Fixing a 58 year old English nugget.

[@2DogsVlogs]

I've a friend in Adelaide who has a '67 Morris 1100. Was this same colour and collapsed suspension. It was given to him by his grandmother. It was his uncles but when he died it was parked in her shed for over 20 years. Had no rust but my friend hated the old fart colour and resprayed it red. It had bucket seats and 54k miles. We pulled took the tappet cover off and it was like vegemite. We cleaned it all up and eventually the suspension was put up to normal height and 6 months later it's back in the shed. Been there 29 years now. With the temp pegging at H, this is quite normal. They aren't built for our temps and run very hot when pushed through the Adelaide hills.

[@dannork1240]

“Fart color” I love it👍🏼 that’s the best way to describe it

[@wildaviation5528]

The first time I saw an MG I misread it as "General Motors" before doing a double take. From then on i still read it in my head as "Meneral Goters"

[@640kareenough6]

Mercedes Genz

[@RandomPerson-d4u]

@@640kareenough6 *Bercedez-Mens

[@maxhammick948]

Molls Goyce

[@TheViolatorinator]

MolksGagen

[@Gureenu]

moyota gamry

[@adam_isiah]

It's so funny to me how nonchalant James is when approaching repairs. The dude's really competent in what he does but avidly shrugs off most tasks or does some crazy workaround.

[@mattBLACKpunk]

Mark of a true genius

[@philrod1]

I thought he was sounding flustered when the coolant wasn't moving. Can't blame him, though.

[@cassDL]

The bodge-jobber extraordinare. A man of culture.

[@GuntanksInSpace]

@@philrod1 man just really wanted to save time lol

[@TheOneAndOnlyDrexel]

I found James's channel where he does retro gaming videos first and then came here. You should see him Frankenstein 2 retro consoles together. It's really something else

[@agentvictoria4021]

3:15 "surface rust" - man who will later regret this observation

[@pguth98]

"Can you do it without that tool?" "No." "What a great car."

[@skylined5534]

Wow, it's like no car ever before or since had special tools to do specific jobs. Weird!

[@vaelophisnyx9873]

@@skylined5534 this is an unusually specific tool though

[@98-SR5]

Every GM vehicle I have owned.

[@AgentTasmania]

Like the Trabant brake drum thingy

[@DavidTorpid]

Man Wade is really moving up. He had world famous KZbin sensation James as a guest star. They play James videos on busses in Spain don't yah know.

[@repapeti98]

Yeah I saw a comment that said it was on a Spanish bus tho.

[@DavidTorpid]

@@repapeti98 my comment definitely always said Spain and there is no legal way to prove otherwise >.>

[@repapeti98]

@@DavidTorpid No biggie, we are human afterall. I'm just curious which video it was since someone uploaded a recording but kept it private

[@DavidTorpid]

@@repapeti98 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYGsoamCnKicfNUsi=VDb973sWW9jpVw-P

[@orijimi]

​@@repapeti98 Nintendo Playstation.

[@nickrustyson8124]

Oh Wade you fool, you don't fix English cars, no one can

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

Least of all a f-ing Morris!

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@OnionChoppingNinja The reason you sometimes see Jag XJS is because they share a transmission with a pickup truck so people throw the engine in from one and it runs way better than the V12. This is not a lie this is a real thing that people do

[@f_worst_nightmare4499]

I'm English, most classic cars end up in museums or forests outside Birmingham 😂

[@mrjack08722]

@@f_worst_nightmare4499 Exactly. No middle ground.

[@ObscuraDeCapra]

This is not correct. You fix them by selling them and buying just about anything else.

[@FyrenRei]

"smells funny" ...check for rat corpses...

[@Lobo2265]

Oh too real, me and my dad were doing up a bike once, we started it up and it stank so bad after turns out there was a rats nest in the exhaust ans there were several dead rats in there

[@Bob-from-Animal-Crossing]

Ah shit, here we go again...

[@Noatzon]

There is somewhere to get good parts actually! At least for Morris cars, and it's surprisingly Denmark. Due to historical reasons Denmark now have more Morris cards then England does - and they still take care of them. Loads of specialty shops that can help you with any kinds of parts you'd need.

[@MrAdopado]

Those blocked coolant passages are what you get when someone has been living with a leak for months and just tops up the radiator with water every few miles ... especially if you live in an area with limescale.

