This reminds me just how many hours you put into that sodding car, which strangely didn't appear on the invoice! What a stress. Beautifully edited again.
I use to love crawling under cars then I got old and now I hate yes hate crawling under anything !!! The gravel in my case hurts a lot these days !!Getting up from those low levels hurts more!! There must be a moral to this not sure what it is but its there without doubt ????? Perhaps the moral to the story is don't mess with old cars or even old stuff for that matter If you take your time or put your time into the senario you are on a losser before you start ?? How sad is that ?? I get deppppressed at times but then I think to my self I love old things old things should have a second chance old stuff has value and is built as things should be built !! These days I just think Fuck it let someone else have all the hassle I think I am getting old I think I am old Perhaps I need a second chance ??? Dont let it get ya down fella just keep trucking stay up not down up eventually works trust me I am a doctors son !! "NOT REALLY" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovely Jubbly, French cars are great in their own way. I have owned many but Citroëns have been the worst for letting water in sadly, great video and personality, I can see why you and Mr HubNut get along so well.
Local police stations will supply and fit those plate screws in Aus and NZ. It was to stop people stealing plates to then steal petrol from service stations
I didn't know that stealing plates was even a thing until last year. My son had his Audi parked outside his workplace and when he came out to use it at lunch time the plates were gone. He texted home to say what had happened and I advised him to contact the police straight away. And, yes, re-plating a vehicle in order to do a pump and bolt was the likely reason. This was in Glen Innes, NSW, so not like it was the western suburbs of Sydney. It's a bit of a shock when you live in a sleepy rural area. Apparently, after pinching the petrol they pull up down the road, dump the stolen plates, and it becomes very hard to catch them. Scum bags.
Awesome. Looking fwd to pt4! I had an ef falcon wagon (the shape before Betty) and the gearbox ecu sent me crazy. Drove 100klm’s in limp mode with the roof lining slowly consuming me. I was picking pieces of foam out my hair and ears for days. Super comfy cruisers though, with crap traction and marginal brakes. Lovely.
Another excellent video on Betty, Think she wanted to stay with her french counterpart. I do not know about number plate theft but my mother in law has a seriel number plate bender, two plates bent on her Mokka recently!
These videos are like watching an episode of Columbo - you know exactly how it ends up and whodunnit, just not quite sure exactly how you are going to get there. Its good to see real world problem solving. And somebody who feels exactly like I do half way through a nightmare job!
ah yes ... i have had the immobilizer leave me stranded twice in my main car (AU ute).. once when i accidently left the lights on and it drained the battery too low, it decided at that moment to immobilize it.. another time it stalled when i started it and then when i tried to restart it was immobilized... i also had it happen on my spare parts car that sat in the back yard for a year... when i went to start it it straight away was immoblized... easiest way to know (as you would know now) is to see what the flashing hand symbol on the dash is doing... if while you turn the key to start it flashed fast then the car is immobilized.. if it is immobilized you need to hook up a scan tool to read the codes, there will be a code for immobilzer listed.. next is to reset the PATS (passive anti-theft system) by reprogramming the keys, use Forscan software and a cheap ELM327 obd2 scan tool
Rich, please don't take this the wrong way. It is intended as constructive criticism (I'm a DIY-er myself). I feel that a scantool and a power probe might've made your diagnosis a bit easier. I did notice an OBD2 port on Betty in a previous video. My first thought on those security screws was to cut a slot with a Dremel (other brands are available) but you managed to get them out in the end so all good. I came for Cecily as one of Ian's many subscribers and I enjoy your content so I'm still here. It is interesting to see the story on how Betty became UK road legal.
It's not OBDII compliant, that's the problem (though it does use the same plug). And even if it was, you wouldn't be able to re-sync the immobiliser with it as OBDII only had to cover the engine-specific fault codes at that time. As for the screws, I did actually wonder why I didn't grind a slot in them when I was editing the vid! Maybe next time...
Even though it's from NZ it was built in aus and the fact you can fit a 6 pack of beer under the armrest for the trip home from work is a way more important bit of engineering than the immobilizer. If you need any bits I'm coming over to wales soon, I can pick them up off the road on the way to the airport 😂🤣😂
On those security bolts I find the easist is to cut a straight slot with a Dremel tool, then use a regular screwdriver to back them out. Also works on shear bolts on steering columns as well.
Unless they are left hand threaded a twist socket makes an easy job of those screws. Learned that by stripping the torx screws on a diesel filter once.
