11 Months, 3000 pictures and a lot of coffee.
and engine rebuilds itself. i have no words other than COOL!!
( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 22:30, Reply)

that was very good, thanks for that

( sock Please call me Otto Utterfucker, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 22:34, Reply)

So well executed

(macroscian likes people, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 22:37, Reply)

I don't know what deserves the click most...
the film-making or the mechanical ability!
*clicks like a loon*

*tries to click twice but it wont let me*
(NooShmoo 'It's a fantazmagorical pile of ultra bullocks', Fri 29 Jun 2012, 22:39, Reply)

I know!
i had to watch it twice before i even thought to share it here. it just blew me away.
( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 22:42, Reply)

feel like a nerd now
because i knew it was a triumph engine after a few seconds.....
excellent vid!
(discodaz can be a nasty prick sometimes =), Fri 29 Jun 2012, 22:46, Reply)

I was also guilty of that...
...though I was thinking it was a Spitfire.
(Megamoss, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 12:19, Reply)

my dad used to have a Triumph Spitfire,
it rusted to bits on the drive, shame.
( Moon Girl Technologies don't take my word for anything, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 22:46, Reply)

oh that is a shame.
as someone that has battled rust and time on multiple cars, sometimes it is a fight that can't be won.
( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 23:05, Reply)

it's a battle he stopped fighting fairly early on,
I did get the chance to ride in it before that, though, fortunately.
( Moon Girl Technologies don't take my word for anything, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 23:08, Reply)

very cool that you did get to ride in it. car memories are some of the best i have of growing up.
( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 23:14, Reply)

Driving my Mini at night, on a twisty-bendy B-road with the spots on.
Happy days. It's a shame old Alfie had to go.

I bought myself a Reliant Scimitar (don't laugh) after that and called him Papillon but sadly I could never get 'im fixed.
(jonbob : pot-plotch nugger., Sat 30 Jun 2012, 0:24, Reply)

there is no better feeling.
i possibly enjoy tearing up a bit of pavement a bit too much. Oooh a scimitar? what year? i will only laugh at the names... but i am not one to talk... Orwell is the bane of my existence at the moment... 1984 jeep cj7.
( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 0:46, Reply)

72 I think.
K-reg as I recall. Awful shade of green, it was, with only one exhaust since I could only find one going on ebay.
(jonbob : pot-plotch nugger., Sat 30 Jun 2012, 1:03, Reply)

like this? :D

( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 1:19, Reply)

That's the one
But the colour was somewhere between the two.
(jonbob : pot-plotch nugger., Sat 30 Jun 2012, 10:12, Reply)

Lovely stuff
Although for that amount of effort he might as well have put a GT6 engine in it. Pleasure to watch still
(Jimmers, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 22:48, Reply)

agreed,
but i admire the purist nature of it.
( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 0:52, Reply)

I likey!!
I like engines, I wish they liked me tho :)

*clicks*
(jams find what you love, then let it kill you., Fri 29 Jun 2012, 23:37, Reply)

temperamental things, engines they are..
edit: yes wine makes me speak like yoda. haha
( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Fri 29 Jun 2012, 23:50, Reply)

I would love to move the engine I have now into my next car
but it won't happen.
(Fluffster, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 0:01, Reply)

I think every potential engineer should watch this
Wonderful
(Dan dan dan is just on the right side of good, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 0:10, Reply)

Argh! I'm having flashbacks!
The carb linkages that wouldn't stay fixed!
The sump bolts with the stripped holes!
The rocker cover that wouldn't seal!
The big-end bearings that wouldn't come out!
The valve seals that didn't!
The tappets!

The tappets!

Oh God, No! The tappets! That incessant noise!

(if anyone needs me I'll be curled up in the corner wishing I'd never agreed to fix that damned car and trying not to think about bullet connectors... bugger)
(jonbob : pot-plotch nugger., Sat 30 Jun 2012, 0:19, Reply)

I have a man who does all that stuff
Jag runs like a dream! Seriously tho, I get a little warm glow of manly achievement if I manage to top up the coolant without wrecking the engine
( simbosan, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 0:25, Reply)

I wanted to do this to my new engine
(a BMW M20B25) but the missus said she wasn't prepared to sacrifice another year of weekends.
( Grrrmachine and then you go and spoil it all, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 8:24, Reply)

Neato
I always thought engines ran on magic and kitten tears
( Fadgebadger /links's pedantic bellend, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 9:47, Reply)

I have a request;
Would you mind annotating your video - to help me learn the parts of an engine?... it would make for a very educational result! Or you can completely ignore this request. Either way :)
(chompedhomas, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 12:08, Reply)

Hardly anything in an engine that age is relevant any more. Pistons still go up and down and the crank goes round and round, but that's about it.

It wouldn't really help you that much
(Jimmers, Sat 30 Jun 2012, 12:23, Reply)

It's sad, in a way.
I always enjoyed being able to fix my own car, but it's a small price to pay for the increased reliability and efficiency of modern engines.
(jonbob : pot-plotch nugger., Sat 30 Jun 2012, 12:54, Reply)