'José Ignacio López', would be the guy to blame in this case. The GM boss that scrutinized even the smallest parts to the point that they became one-way/one time-only-use items.
@@kdri155and many Volvos from Ford-era too, that's how it should be. 👍 No need to yell ugly words in the outside on dark and rain, hands bleeding, torch in your mouth. You almost got it, but then bulb holder clip flies to somewhere between engine and underneath plastics... Then starts hunt to find that damn clip... 😂
A valiant effort. I don’t know how you aren’t swearing and cursing those lights. As soon as I get on the tools I’m a wild animal, and the air swiftly becomes blue! Personally, I just think it’s passion.
One component which has improved hugely over the years is the exhaust system. It was an item I remember having changed on a regular basis, 2-3 years and it would have a failed weld or hole. I remember spending time in the middle of Scotland fitting exhaust leak putty when my 94 Fiesta exhaust gave up the ghost. That was probably the last car I had to replace the exhaust on.
It's OK Ian for the odd thing to go HubNut. Without odd things going HubNut, HubNut wouldn't be HUbNut and that's why we like the channel, it's what really can and often does happen and not a multi day cut showing everything going swimmingly that really hadn't. Many thanks for sharing.
Ian, super glue and baking soda does the exact same. Grove out the join, clamp or hold it together and fill the grove with baking soda and drip then super glue over the baking soda and it will set hard as a rock.
Years back I had a 1971 GT6 MK3 which I sold in 2008. It still had the original exhaust downpipe. I replaced the mid box in 1986 with a genuine Leyland part that was still solid in 2008. Back boxes were another story. Original manufacturer parts always seem to last almost forever. Quinton Hazel about 2 years max.
The road leading to were I live in Wales has claimed many lives especially in the winter months 😞 So I get it when you talk about safety for little Miss HubNut
The yellow discolouration on the inside of the indicator lens is from the coating on the yellow bulbs, not yellow glass but a translucent paint. the light beams tend to transport it off the bulb to land on the lens.
I felt your pain Ian - it happens to me and I'm sure many others - you didn't rush or bodge but stuff happened - I think the weather played a part being a very cold day as it causes a distraction - only another 3 months worth of winter to endure!
It's about time the fitting of winter tyres was compulsory in the UK November to March, would save a fortune on the amount of salt used and the damage done by it not just to cars but to roads, waterways and wildlife. Most of Northern Europe only de-ice Motorways and major roads. Not with salt as only works down to -10C but the same chemical as used on airport runways and taxiways, non toxic. We are the same latitude as Southern Alaska and Norway and Sweden. The forecast for tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, here is +3 C but with the Northerly wind chill will feel like -10C.
I've fixed many light fitting tabs by stitching with copper wire and then encapsulating it with epoxy resin. Just drill small holes in both parts, pull wire through, twist tight and cover with Araldite. Simples. Works on broken trim etc.
Good old Corsa B headlamps! I can remember farming out a headlamp replacement job on my old Corsa B to my local garage. They did tell me they had trouble getting the old headlamps off.
Old plastic can be quite brittle and break easily. Last week I was washing my apartment windows, which are from 2005, and there are some kind of plastic guiding plates inside the window frame, between inner window and outer window, and one of them broke in pieces when I just barely touched it, it was completely dry rotted fragile piece of plastic garbage. Avoided touching the other one at all :D
The throttle cable on my MG TF has been getting a bit stiff, so is needs oiling. Get that done Sunday before the cold comes. I need to unclip the cable from throttle body, so I can clamp an oiling gizmo I made. To do that, I have to unclip the cable from the throttle pedal, To do that, I have to unbolt the throttle pedal from the footwell. To do that, I have to push seat back and roll the carpet up. Hole! One of the plugs in the drain hole they use when paint dipping at the factory, has gone missing. At first look, seemed to be quite rusty, so I thought need much more time to fix. Swapped cars. Puma out from carport and ready for run to work Monday. MG in carport. Rest of Sunday, removed seam sealer around hole and found most rusty dust was in the sealer that came through the hole. Only a small patch of rust on the body. Sprayed Hammerite top and bottom. At work, made an inch and a half aluminium disc. That evening Metal Araldite it in place. Hoping to Waxoyl the under side. Just got a bit too cold at the moment.
