Project Stratos - Episode 22Drive Shaft Fix number 2

[@mikeshakespeare7294]

Congratulations on the new arrival!

[@105colin]

Cheers mate! All going well so far

[@philwesty21]

That should have been a min 10 beer episode. Great ingenuity as always and lots of patience! Your attention to detail is superb. Congrats on the new arrival to you and Mrs Byrne too!

[@105colin]

Haha, it definitely was off camera and those drive shafts tested the patience! Cheers mate new addition doing very well.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

You have all the fun. Those CV's looked like a joy to separate :)

[@105colin]

Mate i never understood why everyone bitched about CV joints, now i know.....

[@_tikinick_]

@@105colin I hate CV joints too!

[@paulgulliver659]

Always a bit of an issue as to " how hard to hit the bastard" . Glad to see you didn't lose heart when the head of the sledge hammer came off . Sit down , regroup get a bigger hammer and go again. Great stuff Colin .

[@105colin]

I've never had to deal with CV joints before, wow they are really on there, amazing how effective a tiny circlip is!

[@31415926535ism]

Wonderful mix of precision and big hammer brute force. Reminds me of my old gtv6 repairs.

[@105colin]

Yea sometimes you just need a bigger hammer!

[@Meyersmanx1]

I'm loving this channel mate, great work!!! Will be sharing the channel for sure.

[@105colin]

Cheers mate, glad your enjoying the vids! Share away!

[@owenmathews8806]

Congrats to you and your wife on the little one Colin! Nothing quite like it, but they do cut into garage time :)

[@105colin]

Thanks Owen, yea they sure do!

[@105colin]

Thanks Owen, yea they sure do!

[@SkylarkCamperAdventures]

Sorry but I almost wet myself when the hammer head came off! Think we all have been in similar situations, brought a smile to start the day anyway 👍🏻

[@105colin]

Don't be sorry, got a laugh out of me when I checked out the footage!

[@105colin]

Don't be sorry, got a laugh out of me when I checked out the footage!

[@ozrbfan]

loving this build....and enjoying a coldie while watching

[@105colin]

Excellent way to watch!

[@GENERAL517]

Congratulations on the new arrival!!!

[@105colin]

Thanks mate!

[@marckirchner2548]

Congratulations with the little one. 🎉

[@105colin]

Thanks very much!

[@loft66]

Col, what an eventful episode. First, Congrats on the new addition to the family! Secondly, thanks for showing off your persuader collection and thirdly, well done on a three safety beer upload.

[@105colin]

Thanks mate, on all three accounts!

[@smudgetherealmc]

Great job with the CV parts - couldn’t help but laugh as the sledgehammer head came off. Keep it up

[@105colin]

Better quality sledge hammer required for futer adjustments I think, cheers mate

[@rivenmotors7981]

Great timing! I just started rewatching some of the early Stratos videos yesterday. Congrats on the new wee one and the new sledgehammer handle!

[@brianbob7514]

Lookin good! Congrats on the baby

[@105colin]

Cheers!

[@SkylarkCamperAdventures]

“Navigator in flight reading material” 😂 Congrats on the new arrival...hope you not planning for any brackets for it!

[@Redhillmotorsport]

Peugeot rally man here watching from Ireland. Some of the larger Pugs may have a CV joint to fit the 306 hub but also have a bigger shaft spline. Peugeot 806/Expert van etc.

[@105colin]

Hey mate, thanks for the tip, I did have a good look through the CV catalogues, but didn't come across that one, will definitely keep it in mind if this combination doesn't work out

[@Redhillmotorsport]

@@105colin Let me know the spline count for both hub & shaft & I will look into it. We may have parts available here that you guys didnt get down under.

[@105colin]

Thanks, we'll the original pug hub and was 25 and I've had it machined to 27, but could pretty easily get another set. As far as the cv goes really looking for the biggest axle I can find. Pretty sure I'm going to be getting some custom axles

[@rjung_ch]

Was looking yesterday and look what I see this morning Swiss time? You are back! Well done, comment before watching a second :-D Love this build you are making, it's just great! So many thanks man, cheers and hope you have a few safety beers on hand! I'd love to get you a few. Is that possible?

[@105colin]

No worries at all mate, don't fear safety beer fridge is always fully stocked! Appreciate the offer mate, but all good, that said, I don't think I've ever had a Swiss beer before

[@rjung_ch]

@@105colin Was looking into how to get some over to you. 2.5 liters max I am allowed to send you, even as a gift, else you end up paying huge taxes. You folks have some very strict laws down under, but we have them as well. So hope I can find an easy way to do this and hope I can get some out to you so you can try them out.

[@105colin]

Thanks mate! Love the commitment to the safety beers! You are correct, we have a very controlling government over here

[@BobbyDazzler888]

cheers.

[@rjung_ch]

Congrats on you new family member as well!

[@105colin]

Thanks mate

[@regalheros347]

Another great video again; definitely the best build (of many) I am watching or have watched. Not all CV joints are this difficult. I have freed various Japanese and German versions with light-ish tap on the inside face. Obviously corrosion was not an issue with the amount of grease about. It seems disproportionately tight for its purpose? I spy your Arduino dash panel is mounted, presumably reading the fuel level sensors now in the tanks. I'm looking forward to the wiring, ECU and tuning episodes. Thanks, keep the videos coming.

[@105colin]

I have no idea why those clip rings were so tight, I have heard alfa ones can be pretty bad. Well spotted, that was just a stunt double dash for fitting purposes, plenty of work behind the scenes on the wiring /electrical side, most of that will happen once the chassis is painted as well as the wiring harness won't really be removable

[@antonrocchi256]

Missed you bro, you never disappoint.... What’ are the paint colours? Cheers my man🤘

[@105colin]

Colours are a carefully guarded secret..... Very likely red though

[@BeauJohnson247]

Last time I was this early I was still a tadpol leaving my Dads old feller

[@105colin]

Hahahha

[@benheynen2705]

Great vids and work as usual. Any reason you went with two pumps and the associated fittings and controls etc and not just a jet pump on the return line?

[@105colin]

Thanks mate, yea a couple of reasons, I thought 2 pumps in series may help with the pressure drop across the long pipes I need to run, but mostly it was about redundancy, if 1 pump fails we should be able to limp home on 1pump, could be the difference between finishing a rally or not

[@benheynen2705]

@@105colin fair but simplicity is also the way to go with this stuff, I see you have a big alternator to run the two pumps as well, then bugger brakes to stop that mass and more boost to offset the brakes.... All adds up!

[@105colin]

I hear what your saying, but not a huge amount of extra complexity really. As for the big alternator, well a bigger single pump is going to draw more current than a smaller pump, maybe not twice as much, but your really only starting to talk about a couple of amps, the water pumps don't actually draw all that much current, special when they are PWM. As for weight, we're talking less than 1kg, and I'll take that hit for the redundancy factor. When your 100km away from your service vehicle in the middle of the Aussie bush, a bit of redundancy is very comforting! cheers

[@UnimelbVCCNeurology]

Colin the Lancia register have their next biannual Castlemaine rally in October next year. Any chance you'd bring this along???

[@105colin]

Considering my Dad lives in Castlemaine, I'd say there is a very good chance

[@UnimelbVCCNeurology]

@@105colin Excellent! I'll be in my 3rd series Beta coupe. There's an 037 recreation/build also in a shed in Castlemaine (nowhere near as advanced) that should be on show just for hoots and giggles

[@105colin]

Cool, yea keep us posted

[@SelbyRadabah]

Safety beer now in north Idaho idiom.

[@105colin]

Haha, awsome, it's gone global!