tinkering and having a natter, keep up the great work, such a pleasure to watch

Excellent video to end Sunday with, Elly does sound much better.

You don’t need apologies for the lack of videos or content. I throughly enjoy them.

She is running quite nicely. That means your dogs at home just chewed up everything. After watching all your Ellie videos, I almost want to buy one myself.

@7:25 to 7:31 Reminds me of one night when I put a fabric cover over our old yellow Honda Melody just after it was ridden. Part of the cover fried onto the exhaust nearly catching fire. That was quite a learning curve.

Blimey, you've got your very own test track!

all this talk about putting rings on things, maybe in the future you should put a ring on Miss Hubnut! ;)

@chrisrogers2848

3 жыл бұрын

With her tolerance and enthusiasm for the cars, she’s got to be a keeper 👍

@craigtw1984

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisrogers2848 I totally agree :)

Satisfaction hearing Elli running very well. Huge difference.

You say the weather is rubbish….here in Virginia March winds are showing up in time for April showers and by all measures we may get the two together…..much fun😟

Another great tinkering video on Ellie the 2 CV. It was great to have a on board ride with most of the front end missing on Ellie. Congratulations on having the freedom to travel around Wales Ian🎉🎉

You can actually buy emery paper with a sticky back that you can stick down to a flat surface just for little jobs like cleaning the flat surface of your carb

@HubNut

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers. Wouldn't work with the carb unfortunately, unless I further dismantled it.

@terryatkinson3182

3 жыл бұрын

@@HubNut still a good tip for the future.

@terryatkinson3182

3 жыл бұрын

@Alfred Wedmore I had a FIAT that would cut out randomly... 4 fuel pumps later I discovered a kink in the fuel pipe that would starve the engine until it moved on the engine mounts and normal service resumed. I was close to burning that car when stranded on the road one night.

Hey Ian don't do yourself down saying your not good at tinkering, lots of people wouldn't tackle most of the jobs you do and it is always worth watching to pick up a few tips.

Great stuff Mr Hubnut. If you like seeing 2CVs being driven around with bodywork removed you should check out the 1970's Dr Who and the Sea Devils. They used Citroën Diane's with the doors and roof removed to act as some kind of futuristic transport together with a comedic synthesised siren sound. One of my favourite Dr Who stories BTW. Thanks for the videos, much more entertaining than mainstream telly.

Well done Ian,good to see that you remembered to check the carb base Ellie is sounding quite sweet now keep up the good work cheers.

Certainly sounding a lot smoother post-repairs, ticking over like a Singer sewing machine... :) Though I was highly confused and amused that the manifold was briefly an alternator for a short while, I think we can put that one down to the dog blowing out both ends... :P

She definitely sounds much sweeter than the last time we heard her run before the manifold change so that definitely sounds like a win...

Y'know, Mr Hubnut, the manual says: "disconnect the battery first - avoid sparky."

RTV is your friend!!! Very useful sealer.

Great video Ian! It’s really inspiring doing work like that and making a real improvement. you could certainly hear the idle improvement on the audio. It inspired me to get back on trying to get the Will Vi through its failed WOF.

@HubNut

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Your videos are always entertaining, thank you.

I once owned a VW Type 2 camper. When purchased, the previous owner made a big deal about how he'd fitted new heater trunking, and heat exchangers. Sure enough, underneath they looked clean an brand spankers. On driving home, i thought I'd try the heater vents. Yup, quite a blast, especially when accelerating! However, it was at that point I discovered a previous owner had smashed a windscreen. As the revs climbed, a twin fountain of tiny glass cubes shot out of the demister vents....All the broken glass had fallen down the vents, and I must have been the first person to actually try the heater whilst the engine was revving! A right mess, and quite a surprise.

@HubNut

3 жыл бұрын

Yikes!

I can’t get over how much that gear linkage has to move. Great job Ian. 👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Proper job there Ian, she sounds great! Thanks for another fab video.

Compare and contrast the brief "drive" in Ellie with Iain Tyrrell leaving his Classic Workshop in a priceless historic prototype Lamborghini for a quick run round the lanes of North Wales / Deeside.

@terryatkinson3182

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the haves versus the have nots. I'm sure both people are happy in their own workplaces.

@johnmoruzzi7236

3 жыл бұрын

@@terryatkinson3182 Citroen sounding sweet now... needs a proper run.

Well done, great job.I look forward to the next spin in Ellie.

Sorry I'm late. I have started at the beginning 😉. How come 7 hundred and odd are watching but only 95 clicking like? 🤔🤔🤔

Definitely the sweetest she's ever idled, excellent!

The early Porsches up to the 30 SC had NO aiding heater fans at all. Starting with the 3.2 in september 82, two little additional blower motors were mounted near both left and right footwells. And yes, they soon started to squeak. But hey, that’s a Porsche, back in the era with lots of pedigree going back to, the beetle indeed. This means that, in cold weather, both demisting and heating were nearly non existent. And I speak of experience. Nice video!

A good thing to use for cleaning flat surfaces like heads and cars etc is a knife sharpening stone. I learnt that from bennys custom works a friend of the MCM boys

Noting the discarded hose, bits of tape and odd clips sailing merrily across the workspace, one is forced to conclude that Miss Hubnut's great influence in keeping your working habits tidier doesn't seem to extend to when she's not around! :-)

🤣🤣 "I will hide this manifold from myself" Another great video 👍

Finally getting to watch this, really enjoyed love ya tinkering Ian 🙃👍

Just watched Harry's Garage swinging out a V12 from a Jaguar XJC. Now HubNut...

