Hi Stephen, good to see you back on the Smart . I loved your first series with your other \smart and all the troubles you had and how you resolved all the issues. I am looking forward to seeing this series and especially the clutch replacement. |Keep up all the good and interesting work.
Very helpful video. As a recent Smart owner with many needs of repair, I am viewing your whole catalog of videos and of course each new one as it posts. The front clip removal was quite enlightening and allowed me to see so much of the front section. I live in Hawaii, but up in the high desert of the volcano 4,600ft/1,400m elevation. My morning temps are around 39F/4C and warm up to a balmy 58F/14C. My neighbors just up the hill get ice on their pet water dishes in the early morning. The weather up here is actually quite similar to Uk. I have a British neighbor who says it's just like home. The mornings are brisk and clear and usually by 9 or 10 the clouds begin to form and any time after that we can literally get surrounded by the clouds. Basically the same as the London fog, coming and going until the temperatures and dew point get far enough apart for clear night skies, which are amazing for planet, star, and meteor shower watching. Thanks for the video.🤙
Nice editing btw! Great work... It's like the Smart manual in 3D 😂❤ But first? WTF.... How is every Smart aficionado not here yet? 😂❤ Love your videos. 🎉 Happy NY also. Looking forward to the clutch and the little bits.
Good to see you back Stephen, I always enjoy your vids. I'm too old and inflexible to attempt such things, and don't have a garage, so have to go from S Wales to either Giles or Ben for such work, but I love watching how it all comes apart. I appreciate your little extraneous explanations such as the heater input, sidelight bulbs etc. Keep up the excellent work.
Very nice job, I stripped mine to the same extent just to replace the washer motor! The lower fastening on the wing were as brittle as crisps too. I had to use fat plastic rawl plugs in the tridian temporarily. Enjoyed that thanks. 👍
Hello Stephen, first of all I wish you a happy new year and hope to see many more interesting videos from you! You're not letting the cool temperatures or the British weather stop you from your plans, and even the battery in your camera doesn't feel like working 😉 Enjoy the new year and your hopefully warm home. 🙋🏻♂️
@@ChrisBrown-ux8jn Hey, thank you! The volume of emails I get has become too much and it’s just so difficult to diagnose problems remotely. It’s become a bit like the prayer emails scene in the movie ‘Bruce Almighty’ 🤣
If you look carefully near the middle of the screen windscreen, you'll see there are marks that show where the wiper blades should be when at rest. A light smear of grease on the sidelight bulb holder stems helps removal in the future. I see you topped up with MB325.0 . That'd concentrated antifreeze so if you hadn't already premixed it with 50% water, that will lower your boiling point. Obviously not by much as it was only a top up.
@@evilutionltd Thank you for this. I’ll be in for a full coolant change at some point as I’m figuring it may be the original. Great tip on the sidelight bulb holder. I have some red rubber grease that could be just the job there. They’ve always been a cow to remove but after the knuckle stripping job on my previous 450 cars I don’t complain 🤣
Can you get a camera with loud alarm that goes off if battery low or about to fail? Would have liked to have seen how dirty your drain area was too. Is there a certain porduct you need to foam clean the front area, I was woried for electrics, so do you just wait to dry or spray something on after cleaning?
Great job 👏🏻 I wanna ask you about some problems on my 451 ا hope you see my comment I have 71ps smart and i wanna make it 84ps (could I add an orginal turbo on it? And how?) I have smart 450 brabus steering wheel with “paddle shifter” (Could I add the paddles on my smart 451 steering wheel?) I asked someone and he tell me that it can’t fits on my 451 steering wheel 🤷🏻♂️ Another question My 451 suddenly stop the engine when it goes on low speed and I can’t change the gears so i can’t start the engine again but when I remove the battery and connect it again i can restart the car (in rare cases) OBD shows me the faults It says the clutch actuator failed Could we fix it ? It’s so expensive to replace
Hi Stephen, good to see you back on the Smart . I loved your first series with your other \smart and all the troubles you had and how you resolved all the issues. I am looking forward to seeing this series and especially the clutch replacement. |Keep up all the good and interesting work.
Great video, your postings really help keep my Smart on the road. Thank you. Happy New Year. Chris
Very helpful video.
As a recent Smart owner with many needs of repair, I am viewing your whole catalog of videos and of course each new one as it posts.
The front clip removal was quite enlightening and allowed me to see so much of the front section.
I live in Hawaii, but up in the high desert of the volcano 4,600ft/1,400m elevation.
My morning temps are around 39F/4C and warm up to a balmy 58F/14C. My neighbors just up the hill get ice on their pet water dishes in the early morning.
