I'm clerical not technical, but that is a term I fully understand. However the one that I encounter most at work is "it's fucked", not quite sure of the specifics of what I mean, but when I phone suppliers up for replacement parts and I answer their question of what's wrong with it using that phrase, they instantly know what's up.
Yes it's the type of technical language I understand too! If a mechanic says to me, "To put it in layman's terms, it's rusted to buggery!" I understand straight away.
When start "servicing" then it's a journey for sure. My Peugeot 406 hdi "servicing" has taken me to replace the whole clutch and the cambelt too. But at 233,000 miles that's not too bad :)
A little tip for others tackling similar maintenance on their projects: when changing fluid in differentials and transmissions, it’s always a good idea to remove the fill plug first before the drain plug, for two reasons: 1) it won’t glug as it drains and make quite as much mess, since air can get in from the top to replace the fluid draining out, and 2) if for some reason the fill plug is rusted in place or gets rounded off/out trying to remove it, now you’re empty on fluid with no way to refill it (making the bothersome job of removing the damaged fill plug a necessity before the vehicle is drivable again.) Keep up the forward progress, Jon! Loving the series so far.
Heat is your best friend with siezed parts, I use a small blowtorch (Like chefs use to flambe a souffle) to heat the pipe unions. Brake fluid isn`t particularly flammable, just slip a paint scraper behind the line, you may get some softening/light charring of the underseal around the bracket, but usually nothing too serious. If you`re really posh. you could go for one of those induction nut warmer uppers available these days. Also, I have a pair of vice grips with the gripping surfaces ground smooth that I use as an adjustable wrench to get a proper grip on the pipe flare nut. Has saved me having to make dozens of brake pipes. Avoid mullering the flare nuts at all costs. Making and routing new hard lines to the back of a 7 series is s a nightmare. I worked at an independant BMW specialist for a decade, and saw loads of these. mostly the 728`s, but I did get hands on with a 750i Limo a few times as well. Good luck sir...
Ring pull oil cans easy peasy. Squeeze the sides of the spout at ring pull level first. Breaks the seal. Second tip, always undo the diff filler plug first. Then no glugs. And no drama if after draining it out, you can't undo the filler plug for some unforseen reason.... .
There's nothing worse than having fluids leaking from your hole because you didn't clean it properly 😳🤣🤣 "Mechanic's onesie" made me laugh so much I had to press pause on the video 🤣🤣🤣 Mint! 👍
Been there done that. 2000 Boxster 986 "a couple of days and I'll have this sorted". 8 weeks, hours of grovelling on my back on the drive, many bruised knuckles, and £1500 in suspension, brakes and other assorted bits it was fixed. "There told it you it wouldn't take long!"
G'day Huw, I'm hoping to get a start on my Suzuki Baleno Estate this year, the gearbox had seized & a few other problems & I had started working on it but then... 2019/2020 where I lived we had the Horrific Australian Bushfires & then Covid turned the world crazy. Since then I have been driving my special car a 2012 Holden VE2 SS Ute & want to get my Suzuki back on the road as Rude People in carparks have not been nice to it. I had done the Gearbox before the Bushfires, but found it also needed new head & rocker cover gaskets plus some hoses that although not leaking were cracking, got the machining plas all the parts just need to get them together without 🥵dying of heatstroke🥵in the Aussie Sun doing it. 🎄Merry Christmas🎄&🥳🎉Very Happy New Year🥳🎉 to you & your family
@@rover-t I cut my auto repair teeth on Alfasuds back in the 80’s. I rebuilt one of them twice! Welded two together to make a good one, and used a totally rusted one to rebuild another fire damaged one. Happy days, learned a lot.
It may to you be of some comfort to know that owning that car is less expensive than owning a horse, a boat, or having a pilots license . Cheers from u.s. Great videos.
His complete incompetence is refreshing. I love cars especially the E38 but I would be exactly the same when trying to work on them. He’s learning along the way
As a copper who stopped me on Greenwich Common(after chasing me up the Hill from Deptford in an unmarked)said having asked if I was a racing driver(I being Naive)said no I was a motor mechanic, His come-back was a classic "same thing lad" I still am a petrol-head,
As someone who dreams of owning a car like Gilroy one day but doesn’t have the knowledge needed to be able to look after such a thing, nor has any idea where to start, these videos are a great insight! Thanks Jon, I hope you have a nice weekend whatever it is you get up to!
