I’m watching your videos here in Alberta Canada. I remember some of those cars when I lived back there. Good to see them still on the road.

Tricky problems to find and fix, good thing you have many spares stored away. well done. Bob

@oldclassiccarUK

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Having a lot of "useful" "might come in handy" clutter has its uses occasionally

I've always admired anyone who has the skill and patience to fix motoring faults like yourself Richard. My late stepfather was the same, and would never give up until he solved the problem. Your poor A40 waiting patiently for attention. It deserves top priority as it's the car you learnt to drive in. Enjoyable video thank you.

Well done mate, glad you got it fixed. (I love that lamp and it's even colour co-ordinated with the Morris).

As one who when given a Wolseley 680 age 18 I promised to do the servicing. I used the trolley jack to lift the car to change the oil or something and went right through the light and expensive alloy sump! End of all servicing! So I admire anyone that has a go and greatly enjoyed this update of the Dodge, and look forward to many more. I am also delighted that your petrolhead son is following the family tradition! I always enjoy his presentations which have grown so much in terms of confidence and knowledge over the time he has done them. Super stuff. You are both motoring memory jerkers! I have watched other sites but found them much below par in comparison, other than Twin Cam who is more than excellent, though for a different market sector. He too has grown in all areas of the years I have followed which I feel your son has and will without, I hope, forgetting his studies! Lol! Thank you Rob

@oldclassiccarUK

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Thanks for supporting both our channels, I can well imagine the sinking feeling when jacking through the sump (ouch)

It is so annoying when new parts make your vehicle less reliable because they are such poor quality. I'm more into bikes than cars but I remember having problems with new cylinder head bolts on my BSA B31. I ended up filing down the rounded off hexagons of the old bolts to a smaller spanner size and putting those back in.

Love the Dodge pickup. Will have to go back and see your Dodge truck videos.

@oldclassiccarUK

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Thanks, yes there are a few videos about this pickup and also the 3-tonner

Hi Rick interesting vid and very good to see the minor pushed to the front can't wait for that one.

I love your fettling drama’s especially little Dodge , much better than anything on television at the moment ! 🛻👏🏻🌟

@oldclassiccarUK

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Thanks Gerald, I prefer my dramas to be less frequent than they've been of late mind :)

Lovely to see little Dodge back running, and hopefully sorted long term. Surprising coincidence that two of the OCC fleet suffered the same fate, clearly brings into question the quality of new replacement parts. Thanks for this and your other recent video posts, love the format, the vehicles, and your various trips and visits

@oldclassiccarUK

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Glad these things are of interest!

While some 'after market' kit can be quite good there is a lot of dross around. I know you didn't fit it Rick so you had to go with what was there but I think I would find that AC pump and rebuild that if it is the right size. That lamp is an excellent find. I know from watching Salvage Hunters that those sorts of things are becoming very rare now. I would certainly get it rewired and put it to use, you might need a new light fitting but I am sure it would be worth the effort. Strangely when I first found your channel I thought that I had subscribed, it wasn't until few videos later that I realised I was not, 'honest mistake guv'. Thanks Rick I am glad little Dodge is happy once again. 👍👍

Another very interesting vid, at least the pump held together long enough to get you home !

@oldclassiccarUK

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Yes indeed, I just wish I knew why it gave out when it did

Top job Rick. I put a new fan belt on my Fergie a few years ago. The old one was OK but starting to look a little perished. The new fan belt fell to bits the other day after very little use. I ended up putting the old one back on which had been on the tractor for as long as I can remember. Modern parts. 👎

@oldclassiccarUK

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I'm sure that there are good parts out there, somewhere, it's just knowing what's up to snuff and what isn't!!

Hi 👋 I haven't viewed this video before. Lovely old Dodge truck. A good paint job on it would bring it up. You have a few projects going, Austin A40 Farina being one. I like your Standard 8, it's a very nice example of one. My grandfather had one in the early 1960s. It was a Standard in a grey color with a red interior. I was very young then , so i can remember riding in it. He kept his cars in good condition. He sold it for a Vauxhall Velox.

I would love to see a Video of all the old accessories, spanners, tools, tins, odd bits and pieces etc you have collected over the years. That light was great.

@oldclassiccarUK

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Thanks, my plan is to sprinkle odd items of memorabilia throughout the garage/tinkering videos, but I may well do a video just about some of the old stuff, we'll see! Thanks for watching.

