Fixing breaks on our Ape Piaggio p501

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • Another day on villa. In this video, I show you how I repaired the brakes on my 40-year-old Piaggio Ape, a three-wheeled vehicle that is so popular in Italy. If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe to my channel for more videos on Our restoration. Thanks for watching!

Комментарии • 57

  • @nicolethijs5428
    @nicolethijs5428 Год назад +4

    Rest for a few days, Alla! You obviously are sick. You worked so hard the past year!

  • @NatiHerron
    @NatiHerron Год назад +7

    Hope you feel better soon ❤ Happy Ape has new brakes 🛻

  • @bonniehollingsworth1996
    @bonniehollingsworth1996 Год назад +6

    Precious girl, do you have any idea how this grandmother, and I’m guessing many more of us around the world, have prayed for those skimpy brakes to keep working? Some of the trips you have taken in Ape Maria filled with heavy loads of gravel and rocks! How did the brakes ever stop 🛑 in time? A WING AND A PRAYER!
    I love seeing more details of Ape Maria. It was such a miracle when I found the exact replica model of her for the diorama I built. The model had so many of the original details that only that style of Piaggio Ape had that year; right down to that crazy color of paint! The frame for cargo ties behind the back window must have been added after market because I had to add that separately.
    Just to think that vehicle has been on the road since 1984! Someone must have kept her in a garage for most of her life!
    I hope you feel well tomorrow. Your tea might be just what your immune system needs. ❤️

  • @soniagallaher3544
    @soniagallaher3544 Год назад +9

    Good to see that Ape is getting some attention as she has been a very busy bee! Hope you feel better and have more energy for gardening on the weekend. 💐

  • @rtfirefly3657
    @rtfirefly3657 Год назад +13

    Your friend can do everything! What a nice man.
    Get a good rest!🫶🏼

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Год назад +4

    Wow, what a beautiful starting shot with your camera.👍

  • @marthaizaguirre6363
    @marthaizaguirre6363 Год назад +3

    SO glad Ape's brakes are fixed! Sending healing prana to you! 🙏🤗

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Год назад +4

    Love how simple the Ape is built, easy to fix.👍❤

  • @lozinozz7567
    @lozinozz7567 Год назад +2

    My first car was a little Bellett, my brother restored it for me. It was a 1964 model. My brother still has it, and many others, as I had too many kids and couldn’t fit them in the car 😢 one day I’d like to be able to afford to get it fixed and back on the road. Old cars were built well 😊 I have fond memories of helping him bleed the brakes ❤

  • @leighlaaltilio6672
    @leighlaaltilio6672 Год назад +8

    I hope you warmed up Alla and did not catch a cold! Glad you are safe in the Ape now😅❤

  • @newday5
    @newday5 Год назад +9

    Get well , rest up 😊

  • @doreenzahra1719
    @doreenzahra1719 Год назад +5

    Take care Alla hope your feeling better soon

  • @jennichristie5264
    @jennichristie5264 Год назад

    The temporary spot for the turtle looks fun!

  • @annettesharrock1236
    @annettesharrock1236 Год назад +9

    Hope your feeling better soon Alla😘

  • @maryannknox7158
    @maryannknox7158 Год назад +2

    Sending You healing ❤️‍🩹 Blessings and I will say a prayer 🙏 that you feel better 😘 soon Alla

  • @lili_loops
    @lili_loops Год назад +1

    Thank you for posting Ape videos. I am in America, NY City, with the exact same Ape, 1984 P501 Yellow! my clutch is very difficult but I am working on it like you. Thank you. x

    • @DreamingofAChateau
      @DreamingofAChateau  Год назад +1

      Awww 😍I hope you enjoy your ape very much!!! My clutch is also very very difficult to slide…sometimes it requires two hand to change the gear 😂

    • @lili_loops
      @lili_loops Год назад

      Yes two hands. Haha same. I have to keep trying. You are like a professional in your videos. I will keep you posted. Thank you again for the inspiration. ❤🛵

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Год назад +1

    Remember when you started with your garden just how bad it was, hard to picture it now.❤

  • @pamelamcfadden337
    @pamelamcfadden337 Год назад +2

    I understand how you are. You are driven and feel guilty if you indulge yourself in relaxation.
    But you must not let yourself get run down. Enjoy your rest.

  • @hilaryraza4561
    @hilaryraza4561 Год назад +8

    You really must get the leaks fixed before the winter really sets in

  • @joannebolton1
    @joannebolton1 Год назад +5

    Get well Alla 🤗 you look like you've caught a cold.🤧 Take care of yourself. (Also just in case you've not got one, don't forget you need a Carbon Monoxide detector up on the ceiling above your log burner)

  • @RobertSteiner-js6gq
    @RobertSteiner-js6gq Год назад +1

    Very nice! I have an Ape 501 too, a super Vehicle! I have an Ape 50, and an Ape Calessino 200, and Vespas, A Virus😂, ...Greatings from Germany,Bavaria Robert 🍀😎

  • @melaniewest3947
    @melaniewest3947 Год назад +12

    Sometimes you need to rest. You have been doing a lot of work. Good to take care of your ape. Did you fix the leak in the roof of the ape ready for winter.

