That's the best thing to do Martin , I have the wife constantly giving me down the ear lug about something or nothing.The longer the ear plug is lodged in, the better!
Wow these videos are coming thick and fast love it😁 thats why this is one of my favourite channels its an average mans channel for the average man no showing off and no junk 👍
When it comes to seized in screws or rounded off Pozi's i use a screw extractor or slice across with a Dremel so i can get it out with a flat head screwdriver
I did the oil change on me upstairs neighbours MK4 saloon, he got it up in the air on stands and I turns up with me magic tool for the filter... 2 pound club hammer and a hammer thru screwdriver, he's put the flush in before hand and given it a good hard drive round the lanes, so up in the air, drain plug and fill cap off, oil was blacker than a Tory's heart so whilst waiting for the short strokes on the dripping of the oil, I went round with me WD40 and did all his connector plugs, mounts and whatnot. Gets underneath, puts the hammer thru up against a flat on the filter, tappety tap tap, straight thru and spun the filter off, smeared up the new one, new filter on nice and snug, drain plug cleaned and back in, dropped the beast to get a level and measured in the required amount of what he paid for quite expensive synthetic stuff from Comma (I used to live near their factory in Gravesend lol) and job done. Fill level on the nose, engine sounds like new and took more time jacking up and down than actually anything else.
looking forward seeing the rest of the work on this, when i had a clio with side skirts i decided to take them off and clean out all the crap behind. you'd be surprised how much mud is caught in them. and can cause rust to start along the sills
I'm looking forward to the car project video series .I like the way your taking us through the process of how much Astra cost and what jobs you've planned on the car . Rite the way up to selling the vehicle and the total spent on part's and profit made, even though Sharon has claimed it for herself 😂😂
Yes, we got that Ron but it's not matching up on the paint swatches for that colour. That's why i've taken the wing off to have the light colour gun scan it to get an exact match.
@@retrorestore The base Astra shells were transported to Bertone who converted, painted and built them. It meant that whilst the colours were similar to the main factory cars, as Bertone had their own batches of paints made for their own factory line - their shade variant doesn't show up on the usual schemes. 👍
Hi Martin did wounder what the white tissue was in your ear lol I thought you had a bad ear. There's always a screw hiding and a screw that won't come out sod law lol hope that crankshaft bolt ist too tight to undo when you do the cam belt sore knuckles when it makes you think it won't undo and then it suddenly dose hit fingers on something sharp lol you do make my day with your videos Martin and your humour nice one 👍
On some old cars I had, it would have a steel spare wheel which needed different wheel bolts. Worth checking, although mine usually had aftermarket alloys.....may be why it has 4 bolts sitting
I always chuck the locking wheel nuts in the bin as I have had to many problems trying to get broken ones out. If I owned a Bentley then I would probably keep them on 😂
Hi martin. I absolutely love your videos. Yours and project mans relationship is similar to mine and my fathers. I don’t get to do so much with him nowadays so it makes me smile seeing you both together and having a laugh. Much love to family hope your keeping well. Also love butlers empire vlog videos! Cheers 🍻
Its a special Astra to me,its called the Astra G bertone here in Europe. Very rare and still looks good! puts a smile on my face. i would reccomend putting bosch aerotwin wiper blades on the Astra :D Love the videos,keep up the good work :D
Hi Martin, Maybe an idea might be to protect that metal post so you do not damage the drivers door. Maybe a noodle {not the Italian kind) or and old piece of carpet. The advantage is not only will it stop the drivers door being damaged but you can lean the door against it getting out.
You need to invest in a set of cobalt drill bits. They'll go through a stainless steel screw or bolt that a regular drill just dulls on. A little pricey but a lifesaver.
