The Engine Is In! (Sort of...) | Triumph Tiger 90 Restoration | Episode 11

[@besenzon1]

Loved the repair of the manifold 💪👍

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks! It took a while!

[@rotax636nut5]

You ought to have turned yourself up a piloted drift to knock those guides in Dom, the way you did it can burr over the top of the guide bore which will then require reaming. Another thing, make sure you use a heavy grade of strictly mineral engine oil such as the old 'classic' 20W50 and choose one with a high level of zinc (ZDDP) additive in it which is necessary to prevent scuffing between the cams and followers on the older older flat tappet engines. Another great show and another great project, I've built plenty of old Triumphs and Beez engines in my time and it's great to watch you and John doing this rebuild, thanks guys, Roland, HT Racing Ltd

[@besenzon1]

Looked like the bearing was in the fridge at home 🤷‍♂️

[@samrodian919]

Great progress guys. One thing I noticed though. Last week Dom you ground in the valves, this week you put new valve guides on the head. Err, don't you think you've done that arse backwards? Now you can't guarantee whatsoever that the new valves are concentric with the valve seats. You should get those valves out and get the correct tool to cut the seats concentric with the new guides and lap the valves back in to the recut seats. If you don't do it now there's no guarantee whatsoever that you will have any compression at all in either cylinder. Do it now before you have to take the head off again lol

[@coumpumateuk9457]

⁠@@samrodian919 I noticed that but then I thought maybe it was just edited the wrong way round. If you’re right then Dom, you should really recut the seats.

[@cj-ef1rp]

Seats must be cut after guides go in. No way round that!

[@kramer26]

I hope he peen'd over those camshaft retaining plate screws... isn't that what the small slots in the plate are for?

[@mattlevett14]

You two should have your own tv show…The Dom&Jon show! You’re not even on proper tv but bl**dy well should be!!! 👌

[@grapesodatravels]

Gotta love Jon. It's always about lunch! Not a project.... 😅 We were chatting with an NZ viewer today and The Repair Shop is an important part of their Fridays. Hurray!!

[@Jax-2137]

Dom: Need the hammer John: No (spoken in a tone of voice indicating a yes does not exist in this reality) Love it! ♥

[@pjvenda]

If nobody else mentioned it, great soundtrack, really enjoyable!

[@glynharding8109]

Music by Ashley Harding from the album Spoon Music. Link is above.

[@geoffreyrowland979]

Don't be so quick to grab the hammer Dom! The comments regarding the guides and valve alignment are valid.

[@MrPossumeyes]

Thanks Dom. And thank you John for keeping Dom In line!

[@daveypenn211]

Great music, great video, great watching 2 mates rebuild an old bike, brings back memories of me and my departed brother putting an old BSA bantam back together in a freezing cold farm shed late into the night 🌙

[@paulsanders4929]

Always do two complete engine revolutions every time something else is fitted or tightened, saves you hours of time looking for issues later.

[@DominicChineas]

Yes, learn from us!

[@karenhubbard-muhleman2577]

Jon must be a fan of "The Goonies" since the Baby Ruth has a fun spot in the movie.

[@spinyuk]

"sliding on nicely" ... "its not sliding on at all Dom" - I'm here for the back and forth chat, always brilliant :)

[@ekoed]

Watching you fix that crack was awesome. You did a great job! Very impressive.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@digitaIgorilla]

You guys should sign this bike somewhere with a date. Because you made it unique. 🥰

[@nitt3rz]

The idea of making lots of little 'sub-assemblies' is what the master of engine building Alan Millyard does; it makes the job of final assembly so much easier. Brilliant job as always.

[@humourless682]

You ever seen Millyard CNC milling engine cases, or welding crankcases together? I havent...............lol

[@nitt3rz]

@@humourless682 I haven't seen him actually weld the cases, but I've seen the result; turning an inline 4 to a 6, & making it look better than factory.

[@grahamdale1687]

Dom, great job, you may be intending to do this but just in case, before you try to start it for the first time kick it over with the plugs out until you get oil coming back to the tank then you know all the internals have oil.

[@colinkey7094]

Excellent video, probably the best one in the series on this restoration. The hair-cut looks great and takes years off you. Pity you didn't let the barber loose on your beard as well 😁.

[@larryreece1403]

I can't believe they used flat head screws putting that engine together! I hate flat head screws. always stripped. Beautiful restoration! But, Oh those screws would drive me nuts!

[@oldtomsphotos]

Really enjoy these videos from one is a 'plug and play' after that I'm struggling. But I know you read these comments so I just want to make a comment on 'Make it to Market' 2nd series. The first was wonderful but the 2nd is exceptional. It is more fluid and settled in but the crafts people are phenomenal and you just wish them to succeed . I speak from being a photographer and turning my hobby into a business following retirement. (now retired again)

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment, I really appreciate it and am glad you are enjoying the series!

