American La France V12 Project - Bells, Whistles and BANGS!!

After fitting a few bells and whistles, it's time to fire up the old girl again!

[@daviddjerassi]

AMAZING progress from a rusting hulk with a broken valve to a water tight smooth running motor love it thank you for the video.

[@robbollom7396]

well done Mr Bracket....more adventures with the truck gearbox hey....cant wait

[@tonic8945]

Love that flathead sound, can't wait to see what it goes into.

[@argee55]

The engine sounds really good. Love the exhaust note. Looking forward to whatever comes next. Cheers.

[@IanCheswright]

Excellent work as usual Chris!

[@rustyrover3808]

Fantastic work, great to see and hear it run smoothly, patience really does pay.👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@plainnpretty]

It sounds great. I don’t know what the car is going to look like but it’s going to have one cool motor. Thanks Chris

[@canadiangrandpa9920]

Hi Chris , love the build . I've watched this video a couple of times. If you go to Pacific Northwest Hillbilly you'll see that Matt has set up his engine run-in stand with the same tach guage. On his he placed a hall effect sensor near the front pulley with a magnet glued to the surface of the rotating dampener for signal generation. Might be the same for yours! Cheers

[@boatbloke6701]

That is starting to sound great Chris! I'll be very interested to see the inside of the gearbox.. and, of course the chassis....

[@WilliamOBrien-s8x]

Engine sounds great looking forward to hearing about the chassis 😊

[@brocluno01]

Good episode. So maybe part of the getting hot issue at idle is related to your timing. Not the 10* initial, but the lack of vacuum advance. Idle is a high vacuum situation and motors love advance in high vacuum situations. So maybe 22* total at idle would knock quite a bit of heat out of it. Why, because with vacuum advance you can reduce the carb opening and lessen the fuel going in to get to your desired idle speed. Less fuel, less heat 😅 The ideal initial timing is probably 10* or so anyway. That'll have to be determined with it in chassis running up a hill with your preferred gasoline and just staying out of ping 😁 During it's fire days, it had a massive radiator and it was expected to be driving or pumping, both load scenarios, so no vacuum. But going to lightly loaded car driving, it'll need to be more flexible 😀

[@HochkraeusenRacingTeam]

Fabulous work !!! We very much appreciate your attention to detail !

[@gavinsansom6266]

Really enjoying this Chris. Can’t wait to hear more about the chassis 👍🏻👍🏻

[@rikmorley6469]

Marvellous 🎉

[@daleskidmore1685]

She runs so smooth and not as loud as I was expecting. I did try and catch the fuel as it poured from the open drain plug, ha, ha. Great episode, Chris. The gearbox will be interesting, I'm sure.

[@thebracketfactory]

When watching back it feels like that fuel is pi55ing out for an eternity before I spot it! As Mr Mainwaring would say... 'stupid boy'!

[@leslieaustin151]

Love it! What a pig-snorter of an engine. Had me worried when it boiled over, thought maybe head gasket had failed! Eagerly awaiting the chassis reveal.. Les

[@stephenbamber7408]

Sounds great.

[@petehayward1732]

Brilliant Chris. The engine sounds fantastic. Well done indeed!

[@JorgeFernandez-uc9qb]

That is a sweet running engine. Nice job on the dash with the gagues. Might I suggest a relay to turn the fan on at a certain temp. I am looking forward to seeing the next episode. Cheers!

[@lanceneuman9528]

I guess the opening ceremony for the temp gauge was more exemplary than that for the tacho. Thanks so much Chris.

[@barrybaker9677]

Just getting started with your video but Really like 👍 the Banjo so far

[@ProSimex84]

That started up and ran smoother than I ever expected it to. Simplicity works I guess

[@jeffhanson1225]

Love it, sounds very sweet. I am very keen to see the chassis.

[@sleepingdogs8939]

The engine sounds great!

[@paulbeckwith5981]

Great progress Chris! You are going to need a bigger garage!

[@keithhoughton4308]

I just fitted one of those £26 fuel pumps to my v-max - my 3rd pump😂. Don't let them run dry or pull a vacuum. Filter King fuel filter/regulator would do the trick and I see they come with a gauge now. Good luck with the gearbox.

[@petermosdell580]

Lovely V12 burble. I use a carter rotary fuel pump in my old VW. Nice low pressure with no need for a regulator. Those retro malpassi regulators do look nice though

[@fredjones1238]

Bloody love that motor Mate cant wait to see it installed in ?

[@anthonygrodecki7968]

Yep great progress and yes want to see your chassis selection. That gearbox looks very sad and heavy hopefully not just rust inside. But I guess you’re going to be having fun cutting gears I have only cut straight gears internally will be fun.