Honestly would love for you to come and fix my partners zafira, it was his brothers who passed last year to covid, and the garage have literally ruined it, the timings way out, overfueling an misfiring,, please help lol
my brother has had loads of astra and we found there was 5 different shades of star silver he had one just like that one but was hard top with leather seats and 2.2 engine still bertone and irmisher tho anyway unless i missed something whats with the tissue in the ear lol
@@retrorestore cheers Martin mines coming up on 100k so wouldn't consider it low miles, but I appreciate that maybe with some TLC and a second hand bumper I can squeeze a few quid more from it 👍
Will it be worth your time for me to send you a Rear spring off my crf250r for Powder coating all cost payed and for it to be sent back done may be good Content ?? Not shore how to arrange this ?
I put the tissue in my ear to stop crap dropping in my ear when I was laying under drilling that lower screw out but I forgot to remove it lol
Pardon. 🙂
Oh, I thought it was a bit more of your ingenuity and you had converted your ear to a paper towel dispenser for convenience.😜
Glad you answered that , I thought has he cut his ear shaving or summit. Lol 👍
That's the best thing to do Martin , I have the wife constantly giving me down the ear lug about something or nothing.The longer the ear plug is lodged in, the better!
Lol, I'll say it made the video!, what we got next time something up the nose?!!!!!!
Another great video martin the black bottle thing is a CHARCOAL CANISTER / FUEL VAPOUR FILTER.
Wow these videos are coming thick and fast love it😁 thats why this is one of my favourite channels its an average mans channel for the average man no showing off and no junk 👍
Glad you like them!
Got the whole family watching your vlogs now, we absolutely luv them. Keep up the fantastic work with this channel and Butler's Empire.
Awesome! Thank you!
Martin you seem to have a strange white thing sticking out your ear 😂 great video.
When it comes to seized in screws or rounded off Pozi's i use a screw extractor or slice across with a Dremel so i can get it out with a flat head screwdriver
You wouldn't get a screw extractor in these, The dremmel was on standby Michael.
Love you working on a car again. It's an adventure of discovery as you remove bits. It's amazing how quickly the 14 minutes pass by...
So true!
You'll need to find your blanket for when you tackle those springs Martin!
Haha, exactly lol
I did the oil change on me upstairs neighbours MK4 saloon, he got it up in the air on stands and I turns up with me magic tool for the filter... 2 pound club hammer and a hammer thru screwdriver, he's put the flush in before hand and given it a good hard drive round the lanes, so up in the air, drain plug and fill cap off, oil was blacker than a Tory's heart so whilst waiting for the short strokes on the dripping of the oil, I went round with me WD40 and did all his connector plugs, mounts and whatnot. Gets underneath, puts the hammer thru up against a flat on the filter, tappety tap tap, straight thru and spun the filter off, smeared up the new one, new filter on nice and snug, drain plug cleaned and back in, dropped the beast to get a level and measured in the required amount of what he paid for quite expensive synthetic stuff from Comma (I used to live near their factory in Gravesend lol) and job done. Fill level on the nose, engine sounds like new and took more time jacking up and down than actually anything else.
looking forward seeing the rest of the work on this, when i had a clio with side skirts i decided to take them off and clean out all the crap behind. you'd be surprised how much mud is caught in them. and can cause rust to start along the sills
Lovely motor Martin. Sure you knew rightly that herself would claim it once she saw it 🤣🤣 unbelievable 😂😂
🤭 I did have an idea Tom lol
Yet another great video Martin thumbs up buddy 👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Gotta catch uo with your vids Martin, missed some nice jobs grtzz Charles
Welcome back!
Brilliant Martini love these type of videos it encourages me to crack on with the jobs on my van, I'm defiantly getting one of those wrenches.
Excellent start to your Astra project. Enjoy the sensible, no B.S way you tackle jobs.
Much appreciated!
Good to see you back on the cars bud 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Loving the new ear defenders martin lol 🤣😂
Good idea Martin putting tissue in your ear stopping crap from dropping in.
Yes Dave, i've had it before and its a nightmare.
I'm looking forward to the car project video series .I like the way your taking us through the process of how much Astra cost and what jobs you've planned on the car . Rite the way up to selling the vehicle and the total spent on part's and profit made, even though Sharon has claimed it for herself 😂😂
That's the plan Gaz
Hi martin
vauxhall paint code 4AU silver lightning metallic from 2003 to 2011
another great vid keep em coming
Yes, we got that Ron but it's not matching up on the paint swatches for that colour. That's why i've taken the wing off to have the light colour gun scan it to get an exact match.
