WILL IT RUN? 1929 RILEY 9 MONACO ATTEMPTED START AFTER 2 YEAR REBUILD

HAVING REBUILT THE ENGINE OF THE 1929 RILEY 9 MONACO, DEALING WITH CRACKED BLOCK, ODD PISTONS, LEAKING GEARBOX, LEAKING RADIATOR AND MANY OTHER MALADIES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS , IT'S FINALLY TIME TO SEE IF GLADSTONE WILL FIRE BACK INTO LIFE OR JUST CONTINUE TO SULK AND LEAK FLUIDS EVERYWHERE.....

[@1961kickboxer]

I used to know someone with a Riley roadster ,my goodness what a lovely motor car.

[@TweedsGarage]

come along for a ride in Gladstone kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2G1na2im8yffa8

[@gurmeharsingh5122]

Hello from India... It's me again... Though I'm not a car guy but definitely this video made my day Sir... Amazing

[@TweedsGarage]

Thanks for tuning in

[@billdyke9745]

The meaning of life I understand. That's a no brainer. What I don't understand is why Mr. Tweed has a mere 809 subscribers. Does everything that Reith intended for the BBC. Educates and entertains. It was a good day when KZbin's Algie Rhythm accidentally sent this channel to me. Keep up the good work, sir. We few, we gallant few... 👍

[@TweedsGarage]

Thank you Bill for your kind words, I'm just glad you found me...it's a bear pit out there .

[@andreasvenator]

it´s these dopey algorithms...if it weren´t for Scruffnuts McClaw poor Mr. Tweed wouldn´t have a Chinaman´s chance of making it to Hollywood. It´s become a sick world...

[@oldfarthacks]

Why, because he is not scaring people or making fools of them. Also, no one wants to see him in a speedo, which is the other method to internet success as so many ladies have proven. But I do love his work, just stumbled across the channel. Things take a bit of time to get across the pond to us here in the States.

[@TweedsGarage]

@OldFartHacks even i don't want to see me in Speedos....we'll leave that to the continentals 😆, there's always eating my own body weight in hotdogs/hamburgers/pickled eggs, or growing an impressive pair of boobs to boost subscribers.

[@colinwellman9480]

What a cracker of a video Mr Tweed. The engine on tick over it sounds very good, worth all the hours in and, underneath it. Looking at you setting the tappets it's clear how much time you go to in getting the film footage, it must be very tempting to just do the job and forget the filming. A belt from a high tension lead certainly wakes you up, expletives are the only remedy! Now it may be a coincidence but Dickie Tweed has some family resemblance to an older brother, moustache and all. The war was on so he may have known my mother in the blackout. Looking forward to seeing the Riley going for a spin. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@TweedsGarage]

Thanks Colin, it did sound good didn't it. Yes the urge to not turn the camera on and just get on with the job is very tempting sometimes, that's why its taken 2 years to get it done😁. I did ask Dickie about your mother but with a glint in his eye he said " a gentleman never tells " 😉

[@derekblake9385]

Lovely car 👌

[@TweedsGarage]

Cheers Derek

[@stowfilmlounge7163]

I say Sir, chocks well and truly away! Bit of a Scramble though...

[@TweedsGarage]

I thought it might be up your strasse 🙂

[@johnholman125]

Superb! I laughed. I cried. I was aghast. I loved it!

[@TweedsGarage]

Glad to of agged your hast John😉

[@angelsone-five7912]

Nice one, well done for using a Hurricane in your intro instead of that "other" aeroplane.

[@TweedsGarage]

Well of course, it was the back bone of the Battle of Britain 🙂

[@angelsone-five7912]

@@TweedsGarage So glad we agree on that, and why not? It`s true.

[@byjingobob]

I say sir! Your video caused me to require an unscheduled toilet break!

[@TweedsGarage]

I knew it'd catch a few out 😆

[@robstirling3173]

Great intro!

[@TweedsGarage]

I'm glad you liked it Rob.

[@howardosborne8647]

That chirping sound will likely be the Canary....he went mute when the noxious gases built up in the garage so it seems the gas alarm must be working reliably

[@TweedsGarage]

Fear not, garage doors and window were open........thats how the canary got out😉

[@jamesdyer6538]

It lives!!!

[@TweedsGarage]

it does indeed :-)

[@machineshopatthebottomofth3213]

Mega work. Loved the procrastination about pressing the button! If the radiator filling did not make you want a wee, pressing that button surely did!

