This Engine Sat Untouched for YEARS - What We Found Inside Will SHOCK You!

[@derbyjohn972]

Yes Martin cracking one. Nice to see you back in the log cabin 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tarmacdemon]

Brings back memories . 1980 s Rolls Regal 700 . 😊 I found it easier to remove the studs before trying to lift the head off after I too had the same trouble with an earlier engine . Great Video martin .👍

[@garywalker3818]

it's a bout time u got that don martin great blog Gary from Crewe 👍👍👍👍👍

[@MalteseMafia]

Great Video 👍 love the soundtrack 🤣

[@andrewmarriott4033]

Brings back memories of when I used to watch and help my dad strip down engines using cardboard like you for valves etc making his own gaskets etc Happy days 👍

[@DiecastPowderCoating]

Great video again Martin. Really enjoyed it, just a bit of advice, maybe get a new thermostat.

[@steveosshenanigans]

😂

[@retrorestore]

Damm, I was going to re use it lol

[@DiecastPowderCoating]

@@retrorestore Yes may clean up. Lol

[@Dazzy84]

Need to do more of these strip downs etc! Love this kinda stuff!!! 👌

[@stevo4649]

thankyou Martin,its so good to see this project resurrected recently, and to see you looking well,👍👍

[@cheftush]

I enjoyed the tear down Martin.

[@retrorestore]

Cheers Dave

[@martinburgess4814]

Great job Martin.Good to see the engine getting some love.Looking forward to more

[@tyzojack]

martin exellent very entertaining vid to short , keep up the good work.

[@vijayantgovender2045]

Thank you Martin enjoy watching your videos please show us the complete strip down of the engine watching from South Africa

[@bigears4014]

When releasing a pressure plate , one turn at a time just like when you fit a clutch , you can damage it

[@fixitorstripitGardenmachines]

Nice one Martin i'm really enjoying this job. Thanks

[@retrorestore]

Cheers Neil

[@timw4926]

Cracking mate. Can't wait to see it rebuilt...

[@4418CARLOU]

Great work Martin.

[@mec-tec]

thats the original gearbox, the later ones dont have the recess sections in the bell housing

[@davestatham812]

Fantastic job there Martin, glad it all came apart quite well, couldnt believe the thermostat completely dried up and blocked wow, job well done, 👍🏻❤

[@bobgorman9481]

You were quite right about the Triumph Dolomite head problems , it also applied to the 1850 and Stag(x2), as well as the sprint. The heads were alloy and the blocks were cast iron and held on with studs rather than bolts which also served as locating dowels and were a very tight fit. After a short time the studs would chemically weld to the full length of the studs , this meant that they couldnt be unscrewed, and in some cases the only way the head /s could be removed was to literally cut them off and having to find new ones from somewhere!😊

[@alandykes2519]

Great job Martin as always we'll done 👍👍👍👍

[@garytaylor5234]

Love your videos Martin. So informative and inspiring.

[@handyjim]

nice one young man

[@mikevp5303]

your patience is remarkable, great video Martin

[@jaggass]

How is the chassis and bodywork? It's been a while since they both got repainted

[@haydenuk02]

Engine looks good . Looking forward to the next one. Cheers for the video take care

[@Darwinion]

That's not a later gearbox because there are no holes for the cross bar for the later clutch mechanism. In one of my videos I detail the conversion of a later box to Regal setup. When you do get this back together... whichever engine you go with, try to get an older style LUK clutch cover with a centre pad. They are no longer made so you'd need to find a serviceable old one, but they are more progressive than the Borg & Beck, which is what you have there. Also Borg & Beck style have been plagued by cheap Chinese copies. I never liked those three spring loaded fingers. I remember HubNut having to take out the engine of FoxAnne because a weak finger got dislodged when putting the engine in. I just don't like them personally. My Regal and Kitten both use LUK covers. Either type take the same clutch plate though. You can tell your gearbox is a very early 600cc one because of how tall the gear lever is. Compare that to a 700 or even later box. They aren't interchangeable either.

[@Darwinion]

I tried to put a link to the video for you but it seems to get deleted each time.

[@Tony-2023]

Great video thanks I have a lawn mower and when I prime it fuel comes from the airbox dripping what could this be the float in the carb. Just learning myself lol

[@Tony-2023]

Figured it out the jet plug thing on the float was corroded and seized restricting the fuel to the carb, I tend to ask for help 1st before investigate l8r

[@Ridley2907]

Very informative as per usual.

[@petefroud5308]

Good job Martin . Not a lot of wear on the pots .

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

Nice job Martin, it will look good at the end 👍

[@thedeadstig123]

Also be aware they haven't made 600cc reliant engine parts for about 50 years, so your piston rings maybe hard to find and will certainly be new old stock Whatever you do don't try to remove all the studs, just sand them down and grease them, the 600 block is pretty weak and if you try to remove a stud and it snaps or rips the thread out in the oil gallery you're engine block is now scrap

[@Andyjones07]

Is the liner on piston number 2 sitting slightly lower than the others martin ?? Great video as always 😊

[@billywhizz98]

Another great video Martin will the engine run on this E10 fuel and hardened valves

[@retrorestore]

Yes it should do.

[@liljoeii6091]

Thank you for the video

[@STTC]

Great video Martin, you really know your stuff, what mics do you use?

[@retrorestore]

I use different mics for different jobs. When i'm filming on my own, I use the Rode Wireless go with the gopro, when I am filming with Sharon in the kitchen videos, I use the DJI wireless mics on the Gopro and when i'm vlogging on the phone, I use the Lark wireless mics for Sharon and me.

[@STTC]

@@retrorestore Thanks for this Martin, much appreciated

[@stevenwatson3963]

Good vid Mart, i am waiting for you and "Pull myself off Wiggy" to get out and about with the flat caps on..I've had a few pigs in my lifetime, none of them needed any lube ;-)

[@davidtsekiri-pp7yz]

excellent strip down

[@thedeadstig123]

No that's a original regal gearbox That's a early 600cx engine too as that's the one engines with the large core plugs at the back of the head You do know you can use a 750/850 engine and it'll fit just by fitting regal front engine plate and regal flywheel to use the original gearbox

[@christopherlowe6714]

Good music

[@cowgirl.4363]

Yes brilliant wasn't it

[@simon_1987]

Hi, do you know a cheap adapter I can get to connect an aftermarket stereo and retain stalk controls? (On a 220)

[@retrorestore]

I did a video on my aftermarket Atoto stereo. Check it out in my st220 playlist.

[@prawny12009]

that clutch looks like an old asbestos type

[@jaggass]

Just goes to show that engines aren't designed to be stood for long.

[@michaelmason5459]

Good workout stripping a engine keep you fit.

[@harleyquinn8028]

Hey Martin love your content on all your channels. Love to all the family. I know it's cheeky but just started posting check some of it out. It might make you laugh 😂 You actually inspired me to give it ago ad they say.

[@terryatkinson899]

Think id leave the pistons as they are. Unless you can get rings easily.... if its not broke leave it alone 🤗

[@retrorestore]

I am leaving the pistons and replacing the rings as I said in the video.

[@terryatkinson899]

@@retrorestore I meant leave pistons and rings alone, rings may be hard to get.

[@thedeadstig123]

@@retrorestore see if you can get rings before you take them out

[@callumthomas653]

From water and not coolant this is what happens 😆 limescale

[@glennmoreland6457]

Good ☹🇬🇧