A simple 2CV Service. Goes wrong. What's up? 

How to get rid of oil filters without going the tip: Step 1: place in a cardboard box Step 2: place the box in a designated ‘safe place’ in the garage Step 3: wait 7 days Step 4: stand in the garage and loudly proclaim ‘I desperately need some used oil filters, I placed them in a safe place in case I needed them’ HEY PRESTO, your oil filters will have magically disappeared thinking you needed them.

Sounds like it's only running on two cylinders. :-)

Always throw down your dipstick and wiping rag onto filthy, wet, gritty ground between readings. Your engine will appreciate those contaminants in the nice clean oil. True HubNuttery!

Be careful when swapping the manifold some people have been known to replace the original rotten one!!!!!

A day in the life of HubNut where nothing quite goes to plan but this is why we love the channel.

"I've got some other issues as well" That's crying out to be printed on a t shirt 😁

Last time you were going to change the manifold. You took the old one off . Then put it back on instead of the replacement if you remember. All very Hubnut again doh

I have had two identical Draper torque wrenches for years now, one stays in the boot of the car, and always left set at the required torque for the wheel nuts. The other lives in the workshop, and I have always slackened the tension back off of that one when not being used. I checked them both last summer, even after 10+ years of being stored in a different way, the pair of them were identical when it came measuring torque! Obviously being Draper they will not be spot on, but i was certainly surprised to find that the two different storage methods made not a difference to how they performed. So much for all my mates that kept telling me that the one stored at 85 foot pounds in the boot of my car would be trashed.

As a 19 year-old I bought a new-to-me beautiful Honda CB400F motorcycle. When I decreed that it needed an oil change, I began to work on the sump plug. It wouldn't budge, so i added more strength, still nothing. Now I went into full gorilla mode and it finally loosened. Then it tightened. Then it loosened again. Slowly, very slowly, a light started flickering in my brain: I had been tightening instead of loosening the plug and ended up stripping the aluminum sump... I was very lucky that my dad was a machinist and was able to repair my mess. I've gotten slightly better at wrenching in the intervening decades.

You were going to change the plugs so pull them first after you have disrobed the car. No compression then, so the engine turns over easier when you adjust the valve clearances. I believe that screws are prone to coming loose on the carbs with vibration. May also happen if the manifold nuts have been on and off a lot. Threads get a bit loose. Using split type lock washers and nyloc nuts as belt and braces a good idea. Flange distortion common on carbs with 2 hole fixing.

The Burton neoprene heat dump tubes are a good upgrade, not only are they a much better fit than the cardboard tubes they also make getting the wings off easier.

Just remembered the classic episode you refitted the same manifold you'd just removed

Another lovely 30 min video. Love the fact you showed it all and did not edit to bits. Glad Ellie is getting the TLC she deserves. Thanks

A tappy tappet is a happy tappet. The funniest part of doing tappets is when you can't stop the adjuster moving when you tighten the locknut. It's like when the points gap changes every time you tighten the screw back down. It can make a man go a bit odd.

Really enjoyed that Ian it's like going back to the good old days of hubnut, great stuff👌👍

I have just bought a classic car and was thinking of doing my own maintenance. Then l watched Hub Nut, think l'll pay a professional !!

I fitted iridium plugs to my 2cv 2 years ago and every time I have checked them the gap has stayed the same it never seems to get bigger as with normal plugs, and you do notice a difference in starting both hot and cold, I think they are supposed to be good for 100,000 miles,so although expensive they are cost effective. and on a 2cv it saves the damage to heads not having to take them out all the time, so very cost effective in tht way.

Love it! Learned a whole lot in half an hour. Thanks for that. On to part 2!

One of those jobs that you sometimes regret starting lol

I lasted 2.5 years of driving before I left the oil cap off. Day before MOT, made sure she was topped up. Then went to the shops. Engine sounded bit different but I put that up to pre-MOT worrying, it's just my head. Then it started to smell a bit funny so I pulled over. Oil everywhere. Thank god the cap was on top of the engine still. Got an advisory the next day for an oil leak, which I know full well was just spilled oil. Lesson learned.

I don't know, but for some reasons watching 2CV service/repair/tinkering works do have special effect to my soul. It calms me down... (also the BURTON's one hour video of the 2CV reassemble).

Really handy video....thanks

Thank you for another great video, Ian. Life-affirming in its own way.

The manifold only broke as you knocked over the bucket of success earlier in the video.

My '65 SAAB 95 had the same tread pattern Michelin tires when I bought it. Love narrow tired old Eurobeaters.