At least You have a nice workshop and decent tools to make finding the next 'thing that is f*!ked' easier than it is using a crawler board between jack stands. Keep up the good work lads, Yer dain a fine job.
Sadly at 3:35 we did not cut to something cool and car based…… We endured an Aldi advert about carrots and a Boots advert about buying fragrance. Let’s to back to two men in a garage where the adverts have nothing to do with Johns amazing posts………. You Sir have an amazing niche and bless you mate. Merry Christmas and bless you brother for the positive joy you share. The world needs more of this right now. Merry Christmas mate Mr & Mrs 6th xx
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At least your brake discs came off, one car I had to use the angle grinder to cut the brake discs to free them off the hubs. The neighbours loved that as the car was in the road and it was 7pm on a November Saturday evening as my mum (whose car it was) needed it in the morning
Good set of brake flange spanners combined with some plus gas and a blow torch can work wonders on brake lines, they're much better on them rather open ended spanners Carefully to heat up the fittings, then hose with plus gas to cool / soak into the joint, or just soak in plus gas , leave for 15 mins, then soak again, then try after 30 mins 9/10 times they come loose
I once decided to do the simple job of changing the seat belts in a triumph vitesse from fixed to tension reels (I'd done it on a Herald convertible previously). I very nearly couldn't get the originals installed back after discovering the replacements wouldn't secure to the mountain of filler which was apparently holder the car together. The joys of 5 minute jobs on old cars
Dry ice blasting for the surface rust underneath, then some sort of spray on underseal. I'm currently restoring my Grandad's old car. A 1965 VW Beetle.
@@shaneeslick I thought of doing that when I inherited it, but it turned out to be a cut-and-shut. Then I crashed my mother's car and the only way I could afford the insurance excess was to sell the car I couldn't afford to insure anyway. We just didn't mention the mismatch between the halves.
Working on older vehicles is where an Induction heat gun sure comes in handy. They're not that expensive nowadays, considering the amount of time and hassle they can save you.
Enjoying this series. I recently started my project car journey with a BMW Z3 (1.9). I tackled many of the same issues you are running into. Clearly a glutton for punishment, no sooner had I run out of things to do, I upgraded to a 2.8 and am going through it all again now 😂
Loving this series. Top work!! If there is one thing I’ve learned about doing mechanical work on old vehicles is that you nearly always uncover something else that needs attention.
Never been in or near an E38, but "rusted to buggery" and "muellered" are terms I understand. I look forward to the bit where Gilroy is out on the road (episode 10, probably).
Get a grip of your bearings brother Jon...much love from your brother Jonny! Once upon a time in Swindon... my Mitzi specialist said my head was cracked.... I said to just order me a new pressure cap.... Tried out this new pressure cap and found my head wasn't cracked.... result‼️
Hearing his Scottish accent a guy in Australia was quite amazed when I told him he must be from Corby if not from Scotland. If the Beat My Wallet did not beat it enough you can pop over Hambleton Hall and ask for a discount on the Michelin-starred cuisine using the voucher in your guidebook. Merry Christmas.
York-Sha, not York-Sheer. Enjoying this, hopefully my family gets round to sorting out their cars next year. Got a 2007 Vectra estate, 2000 Audi TT and 1988 Ford Sierra GLE all need getting back on the road....there's also a 2009 Astra I need to get rid off....all fun
"It's very important to clean the hole" "After you have fluids leaking out of it" This is the sort of advice they should have in the Parkers Car Guide.
i recommend buying oil in a 20 litre drum :) rather than 2x dinky little 4l/5l it pays for itself quite quickly when you start to rack up the miles in those sofa with wheels bmw v8's :)
4:28 Uhoh! ALWAYS open the filler plug first! If that one is seized and you only find out after draining, your only chance to refill the diff is by flipping the car on its roof.
Great video and welcome to my world, With a tight diary booking the BM comes in for "just an oil service" as soon as it gets on the ramp 3 bold run flat tyres, pads and discs worn out and a customer that wants it by the school run....just like toady I put a gearbox into one Taxi, left the engine swap in another Taxi for Mark next week and then another mini bus rolls in with another gearbox with on 2 out of the 7 gears working and its Friday before Xmas..Still Im off next week, You have to love the motor trade !
There are so many parts to a car, which translates to so many things to go wrong over time. You can find yourself chasing rabbits (broken bits all connected to each other) all around the car until you decide it just ain't worth it. A great moment for me was when I could give up on keeping my old cars going and enjoy the ultimate luxury (for a mechanic) of going into the car shop aka dealership (why dealership- what dealing is going) and just buying a brand new one.