[@toufusoup]

27:01 You know it’s bad when a master technician says “I’ve never seen that before”

[@zenkoz3158]

Dude it really is so rare, even on old clunkers that have sat that long. I've seen old Chevys that sat outside abandoned for 20+years that had less crud in the cooling jackets 😅

[@abhimaanmayadam5713]

@@zenkoz3158 I wonder if it had mixed coolant types in the past, so cooling system gunk speedrun

[@zenkoz3158]

@@abhimaanmayadam5713 could definitely be a chemical interaction between old and new coolant after poorly done flushes. Or maybe something caused by a "leak fix" product that was used.

[@oliverstemp9132]

Alec Issigonis didn’t believe in radios, he said they were too distracting. However he did fit all round ashtrays and made sure you could fit a bottle of wine in the doors. 😅

[@abbyzoetewey538]

What a king , a man of class truly

[@RoyCousins]

Not wine. Issigonis liked Gin.

[@crashoverride328]

Gordons Gin and 2 glasses.

[@jasonheaton-hy8es]

You won’t get a bottle of anything in the door pockets of a ADO16

[@crashoverride328]

@@jasonheaton-hy8es The 1959 mini door pocket is what we are referring to. This was also why that model had sliding door windows and not drop glass.

[@azurestar3417]

"You never want your balls loose" - Dankpods 2024

[@ferretyluv]

Loose balls = bell clapper deformity = testicular torsion.

[@cashwood]

words to live by

[@Hqy22]

​​@@ferretyluv thats gotta hurt tremendously

[@seblmao115]

defo one of the quotes of all time

[@lilkidsuave]

​@Hqy22 it does. Worst pain you will ever feel to the point that if you drink even a bit of water, its coming right back up.

[@johnquilter7620]

Still driving and loving my virtually perfect 1969 Austin America (the one marketed in the USA), 55 years on. It's all about good maintenance and a sympathetic driver.

[@cragtitlar8500]

This dude is Adelaide culture. All his channels remind me of every South Australian I have met

[@yordandoykov3181]

In today's episode: James brings a new nugget to the fleet Wade wears his shronks And I never want my balls loose

[@IcecalGamer]

Has to be read in the right voice.

[@cavalierliberty6838]

TONIGHT ON GARBAGE TIME

[@TheSkelliz]

​@@cavalierliberty6838IMAGINE IF THESE TWO GOT INTO TOP GEAR. THAT WOULD BE SICK

[@jaketechno2765]

​@@TheSkelliztop gear UK vs AU: The Stig = the Fronk Cars = nuggs Test new cars = Test old nuggs Still take old cars on adventures tho. Which one would you watch?

[@evanforst7272]

Ummm akchewally it’s spelled Shrocs 😜😂

[@tiduseleven]

You know it's a good day when Wade uploads a 30 minute long video

[@robotbootyhunter6878]

Man, I didn’t even notice when I clicked on. Excellent nugget coverage.

[@METR0941]

It looks like a British 4 door trabant

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

There's probably a reason for that, the commies liked to copy western cars

[@sparkplugguy8164]

As a trabantist, I must agree

[@christianmirto1597]

Deam you re right

[@skinwalker69420]

I thought it was a Trabant when I first saw it

[@man-ez7nh]

Thats what im saying

[@bonkaddicct8620]

putting new parts into this is like putting a 25 year olds organ into a 97yo smoker.

[@AtomSquirrel]

Everyone deserves a 32nd chance

[@miniandrewmini1]

I miss my Leyland mini clubman. I was restoring that for seven years I had mostly rebuilt it. It was made in Australia . I’ve replaced the carpet, the seats, the back window, and the side door windows. I found a centre console. I’d replaced the spark plugs and leads. It just needed some rewiring, and it was roadworthy, and then it was stolen. I still miss it to this day 15 years later, it was a clubman S with a 998cc engine

[@DracoGalboy]

I love seeing the temp needle climb right before "launch that boy" 24:42

[@alticia]

finally getting the garbage fix that has been missing in my system for quite a while now

[@gordonwiley2006]

This is the comment a raccoon would leave, and I agree with it.

[@alticia]

@@gordonwiley2006 never would have guessed i'd ever completely agreed with someone comparing me or my actions to a racoon, but yeah... yeah

[@DocSmouse]

A car stuck on the lift for four months probably holds up the content, hahah

[@CocoHutzpah]

Not 2 hours ago, I wondered what project was keeping Garbage Time quiet. Seeing a Morris in the thumbnail answered all my questions before watching the video.