  • @jomcd2073
    @jomcd2073 Год назад +1

    Feel better soon Alla:)

  • @niko-24
    @niko-24 11 месяцев назад

    Good Job 😉

  • @wendy-moore
    @wendy-moore Год назад +1

    We repaired our metal shed roof with waterproof Flexall tape. Two trees fell on it and put holes in it. I also just fixed my greenhouse roof with clear Flexall tape. Check it out for Ape. It really works well for leaks.

  • @glenyscallaghan1195
    @glenyscallaghan1195 Год назад +3

    Get warmed up soon Alla. ❤

  • @llslate
    @llslate Год назад +1

    Hope you feel better soon sweetheart,loved watching you pump the pedal with your foot xx

  • @LindaWaring-cb5uq
    @LindaWaring-cb5uq Год назад +1

    I wonder where Benjamin will be placed. I'm also intrigued to find out where the big lion will go too. Get well soon Alla ❤

  • @judithierino1377
    @judithierino1377 Год назад +4

    Sorry to hear your not well but you have been working so hard to move in you achieved so much in such a short time inside a nd out,2 gardens and inside the house i could hear in your voice in last 2 vlogs you were not well or very exhausted,your body is saying slow down

  • @martyashley3601
    @martyashley3601 Год назад +1

    😊😊

  • @ruthnoronha8206
    @ruthnoronha8206 Год назад +1

    Unusual video!

  • @wendymorrison5803
    @wendymorrison5803 Год назад +1

    Keeping Ape in safe condition is important with cold and wet weather coming. I'm thinking the three seat sofa is much more comfy for snoozing by the log burner. It may be needed all winter?

  • @sandyfry9306
    @sandyfry9306 Год назад +3

  • @Hope-fv3kf
    @Hope-fv3kf Год назад +3

    ...and the best thing of all when you are cold is HEAT from the FIREPLACE inside your home.

  • @maryannknox7158
    @maryannknox7158 Год назад +1

    We got snow ❄️ this morning in the Mountains 🏔️ of New Hampshire but now it is melting

  • @angelavan478
    @angelavan478 Год назад +2

    Why not just upgrade with the new parts you bought for the Ape? I don't understand the light...put a new cover over a rusty old part? And you might want to apply some protective cleaner to the vinyl on your dashboard soon--it will prevent it from cracking. Not expensive, just schedule 10 min every other week & 1 hr clean/maintenance, etc for your vehicle every month---automate it on your calendar. It is the only way I keep up w/ things like this.:-) I do love this Ape, she has done such a great job for you guys.

  • @swede716
    @swede716 Год назад +3

    Do you have a friend who does welding!? That would fix the leaking. Didn’t Sergie do some welding? Then there are like decal material they use for custom detailing that you could put on roof top if welding looks rough and cover over! Paint would work too contrasting color for roof would work!

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Год назад +1

    You can use brake fluid to lubricate rubber, just make sure not to get it in the paint.👍

  • @jerrielindsey5939
    @jerrielindsey5939 Год назад +2

    Glad you got your Apa fixed, for your safety and to keep those yucky fluids from leaking out onto the ground and washing down into your beautiful lake.

  • @barbaraimrie745
    @barbaraimrie745 Год назад +8

    Alla have Sergie weld the window where it leaks.

    • @sergio.i
      @sergio.i Год назад +9

      😄Alla's welding skills now better than mine, and you'll see it in her video tomorrow (spoiler spoiler )

    • @maryannknox7158
      @maryannknox7158 Год назад

      @@sergio.ilol that’s awesome 😎

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Год назад +1

    We're you pointing at the Fiat Panda, or the truck?😂

    • @sergio.i
      @sergio.i Год назад +2

      BONETTI 4x4 truck ❤

  • @janpixnow3369
    @janpixnow3369 Год назад +1

    Why don't you try putting clear silicone on the leak across the inside😢

  • @lisac1110
    @lisac1110 Год назад +1

    Alla you can use gorilla tape on the inside and outside where the roof leaks

  • @sallystanley4526
    @sallystanley4526 Год назад +2

    Armadillo????

  • @sirbob8963
    @sirbob8963 Год назад +3

    :)

  • @judyconley9609
    @judyconley9609 Год назад +2

    Your garden looks better right now during the summer it looked overgrown, you had to many planets, you need to make it more organized

  • @allisonmitchell4685
    @allisonmitchell4685 Год назад +3

    i think it’s an insult to the Mechanic to say you can do it yourself next time.

    • @sherrymullins102
      @sherrymullins102 Год назад +10

      Perhaps the nice man will just feel pride that he's such a good teacher that Alla can feel confident that she can tackle the job next time.