i'll be taking bets on how long it takes for that shiny new tool kit to get lost amidst the organised chaos of the Hubnut garage.

Dickies overalls, new gloves, not just a stand but somewhere to stand it, new tool set - I thought I was watching Amesies automotive corner! Nice close ups of the beard when sorting the exhaust. Enjoyed the video.

I was never a 2cv fan 'till I started watching Hubnut videos. Can't get enough of it now, engine rebuilds motorbike engine swaps. Damn you!😀

I can lose hours watching HubNut videos! I love the way everything is done in the typical fashion of a home tinkerer (a personal favourite pastime of mine is looking for the tool I just put down!) Glad to see some new tools too. Keep the great vids coming👍

It's just gone 6am in Auckland, New Zealand. Your videos are a great start to the day.. I like the way the simplest job turns into a grand production as extra tasks are added but not completed......lol

You could get the valve clearances set right on a Simca but would still sound like a box of screws. Another way of checking for leaks on the exhaust is soapy water.

Benny beanie hat arrived today in time for present cold snap.Loving the Rover 45 calender picture ( looking like Rover sales promotion)

Glad you clarified it wasnt 25mm exhaust valve gap .... i was just about to use a 10m tape to adjust mine 😀 Another great video Ian

It is so refreshing to see someone use a torque wrench correctly on KZfaq. One of my pet hates (and I’ve been known to throw things at apprentices and heavier things at qualified people who are guilty of it) is people who tighten to the click then give it a bit more for luck! You see it all over KZfaq. Why even bother using a torque wrench if you’re just going to make up your own torque level anyway? Well done for trusting the precision instrument to do its job. 👍 And yes I know some manufacturers require a set torque followed by an angle but that’s not what I’m jibbering on about here.😃

That very annoying noise in the mic is your cell phone talking to the tower - putting it in airplane mode should do the trick. Or getting a mic that's shielded against radio frequency interference.

Handy tip with the spanner for showing movement of the rockers. I'll remember that one. Here's one I do use, since I've got one of those lovely hex-ended screwdrivers too: put a spanner on the end of it when you tighten the locknut. Makes it far easier to stop the adjustment screw readjusting itself.

Top tip. Use copper grease instead of exhaust putty. That way any flex in the exhaust will not cause cracked paste and copper grease will keep the joint sealed

Don't let all that speed go to your head. TWC might get jealous. As always, enjoy the videos. One day we might see the garage put right, but we all have dreams to keep us going.

Greetings from NZ. Thank you for this video and all your others. So handy given my zero mechanical knowledge.

Unless the 2CV is different to all other engines, you shouldn't loosen the head bolts/nuts when you retorque them. Just check/tighten to the final figure (17ft.lbs). As you have loosened them, you now need to do it again in another 200 miles or so.

The amount of work to do a simple valve adjustment makes me think that the design team for the 2CV also designed the Char B tank.

Good for them, always enjoyed a look around that store. Haven't been in six years , we live on la gomera it's a bit far to go. thanks for keeping us in the loop.👍

Seems like Hubnut is really trying(and succeeding) on getting his tools and video camera up to a high level of standards. Not so much for the little mouse microphone! Hehe. Nonetheless a great tutorial on how to adjust the valves on a 2CV. I really like the wrench trick tip on how to tell when the valves are fully open or closed. I hope the Rover makes an appearance soon after Hubnut finds the keys. I miss the British style and motoring. Smiles.

Enjoyed the video and like the fact you didn't have to switch off the camera as often to do some work with both hands, tripod's a great thing, I had a chuckle as your 11mm spanner made a break for it when you hammered that extension bar on the exhaust clamp.

I’ve kind of grown fond of the old 2CV now, I used to dislike them years ago due to them leaning so much but I’ve altered my way of thinking now - Thank you.

Been at work all day and come home to a HubNut video with the lovely Elly, Great timing thanks

Excellent. Informative and amusing as usual. A friend of mine has just purchased a G-reg Skoda 120L Five with just 35,000 miles on the clock. I saw it today and sat in it.What a difference to my new Fabia! Keep up the good work.

Thanks for sharing the link to the starlings; their flight patterns are amazing and I am sure they were appreciated by Elly

You might like to know my cat became fascinated by this 2CV tappet-setting video, and for a time sat right in front of the telly looking up at it. It may have been the orange gloves - perhaps she thought your hands were some kind of animal or bird - or maybe she has an unexplored interest in air-cooled car maintenance. Either way, it is unfortunate I can't post a photo of her looking at your rocker arms on KZfaq!

Another relaxing evening watching Hubnut. 😊

I used to be quite the fan of Draper esp when they were still made in Southampton, never had a socket fail or spanner lose its mojo over many long moons working at scrappies. Of course my coveted items I have are King Dick and Britool esp back when I used to work on steam engines and Draper did do the bigger sizes but not in the "slogger" spanners which both KD and Britool did (its a ring spanner or open end spanner with a great big bashing bit on the other end designed to be whacked with a sledge).

