Taking Out The Engine On A 1970s Ford Capri | Wheeler Dealers

Ant gets to work on a Ford Capri, taking out the engine to inspect an oil leak and to give it a really good clean-up. #WheelerDealers
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[@davidcurry3999]

Mike Brewer saluting the Capri was brilliant. My best friend does it when he sees one pass as it was his first car. Not many about now. Especially not ones painted white with a paint brush and house paint. The boot had 2 large wooden speaker cabinets from his house in it. The laughs we had in that are now utterly priceless memories.

[@davidsnyder2000]

I love how they edit Ant’s mechanical work where it seems like it only takes him minutes to rework that motor and gaskets 😄

[@tonto2009]

I had a 73 2.6 Capri in Canada. Each head had only 2 exhaust ports. The 2.8 heads had 3, but had other problems. So being naïve put a junk yard head on a milling machine and milled out until the ports were separate. Then mounted aluminum blocks ala 351 Ford V8 motors for 3 ports. I used 2.8 headers. The heads were ported and I used a Offenhauser 4 barrel manifold with a 390 cfm Holley. With a cam change only that motor really perked up. It would pull to 8500 rpm and mid range torque was amazing. Beat my fair share of V8's. Oh those were fun days inventing stuff and experimenting. Now my 434 Chev. small block has CNC ported everything. Runs very good but.........well it not the same when you just order it!

[@alt3523]

My 1st car was a 76 Capri - I loved that car . I would road race it up and down the San Gabriel mountains in LA -

[@TheMrSquirrell]

Love the new format. This engine as well as the Essex motor lives on here in South Africa. I have one in my XJ jeep purely for hard work on the beach.

[@harleyrobertson73]

I miss the old original wheeler dealers where they worked on cars you can actually afford, may have not been the most exciting car in the world but it was a great show

[@keithisaacs6092]

You mean like Bentley's, Porsche, and Mercedes.

[@harleyrobertson73]

@@keithisaacs6092 like used cars that aren't valuable

[@Tony-112]

This guy is cool, hopefully Edd makes a show to fix cars, would love to watch both 👍👍

[@Car_and_classic_lover]

Same here!

[@itswais77]

Ant is great but Ed is the real deal

[@houseofno]

Only a troll has to pit one person against another.

[@eddiespagetti8395]

I had 1974. Ghia with 2.8 headers and cam and bored .30 over. Fast 280 HP we got outta that thing. Fast and beautiful car

[@richardcollins8766]

I think Edd was great, but Ant Ansted knows his shit! Folks definitely need to get a grip and stop with the hate.

[@MagicAyrtonforever]

No he doesn't.. Not factually correct on quite a few points - A bit of research would stop them from spurting nonsense 10% of the time.

[@wimspreeuwenberg2516]

@@MagicAyrtonforever edd is a shit mechanic

[@keithisaacs6092]

This blokes a genius just check out his CV makes Edd look like Mike Brewer.

[@jmacnaughton8881]

Neither of them could hold a candle to the mechanic I use. He changed both the radiators, 5 brake discs and the flux capacitor on my Ford Astra in a mere 4 days. Only charged me £9000.

[@John-we7jx]

I loved Ant’s enthusiasm and get up and go - was good he gave Mike as good as he got !

[@SB-vb8ch]

Oh & the siamese port comment is the wrong way around, US spec Cologne V6 had individual ports per cylinder (which are clearly visible on the engine you are working on) & the euro ones had siamese ports on two cylinders per bank for engines of the same era. The later euro cologne was a different engine again though without the siamese exhaust ports but with a chain driven cam...... The uk Essex V6 always had an exhaust port per cylinder. The Essex V6 also used a gear driven cam but that & the angle of the V is about where the similarity ends.

[@posniknelb6114]

That's got to a European V6 cologne engine, surely??

[@SB-vb8ch]

Nope, look around 3:13 & you'll see the single front port & the double sized ovoid port for the middle & rear cylinder. Euro engines had the same sized ports for the single cylinder & the siamesed cylinders - in fact they use two identical gaskets on each head. There are another couple of versions, the US spec 3 port heads as used on Mustangs & no doubt other US market Ford cars of the era & the later Euro 2.4/2.9 engines which had individual exhaust ports per cylinder but are actually very different (chain driven cam etc).

