I absolutely love this car Steve ❤❤❤

Purring like a kitten, we had them here in Australia called the Holden Camira JB.; plagued with problems (blowing blue smoke was one) until Holden got it right in the end with the last model 2.0 JE Camira. Mine had done 500,000 km's when I sold it; was a great car.

@Cavalier_Steve

Күн бұрын

Thanks, I know Australia had these as the body for the estate was built there, I didn’t know what you guys called them though so that’s good to know. Yes they are good engines and 500K’s is very good 👍 cheers Kris. Steve.

Sounds amazing, no lifter noise or anything! 👍

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

No it’s a great little engine, I’ve had no service history or anything with this car, but it’s one of those that you know it’s been well cared for over the years.

Back in the mid-80s, I had a 4-door saloon 1.6 base model finished in the same China blue. It was an 82-car with a 4-speed gearbox. I loved that car!

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

My dad had a 1984 L saloon also with the 4 speed like my one here, it was that car that got me into all this, I loved that car RIP A982PBM

Brilliant car can I buy it off you, it will go to a good home 👍👍👍

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

Cheers John

Sweet sounding SH

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Barry 😊

Hi Steve, great little video, I was thinking of starting mine and videoing it. Sounds sweet as always. Mine always starts first time too, after pumping the fuel up😆, great engines.

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, should have recorded it mate I would’ve gladly watched it, they are great little engines and quite bulletproof as well, I could have filled up the fuel bowl prior to starting but at least the oil can get round the engine whilst the fuel is being pumped up. I have a feeling you will get plenty of opportunities this winter 🥶 cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it.

Hi Steve, enjoyed that, I was wondering if there was a problem but then you put that it's a manual choke and it all made sense. It started well once the fuel had got round, very impressive mate, roll on summer to get some miles on it, cheers 👍

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Pete, yeah manual choke the auto choke model’s wasn’t as good and many carbs got converted to manual believe it or not.

@peteshobbies5383

Жыл бұрын

@Cavalier_Steve Yeah, I did hear of many cars of that time being converted to manual choke mate, I wish summer would hurry up, this weather is painful, cheers Steve 👍

Hi Steve, have to say it's nice to see someone that knows how to start a car that is really cold and has been sitting for a while, no revving of the engine and letting it sit to fully warm up👌some people would just start it up and rev the guts out of it then set of down the road at high speed🤦‍♂🙄 The car started really well seeing as it's been sitting a while and it sounded really quiet and smooth, sounds like a nice engine with no cam rattle and no knocking while the oil pressure was getting up, great video Steve🙏👍

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John mate, yes it’s a very nice engine, this was a bit of fun really yeah some people really goto town on there car engines, if they are a carburettor engine then a small amount of revs is acceptable to get it going but if it’s fuel injected then no need really unless there is a temperature sensor issue. Thanks for watching John hopefully give you something to watch for 5 minutes while looking outside wanting to spray.

@JohnWD40TC02

Жыл бұрын

I remember the engine in my Cavalier was fairly quiet they do seem to be well made, I've probably asked before but isn't your car tax and mot exempt? I've still been spraying mate, it's been -4 in my booth in the mornings but my heater soon gets it up to 20-23C, I've stripped my panels back to bare steel applied my magic release agent and have them all in 2k high build primer plus I have 2 brand new Merc wings which I've primed so I have 6 wings now👌😎👍

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

I can’t remember you asking mate, but No sadly not yet as of the rules at the moment the car needs to be 40 years old and there is som red tape complication with that I think in short your car needs to be 41 years old, as my car is a 1986 model it will be the year 2026, then I can apply for historic status which means the car will be tax exempt and MOT exempt but you have to ensure the car stays roadworthy. Sounds like you have been busy maté unlike me today, sounds like we have many more videos up soon on IG? I will be looking forward to seeing those, oh one important think you need to do, and that is tag @peteshobbies5383 into every post you post 😂😂😂 Pete… your welcome 😁 Cheers mate, don’t get covered in to much paint will you.

We didn't get much snow up north and my car only just managed and was only stood for 3 days.

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

Ohh 😮 maybe the battery is on it way out? These modern cars are picky about battery voltage. Hope it gets you through another year.

@jaggass

Жыл бұрын

@@Cavalier_Steve It's only a small battery with distilled water and is probably original. I left my lights on for 15 mins once and went totally flat.

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like your doing well out of the battery, how old is the car? My Passat battery lasted 6 years it was well on its way when I changed it, the lights didn’t come on when I unlocked the car and everything went off when I started the engine, but it always started oh and once the radio come up with battery low whilst I was listening to it, that’s modern cars for you 😂

@jaggass

Жыл бұрын

@@Cavalier_Steve Luckily after a few cranks it started up again. The Corolla is 17 yrs old but has only done 75k from new. I can only guess it's original because we have every repair bill and can't find one for a new battery and Toyota still use them to this day.

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

@@jaggass Wow! If that is really 17 years old thats excellent, the most I got out of a battery is 10 years for all we know it was an original Rover battery which we had as the family car years ago, they don’t make them like they used to do they 😂😎

Wants abit more fast idle rpm adjustment on the carb when on choke - 1200- 1400rpm be ideal.

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will try that!

@timbo19751975

Жыл бұрын

@@Cavalier_Steve Will help the pull down to work more effectively and prevent overchoking also.

@Cavalier_Steve

Жыл бұрын

@@timbo19751975 Top man! Thank you, I will look into that before I take it for it’s MOT (annual road worthy check)