My week this week! My workshop videos

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Well folks, I dragged myself back to work after a pleasant Christmas break, got the air filter finished, and made progres generally, but then, the starter is no longer able to spin the engine! that will teach me not to to fit new rings, and grind the valves in! Too much compression for a starter that is designed to start a 15hp single cylinder engine! I think I have pushed the boat out too far, and too fast, and then tried to jump in, and the obvious has happened! The new starter arrives tomorrow! Thanks for watching, and a strappy new year to you all!

Phil

Slip sliding away on the ice in East Yorkshire.

Edited By Phil Whitley on 15/01/2021 20:54:37

[Tony Wright 1Participant @tonywright1]

Hello Phil what part of East Yorkshire ? I reside in the people’s republic of east Hull ! Best regards Tony.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi Tony, I am in Driffield, and the workshop is ower 't ward tops!

Phil

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Its on! The week went quite well after I stopped procrastinating and just got on and did it! Another breakthrough was the fact that I realised that the vee belt was dragging in the pulley, and stopping the engine spinning properly at start up. This is the belt which is the correct size for the clutch drive, but is obviously too tight for jockey pulley running, I need to see my belt man and get one a couple of inches longer. Thanks for watching, please like and subscribe! Phil, In frosty but fine East Yorkshire!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Another week of finishing off and troubleshooting on the Toro 2CV. I eventually got to the bottom of the carb fault, but it meant taking the carb body off again, which means it is going to get a thorough clean and shakedown before it goes back on. Thanks for watching, and don't forget to subscribe, like and comment!

Phil, in soggy East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

At last! The engine, mainly the carburettor, is sorted. multiple problems have been fixed, and now she starts easily, ticks over slowly and throttles up smoothly. I can now get on with the finishing off! Need new alternator bearings, they are noisy, and the new coil will arrive next week. If only I could find that ignition switch!!! Thanks for watching, please subscribe and comment.

Phil, East Yorkshire has snow and ice warnings!!

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Is that a Weber 28-36 DCD twin choke carb. If so it seems a bit too big for that engine. Also why do you need a an adaptor on the manifold. Surely the carb would be ok directly onto the manifold. Those engines i worked on always had a basic single choke carburettor.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

No Steviegtr it is a Solex 26/18 which was the original carb, the single choke carbs were an earlier fitment. There is no adapter onto the manifold, just an insulating block that stops the carb getting too hot. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Phil

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Well folks, the week started badly, with bitter cold and snow, and ended better, with bitter cold, snow, and a new to me Holbrook Model B Number 9!! It must be said that a lathe is about the only thing that would get me out in this weather, and I nearly froze, but it was worth it! The lathe is now stripped, and all the bits are at the workshop, except the bed, chip pan and legs, which we will collect next week, with the big trailer. Thank you all for watching, please comment, like and subscribe, and don't forget to ring the bell, or you wont get notified when a new video comes out!

Phil. Perishing cold East Yorkshire

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

WD War department.

Steve.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

The bed and legs were collected on Tuesday, in a misfiring Volvo estate and trailer, and then negiotoated up the yard, much fun and stress ensued, but we did it without wrecking the bed or straining any foofoo valves!…..or videoing it, it took to long and was too scary! I have decided that next week, with the improving weather, I shall get in earlier, and try to split my time between the Toro Tractor, and the Holbrook. It will be interesting to see if willpower overcomes tinker power!

Phil, In almost springlike East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

A week of triumphs and tragedies, I get more done on the Toro bonnet, I get a computer for the workshop, my cousins Volvo fails its emmission tests, it's off a valve, the monitor quits on the new computer. The workshop gets very tidy, and after much faffing about, the bonnet fits properly! It,s all in a weeks work, winter is over, and we are waiting for spring proper to kick in! Thanks for watching and commenting, please subscribe, and click the bell and the likes button.

Phil, in Glorious February sunshine!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

A world of a difference this week, I am in somone elses workshop! Normally he would do this work for us, but he is so busy that he couldn't do it for two weeks, but he suggested that we work together on the car, and he can keep his other customers happy as well. He was away Friday, so I spent some time on the Tractor, and went home early to get a covid jab, I can feel my second head growing as I type!! Thanks for watching, and don't forget to subscribe and ring the bell to get all my new releases straight to your youtube!

Phil, Back to cold weather in East Yorkshire!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

The Volvo saga comes to a succesful conclusion, I spend a couple of days in the workshop with an old mate fixing some of his antique militaria, and Friday plunder! My good friends across the road appear to have left, and have brought across the last of their bits and peices, all usefull stuff, and happily recieved. I hope they get sorted with their new house, and the new job that he has gone to goes well!, Also the chap I am doing the antique repairs for is clearing his garage, and he brought me a load as well , all useful stuff he can't bear to throw out, so he has fetched it over so I can do it! Thank you all for watching, liking, and of course subscribing! I am getting more than one new subscriber every day now, 34 new people in the last 28 days, welcome aboard to all of you, and thankyou!
Phil, in wet but warmer East Yorkshire.