@@retrorestore maybe had a respray.
@@retrorestore The base Astra shells were transported to Bertone who converted, painted and built them. It meant that whilst the colours were similar to the main factory cars, as Bertone had their own batches of paints made for their own factory line - their shade variant doesn't show up on the usual schemes. 👍
Ant Anstead and Mike Brewer eat your heart out. I remember that video of WD you did with Jimmy. Very funny.
Hi Martin did wounder what the white tissue was in your ear lol I thought you had a bad ear. There's always a screw hiding and a screw that won't come out sod law lol hope that crankshaft bolt ist too tight to undo when you do the cam belt sore knuckles when it makes you think it won't undo and then it suddenly dose hit fingers on something sharp lol you do make my day with your videos Martin and your humour nice one 👍
Thanks bud, yes, so do I lol they can be tight.
On some old cars I had, it would have a steel spare wheel which needed different wheel bolts. Worth checking, although mine usually had aftermarket alloys.....may be why it has 4 bolts sitting
Thank you Martin I love watching your car repair videos can’t wait for more I am from South Africa
Good see back doing car m8
I always chuck the locking wheel nuts in the bin as I have had to many problems trying to get broken ones out. If I owned a Bentley then I would probably keep them on 😂
Another great video Martin 👍🏻 superb channel.
Thanks 👍
A little hint Martini cut a slot in the torx screw with a dremel and is a flat head screwdriver
I know all that Davie, The dremmel was the next stage
Hi Martin those wheel nuts are for the steel wheel spare . It would be great to get all the parts blasted on the car subframe etc alot of work tho 👍👍
I'm treating this car as a flip car for the video to keep the cost down but I may revisit that in the future as we are keeping the car.
Hi martin. I absolutely love your videos. Yours and project mans relationship is similar to mine and my fathers. I don’t get to do so much with him nowadays so it makes me smile seeing you both together and having a laugh. Much love to family hope your keeping well. Also love butlers empire vlog videos! Cheers 🍻
Thanks Harry.
Its a special Astra to me,its called the Astra G bertone here in Europe.
Very rare and still looks good! puts a smile on my face.
i would reccomend putting bosch aerotwin wiper blades on the Astra :D
Love the videos,keep up the good work :D
Thanks for the info!
Another class video 📹 once again huge respect and salutes fi Edinburgh Scotland 🏴
Great vid. Had to check the comments as thought you had some kind of funky new white ear piece😊👍
😁
Black box is a carbon canister. For fuel evap. system.
Always one bolt. Look at the dewalt drill bits they have a centre bit. Amazing buddy 👍🏻👍🏻. Were do you get your ear plugs from 🤔🤔😂
Thanks John👍
got some thing sticking out ya ear ahahahhaha, great vid martin, BIG THUMBS UP
Good Work Martin. NYC
Many thanks!
Martin the Black box is for your emissions.
Thoughtful of Vauxhall to provide that, but an air freshener will take care of most farts.😜
Hi Martin, Maybe an idea might be to protect that metal post so you do not damage the drivers door. Maybe a noodle {not the Italian kind) or and old piece of carpet. The advantage is not only will it stop the drivers door being damaged but you can lean the door against it getting out.
I'll be revamping the car port, that's a good idea Nigel.
Martin
Great video mate I have mised you working on cars mate
Phil in stoke
Thanks Phil👍
Get Jimmy on that wing he will sort it out for you
good work Martin.looking forward to more of the same.
Great work and thanks for sharing this with us take care
Nice strip down martin id get some wd on them strut bolts and i like that ratchet cool lol..
You need to invest in a set of cobalt drill bits. They'll go through a stainless steel screw or bolt that a regular drill just dulls on. A little pricey but a lifesaver.
Thanks for the tip Jon.
Very nice car looking forward to seeing more videos.
Nice work there, catch you in the next one.
