TYING UP LOOSE ENDS - THE ABANDONED 1975 VAUXHALL VIVA HC DRIVEWAY BUILD CONTINUES

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  • @staceymicheals5909
    @staceymicheals5909 Год назад +2

    Thank you good to see you....Steve😊

  • @paultaylor9652
    @paultaylor9652 Год назад +5

    The bracket on the exhaust is for a piece of flexi aluminum tube which draws warmer air just after the engine is started in the cold. It should also work of a vacuum, a pipe that connects to the front of the air box which works a flap inside of the intake. Hope this helps, keep up with the great video, takes me back to being a child in the 1970's 😢.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      Thank you mate, thanks for the info, glad you like the vids 👍

  • @BigDave1965
    @BigDave1965 Год назад +17

    Originally fitted air box had to be manually moved to winter / summer setting by moving the pipe towards the exhaust manifold for winter and towards the grill for summer. That airbox fitted to the later Viva and Chevette's used vacuum line from that diaphragm to the inlet manifold to change it over , there's a valve inside the air box must have a bi metal strip in it

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Ah right, thanks very much for the info mate! 👍

    • @BigDave1965
      @BigDave1965 Год назад +3

      @@RetroRebuild your welcome love your Sunday videos

  • @brianwillson9567
    @brianwillson9567 Год назад +9

    Congrats on the extra subs. Two weeks in Egypt and two weeks in hospital with the leg broken in Egypt has left me rather adrift of the hc restoration. Your witty comments and a little viva being made well again is more uplifting than anything the doctors do.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Thank you mate, hope you are on the mend now! 👍

  • @Boppa1260
    @Boppa1260 Год назад +4

    4k very well done.🍻🎉

  • @thebarleymow
    @thebarleymow Год назад +2

    She’s getting there Steve. Keep at her!

  • @nickwarren9673
    @nickwarren9673 Год назад +2

    Love watching these. When they drop on a Sunday it's a brew, Knopper bar (other bars are available) and enjoy.

  • @stevenjones19-m8i
    @stevenjones19-m8i Год назад +3

    Hello,nice progress on the Viva few parts to put on the car, brilliant news on the subs Steve you deserve it with the work involved.

  • @zambam3
    @zambam3 Год назад +3

    The Viva fires up great now! And yes, luckily I have a sense of humour.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +2

      She does mate doesn't she! 😄 👍

  • @Marshal_6
    @Marshal_6 Год назад +2

    Even though my last car to have a manual choke was replaced in 1982, I still knew exactly what you were going to do with your left hand @ 1`00"

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      😃 when I've been messing about with the Viva for a while, I normally end up attempting to pull out and imaginary choke on my daily car 😆

    • @Marshal_6
      @Marshal_6 Год назад +1

      But I'd love to know how a car with a 3 bearing crank can be superior to something that had 5 crankshaft bearings...😉

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      @@Marshal_6 😄👍

  • @TheJackSampson
    @TheJackSampson Год назад +3

    Well done on the subscribers xx

  • @DarrenBurnham
    @DarrenBurnham Год назад +3

    Getting closed to completion. This journey has been great! What's next? Love your channel!

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +2

      Thank you mate appreciate it, glad you like the channel, there's a few ideas that I have that all depend on me finding a new house with more land, for now I think I'll look for another project to have a long side the viva, I shouldn't tho I haven't got the space 😆 there's loads of cars I want budget depending, but I'm always looking for something interesting and cheap 😆 any suggestions?

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад +1

      ​@@RetroRebuild I would love to see the green estate to reach the podium, its body seems sound.
      Hopefully, we can source the absent engine ancillaries.
      I wasn't sure whether it was the previous 1159cc engine, or whether it was manual of transmission.
      Only late 1159cc were GM Strasbourg, early models were BW#35.
      Look forward to further developments 😊

  • @micktuck5377
    @micktuck5377 Год назад +3

    Flange on exhaust manifold is warm air intake to air filter, uses alloy ducting pipe. Congrats on 4k subs Steve👏🏻
    Top man, top channel keep up the good work and smiles

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Thank you mate! and thanks for the info, will do! 👍

  • @claytonspeedcars
    @claytonspeedcars Год назад +2

    Take a drive down to me and I'll weld you up a new exhaust! Excellent vid as always !

