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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 5 лет назад +48

    this 50 yr old video explained it all better than what they show on tv today!

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      A fair bit of what he said doesn't apply now ;)

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 5 лет назад

      @@millomweb such as???...

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      @@fidelcatsro6948 Checking fluid levels as often, replacing coolant annually

  • @appalachiahiker853
    @appalachiahiker853 5 лет назад +26

    Tony Bastable is the man!

  • @therealbettyswollocks
    @therealbettyswollocks 5 лет назад +6

    I see Tony Bastable, I click to watch no matter how dull the content.

  • @MM0SDK
    @MM0SDK 5 лет назад +8

    Tony Bastable only lived to 62, died of emphysema in 2007. RIP Tony.

  • @stuartlever6807
    @stuartlever6807 5 лет назад +12

    No nonsense presentation from Tony again. He was the best

  • @kieranwhite6647
    @kieranwhite6647 5 лет назад +5

    I see Tony Bastable, I click 'Like'

  • @gbshahaq
    @gbshahaq 5 лет назад +9

    Still sound advice 46 years later - wish they still made TV like this...

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      TBH, I've never changed coolant once a year ! If it doesn't need topping up, leave well alone !

  • @Smithy67
    @Smithy67 5 лет назад +10

    Love the turtleneck / green velour combo

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 5 лет назад +1

      My Mrs would actually like me to dress like that. She bought me a velvet jacket and thinks I should get a grey turtleneck. I have no idea why I'm telling you though haha!

    • @gaygambler
      @gaygambler 5 лет назад

      Action slacks 😂 it’s original partridge

  • @RickP2012
    @RickP2012 5 лет назад +12

    So ITV went from this to Love Island in less than 50 years. I wonder what TV will look like in another 50 years? Maybe an hour of a man dribbling.

  • @wyb80
    @wyb80 5 лет назад

    What an extremely clear and concise explanation...this guy would make a great teacher 👌🏽

  • @michaelcaldwell3709
    @michaelcaldwell3709 5 лет назад +8

    That was really cool man.

  • @robertbarker5981
    @robertbarker5981 5 лет назад +3

    He is amazing

  • @volvo480
    @volvo480 5 лет назад +5

    Nice instructional video on how to maintain a 1970s car by the late Tony Bastable. Never knew some cars were using methanol as coolant antifreeze.

    • @capriracer351
      @capriracer351 5 лет назад +3

      Methanol was the most common anti-freeze before the advent of Ethylene Glycol based coolants. It worked very well, but was corrosive and as Tony Bastable said, it evaporated.

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 5 лет назад +1

      @@capriracer351 and also when you drank it to whet your whistle on long journeys you could go blind.

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      1970s ? I'd have gone for more 1960s !

  • @saintfunny
    @saintfunny 5 лет назад +5

    I have a mental picture of Bastable ragging his car away from the studio after filming this.

  • @LuisGonzalez-pw7rl
    @LuisGonzalez-pw7rl 5 лет назад +3

    Amazing!! Thanks THAMES TV...

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 5 лет назад +3

      still super relevant 50 yrs later in todays engine!

  • @spankysmp
    @spankysmp 5 лет назад +7

    Another serious piece from Bastable. Do you think any of this still stands? I don't do any of this - I only do it when my car breaks down!

    • @volvo480
      @volvo480 5 лет назад +4

      I always check oil and coolant regularly. But then again, I am driving a 25 year old car.

    • @brunster64
      @brunster64 5 лет назад +4

      My car’s only 4 years old but I check oil and fluid weekly. I guess it’s the legacy of having had older cars and never fully trusting modern ones. I check belts I can see about monthly.

    • @spankysmp
      @spankysmp 5 лет назад +3

      @@volvo480 Good point I guess, I did used to check my car (1992 Panda) before long-ish trips and spare water in the back. It's currently sat on the drive waiting for an MOT.

    • @cjmillsnun
      @cjmillsnun 5 лет назад +4

      Yes. Most of it still applies. The same pump assisted thermosiphon systems are still in use to this day, along with rubber hoses that crack and perish, wax thermostats (although some are electric) and we still use a mix of antifreeze and water as coolant.

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      @@brunster64 OK, so how often do you actually have to top them up ?

  • @millomweb
    @millomweb 5 лет назад

    Even the channel/station/broadcaster intro does it for me.
    ....Teddington Lock & Hughie Green - what's 'knocking'?

  • @jamescaley9942
    @jamescaley9942 5 лет назад +2

    Many modern cars don't even have a temperature gauge. Plenty of other unnecessary crap, but not a temperature gauge.

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      My bro's Audi has a digital temperature gauge in an analogue style ! I bet your new Audi has the same thing.

  • @do-beebrothers2550
    @do-beebrothers2550 5 лет назад

    Cooling systems are really cool

  • @PeterSmith-ls7ut
    @PeterSmith-ls7ut 5 лет назад +8

    We don't get anything like this anymore. We just get crappy Mike brewer, who knows sod all about the mechanics on vehicles.