Keep going, these old e38s ate fanstastic cars ,I would suggest when it's finished to dry ice blast the underside and then wax oil it .I miss my old 7 series. Mine was only a 728i sport but still it was amazing to drive and a real pleasure to own ❤️
Gilroy is teaching you valuable lessons as expected after having a laze around for a few years. You've probably done this but I will say it anyway, all this brake lines and rusty bits I'd be be soaking them in some penetrating oil or WD40 if that exists there. Your still going to want to get them undone to replace the hard and soft brake lines, or you man need to replace the mounts too. Bitch of a job no matter. But hey. Gilroy is gunna be awesome once all this is done. A beautiful cruiser. Can't wait to see more. :-)
I consider problems like these to be an opportunity. Fix them now and then you can live in the comfort that your car is good for another x-thousand miles. My own German carriage is up at 140K and just gets whatever it wants each service interval. I'm going to keep it until it one of us dies, so might as well treat it when it asks. I'd probably have a go myself too if I could find somewhere that would let me use their lift. Would have to be a big lift though.
Gilroy is helping you make a proper series out of him. 2 episodes is now looking like at least 8.
Surely a series of 7!
@@sIightIybored NICE! 🙃👎
PS or 735 😂
"Rusted To Buggery" ... The technichal term everyone needs to know ...
I'm clerical not technical, but that is a term I fully understand. However the one that I encounter most at work is "it's fucked", not quite sure of the specifics of what I mean, but when I phone suppliers up for replacement parts and I answer their question of what's wrong with it using that phrase, they instantly know what's up.
Yes it's the type of technical language I understand too! If a mechanic says to me, "To put it in layman's terms, it's rusted to buggery!" I understand straight away.
When start "servicing" then it's a journey for sure. My Peugeot 406 hdi "servicing" has taken me to replace the whole clutch and the cambelt too. But at 233,000 miles that's not too bad :)
Gilroy is giving a lesson that leaving a car off road for any length of time leads to far more work all at once to get them back on the road.
A little tip for others tackling similar maintenance on their projects: when changing fluid in differentials and transmissions, it’s always a good idea to remove the fill plug first before the drain plug, for two reasons: 1) it won’t glug as it drains and make quite as much mess, since air can get in from the top to replace the fluid draining out, and 2) if for some reason the fill plug is rusted in place or gets rounded off/out trying to remove it, now you’re empty on fluid with no way to refill it (making the bothersome job of removing the damaged fill plug a necessity before the vehicle is drivable again.)
Keep up the forward progress, Jon! Loving the series so far.
The voice of experience.
wise words
I came here to say exactly this!
@@nathanaelwarden ditto, lol
This is the only RUclips video I've watched lately that hasn't been interrupted by an advert for Lanoguard.
@@jez5182 to be fair Lanoguard is good stuff though
Heat is your best friend with siezed parts, I use a small blowtorch (Like chefs use to flambe a souffle) to heat the pipe unions. Brake fluid isn`t particularly flammable, just slip a paint scraper behind the line, you may get some softening/light charring of the underseal around the bracket, but usually nothing too serious. If you`re really posh. you could go for one of those induction nut warmer uppers available these days.
Also, I have a pair of vice grips with the gripping surfaces ground smooth that I use as an adjustable wrench to get a proper grip on the pipe flare nut. Has saved me having to make dozens of brake pipes. Avoid mullering the flare nuts at all costs. Making and routing new hard lines to the back of a 7 series is s a nightmare.
I worked at an independant BMW specialist for a decade, and saw loads of these. mostly the 728`s, but I did get hands on with a 750i Limo a few times as well.
Good luck sir...
Ring pull oil cans easy peasy. Squeeze the sides of the spout at ring pull level first. Breaks the seal.
Second tip, always undo the diff filler plug first. Then no glugs.
And no drama if after draining it out, you can't undo the filler plug for some unforseen reason.... .
I liked this video so I pressed the button specifically for that 👉🏻
This button 🔘
NO NOT THE NUKE ONE!!!
