ENGINE WORK CARRIES ON ON THE BANTAM, MINI AIR FILTER MODIFICATION, CRANKCASE DOWEL SLEEVE REMOVAL TOOL, CRANKCASE AND CRANK SCREW PRODUCTION, FINAL CRANK DISASSEMBLY AND A MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW WITH JETS!!!!!!
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@andrewblock50873 ай бұрын
What a brilliant mod for the airfilter problem , make it look stock for all the rivet counter, Hat of to you Sir
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Thanks Andrew, turned out not too shabby
@gbentley81763 ай бұрын
Nice walk on part from your brother MrT!. Also good tribute to the late Ian Lavender the last of A platoon. Excellent fettling too. Thank you for posting.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Ah that was my second cousin Heinrich Von Tweed.....a prickly fellow
@Steviegtr523 ай бұрын
I had a D14-4. some years ago. I padded the flywheels. Ported the chambers & fitted a George tod head. A 376 monoblock carb. I made a expansion chamber exhaust. The bike was quite fast but ended up snapping the crankshaft. After that i fitted a Villiers twin 2T 250 engine & it ran great for over a year. Thanks for sharing Mr Twed. Steve.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
my pleasure Steve, a Villiers 2T 250 Bantam sounds interesting....
@Steviegtr523 ай бұрын
It sure was. I got a few admiring comments with that bike. Brakes coped well too, as did the suspension. I used to have quite a few 2T & 4T engine back then. I wish i still had them. @@TweedsGarage
@colinsmith4699Ай бұрын
A good video
@TweedsGarageАй бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Colin 👍
@rockcrusher46363 ай бұрын
Very nice, coming right along. Cheers.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
thanks Crusher
@thebracketfactory3 ай бұрын
A little bit overdue for my liking 😉... but well worth the wait. Extremely entertaining as usual!
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
better late than never :-)
@thebracketfactory3 ай бұрын
most definitely !@@TweedsGarage
@daveharriman27563 ай бұрын
Very good vid, informative and entertaining, nice air filter mod. Have subscribed. I've never owned a Bantam, always liked them though, I started on Tiger Cubs in the 60's, passed my test on my mate's D14 though, it was brand new, I thought it would impress the examiner more than my ratty Cub! anyway, the screws and fasteners in those days were Cadmium plated, but that's been outlawed now, bright zinc is close enough....cheers, Dave
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Thanks Dave and welcome aboard, thanks for sharing your memories, always interesting to hear how these vehicles were used when they were everyday transport.
@petermckee10613 ай бұрын
Lovely work, Allan. Many thanks for the video. Cheers, Peter.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Peter
@robbie2awesome3 ай бұрын
Mr Tweeds air filter solution better than the original! XD
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
we shall see :-)
@terryblackman62173 ай бұрын
Great video as usual. They don't like it up them you know. May see you at Popham this year. Cheers.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Cheers Terry, I do try and get to the autojumble/car show, bike show and fly in weekend.
@cedley19693 ай бұрын
Mz made basically exactly the same air filter setup as your conversion and having owned several I have never encountered any issues with oil contamination. The smaller mz's are basically metric bantams anyway. Edit, actually bantams are imperial mz's given dkw designed the original engine and they were metric.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
That's handy to know, I know MZ cranks have been used in Bantams ( they can't be any worse )
@nickaxe7713 ай бұрын
I have been wondering what happened to the Bantam project......Yes love your air box mod Mr Tweed....very very neat. Great to see another Bantam vid from you Sir.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
yes its all still going on and being documented on video, it just depends on workload when I get time to edit them and get them out. Thanks
@acooper44823 ай бұрын
Looking forward to more of the bantam and Jenkins!😂
@coplandjason3 ай бұрын
Very good Allan, most enjoyable!
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Thanks Jason.
@StuartsShed3 ай бұрын
It really is excellent having the equipment to make just about anything. It fills you with warmth, joy and good feelings. Then the day comes where you need unobtanium screws. And you know you want them. And you know you can make them. The first one is interesting.........................and so you grit your teeth and go at it. And later on, after it's done, you declare it was fun. And it was. Sort of. Certainly an achievement. Well done sir!
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
once you work out the work process and get into it the time just flys by and like you say Stuart a sense of achievement when the job is done.
@StuartsShed3 ай бұрын
It's true - running a process can actually be very rewarding and soothing. It's time at the lathe - and you know that YOU MADE THOSE PARTS!!!! Making things is so cool.
@georgew69553 ай бұрын
Always a pleasure, never a chore! 👍
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Thanks George, glad you enjoy them
@johnb55193 ай бұрын
I'm going to have to figure out how to slot those screws coming off my lathe too.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
If you don’t have access to a mill an old engineering trick is two fine tooth hacksaw blades together in a hacksaw and cut your slots that way ( a bit tedious I'll grant you )
@retromechanicalengineer3 ай бұрын
Good to see it coming along Tweedy. Best wishes, Dean.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍 Dean
@BlownGaskets3 ай бұрын
Looking forward to your plating attempt, please show us even if it doesn't give the desired results, I'm about to attempt plating my self, oh and you have a great back side for camera, thanks for the education and entertainment.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
My pleasure Sir and I will video the plating whatever the result.
