Professional and sophisticated quality presentation, better than 99% of the car repair/restoration series that are being broadcast. No hyperbole just the essentials. Someone should get you into a series and give you a broader reach.

What a well spoken, intelligent young man.

There is something mesmerising and relaxing about watching Jethro's videos. The metallic sounds of the tools and the components, seeing how everything is designed and well made. Watching someone who knows what they're doing, and has the tools and equipment necessary to do a good job. A wonderful video - thank you.

Jethro's thoroughness is akin to that of the watchmakers of classical timepieces!

This is terrific. I never realized that the mechanical clutch was adjustable. That answers a long-standing question. Thanks J.

I really appreciate the lack of background music in your videos: it makes them kind of "intimate" and very relaxing to watch. By the way, fully agree with you on the pointlessness of adding electric fuel pumps to cars that didn't have them originally.

I wish I had the patience you have when working on cars. Its like a Buddhist monk in a workshop. Thank you Jethro.

Incredibly therapeutic viewing, with the birds chirping in the background. Thanks as always for a great video, looking forward to seeing things develop in 2022.

Your videos are very, very calming. I even like all the bird sounds in the background!

This is a well thought out video. Attention to detail. I love hearing you explain as you go without music distraction. Looking forward to the next instalment.

Whoever this car belongs to couldn't have asked for a more knowledgeable and capable person to provide TLC for their Alpha. Kudos for your (continued) commitment to vlogging it!

The best technical videos on KZfaq. Makes me miss my Weber carbs.

Nothing worse in a classic than to find none standard parts, or poor, unqualified, repairs. So happy to see this one being lovingly restored, if only partially.

I swear, I'm sending over my Alfas to you for restoration and service, from America... lol

Out of all the car build content out there you and Soup classic motoring have the best film making. I know you guys must spend soo much time editing, but it’s worth it. I’m sure we all appreciate it. Super informative and your depth knowledge is incredible. I’m glad you have such a cool space as well, keeps the motivation alive. Keep up the great work!

The rubber mount is also a kind of thermal insulation so that the carbs and fuel is not warming up too much. I always enjoy your videos. One of the best out there 👍

You are one intelligent person to figure all that out and explain it so clearly. Thank you.

That was very satisfying. Your notion of the electric fuel pump being inappropriate for rather intangible reasons is the sort of thing people expect from me, so well done and keep it up! It may not be easy to define what makes a modification proper but the concept is still valid.

By the way, having worked in the Italian automobile industry, I can tell you that RHD versions do tend to be a last-minute job, as for Alfa Romeo the market of reference was always the Italian one, and back then even more so. Of course, with modern engineering tools an resources, RHD Alfas are just as good as LHD ones, but back in the 60s and 70s there was a lot of corner-cutting regarding RHD-specific hardware!

As always, just perfect. Filmed and edited perfectly, full of knowledge... Please keep going.

Thanks for another top post. I agree that your work should be more widely viewed, it is one of the best car channels out there.

That factory inlet manifold gasket was horrible to remove .. hated it .. Thanks for the memories

Always nice to see a job done before I tackle my own overdue 105 rubber carb mount replacement. Thanks. And having the engine and gearbox out sure facilitates a whole host of jobs to be done more easily.

Ah, nice 60's Alfas, great soothing pictures and 70's watches...Seikos? Let me get a drink...

Jethro, I'm astounded at your handling of these engines. You appear too young in years to have acquired such in depth knowledge of any engine never mind the 105 series. I could watch you doing this stuff all day. Excellent video as always.

Wow, that airbox is a work of art😲.

Jethro, you continue to kill it on this build series. I could definitely watch you work for hours. Your friend will appreciate all the time and effort you put into this restoration.

So happy to see oldschool repairs with Cutting-edge knowledge applied; "-Well this rubber bushing don't cut it, let's lathe a brass one..." Superinspiring, good quality Vid and truckloads of 'Need-to-know-stuff' 👍 Spitze, as they say in Germany 🏆

I live in Brackenfell, Cape Town, and in the 90's a friend had a saying, the best 2nd hand car you can buy is a brand new Alfa! I tended to agree with him, but I think there weren't many mechanics who could work on them. When the Uno's came out I vowed never to buy one, but when my daughter needed a car, you guessed it, I bought a 2nd hand Uno Pacer 1400! It had a few problems, like the carb the guys took about 5 attempts to fix, the rear rubber shock mounts tore out, the welsh plugs started leaking, etc, but after everything was sorted my opinion of Italian cars had changed a lot. My daughter fell in love with her first car, and it really had character. I loved it when the engine fan came on and the whole car vibrated! Unfortunately it was T boned by an Isuzu bakkie and written off by the insurance. We were all quite sad to see the Uno go. The spark leads were from Lancia! Thank you for your relaxing videos.