[@mattsherwood3501]

Ran beautifully . Well done. You set the rev counter as a 6 cylinder. I know your only using one of the ign circuits but it still fires all 12 cylinders surely. Anyway, love your work and channel.

[@Mopar46]

Now waiting to see what this beast is going to power.

[@HughClare-Talbot]

That motor sounds incredibly quiet even without silencers!

[@davestephens6582]

Great job sounds brilliant .I think water issue is due to latent heat build up a problem with big cast iron motors ,

[@mcm9329]

The 'ceremony' needed more bling for that tach to work, obviously. Doesn't the needle screw in/out to adjust float lvl on the ol stromy's..great stuff as always

[@BillySpringer-f3r]

The gear shift is set up for a remote gear lever.If you remove shift housing a gear shift lever will bolt on.

[@chrislewis4830]

wow what a lovely sound did you feel it in your chest??? ive been looking forward to that like you for a long time. Obviously not as much as your self but hey fantastic. A engine first start after a rebuild up is a magical thing. My brother rebuilt a large1920s/30s lister boat engine once dispite anchoring it" it still walked off down the garage so he was forced to pull the fuel while he was throwing tyres infront of it to prevent it walking through the wall and into the garden" With a young me running behind it with a piece of guttering pipe for a make shift exhaust trying to hold on to it for dear life like wrestling a giant snake. That was great very exciting lol

[@martinhacche1329]

Regarding it slightly will help with cooling 😊, could you get an old Lucas tachometer for now 👍👍

[@barrybaker9677]

Thanks for the video 📹 ❤. Sounds Awesome 👌. That Gear ⚙️ Box looks like a Gear Box for a Farm 🚜 Tractor. Absolutely MASSIVE 💯. Can't wait until the next one. God Bless Everyone and Trust in our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus.

[@Broken_Yugo]

Sounds pretty good, especially given how it looked inside. If you get unlucky on that gearbox you might get lucky and find it uses a SAE standard bellhousing pattern.

[@timeast6412]

Hi,the motor sounds really sweet.I did wonder if the radiator pressure cap was off so the system wasn’t pressurised,that’s what caused the overheating.

[@MichaelSuter-s9k]

Sweet as.....pack it up & ship it to Tasmania. I have Cabover Chevrolet truck looking for a V12.😆

[@georgeclements2742]

Oooo, you are a tease: I'm really interested to find out about the chassis - and, eventually, the body. Best wishes.

[@tamarmolerick3814]

Looking good.

[@oakswamp]

sounds bloody awesome , i cant wait to see in in a frame! is it pressurising the cooling system? ...reused head gaskets??

[@PaulJames-i1q]

PUT A SEAT IN IT AND DRIVE IT DOWN THE ROAD😱🤪👍💪GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS SIR 👍💪🍺👍💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@kevingoodwin9887]

Sounds great. There is a chap in the USA that supplied me with a repair kit for the lift pump on my Dodge, includes replacement poppet valves, diaphragm etc and is suitable for ethanol fuels, the fuel pump looks identical to the one fitted on my 6 cylinder engine but presumably has a greater flow capacity?

[@robbell4339]

Sounds great! I have the same (or similar) Chinese Rev counter that I want to fit to my ‘29 Midget. But I got the diesel version for the 4K Rev range. Perhaps a mistake…

[@clivelambourne8377]

Good to watch. Very methodical Engine sound great. What would be the horse power. Crack on. Clive

[@nigeltoon1848]

Nice work. I’ve got a Malpassi/King fuel pressure regulator and a manual contact tacho if you want to borrow them.

[@besenzon1]

Result 👌

[@glynluff2595]

Measure the successful float level using thickness of drill stem width. Replicate on other float. Drill stem widths are often used on carb sets.

[@briancsgarage5911]

Need to move the rubber fuel line from where it is touching the hot exhaust manifold. Might get a nasty surprise.

[@swackerle]

While the base of the fuel pump looks application specific, the top looks a lot like other fuel pumps just clocked differently. I wonder if there is a source more local to you in which you could use the top off of a new one, with your base?

[@michaelrussell2891]

written in the finest chinglish

[@peterbonnez]

It would be perfect in a Trabant.

[@blackbuttecruizr]

Result!

[@kelleyhaney-cw7mk]

A runner at last,😊 but with love ❤ you put in too much Poindexter and not enough mad max, some of the things you dwell on are old hat to the gearheads that are following your progress ❤❤❤

[@kelleyhaney-cw7mk]

You are milking it a bit much lad, just start the flipping thing sometime soon or people are going to lose patience with you, 😮❤

[@hrxy1]

that is a seriously smooth running engine, pity about the tacho, good job