[Mark EasingwoodParticipant @markeasingwood33578]

Evening,

ICE = In Car Entertainment

I think the Rawlplug tool is for use in an electric drill, from before many folks had a hammer drill. Probably slow rotation and hammer action, to mimic using the fully mandraulic version!!!

I am pretty sure the milling cutter is for use on timber, have seen a set recently, might be called “Shaper Craft” or some such. Fitting goes in electric drill and cutter goes in that, bit like the Rawlplug tool.

The box it is in, is a fishing tackle box, as sold by Woolworths, “down street”about 40 years ago.

Mark.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

I think you are right on all counts Mark, I found the Rawlplug tool after a bit of googling, certainly one of the less common ones, and it is deffo a woolies tackle box! I haven't had a good rake through yet, didn't get home till 6 as it was!

Phil

[HOWARDTParticipant @howardt]

Rawlplug bit fitted in a holder which was struck with a hammer and rotated, the plugs were cut from lengths of I think wood fibre with a central hole through. At least that was in the 50’s in our UK household.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Yes Howard, I have a box of the fibre Rawlplugs, and a couple of the chisel type drill holders. This Rawlplug tool fits a power drill and turns it into a hammer drill, I meant to demo it but forgot! I will put it in next weeks video! Thanks for the comments.

Phil

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

The tail end of some "interesting" antique repairs, Strimmers, an angle grinder, a central heating pump, and a new rule gets applied to my piles of JUNK, which need to be filtered and GONE while the scrap price is high., I model my new leather apron, but screw up the video, and hear that Mums heating is still playing up, and the Volve that we did the cylinder head on has just suffered clutch failure! We are fixing it next Thursday! Life at the moment is "interesting" and busy busy busy!! Thanks for watching, please subscribe, and click the bell to get notification of new videos, and welcome to all my new subs!!

Thank you all! Phil, in officially spring (like) East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Stripping gas condensing boilers, or "Combis", Making new carbon brushes for an angle grinder, removing the clutch from a Volvo V70 estate, and trying to sort the intermittent problem with mothers central heating by changing the programmer. Intermittent faults are always the hardest to track down! Its all in my week this week! The volvo clutch kit that arrived was the wrong one, so that job stalled, and it appears that the heating fault is not the controller, so it may be the room thermostat! Saturday afternoon I go to look at a field "topper" for the back of the Fordson Major, so we can get the wild areas of the field under control, hopefully without disturbing the badgers, which may have a sett in the top corner of our field, but are more likely to be further afield! Thanks for watching, please subscribe, give me a like or a comment, and don't forget to ring that bell and set the notifications to "ALL" so you don't miss an episode of my thrilling multitasking!

Phil, on a suddenly cold Saturday in East Yorkshire

Edited By Phil Whitley on 27/03/2021 15:53:45

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Volvo V70 clutch completed! My derusting solution gets the approval of an undersea corrosion specialist, and we buy a Big Bee pasture "topper", and then have a nailbiting ride home with it in the trailer, but it all ends well!

Phil, in sweltering, then cold East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

A short week in which great things are achieved, and we break through from frustation to the sunlit uplands of progress! The wheelhorse bonnet scoop comes together, and the arrival of new shelves means more storage space in the near future, A bit of commando gardening Down the yard, and a portable forge which I really do not know what to do with as yet, but ideas will come to me!

Phil, in sunny,Bright, cold and snowy East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

The Toro 2CV tractor Bonnet nears completion, and I do some commando gardening to get rid of even more junk! I am starting an experiment this week with 2 videos a week, one released Wednmesday night, and one sSaturday as usual, let me know if you think it is better! having said that Tuesday went a bit awry but we made good progress regardless, thanks for watching, dont't forget to subscribe, and see you all again Saturday!

Phil, in slightly warmer East Yorkshire.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

The tail end of the week, including (By special permission) a Saturday morning session, in which paint is applied, more reorginizing is done, and a load of crap takes a one way to the local recycling centre! Enjoy!!

Phil, in warmer and more springlike East Yorkshire!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Continuing with the bonnet painting, I get as far as primer, and the job is stopped, because every store stocks the paint, but none stocks the thinners for it!, then a Lidl Led light with a broken switch, which is all metal, and claims to be double insulated, but in my humble(LOL) proffesional opinion, it isnt! Then on to those bloody strimmers, rebuild both carbs with new diaphragm kits, and the Mculloch is finished and running, the homelite is all back together, but waiting for some silicone fuel pipe. Overall, good progress and tomorrow and Friday I am joined in the workshop by my dear wife, who insists that she will not appear on video, Thats a challenge!!
Phil, in really springlike East Yorkshire

Edited By Phil Whitley on 21/04/2021 21:23:35

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