[@TweedsGarage]

The wierd cherping noise was a bit worrying but i didnt go nuts tightening down the new plugs so suspect one was blowing by.

[@gbentley8176]

Well done Mr Tweed. Always best to discover the conveniently placed plug leads on a Riley early on.! Love your RAF skit, my late father would have been proud of you. He drove a Vauxhall 30/98 on base when instructing at the start of WW2; With timid pupils he got them to drive it flat out on the runway to check their mechanical nouse before their first lesson. A pupil freezing on the controls definitely was a wee moment. Looking forward to the next step. Best wishes and thank you for posting such entertaining videos.

[@TweedsGarage]

They really are conveniently place Mr B 😆 and what a glorious car to charge up and down a runway in, i wonder if it ever survived. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@gbentley8176]

@@TweedsGarage Not a good ending. Car was moved to a lockup by my Gran, from a safe garage, when my father was posted abroad in 1942/3. The lockup took a direct hit from a jettisoned stick of three bombs! and to make matters worse, another jettisoned bomb fell on my drive and blew the tiles and roof off the garage in 1944 after a raid on Southampton. We are way out in the Forest. and the drive still has a dip where it fell and I recall standing in the crater and not seeing over the side. My father was not best pleased but loved Riley cars.

[@TweedsGarage]

Oh that is a shame, those big Vauxhalls command a huge price if you ever had a chance to get one ( but they are a lovely motor ) , on the plus side nobody was injured.

[@984francis]

Lovely. The chirping must be the Kestrel 😂

[@TweedsGarage]

But not a Falcon

[@shedbythetracks]

Boy! You put your heart, soul and pipe into this one! Very impressive production! If you haven't been shocked by a mag you haven't lived a full life. Congratulations and I'm looking forward to a ride around your palatial estate. Cheers from the shed

[@TweedsGarage]

I know, i had to have a lie down after filming that......don't worry it's all down hill from now on. During my apprenticeship i and others used to dare each other to hold the mag from a Bristol Hercules radial engine in one hand and spin it by turning the rotor arm with the other........ its amazing we're still alive 🤣.......it had a kick to it.

[@coplandjason]

Excellent and a great fun video, had me laughing out loud in parts. Very pleased to see and hear it fire up, well done

[@TweedsGarage]

So was i Jason 😁

[@andywinter7601]

Congratulations Mr Tweed from a long time listener, first time commenter....really glad the Hurricane, I mean, Riley....started up so nicely!

[@TweedsGarage]

Thank you Andy and thanks for tuning in

[@andreasvenator]

Just lovely to see you do these things "your way"...we get to move up the learning curve in the comfort of our own home and you´re in the tight-fit garage for us! As you were trying to diagnose the "chirping" I wondered whether you used a colloidal graphite paste (like Graphogen) during the engine assembly? Seemed to be de riguer with RR and Lotus motor builders... stay happy and healthy, sir, I love to see you prevail in these adventures!

[@TweedsGarage]

Andreas you are a wise man, because yes i did use Graphogen on assembling the engine, used on pistons, rings, cams, followers and valve train, thats why i wasn't concerned when starting the engine after such a long rebuild as everything was protected. I've had a tube of it for about 30 years as i was recommended it by the engine builder that supplied me with an A series short block ( Jenkins Engines of Cove if i remember rightly ) , ive used it ever since but i didn't mention it as so many people have different opinions on lubricating engines. The chirping turned out to be coming from that pesky gap between the exhaust manifold and hot air tube that i made the spacer for, so nothing serious 🙂 Thanks for joining the journey

[@brianmichaelhoward9038]

after I rebuilt my 1930 Austin seven ulster I used the same delay tactics, having a drink of tea, constantly wiping the same things just to delay the dread of pulling that starter. but congrats runs and sounds great after its rebuild.

[@TweedsGarage]

Thanks Brian, yes if prevarication was an Olympic sport we'd be up for a gold medal 😉

[@austinswallow]

Excellent! Always great when they fire up! Loved the birds-eye camera view of the engine, a different perspective! Thanks for sharing.

