Fiat 500 Classic - Engine rebuild- Part 5 - Accessories and first start

Finalizing the Fiat 500 engine assembly by fitting the oil filter, oil pan, generator, cowling, exhaust, fuel pump, carburetor and flywheel.

[@barryd1325]

Watched the whole series in one hit, if I end up getting my topolino you’ve given me the confidence to have a go at rebuilding the engine, awesome videos, very detailed.
Well done👍🏼

[@AircooledProject]

Thank you, Barry. Good luck with your project. If you decide to get it :)

[@user-jt7ju5zy2w]

Muy interesante la mecánica del Fiat 126.p

[@laurentiuprisacariu9905]

tocmai te am descoperit. si tocmai ce am cumparat un fiat 500 din 1971 pentru a-l restaura. ce ma bucur ca ai postat astfel de videouri :)

[@AircooledProject]

Multumesc, ma bucur ca iti sunt utile.

[@IsmarayCabrera-cc2rh]

Me gustan los Fiat 126 polki

[@artfuldodger5707]

hai ca se aude bine V8-u, asteptam clipurile si cu body/chassis work :)

[@AircooledProject]

E destul de zdravana caroseria, nu sunt multe de facut.

[@massimosalvatiproietti4577]

Grandeeeee!!!!!!

[@danausgr]

Well done and thanks!

[@AircooledProject]

Thank you!

[@gilbertorocha7431]

Excelente trabajo, me enccantaria que hicieras eso en mi fiat pero estoy en playa del carmen Quintana Roo Mexico, Muy profesional tu trabajo felicidades y si un dia vienes por Mexico eres bienvenido.
Atte Gilberto Rocha

[@AircooledProject]

Gracias, saludos desde Rumania

[@CasaDin30]

Felicitari🎉🎉🎉

[@AircooledProject]

Multumesc. Am ramas in urma cu youtubeul, motorul are deja aproape un an de la reconditionare si peste 8000km :)

[@volcomk5224]

Hi! What's the exact name of the paint you've used for exhaust parts? Unfortunately, I cannot decipher it from the video. BTW. very nice piece of mechanics here! Cheers

[@AircooledProject]

Hello. It's a cheap romanian coating with high bronze content used mainly on stove metal parts. In translation, it's actually called "bronze for stove". Try googling "kynita bronz argintiu"
I don"t know under what name you would find it in other countries. Maybe you could ask some company specialized in stoves.

[@marcovigna8469]

Nice video very useful and well done. Just a question, why you would reduce the fuel pressure by adding thicker gasket? Thanks

[@AircooledProject]

Thank you! If the fuel pressure is too high, the needle valve in the carburetor will not be able to stop the flow when the bowl is full and the engine will be flooded with gas.

[@dirkfolscher3001]

Nice lawn mower engine.

[@alfredocassano3194]

incredible contents. Where are you guys based at?

[@AircooledProject]

Hello Alfredo. I'm in Romania, but I'm not a professional mechanic. I restored this engine for my own car.

[@alfredocassano3194]

@@AircooledProject congratulations man, really awesome work. I wish I'd do the same with my 500, it's abandoned since 2005

[@AircooledProject]

Thank you. It's an easy car to work on. If you research everything well, you should be able to do it.

[@moltedo37]

At the end of the day it is just a noisy lawnmower engine and it tales longer to put togheder than a Mercedes engine. And that's why the only Fiat you see on the road is the new Cinquecento.

[@claudiosossi73]

Yes, Moltedo37, it is noisier than a water-cooled engine, as water cooling does make for closer tolerances. However, to say that it takes longer to build than a Mercedes engine is stretching logic a bit too far!! Fiat have, for the most part, (over many decades) produced many practical designs. They were utilitarian, practical easy to work on and quite conventional in design. Lots of people could afford to buy one, which meant that in the post-War Italy, they did not have to ride their Vespas in the cold and rain - and could carry the family as well. Every engineer has a design brief to follow in what sort of car they are asked to create. Small, economic, practical, etc. or fast, complex, high performance, expensive, etc. Some for long American cross-nation trips and some for narrow and tight city streets. So before you criticise, think about the design philosophy that drove the engineer - in this case, Dante Giacosa - who designed most of the sixties Fiats, not to mention the 50s, and earlier. (The original Fiat 500 Topolino was designed by him in the 30s.)