[@cologne2792]

The Siamesed exhaust ports were also a design on the UK Cologne engine. The Essex 3.0 had separate exhaust ports as did the later 2.9 Cologne. Nice engines though.

[@05gtdriver]

Actually the North American 2.8L Cologne V-6 was a "6 port" head, individual intake & exhaust ports. Ant is full of it, and so is Mike when he refers to changing the "bonnet" on his Capris when he was younger to get the "bonnet bulge hood", stating how this Mark 2 has the "bonnet bulge" hood. The Mark 1 Capris had the flat or bulge hood(depending on year and/or engine size), all Mark 2s as well as Mark 3s all have the raised bulge on the hood(bonnet), so Mike is being redundant. Also, at the end of this episode, Mike states how this is the 1st Capri done on WDs, which is BS because in season one, Edd tackles a Mark 3 1.6 Laser...... Goes to show, these TV shows and production companies really don't cater to the knowledgeable enthusiast, just the average viewer.

[@danielball7595]

I thought he got it wrong I was also sure the UK spec cologne V6's have Siamese ports and manifolds.

[@SB-vb8ch]

Colognes of the same era in euro were siamese & the USA ones were port per cylinder. The 2.4/2.9 obviously is still a cologne but very different in detail to the older style of engines (chain driven cam being the obvious difference). There are quite a few flavours of colognes, the very early german motors were quite different (v4 & v6), the ones we had in the uk & then the early & later types which existed in thd USA. The final incarnation was OHC as used in the explorers & 3rd gen Disco. The whole WD thing is quite poor from a research perspective, lots of errors etc. Not as bad as anything with Jimmy 'I have no clue' Deville in tho.....

[@wyrazowfkp]

@Rick Hough Yes. All the old european cologne V6 - with carb or with mechanical injection had siamese ports (only 2 per head) -- 1.8 V6 2.0 V6 2.3 V6 2.6V6 and the 2.8 V6 (* only one did not : the Granada MK1 2.8i on some early k-jet different than in Capri from 81 which had different heads - more like US style). The 2.9 EFi was never used in the Capri from factory. The essex 3.0 had normal 3 port heads.

[@MagicAyrtonforever]

@@05gtdriver Yep so much bullshit, hoping it will baffle brains! The Essex had timing gears too if I remember rightly (fibre)

[@ianmangham4570]

Awesome ,i had a blue mk3 1.6L with a 2litre motor and a push button start 🤣🇬🇧🙋‍♂️ twin choke weber with a kent high lift cam and full janspeed exhaust inc 4 branch manifold/header,showed 134mph on the clock,wheels were pepperpots 205 60 13 🤣, rs steering wheel,recaro seats/ fishnet headrests ,two big cibies up front and one at rear set for eye level/tail gaters suprise🤕🤣🇬🇧 didn't bother with an alarm i just put the dizzy rotor in my pocket 😃🇬🇧

[@donaldhollums3278]

Ole Brewer showed himself quite the fibber by claiming he never did a Ford Capri. Obviously he didn't want to mention the forerunner who helped get Brewer where he is today; Edd China.

[@baylessnow]

You are indeed correct, this is all I could find relating to it. www.motoringbox.com/cars/entertainment/wheeler-dealers/episodes/wd-series-1/episode-11-12-ford-capri-laser-1-6/

[@mqbitsko25]

Mercury Capri in the U.S. I had a '74 with a V6 in high school. We laughed at it at the time, but it wasn't a bad car.

[@mqbitsko25]

I didn't realize what I had. Geared cam? Nice!

[@paulorth2251]

Nicely done, sir. Remember the show well.

[@Callumlamborn]

What a ❤ classic

[@josesilesgarcia9859]

I love this car!!

[@BuddyRHS1965]

I just found one , if your serious hit me up. thebudster1995 g mail for quite a story found in garage covered in curtains dead serious.

[@robertwillis4061]

Could spot straight away that the engine had been worked on. Loads of orange sealant sticking out from the sump and rocker cover joints. With the sump off, I would have taken the oil pickup pipe off and cleaned the strainer and made sure that no old bits of gasket sealant there blocking it or the pump. Additionally, I would have run a wire twist brush down all of the head to sump oil ways. If they are blocked, the sump can end up dry and the oil all stays in the rocker covers, causing the engine to overheat or seize.