[@OutOnALimb9199]

I’ve an 83 Civic and the “new parts sucks” never ends. I’ve had several defective parts & even ones that don’t fit at all. Drives me crazy

[@apj341]

I had a $700 Craigslist '83 Civic for about a year in 2008 and lucky for me it ran like a top. Rear hatch not staying up was resolved with a lawn sign stake. Deathtrap on the interstate (couldn't go over 50 mph going uphill) so sold it off for $800. 👍🙉

[@bortunez8541]

7:05 "OWO" Sign is hilarious

[@eggman9713]

Remember the golden rule about British cars. If the headlights turn on every time you honk the horn, it's probably a problem with the radio.

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

Good old Lucas

[@skylined5534]

Cool, made up rubbish to garner likes!

[@timhancock6626]

Yeah, and German cars explode if the driver ever uses the indicators.....😁

[@Demun1649]

I never had that problem with my Mark 1 Ford Lotus Cortina. Maybe it was just your BMC imitation Japanese rubbish?

[@mikeyaftony2464]

​@@skylined5534 ??????

[@SlightlyNasty]

New parts really do suck. All the aftermarket rubber parts on my '76 Yamaha need to be replaced every 6-12 months. The 40+ year old originals are fine.

[@lasskinn474]

actual rubbers too expensive and pu additives banned list gets longer by the year. oh well at least I can still buy lead paint.. the guys at the thai hardware store don't understand what lead is and why i'd rather have zinc laden. i honestly don't even know whats the point even with the lead paint it disappears in 4 years anyway seemingly.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

my kitchen mixer from the 90s still runs, but i had to replace a 2015 washing machine already. Stuff really doesn't last nowadays.

[@vaelophisnyx9873]

@@HappyBeezerStudios correct. welcome to late stage capitalism and planned obsolescence. Its made to suck so you spend more to buy more to break more to buy more

[@genlus_s]

​@@HappyBeezerStudiosThat's planned obsolescence for you

[@pippipylup8106]

I feel like the 24 hours of Lemons race is the perfect kind of race for you to compete in. It's like the 24 hours of Le Mans, except there's a budget cap of 500 dollars.

[@nickrustyson8124]

Oddly enough they have had these in those races

[@briand8335]

Its pronounced the lemóns race 😂

[@Cube6529]

Do they have that in Australia?

[@zenithcoinsandhobbies]

​@@Cube6529 No, but they definitely should

[@kevintemmer3893]

They did for a year or two, but some sort of corpprate contract reason made them stop. The Ausie side of the LeMons contract started their own budget endurance series. I've raced LeMons for about a decade and am on a first name basis with many of the staff. ​@@Cube6529

[@PaulFellows3430]

I'm English and I grew up 10 miles from the British Leyland Austin Works at Longbridge, Birmingham. When I was a kid they were still building 1100s & 1300s. One word to sum them up is "rotbox." Another word is "shite". Then that range of cars was replaced by the Austin Allegro which was even worse!

[@zeanamush]

It looks dirty and clean at the same time. It's a glorious effect

[@2JRaz]

James Channel is fantastic, I honestly am so happy you convinced him to make his own videos because they are absolutely fantastic. I love that he just does stuff. Does he do it so that it functions? yes. Is it clean? rarely. but it works and it is jank in a appealing way. Well done James

[@Bennythejet55]

Old? Small? Smelly? Has a weird limp you cant explain? You just explained my 6th grade gym teacher.

[@crpope10]

and most of my relatives.

[@TheDeeplyCynical]

You can't kill an A-Series. The car around it will dissolve into brown residue but the engine will be sound.

[@acomingextinction]

no matter how hard I try

[@GARDENER42]

I've a Mini 1275GT bored out to 1400cc. Lumpy cam, big valves, high compression & other stuff. 120bhp on the rolling road & 120mph on the 'test track...'

[@fenderac3049]

@TheDeeplyCynical There were 14 million A series engines produced.

[@ggj666]

And you've gotta love the way you can blow a core plug out of them when thrashing the nuts out of it.

[@YAUUN]

My mum had a 2nd hand one of a later model in the 80's in great condition, even the suspension. She loved that car washed it weekly and made sure it actually got regular services (she usually treated her cars terribly). Some bastard nicked it.

[@MikeSage-hv3hz]

I had one of these, a 67 Morris 1100, in South Africa. Brilliant handling, no suspension problems, good five seater. It managed a long, rough track where a Land Rover had broken a half shaft. In Britain it was the top seller during the 60's.