  • @roconnor01
    @roconnor01 5 лет назад +3

    God,if only it was this simple today,you can't pump your tyres up these days without the intervention of a computer.

  • @volvos60bloke
    @volvos60bloke 5 лет назад +1

    Is this bloke who Alan Partridge is based on?

  • @pcno2832
    @pcno2832 5 лет назад +1

    4:00 This guy reminds me of one of my old gym or shop teachers; he's scolding us in advance for all of the stupid things he anticipates us doing. It's useful information, althouhg today's cars require a lot less maintenance than 1973 models.

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 5 лет назад

      my BMW doesn't even have a temp gauge. Can't say I like that v much but get used to it.

  • @390h8er
    @390h8er 5 лет назад

    Was that an 'A series' engine Tony was explaining the cutaway points of?

  • @alangarner4095
    @alangarner4095 5 лет назад

    Why don’t they make a tv show like that nowadays. You can easily pickup tips on how your car should work and then we would be able to make a bit more sense of what the garage is telling us . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @springbrucesteen
    @springbrucesteen 5 лет назад +2

    Yeah , I’m always concerned about water cooling , keeps me awake at night

  • @alisonwilliams4862
    @alisonwilliams4862 5 лет назад +1

    Check the coolant level once a day? I do it about once every 6 months! 😃

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 5 лет назад

      well that's a modern car, they hardly lose any - so amazing.

    • @alisonwilliams4862
      @alisonwilliams4862 5 лет назад

      @@pigknickers2975 True.... I've had my car for just over a year and only now is the level a bit low. I don't know how much was already in it when I got it though.

  • @jamesclarkson3009
    @jamesclarkson3009 5 лет назад

    Aaahhhh the good old days

  • @MM0SDK
    @MM0SDK 5 лет назад +2

    No heater matrix? Must be cold on winter mornings driving that demo engine.

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 5 лет назад

      heater matrix being quite a luxury until the late 60s

  • @leenevin8451
    @leenevin8451 Год назад

    is he a mechanic ?? wow!

  • @charitycharity3316
    @charitycharity3316 5 лет назад

    Good video nice and good quality but could you imagine the drivers today check coolant daily lol

  • @MrCatalina31768
    @MrCatalina31768 5 лет назад

    Was he the school teacher in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

  • @bonkeydollocks1879
    @bonkeydollocks1879 5 лет назад

    The fan Forcing air away from the block? No it draws air through the radiator

  • @56v12cylinder
    @56v12cylinder 5 лет назад

    "expansion bottle."....LOL

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      @@TomAlter1000 I've seen glass screen wash bottles too !

  • @phil955i
    @phil955i 4 года назад

    No methanol coolant these days but there is still the choice of ethylene glycol & now OAT, get it wrong & it could cost you dear.

  • @bonkeydollocks1879
    @bonkeydollocks1879 5 лет назад

    Cold water into a hot engine will warp the head? No, it will crack the block

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 5 лет назад

      quite, and tbh if you put a bit in the rad it will heat before it reaches the engine. Thought that was slightly pedantic advice - try and find warm water!!

    • @bonkeydollocks1879
      @bonkeydollocks1879 5 лет назад +1

      @@pigknickers2975 it was a different world (and better)

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 5 лет назад

      @@bonkeydollocks1879 don't disagree, we are all watching it for the same sorts of reasons

  • @Avrelivs_Gold
    @Avrelivs_Gold 5 лет назад +4

    "oh look white men mansplaining again" lol

  • @buzzofftoxicblog791
    @buzzofftoxicblog791 5 лет назад

    😃Get to know the 2019 ici old tecknolgy TOXIC car what are toxic selling to us no in the 21st century duuuu 🚗🙄😳🌍#buzzofftoxic

  • @bigears4426
    @bigears4426 5 лет назад

    England never worked out how to cool cars , they all boiled

  • @neychev
    @neychev 5 лет назад +3

    Just another reason why electric cars are better

    • @volvo480
      @volvo480 5 лет назад +4

      Why, because batteries in an electric car don't need heating or cooling? I have news for you: they do. 😊

    • @Witheredgoogie
      @Witheredgoogie 5 лет назад +1

      From this clip you can an engine adapts to the outside temperatures, in winter in zero temperatures an electric car will lose some capacity and take longer to charge, especially with extra other demands on the electric network.

    • @sequentialtt0415
      @sequentialtt0415 5 лет назад +2

      Tell me if your electrical appliances wouldn't catch on fire once it malfunctions.

    • @gutworm686
      @gutworm686 5 лет назад +2

      Until they hit around 100,000 miles and then the very expensive batteries that use very precious resources need replaced. And they’re soulless and pathetic.

    • @neychev
      @neychev 5 лет назад +2

      @@gutworm686 is producing excess heat and noise polluting what gives an ICE car its soul?