A very fair asking price I'd say. Agree not really suitable children's first car, back in the day no one knew how bad they were so we just got on with it. Passed my test 1990 bought a brown Mini 1000 1979 it was rusty so got rid before the MOT, next car 1968 1600E classic car insurance yay😂😂😂
You may be able to get bracket repair kits for the headlamps - they usually require cutting off the broken parts and screwing into pre-drilled holes on the lamp assembly. Not certain about these lamps specifically, I don't know how to look up Vauxhall/Opel parts catalogues
Ah, the wonder of headlamp fitment designs... I've changed the bulbs on my sister's Peugeot 3008 a few times and considered scrapping it without tellling her because of how frustrating it was. :) Although, my dad had a 2005 Mondeo and that had two, long plastic blades you pulled up and the whole headlamp assembly could be easily removed. A genius idea that was only scuppered by the grille mounted bonnet release that used the car's key and would stop working about 5 minutes after being installed at the factory meaning engine access required a drill and a very steady hand. :)
Ah, the dangers of old plastics in cold weather! Been there, done that. But regarding the car, she is in fantastic condition for her age, my Mondeo is a 1997 car, and I have had to weld in new sills, rear wheel arches and a few other bits. I think Vauxhall's of that era beat Ford when it came to rust protection. Hope she finds a good home, very nice solid car.
Yes 👍 and the ones on the corsa are the old Michelin mx (xvx) tread pattern, around the same time Marshal Remoulds used that pattern under licence too 👍
Hi again Ian, did you see my comment under the last Corsa video about using a heat gun to restore the plastic trims over the wheels? I can post a video demonstration on my Instagram for you if need be. I am sure its normal ABS / Polypropylene so it will return to its original molded colour with heat. Seeing the Corsa and also Desmond makes me feel very bad about my poor old Suzuki Wagin R+ that has'nt moved in 2 years. I am under pressure to scrap it and it has a costly issues. I even have a garage but its full of my furniture projects. So I have to let it go. Pain. If I was in the UK and needed a good simple cheap car I would love that Corsa, its a real survivor. Thanks for all the videos and always being consistent. Greetings from Copenhagen.
@HubNut For extra kiddiewinkie driver safety, your colleagues in the motoring press seemed to rate the Citroen C1/Toyota Aygo/Peugeot thingamy as ideal [at least, the early ones were]. With their special steel passenger safety cell [check out if crashed, and repaired with ordinary steel for cheapness?], and the eee-lek-tronic suspension thingy which simply worked if the car went into a skid of some sort, to bring it back ''on track''..[ESP??}...they were considered very ideal for new young drivers....Gets them out of trouble in the first instance, and saves their bacon{?} should they hit something....For extra young passenger safety, remove the rear seats, and hide them somewhere.....
A headlight lug repair kit is what you require there. However given the vehicles age it may be that these have now been discontinued if they were available in the first place.
If you want to reduce the issue of moisture in the headlamps smear grease/vaseline on the doughnut, I had a MK4 Astra with Depo headlights and everyone on the forums moaned about them fogging up but mine never did after I placed LM2 grease on the rubber backing seals.
It's a valid point - we do take crash safety for granted now with all the safety aids etc - to the point where I think some SUV drivers don't drive with care - they'll be fine in an accident. Back in 1997, a Corsa B would likely have crashed into a car that was just as solid or less in a collision. Any accident would have been catastrophic for both parties so you would hope that both drivers would have been a bit more careful. Now, with today's entitled, arrogant idiots in their VW Tiguans and Nissan Qashqais, any collision with a Corsa B is going to be catastrophic and one-sided with the SUV driver more likely to walk away. :( But at least the Corsa's safety features (if it had any) wouldn't have made the car more deadly - unlike an airbag equipped Rover 100.......
This is what happens when you're left unsupervised! 🤣❤🙈 Been there and done that sort of thing a few times myself. There's nothing that can really prepare you for that feeling of absolute dread when you break a new part!
I had the same accident with one of the headlamp plastic clips for the glass on a w124. I drilled two holes and repaired it with a Steel wire. It didn't look factory but it held.
I used super glue and baking powder to repair plastic, just sand any shiny bit in the area and it helps it to bond better. Definitely a technique worth having a practice go at. It dries almost instantly and there are videos on TH-cam showing how it is done if you doubt me 🫡👍🇮🇪
But the counter argument for vehicle safety is. People drive worse because of the implied margin of safety. So if we drove more vehicles like the A series we would migrate to safer ways of driving. But instead we make the vehicles tougher. Before long the school run will be APCs. As when i was a kid we walked. But soon it was Fiestas, then it was ford Mondeo's, then it went ford Galaxies, now we are on Ford Rangers.
