Reliant super van 3 parked since 1986…can we get it to start ???
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- Reliant super van 3 the only fools and horses van. Found and now owner by the bearded explorer
Parked since 1986 can we get it to start and run
Watch the rescue video • I Bought A Reliant Reg...
Found this channel today and what a GEM it is. Subscribed after watching the VW GTI episode. Can’t wait to binge more episodes and watch future uploads.
Great project buddy, my grandad used to have one. Super imbarrasing back in the day, now super cool, mad isn’t it
"This time next year Rodney, we'll will be millionaires"
Silly bugger.
Brilliant vid, Al, and very creative mechanics! You’re also racing towards 10k subscribers, so it proves that you’re giving us what we want!
No issue with it being a two-parter, Rome wasn’t built in a Day!
Really looking forward to the next one
Keep ‘em comin’
JCHK
Tell me it's not going to be painted yellow please ...
Evening Al. It’s fantastic watching you and your knowledge on things is awesome 👏 But best of all your humour tickles 🤗 me 👍🏻
Great job Al , BETTER mic please
Had one in 72 on my bike licence. I managed to rip the drivers door off on the garage doorframe while leaning in the footwell, adjusting the carb and knocking it into gear! Also drove back from silverstone with a mate holding the cyl head coreplug in with a screwdriver after a rebuild, didnt realise you had to punch the centre to expand it....i eventually learned.
Great video you remind me of an old fitter I trained with during my apprenticeship back in 1986 he was old school brilliant tradesman. Not many around anymore.keep up the good work
Oh yes, The "resin rocket". learned to drive in one of these on a bike license. My engine had to come out. Being a inexperienced 17 year old, what to do. Disconnect every thing. Two ropes, one through the bonnet and one through the gearstick hole . Lower the engine onto the ground. Then two people lift the front of the car and wheel it away from the engine. Isn't that strange that after 50 years I can remember it like yesterday. I am now a subscriber.
Really enjoying this video Al 👌no problem being a two parter , as others have said great to watch a proper tradesman at work and not an ecu in sight, takes me back to my apprenticeship days 🙏🙏
“Lightweight racing chassis” had me crying😂. Love your vids and the commentary. Proper old schoo workshop practices 🤭😊
Old school....like you Al. was rebuilding old tractor engines (Perkins P6) at 14 back in the late 70's. Good to see you sharing the old tricks of the trade.Cannot wait for part 2👍
Ahh, the joys of working on Reliants. Undo the body bolts lift it off. Rebuild engine insitu and weld chassis as needed.
Just found your channel, love old cars 😊 was trying to figure out who you sounded like as your voice sounds familiar, then I realised if Jack Sparrow was fixing cars and not a pirate, you'd be him 😊 subbed
Pretty sure it's an all alloy 700cc Reliant engine. didn't they stop using Austin engines past 1962?
You could do with a packet of TUNES for your throat might inprove your gravelly voice you got😲
This time next week we`ll be millionaires (Turkis lira) that is
FANTASTIC VIDEO very informative, part 2 bring it on
The memories come flooding back. As i said, i had 1 back in 1987 and fitted a datsun 120y engine in it.
Chop chop with the next video.
It's called a plastic pig for a reason.
A pig to work on 🤣🤣
Great video shame it's a 2 part'er 😭😭
I remember once seeing someone filling the cylinders with boiling hot engine oil and left it for a bit seemed to do the job.
Used to be quite a few Reliants round here in north Dorset, a lady in East Stour had a hippy flowered one, an old gent down towards Marnhull had a couple, Vans in Gillingham have an Ant pickup and there was an ancient old girl in Mere who had a very sweet T reg MK3 Robin and of course my ol' beastie a van conversion MK2 Robin still in car hospital over in Wincanton. I've tuned mine up, leccy dizzy, high spec leads, plugs, race coil, inlet manifold dremel'd out, yellow top engine got 96mph screaming the nuts out of her on Zeals runway.
Awesome mate , my uncle had three of them as he only had a motorbike license, there brilliant little machines .
