How to replace a Corsa B back box. (Needs hammers)

[@fortherestless85]

I do like this old Corsa. When I was a kid, my mum had a very similar one in 5-door, 1.2 petrol manual in the same colour, very much the same base Merit model (no cassette deck, no glove box door, no central locking etc), and even the number plate wasn’t a million miles off: R521 NDG. Great little cars.

[@micheltebraake7915]

You can also use a grinder to grind the slot open further (the muffler is already broken), then you can bend the pipe open more easily.

[@johnthresher259]

You are very lucky to have Tim in your life!

[@roseybut]

Ooh that moment Ian was talking about his 2025 buffoonery plans, Carly gave him a magnificent "if looks could kill" Ian would be no more look. Carly firmly putting her foot down and guiding Ian back into line. Brilliant.

[@32toyman]

One minute I’m watching Harry take a £400,000 Ferrari on a road trip to the Alps, next it’s a 28 year old Corsa having a new exhaust fitted in a garage in rural Wales. Marvellous

[@bentullett6068]

I have been watching the Dakar rally and in the classics section there are some great cars including a 2CV

[@terryatkinson899]

A combination of the haves and the have nots. Harry's got more money than he knows what to do with 😮

[@twocvbloke]

Ah rust, it bonds things you want to take apart, and detaches things you want to stay together, it's always working against us... :P

[@jaggass]

Its a tight fit plus rusty metal so not surprised it put up a fight.. I prefer flanges and spring loaded bolts as it allows an exhaust to flex.

[@pw601]

Whiteland headtorches are awesome! Very happy with mine. Great spread of light.

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Always enjoy the tinkering videos 🚙 🔧 well done team Hubnut 👍👍👍

[@martinworrall5888]

After all your years of tinkering I cannot believe you let that exhaust beat you 😂

[@HubNut]

I never seem to have much joy with those sleeved joints. Barely any room to swing a hammer with it on the ground.

[@HowardLeVert]

@@HubNut i remember doing the exhaust on my Renault 16, usually with better ones I found on scrappers - and no, lying on your back fighting sleeve joints and getting a faceful of rust for your efforts has nothing whatsoever to recommend it.

[@terryatkinson899]

​@HowardLeVert I am in the same boat as you, in the old days new parts were scarce and we spent Saturday morning in the scrap yard wrestling parts off their cars learning as we went so we could fit them on our own cars. There was no help except from the Haynes book of lies, which was better written then.... I can remember being up till 2am fitting a thermostat so I could go to work a few hours later the same day. Corn flakes boxes made perfect gaskets with a little goo to help them not leak.....

[@peterofenback9263]

Screwdrivers have always been the better chisels.

[@TurboTimsWorld]

Miss Hub Nut in the garage with a wire brush....Now thats a game of Cludo that sounds fun!

[@kavyman1066]

The man, the legend Tim and his mighty hammer!

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Great little tinkering video Ian, Carly and Tim.

[@andrewhaines3259]

Had the same issue with a Fiat Tipo sleeved exhaust joint. Ended up chiselling it off bit by bit, trying not to dislodge the car off the axle stands at the same time! Got it off eventually.

[@mpersad]

What stars they are at Whiteland Restorations! The weather will improve…soonish! Great video, but then they all are terrific entertainment!

[@MattBrownbill]

And a shout out to Cambrian Classics also 😊

[@philsladen9918]

Everybody should have a Tim in their life

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

My Borders guarding skills are much the same, Lol. Tim to the rescue, what a good man he is.

[@HowardLeVert]

That's a lovely little car, that Corsa - if I wasn't getting a free Fiat 500 next month I'd be making use of my over-60s railcard and heading over to you with a bag of cash...

[@hectorshouse7348]

Adding value…nice work😀👍

[@jamesbarran-scott437]

I remember helping a mate straight pipe his corsa b 1.5td , much to our surprise neither the back box or centre box removal made any difference to exhaust noise, think it was better on fuel after though 🤔

[@MultiVogon]

If you want another set of ramps for some side-by-side tinkering I've got some you can have if you like 😅

[@HubNut]

Thanks but we have two pairs already. Somewhere...

[@MultiVogon]

That sounds appropriately Hubnut 😀

[@terryatkinson899]

​@@MultiVogonwhen I had 1 tape measure I could always find it, now i have 3 and they dissappear regularly 😊

[@tony-yp6qk]

another great video has always Ian and Carly miss/mrs hubnut and hublets and hubmutt 👍

[@bentullett6068]

I don't know if you have been watching the Dakar rally Ian but there is a car you will love in the classic Dakar line up. The car in question is a 2CV. I think it is shown in the classic Dakar stage 2 highlights video on KZbin.

[@2tone209]

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A TIM

[@recall2880]

Tim nice but dim

[@waynekerrgoodstyle]

I used a Dremel with some cutting disks to get my back box off of my Renault R9

[@caw25sha]

1:37 Gratuitous Inspector Clouseau impression.

[@HowardLeVert]

It's a HubNut version of the Spongebob Squarepants interludes Kitch is fond of!

[@caw25sha]

@@HowardLeVert I see. Over my head I'm afraid. Whooooooosh 😃

[@2tone209]

AY UP MR AND MRS HUBNUT

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

They're married now?

[@jemmaball-op4fi]

@@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt Still baking the wedding cake !!

[@AdeReeves]

Same system as on my Tigra...just changed the lot for ease, the front 3 bots off the downpipe are all you have to tackle and "lucky for me" they came off just fine...