Congratulations with the 121K, Ian! Your channel deserves even more, as does Cold War Motors, for instance: both truly great, human, witty, soothing and down to earth productions without any pretense to which I gladly return now and again. And yes, I often curse your very specific 'hubnuttery' - wrong buys, lost tools, broken thingamies (you know will be before they are ;), lost sound, iffy lighting etc. - but I wouldn't want to miss them either (I suppose, though, you really would at times). Keep going strong! Hope you get the chance and time to go on a little roadtrip again, now you can (kind of) sleep in Bella.
Whilst everything 'going HubNut' may be frustrating for you Ian - it's incredibly reassuring to see someone else suffering with stupid broken clips etc especially when it gets colder. The old plastics seem to turn to shrapnel all over my drive!
Most of life is HubNut. I actually liked that camera angle you put all the captions on--it reminded me a bit of a fashion in photography of the 1930s, New Objectivity (sounds better in German); but it would, have course, been in black and white.
My daughter had a corsa with gargantuan milage on it while at uni every month or so she would come home and i would carry out the usual checks and find out there was no oil, so would fill it up and off she would go, i am sure it never seized because non of the metal parts were actually touching
Never mind Hubnut. It went Hubnut last week for me when i tried to fit a new trim lid on my heater console and ended up snapping the lugs and had to get another heater console.
I had a corsa b 1500 td it had just passed its MOT about a week later the original green brake pipe burst just were it bent sharply up at the end of the floor. About 1.10 in your video the pipe wasn't even rotten it had fractured at the sharp bend. Quickly repaired and brakes bled and checked over all other brake pipes on the car. Showed the damaged pipe to the MOT tester and he said he had never seen anything like it before and said I'll be checking all brake pipes with sharp bends in them especially on corsa's
It would not be hubnut without a bit of something going Hubnut. Reminds me when I glued a bulb into the light unit in the family Skoda when i lost a clio.... It went a bit Hubnut come MOT Time and it failed the first MOT. Corsa is really clean underneath, will make a great little car for someone.
For some headlights you can get repair tabs for when they break. I think the salvage rebuild guys use them may just be for newer cars like Fiat 500s, but worth a look.
Very Hubnet, but often my experience when fixing old cars - and I expect many folks too. Empathetic car maintenance. The Zen of Classic Car Tinkering…. Ohm.
Maybe a worth while trick to try on corsa is use a heat gun on the plastic arch trim odviosly dont melt them but u can heat them an they go black again its not perminant but last alot longer that trim gel does Also maybe sum black boot polish after u heat them
Stomil was actually Polish brand but some of tyres were made by friendly country of eastern block.... :) I well remember the only pattern available for years.... :)
No matter how careful you are, something bound to go sideways at some point. But that is all part of the fun of fixing these oldies. You said you wanted a newer car with airbags, other safety features for use by Miss Hub Nut, Jr. Do you have any ideas what you can get or want for the right price.? It also has to be fixable by you too, nothing too complicated.
Great job on a nice car it would be good having the cam belt change for one of your videos and rust protection applied before the car runs on salt roads the engine sounds better then a lot of new cars do the broken headlight bracket is probably all down to a hob nut moment plastic gets brittle over the years I think you write about safety for your hublits first car when we took are granddaughter on a bus ride for the first time and other children have asked where are the seats belts because they have grown up with being stripped in like a racing driver my generation traveled in cars with steel dash boards with nobs and switches sticking out
Although lacking airbags etc it does have some young driver safety features eg no LOUD stereo for their doof doof music, low power at wheels and much better crumple zones than we had. It is much better as reliable transport than a unreliable 2020 car of unknown ownership and a distracting sound system. Don't forget that although the Hublete is sensible her friends and passengers may not be when off the leash.
Ian if you have a hot air gun warm the wheel arch trims up and watch them change colour and then once cooled down apply your trim dressing stuff Don't get too close with the nozzle you only need to get it hot not Mel the dam things good luck with it.
Yes. I've got one of those. Helped me get a side light bulb out of a headlight it had fallen into! It was one of those push fit bulbs with the spade end. You put it in the fitting, then as I attempted to refit the unit into the casing, out popped the bulb! Turned a five minute job into an hour!
The lost plastic thimg fell on the floor, behind the wheel? You can see something flying down there at 18:43. Thank you from Sweden, for your entertaining videos.