[@TweedsGarage]

Glad you liked it Gary

[@russellnixon9981]

Excellent production Mr T .You certainly went to a lot of time trouble with the opening sequence. captures the mood perfectly, when starting an old car, and your do look the part, apprehension

[@TweedsGarage]

Thanks Russell, not so apprehensive now its been running .....but there's always the pressure of it's first road test

[@russellnixon9981]

@@TweedsGarage I did right a much longer comment but due to my lack of key board skills it got lost. but about getting a belt off the mag, a experience I have yet to have. I took the precision of removing the one on my MG and replaced it with the original Dizy much safer. It is a very apprehensive moment starting the engine for the the fist time as there is so much time and money put in to it , I salute you sir for doing an outstanding job Not an easy thing to do as seen from watching NZ Simon engine build. So you got a face full of petrol and a bit of a shock off the mag filled the garage with smock it;s all part of the fun. At least it's not as dangerous as riding a Kawasaki . Looking forward to the fist excursion with Gladstone could be another epic .

[@teamjdb]

Jolly good!

[@TweedsGarage]

Thanks 😊

[@anthonyolpin8567]

Well worth waiting for,Alan. Hope to get my 34 Monaco out from winter hibernation in the next few days.

[@TweedsGarage]

Good luck Anthony 👍

[@AllenORourke1954]

Well done Allan, lovely to hear her running...

[@TweedsGarage]

Thanks Allen 👍

[@glenmiller3783]

Absolutely loved the intro👏Congratulations on the first start

[@TweedsGarage]

Thank you Sir

[@dwillett7281]

After forty odd years I'm glad its not just me that fannys around putting off starting it😀.Exellent film mate.

[@TweedsGarage]

its the thought of all that money making horrible mechanical death noises :-)

[@dwillett7281]

@@TweedsGarage It’s an absolute credit to you 👏

[@chrissills962]

Well done Mr Tweed, you did all that work in a tiny garage. And you had to put up with Jenkins.good job.

[@TweedsGarage]

thanks Chris, he is a nuisance but cooks bacon well

[@garrattfan]

I stumbled over yours truly channel just a few moons ago. But I dare say me thinks it’s great. Congratulations with the successful startup and I am looking forward to the first ride. I do want to express the hope though your approach is very much unlike Spacex’ trial-and-error sort of way. You don’t have that much Rileys to spend on shake-downs as Spacex has on its mode of transport.

[@TweedsGarage]

Glad you enjoy it Garratt and yes you have to give it a go and if it all goes tits up, put it at the back of the garage and go and work on something else for a while until inspiration strikes

[@StuartsShed]

Terrific! Enjoyed the adjustments, and having it run is a tremendous achievement. It sounds super!

[@TweedsGarage]

Thanks Stuart, hopefully it'll sound even better after a bit of tweaking.

[@JRattheranch]

I always used annealed copper washers on my rocker box covers and I never had a leakage problem!

[@TweedsGarage]

If they leak I'll go for copper washers

[@JRattheranch]

@@TweedsGarage The beauty being that you can always re anneal them, unless they become too thin! You didn't report on the oil pressure! Mine was phenomenal after the rebuild. Duckhams 20/50 was de rigueur Bach in 1965. I knew that I'd scraped the bearing "tight" but that little twin piston oil pump, nearly broke the gauge when cold. 🤔🧐🤣🤣

[@TweedsGarage]

@John Rutter it was around 30 but i had had the pressure relief valve out and cleaned out the crank sludge traps, but with a tweak of the relief valve it's just over 60

[@JRattheranch]

@@TweedsGarage If that's operation temperature 🌡️, then it a result, especially as I doubt that your using a 20/50 oil in this day and age. 🤔😉😉

[@thebracketfactory]

loved it..... both informative and hilarious! You've set a high bar!!

[@TweedsGarage]

Its all down hill from here 😁

[@thebracketfactory]

@@TweedsGarage onwards and upwards... can't wait to see the next 'snotter'!! (I'm betting you're on ebay already...)

[@asciimation]

Someone need to check if Satan is wear a scarf and gloves because there's a new episode of Project Binky AND Mr Tweed got the Riley running! Sounds good. Well, sounds much like mine. I hope that means they are good? Yours seems slow to rev but the standard 9 flywheel is a heavy beast, I had mine lightened. About the Fernox F1. I used that in my Riley and my Austin 7. In both, after a very short time, after draining the water a lot of crap came out with it. Looks like sand almost but it's soft. I am hoping it's the Fernox cleaning things in there but I can't be sure. I am not even sure F1 is the right Fernox to be using. The 'right' stuff seems to be Fernox Alphi-11. But that is now really expensive if I can even get it here in New Zealand. I have switched to Penrite Classic Car Coolant. In Australia it's what they call a Type B coolant, anti-corrosion only but you can add Propylene Glycol to it to give it anti freeze properties. Valve clearances on original Rileys seem very tight compared to modern engines but the cams had no quietening ramps on them hence the small clearance and the lag tappets to help even out some of the load from the cams on the rockers.