[@ashleysharkey6406]

Mate as a classic mini owner I'm loving this. The 1.5" socket, the permatex aviation gasket goo, the chonks on the drain plug magnet, the *terrible* new parts, all the weird front wheel drive stuff, the overheating in australian heat... It's all exactly what i deal with every other week! Also all that crap in your cooling system happens to everyone. Sometimes its clogged up old antifreeze, somtimes its aluminium rust off the thermostat housing... Welcome to old Minis!

[@scottvogel8477]

You know it's complicated when even James will use special built tools.

[@jamiejam9976]

Nah, James always special builds his tools, I mean do you remember that one test light?

[@infinitesquarez]

Crazy that these still exist in Australia. The ones that stayed in the UK probably all dissolved into rust sometime in the Thatcher years.

[@dr_vendetta8361]

There are also ones that exist over in new Zealand as well

[@olliewebbuk]

@@dr_vendetta8361Which is even more crazy given how cars rust in NZ. That being said there are loads of these still about in the UK, you just have to know where to look.

[@acomingextinction]

​@@olliewebbukscrap lots, presumably

[@lucylane7397]

@@olliewebbukit’s the salt they put in the roads in the uk in winter

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

like a lot of their car industry

[@James-dt7ky]

I had a variation of one of these sh*tboxes in the 70's. It was a 1971 Austin America 1300 cc. Second gear synchro was pooched. I'm reminded of that thing every time I see Basil Fawlty beating his car with a tree branch.

[@peter.j.07]

it doesn't matter that I don't understand a thing about these cars, Wade's pure delight in an old, stinky nugget gaining new life is enough for me. :)

[@WalterKnox]

"start ya bastard" is such an Australian product.

[@mr_b_hhc]

Almost on par with "Hit it ya bloody drongo".

[@Dimondminer11]

Pretty sure its sold at Dollar General in the states at least with my quick glances in the automotive section in a DG.

[@WalterKnox]

@@Dimondminer11 Interesting... I have never seen it, but I suppose I have never been looking for it.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

@@WalterKnox There's an even stronger version "FFS start ya Mongrel"

[@SmD-ff5xd]

​ Aus product by released in the 90s(?) iirc, that was then next released officially for British market by Nulon UK in 2006, I'm not sure if it was ever 'officially' released in the US per se, but given the lax regs I'm sure it's just imported

[@elyeli6250]

A neat trick I learned from an old timer. Muriatic acid will flush any and all schmoo in an engine. Then follow up with a flush of baking soda and water. It's also a good way to find a leak in a clogged brass radiator

[@alexkaplan6581]

Also works a treat for de-liming toilets in areas with hard water. Though it might deposit further back down in the drain pipe.

[@TwinCam]

OH IT'S AN 1100. I love these so much. Honestly, in 1962, no other small family car was this sophisticated. Next to nothing was front-drive, and the Hydrolastic suspension is dreamy when it works. The Mini and 1100 essentially invented the modern small car.

[@timberinternational2377]

The disk brakes were also quite advanced for the early 60's in a cheap small car, I was surprised to see it had them. It seemed like the mini's and their related offshoots were better built than most other British cars, people seem to have better memories of them now than they did of most triumphs and whatnot. My father has a friend who traded his muscle car in on a brand new triumph spitfire during the 1970's gas crisis, he hated it. From the showroom the roof leaked, electrical issues galore with faulty new components available right from the dealer and the car would run differently depending on the day of the week no matter how much work he put into it. He got rid of it within a year or 2 iirc and bought a toyota cellica GT.

[@TwinCam]

@@timberinternational2377 Absolutely. Someone quite fairly said on the Intercooler Podcast the other week that the 1100 could quite fairly claim to be the most modern car in the world in 1962.

[@TassieLorenzo]

True! How does this explain British Leyland's decision to make the Morris Marina? 🤔(Leyland Marina in Australia.)

[@RainShadow-yi3xr]

@@TassieLorenzoSimply put, they panicked.

[@lordleonusa]

"Hydro-Spastic" suspension is what it was known as, so expensive to have repaired, it ended most of these cars

[@bavarianbanshee]

Please keep us updated on this beautiful little nugget! I'm fascinated with this bizarre creature. I actually thought it was a Hillman Imp from the thumbnail. Lol

[@baabaabaa-El]

Imps, then Hunters, Royals etc were built in Adelaide under licence at the Chrysler factory. Dad had a Hunter Royal, mate had an Imp (gutless wonders both!).