It looks like one used in Mr bean programs 😅 . If anyone can get it going, you can . 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍
I hope Colin appreciates all the effort.
Could you turn up the sound ? :-)
A proper hairy arsed mechanic 🤣🤣 Brilliant videos. Keep them coming 👍👍
Only Fools & Horses !
Brilliant man love watching and learning thank you very ❤👀👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
If you look at the top of the cylinder head when you unscrew the rocker assembly. And remove it You will see some of the fixes holes in the block have threads at the start this is for getting a full threaded bolt and screw them evenly and the cylinder head will pull up has you screw them down. You must have full thread bolt's. Please I think you are a top guy. Kind regards David
I'd love to drive a Reliant Regal Supervan for fun along Blackpool promenade today, but an ordinary one, not one that is yellow with Del Trotter logos.
Must have filled the tank up with Coke in '86! 🤣
I knew a bloke who wanted to take the head off of a Reliant Rebel, same problem of corroded studs locked onto the alloy head. 'Loosen the nuts and turn it over so the compression lifts the head' he was advised. Long story short, he ended up driving to work for a week with no head nuts fitted...and still the head did not lift!
Al, I just want to thank you for the heads up on the Innotek penetrating oil. I’ve bought some for doing the brakes and shocks on my old Bedford CF camper. Every bolt, hose and union came undone without a fuss. Brilliant stuff!
Easy to fix ,half an hour and you remove the engine so drop it onto a scateboard and push it out ,do not steam clean the engine or you will be wiping fog from the windows for weeks
I tell myself 0.3mm is really 0.15mm either side, feels even better that way
DETRITUS is the word your looking for i think 🤨🤨
Its crying out for a two or three cylinder Kubota diesel engine. This is 6D diesels.
wait!! you need a 2023 hasmat suit, resporater, goggles and gloves to remove that old petrol its got lead in it 🤣
Watched your video but had trouble hearing you I think you may need a better microphone.
Just watched imstokez he found another one ,
fit a 1275 mini engine. fits straight in and uses the reliant sump instead of the gearbox.
These odd little mechanical creatures are interesting. Good video.
Always Coca-Cola, Always the regal thing..
I had one of these in 1972 I drove it on my motor cycle licence had a bench seat in the back so i could take passengers I bought for £250 it was very reliable and fun going round corners and easy to repair with fibre glass when i reversed into a garden wall ,then sold it for £300 .
There’s only one sure fire way I’ve found to unseize a stuck Reliant engine, you’ve basically got to unbolt the big end bearing and press out the piston while it’s seized inside the liner, best way to do that is with a hydraulic press. Then use the press again to press out the piston once you’ve cleaned off some of the rust from the liner. If your lucky it might just need new rings, or worst case a new set of pistons and liners
Lol , I’m in Edinburgh evening news .in 1990, s due to my reliant Robin going up in flames on the road next to the commonwealth swimming pool .fire ,😮they go up fast.
Great video, Al. I'm enjoying see you next Sunday, mate.
Back in the day we used to cut the engine cover out from inside and take the engine out through the passenger door
Fairy washing up liquid was the nut cracker or paraffin out of the wash bath in my day
Loving this salvage squad repair is this the new slot where the camper van project has left
A lot of these got repowered by reliable Datsun lumps
If Datsun stole the fibreglass idea I wonder how many would still be in preservation today
Love your show bro best mechanic Ive watched
This has got to be your best one yet. Keep em coming.
Enjoyed that one dude 👍 fitting a bike motor sounds like a plan!! Not sure Colin would agree 🤣
subscribed, cant beat a bloke who loves the hot spanner !
That's the car the bearded explorer just bought lol
Ejector seat when you hit a pothole😂😂❤
Only the first reliants had Austin 7 based sidevalve engines , this has the reliant designed O.H.V engine with alloy block.
good luck with it.
Time for an electric motor and battery pack. Electric Motors don't sieze-up readily.
@@peterduxbury927 Just maintain your engine?