Just a small pont having said what I did in my first reply /post or whatever ??As you got up, it is at this the point, I would say fuck it because it probably started to rain the wife wanted to go shoping the dog wanted a walk the grand kid wanted me to play with them and the bastard gravel was stuck to me back !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I reckon for the rear number plate the easiest and classiest solution would have been to make up a large Rover 75 rear plate and sculpt it slightly to fit the shaped recess…. that could have emphasised the similarity of the rear end of the car to the Jaguar S-type…
Last comment I promise as I am sure you do not need folk like me making remarks on your channel !!But for those that dont like getting under cars get a Toyota or Honda I have a Honda C.R.V. that the boss/wife drives and a Toyota van that she lets me drive. The Honda has done 180K and the van almost 300K and honestly I have not had to get under either of them well oil change yes but nothing more ..The van is on the same discs same exhaust same alternator same rad etc etc etc Just worth mentioning me thinks ???? I do have a T.V.R. and having followed you for a short while now would like to know where youare based as you do seemto be a very vey honest chap..
I'm not sure about NZ, but here in Oz we once had a load of tea-leaves imported from the old dart. The local rozzers (police) regularly promote anti-theft licence plate screws. They can be unscrewed, but you need to press really hard, ask me how I know.
In the front bumper of Betty the Queen of Ambivalence, behind the number plate, there is a hole, which makes me think of my first car (a 1938 Austin 12) and the starter handle. Please tell me that Australian Fords have relics of provision for hand starting? Which might, even, circumvent the immobiliser? Which is, perhaps, an Intelligent Immobiliser? "Why did you call me an immobiliser if you didn't want me to immobilise cars? I'm only doing my job."
The real question is not why numberplate theft is prevalent in NZ, but why it isn't in the UK? Great for ANPR based japes. Also did you disconnect the battery when welding? It can confuse ECUs etc if not, but I'm sure you did as you know your onions
@@UPnDOWN - ahh I understand, but if I had of said that, he would of cuffed me round the back of my head with more choice expletives ! - those were the days, but I learnt so much from him.
Or maybe with the current fuel prices petrol would be. Though considering his thirsty a Falcon is there is probably not much left in the tank to siphon out.
Had it been a Holden Commodore instead of a weird Ford, you could have got help in Luton as that’s where Commodores were built then shipped to Aus. This gave rise to if as a U.K resident you wanted the top spec model, it was built in UK then shipped to Oz only for you to pay to ship it back. Now that is automotive madness!
Where’d you pull that lie from? All Commodores were made in South Australia, and were not structurally similar to the Omega, except the late ZB model which was made in Germany.
This reminds me just how many hours you put into that sodding car, which strangely didn't appear on the invoice! What a stress. Beautifully edited again.
Number 2 in Engeland? 😄
Also, Betty did have her front number plate stolen after I sold her. Which is odd.
Ah yeah....the follow-up invoice should now be in your DMs...
I use to love crawling under cars then I got old and now I hate yes hate crawling under anything !!! The gravel in my case hurts a lot these days !!Getting up from those low levels
hurts more!! There must be a moral to this not sure what it is but its there without doubt ????? Perhaps the moral to the story is don't mess with old cars or even old stuff for that matter If you take your time or put your time into the senario you are on a losser before you start ?? How sad is that ?? I get deppppressed at times but then I think to my self
I love old things old things should have a second chance old stuff has value and is built as things should be built !! These days I just think Fuck it let someone else have all the
hassle I think I am getting old I think I am old Perhaps I need a second chance ??? Dont let it get ya down fella just keep trucking stay up not down up eventually works trust me
I am a doctors son !! "NOT REALLY" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just as I found time to watch your 5K livestream from the other day, I got interrupted by this! Drowning in content 😆😉👍
Good timing!
Lovely Jubbly, French cars are great in their own way. I have owned many but Citroëns have been the worst for letting water in sadly, great video and personality, I can see why you and Mr HubNut get along so well.
Only Citroen I've ever had leak water was when the drainage holes for the sunroof blocked up, to be fair.
Local police stations will supply and fit those plate screws in Aus and NZ. It was to stop people stealing plates to then steal petrol from service stations
I didn't know that stealing plates was even a thing until last year. My son had his Audi parked outside his workplace and when he came out to use it at lunch time the plates were gone. He texted home to say what had happened and I advised him to contact the police straight away. And, yes, re-plating a vehicle in order to do a pump and bolt was the likely reason. This was in Glen Innes, NSW, so not like it was the western suburbs of Sydney. It's a bit of a shock when you live in a sleepy rural area. Apparently, after pinching the petrol they pull up down the road, dump the stolen plates, and it becomes very hard to catch them. Scum bags.
Awesome. Looking fwd to pt4! I had an ef falcon wagon (the shape before Betty) and the gearbox ecu sent me crazy. Drove 100klm’s in limp mode with the roof lining slowly consuming me. I was picking pieces of foam out my hair and ears for days. Super comfy cruisers though, with crap traction and marginal brakes. Lovely.