[@cr10001]

You can tell it's an Aussie one, from the bench front seat. New Zealand ones all had front bucket seats which were surprisingly comfortable (for non-adjustable seats of the period. That is, the backrest didn't recline, the seat just slid fore and aft). And it had a lot of room inside, for a small car of the sixties.

[@nnnosebleed]

I lost it when the fuel was dumping and James just started whacking the tank.

[@julian0451]

the reveal that wade was wearing the shrocks this whole time was fantastic

[@nefariousstylo9943]

Exibit A on why I became a machinist. Stop making quality IAC valves for my Dakota? I made a bypass with a manual choke. I have built so much junk for my 245 it shouldn't say Volvo up front anymore.

[@trashtrash2169]

Make your own badge, lol.

[@okasanolastname]

Volvo of theseus

[@SynchronizorVideos]

Australian video about fixing an old English car. The soundtrack: "Anchors Aweigh" - the anthem of the U.S. Navy.

[@SmD-ff5xd]

Always the one constant that all of her children hate; England 😂

[@lordhickory3322]

This thing somehow reminds me of the old eastern-german trabants… The round front lights, the little „wings“ to the taillights… Theres some similarities surprisingly. Also, you should somehow drive and experience a Trabant once, those things are real, proper nuggets… The history behind them is interesting, they are basically made of plastic, and their exhaust stinks. I think you‘d love it!

[@lordhickory3322]

The front grill and the beige color aswell, it’s really similar

[@mushter17]

Me, as an MG Midget owner: James has had this pretty easy, i mean it's an A Series and it hasnt even overheated Nugget: *overheats* Me: Thereeeee it is. Full BMC owner experience now guys, welcome to the club of abject misery. Tally ho from ol' Blighty

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

BMC....British Midget Car?

[@mushter17]

@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 Pretty much. It's British Motor Company, the company that owned a load of different brands in the UK

[@skylined5534]

​@@mushter17 Coming from someone who's owned plenty of stuff from the BMC, BLMC, Leyland and Austin Rover stables and never had much of an issue outside of rust (as in the same issue which plagued other cars from same era as each model I owned) why perpetuate a myth about them being 'bad'?

[@philhealey4443]

Ours was rubbish at ten years old. It would now be sixty, which makes this an unimaginable survivor.

[@mannmctrash]

​@@skylined5534 You should've been buying lottery tickets your whole life then, because it sounds like you got incredibly lucky. Seriously, every factory had a slightly different standard, especially with the chaos of British Leyland owning so many manufacturers all in direct competition while being owned by the same parent company. Not to mention the fact that workers didn't get paid well, hard to believe any of the cars worked for any length of time.

[@zero_burrito]

As someone from the UK, I applaud your efforts. Most of us would have just given it to the local scrap man for 20 quid cash

[@ToTheGAMES]

20? You're driving a hard bargain!

[@NEEDbacon]

@@ToTheGAMES Times are tough these days

[@racketman2u]

@@ToTheGAMES OK, I'll give you 30 to take it away, but that's my last offer.

[@skylined5534]

Clown college comment section.

[@jlhitz35]

"Oh you can drain the oil through the filter?" "Er, Not usually, no"

[@brianthompson5613]

My first car back in 74. It didn't survive but at least I got some cash for a trade in on an EH wagon. Learnt a lot on maintenance on those two cars.

[@offbrandbiscuit]

"For $1000, 4 months and more than the cost of the car, you get to start again" Truer words never spoken

[@colinmartin9797]

My favorite boomer joke: You know why the British never made TV's? They could never figure out how to make 'em leak oil

[@948320z]

Jokes aside, I think TV was technically invented by the British (John Baird). It's mechanical and had a huge spinning disc, so it probably also leaked oil at some point lol

[@deanchur]

They did invent them but they were using Lucas electrics so they couldn't claim the first functioning TV.

[@DrFelonious]

Oil leaks weren't too bad. Lucas electrics and Smith gauges on the other hand...

[@davido3395]

I remember when these Morris 1100s were brand new

[@skylined5534]

The other joke being: How do you know about American car is low on oil? It stops leaking it.

[@rizemancustomsllc]

28:38 block, head and engine was all limed up.. it musthave had a leak amd the owner used water that was pulled from a sandstone aquifer with high lime content. We use limeaway in the states to clean it. Probably not safe for engines, but you can soak parts in it.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

"Weird, small and smells funny" was the write-up under my graduation photo...