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      Thank you mate 👍, that would make a great vid if I had the time, I may hold you to that one day 😃

  • @mickspencer4171
    @mickspencer4171 Год назад +3

    Congrats on over 4k subs mate, the bracket on the manifold was for a piece of tube to take hot air into the engine when its cold, the other littler tube underneath the air filter was for a pipe from the carb to open the flap inside the air filter, great vid Steve, keep em coming mate.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      Thank you mate, thanks for the info 👍

  • @weldhard996
    @weldhard996 Год назад +5

    The fitting above te manifold is for a foil & card ducting for hot air from manifold in to filter box for cold weather to heat the air entering in to carbon.

  • @jonathanjenkins9583
    @jonathanjenkins9583 Год назад +2

    Congrats on 4000 subs!!

  • @dreamofstorms
    @dreamofstorms Год назад +3

    Well done on the subs mate, thoroughly deserved for a great channel.

  • @TheHorsebox2
    @TheHorsebox2 Год назад +3

    Yesss... getting better all the time!
    Very satisfying seeing the air filter fitted.
    God, I have nothing going on...😔

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      😀Thank you very much mate! Quite a few people have been asking for the air filter to go on, so you're not alone! 😀

  • @kevinnye5132
    @kevinnye5132 Год назад +3

    That exhaust repair reminds me of the Bean tin and plenty of Gum Gum trick my dad used many a time 😁 Ofc with the biggest jubilee clips you could buy 👌🏻.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +3

      🤣 Its the same principle - I've done that before aswell 😀

    • @stevehill4615
      @stevehill4615 Год назад +2

      ​@@RetroRebuild should've used a Red Bull can as it's a "proper" go faster mod (worth at least 0.0003 mph on top speed) coz as everyone knows "red bull gives you wiiings" --- lol

  • @andyarmstrong1493
    @andyarmstrong1493 Год назад +4

    Well deserved on the 4,000+ subs! Best air filter fitting that I've seen all day. Keep up the great work and here's to 10,000.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +2

      Thank you mate, appreciate it! Best air filter vid on RUclips by far! 🤣

  • @neill4133
    @neill4133 Год назад +2

    Warmer days will soon be here! Can you put a pancake air filter on and richer the mixture so it sounds like twin 45 Weber’s? Maybes like 😂 Great videos, keep it up mate 👍🏼

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      That sounds like something I'll try 😃 always fancied one of them pancake filters! Thank you mate appreciate it, will do 👍

  • @gerardcarson2779
    @gerardcarson2779 Год назад +5

    You've made great progress! There used to be a short length of what looked like aluminium "concertina" type hose that ran up from that bracket on the outlet manifold and up to the that other bracket/hole on the air inlet. It acted to pre-heat the air entering the carb.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Thank you mate, appreciate it! Thanks for the info 👍

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад

      We in NZ only ever knew it has a preheat hose, in the end I clamped mine to the snorkle end only with a clip, left the manifold end loose with constant engine movement.
      The earlier hose would sometime work loose and disappear.
      Thanks for raising the bi- metal strip, would have nearly forgotten about it.❤

  • @Mitch-Hendren
    @Mitch-Hendren Год назад +5

    Morning Steve.
    Youre missing a couple of bits. A flexible corrugated hose from the air filter" flappy thing" to the "round thing over exhaust " ( love your description for parts ) 😉
    Pre heats air in winter stops carburettor icing.. and a bracket from the sump that keeps your clutch cable in place and stops it melting . Youre nearly there for your big adventure on the roads.
    Congratulations on 4k . You deserve every single one. Think there was about 40 of us when i subbed.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Hi mate, thank you very much to one of my O.G's! and thanks for the info, I know what I'm looking for now 👍

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад

      Looks like the missing bits are airbox mounting bolts ( incorporated spaces ) one each (2), preheat hose & clamp under aircleaner ( I think you call them jubilee clips in uk ), not sure now whether the RHD clutch cable has any securing device.
      I remember the LHD slant 4 was problematic at least for vauxhall to export to canada 🇨🇦 and Benelux countries with engine over to the left.
      Look forward to the end result.😂

  • @nadimatteeque4028
    @nadimatteeque4028 Год назад +2

    Another great video my friend. You are going to go from strength to strength with new subscribers. Unlike some of the other channels yours is genuine and honest, plus you are yourself and you are not trying to be someone you aren't. Keep it up.