Brilliant video Ian 👍

That sounds really sweet and very responsive to throttle. Top job. You seem to have the most amazingly well stocked garage tool wise now. Just a little bit envious. 😂

Hi Ian yet again a great video thankyou take care you and the hubnut family 😊👍🏻

superb video excellent viewing as always.

This is quite scary, HubNut actually (nearly) gets a full job done ! Elly is sounding "Gorge" even with all the bits still hanging off - great job! Miss Hub Nut is going to do her fruit next time she visits the Den - would recommend the next video to be an introduction to the toolset, in their rightful place, a.k.a have a proper tidy up ! Keep 'em comin'!

Great videos Like your honesty

I never like to criticise, but a ruler is the wooden or plastic measuring device you give to school children and office types, if it is made of steel it is a rule. As Milligan sometimes used to say in the Goon Show, 'you must watch these things!' Nice to see a tinkering vid, and a positive result too, win, win.

@andymccabe6712

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't really matter though, does it?! Only engineering nerds actually care..........!

You did own the Matiz back then. Myrtle was just under a year old when you went to Citroen Birmingham, the Xsara Picasso launching in May 2000, according to Parkers.

IN THE BIN!

Ticking over very nicely. Almost ready to go chasing Porsches!

That sounds really sweet now , nice bit of fettling.

Started with a head that was not awake yet, the end result is very good, Elly is now idling nicely.

Great effort Ian!

I trust that is the gear selector rod visible on the short drive at the end. How satisfying it would be to see more of the workings of a vehicle when in motion.

@HubNut

3 жыл бұрын

It is.

"Torque wrenches on Hubnut" Love it!

The 2CV engine is very simple in design, I guess it’s a pleasure to work on.

I'd have to be cleaning and oiling/painting the bits as they come off, which is why it once took me an entire weekend to do a four cylinder petrols engines, valve clearances

That sounds wonderful!

Will have to drop out soon as my Lamb is nearly done, got to rest it though :)

@billellis6538

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing worse than tired lamb, and relax

@stevespeck3586

3 жыл бұрын

'The Lamb Lies Down on a Bed of Spring Vegetables' - Genesis album titles that never quite made it...

@MrOvershoot

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevespeck3586 You know me well Suppers Ready

Nothing like being able to unleash that full 29bhp and 29 torques! Job’s a goodun 😀

Your salesmanship was worked, I've ordered an Elliversary hoodie in time for the British summer.

Wow! For you that looked like working in a lab. Nice job.

You were talking about Hippy and all of a sudden Rasputin came to mind, I am watching your vlogs now for a while and couldn't quite remember whom you resembled, now I know.So Rasputin incarnated in Britain doing carvlogs. On topic, nice to see that mortals can work on cars, only with older cars you can do that,newer you need so much hastle to unscrew all that plastic to get where you want and then you realise you need to exchange the whole component instead of a small resistor, diode or a sensor. 🤔🤔, Good luck for those future classic lovers. I bet not many cars with downsized engines will survive and if they do good luck with plastic.

Sunday night Hubnut perfect 👌

“I’m going to go round with a hammer”😮😮 Good fun... thank you. Ellie does sound good!

A 2cv near me was parked near a new housing development, got cement chucked all over it poor thing. Good video as always.

Excellent vid ian👍👍

Sounds lovely

Two things, one: She sounds a lot smoother; not sure if thats just my hearing or not but, less chuffing at higher revs and two: the outboard shot; reminds me of that great film sequence, which was shot outside the front of a car; can't remember the film (the car wasn't al that special apparently, quite HubNut actually) Great to see or i should say hear, Elly, in full voice again, minus her sore throat.

As sweet as a Nut, well done Ian!

I have to admit she does sound sweet now. A job well done!

Well done!

My amal motorcycle carb was warped due to overtightning the carb itself is made of not very good materials it is overtightend and consequently easily warped well done, keep it up

As an Elli myself I quite like the idea of an Elliversary T-shirt, but there's no way I'd ever fit into one. Perhaps I could wear it as a hat.

Great mini Ellie series. Nice one. You should make 'Not my Serirra's' a t-shirt. Just a thought.

A respectably successful Sunday considering the current state of domestic life. Sounds very good, looking forward to a proper drive with evaluation. That test camera footage looks like it could be from a NASA Mars Rover but then you probably wouldn't hear "Not my Sierra's" on the Mars sound track. Yup, air cooled VDubs are very similar. I hope they never leak on the GSA, I'd rather pull my own teeth than have to do that job again. Glad someone passed on the technique of settling the V clamps. Best to hold the file at the centre of the contact area, tendency is to file unevenly if you use the handle, especially one handed, if you can find a file block they're ideal.

Yes they still do Citroën at that Birmingham site. They are now Robins and Day which is Groupe Psa's (Stelantis) own retail outlet.

@hunchanchoc8418

3 жыл бұрын

Robins & Day? Do they wear bow-ties ?

@stepheng8779

3 жыл бұрын

@@hunchanchoc8418 👏👏 Good evening 😂

Nàked Elly gear linkage action....... ooooooooo. Another fab video. Thanks. :)

Also: I suspect you mean "non ferrous" last tine I looked, brass was still considered a metal.

‘...NOT meant to be instructional - just following me as I make a mess doing simple tasks on cars’. lol

Organised chaos I believe the working area is know as 😉😂

Nice job

I want one of these sooooo badly.

Another tick in the long list done ✔🤓👍👍

lasting 10years, 'maybe not so bad' ...... especially after the speed you drive her at! 🤣

Air cleaner hose ... IN THE BIN!

@pdwcave

3 жыл бұрын

Ha, ha. Referenced MCM later in the video!

Air leak in inlet system: We do it right, cause we do it twice. Happens to me too every now and then. 😁