Thanks 👍
Martin someone is breaking the exact car on FB. I believe it's Vauxhall UK group.
very interesting martin
Glad you enjoyed it
@@retrorestore anything from the butler studios is much appreciated
Nice motor Martin and looking forward to the next video. Do you and Bert still have your st's. 👍
Yes bud, we do.
The sill cover at the front is held in with a posi self tapper! They are a pain
That looked like a job for young Jimmy (save the old mans back) lol. Would have been worth a fair bit of babysitting😅
I think that’s the charcoal evap canister
Good if you show us some pdr how to.
Lots to do but fantastic video 👌👍
Thanks 👍
Them charcoal canisters are a pain in the back side. Black box behind the wing
Nice car pal really like it
Thanks 👍
Charcoal filter, I kept saying it but you couldn't hear me as you have a hanky in your ear 🤣
Haha, is that what it was.
Great Vid Martin 👍
Thanks 👍
Great video again
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice work Martin, will you respray it yourself or get your lad to do it ? 👍
Not sure yet
Mr slim you have stuffing coming out of your left ear !
Have you a video on how to change a drivers door mirror your help wud be much appreciated
No sorry I don't
Honestly would love for you to come and fix my partners zafira, it was his brothers who passed last year to covid, and the garage have literally ruined it, the timings way out, overfueling an misfiring,, please help lol
Great video
Thanks for the visit
another great video martin :)
Thanks Chris👍
Superb
my brother has had loads of astra and we found there was 5 different shades of star silver he had one just like that one but was hard top with leather seats and 2.2 engine still bertone and irmisher tho anyway unless i missed something whats with the tissue in the ear lol
I put it in to stop crap dropping in my ear when I was laying under drilling that lower screw out but I forgot to remove it lol
I’m looking for some wheels what time do you go out 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
You'll be on CCTV lol
I've got one of these but it's got a few dings and scraps with a gash on the bumper, what you reckon it's worth as is Martin
I've heard them go for over £2,000 in good low mileage condition.
@@retrorestore cheers Martin mines coming up on 100k so wouldn't consider it low miles, but I appreciate that maybe with some TLC and a second hand bumper I can squeeze a few quid more from it 👍
That's a great tool. have you a link for it?
Here's what I got amzn.to/3dgdXa0
@@retrorestore Thankyou.
Are you getting new drop links, that one looked like it had lots of play, i'd go for the metal ones as well them plastic ones are crap
Probably, They are not dear.
Had one of these years ago, buletproof thing as well. What happened to the veccy? I'm a few vids behind I think. And hows the ST220?
Still got the Vectra and the ST220 is going great.
There seems to be something in your left ear, might want to check it.
Think it's to stop rust and dirt going into his ear whilst under the arch
Exactly.
Is that in ya ear to stop shite dropping in to it when ya head under the wing 😁
I put it in to stop crap dropping in my ear when I was laying under drilling that lower screw out but I forgot to remove it lol
I bet you don't miss the days of cars having welded on wings and have to drill out all the spot welds just to take it off.
So easy with bolt on wings but they do put some bolts in silly places.
With them shitty torx grind a slit in it then use a flat head screwdriver screw can be reused then
Will it be worth your time for me to send you a Rear spring off my crf250r for Powder coating all cost payed and for it to be sent back done may be good Content ?? Not shore how to arrange this ?
Sorry bud, I don't take on jobs, far to busy with my own stuff.
@@retrorestore ok thanks for getting bk to me 👍🏻
surprisingly not a lot of rust... 400 quid is a bargain...
Carbon canister/EVAP crap that's fitted to cars now
Martin what happened to your ear ? I am from South Africa
I put paper in it when I was laying under the car to stop dirt dropping in my ear but I forgot to take it out lol
Sluggish I’d check the throttle body butterfly being dirty and the intake being dirty.
Those lockers are absolute shite. Good choice to bin
Is that a fiver in your ear? Lol 😂
Best comment !!
Removing dents in Vauxhall’s we can’t help you.
We are experts at putting dents in them though.
Yes you are Jason lol