  • @keithvers569
    @keithvers569 Год назад +4

    That manifold preheats the intake air going into the engine when the engine is cold

  • @michaelwaite6725
    @michaelwaite6725 Год назад +2

    Well done on 4000 subscribers , the old viva coming along well 👍

  • @Jim_M_75
    @Jim_M_75 Год назад +3

    Good job Steve, as Geoff said it's a warm air intake for winter weather. Bit of bendy metal pipe between the manifold and the air cleaner, looks like a mini flue pipe haha. Would have had a vaccum pipe to the bottom on the diaphram to open the flap once the engine heats up.
    Need to get yourself a welder for going forwards mate, could have buzzed that exhaust up in two mins, anywho, cheers for the upload and grazt on 4k subs mate.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Thank you mate 👍 I do have a welder packed away somewhere ready for when I eventually move

  • @rickydub6950
    @rickydub6950 Год назад +2

    Congrats on the 4k 🥳 another enjoyable update 🙂 exhausts on the driveway are a nightmare! Echoing the nightshift safety warning 😁

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Thank you very much mate! 👍 I enjoy working on the car on the drive when the weather is ok, but I dream of having a 4 poster lift one day! I also dream of getting off nightshift one day! 🤣

    • @BigDave1965
      @BigDave1965 Год назад +3

      I did dark days for years hard work switching back to days after two weeks. I remember a guy who got that fed up of people ringing up in the day and waking him up he would search for ads in the Echo and rig them up at 4am and ask is the Everton top still for sale? 😂

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      @@BigDave1965 😆

  • @peterdyer477
    @peterdyer477 Год назад +2

    well done steve with over 4k subs viva las vegas.

  • @RobsSierraCosworth
    @RobsSierraCosworth Год назад +2

    Thank you for another great video, the pipe on the air filter pointing down should have another pipe that fits onto the pipe on top of the exhaust manifold, it is for summer and winter setting the little lever on the air filter switches it from front intake (summer) to bottom exhaust manifold (winter. Try putting exhaust past on that new short nice and shiny pipe.😎

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      Thank you mate! Thanks for the info and yes I'm going to get myself some paste 👍

  • @leebeech6407
    @leebeech6407 Год назад +2

    I Always replace the fuel lines, AA man warned me they often get called out to split and leaky fuel lines on classic cars because they perish.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      I've replaced all the other lines, those were the last 2 bits, I've heard of way to many classic cars burning to the ground because of the little bit of fuel line to the Carb splitting and leaking onto the manifold, so better safe than sorry 👍

  • @lennyh500
    @lennyh500 Год назад +3

    "This bit" is for a pre heater for the carbie, else it may ice up. Need a tube connecting the 2 - one day. Getting there, ay lad!😀

  • @SharpblueCreative
    @SharpblueCreative Год назад +3

    Watching this on the same day as Shmee150 posts a a video of Freddie Tavarish whose just picked up a flood damaged McLaren P1. You know what - for me it’s the Viva all the way - they are even the same colour.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      Sounds like a posh channel that , stick with mine, 😄 same here mate viva all the way, the old school cars of the working class! 👍

  • @richardhaywood4123
    @richardhaywood4123 Год назад +3

    There's meant to be a bracket bolted to the sump bolts to keep the clutch cable from melting on the exhaust manifold.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      Thanks for the info mate, I'm on the hunt for one now 👍

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад

      ​@@RetroRebuild maybe two different types, the other for slant 4 engine transmission (RHD), when searching with a third party, specify Ohv 😮

  • @AdmiralDG
    @AdmiralDG Год назад +2

    Try using exhaust repair "putty" or the gooey tape under your sleeve clamps, can help make a better seal! Bear in mind they are both cheapo temporary type fixes, but everything is temporary until its not ;P

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      I'm going to use some putty mate 👍, I like that saying!

    • @AdmiralDG
      @AdmiralDG Год назад +1

      @@RetroRebuild Awesome, cant wait to see if it works for ya! Nothing like unintententional exhaust sound to make your car seem worse than it is :/
      Thanks! Not sure if Im the first to say it, but it sounds good anyway!

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      @AdmiralDG thanks mate, yeah, she does,doesn't she, she's a bit loud when the choke is out all the way with the blow in the exhaust, but has a nice burble when warmed up😃

    • @AdmiralDG
      @AdmiralDG Год назад +1

      @@RetroRebuild The burble is what I like, my truck has a "cherry bomb" muffler on it, sounds mean on the V8 ;D

  • @dave.harmon
    @dave.harmon Год назад +2

    I'd be tempted to get rid of the leaking exhaust silencer.
    You've got 3 on there, you only need 2

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +2

      I'll be doing that eventually 👍

    • @dave.harmon
      @dave.harmon Год назад

      @@RetroRebuild it'll make it sound a bit more fruity, I reckon

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад

      That little one down the end was for Chevettes/Chevanne (1256cc only ) for extra back pressure.
      May have been used on the GLS or Magnum 2300 & mk2 GT.