Just as an unlit butane torch will find your vacuum leaks a lit one when waved over exterior trim will temporarily bring it back to black . Don't go any where near petrol filler flaps and caps though lol
Before I retired from a lifetime in the motor trade, we used a light application of shoe polish, let it dry, then just buff it with polish, also used it on vinyl roofs
This summer I found a vintage *adidas* sports bag in the dustbin. Made in the seventies in… yes: Yugoslavia. No damages, just a little bit of dirt. Small repair on the zipper by my shoemaker around the corner and we are ready to go. Superglue with this cement powder is magic! When you have access to more than two hands this repair will probably work! Good luck, good glue, Ian! See you soon on your channel »»» Martin 😊
Given the headlamps were used, don't kick yourself too hard over it, the plastic's probably had so much heat cycling over the years that it was going to break anyway, it just chose that point to do so because plastic is an annoying material...
@@HubNut Well we already know how things go as it is in that regard, but I still lean towards age-related material failure, having had more than enough plastic break with my own ham-fistedness, 20+ year old plastics aren't always reliable these days... :(
@@twocvbloke Especially in cold weather. If you have to work with old plastics in cold weather, such as replacing the bulb in a legally required light then a little tip that can save a lot of heartache and expense is to warm up the plastic first by pouring some warm, NOT boiling as you're likely to have to handle the part, water over it. If you're out on the road a cup of awful service station "coffee or tea" will do the job too. Even brand new plastics can fail and break in the cold temperatures we are experiencing at the moment, but warming them up before manipulating them can allow them to return to their designed flexibility.
My Grandson is on his Ls and Ps will follow in the new year. I threaten to take all the seats except the drivers and the sound system out. This of course wont happen.
It's not ideal weather at the moment for working on cars with brittle plastics is it! Even my garden rake decided it was not the best temperature and snapped yesterday 😒
@HubNut mid rolls ??? U tubes lost its way ........I mean 2 adverts back to back u appeared again then a second later another advert ! U tubes worse than itv
There’s a special place in hell for the designers of headlamps .
'José Ignacio López', would be the guy to blame in this case. The GM boss that scrutinized even the smallest parts to the point that they became one-way/one time-only-use items.
Citroen C5 required bumper off, at least when I did it. Just to change the bulb.
Ford got it right with the Mondeo, just two steel rods that pulled out of the slam panel.
@@kdri155and many Volvos from Ford-era too, that's how it should be. 👍
No need to yell ugly words in the outside on dark and rain, hands bleeding, torch in your mouth.
You almost got it, but then bulb holder clip flies to somewhere between engine and underneath plastics...
Then starts hunt to find that damn clip... 😂
Please don't ever change, every DIY er has been there. Very brave attempting to manoeuvre ancient, thin, abs plastics in the cold.
So if that's ABS, real ABS, then you can use black plastic soil pipe glue and it would be a lot stronger than a CA and powder glue joint.
A valiant effort. I don’t know how you aren’t swearing and cursing those lights. As soon as I get on the tools I’m a wild animal, and the air swiftly becomes blue! Personally, I just think it’s passion.
One component which has improved hugely over the years is the exhaust system. It was an item I remember having changed on a regular basis, 2-3 years and it would have a failed weld or hole.
I remember spending time in the middle of Scotland fitting exhaust leak putty when my 94 Fiesta exhaust gave up the ghost. That was probably the last car I had to replace the exhaust on.
Luckily they're made out of stainless steel, for the most part, these days. Easily lasts 20 years.
Mostly because of catalytic convertors. Water vapor collects in the exhaust system.
It's OK Ian for the odd thing to go HubNut. Without odd things going HubNut, HubNut wouldn't be HUbNut and that's why we like the channel, it's what really can and often does happen and not a multi day cut showing everything going swimmingly that really hadn't. Many thanks for sharing.
Watching HubNut doing a repair on a car is always a strong reminder which odd jobs I'd better not try to attempt myself.
Ian, super glue and baking soda does the exact same. Grove out the join, clamp or hold it together and fill the grove with baking soda and drip then super glue over the baking soda and it will set hard as a rock.
It's not small hands you need it's many hands. Because many hands make light work.
Badum, tish!
Years back I had a 1971 GT6 MK3 which I sold in 2008. It still had the original exhaust downpipe. I replaced the mid box in 1986 with a genuine Leyland part that was still solid in 2008. Back boxes were another story. Original manufacturer parts always seem to last almost forever. Quinton Hazel about 2 years max.
Pah, that's nothing. I've got tyres made in Mesopotamia.