[@TweedsGarage]

an engine with a heavy flywheel does take a lot of getting used to to our modern minds, used to high revving overhead cam engines, I know when I drove it home with its tired engine it would still happily slog up a hill but in its own good time, you just have to open the throttle steadily rather than floor it as that just makes them cough and fart until the flywheel catches up.

[@anthonyhendrikx6175]

😂 lovely video Thanks 👍👍

[@TweedsGarage]

My pleasure Anthony

[@rockcrusher4636]

Absolutely excellent, thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@TweedsGarage]

My pleasure 😊

[@enginecrzy]

The battle of the water closet loo...

[@TweedsGarage]

One for the House Guards uniform 😁

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

Well done, I’m thinking of taking my 1934 Ascot out on Bank Holiday, now I’ve tried a revised mix of Super 5 and Tetraboost, as advised by the chaps at Blue Diamond! What was that “Blue smoke” emanating from the rocker area during start up?

[@TweedsGarage]

It was just oil from the rebuild burning off of the manifold

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

@@TweedsGarageI live in Derbyshire, where old school garages seem thin on the ground….. I’ve enjoyed your videos, and have learned a good deal. Do you have wind up windows on your Monaco, and if so, do they still work. The winding mechanisms seem cobbled together from all sorts, which was standard, apparently. My wife wonders why I bother with a pre war car, and I say it’s got something to do with not having any Chinese components, and the 1934 Riley shared a certain bit of history with the Spitfire

[@TweedsGarage]

@nicholas gerrish mine has sprung loaded windows, so you pull them down and the should lock in the downward position, to release them you push a button on the door capping...but none of them work, the cables have rusted up and the latch mechanism has long ago rusted away, it is another job on the list to get them working again, for know each window has a piece of wood that jams them open. The attraction of vintage cars is the challenge and every journey is an adventure ........and there are no Chinese bits in them😁

[@nazdagg2027]

knew you could do it. thank you. hillclimbs, trials next?

[@TweedsGarage]

Never say never Naz 🙂

[@453421abcdefg12345]

Certainly a success! What was the chirping sound? And a good idea to turn the engine over with the mag switched off until the oil got round, it has been standing a long time and must have drained down, nice to see the fuel tank is in the same location as a Spitfire! Stay warm! Chris B.

[@TweedsGarage]

I think it was leaking past one of the plugs as i hadn't gone mad tightening them down ( it went away as it warmed up ) . I've been turning it over on a regular basis to keep the oil running through the pump ready for the big day. Just got to spend some time fettling it . Hopefully it's warmer down your way Chris.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

@@TweedsGarage Well, we had 28 degs yesterday, but today it plunged to 20, and clouds. Stay safe! Chris B.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

@@TweedsGarage Are you removing the Ethanol contamination from your fuel? It is very easy to do and the treated fuel is much better for our engines. Chris B.

[@TweedsGarage]

@Englishman French no i haven't tried that yet, tend to use Esso Super Unleaded which very rarely has ethenol in it. I know in France the fuel tends to have more ethenol in it.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

@@TweedsGarage: The strange thing is, the last 10 gallons I have put through "the process" has not pulled out any ethanol? And that was 5% fuel? So the "rule" is up to 5%, but sometimes it gets missed out altogether, it really ruins small garden equipment engines.

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

I didn’t get a starting handle with my 1934 Riley Nine, and have seen one on line. It has a length of 14 inches from crank bend to the end of the bit which connects with the engine. It is for a Riley, but which? Always a risk, but it isn’t expensive. The handle for your car would be the same…….

[@TweedsGarage]

I shall have a measure up when I'm in the garage and let you know Nicholas

[@nickaxe771]

What was the tapping noise?

[@TweedsGarage]

it was an exhaust leak between exhaust manifold and hot tube manifold, sorted out now.

[@oldfarthacks]

It's an English car and the oil stays in? WOW.

[@TweedsGarage]

For now..........

[@leondown6869]

Open the garage door.....

[@TweedsGarage]

never fear, windows and the back door were open

[@kenphillips5221]

Flood the cowling, plenty of it.

[@TweedsGarage]

Could you elaborate a bit more Ken

[@kenphillips5221]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqSxY2usecigkJY

[@spamhead]

I didn’t realise KZbin had Smellavision. Definitely got a non catalyst whiff whilst watching!

[@TweedsGarage]

Yes I'll put a teaspoon of Castrol R in the tank for the next running video