  • @vernonmatthews181
    @vernonmatthews181 Год назад +1

    The 150 stromberg with thermostatically controlled snorkel was the method of escaping from summer / winter settings of its predecessor.
    The mounting bolts you don't have, will have sleeves acting as spaces, thus not crushing the plastic airbox (AC), I think.
    The paper / tinfoil snorkel hose between chrome manifold shroud ( twin exhaust droppers ) to air cleaner snorkel activates the valve inside the airbox itself.
    This was incommon with manual transmission late HC Viva, Chevette, Chevanne and Beagle.
    The 1256cc with GM auto never made its way to NZ in ckd kits downunder.😂

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад +1

      Steve, I have sent some picks further to clamp(s) to remedy clutch cable / speedo cable via email, hope this helps, Vernon.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      Thanks for the info Vernon I'll check it out 👍

  • @kevinnye5132
    @kevinnye5132 Год назад +1

    4,000 subs 😮 amazing and will expect a bumper commission this quarter bro 😎 for all my hard work 😉

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +2

      Get me another 20k subscribers then we'll talk! 🤣

    • @kevinnye5132
      @kevinnye5132 Год назад

      @@RetroRebuild 😂 ok 👍🏻 but I want endless supply of Knoppers 😀

  • @ianwaters9445
    @ianwaters9445 Год назад +2

    Coming along nicely,cannot wait to see the extended drive/trip out. Congrats on the 4k plus subs

  • @lucythemoggy1970
    @lucythemoggy1970 Год назад +2

    I think that exhaust blow could be the manifold to pipe clamp in the engine bay Steve. My moggy used to be the same. don't buy cheap clamps. spend out on cast iron clamp.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      Yeah manifold is blowing bad mate, I'd love to have a go at making my own exhaust 👍

  • @oldgeezer3269
    @oldgeezer3269 Год назад +2

    I think the air filter has a short bit of pipe from the exhaust manifold to get warm air it you have a thermostat in the air filter that opens and shuts the flap which is work by vacuum that's the small pipe
    Anyway enough waffle Good trumpeting btw 👍👍

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Thank you mate! 🤣 👍

    • @oldgeezer3269
      @oldgeezer3269 Год назад

      @@RetroRebuild when you go for your long drive short drive the theme music has to be Viva Las Vegas 👌

  • @andrewsmith8608
    @andrewsmith8608 Год назад +3

    the nozzle coming off the exhaust manifold is probably for a pipe that runs to the air filter housing - it would provide warm air from the exhaust manifold during the winter months

  • @johngaskell68
    @johngaskell68 Год назад +3

    Congratulations on 4000 subs Steve, very well deserved! I remember when you had a few hundred not so long ago.. Can’t wait for the very anticipated long drive/short drive/ drive down the street 😂
    I can totally relate to your thoughts on working the night shift, I’m 100% with you on that one ..!Looking forward to next Sundays as always 👍🏻❤️

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Thank you mate, appreciate it! I can't wait to take her for a longer drive and I can't wait to get off nightshifts (maybe one day!) 👍

  • @alanwebber7137
    @alanwebber7137 Год назад +2

    There should be a bit of foil duct that goes from the exhaust manifold to the underside of the air intake. It draws warm air to help with running period between the choke being on and off. I don't think it being missing will make any great difference....ap job for another time.

  • @theoriginalwallace
    @theoriginalwallace Год назад +2

    4k subs! Congratulations bud! 🤘🤘🤘

  • @smhorse
    @smhorse Год назад +3

    I've managed to get a couple of people from the Autoshite forum to subscribe to your thread - at least one of them has spotted the Viva on your driveway and remarked how small it looks compared to your neighbour's Mini Maxi 😂

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Ah brilliant mate, thank you, appreciate it 👍, yeah it's tiny compared to the modern stuff

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад

      I have to laugh at how large the old steering wheels were on the HB & HC of old 😂

  • @geordiejohn8103
    @geordiejohn8103 Год назад +4

    Could you do away with that bad section of exhaust and put a straight pipe to the next box, I think you only need one box and a silencer.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      Thats something that definitely will be happening in the future mate 👍

  • @dreammaker730
    @dreammaker730 Год назад +2

    Yep working nights is a balancing act , that normal people don't understand .
    Been doing nights for 18 years .
    I would say it's bad for your health but working in the transport industry all the other jobs seem to involve getting up at 3 or 4am ffs.
    Can't wait to see the long journey in the viva 👍🏻.
    I always wondered , what do you do for a living ?.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +1

      It certainly is mate, that's harsh,18years!! I've been working nights for 15 years, I work in a warehouse depot for a major supermarket

    • @dreammaker730
      @dreammaker730 Год назад +1

      @Retro Rebuild yea I shunt trailers all night for a parcel company , a job only a mad man would do 🤣

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад +1

      One of my male paternal cousins was a night shift forklift operator / supervisor for some thirty-five years downunder in NZ for a freight company, one of three cousins retired well before the age of sixty.