@@mrjed6912 I did say that Electric Motors don't sieze - up readily. You switch the Drive to an Electric Motor. Which means (to me) that you don't have a petrol engine to maintain.
I clean lots of old things like coins up with coke and vinegar but if it's the bubbles that works you could try vinegar and bi carb powder because it bubbles like crazy and they are both great for cleaning 👍💚💛❤️
If dave courtney had hair and was a mechanic
Genuine Coca Cola too, no expense spared.
Sponsored by Liddell 😘😘
I'd love to stick a little lister or something in one of these and daily it. But too pricey for messing around with now though
Ah wow watched the recovery of this on another channel! Bearded Explorer Recognised the number plate 😇 looking forward to seeing progress on it
Great effort, heat cures everything 😂
Great video. I had similar problems getting the head off but didn't have the facilities for dropping the engine. I ended up making a head puller for each side of the block which eventually did the trick!
I’d apply heatage to and a roll up.
"39:42" Fire in the Hold ! ❤
Jack sparrow as a mechanic
This is mr bean enemy car 😂
What happened to part 2 ?
Brilliant video .
Forget the rotted 700cc engine, get a 850cc out of a 1977 onwards Robin or Rialto
with 1 1/4 inch SU carb
my Dad had an evil device for freeing stuck motors, basically a big tin bath that he filled with and oil or solvent he could find the the bath was supported above 3 or 4 parafin stoves and left to boil till the engine freed up. DO NOT do this inside and there was still the occasional sledge hammer and shaped log needed along with various incantations which I was not supposed to know as kid.
Mr. Bean's nemesis
Oh how I chuckled when that thing rolled into view. Had a mate who owned a pig - he delighted in lifting a wheel in corners. Actually, he was quite good at it, but it could be terrifying. I however was using my license for the purpose it was issued, and rode a plastic maggot! Sounds like you've got blue tits in the shop.
Fleecy seat covers! Mine had those! It was tasteful racing green with a gold metalflake, though.
Noooooooo, not the dreaded 2 parter!!!!!!!!! Another great video using many technical terms such as 'agricultural spec viciousness', brilliant!
Last resort . Find a cylinder with both valves closed add either . Spark plug and a spark off coil if is going to move it will , we’ll move r out the side of the block
Was that janis on the phone for her Mercedes 😁. Enjoying the car vids. My Sunday morning watch. Thanks.
God this brings me back helping my dad with his Supervan.
Time to go down to the hardware shop and get a bug bomb , then vaccum it out
Coca-Cola the WD 40 of the foodstuffs world ....
True about Coke, I spilt some postmix syrup at work and it cleared rust on the fridge feet, it's fearsome stuff!
Best one so far to date👍
Skilled man
i want one now
please do not paint it yellow....................great content as expected. Colin owes you a big fat drink .
Dropped on this channel by chance today - loved it, now subscribed!
Bloody brilliant! Thanks for the heads up on the innotec deblock oil.
I guessed who you were doing this for, it could only have been Colin or his mate Imstokse.
What a great video! You have a new subscriber.
Nice one Al as per usual mate 👍🙂👍 Very much looking forward to the next video 😮
We used to use coke to unseize steel seat posts from Aluminium bike frames when I worked in the cycle industry.
I've used the Coke idea many times, someone told me also try Power steering fluid & acetone or diesel
not surprised its seized, and looks rougher in the flesh! looking forward to seeing it getting some hammeredge technical adjustment!
I get about every fifth word. An impenetrable accent that's delivered through mumbling. Quaint and cute but not very informative.
Done loads of work on reliant supervan three’s over the years I had three of them at one time in the late 70s
I hope that Robin doesn’t end up with diabetes 😂
Great stuff used it myself in the past 👍
Oh my god, don't you cowboys clean before you strip an engine down? Good job you don't work on cars for a living, you could get proper mechanics a bad name 😂
Great videos of this guy looking forward to seeing more
I'm sure those engines were measured in ponies as they never quite made one horse.
Brilliant video can't wait too see the next one, un seized and running ?