@chrissills9623 ай бұрын
Good show Allan,well done that man.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Thank you Sir.
@453421abcdefg123453 ай бұрын
Excellent, the air filter element conversion is really good, and I am sure will be taken up by other Bantam owners . Stay safe! Chris B.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Thanks Chris, hope all is well over the Channel
@453421abcdefg123453 ай бұрын
@@TweedsGarage Very nice thank you Allan, we were up to 25 degs today, much better than the rain we have been getting. Chris B.
@AllenORourke19543 ай бұрын
Great show Allan, cheers mate...
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
my pleasure Allen
@shedbythetracks3 ай бұрын
Very nice airshow! If you are going to fly the jets you better bring your wallet... way out of my reach. My only complaint with this episode is I didn't see you beat anything relentlessly with a big hammer.. How are people going to learn? Cheers from the shed
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
yes its a very expensive carrier bag to bring home when you get it wrong and fear not, the hammer beating episode is the crank assembly saga is coming soon.
@markpercy42773 ай бұрын
Hahahaha nuclear bomb, l do love your sense of humour just as much as your engineering skills 👍
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Mark
@asciimation3 ай бұрын
You need to go back and restudy your Allo Allo before attempting Ze German accent again. Or better yet, Dr Stranglove! I think I will need to split the crank on my Velocette so that is most useful to see. And jet engines you say? I am trying not to get distracted from my Riley (don't mention the Coventry Climax Randahl!) but I might have a little jet project in the works. Nothing flyable but it should make the right noises!
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
German?????......that was my best Belgian accent!!!!!!!!
@dwillett72813 ай бұрын
You can get anything in NewZealand apart from a good cup a tea
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
very true, its all bloody Liptons over there.
@leslieaustin1513 ай бұрын
Oh, Mr Tweedy, star of stage, screen and television… brilliant air filter work, nice video, good looking screws! I think I have a set of Bantam side-case allen bolts somewhere deep in my sock drawer (don’t ask!). Are you coming back up to Cheshire this summer? Les
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
thanks Les, well I haven't had the call yet for a second season so don't know yet.
@howardosborne86473 ай бұрын
In the later part of this video I see that the RAF have gone down a few scale sizes to cope with govt underfunding 😂......that'll confuse the Ruskies.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
shhhhh keep it under your hat.......
@matthewhibbs96023 ай бұрын
was that a subconscious joke early on ?? An air filter going "cheap" for a Bantam 😂
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
I´m going to say yes ;-)
@billdyke97453 ай бұрын
No, sir, we do not like your adaption! Your adaptation, however is a perfectly elegant, non invasive solution to an otherwise insuperable problem. Though you only need an air filter for two months a year in this sog forsaken country. Dust? i dream of dust...(I've been cultivating anybody I can find called Noah just in case)... Onward and upward! Brilliant, sir, as always. A less on for we more ons...👍
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Yes I think you'd be wise to stock up on timber Bill, there's been so much rain that the drive and the vehicles on it are covered in moss and they are used regularly !!!!!
@davidward86823 ай бұрын
Do tell Mr Tweed did you go to a grammar school
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
nah.....run of the mill comprehensive mate :-)
@chrislewis48303 ай бұрын
well wasnt the orginal a paper based filter it looks like it to me
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Its a fine woven material sandwiched between a fine mesh a bit like K & N air filters
@nickaxe7713 ай бұрын
Would not use silicone inside the motor on stuffer plates.....petrol will soon have that off and may loove the plates loos. Petrol kills silicone in no time.....turns it to goo. Would have thought.....main air gap taken up by just the plates sitting on there mating faces.....yes a tiny bit of air may leak.....but not volumes. I just left mine out on my B175.....would like to try with and with out.....but goes fine with out....and the cant fail if not there. I just used alan bolts for my cases....chromed.....I think?....but look great.....easy to get out when needed. Amazing models about these days.....that F16 was stunning.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Good point on the silicon Nick, there are better options
@russellnixon99813 ай бұрын
With all that screwing action Mr Tweed you might fall foul of the KZbin police. 😯
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
one has to be careful...
@russellnixon99813 ай бұрын
@@TweedsGarage Mr Tweed did you know there is another channel Tweedy Pubs is this a family member. He's very good. as are you.,.of course.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
@@russellnixon9981 no he's not related but i have visited quite a few of those London pubs 😉
@6brman2243 ай бұрын
I don't like all this hi-tech stuff. My first bike was a D1. Perfectly adequate.
@philnewcomers91703 ай бұрын
hss tools dont like c tips when they break every 5 minuits hss dont do that for me ,so hss great stuf ttfn&ty
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
always room for HSS tooling in Tweed's garage Phil.
@oldfarthacks3 ай бұрын
Lots of fun there, screwing around. It's surprising just how much England regulates stuff. We have far less of a problem here in the US thank God.
@TweedsGarage3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it.....unfortunately it is the few that spoil everything for the many....