There's a reason we don't work on cars in sandals..... you'll find out when you drop something on your foot 😊

Glad you bit the bullet on this one and looking forward to the road test.

All you need now is a Licence to drive it ! Take care 🙂

Hi Sheldon glad it all worked out well, can't wait for test drive with lucus? Cheers 🥂

This is why I love old cars, a couple of blokes replacing engine components at the side of the road. Just like it used to be. This is why I love this channel. Keep it up guys, this is great 👍

Bloody hell Aron, it never sounded that good when the old man had it. Job well done mate. Top work from yourself and Dave

It sounds 100% better, Sheldon, well done to you and David. A couple of things to double check, though, before you put any miles on it. Did you check the flow direction on the SU fuel filter ? They're directional, and there is an arrow moulded into the plastic body, or it will say in/ out. Get it the wrong way around, and it can quickly clog the inside gauze and give mysterious fuel starvation symptoms at intermittent revs. There should be the same type of filter, without the compression fitting nuts, fitted at the rear of the engine on the right angled brass pipe on the crankcase ventilation system. That filter, if blocked, can allow pressure to build up and cause oil to be forced out of gaskets. It should be fitted with "in" nearest the crannkcase takeoff pipe as it sucks crankcase fumes into the intake airstream. Just like with the fuel filter, the dirty fuel or air goes into the outside of the filter, and the clean stuff comes out of the middle, so you can see the state of the filter through the plastic case. The other thing to check is the water pump to heater box transfer pipe. It's the metal one bolted to the underside of the intake manifold. They're mild steel, and from the state of all that 50 odd years of solidified top end coolant crud, it would have been wise to replace it. They rot from the inside, and you'll get coolant sitting on the valley gasket once they get a pinhole. If it goes, you'll get a coolant air leak/ airlock / hotspot, and an erratic or undereading temperature gauge that can cause head gasket failure. They're easy enough to fabricate a new fit and forget copper tube replacement. You should be able to reuse the valley gasket if you've not done any mileage.

That thin pipe David was querying between the carbs and radiator is a water hose. It's the air bleed off pipe, and it ensures there's coolant flowing up to the plenum chamber, an no airlock in the highest coolant point on the engine. It's a water heated intake manifold, so check that thin metal outlet pipe isn't blocked, or you'll get a hotspot and fuel vaporisation.

You had the heater hoses correct first time. Bottom connection on inlet manifold goes to top connection on heater. In practice it doesn’t make much difference but the wrong way round can allow air to be trapped.

I do hope David got his second cup of tea 😌 Sterling work gentlemen, entertaining as always

WELL DONE SHELDON ☹️, you just cost me £20 😂, I bet my mate you would BALLS IT UP !!! 😁, damn you didn’t lol 😂, joking aside you did good 👌🏻.

Glad you finally got going well, just need a driving license now to drive it!

Your content just keeps getting better - respect. Now that you have a car with a reasonable body and engine why not keep her a while, pass your test and start taking her to car shows? Still missing Toad but you are, IMHO, not putting a foot wrong.

Love your videos always great to watch

Fan belt's still flapping!!! Make sure the heater is set to HOT when bleeding through. 😃

Good job lad!!

For old, stiff hoses, hold them in a mug of boiling water to soften them up.

Nice !! Sowing machine :) great work 👍

You can do jubilee clips with a socket, so it doesn't keep slipping off. There's a first time for everyone, doing all the different jobs there are to do on a car. Next time, you'll be 'on it like sonic'. 😂 What you learn here, you'll be able to apply another day, maybe the same job, or something a bit different. It's all really only nuts and bolts, a few spanners and a big hammer and you'll be able to tackle anything. Get some L plates on it. Enjoy it a bit before you sell it. 👍 Take care.

Love the color always fancied one of these

Hope you paid your man well Sheldon, and you did well to fit a hose 🤣

Good to see your getting the engine back up and running properly I know it's cost you a fair bit but at least you can work on it not like newer cars but owning a classic car is expensive is mum still not happy with you after the live stream you did 😂🤣 but at least you still have a mum who cares about you mate

Abit of good luck for a change 🤗👍🇮🇪

Great Achievement.

Not good practice to use a screwdriver to tighten jubilee clips. They tend to slip and wear the screw slot. A wrench or socket (most current ones tend to be 7mm) avoids slippage and makes for a tighter clip.

In all your car spares, you wouldn’t have a spare V8 engine, the P6 we have been doing up has a cracked block!

Its rocking around the clock😅

A job well done 👍

Parcel tape brown.

Your neighbour is probably disappointed that he can't report you to the cops for the proceeds of drugs.,,. 😞😄

Pretty sure that expansion hose from the radiator shouldn’t be going to the inlet manifold! Should not that vacuum outlet go to the distributor advance mechanism?

Need to straighten the reg plate

Have you shimmed the rocker shaft posts to ensure correct tappet/valve clearances. Were there any shims when you previously removed the rocker shafts ? Incorrect clearance may have caused your previous tappet problem

Sounds great. BTW what temperature thermostat does it have? It seemed the water was circulating in the radiator pretty quickly after start up.

Does it have a thermostat fitted. The water seemed to circulate very quick from cold.

Engine running very sweet Sheldon

run it on waterless coolant