That's how you know they're old 🤣
Can't beat those old Akkadians 🤣
Got mine at "Hanging Gardens" retreads Babylonia
@@billthompson4877 I take it the date code is in Roman numerals then? 😂
The road leading to were I live in Wales has claimed many lives especially in the winter months 😞
So I get it when you talk about safety for little Miss HubNut
The yellow discolouration on the inside of the indicator lens is from the coating on the yellow bulbs, not yellow glass but a translucent paint. the light beams tend to transport it off the bulb to land on the lens.
Yet it actually seems to have clear bulbs...
I felt your pain Ian - it happens to me and I'm sure many others - you didn't rush or bodge but stuff happened - I think the weather played a part being a very cold day as it causes a distraction - only another 3 months worth of winter to endure!
It's about time the fitting of winter tyres was compulsory in the UK November to March, would save a fortune on the amount of salt used and the damage done by it not just to cars but to roads, waterways and wildlife. Most of Northern Europe only de-ice Motorways and major roads. Not with salt as only works down to -10C but the same chemical as used on airport runways and taxiways, non toxic. We are the same latitude as Southern Alaska and Norway and Sweden. The forecast for tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, here is +3 C but with the Northerly wind chill will feel like -10C.
I've fixed many light fitting tabs by stitching with copper wire and then encapsulating it with epoxy resin. Just drill small holes in both parts, pull wire through, twist tight and cover with Araldite. Simples. Works on broken trim etc.
I use a soldering iron and scrap abs plastic.
Good old Corsa B headlamps! I can remember farming out a headlamp replacement job on my old Corsa B to my local garage. They did tell me they had trouble getting the old headlamps off.
Old plastic can be quite brittle and break easily.
Last week I was washing my apartment windows, which are from 2005, and there are some kind of plastic guiding plates inside the window frame, between inner window and outer window, and one of them broke in pieces when I just barely touched it, it was completely dry rotted fragile piece of plastic garbage. Avoided touching the other one at all :D
Wow, I was not expecting that Timspection to be so problem free for Corsa, what a relief for you! Top video, as always.
The throttle cable on my MG TF has been getting a bit stiff, so is needs oiling. Get that done Sunday before the cold comes.
I need to unclip the cable from throttle body, so I can clamp an oiling gizmo I made.
To do that, I have to unclip the cable from the throttle pedal,
To do that, I have to unbolt the throttle pedal from the footwell.
To do that, I have to push seat back and roll the carpet up.
Hole!
One of the plugs in the drain hole they use when paint dipping at the factory, has gone missing.
At first look, seemed to be quite rusty, so I thought need much more time to fix. Swapped cars. Puma out from carport and ready for run to work Monday. MG in carport.
Rest of Sunday, removed seam sealer around hole and found most rusty dust was in the sealer that came through the hole. Only a small patch of rust on the body. Sprayed Hammerite top and bottom.
At work, made an inch and a half aluminium disc. That evening Metal Araldite it in place.
Hoping to Waxoyl the under side. Just got a bit too cold at the moment.
A very fair asking price I'd say. Agree not really suitable children's first car, back in the day no one knew how bad they were so we just got on with it. Passed my test 1990 bought a brown Mini 1000 1979 it was rusty so got rid before the MOT, next car 1968 1600E classic car insurance yay😂😂😂
You may be able to get bracket repair kits for the headlamps - they usually require cutting off the broken parts and screwing into pre-drilled holes on the lamp assembly. Not certain about these lamps specifically, I don't know how to look up Vauxhall/Opel parts catalogues
Ah, the wonder of headlamp fitment designs... I've changed the bulbs on my sister's Peugeot 3008 a few times and considered scrapping it without tellling her because of how frustrating it was. :) Although, my dad had a 2005 Mondeo and that had two, long plastic blades you pulled up and the whole headlamp assembly could be easily removed. A genius idea that was only scuppered by the grille mounted bonnet release that used the car's key and would stop working about 5 minutes after being installed at the factory meaning engine access required a drill and a very steady hand. :)
Ah, the dangers of old plastics in cold weather! Been there, done that. But regarding the car, she is in fantastic condition for her age, my Mondeo is a 1997 car, and I have had to weld in new sills, rear wheel arches and a few other bits. I think Vauxhall's of that era beat Ford when it came to rust protection. Hope she finds a good home, very nice solid car.
Stomil is/was a Polish brand. Since mid 90s part of Michelin group.