[@1chish]

I had to smile when the 'Minispares' oil filter went on. I can almost recite all the part numbers he would be needing!. Clever dizzy though. But these 1100s and the later 1300s were brilliant family cars. Mum & Dad had one but that had the clever red strip speedo that slid across a line of digits. You couldn't get a better riding car short of a Roller.

[@MrAdopado]

Yes, they never looked sexy but they were immensely practical family transport back in the day.

[@stephenw2992]

My mum had one in the early 70s. Loved hearing that engine sound again. Those seats were damn hot in the Aussie sun though.

[@iwb316]

The Austin version had the red strip speedo, the mk 1 Morris had what you see here. My mother had a new Austin 1100 in 1964 and my dads business partner's wife had the Morris version, both bought and delivered at the same time, I remember there were differences between the two other than just the badges and grill.

[@1chish]

@@iwb316 Ah yes that is right. It was an Austin.

[@coopdivi]

My mother had a new Wedgwood Blue Morris 1100 in the early 1960s in the UK. It was revolutionary in terms of space, handling and ride quality compared to other small cars of the time. Performance-wise, it wasn't anything special in factory spec but modded parts were available if you were so inclined (my mother wasn't). It had bucket seats in the front, which were better than the bench seat for driving but not so good for canoodling with the girlfriend when parked (if you know what I mean). It was great fun to drive, if a bit under-powered, and quite reliable during the time we had it. Your video brought back many happy memories!

[@jrojassengard2586]

"First gen of front wheel drive cars" rip Citroën

[@forzaguy1252]

First gen of transverse fwd

[@dodecahedron1]

@@forzaguy1252 technically still 0th gen because BMC's gearbox in sump system wasn't the one that was widely adopted, 1st gen was fiat's system designed by dante giacosa and launched with the autobianchi primula(test launch with a niche brand for experimental features like fiberglass bodies, rack and pinion steering, front wheel drive, the FIRE engine and new aerodynamics) and fiat 128(mainstream launch)

[@deanchur]

Traction Avant, first started production in 1934. Wouldn't mind getting one and doing a restomod, original exterior and interior with modern mechanicals (+A/C and bluetooth stereo, cleverly hidden of course). There were 760,000 made so it's no loss to cut one up.

[@Ahapenootjes]

I've seen plenty of hydraulic leaks on old Citroëns as well. One time simply because a hose clamp had gone missing. When it works it can be pretty comfortable, but as a kid I often got carsick in them due to body roll. Citroën did have a "activa" suspension option on the Xantia model which basically adds an active rollbar system to completely counteracts bodyroll. As a matter of fact, the Citroën Xantia Activa V6 has been the record holder for the Moose test since 1999 because of this. Personally I would love to have a Citroën XM retrofitted with this system. On another note: never feel for hydraulic leaks! Hydraulic injection injury isn't fun. I couldn't really see if James was using his fingers feeling for leaks at some point. 100PSI can apparently be enough to pierce the skin.

[@brammachu725]

„Isnt there supposed to be an air filter here“ „Yeah its in the boot“ „Thats where you need it“ That was way funnier than it has any right to be

[@brodericki4281]

I'm so genuinely that glad you guys are smashing it with nearly 500k subs. I'm from Melbourne. Come across for some mischief. I'm turning my missus's '94 BMW 318 in a "rally" car Big love from Melbs

[@Lucidbkeo]

seeing that water change color when he was flushing out the engine was so damn satisfying

[@ubertalldude]

Those coolant passages were BRUTAL

[@Starfireaw11]

Good thing about an iron block is that they cleaned out pretty easily.

[@loueon6955]

This is one of my absolute favorite channels. Trash gets uploaded and I instantly eat from the bin

[@Kohlrouladeable]

Oh my - thought for a second, you got a Trabant over there. You should look into those, they are as nugget as it gets.

[@snjert8406]

I wonder how many have made it to Australia

[@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer]

Nah, nothing will beat a niki (Aka tony) in raw nuggetness, but i can see how it's the most nugget "Compact" car

[@Xodabeef]

But how will he fix one, it's eroding faster than cardboard!

[@Kohlrouladeable]

@@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer those are in a similar league, the niki is the indestructible one, that just runs on things, that are able to combust, while the Trabant is smelly loud and clunky with a cardboard chassis. PS: I don't wanna trash the Trabant, I love it but for its nuggetness.

[@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer]

@@Kohlrouladeable yeah, but the Niki is literally nugget sized and shaped.

[@BrianLTU]

11:57 Gordon .... i mean James, does not need to hear this. He is a trained professional.