  • @OldspeedJDM
    @OldspeedJDM Год назад +3

    Plan?! There ain’t no plan - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome❤️‍🔥 😂 🏁🔧❤️🤍💙

  • @richardhunter7363
    @richardhunter7363 Год назад +3

    The stub on the exhaust shield should have a flexy pipe going to the airbox - a lever on the airbox could be moved to change the air inlet from the shield (winter) to the front of the airbox (summer)

  • @ecc84
    @ecc84 Год назад +2

    You could always repair the exhaust like they did in the day with an empty tin of Kit e Kat lol

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      😆 I've done that repair back in the day, with a baked bean tin tho 😆

  • @Unfunny_Username_389
    @Unfunny_Username_389 Год назад +2

    We had one of these - me dad bought it new, JBF 207N. Dark metallic green. Didn't keep it long though. He bought a mkII Escort - an R reg (new, I think). Put 170k on that b*st*rd. Can't remember why he flogged the Viva, but it was something to do with vibration, which the dealer couldn't cure but did admit that the car wasn't right. Iirc it was something that happened on some Vivas and not others. There was a fix - but it didn't really work. So yeah he punted it on.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +2

      😃 sounds like great memories mate 👍

  • @jetblack5115
    @jetblack5115 Год назад +1

    The pipe on the manifold is for warm start it really helps on cold days the engine runs alot better with the exhaust fitted correct...

  • @lucythemoggy1970
    @lucythemoggy1970 Год назад +1

    Steve, I think that little tube on air filter box, is for a vacuum pipe perhaps?

  • @oldjaaag9804
    @oldjaaag9804 Год назад +2

    4000 + subscribers well earned mate

  • @hoggmotorsport
    @hoggmotorsport Год назад +3

    Alreet mate!! Congrats on the 4k subs 🎉 you're missing the proper bolts to fit the filter. They should be a longer bolt with a shoulder on that stops it squashing and go all the way through the air box. As the other comments ref warm air ducting and clutch cable bracket. Soon be time for the maiden voyage!!
    Not sure about being better looking than an Escort though 🤣🤣🤣

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад +2

      Alright mate! Thank you! I'll have a look through my box of bits to see if I've got the proper bolts. Thanks for not taking the comment seriously I was expecting a lot more backlash from that! 🤣🤣

    • @vernonmatthews181
      @vernonmatthews181 Год назад +1

      I remember those bolts well ( w/spacer ), just don't tighten them up too tight 😅

  • @Saaketti
    @Saaketti Год назад +2

    Is the exhaust manifold flange that 6 bolt type ? Do not overtighten them. Take it all apart. Skimm the both flanges and put them back with either new seal or just exhaust paste. Paste will work very nice when both flanges are skimmed. I've done that to the older HB hi flow manifold that has 4 bolts and twin pipes. There I had to make my own downpipe flange.

    • @RetroRebuild
      @RetroRebuild  Год назад

      It is mate, I think I will put some paste in there 👍

  • @kevinnye5132
    @kevinnye5132 Год назад +4

    By just commenting am sending your RUclips algorithm into orbit 😉

  • @Hoolie2899
    @Hoolie2899 Год назад +1

    A+ for effort.. I'd just said sod it and sold it to a banger racer or the crusher :)

  • @deerawselecta7709
    @deerawselecta7709 Год назад +1

    Vacuum advance pipe goes on airbox I think.

  • @LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise
    @LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise Год назад +2

    🙂 🙂

  • @kevinnye5132
    @kevinnye5132 Год назад +2

    Life in the old girl yet even after 6 days 😂, oh sorry is Viva a Her or Him or Trans 😁, you have to be very WOKE these days not to cause offence 😉, in my day the only Trans was my Transmission 😁, just kidding before I get all the hate mail. Gonna book a front row seat for the maiden first Longggggg trip to the local shop 😂, keep up the good work 👍🏻.