Yes 👍 and the ones on the corsa are the old Michelin mx (xvx) tread pattern, around the same time Marshal Remoulds used that pattern under licence too 👍
Hi again Ian, did you see my comment under the last Corsa video about using a heat gun to restore the plastic trims over the wheels? I can post a video demonstration on my Instagram for you if need be. I am sure its normal ABS / Polypropylene so it will return to its original molded colour with heat. Seeing the Corsa and also Desmond makes me feel very bad about my poor old Suzuki Wagin R+ that has'nt moved in 2 years. I am under pressure to scrap it and it has a costly issues. I even have a garage but its full of my furniture projects. So I have to let it go. Pain. If I was in the UK and needed a good simple cheap car I would love that Corsa, its a real survivor. Thanks for all the videos and always being consistent. Greetings from Copenhagen.
SUPERGLUE AND BAKING POWDER SETS LIKE CONCRETE
@HubNut For extra kiddiewinkie driver safety, your colleagues in the motoring press seemed to rate the Citroen C1/Toyota Aygo/Peugeot thingamy as ideal [at least, the early ones were]. With their special steel passenger safety cell [check out if crashed, and repaired with ordinary steel for cheapness?], and the eee-lek-tronic suspension thingy which simply worked if the car went into a skid of some sort, to bring it back ''on track''..[ESP??}...they were considered very ideal for new young drivers....Gets them out of trouble in the first instance, and saves their bacon{?} should they hit something....For extra young passenger safety, remove the rear seats, and hide them somewhere.....
That went very Hubnut indeed 🔧 but nonetheless onwards & upwards 👍👍👍
A headlight lug repair kit is what you require there. However given the vehicles age it may be that these have now been discontinued if they were available in the first place.
If you want to reduce the issue of moisture in the headlamps smear grease/vaseline on the doughnut, I had a MK4 Astra with Depo headlights and everyone on the forums moaned about them fogging up but mine never did after I placed LM2 grease on the rubber backing seals.
It's a valid point - we do take crash safety for granted now with all the safety aids etc - to the point where I think some SUV drivers don't drive with care - they'll be fine in an accident. Back in 1997, a Corsa B would likely have crashed into a car that was just as solid or less in a collision. Any accident would have been catastrophic for both parties so you would hope that both drivers would have been a bit more careful. Now, with today's entitled, arrogant idiots in their VW Tiguans and Nissan Qashqais, any collision with a Corsa B is going to be catastrophic and one-sided with the SUV driver more likely to walk away. :(
But at least the Corsa's safety features (if it had any) wouldn't have made the car more deadly - unlike an airbag equipped Rover 100.......
This is what happens when you're left unsupervised! 🤣❤🙈 Been there and done that sort of thing a few times myself. There's nothing that can really prepare you for that feeling of absolute dread when you break a new part!
I had the same accident with one of the headlamp plastic clips for the glass on a w124. I drilled two holes and repaired it with a Steel wire. It didn't look factory but it held.
I used super glue and baking powder to repair plastic, just sand any shiny bit in the area and it helps it to bond better. Definitely a technique worth having a practice go at. It dries almost instantly and there are videos on TH-cam showing how it is done if you doubt me 🫡👍🇮🇪
Once you've glued the bracket back to the headlight- prob' an idea to glue an overlapping bracket over the original break.
But the counter argument for vehicle safety is. People drive worse because of the implied margin of safety. So if we drove more vehicles like the A series we would migrate to safer ways of driving. But instead we make the vehicles tougher. Before long the school run will be APCs.
As when i was a kid we walked.
But soon it was Fiestas, then it was ford Mondeo's, then it went ford Galaxies, now we are on Ford Rangers.
Congratulations with the 121K, Ian! Your channel deserves even more, as does Cold War Motors, for instance: both truly great, human, witty, soothing and down to earth productions without any pretense to which I gladly return now and again. And yes, I often curse your very specific 'hubnuttery' - wrong buys, lost tools, broken thingamies (you know will be before they are ;), lost sound, iffy lighting etc. - but I wouldn't want to miss them either (I suppose, though, you really would at times). Keep going strong! Hope you get the chance and time to go on a little roadtrip again, now you can (kind of) sleep in Bella.
Thanks. Off on adventures next week...
Whilst everything 'going HubNut' may be frustrating for you Ian - it's incredibly reassuring to see someone else suffering with stupid broken clips etc especially when it gets colder. The old plastics seem to turn to shrapnel all over my drive!
Most of life is HubNut. I actually liked that camera angle you put all the captions on--it reminded me a bit of a fashion in photography of the 1930s, New Objectivity (sounds better in German); but it would, have course, been in black and white.