[@jamescain8502]

Love watching you guys, what a good team you make. John’s laugh is brilliant (not to mention his patience…😂). ❤️❤️❤️🤘

[@krupboom]

Brilliant boys - great one. More cake for John!!

[@davefiddes]

Loving the new Make It At Market series.👍

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you!

[@neilkennykenny4113]

Thank you Dom and John for this brilliant episode john has hands like a surgeon.

[@lynnedwards7462]

Well done, gentlemen! Keep on keeping on with the 'project'. I'm looking forward to watching the beautiful bike being ridden!

[@Teuchteronabike]

Really nice job on the manifold Dom. Almost looks like you know what you're doing 😂

[@DominicChineas]

Almost!haha thank you

[@JeromeHeliosRunner]

it was like watching surgeon rebuilding some kind of artificial heart. Great vid !! thanks to both of you! Cheers

[@GrahamRozee]

Good to watch someone else build a Triumph motor instead of myself. You're doing a good job as you've not done one before. Keep up the good work lads.

[@Brisuth1]

Absolutely brilliant....what a team!...Well done Dom and John

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you! Appreciate it

[@philf5043]

Exactly the same socket set as I have . I bought it about 50 years ago . Its saved my life about 40 years ago when a Triumph Herald I was driving was hit in the rear . The socket set and my toolbox prevented the fuel tank ftom being crushed. Good vids keep them coming.

[@leslieaustin151]

I also had a Britool socket set 60 yrs ago (the 100e set) with Unified and Whit sockets. 10 shillings a week out of my (£2/2s) wages. Lovely tools. I gave the set to my nephew when I retired, then found I needed 1/2” drive sockets again so had to go and buy some! Les

[@georgeclements2742]

I've got the 3/8" drive set that a bought about 50 years ago from my earnings as a part-time petrol pump attendant. It's still complete and in good shape and has served me well over the years. I later bought a set of Britool metric sockets to match.

[@peterforeman7325]

Great stuff Dom and John! So looking forward to the next one. Big thanks

[@DominicChineas]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@howardchapman5143]

John and your good self make the videos a really enjoyable and entertaining watch. Keep on doing what you’re doing breathing new life into vehicles that are becoming a tad short of breath 👍🏻

[@S2NAZ]

Nice progress Dom and John! Takes a while to get these old bikes together properly but it’ll be so rewarding and fun to ride. See you next time 👋🏻

[@DominicChineas]

Can't wait!

[@jerrycursons]

Well done great video today reminded me of repairing my 3ta engine in the 70's manly done on the kitchen table in my bedsite . At the time the bedsite was probably just as cold as the engineer factory i worked in .glad the manual is coming in handy .looking forward to seeing the next video . I think John deserves another mince pie or three .

[@michel8218]

I love this longer format videos and also you guys working together. The friendship is real

[@GrahamWP58]

Its all coming together great duo Dom & John. fantastic video as always. Until the next one stay safe

[@velviaman3206]

I too used such a socket set to repair a Triumph Herald . Such an easy engine to work on compared to a modern vehicle. The chassis was rusted to fu** , my mate’s father was a farmer / engineer who fabricated a new chassis for me at no cost to me! Later I had to remove the cylinder head to replace the valves . Two days later 23:33 at the farm we got it off by putting oil in the cylinders and turning the engine over with plugs in . Turned out that the plain unthreaded part of the stud was rusted solid into the head . British engineering at its worst. Currently I have an twelve year old Kia which has had a new alternator since new but nothing else apart routine from routine maintainance. Good job lads , I cannot wait until you get back to the Porsche.

[@davidbarton4515]

Another great video you two. Brings back happy memories of tinkering with my first motorbike, unfortunately I had to do it in a cold garage!! Many thanks.

[@Simon-phillips]

Poor old john one of those awesome mates that would do anything for anyone. Where is John’s home I’m guessing a distance from you? 90k subs you should be up around 250+ with the brilliant content. Keep up the good work boys. All the best from simon in cornwall

[@davefrench3608]

You are so lucky to be able to get parts. I do envy you, it’s going to be a good one.

[@stuartosborne3013]

Lucky to of found that Pinion tooth problem when you did.

[@DominicChineas]

Yea! Things could have got a lot worse very quickly!

[@GARDENER42]

I had a gearbox sprocket on a 1983 XJ550 which looked like that... ...well it had been there for nigh on 60,000 miles.🙃 ETA Really appreciate the longer video - ta very much.👍

[@paulelliott2861]

Great job guys. Not far now buddy. 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

[@grandaded]

"It's almost like we're learning." Well' I'm learning SO much and enjoying every episode!