[@andyrbush]

I grew up in the UK but really did not 'get' the Capri. I had Cortinas for a while, and the Capri seemed just a Cortina in a coat. I had a Datsun 240 Z in the 70s, which was a lot of fun and looked the part.

[@tentotwo8290]

Has this episode been aired in the UK yet? Have I missed it 🙈

[@RETRO-CONSOLE-GAMER]

Love you videos love the show can you help me with my Nissan X-Trail the stop start system fault keeps coming up all the time and I can't switch it off I've been to Nissan and they said there's nothing they can do what can I do about this how can I fix it thank you but

[@virgiltracey9130]

What series is this from? I don’t remember seeing it.

[@MINIMOTOMADNESS]

true about the car,i had two,mk1 1.3gt and mk2 1.6 always lusted after the 3.0l

[@herridge819]

I think Ant could do with Edd's gloves. Personally, I wouldn't use silicone on a cork gasket, in fact there's no places I would use silicone.

[@PhilOsGarage]

Depends on the individual application, bike crank cases often don't have a gasket and use a sealant instead, but it is a dedicated sealant rather than generic silicone.

[@matthewfindlay2242]

Not even a bathroom? Ant is more of an expert than you are my friend.

[@iandavid7730]

Ladies and gentlemen, the world's first living personality donor.

[@mosecall9046]

Found show 6 months ago and now I watch it

[@kapteinsuperskoot6986]

Same timing gear on the Essex, the forerunner of the Cologne...

[@scootermanhappyman4043]

not really wheeler dealers is it

[@blackhatter011]

No, it's better now.

[@TheThomasdahl]

Ant is great. Ed was also great. Maybe the wrong guy was fired?

[@TheThomasdahl]

So what did happen..?

[@TheThomasdahl]

@Tavarish I am surprised that cutting spanner time saves significant amounts of money.. having a camera man chase Ed around the workshop cannot be hugely expensive. The whole show has always had a shoestring feel about it. It was part of the charm.

[@stevedavis68]

Mikes a plonker

[@angrypants7619]

@@stevedavis68 what a retarded comment

[@TheThomasdahl]

Mike is a plonker, but a funny decent plonker. Like Derek Trotter. I like the show with him in it.

[@konstantinosadamos8545]

Wish we could get the full episodes of the US episodes somewhere . If anyone knows please post link

[@nohope112]

motortrendondemand!

[@Dan_Kornfeld]

konstantinos adamos - Amazon Prime Video On Demand, all episodes.

[@aor3200]

@@Dan_Kornfeld Seems to be USA only :(

[@doriannritter2615]

In Europe their were 3,0 Capris, 2,8 injection versions and custom versions with superchargers or turbos.

[@TheEulerID]

Those old nylon teeth timing gears would strip on Ford V6 engines, which has exactly the same effect as a timing belt breaking. However, it was no big deal as they weren't interference engines, like a lot of others of that period. That 2.8 was the Cologne V6, but there was also the Ford Essex 3L V6, which was a different engine and that also used the same fibre gear wheel system. Originally UK Capris were fitted with the Essex 3L V6, but that was later supplanted by the Cologne V6 2.8L with fuel injection. Only the Cologne unit had siamesed ports. Reputedly the Essex unit was good for 180 bhp with EFI which was apparently tried in South Africa.

[@susanhenderson2322]

They were an interference engine, mine bent all the intake valves when gear stripped

[@mayanksoni8465]

Full episode please

[@jaggass]

The Cologne engines wasn't the only ones that had timing gears. Boxer engines have them and alot of old American V8's had them as well.

[@robertwillis4061]

Less likely to snap than a belt. No need to tension like a chain. But noisey. Good on a 'V' engine, with a single central camshaft, not so on a straight or multi camshaft engine

[@wyrazowfkp]

@@robertwillis4061 I don't get the noisy feeling on a v6 -- more noise comes from the top of the head.... The "plastic" in a V6 will last almost forever - like milion or more miles without big wear. The problem is in a V4 - where there is a additional 3rd gear for the balance shaft -- the teeth are wearing out in like 100.000 miles +/-

[@chris425amp7]

@@wyrazowfkp they are more noisy when changed to Steel/ aluminium. But a lot better

[@wyrazowfkp]

@@chris425amp7 Most of the 40-50 years old cars with V6 "cologne"" engine - the 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.8 have still the original gears - with 600k miles/1milion km and still working - so where is the better part ?