My daughter had a corsa with gargantuan milage on it while at uni every month or so she would come home and i would carry out the usual checks and find out there was no oil, so would fill it up and off she would go, i am sure it never seized because non of the metal parts were actually touching
That will make a nice car for someone.
The last Reliant Robins had those Corsa lights.
Never mind Hubnut. It went Hubnut last week for me when i tried to fit a new trim lid on my heater console and ended up snapping the lugs and had to get another heater console.
I had a corsa b 1500 td it had just passed its MOT about a week later the original green brake pipe burst just were it bent sharply up at the end of the floor.
About 1.10 in your video the pipe wasn't even rotten it had fractured at the sharp bend. Quickly repaired and brakes bled and checked over all other brake pipes on the car. Showed the damaged pipe to the MOT tester and he said he had never seen anything like it before and said I'll be checking all brake pipes with sharp bends in them especially on corsa's
They became pretty notorious in the trade for that issue with the factory brake pipes.
@JamieCameron-Mackintosh-z7c that happened years ago to me but I've seen it a number of times since
If it’s any comfort, 30 years of MG ownership has shown me that hubnuttery is very much alive here in the US as well. Oh, the stories I could tell.
I was expecting another tyre fitting video from you! 😂
The Corsa passed the Timspection well. Headlights definitely went very Hubnut
It would not be hubnut without a bit of something going Hubnut. Reminds me when I glued a bulb into the light unit in the family Skoda when i lost a clio.... It went a bit Hubnut come MOT Time and it failed the first MOT.
Corsa is really clean underneath, will make a great little car for someone.
For some headlights you can get repair tabs for when they break. I think the salvage rebuild guys use them may just be for newer cars like Fiat 500s, but worth a look.
Very Hubnet, but often my experience when fixing old cars - and I expect many folks too. Empathetic car maintenance. The Zen of Classic Car Tinkering…. Ohm.
Well, there is your problem. Low headlight fluid... Gee, the spare on one of my Urals was made in the USSR...
Maybe a worth while trick to try on corsa is use a heat gun on the plastic arch trim odviosly dont melt them but u can heat them an they go black again its not perminant but last alot longer that trim gel does
Also maybe sum black boot polish after u heat them
Stomil was actually Polish brand but some of tyres were made by friendly country of eastern block.... :) I well remember the only pattern available for years.... :)
Youve struck lucky there.the underside is in superb condition.
Might be an idea to warm the plastic before it’s removed 😢
No matter how careful you are, something bound to go sideways at some point. But that is all part of the fun of fixing these oldies. You said you wanted a newer car with airbags, other safety features for use by Miss Hub Nut, Jr. Do you have any ideas what you can get or want for the right price.? It also has to be fixable by you too, nothing too complicated.
With all the extra space for words, and the arctic weather, I was half expecting reports on the antics of the local møøse population.
Thank you Hubnuts, I think you found one of the least wonky beanies you must have, it's barely 3mm out. Lovely and warm the last couple of days.
Didn't want to deny buyers a chance to buy the wonkiest!
Them engines suffer terribly with tapping on the top end but that is creamy smooth
intrestingly, one can still spot a lot of b-corsa's on the road.
Heat gun on the trim Ian should come up a treat . Knowing your luck, though you may set the car on 🔥.
Old plastic in the cold is never going to end well sadly.
The family 1 is an interference engine, but the family 2 is not. Hope that helps Ian.
Ah! Thanks. Got it in my head it was Family 2 until I was in the edit suite...
Great job on a nice car it would be good having the cam belt change for one of your videos and rust protection applied before the car runs on salt roads the engine sounds better then a lot of new cars do the broken headlight bracket is probably all down to a hob nut moment plastic gets brittle over the years I think you write about safety for your hublits first car when we took are granddaughter on a bus ride for the first time and other children have asked where are the seats belts because they have grown up with being stripped in like a racing driver my generation traveled in cars with steel dash boards with nobs and switches sticking out
Although lacking airbags etc it does have some young driver safety features eg no LOUD stereo for their doof doof music, low power at wheels and much better crumple zones than we had. It is much better as reliable transport than a unreliable 2020 car of unknown ownership and a distracting sound system. Don't forget that although the Hublete is sensible her friends and passengers may not be when off the leash.
Fitted Churchills yo my Standard 10 today, the only other offer was Linglongs.
With Linglongs I'd be worried that they have tiny, built-in, microphones and trackers ...
Ian if you have a hot air gun warm the wheel arch trims up and watch them change colour and then once cooled down apply your trim dressing stuff
Don't get too close with the nozzle you only need to get it hot not Mel the dam things good luck with it.