@@samholdsworth420 🤦♂No it's this one👍, you're silly Sam 😂😂😂😂😂
🎄Merry Christmas🎄Everyone
There's nothing worse than having fluids leaking from your hole because you didn't clean it properly 😳🤣🤣
"Mechanic's onesie" made me laugh so much I had to press pause on the video 🤣🤣🤣 Mint! 👍
Sometimes nothing else will work so you just need the "Big Dukka-Dukka"
Go Gilroy, and bless your Grandad. He would be chuffed❤️
Been there done that. 2000 Boxster 986 "a couple of days and I'll have this sorted". 8 weeks, hours of grovelling on my back on the drive, many bruised knuckles, and £1500 in suspension, brakes and other assorted bits it was fixed. "There told it you it wouldn't take long!"
G'day Huw,
I'm hoping to get a start on my Suzuki Baleno Estate this year, the gearbox had seized & a few other problems & I had started working on it but then...
2019/2020 where I lived we had the Horrific Australian Bushfires & then Covid turned the world crazy. Since then I have been driving my special car a 2012 Holden VE2 SS Ute & want to get my Suzuki back on the road as Rude People in carparks have not been nice to it.
I had done the Gearbox before the Bushfires, but found it also needed new head & rocker cover gaskets plus some hoses that although not leaking were cracking, got the machining plas all the parts just need to get them together without 🥵dying of heatstroke🥵in the Aussie Sun doing it.
🎄Merry Christmas🎄&🥳🎉Very Happy New Year🥳🎉 to you & your family
Feel your pain. Been there many times with my Alfas. Latest was a 166 that 'just' needed fluids changing and minor tweeks. £3k later and it's done.
@@rover-t I cut my auto repair teeth on Alfasuds back in the 80’s. I rebuilt one of them twice! Welded two together to make a good one, and used a totally rusted one to rebuild another fire damaged one. Happy days, learned a lot.
It may to you be of some comfort to know that owning that car is less expensive than owning a horse, a boat, or having a pilots license . Cheers from u.s. Great videos.
This Gilroy business is looking suspiciously like real life. Quality immersive experience. Three stars!!
With all this service work its now bound to blow up in a spectacular way on its trip up norf LOL
The secrets of Auto Shenanigans: There will never be a end to it.
Love the shredding of the glove. You must have made the professionals giggle, a lot
I used to work restoring classic 60s cars - very satisfying, but learned very quickly - it's always the simple things that "f" everything up.
You can say fuck on the interwebs.
His complete incompetence is refreshing. I love cars especially the E38 but I would be exactly the same when trying to work on them. He’s learning along the way
Respect to the dude who is not only a mechanic but also a racer. 👍
As a copper who stopped me on Greenwich Common(after chasing me up the Hill from Deptford in an unmarked)said having asked if I was a racing driver(I being Naive)said no I was a motor mechanic, His come-back was a classic "same thing lad" I still am a petrol-head,
As someone who dreams of owning a car like Gilroy one day but doesn’t have the knowledge needed to be able to look after such a thing, nor has any idea where to start, these videos are a great insight! Thanks Jon, I hope you have a nice weekend whatever it is you get up to!
Great to see that Javis is doing well with the business.
It's a great success story, from driveway to proper workshop units :D
At least You have a nice workshop and decent tools to make finding the next 'thing that is f*!ked' easier than it is using a crawler board between jack stands. Keep up the good work lads, Yer dain a fine job.
Grandad is looking down upon you and saying look at the fun he's having🙄😳🤯
Gilroy is the best thing on the internet.
"In the next episode I'll be loading Gilroy onto the back of a lorry and driving it up the road on that instead." 🤪
With a strong smell of petrol in the air and a lit match in his hand.
Sadly at 3:35 we did not cut to something cool and car based…… We endured an Aldi advert about carrots and a Boots advert about buying fragrance.
Let’s to back to two men in a garage where the adverts have nothing to do with Johns amazing posts……….
You Sir have an amazing niche and bless you mate.
Merry Christmas and bless you brother for the positive joy you share.
The world needs more of this right now.
Merry Christmas mate
Mr & Mrs 6th xx
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I love the use of "hopefully". I guess you'll know when / if the Diff locks up.
Great to see Gilroy is okay, still got a long way to go with him!
At least your brake discs came off, one car I had to use the angle grinder to cut the brake discs to free them off the hubs. The neighbours loved that as the car was in the road and it was 7pm on a November Saturday evening as my mum (whose car it was) needed it in the morning
Nice one mate. I'm sure you'll get Gilroy back to its former glory.