[@chris425amp7]

@@wyrazowfkp I still have the original but I upgraded

[@Eis_Bear]

4:01 Old Volvo engines had timing gears instead of a belt or chain, I'm thinking B16, B18/B20, B30

[@hankpb1]

on program you didnt say if you refitted all the smog emissions stuff...and yes had a 3.0ltr S back in the day

[@tonyashton780]

Ant, s a cracking mechanic and was the UK youngest armed police officer. The show isn't the same with out Ed but that's not Ant, s fault.

[@callumbush1]

He's bullshiter and isn't even a qualified mechanic

[@tonyashton780]

@@callumbush1 opinions are like arse holes everyone, s got one lol. It's the old Marmite question.

[@mohamedyasinarakkal5130]

4:56 So Satisfying.

[@brianpreval5602]

where is the rest of the video?

[@michaelrawson6261]

U can keep the Capri, my 80s car of choice was the 2ltr Astra GTE. all day long.

[@johnl798]

First capri on the show ???? Erm didn't they do one years back ? Or has Mike got amnesia ?

[@lee2217]

Yes the one edd painted the wings and the paint match is as perfect 😂

[@lablackzed]

@@lee2217 yep metallic paint he wasn't happy with it.

[@lee2217]

@@lablackzed I know they were just tidied up. To sell

[@lablackzed]

@@lee2217 Yep £180 I think to some young bird .

[@lee2217]

@@lablackzed think it was mate

[@jonathanmaccioni459]

Would it be possible to obtain a script of this one show, you native English speakers ? So to add french subtitles ? Many thanks in advance

[@studio-flash]

If you were a kid growing up in the 70's ..you would appreciate Capri's..Britain's take on the Mustang...pity we didn't have a British Corvette though.

[@dfcvda]

you found a gem

[@pyroarch57]

Yeah mine left me a legacy too - a bloody great bill because the oil pump design was shit (v4) - it was driven off a hexagonal ended rod from the distributor and this rod had rounded out the casing in the pump so it stopped driving! = seized engine.

[@DemonBlueDays]

The Essex V6 which predated the cologne as was in the Capri and Reliant Scimitar had the same timing gear, but they're were not originally metal...they were fibre/nylon something I have to remedy this winter in my Scimitar

[@Witheredgoogie]

Well at least if it failed it would not smash the pistons and valves to bits like a lot of modern cars with belts and chains.

[@DemonBlueDays]

@@Witheredgoogie actually, a timing gear fail on an Essex and cologne usually Means a new block. I've seen the mess of the fibre gear giving way does

[@Witheredgoogie]

Oh I thought they had enough clearance in the chamber for the piston not to hit a valve if the timing went and it was basically just a clean out of all the bits?..but obviously if you have experience of more damage then it would be interesting to know.

[@cologne2792]

@@Witheredgoogie I broke mine in my 1980 3.0S Capri one particularly cold winter. Fitted a replacement timing gear but damage had occurred. Back then the cheapest option was an engine swap and I bought a very good engine from an auto Granada for £100.

[@Witheredgoogie]

Well I didn't know that..that it could cause terminal damage.

[@dodgeplow]

Where's the rest of this engine video?

[@EugVR6]

10mm, 13mm & 17mm spanners and a hammer is all you need on those old Ford's.

[@ep91monster]

Sealant straight over the sump bolt holes rather than around the inside of them? Sieve anyone lol

[@michaelmorgan6012]

This guy reminds me of griff rhys Jones lol

[@ewaddy9856]

Love the show! Ant's hands are always clean!!!

[@brianbloom1799]

Even in the USA, That was won of the best cars ,I ever own, I could pull the front wheels off the ground , Banging 2 gear, The car would slide across the road to the right, And it was fast, with a 4 banger, unreal.

[@eddiespagetti8395]

Yes the 2.3 or 2000 4 bangers were powerfull

[@terrortorn]

Utterly Americanised now. They may as well get American hosts and save even more cash.