It's a pleasure to see such quiet, competent work on a classic Alfa! It does, however belie the exhilaration of driving one with the sky as your roof and the wind in your hair!

My old RHD Lancia Thema had a weird crossbar setup for the brakes rather than mounting the master cylinder on the other side. Must be an Italian thing. Great to see your attention to detail on this job.

Such a pleasure to watch you work, you have a relaxing style and good eye for detail, thorougly enjoyed on my part!

Fantastic job. Your explanation and your video footage are awesome. And I appreciate so much the advanced engineering of Alfa DOHC '60 engine, one of the best ever built engines in the world. Thank you for your job.

The Giulia TI Super actually had dual electric fuel pumps from factory. But of course that was a special homologation version built for race use. I had a very odd problem on my 105 fuel pump where either the hole or the pushrod had become ever so slightly oval and kept seizing up when it rotated. I would mount it and everything looked and worked ok. Then it would stop working again. Took me a while to figure out but in the end I opted for an electric pump. Thank you for your very informative, relaxing and beautiful videos!

Great video as always man! I love the detail you go into with these videos! These will be so valuable one day when I have an Alfa 105 of my own

Righteous save! Steering boxes packed with grease, just like every air-cooled VW. Seriously fantastic repair. Was it cost effective, time saving, "correct"? Look at the outcome! It's becoming increasingly more common amongst the "professional" repair services to turn business away or state the repair isn't possible, because the repair will be challenging or break the hourly book rate. This will become increasingly problematic as more and more people endeavour to break themselves from their dependency of the off shore solutions. It will be the grassroots, pro/hobbyist that will save the classic car hobby.

Great video Jethro. Particularly regarding carb mounts and fuel pumps as I'm having these overhauled right now. Thanks buddy - we need these!

Please do an episode on that beautiful Fulvia Coupe, one of my all time faves.

It's always such a pleasure watching you work on these old Alfa's. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Always very good! One of the channels that made me do it too! I do not have your level of professionalism yet... But I inspired myself on your videos! Keep it going!

Very satisfying to watch, another great upload!

As always great job in the workshop and great job in the editing of the video that makes the whole thing very enjoyable to watch. Bravissimo 👏🏻.

Great presentation as always, and excellent job. Seeing that release bearing rise as you tightened those nuts was a moment of pleasure. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Loved this vid, didnt think the cinematography could get much better but here we are its amazing. Its really cool to see how Alfa solved certain problems in the day and how they designed their parts. I havent ever worked onan alfa but they do look fun to work on and simple enough. Cheers Jethro hope youre well :)

Nice video! It reminded me of the Alfa Junior I had in the late 70s. Did a full engine rebuild ( in my bedroom!) Including new cylinder liners & pistons. Very light engine, with outstanding design features, like the cam shaft sprockets ajustabilities. Can't wait to see your video on refitting. 👍

Always learn something new and interesting from your videos great work.

This video is a pure pleasure. Bravo Jethro

Beautiful to watch as always. I can’t wait to someday have my own Alfa to play with like this. You are a credit to the community, and if you ever feel dispirited, let us know, we will prop you up!

Excellent content Jethro as always albeit I was a bit nervous with the vertical gearbox mounting technique however as always you made it look relatively effortless 👍🤘

Brilliant as always!Im restoring(trying to at least!) my 1750 Roundtail Spider and these videos are so clear and informative and in such a calm manner,really helpful.Thx!

Beautiful work as always, looking forward to seeing more progress on this car - it's a cool project to do a running restoration on a car like this.

very cool to see the clutch up close i have a 75 spider 2000 fuel injection my engine looks just like yours minus the fuel injection

LONG TIME NO SEE!!! Great to see another one of your videos!!!!!!

Top work mate, as usual great vid. Thumbs up.

Love watching your videos - great work as always 👍

Vary well done, as always.

Mesmerizing. Once again a really good job !

Alfa Romeo Lover and has a Seiko Turtle pepsi on a nato strap what more do you ask for ? Maybe weekly videos hahah just kidding. Love your effort and grind for these vintage cars

Another perfect video ! Thank you Jethro !

That was a pleasure. Cheers!

Great to have you back Jethro. Quick question, you mentioned that the quality of modern rubber isn't as good as back in the day? Could you (or someone) explain to me why that is? Thank you in advance.

Jethro you could probably do with a dial gauge and magnetic base, that would make the clutch adjustment measurement a breeze. Seeing you have a lathe you probably already have one.

