Triumph Stag: How To Change The Gasket And Switch The Radiator | Wheeler Dealers

[@loretta9824]

Love my car ! 49 years old and still going strong

[@marklewis1651]

Great update with Harry the Stag, enjoy Loretta, you look like you’re enjoying owning her!

[@judgementalTX]

Just to add on the coolant and bleed procedure. Only use distilled water (not tap water) with the coolant mix. And also set the heater to hot when bleeding. Otherwise, a nice helpful video. And yes, the Stag does dound amazing. Stick the tubular manifolds on too and it gets even better.

[@frankabels5761]

I bought a yellow one in july. Cooling system is updated, so no problems with overheating. I love to ride with him. I called him Chester.

[@brianbloom1799]

Ed Its a shame your still not on wheeler Dealers, Miss watching you On there, I mean I do like the Others to But you were a Unique,Mechanic

[@bigsohc]

Coulda replaced that grubby looking air filter at least,

[@johnburns4017]

▪️You _have_ to fit the correct radiator fluid as the engine has a mix of iron and aluminium. Do not fit cheap stuff. ▪️The metal where the hoses push onto _always_ needs cleaning. ▪️Radiator should _always_ be a larger core radiator on Stags. ▪️Fit an electric cooling fan. ▪️While radiator is out, flush the cooling system. Many had casting sand left inside.

[@mattwoody1089]

What make of gloves do you use they are really sturdy

[@matthew4982]

Love these old clips, picked up lots of tips.

[@markellis4229]

one of my absolute favourite classic cars ever and that 3.0 v8 💪😁🤤

[@spitfirewolf]

More views there are stags lmao, but thank you for the video, just got a stag myself

[@ibs5080]

Watching this right now as a tv rerun. I notice the front number plate is a white one whereas the rear plate is the older style black one. A bit of an odd combination. Surely either have white front plate and yellow rear or both classic black?

[@tomwong8982]

I need Ed to work on my Jensen interceptor

[@MrBook123456]

Good job

[@mcs5583]

Great Edd!!

[@triumphstagdriver]

Something many Stag owners find rather strange is the choice to fit an uprated radiator to a car that does not seem to have cooling issues. Fine if the car overheated but this example did not do that. No need to fix that which is not broken.

[@aleks0ndr966]

Maybe an upgraded rad was cheaper

[@johnburns4017]

They are *famous* for cooling problems. An expansion tank fitted higher than the engine is _essential._ If the engine does overheat there is the possibility that the water pump, which is fitted at the highest point, will run dry leading an expensive pump failure and maybe engine seizure (very bad design fault). No heating engineer would ever install a pump on a heating system at the highest point - basic stuff.

[@triumphstagdriver]

@@johnburns4017 The pump is not at the highest point in the system. Please stop spreading such pub myths. If you go out and have a good look at your Stag cooling system you will find the pump is a good 10cm below the thermostat housing, which is at equal height if not a tad lower than the radiator filler point. When compared to contemporary designs, the pump is no higher or lower than others.

[@johnburns4017]

@@triumphstagdriver To make it easier for you, the *pump is far too high.* No heating engineer would ever install a pump on a heating system at or near the highest point. Heating engineers when they look inside engine bays cringe. Full of rubber pipes with jubilee clips and water that is running near or above 100C!! Done on the cheap, by people who do not know too much about heat/cooling. Would you put rubber hoses and hose clips in your house plumbing? Not in a million years. The Triumph Stag had notorious cooling problems for a number of reasons - design was one, the prime culprit. The heater return pipe running into one bank of the V8 - uh! Those who say _keep it as stock nothing wrong with it,_ not saying you are one of them, talk tripe. Search on U tube _Triumph Stag & Stag Owners Club_ - revealing. One of the engine development engineers highlights the cooling problems.

[@mikeyboy6895]

Don't worry the big salesman will give it away at the end they never cost in Edds time

[@michaelschulz9164]

..... I keep wondering if brewer is taking the piss or is he for real? Such a grubby, small minded, insecure prick of a bloke.... maybe he is a gifted thespian?

[@georgegonzalez2476]

Some folks say that you should not use those worm-gear (jubilee) clamps. Most manufacturers use plain spring clamps as those will always apply clamping pressure even when the hose compresses a bit.

[@yedidiazarini6996]

eed is the best mcanic ingener.

[@tonyperry4392]

I would love to own a triumph stag one day gorgeous moters

[@philtowle4683]

The gasket, that's clear.

[@juchetony1910]

could've changed the air filter while you were in there.

[@brucemartin4423]

💂‍♀️⚓yow Ed yu tuff ,👍i dont miss ur re,run TV shows in Jamaica WestIndes,📡🤛👍

[@mostafayounis3145]

There is lots of other cars don't just repeat them

[@brucemartin4423]

⚓💂‍♀️📡these cars were popular in early 70's by many Company managers,

[@shurygin2013]

Please create account in social network "VERO" ?

[@MS-nk4xb]

- Å fan!

[@gianicasarini2060]

Good morning (W D) again again again cars gas co2 urgency 11/08/2021

[@KartsAgainstHumanity]

What

[@gooondie]

@@KartsAgainstHumanity hahaha this dude left the same jibberish comment on the old Saab episode posted today

[@bestofalllife]

Please start making ev conversation on any car to keep up with time and re-write history.. timeless man👏🥂😉

[@VonCoco1944]

Glorious British V8? Inglorious would be flattering it. It's a heap of junk.

[@paulhunter123]

its better than the rover v8 with issues sorted

[@VonCoco1944]

@@paulhunter123 No, John, the bottom end is weak and prone to failure as is the electrolysis problem with the cylinder head. The Stag is an otherwise wonderful car but that friggin' engine was an unnecessary mistake.

[@paulhunter123]

@@VonCoco1944 interesting so what engine in an ideal world would you have in your stag? id be more than happy with the TR6 PI Engine

[@VonCoco1944]

@@paulhunter123 In an ideal world, and back in the day, I'd have the Stag engine but redesigned such that it didn't have its intrinsic faults. They should have set their egos aside and used that old Buick engine that when on to serve so well in the following years, Rover, TVR and Morgan.

[@triumphstagdriver]

@@VonCoco1944 If you had done a bit of research you would have found that it was simply not possible for Triumph to use the Rover/Buick engine for several reasons. The engine itself does not have bad design issues but rather suffers from incorrect maintenance, low quality control and low quality parts. The latter was due to company bean counters ending up have more say than the engineers.