[@Bronzeapollo708]

I'd just like to say thank you for this video, this entire channel as a whole helped me sleep the last two months as I found myself spiraling in my own headspace. Whenever I now feel myself losing sight and spiraling I replay this video in particular to help stabilize myself. So, thank you.

[@therealjanczareq4355]

FINALLY MORE NUGGIES!

[@youtube.commentator]

That's racist moight

[@Roboticwhale19]

@@youtube.commentatorhow

[@therealjanczareq4355]

@@youtube.commentator u wot??

[@TommyCullen-VacuumConnisour]

8:28 yep, modern stuff is made horribly, that is why i am glad you bought that George from Numatic, it is one of the last good vacuum brands that does not make their stuff out of rubbish in china. glad to see people also understand what has happened to the market .

[@TommyCullen-VacuumConnisour]

@@afinnishfishnet7366I agree;. In some cases you just have to deal with it, and it is a shame.

[@TommyCullen-VacuumConnisour]

@@afinnishfishnet7366 Yep, exactly. the companies know this too.

[@MandrakeFernflower]

They have a vaccum named James now

[@smartestfactory]

12:41 you're soldering to a fluid-filled pipe, which is boiling inside (the noises) and carrying the heat away with the fluid. Both of these sap heat, making the solder not stick. You have to drain + dry the system, then solder.

[@smartestfactory]

It may hold, it may not - and for future reference, you can basically never solder a fluid-filled pipe closed, so you end up needing a threaded port or fill tap somewhere.

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

I mean the fluid suspension was a lost cause anyway, hence the new pipes

[@smartestfactory]

@@DirectorOfChaos9292 Saw that pretty quickly lmao. Still, welding sealed chambers with fluids can get explosive, figured I'd post.

[@SCWood]

I love how he gets excited when he finds new things wrong with the car.

[@EnglishNuggetoff]

Did someboddy called me ?

[@Charalspirals2]

For the Nuggs!

[@apathetk]

I didn't realize the speedo was in MPH and was looking at the speed like, "WTF? How is it that slow?!"

[@huseyinuguralacatli5064]

Even in mph it's slow (My daily driver is Fiat 126).

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@huseyinuguralacatli5064 "remember that trains are insanely fast and going more than 24 mph will lead to psychosis" - random person from the 1860s

[@kwarra-an]

I think the world would be better if more cars had lower top speeds. When do you ever need to go 160km/h?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@kwarra-an I mean, a lot are already capped at 250

[@kwarra-an]

@@HappyBeezerStudios 250 is ridiculously fast, though, isn't it? I feel like only emergency vehicles need to go that fast. I suppose that if you were in an emergency and needed to get to a hospital, though, you'd be very grateful for the extra speed... but how often does that happen, vs someone just being a jackass.

[@He11cth3r3]

I know now why there hasn’t been any vehicle content in a while, this beauty has been taking all the work

[@JossRickard]

If it's any consolation, I worked on a Morris Minor that had the same gearbox, and it had broken teeth on first gear and kept going for twenty years like that. And it's still going.

[@kadnhart6661]

I really, really appreciate how you put little notes explaining in basic terms what various parts do. They're unobtrusive enough that those who already know won't be annoyed, but informative enough that the rest of us won't get lost!

[@GreyTheFloydianSergal]

I adore these little ADO16s (BMC's development code for these), so full of charm & they're nice to drive too

[@xliquidflames]

The center exhaust is cool. But my very first car was a baby blue 1976 Chevy Caprice Classic "glass house" sedan that I inherited from my great grandfather. It also had that chalky paint issue. It had a vinyl covering on the roof that was growing mold. But the coolest part about It was the center fuel filler neck behind the flip down license plate. I loved playing this game where I'd make my friends put gas in it and laugh at them while they tried to find the filler neck. Why didn't every car have that? I could pull up to the pumps facing either direction. Oh, and I really loved the head light dimmer switch on the floor by the brake pedal. It took me a month to figure that out when I started driving it. I just assumed it didn't have high beams until I accidentally stepped on the switch one night. I was so excited. "Oh! What?? No way it DOES have high beams!" This was back in 1998 so just googling stuff wasn't a thing yet.

[@Ferrari255GTO]

With how old this thing is it sounds ABSURDLY good! I'd be happy to have it honestly

[@olympus__]

Very excited to see some BMC stuff on this channel, glad to see the factory longbridge rust also happened in the Australian factory!