[@therickman1990]

This is the first time I've actually seen this guy, and I think he's just as good as Edd, stop crying

[@terrortorn]

@@therickman1990 Make your comment against the point that was made rather than an imaginary one, stop fantasising.

[@BigDuke6ixx]

@@therickman1990 agreed

[@steviemurdoch3213]

They tend to do that with everything now bud it's standard uk version us version lol

[@patagualianmostly7437]

@@therickman1990 I agree Rick, some of the slobbering that goes on in the comments sections on YT over Edd China....Jeeze... it's embarrassing. (And I'll bet Edd would be the first to agree.)

[@georgew.5639]

I like this show because the work is always done right and thoroughly.

[@nsoper19]

always wondered why more cars don't have cam gears rather than belts or chains. Seems much more robust to me.

[@spaceghost8995]

They tend to be very loud. That is why I think.

[@ericheine2414]

You can fix the Capri with a 289 and a 4-speed. Koni shocks, and soap.

[@remisoderberg]

Its not first time you done a capri on wheeler dealers.

[@henryintheuk]

They should reboot WD with Ant and Edd

[@daveeddy2402]

I owned a '74 for a couple years, till my MF'ing roommate wrecked it.

[@NotPoliticallyCorrect407]

Step.1 remove drive train. Step.2 throw into garbage. Step.3 source V8, C4, and 9” inch diff. Step.4 insert for ridiculous amounts of straight line and sideways fun.

[@05gtdriver]

Actually, find a wrecked '86 to '93 Mustang 5.0L, remove entire drivetrain, have the diff narrowed, fabricate a transmission cross-member, source some motor mounts from Team Blitz in Ohio(Capri specialists) and take to a muffler shop to get an exhaust made up. Get a Mustang II V8 radiator, a little snipping of the original radiator support, viola! You'll have a 5 speed manual Capri and even with 225hp, you'll run low 13s right off the bat.....

[@chris425amp7]

@@05gtdriver Power weight. This will never be a classic that has to be original so all of the above.

[@houseofno]

@@05gtdriver The ecoboost 2.3 turbo (310 hp) would also be an intriguing option given the Capri's limited underhood real estate.

[@05gtdriver]

@@houseofno Yes, if the special harness to operate the ECU can be sourced at a reasonable price. On the plus side, I've noticed 2.3L EcoBoost and the 3.7L Cyclone V6 available second hand for under $3K. I think the 3.7L V6 is an interesting idea too.

[@orp.olly_]

I think the Ford Essex V6 and V4 was the engine with timing gears and secondly when the capri was sold in the uk it looks amazing but in the US it looks terrible.

[@baylessnow]

Because European cars are designed with style. American cars are all bling and MAHOOSIVE bumpers. When those bumpers are put on a European car the looks go out the window. Have you seen an American Mk1 Fiesta ffs? HUGE bumpers, probably taken from a farm vehicle and set so far from the body they look like a really bad afterthought.

[@fbidigital1661]

Edd China is not fired nothing say. He's gone to Home UK his family and friends safe support.

[@bigearedmouse17]

As a ex mobile car valet, This is one of the only cars I have not driven. Grrr !

[@andyhislop1957]

Manages without getting his hands dirty.

[@rickuyeda4818]

You should have adjusted the valves. That engine uses solid lifters.

[@Sapp440]

Tiny V6? It's a European car, anything over 2 liters is considered massive over there.

[@danielball7595]

I'm not overly keen on the US spec capris. Thanks to their safety laws they put the fat bumpers on the later cars that were sold there like this mk2 and ruined the look of them.

[@wyrazowfkp]

Yes and no. The bumpers look cool with double round headlights .... They look far better on boxy style Mk2 than those big ones on the Mk1

[@susanhenderson2322]

Of course it's got different parts, the real capri had a 3.0 v6 not the German 2.8. The Essex also had the gear drive, stripped the cam teeth on mine at 6000 rpm catastrophic damage.

[@matiasclaviji1424]

I always think this cologne engine was originally used on the Ford Mustang I really don't think is a germany design. Or maybe I'm wrong and there's no 2.8 cologne just 3.0

[@01270211136]

I think not, Michael... Down the bog it went!