The weather up here is actually quite similar to Uk. I have a British neighbor who says it's just like home.
The mornings are brisk and clear and usually by 9 or 10 the clouds begin to form and any time after that we can literally get surrounded by the clouds. Basically the same as the London fog, coming and going until the temperatures and dew point get far enough apart for clear night skies, which are amazing for planet, star, and meteor shower watching.
Thanks for the video.🤙
Nice editing btw! Great work... It's like the Smart manual in 3D 😂❤
But first? WTF.... How is every Smart aficionado not here yet? 😂❤
Love your videos. 🎉 Happy NY also.
Looking forward to the clutch and the little bits.
I'm here and I'm the quintessential smart aficionado.
@@evilutionltdNaaaaice... Love this car. I have a 451 Passion 2008. Almost the same as his original Smart. 😂❤
Learned Soo much!!!! 🎉❤
@@evilutionltdI feel humbled that you would be here, after all you are the ‘gold standard’ with all things Smart!
Good to see you back Stephen, I always enjoy your vids. I'm too old and inflexible to attempt such things, and don't have a garage, so have to go from S Wales to either Giles or Ben for such work, but I love watching how it all comes apart. I appreciate your little extraneous explanations such as the heater input, sidelight bulbs etc. Keep up the excellent work.
Very nice job, I stripped mine to the same extent just to replace the washer motor!
The lower fastening on the wing were as brittle as crisps too. I had to use fat plastic rawl plugs in the tridian temporarily. Enjoyed that thanks. 👍
Hello Stephen, first of all I wish you a happy new year and hope to see many more interesting videos from you!
You're not letting the cool temperatures or the British weather stop you from your plans, and even the battery in your camera doesn't feel like working 😉
Enjoy the new year and your hopefully warm home. 🙋🏻♂️
Excellent Video as always. this guy has now heaps of knowledge, its a pity he doesn't acknowledge and emails.
@@ChrisBrown-ux8jn Hey, thank you! The volume of emails I get has become too much and it’s just so difficult to diagnose problems remotely. It’s become a bit like the prayer emails scene in the movie ‘Bruce Almighty’ 🤣
Great job! That is what I was looking for.
Another great and interesting video can’t wait for the next one.When the smart is finished please get a Scoda Yeti to work on
I want to change the clutch but don’t have the big machine to lift it up and what else to do it. Show us please
Happy New Year and thank you for the great content.
If you look carefully near the middle of the screen windscreen, you'll see there are marks that show where the wiper blades should be when at rest.
A light smear of grease on the sidelight bulb holder stems helps removal in the future.
I see you topped up with MB325.0 . That'd concentrated antifreeze so if you hadn't already premixed it with 50% water, that will lower your boiling point. Obviously not by much as it was only a top up.
@@evilutionltd Thank you for this. I’ll be in for a full coolant change at some point as I’m figuring it may be the original. Great tip on the sidelight bulb holder. I have some red rubber grease that could be just the job there. They’ve always been a cow to remove but after the knuckle stripping job on my previous 450 cars I don’t complain 🤣
You did the Great job. Keep it up.
Cheers & a happy New Year.
Very satisfying stuff. One wonders which dry witted words were said to the windscreen repair man who left off the scuttle trim pieces.
@@callumk5 🤣🤣
Nice editing❤
good job
Can you get a camera with loud alarm that goes off if battery low or about to fail? Would have liked to have seen how dirty your drain area was too. Is there a certain porduct you need to foam clean the front area, I was woried for electrics, so do you just wait to dry or spray something on after cleaning?
Great job 👏🏻
I wanna ask you about some problems on my 451 ا hope you see my comment
I have 71ps smart and i wanna make it 84ps (could I add an orginal turbo on it? And how?)
I have smart 450 brabus steering wheel with “paddle shifter”
(Could I add the paddles on my smart 451 steering wheel?)
I asked someone and he tell me that it can’t fits on my 451 steering wheel 🤷🏻♂️
Another question
My 451 suddenly stop the engine when it goes on low speed and I can’t change the gears so i can’t start the engine again but when I remove the battery and connect it again i can restart the car (in rare cases)
OBD shows me the faults
It says the clutch actuator failed
Could we fix it ? It’s so expensive to replace
Very informative and very helpful, but why not waxoil all that metal while you can?.
@Timothyshannon-fz4jx Thank you! I’ve never seen a 451 rust in those areas to be honest and not a spot there in 17 years but I get what you mean!
More z3 stuff please
@@martinboagey2422 There’ll definitely be more. I just don’t like it being outside in bad weather! Few jobs coming up though.