[@judithbarnett2966]

It was like "ready steady (cook) build an engine" with Dom and Jon! And the liquid gasket was like icing a cake! You could also do a kinda memory game with all those "Monty" motor parts. What fun. Well done team Dom-Jon 👏

[@hrg5010]

What a team! I'm jealous.

[@richardmcbride7180]

love your videos.i absolutely love triumphs and have owned many.great work guys

[@rebeccas785]

Congratulations to you both for another entertaining vid! Love watching the banter as you guys put things together 👍. Can’t wait to see the next chapter 👏🏼👏🏼❤️👏🏼👏🏼

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks 👍

[@103erik]

Very enjoyable, and I love the music too! Keep up the good work...

[@glynharding8109]

Music by Ashley Harding from the album Spoon Music, link above.

[@davidgoldsmith5800]

Well done, much easier getting it into frame in sections . Look forward to the next installment.

[@leslieaustin151]

But now got to fiddle around putting the pushrods into the correct followers and onto the domes on the rockers with it all in the frame so obscured view and done on their knees. Swings and roundabouts, but I’d rather build the engine, completely, on the bench, then fit it into the frame. Les

[@patrickhostler5939]

Great Film …. And love the music… in fact so much, I’ve just bought the Ashley Harding CD (just installed a CD player in my workshop, so hopefully I can be as productive as you chaps while I work on my bikes)❤

[@DominicChineas]

That’s great to hear thank you for supporting Ashley!

[@DangerousSportsForSeniors]

Very entertaining and well done! Thanks for sharing

[@DominicChineas]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jasonselinger]

Dom, I really appreciate your videos. They are honest, entertaining and educational. Well done! I've been trying to find a way to watch your BBC shows here in Canada, but haven't yet been able to find them. I'm sure they are just as good.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you, I think you may be able to get them on britbox? Just maybe not yet

[@ksouster6839]

Just wicked, reminded me as a 17 year old trying to get the oil pump and kickstart to work on the T90 I owned albeit briefly. Keep up the outstanding work

[@miguelpaixao1317]

Nice job Dom and John👍 Very amusing and didactic. Also all the other viewers offering their knowledge to all. It is even greater. See you alm next week. Thank you

[@AlanEvans-m7f]

Well done lads, you sure there was a barrel base gasket on there? Didn't look like, but I'm sure you wouldn't have missed that. Nice work lads, love the videos, keep em coming👍😎

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you! Yeah the gasket made it on, cheers

[@AlanEvans-m7f]

@@DominicChineas spot on👍😎

[@MrSoppysod]

I'm not a bike man, but this has been so much fun to watch, so thank you. I did have a Tiger Cub for a while in the early 60s until I got a girl friend, so moved on to an Austin 7 Pearl Cabriolet and have never ridden a m/c since.

[@sandramelville8736]

Well done boys, fantastic video much progress. Looking handsome Dom. Well done to Jon

[@bobrice3957]

I have that same Britool socket set. I inherited from my father who owned it when he worked on Bedford lorries in the 50s. Those stud pullers are great when you can't be bothered to use two nuts.

[@grahamfoster9404]

Nice one ... I really enjoyed that video Dom . Well presented so much so it was nice to spend half an hour with you two gents. Bikes coming on well, looking forward to the next one, cheers to you both.

[@DominicChineas]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you

[@paulhiggins8774]

Looking great, well done 🏍️

[@davidrowley2]

I loved this one Dom, honestly, this is now my favourite channel on KZbin. I'm so jealous of your workshop.

[@jsidorable]

Baby Ruth's are a treasure.

[@franksmodels29]

Jons back to save Dom...lol as always another great vid 👌

[@roberthocking9138]

Nice job on that inlet manifold and all the rest of the Eng assembly . Progress !!!👍

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks 👍

[@michaellane9873]

Enjoying your latest series make to market Dom, you will soon have that engine running.

[@alanbeckett4]

Brilliant repair on the manifold- how many people actually know how to repair rather than replace?

[@noeldoran8884]

Great stuff boys just done the same (almost) on my Tiger 100 didn't have the gearbox bearings to change but everything else, it will be time for first start soon Good Luck.....