Good set of brake flange spanners combined with some plus gas and a blow torch can work wonders on brake lines, they're much better on them rather open ended spanners
Carefully to heat up the fittings, then hose with plus gas to cool / soak into the joint, or just soak in plus gas , leave for 15 mins, then soak again, then try after 30 mins
9/10 times they come loose
I agree, very important to clean the hole after draining fluid 😊
Jon shows how-not-to service a rear diff 😂 (always take the fill plug out first Jon)...
As I’ve learnt over the many years of working on my own vehicles, one rusty snapped bolt leads to a whole other adventure…. 🔧 🚙
I once decided to do the simple job of changing the seat belts in a triumph vitesse from fixed to tension reels (I'd done it on a Herald convertible previously). I very nearly couldn't get the originals installed back after discovering the replacements wouldn't secure to the mountain of filler which was apparently holder the car together. The joys of 5 minute jobs on old cars
4:52 Excellent advice for life in general....
Oh the joys of being a motor mechanic and owner of an old BMW, good luck...
Now I understand why you liked my comment asking about the E38 on your previous post 😅. Glad there is an update 💪🏻
Dry ice blasting for the surface rust underneath, then some sort of spray on underseal.
I'm currently restoring my Grandad's old car. A 1965 VW Beetle.
Nice to hear someone else also restoring Grandad's car,
Yeah I was thinking DIB too, should contact Jonny from the Late Brake Show
@@shaneeslick I thought of doing that when I inherited it, but it turned out to be a cut-and-shut.
Then I crashed my mother's car and the only way I could afford the insurance excess was to sell the car I couldn't afford to insure anyway.
We just didn't mention the mismatch between the halves.
I’m not a BMW fan but can relate to everything your doing with this car and respect what the car means to you John ❤
Working on older vehicles is where an Induction heat gun sure comes in handy. They're not that expensive nowadays, considering the amount of time and hassle they can save you.
When you buy a 4 wheel version of Junction 5 on the M25 clockwise
A detour from roads, and a damn fine one. Keep these coming.
Great series mate, I’m really enjoying seeing Gilroys recommissioning 👊
Doing a great job on the old girl
It will all be worth it TLC
Thank you
Moon Over the Castle playing during the MX5 drifting clip took me right back to Gran Turismo on the PS1 days
Enjoying this series. I recently started my project car journey with a BMW Z3 (1.9). I tackled many of the same issues you are running into. Clearly a glutton for punishment, no sooner had I run out of things to do, I upgraded to a 2.8 and am going through it all again now 😂
In 2002 my Dad bought a 740 of the same vintage, came with the same wheels as you have, great car, he kept it for about 8 years.
Well, that's the deal with older cars, and why I don't like working on them!😂
Good to see progression anyway🙂
Gilroy, lives on another day, in the workshop. hopefully back on the road soon, take care
Loving this series. Top work!! If there is one thing I’ve learned about doing mechanical work on old vehicles is that you nearly always uncover something else that needs attention.
Working on old cars , who would do it 😂😂😂
Good to see you take it back to near were I was created 👍👍🇦🇺
Gilroy will be worth the effort in the end.
Those HEL braided lines are wicked, sweet, awesome! Ive got a set on my 280BHP Vectra C 2.8 V6 Turbo... Deffo makes a difference
Good of you to show us your rusty nuts Jon, you need a good scrubber to get them clean again.
Just I case you didn't know but I'm sure you do, you can just undo the nozzle on the oil and pour it like a normal jug
I was today years old....
A tip: always undo the diff filler plug before the drain plug. If you undo the drain but then can't get the filler undone, you are in a world of pain.
Plus the oil doesn’t glug out all over the place in a random stream….
Never been in or near an E38, but "rusted to buggery" and "muellered" are terms I understand. I look forward to the bit where Gilroy is out on the road (episode 10, probably).
Get a grip of your bearings brother Jon...much love from your brother Jonny!
Once upon a time in Swindon... my Mitzi specialist said my head was cracked.... I said to just order me a new pressure cap....
Tried out this new pressure cap and found my head wasn't cracked.... result‼️
.... the new pressure cap he ordered was genuine ... cool as!..
Hearing his Scottish accent a guy in Australia was quite amazed when I told him he must be from Corby if not from Scotland.
If the Beat My Wallet did not beat it enough you can pop over Hambleton Hall and ask for a discount on the Michelin-starred cuisine using the voucher in your guidebook. Merry Christmas.