19:00 All those years working on my (and other people's) Alfa, I didn't know about that pressure plate adjustment! Of course, it was only my '66 Sprint that had the cable clutch... Have you ever come across one with a fully rod/lever actuated clutch, no cable? I saw only one ever.

Jethro, I know you mentioned you weren't gonna make a watch video yet. Nice piece you're wearing

Welcome back buddy it's been a while , real joy watching your precise professional work brilliant more vids please

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, these videos are priceless!

I love these videos. They relax me 😊

Lovely as always.

Lovely stuff, as always. I have one of those inlet manifolds in a box in the garage, must check the rubber mount types now with that but if extra knowledge from your video

Another great episode! Keep up the good work and keep those classics on the road 👍

More great content. Your videos are always so relaxing. However, the angle grinder looked like it was itching to take a big chunk from your forearm. That probably wouldn't have made the final edit though. :)

Nice episode, thx for sharing the info. Keep it up 👍

Great content as usual JB ...🇨🇦

Great to see your attention to details on this job. I own a 1966 LHD duetto 1600 producing a series of strange noises after firing up ... but after a few mile's mild revving in third running surprisingly fine. I wonder if you could give it a thorough overhaul to make it as perfect as yours. Modern, electronically spoilt cars from the late sixties onwards don't have this kind of character so well worth preserving, hence experience and every effort put in to keep them 105s in perfect running condition is priceless. Mechanical engineering on this level will outlive digital EV crap by ages.

Quality content as always

“Preload on the release bearing surface”. Words you’ll never hear in 100 years when some guy on WorldTube is showing you how to work on a classic 2080 Amazon Hydrogen Hybrid with the molten salt reactor package.

Your videos are really enjoyable, I wouldn't complain if you made more! Another reason not to like electric pumps on cars equipped with the Weber DCOE is that they often provide way too much pressure, which then has to be dialled back with a cumbersome and ugly regulator to avoid flooding the float chambers. DCOEs only need about 2 or 3 psi in my experience, and the standard mechanical pump does not overload them.

perfect as always !

good stuff as usual!

Great video as ever Jethro!

Wow , good job for that👍

Lovely work and I can appreciate the challenges you face restoring these cars living where you are. I used to have a 1950’s Merc in South Australia and I had to overcome similar issues with parts availability and general re-engineering to solve problems. Loved every minute of it though! By the way, I didn’t catch if the thrust bearing was changed or not?

Great work as always thanks

What a fantastic video, great to watch.

Gosh, what a great installment! I enjoy all of your stuff, but it seems I particularly like it when you're turning the wrenches. I'm curious about your comment on the quality of rubber parts; 60's production versus contemporary. Maybe it's the composition of ingredients that were used compared to today. You'd think with advances in chemistry, today's stuff would be better.

There are no good quality parts of those rubber bridges. But there is one thing that should be in good shape: the support inbetween both caburators.

Amazing as always - just amazing attention to detail

This such good timing. I've got the 2L out of my 1979 Spider Veloce to completely reseal the engine, which is hemorrhaging oil.

Always nice to watch your videos, but this time I wonder why it is that we mechanics rarely use the correct torque settings when bolting stuff onto our engines like the inlet manifold etc. Are we too lazy or confident in our torque sense of our own hands? Also, why use gasket setting compound on inlet manifold and not on the fuel pump gaskets? Anyway, love your videos, keep up the good work!

Thank you for another fantastic video. I learned a lot regarding sloppiness in linkage. I hate to bother you with this question; it seems as if I should know this BUT-I'd love to hear you address when to use a gasket sealer on a gasket and when would you install them dry. I am thinking of the mechanical fuel pump installation-that was a dry install but the intake manifold did use gasket sealer. I don't want to be "one of those guys" who makes silly rookie mistakes . Also, great tip on installing the tranny with the engine nose pointed down. It never occured to me.

Aaaaah! My favourite channel!

Outstanding content! Anxiously waiting for the next part. By the way! I can see you have dismantled the CD200. When are we going to see a series on that?

man i wished i could affort an old alfa

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Well done! Just noted your channel and I'll be back. BTW.....I could not figure out what automatic timepiece you are wearing; looked really nice. Thanks!

Good one Jethro. A small but important request, dont wear gloves operating a lathe and I speak from direct experience

I've watched a number of your videos and enjoy them. I do have a question about what you did with the Carb support arm. I'm not sure how much stress is placed on this arm but for the sake of it. why wouldn't you place a gusset across the welded area for the hell of it? Then there's no chance of it breaking at the welds. Very easily done and then there's no worry of issues in the future.

Hi , I follow your work with great interest. Have you done any front cross member 105 guilia work?? thank you

There is one real disadvantage to the mechanical pumps. They sit near the distributor. When gas leaks out it can cost You the car.

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