Good video, takes me back to my old 1983 Nova ohv I had back in the 90s doing valve clearances, not heard mobile phone interference in years I noticed it periodically over half way through video lol 🙈

In my youth and blessed with many "Good Ideas" or so it seemed, I once decided to adjust the Tappets on my 1968 Viva HB whilst the engine was ticking over. NOT a good idea. oil splashed everywhere!! I still ended up with one or two still rattling. Tappets were always the Bain of my early motoring life. Thank heavens hydraulic ones came along... :-)

a tappy valve is a happy valve

Good to see Elly back where she belongs.. Great work on the rebuild.

Love the magnetic strip idea for the socket set.

Ordered the beanie to follow your example to fix the car in winter. Enjoyed the video thoroughly!

My compliments on the explanation of the valve clearance, well done Ian, I say that to you as an ex mechanic. Maybe you clean up your garage once, then you lose less tools :-)

CR-V for all the Honda fans! You wish, most Honda owners I know are strictly Dealer Only. Not like us Citroen owners who are Dealers Last Resort. Try Chrome Vanadium.

Starts really nicely indeed. Get the bearing sorted tho!

Hub Nut's New X Rated Adventure with ''Naked Elly'' In The Trusty Hammer At It Again Hard Core Feature Vid. PS, Your spanners and sockets are under that heap of organised mess, but, oh no you go and spent 50 quids on a new set, instead of 50 mins reorganising the organised mess in your garage. Always a pleasure watching your vids. Thanks

New tools, new gloves i thought you were trying to be professional and then you came up with the top tip "hit it with a hammer" 😁😁 still the old HubNut 👍

Draper tools are ok, I have some, also Wurth tools are quite good, snap on are Rolls Royce priced and supposed to be guaranteed for life. But really Britool are as good as snap on , but a bit cheaper. Mrs Hubnut must be one understanding woman, hope she is nursing your cold, and keeping you warm. Like the beany.

Excessive valve noise...***Simcaresque*** It's true! I can't stop laughing...haha!!! One of my Peugeot 309's has the Talbot/Simca engine...I gave up adjusting the valve clearances a long time ago as its pointless...He starts, runs and drives like a dream...But sounds like someone shaking a milk crate full of empty bottles...I have now adopted the motto 'A tappy engine is a happy engine' Ellie is sounding much nicer now...Well done!

Thanks Ian for this video, although 3years old I just used it to do my own valve clearances. I decided to go for 0.25 on all valves, given E10 fuel. Hopefully that's correct! Now to do my Visa. . .

Oooo! you cant beat new tools, very good purchase. I love those 'jelly mold' rocker covers on the 2CV's.

Top tip for the religiously untidy, is that if you buy enough tools, there should be the right one to hand, no matter where you are in the garage.

Spanner (wrench), torch (flashlight), bonnet (hood), bin (trash can)... like the French, the Brits have a different word for everything.

A sharp dressed Mr Hubnut, new overalls and booties!

Just brilliant 👍

Good vid as all ways thanks for motor show vid was like I was there 😊

Yes the microphone needs recycling, then the interference from the mobile phone mid video, but it gives that authentic hubnut video style, please tidy your tools up now you have got some nice new ones.

Great vid as always, so good you don’t edit your little mistakes, everybody’s been there 😉

Nothing's ever a quick job. The most simple mechanical task devolves into a day's worth of "while i'm at it, I may as well fix this"

These cars are amazing...!!! Great 1st car to drive...!!! 😁🆒️👌

I like these videos,seen all of them and they are very interesting to watch and how to fix the 2cv (Elly)step by step.

Nice job Ian ELLY sounds good much better Now,Many Thanks too all HUBNUT FANS sorry I could not Make NEC watched all the VIDEO,s of Little TWC Keep up the good work Ian, Matt & Kate

That RING light is impressive bright.

Great stuff. Love these videos. Thanks for posting.

CR-V. For Honda fans..... 😂😂😂 and wooden violence. Your sense of humour is brilliant 👍🏼😎😂

That annoying noise is your mobile phone talking to the mast!

magnetic trays are a blessing for all those bolts & nuts so they dont fall from air filter! Hmmm...maybe you could use a cheap and useful Christmas present all the way from US?

From the BMW and Ural world, "loud valves save lives".

Overall, hat, gloves, chaotic garage, you're looking like a proper mechanic. not quite up there with James May who would have a spotless garage to work in. Did you manage to get the 2CV to 4000mph down that hill?

Good tools Draper, next best thing to Snap On, in my opinion.

Typical Hubnut New tools first day out of the box. Hammer rash A mixture of engineering and brute force and power Let's hope you smashed that microphone with hammer violence before disposal

Great stuff, job wasn't too fraught, engine's sounding well, result!