Super video update on an iconic car. You present it really well - at least to my way of thinking!
Glad you liked it!
Another excellent video on Betty, Think she wanted to stay with her french counterpart. I do not know about number plate theft but my mother in law has a seriel number plate bender, two plates bent on her Mokka recently!
Just bending them? Wow, that's weird!
Man hates Fairmont. Fairmont hates man. 32 minutes of pure hilarity. 😂😂
These videos are like watching an episode of Columbo - you know exactly how it ends up and whodunnit, just not quite sure exactly how you are going to get there. Its good to see real world problem solving. And somebody who feels exactly like I do half way through a nightmare job!
Bloody imobilizers 😂Wow those number plates!! Holy hand grenade of antiop🤣
Very droll! Love your sense of humour and never say die attitude!!
A cut off wheel in a Dremel will quickly create a new slot in security bolt heads!!! Saves a lot of time.
I realised this during the edit, months later!
Agreed. So handy. Word of caution, don't do this in a supermarket car park. It's noisy and will attract attention. All the best.
ah yes ... i have had the immobilizer leave me stranded twice in my main car (AU ute).. once when i accidently left the lights on and it drained the battery too low, it decided at that moment to immobilize it.. another time it stalled when i started it and then when i tried to restart it was immobilized...
i also had it happen on my spare parts car that sat in the back yard for a year... when i went to start it it straight away was immoblized...
easiest way to know (as you would know now) is to see what the flashing hand symbol on the dash is doing... if while you turn the key to start it flashed fast then the car is immobilized..
if it is immobilized you need to hook up a scan tool to read the codes, there will be a code for immobilzer listed.. next is to reset the PATS (passive anti-theft system) by reprogramming the keys, use Forscan software and a cheap ELM327 obd2 scan tool
Hi Rich, congrats on the 5k! Is that a Xantia Activa beside your C6 and oh, is that a phase 2 16v BX in front of Vecky?!
Thanks! Yes it is, and no it isn't (it was a Hurricane turbo-diesel, which now resides somewhere in Wiltshire, I believe)
Rich, please don't take this the wrong way. It is intended as constructive criticism (I'm a DIY-er myself). I feel that a scantool and a power probe might've made your diagnosis a bit easier. I did notice an OBD2 port on Betty in a previous video. My first thought on those security screws was to cut a slot with a Dremel (other brands are available) but you managed to get them out in the end so all good. I came for Cecily as one of Ian's many subscribers and I enjoy your content so I'm still here. It is interesting to see the story on how Betty became UK road legal.
It’s got a port but not OBD2, a proprietary Ford port instead. That’s why he said in the video he had to order a cable.
It's not OBDII compliant, that's the problem (though it does use the same plug). And even if it was, you wouldn't be able to re-sync the immobiliser with it as OBDII only had to cover the engine-specific fault codes at that time.
As for the screws, I did actually wonder why I didn't grind a slot in them when I was editing the vid! Maybe next time...
Well Well, such alovely chilled out video in such trying circumstances Again. I do like that banjo tune you use. What is it please 👍
It's part of the editing software's package. It might say the name in the INFO bit under the vid. I think it's a Ukelele, not a banjo.
Even though it's from NZ it was built in aus and the fact you can fit a 6 pack of beer under the armrest for the trip home from work is a way more important bit of engineering than the immobilizer. If you need any bits I'm coming over to wales soon, I can pick them up off the road on the way to the airport 😂🤣😂
A 6 pack?! Really?
@@UPnDOWN Stubbies, probably.
In a parallel universe you must be a heart surgeon!
Haha! I wouldn't want to be the patient.
@@UPnDOWN Its alright they are android just disconnect and reboot. Might be a relay problem as well, You always seem to solve the unsolvable!!!
On those security bolts I find the easist is to cut a straight slot with a Dremel tool, then use a regular screwdriver to back them out. Also works on shear bolts on steering columns as well.
You have the patience of a saint I would have either burnt the bugger by then or sold it well done.
"Just to build tension". It did !! 🙂 You should go in to drama production ! 🙂
Haha!
Unless they are left hand threaded a twist socket makes an easy job of those screws. Learned that by stripping the torx screws on a diesel filter once.
When removing security screws use a left hand drill and try to make it ,grab, usually works for me.