[@skipraida5497]

griff rhys jones lookalike

[@darkclouds5261]

It's not the same without EDD

[@zambam3]

It's time to move on bud. We just have to enjoy these videos as they are...

[@lanehogger1532]

Farina Marcina Ant’s only fan swears again 😂

[@cowsarsc]

did he not check the valve clearances while the rockers were off?

[@darkclouds5261]

@Farina Marcina get a uk passport then get back to me sunshine

[@angrypants7619]

@@zambam3 show is utter bollocks, so simply don't watch it, no loss.

[@FoMoCo123]

Ant is excellent in his own right. Unfair to compare him with Edd. They overdo the silly acting sketches though. Be nice to see Edd and Ant in a show without Mike.

[@pymreehal]

What people forget is that there are a bunch of advisers who instruct these so called mechanics how to do the job. No one mechanic has that much know how about so many different cars. Certainly not at that age and especially if you haven’t been in the trade all your life

[@tonto2009]

Bring back Edd. Ant is well............Ant !!

[@hothotllywood4192]

Ask Edd... :D

[@madcarew.3256]

no wonder it has a "prime" spot at 23.oo !!

[@Chriswales]

Watched the full version and either Mike has an awful memory or is so used to lying he does without thinking. At the end he says this is the first Capri on Wheeler Dealers. They did one in the first series or has he disowned the Edd years?

[@jerryvr]

The show would improve greatly if they swap the Brewer thing with Edd and let Ant and Edd do the show together

[@mrearlygold]

No Edd, no show.

[@erworks1275]

Hello. ❤️❤️❤️

[@santhoshpjohn]

Now some loves to 🐜's

[@billyb2079]

His hands are too manicured to be a proper mechanic.

[@blackhatter011]

Well, you're too stupid to be a human. So there's that I guess.

[@MrPeterbennett]

Just like that ! Uh Yha sure

[@chrisirving7]

Its the teeth!

[@Biggreydog]

No its the grinn. no its the wavy arms .no its the face pulling.

[@mynameisray]

Sucks that it's not about the cars anymore.

[@MrBluoct]

But can an orange Capri carry three teenagers from Baltimore to Key West and back🤔

[@MrJob91]

Where is Ed China?

[@edwardball790]

3:46 he says catastrophic damage but I’m 99% sure this engine is not interference? So all that would happen is it would stop running

[@TheEulerID]

You are correct. If the nylon wheel stripped it didn't do any damage. My stepfather had a Ford Granada with a V6 and it did no damage when the teeth stripped and it was a reasonably easy fix. It was quite common in engines of that era to have non-interference engines.

[@Anonymous-yy9ut]

The chemistry is not there isn't it😯

[@tommyricks4301]

Oldskool mechanics don’t wear gloves, I think Ant is a lot better, I found with Edds new show with the mk1 golf. He disappears when the jobs to tough! And leave the guy he’s supposed to be helping, fix the car with his friends. Then comes back with wheels powered coated. I rate Ant 100% and Edd 50%

[@bertsmith5223]

Note to make up department. Add some grease to Ants hands to increase believability

[@redpanda2401]

Where's Edd ??

[@bigjagjim]

Not a clue dot com the wee baby will never be a mr edd replacement born when ?

[@yagz4r6da]

i want edd

[@Mistermopar]

Easy solution to the Wheeler Dealers farce. Sack the useless Brewer, keep Ant and bring back Edd to join him.....sorted!

[@haydenellsum3585]

100%correct. They never made a profit when Mike was selling ,he could buy at right price but hopeless at selling ,

[@frisco-2.0]

Capri?! 🤨 The Opel Manta was way better! 👍🏻😁👍🏻

[@martinb2213]

Not the show it was and this guy needs to do some research into the hazards of used engine oil

[@petermcarroll9975]

Looks like he has perfectly shaved hands that don't belong to a mechanic let alone a bare hands mechanic. All that used oil, parts washer and sealants have made his hands bald or he purposely go's to a salon and gets a hand wax. Either way I would not recommend it.

[@timothycoyne7253]

Nope, never sets. Leak every time.

[@MrGomarus]

It's not the same car show without Edd anymore, I don't look at it anymore, it has become flat without indepth technical explaining of the problems and how to solve them, more American than English I would say! RIP: Wheeler Dealers!

[@groermaik]

EDD? EDD???