“Just a few bits & bobs to do. Be back in an hour or so, dear”
Keep going!! 9:57
Cracking stuff to see!! Great to spend the time and money to do the job properly!! Looking forward to the next un
Matt Armstrong ! Step a side m8 lol ! This is mega ! Mini series please 🙏🏻
York-Sha, not York-Sheer. Enjoying this, hopefully my family gets round to sorting out their cars next year. Got a 2007 Vectra estate, 2000 Audi TT and 1988 Ford Sierra GLE all need getting back on the road....there's also a 2009 Astra I need to get rid off....all fun
"It's very important to clean the hole"
"After you have fluids leaking out of it"
This is the sort of advice they should have in the Parkers Car Guide.
Welcome to the world of proper car maintenance 😁.
i recommend buying oil in a 20 litre drum :) rather than 2x dinky little 4l/5l it pays for itself quite quickly when you start to rack up the miles in those sofa with wheels bmw v8's :)
4:28 Uhoh! ALWAYS open the filler plug first! If that one is seized and you only find out after draining, your only chance to refill the diff is by flipping the car on its roof.
Great video. She looks to be a solid old girl.
My mate had one. It had a television in it it only worked when fully stopped.
Been ....... there brother. Cheers
Rusted to buggery ooh I say thanks again greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
It's German, like the mini😅
Gilroy keeps on giving. 👏👏👍😀
at least you are spending more time with the car, which is good
Reminds me of all the "fun" times fixing my various cars.
Good to see Gilroy!
Nice timing!
Had an E 36 that loved the extra work needed everytime you started something . Loving the content
Great video and welcome to my world, With a tight diary booking the BM comes in for "just an oil service" as soon as it gets on the ramp 3 bold run flat tyres, pads and discs worn out and a customer that wants it by the school run....just like toady I put a gearbox into one Taxi, left the engine swap in another Taxi for Mark next week and then another mini bus rolls in with another gearbox with on 2 out of the 7 gears working and its Friday before Xmas..Still Im off next week, You have to love the motor trade !
I've never had a problem with those plastic grenade rings, but quality can vary, and branded products often have better engineered packaging.
There are so many parts to a car, which translates to so many things to go wrong over time. You can find yourself chasing rabbits (broken bits all connected to each other) all around the car until you decide it just ain't worth it. A great moment for me was when I could give up on keeping my old cars going and enjoy the ultimate luxury (for a mechanic) of going into the car shop aka dealership (why dealership- what dealing is going) and just buying a brand new one.
Just when you think Jon cant out Jon himself. Epic YT
I have an MX-5. These mechanics seem like nice guys to work with John! The car, when finished, will drive like new.
Keep going, these old e38s ate fanstastic cars ,I would suggest when it's finished to dry ice blast the underside and then wax oil it .I miss my old 7 series. Mine was only a 728i sport but still it was amazing to drive and a real pleasure to own ❤️
If somebody had properly taken care of Gilroy, he wouldn't be starting to piss you off a bit 🤣 as you say !
i recently changed my brake hoses on my 2016 520D and had to use a blowtorch, took 8 hours to replace all 4 disks, calipers, pads and hoses
Oh yeah. Break out the Big Persuader. That always works.
Interesting stuff John !
You'll make an amateur mechanic one day !
Would love to see the Saab get the same love!
Now there's a series I'd watch.... 👍
Gilroy is teaching you valuable lessons as expected after having a laze around for a few years. You've probably done this but I will say it anyway, all this brake lines and rusty bits I'd be be soaking them in some penetrating oil or WD40 if that exists there. Your still going to want to get them undone to replace the hard and soft brake lines, or you man need to replace the mounts too. Bitch of a job no matter. But hey. Gilroy is gunna be awesome once all this is done. A beautiful cruiser. Can't wait to see more. :-)
You said tea and I got excited. Then you had coffee. What the hell? 😂
I consider problems like these to be an opportunity. Fix them now and then you can live in the comfort that your car is good for another x-thousand miles. My own German carriage is up at 140K and just gets whatever it wants each service interval. I'm going to keep it until it one of us dies, so might as well treat it when it asks.
I'd probably have a go myself too if I could find somewhere that would let me use their lift. Would have to be a big lift though.
I like this. It's similar to how Wheeler Dealers used to be, before it got too big for its boots.
Copper grease is your friend 🙂
And WD40.
Happy Christmas John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🇬🇧 👍🏽 December 2024
You need some Kroil going on, for all those stuck bolts.
awesome video, loveing this series.
Loving the car content mate! My friend has an E38 of similar vintage that needs to get back on the road too
I think your Grandad is a very clever man!
If in doubt give it some heat!