[@mysticgreg]

Apparently it was cheaper to ship over containers full of genuine British rust than to source it here locally.

[@WilburJaywright]

This was really fun! I learned stuff, I celebrated, I cried, I felt great sympathy with James when he was so baffled by the coolant just sitting there. He’s usually so chill and quiet on your channel.

[@Mannhael]

This was a lot of fun to watch. Wade and his commentary and James’ wrenching. It’s how I’d imagine some mates getting together to work on whatever nugget they are trying to get going. While old British cars have some quirks (how about that fluid suspension!) it’s nice how much simpler older cars are to work on over engine bay filled modern cars 👍

[@mortimergorbat]

I was not prepared to see Wade wearing the shrocks

[@greyrgoose]

I've never heard James as surprised as "Holy crap, back to second works!" 24:04

[@LcFan96]

nearly 29 minutes of wayde and james fixing old cars? man what a treat, thanks or that mate, cheers

[@munnsie100]

Absolutely love these Morris 1100s. A guy local to me has driven his blue example for 45+ years, such an excellent shape and design. My grandparents also owned an 1100 in the late 60s, but the CV axles proved problematic. Damn right about parts quality being rubbish now, even most premium brands have been outsourced.

[@warrenwoolley9040]

Great little cars, cornered like they were on rails but comfortable to ride in. My mate's sister had a new one that we took through Nasho and back along Lady Carrington, great fun. Not much grunt, but they also put the 1275cc engine from the Cooper S into them later (added an S badge), big performance upgrade.

[@C.I...]

Aw yeah! This is the car whose silhouette is on the UK's road signs, btw.

[@AstralTeaLeaf]

Thumbnail had me fooled for a moment thinking this was Aging Wheels.

[@sadisticmaxwell]

58? And I thought my Dad was old...

[@TheodorePeratsakis]

My dad is 58

[@Idxwhattoputhere]

My dad is 56

[@flowerfloc]

you guys have a dad?

[@culturedsquid8442]

@@TheodorePeratsakis Same! Maybe we have the same one!

[@ardcollectsphones]

​@@TheodorePeratsakissame, hello greek person lol

[@LavenderRebellin]

19:30 Oh man, my parent's house has a dingusly-old air unit and I remember doing this exact thing to it a few times during various winters over the years

[@cadensherman1983]

“Oh, you can drain the oil straight out of the filter?” “Not usually, no.” This fucking KILLED me

[@Butterbean32]

9:56 happy to see the test light that you found in the Charade being put to actual good use lol

[@quintonics2508]

as a classic mini owner its so cool to see how so many cars shared the same stuff between each other. Like the engine in that car is near on a 1 to 1 of what a minis is in terms of layout

[@davidjulian8536]

I'ts an A series, same as a mini engine. I had an 850 Mini station wagon (rare in Australia) in 1977 and swapped an 1100 into it, bolted straight in with no mods. Got it up to 90mph on a downhill with three radials and one crossply. Scary.

[@quintonics2508]

@davidjulian8536 ha yeah I know what you mean by scary. When I bought my mini I was a learner. My dad had to drive it home and did 75 mph. Which though isn't a lot, in one of them it's horrifying

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Went to the Irish vs All Blacks match in Wellington in 1976. One of the lads had an orange Mini that had 850 badges on it and a hot 1275 under the bonnet.. Seven of us in it drag racing a Torana XU1 on the Hutt motorway.... Torana left us after 100mph was exceeded... the speedo needle on the mini went right past the 90mph and round to the stop pin at 0....

[@SamRK-1000]

Aw James you coulda used Flex Tape, the tape that seals every hole, the tape made by that guy that taped a boat in half, for the pipe thing that was leaking! Leave that flex tape on there it’ll melt in place and stay there for a hungie years!

[@BarryRudge]

When you look at one of these Austin/Morris 1100 which were a best seller between 1962 and 1970 in the UK their biggest problem was the front mountings of the rear subframe. It is bolted to a stepped panel below the rear passenger seat. It was notorious for rotting out even on 3 or 4 yr old cars, leaving the front of the subframe detaching itself from the car. For an owner it was an expensive repair and the older cars they were better off scrapping the car and replacing it. I would touch one with a barge pole. By the way when sound they are a lovely car to drive.

[@sauceakure]

this whole channel reminds me of one of my dads old classmates that went from italy to like in some asian country with their fiat 500 in like the 80s or something and the moment they arrived the poor car just gave up and stopped working completely (shoutout to my dad for the cool story)