[@StevensPaul]

Never really paid much attention to these little Corsa'sss. Turns out we have 17 of them in stock and on of our Customers has a White '98 Corsa GSI which He(VERY..) proudly showed me. Reminds me of those Vauxhall Nova's the kids across the UK went Loopy for years ago. Needless to say "our" Corsa's don't have much rust...or much of a fanbase😟. These are badged as Chevy's. Silly little Egg shaped things....😅.

[@ClunkerCars]

“Not spark plugs and a battery!” did have me chuckling out loud. I’m also certain that if the phrase “open up the flange” had been uttered on a live stream it would not have been quite so dead pan!

[@RetroStevie]

My parents' old Corsa B had an issue towards the end of its life with a hair-like material coming from the exhaust pipe. I seem to recall a quick online search showed that it would've cost more to replace the exhaust than what the car was worth! RIP Corsa B, still missed!

[@HubNut]

Ah yes. Silencers can be packed with fibreglass which then starts escaping. Shouldn't be too expensive to fix though?

[@RetroStevie]

@@HubNut I can't recall unfortunately how much they wanted exactly. I just remember that at the time, you could trade a supermarket meal deal for a Corsa B if you searched around enough back then!

[@andrewnewton5893]

Thats in not bad nick for a corsa b

[@johnnorth9355]

Over the years I have aquired a collection of hammers of all sorts and sizes. Sadly this is a reflection of my mechanical fixing abilities.

[@StreakyP]

that isn't rust, it is brown Loctite

[@iandennis7836]

I have done this sort of job with a hammer and a cold chisel, just get an old sturdy screwdriver under join, hammer it until the cold chisel can get in the gap and you're away. Edit: Ah, I see that's what you eventually did.....

[@HubNut]

A lot easier on a lift!

[@iandennis7836]

@@HubNut I would absolutely agree with that statement.....but as I usually have to do this sort of thing on a (frequently) cold wet driveway, it can be done. I was younger admittedly but once did a Cavalier timing belt in a hospital carpark......fun.

[@jeremytoms5163]

@@iandennis7836Reminds me. Years ago I replaced the timing belt on my sister’s Cortina in a posh golf club car park. The stewards would be out every 10 minutes asking if I could please move those heaps out the way (I had a MK1 Escort rattle canned, 100% solid but built as a sleeper incl. vinyl roof ). Didn’t like it when I asked if they fancied pushing it 10 miles home. I used my ramps so much that we rebuilt the end of the drive with raw bolts and sockets for them and my engine hoist. Now the most I do is lift the bonnet to refill the washer fluid 😂

[@iandennis7836]

@@jeremytoms5163 until last week when the wipers stopped working, I can't say as I've done MUCH more than that......

[@johnshufflebottom7907]

Yeah been there done that, I feel for you trying to do that on the ground,

[@Comfortzone99]

That engine was detuned by Vauxhall to fit some standard or other- you could have had a bit of fun with it tuning it up.

[@HubNut]

Yes, just 45bhp is the book figure!

[@iangrice329]

I discovered many years ago that most exhaust job's are not worth the hassle.

[@martinneumann7783]

Tim‘s safety shoes look quite nice… 🤡 The Corsa promotion video: I‘ll watch it… See you soon »»» Martin 😊

[@mickfoster7140]

If at first you don't succeed get a bigger hammer.

[@LeeTanczos]

Might be too early with this comment. But could you cut off the exhaust pipe at the side which you are replacing - so behind the joint in this case - and then peel off the bits of sleeve ready for putting the new back section on? Edit: now realise this wasn’t today 😅

[@HubNut]

Yes, that is something you can do. I think I would have been more inclined to try a few different things with more space.

[@bentullett6068]

Also you fitted the wrong backbox to the Corsa as the standard replacement by the kids in the early 2000's was a huge sports exhaust that made lots of noise and made no effect to the power.

[@chris-molloy]

Quite clearly not baffled by the Corsa exhaust. Pajero Junior is also nearly fixed isn't it ? Bella and Betty recently sorted and Desmond is not a problem. Have to side with Miss Hubnut that Chemmy is the most in need of attention ~ don't you agree ?

[@HubNut]

Bella is broken again. Pajero still some way from salvation...

[@chris-molloy]

@HubNut. Bella broken again ~ that's unusual. Sorting out Chemmy would surely be good therapy all round.

[@davidjack825]

@@chris-molloy the charade spends good chunks of its time broken best therapy would be a trip to scrapyar with it

[@chris-molloy]

@davidjack825. Charade is broken because one high mileage engine was replaced with another high mileage engine rather than a teardown and rebuild. Forget the economics of it. Miss HubNut loves this car.

[@andycook4164]

What price is the Corsa please

[@HubNut]

£1200ono.

[@MichaelPartridge-qb8ow]

Another great video Mr HubNut fantastic

[@JPlass-Nielsen]

😄👍

[@s1914]

Time for Chemmy to go, Desmond has replaced her

[@tinplategeektoo]

"wonderful stocking filler" yes only 347 days until Christmas. Start planning now.

[@HubNut]

Shows how long it is since we started filming this one...

[@terryatkinson899]

Wow, tim really has you spoilt, maybe it's a combination of you being too busy, not your car and the cold weather. Ment you didn't do that job yourself 🙄

[@janmortensen9314]

5:20 the overbearing look... every boyfriend know this

[@HubNut]

It's usually well-justified in my case...

[@janmortensen9314]

@@HubNut Reluctantly i have to agree that it often is he he

[@user-ih7gc7dt9l]

That corsa needs a Saab engine !