Brilliant news Rick - Little Dodge Lives Again ! I think you would be wise to put your AC Pump on and keep the 'after market' one as a spare, especially as you had the same problem with the Standard. Great video, as always, and it's lovely to see all your mysterious items that you have gathered over the years. Many thanks - take care 🙂

Nice video Rick, seeing that Vauxhall shifter at the start brought back memories of my old dad who had a couple in his fairly extensive tool kit. In his later years he gave a lot of his tools away, still got a few of them myself, but sadly no Vauxhall shifters.

Richard I don’t agree that these repro AC type pumps are poorly made. My Kubelwagen has one as does my German built Ford V3000. Both are repro and give reliable service, I always carry a spare diaphragm for each vehicle as they do wear and the content of today’s fuel does them no favours. A quick way of diagnosis is to remove the inlet and output pipes and turn the engine over by hand if the pump does not “quack” it’s either the diaphragm or the connection to the actuating lever. My two German vehicles have an additional potential “Achilles heel” in the form of a push rod connecting the actuating lever to a lobe on the camshaft, this can wear at either end and it is always advisable to pack the bottom chamber of the pump with grease to provide lubrication to the mechanism.

@oldclassiccarUK

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That's fine I'm just going off the two repro pumps I've had to deal with in recent months, no doubt some are fine but so far I'm unimpressed with either of the ones I've experienced recently. The good thing about the Model AA truck I used to own was that it had a gravity fuel feed, so not much to go wrong there :-)

Another great fix. Did you find the AC pump. That lamp is awesome what a find. Also very impressed with the New South Wales - the premier state number plate.

@oldclassiccarUK

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I only recorded that yesterday, I hope to move things out over the next few days and then I'll dive in and find the pump, I hope it's correct for the '47. Thanks for watching.

Some repro parts do seem poorly made. I recently replaced a failed rear wiper motor with a new repro one. It worked erratically then wouldn't switch off. I ended up replacing it with a second hand genuine one.

@austinswallow

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I think most of these reproduction stuff are made in china, they are cheap, but really, they have gone to the trouble to get the thing cast (and they do look the part), why not go that bit further to make it as good as the OEM? In my experience of buying such items they do not last and like you, I find a good genuine item, which just work as they should. It is quite disheartening when stuff is just junk, not just car stuff, LED light bulbs for the house, I have a pile of new ones that only worked for a short time - supposed to be sustainable, but with all the rubbish produced, we are just fooling ourselves, I could go on, but the cost of keeping data centres cool already means that this posting has used up my daily allowance of Co2 emissions!

I have had similar issues with cheap reproduction parts.

I can't remember properly (my ol' timer's disease) but some where in the past I seem to remember seeing different length cam followers on petrol pumps. Maybe no help but I better say anyway.

@oldclassiccarUK

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Yes the arms do vary in length depending on what engine they're fitted to. Thanks for watching.

Excellent job, well done! Can I suggest.....you swap out all the [old?] flexible fuel hoses for proper ethanol-proof rubber hoses? Just in case the odd slug of rubber breaks away to create more issues? I noted some green fabric-covered fuel hose early on in the video...Plus, what looked like something important ling on the floor under Little Dodge?

@oldclassiccarUK

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It's mainly metal pipework but I will look out a replacement hose at the end of the main fuel pipe

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Oh how I miss the days when you could diagnose and fix engine problems yourself.

@oldclassiccarUK

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... sometimes!! time will tell if there's anything else to sort out

@turriffterror3881

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@@oldclassiccarUK If something else does crop up, I'm pretty sure you'll sort it.

Hi Rick, noticed the 1982/83 NSW Number plate, where did that come from?

@oldclassiccarUK

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Years ago I bought 3 Bedford utes, I think the plates came with them (but didn't belong to them, just in with the spares)

So, it was down to a 'dodgy' fuel pump!🙂

@oldclassiccarUK

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Well it looks that way unless there's something else amiss, I plan to do a few local drive outs and see how they go!

Was the peddle car on the bench Harleys first drive?

@oldclassiccarUK

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He did spend time behind the wheel of something similar when he was much smaller, this one came along after he'd outgrown such activities

First to comment Very interesting RJ .

soulds like you have a water pump bearing getting a bit noisie throw a can of lube in there might give you time to source a spare, mine makes no sound what so ever

@oldclassiccarUK

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I'll have a listen next time it's running, thanks