Just a small pont having said what I did in my first reply /post or whatever ??As you got up, it is at this the point, I would say fuck it because it probably started to rain the wife
wanted to go shoping the dog wanted a walk the grand kid wanted me to play with them and the bastard gravel was stuck to me back !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I reckon for the rear number plate the easiest and classiest solution would have been to make up a large Rover 75 rear plate and sculpt it slightly to fit the shaped recess…. that could have emphasised the similarity of the rear end of the car to the Jaguar S-type…
That was one of Ian's ideas, but he went with the standard one in the end. Maybe he'll revisit at a later date.
I must admit, popping the head off my Mini made changing the water pump a breeze. 👍
Its good to see that security screws do work Lol. Yes number plates being nicked in NZ is a thing.
They do with me, anyway!
You got a lot of patience 😇
Ive bever seen those plastic bits on any falcon ive had in nz, mine have all had 2 screws holding them on.
Last comment I promise as I am sure you do not need folk like me making remarks on your channel !!But for those that dont like getting under cars get a Toyota or Honda
I have a Honda C.R.V. that the boss/wife drives and a Toyota van that she lets me drive. The Honda has done 180K and the van almost 300K and honestly I have not had
to get under either of them well oil change yes but nothing more ..The van is on the same discs same exhaust same alternator same rad etc etc etc Just worth mentioning
me thinks ???? I do have a T.V.R. and having followed you for a short while now would like to know where youare based as you do seemto be a very vey honest chap..
Hampshire, UK.
I've got a 1996 Ford Scorpio it's giving me smilar problems hasn't run now for a year!
At least you can use UK dealers for it!
I'm not sure about NZ, but here in Oz we once had a load of tea-leaves imported from the old dart.
The local rozzers (police) regularly promote anti-theft licence plate screws. They can be unscrewed, but you need to press really hard, ask me how I know.
How do you know?
@@mrc7478 I pressed really hard
In the front bumper of Betty the Queen of Ambivalence, behind the number plate, there is a hole, which makes me think of my first car (a 1938 Austin 12) and the starter handle. Please tell me that Australian Fords have relics of provision for hand starting? Which might, even, circumvent the immobiliser? Which is, perhaps, an Intelligent Immobiliser? "Why did you call me an immobiliser if you didn't want me to immobilise cars? I'm only doing my job."
I think the radiator might be an issue when considering a starting handle...
@@UPnDOWN Some radiators I've had, not much of an issue.
Aw, you reminded me of the Euros. :(
I know! Domestic is more my scene, though, so I'm still happy!
My Jeep wouldn't start and it took me ages to work out that removing the passenger's door card, and connectors, was stopping it. 😬
Of course it was! Haha!
I used to shoot at HMS Sultan when i was there in one of the old forts
Did HMS Sultan mind? I would have thought they'd be cross.
@@UPnDOWN haha. In the rifle range of course.
The real question is not why numberplate theft is prevalent in NZ, but why it isn't in the UK? Great for ANPR based japes. Also did you disconnect the battery when welding? It can confuse ECUs etc if not, but I'm sure you did as you know your onions
It does happen here (happened to me) but it's not as common. As for battery, check the first video...
Spot the clever Frank Spencer homage, keep watching! 👍
The anti-theft screws are not so anti-theft as you can see, how easy you get them off, not quickly, but still.
10 tonnes of holes... Prof Brian Cox is on his way..
It almost sounds like you don’t like Betty😂😂
A fine line between love and hate
...... RTFM as my instructor would say, for what that lamp meant, the F is not flaming or factory !
What manual?!
@@UPnDOWN - ahh I understand, but if I had of said that, he would of cuffed me round the back of my head with more choice expletives ! - those were the days, but I learnt so much from him.
...did you just call an intech AU unreliable???
I don't remember, but possibly. I've been spoilt by Citroens, you see...
I don't like working upside down either. I'm not SA, NZ or Aus so just get discombobulated ¡
ANZUK Falcon
I suppose the number plates are the only thing worth stealing in a Falcon
Or maybe with the current fuel prices petrol would be. Though considering his thirsty a Falcon is there is probably not much left in the tank to siphon out.
Meanie
could it have a GEO-LOCK-LICENCE only ALLOWED-DRIVE with-in NATION-STATE-NIEUW-ZEE-LAND-CORPORATION ...
Ahhh, yeah! That'll be it!
Had it been a Holden Commodore instead of a weird Ford, you could have got help in Luton as that’s where Commodores were built then shipped to Aus.
This gave rise to if as a U.K resident you wanted the top spec model, it was built in UK then shipped to Oz only for you to pay to ship it back. Now that is automotive madness!
Other than the final ZB Commodore all Holden Commodores were built in Australia.
Where’d you pull that lie from? All Commodores were made in South Australia, and were not structurally similar to the Omega, except the late ZB model which was made in Germany.
Poor Betty, getting body shamed just cos she's a bit porky