[@suzukisav]

Nice! Key moment getting the lump back in. 👍👍 I'm wasting time on polishing 😂 When you come to drop on the head, research the crush depth on the tube seals. You have to have the correct seals and there are numerous available to trip you up. Trust me! 👍😁

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you! I really appreciate that, I will be cautious

[@suzukisav]

@@DominicChineas here's the 350 engine I did a few years back. About 15 mins in, measuring the crush on the tube seals. 👍kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWTJfmStd62gY80si=K11hrru2PCU-73UQ

[@campingstoveman]

Another job jobbed but I do feel for John, your impatience was doing my head in, how he keeps calm with you is amazing 😇

[@DominicChineas]

What impatience? I have no idea what you mean haha

[@jagvette1]

As always guys great video, you work well together. Having rebuilt many engine like you I always use assembly lube, but I use a liquid one made by STP and it stick to metal like shit to a blanket, it's great.

[@shedlife1745]

love watching this bike rebuild.

[@GGT2501]

Very nice skill on repairing the inlet manifold

[@juanortiz8643]

Enjoy every minute!!!😅 Much love from Florida ❤

[@bobt3374]

High Dom & Jon. Well that was a good start sham about the bent tooth but same thing happened to a friends engine but that`s the joy of rebuild. Take care & see you on the next5 instalment.

[@mistermike9688]

Honest John is a legend!

[@DominicChineas]

He is!

[@more.power.]

Great work Dom & John well done.

[@bloodknottrevelian3396]

I noticed that the exhaust cam wheel and probably the inlet cam wheel has three keyway slots whereas the OE ones that you took off will have had only one. The idea of three keyways instead of one allows you to get the valve timing more accurate than possible with one keyway. Therefore you may have to try the other keyways if you want to achieve best accuracy. If this is the case the cam wheel nuts and the oil pump will have to come off and you can only find TDC once the barrels and head are on. You will also need a timing disc to bolt onto the drive side of the crankshaft.

[@tonyray2350]

Another great video Dom and John. I loved the manifold repair job, awesome. Great to the build of engine and cannot wait for the next instalment. Thanks ❤

[@macbilling6410]

Wow! that's looking good. Well done you two.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you!

[@noonehere1793]

It will be the finest tiger on the road!👍👍…especially with Wendy the shop supervisor onboard.🙂

[@yellowgas66]

Better you than me. I would have cranked it though the hard spot. My biggest fault. Will we see a series on the mini Ranalah? Small block Chevy of motorcycles. Good work Dom.

[@DominicChineas]

Yes! Gathering bits for the mini ranalah during this process

[@ronaldkent1971]

Great job to you both

[@anthonygrodecki7968]

When you put the o rings on the rockers try to use loctite to try to stop leaks.

[@Andrew-jh5uv]

Dom awesome effort with aluminium repairs👊 that timing gear OMFG😡 John and you its great content

[@johndavey72]

Dom. You better make sure Jon gets a Christmas present !!!!!

[@jeffkeen6943]

Gotta love old British engineering...take the entire engine apart to change the countershaft sprocket and having to take the cylinder head off to remove the engine from the chassis... Good thing they have sole and sound fantastic or they would be more suitable as boat anchors...🙂

[@csm0772]

It's a gear! Don't ever let Engineers hear you call them cogs.

[@markgallagher2386]

There is a special tool to fit the rocker shaft that prevents the o ring seal being damaged!

[@markhowlett8070]

Another outstanding video gentleman thank you..

[@DominicChineas]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@philmuskett265]

Great job lads. Can't wait to hear the Tiger roar!!!

[@Mopar46]

Jeez. For a second, there, I thought you meant John had gotten a haircut!

[@georgeclements2742]

I hope that you did lap the valves in after fitting the guides and I dread to think how much it has cost you to rebuild the motor and cycle parts. Having said that, I reckon that you and John are doing a really thorough job and the bike should be good for many more years when it's finished. Best wishes.

[@DominicChineas]

I hope so, yes I lapped them in last weeks episode

[@bloodknottrevelian3396]

The three pronged drive thingy in the clutch is the cush drive.

[@DominicChineas]

That’s exactly the word I was looking for thank you

[@johncartwright8154]

"What's for supper dear wife?" (Mrs. C. looks in freezer & oven) "Valve guides and a rocker box apparently".

[@george-1961]

Don’t get me wrong. Absolutely loving the videos. If this bike build has taken ages, then the 365 will take forever to complete 😵‍💫

[@besenzon1]

Years

[@harry_flatters]

Good. Content for years to come!

[@stuartosborne3013]

I take the ring gaps out to 20 thou because the biggest gutter is nip ups. Never had one since and no noticeable drop in performance.

[@rodharris2915]

Great content a big 👍to you both

[@graemeburborough3321]

So impressed with your patience

[@cbmsysmobile]

Genuine old Britool 8 point socket set? I'd give my right arm for those. I have everything else in that box....

[@besenzon1]

Hopefully the bike will be ready in time for the Bicester Scramble