Excellent job Ian thanks 👍

Manning the tappets. Uh oh, more tools to lose. I'd suggest magnetic pads on the floor, then they can'ardly roll away. Or...paint'em up like mice and the cat'll bring'em back to ya. On the new jugs, can you just ratio up the added CCs to prognosticate the new HP & Torquemando?

16:40. That beard view is the best so far, bravo

The clicking is coming from a mobile phone somwhere near or attached to the mic, bet it has no sheilding to prevent this. Used to do a demonstration on mobile phone interference in regards to radio equipment, microphones, and amplified speaker systems at radio club meetings. Otherwide the mic sounds good if a bit on the low end for use with voice.

Lmao - the product placement made me laugh out loud. Highly recommend the calendar!

Something very pleasing about being able to keep an old car going that is so mechanically simple (relatively). Designed for French peasants living in the middle of nowhere with a barn and a set of tools and a bit of mechanical nous. Still performing the same function, decades on, apparently. Seems that everything is replacable and you can buy all the bits... I even saw a a whole new body shell on ebay recently! An indestructable car? Are 2CVs still ending up in scrapyards? If so, why?

That mic has some shielding issues, but that aside, a nice in-depth look into the valve clearances, even if Elly was feeling too cold to get out of bed... :D

Years ago when I was restoring BMW's ,I found that you lost appreciable horsepower when the tappets were too lose. It actually affects quite markedly ,the cam timing,cam lift and different points etc. So you should get pretty good CV's when the engine is run in and the tappets set finally. Just be careful of the clutch and gear box now, that .5 CV you just added might be a bit much.

Great as always. Keep it up man 👍

Sounding good.

very edd china with those gloves

I like your tool kit

Well done sir 👍

Cheap Charlie's , what a great shop.

Push rods like the CG125 motorbike engine. That's the reason for the choke, they expand as the engine heats up. The mixture is too lean until they do.

The noise on the sound isn’t the microphone. The sound is mobile phone RF interference being picked up by the mic.

01:14 Watching Starlings in Aberystwyth!. Interesting hobby you have.

I like the bit where the spanner slides off the tyre.......never to be seen again.....

Owwwh,that interference made my ears hertz!

B is for Build versus Hub Nut - Garage cleanup !!

I’ve always loved 2CVs. Not sure I’ll ever get to own one now the prices are doing what they always do with such great cars... I don’t suppose anyone in the Bristol area would like to let me have a drive of their’s would they? 👍

Your microphone is fine, your mobile phone is being picked up by the camera,the phone transmits to the nearest mast regularly to report its position back.

Well done 👍.

With that boiler suite and bobble hat , you could be mistaken for a french mechanic, Ian

where in the world is waldo and carmen sandiego? dead in the piles of stuff in hub's garage ;)

Used to live near Aberwristwatch!

Hi hope you remembered the screws on the air cleaner Colin from wolverhampton

New tools! Mmm.... Shiny! You can never have to many tools. Is your torque wrench a Sykes? It looked like it was. Another job satisfyingly completed👍

Halfords have there massive kits on offer for £130 at the minute.

Hi thanks. The number did it. 👍

last month replaced the starter on my '01 impala... they couldnt even rebuilt it... was kinda melted internally.. i knew it was drawing a bit of amps.. but really ;)

The microphone noise is breakthrough signal from your mobile phone. By one with shielded connections - the microphone that is :-) . Edit - didn't know you were of the Jeremy Clarkson motor engineering persuasion ?

Hi as always great videos. But where do I get one of those Ring inspection lights? I have searchedeverywhere since you first used it.

Floss just got me a beny for xmas.

Would the old style alloy rocker covers( don't they look lovely) be quieter than jelly moulds? Treat the garage to a pre-festive clear-out?

Yep, the spotlight is very good (should be for the price) but the microphone definitely needs binning. Some fab tyre porn going on in this video with plenty of naked Michelin X on show 😆 I'd like to see a future video of a road test (with some off-road bits) of the fabulously cool looking brand new Suzuki Jimny. That would be a cheap but very useful bit of kit up here in the far, far north.

When (if) you eventually get around to tidying up your garage I'd suggest getting some mobile shelving for your tools so that you can manage the space in the garage a bit better, plus benefit from having your tools close to the work. The roll cages that are used for supermarket deliveries etc. are a good solution for this, and a damn site cheaper than any tool chests are. This place in Manchester can supply used ones from £40 + VAT. www.recohandling.com/Used-Roll-Cages-Containers.html. The delivery might cost more than the cage but as your work requires you to drive all over the place you might as well take a van for a test drive to Manchester. Cut up your existing shelves to fit in the cages and you might manage to maintain a tidy garage. Alternatively you could just adopt a saying of mine; 'It is only a mess to the untrained eye!'.

An engine powered by two tortoises