Black shoe polish? You might already have one but a spring loaded 600mm pick up claw off ebay from under £3 delivered can be really useful.
Yes. I've got one of those. Helped me get a side light bulb out of a headlight it had fallen into! It was one of those push fit bulbs with the spade end. You put it in the fitting, then as I attempted to refit the unit into the casing, out popped the bulb! Turned a five minute job into an hour!
The lost plastic thimg fell on the floor, behind the wheel? You can see something flying down there at 18:43. Thank you from Sweden, for your entertaining videos.
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Yugoslavia got split up in 1991, so that tyre is at least 33 years old!
It's considerably older than the car it was on...
My Fiesta once owned the headlamps were an absolute menace to deal with.
Better update the brakes with all that neckbreaking horse power Ian.😂Aussie Graham
Next time, just check to make sure Murphy isn't around and it'll go a lot better.
Just as an unlit butane torch will find your vacuum leaks a lit one when waved over exterior trim will temporarily bring it back to black . Don't go any where near petrol filler flaps and caps though lol
Before I retired from a lifetime in the motor trade, we used a light application of shoe polish, let it dry, then just buff it with polish, also used it on vinyl roofs
That video was very enlightening, have you tried painting the plastic trim.🏴🚙⛺️👍🏻
Never have but may have to here.
Poor Desmond come from the all year round sun of Kent too snowy Wales.. lol
This summer I found a vintage *adidas* sports bag in the dustbin. Made in the seventies in… yes: Yugoslavia. No damages, just a little bit of dirt. Small repair on the zipper by my shoemaker around the corner and we are ready to go.
Superglue with this cement powder is magic! When you have access to more than two hands this repair will probably work! Good luck, good glue, Ian!
See you soon on your channel »»» Martin 😊
There’s good money to be made on this…nice work😀
🫣 Oh dear........ that's old plastic for you. Believe it or not, we've had hail too and some snow in Queenstown . 🙄
Ian take a look at Kent Survival’s latest vid, couple of ideas for Bella!
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Given the headlamps were used, don't kick yourself too hard over it, the plastic's probably had so much heat cycling over the years that it was going to break anyway, it just chose that point to do so because plastic is an annoying material...
Thank you but I reckon ham fists were more responsible...
@@HubNut Well we already know how things go as it is in that regard, but I still lean towards age-related material failure, having had more than enough plastic break with my own ham-fistedness, 20+ year old plastics aren't always reliable these days... :(
@@twocvbloke Especially in cold weather. If you have to work with old plastics in cold weather, such as replacing the bulb in a legally required light then a little tip that can save a lot of heartache and expense is to warm up the plastic first by pouring some warm, NOT boiling as you're likely to have to handle the part, water over it. If you're out on the road a cup of awful service station "coffee or tea" will do the job too. Even brand new plastics can fail and break in the cold temperatures we are experiencing at the moment, but warming them up before manipulating them can allow them to return to their designed flexibility.
Would you buy a car from this man? 🤣
My Grandson is on his Ls and Ps will follow in the new year. I threaten to take all the seats except the drivers and the sound system out. This of course wont happen.
He mentioned front brake pipes 😮
Flexi pipes i think
Yeah, the front flexi hose ferrules are slightly corroded. Not urgent but should be on the new owner's to do list.
Never laugh at another person’s pain!
Deleted Both my Twitter Accounts. Looking forward to seeing you on Bluesky.😉
It's not ideal weather at the moment for working on cars with brittle plastics is it!
Even my garden rake decided it was not the best temperature and snapped yesterday 😒
I'm cancelling any further car work until April. Or moving to Spain.
@@HubNut Or doing both...
Good old Coarser!
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Are those later reliant robin lamps?
Reliant did use them.
Sure it's the temperature.
Chops uses a product to make black plastic black. I can't remember what it's called, ask him
Same one I use. Apparently it does have limits. Worked a treat on the bumpers and Bella's black trim.
16:40 still have my first car
I'd take it off your hands.
Not a big fan of the original but this is the Ruby Wax/Lotus collab.
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Need the pajero sorted for the snow
Four wheel drive doesn't help you stop. 😉
@HubNut as long as you try to aim for something sort like a bush you'll be fine
churchills its not oh yess its oh no :P
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Sorry. I can't control how many mid-rolls there are from my phone. So I've turned them off.
@HubNut mid rolls ???
U tubes lost its way ........I mean 2 adverts back to back u appeared again then a second later another advert !
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