The access you get when you remove the wings and bonnet on a 2CV is remarkable. Just the thing when detailing the engine... ah, sorry, I'm commenting on the wrong channel. This is HubNut isn't it!

Great tinkering video, am always amazed at how simple the 2cv is to work on and easy to access with the wings removed.

Good video, nice to see the Yellow bucket of success also.

So thank you, Elly, for bringing my lovely Hub Nut merchandise stuff to the post office! I'm waiting for it every day! 😊

I think the 2cv is the car you love to work on, maybe its ease of access, and not a complicated set up, does look like a car you can bodge up on a long road trip if needed , but all in all happy tinkering complete.

Hello bucket! Just like my garage, forever tripping over stuff!

Very good video, thanks so much.

Those rocker covers would make lovely little 2CV cake tins if you blocked the hole up :)

Adjustments and tinkering so satisfying good times!!👍

I am just starting to watch this episode. I am waiting for the hubnuttery with great anticipation 😁

What a brilliant yet simple design! Great how you can take the panels off.

Elly videos always make me miss my old 2cv. I check occasionally and I know my old 2cv is still on the road.

A good trick with carburettor flanges is to grind them flat using a sheet of wet and dry sandpaper (wet) on a sheet of glass. With plenty of water on the surface you can see when the finish covers the entire surface evenly that it is perfectly flat. They often distort around the bolt holes due to the softer insulating block, and without levelling the surface, will always leak even with a new gasket. I keep an old thick mirror glass for doing these and other parts.. works very well. (I use around 240 grit, but 180 would be fine) Cheers.

I aneal my sump plug washer too, done loads of oil changes with no problem at all. Been reading the comments and thought to myself what a great bunch the hubnut community is.

THANK YOU Ian , a disassembly video as promised .👍👍

You have just reminded me my R8 needs a wash

Hi I injoyed the video and I hope the hubnut family are OK take care thanks again 😊👍🏻

I can confirm that oil goes absolutely everywhere if you leave the 710 cap off an engine .... :-(

Hi Ian, good video can't wait for your next one

Loved the closing shot! Echoes of a "Dune Buggy"! :)

Hubnut knows more than he's letting on , this time it went o.k. Love the vids , always enjoy it when a new one comes out .

Very neat to see how the old girl is put together. Ellie is such a sweetheart.

Saved some money there. I checked my local dealer service menu and the “something approaching a service” option was over £200! Result.

Looks like a good general purpose engine oil. Used Shell Rotella in small engines, even though it's a diesel application, but found out since that is a good all round engine oil too.

I used to use iridium plugs all the time until i found the tiny electrode tip broke off inside the bore when i took out the plug for the service. Luckily no damage was done to the engine. You got more power & economics with the iridiums, but when that tip broke off i went back to the beefy bosch super 4 plugs. The bosch super 4's are a proper solidly made plug and i would never go back to the iridiums after that event.

Have you considered getting a Sierra?. There seems to be a readily available source of spares nearby.

“Grease the greasy bits”, love it!

Brilliant video Ian 👍

excellent tinkering, excellent video, excellent car.

Ian I enjoyed that. Can I offer a recommendation for when you remove the carb, check the mating face for being true with a straight edge as the ruddy things warp over the years and some people,no not you ,over tighten to stop induction air leaks. Moving on to the disposal of used oil filters,could the chaps at the MOT garage be able to help out with a donation to the Tea fund...or even the gift of a couple of high quality Hubnut beverage transport devices

Yep Mrs G left the oil cap off as we travelled all the way from East Yorkshire to Derbyshire. What a mess when the bonnet was lifted.

Great video Ian, ever since I subscribed to your channel (many years ago) I've viewed the 2CV in a different light, in fact I would love to own one at some point, so thank you for opening my eyes to the gallic charm of the 2CV. I did used to own a Triumph Herald saloon as a daily driver and that equalled the 2CV for under bonnet access, another car that's easy to work on.👍🏻

Replacement manifold: I am inevita... wait, where are you going?

Another brilliant video is always ian

those skinny little michelin tyres remind me of old beetles and my 1971 volvo! they were hard to find in canada in the 70's especially in studded snow tyres for the volvo 15" rims

Leaving the copper washer to cool naturally anneals them more effectively.

Great video, good camerawork, excellent commentary. I have never seen that trick with the electrical contact cleaner. Those brown carb base heat spacers do crack occasionally but I will put a bet on you having to swap the engine again within the next 3 videos.

You did well Ian .full service completed .air leak is a separate problem .you’ll soon sort that out mate .great video as always

The HubNut store, we have what we have. If we don't have it, you don't need it.

The 2CV is such a simple little car, I was amazed at how the whole front assembly can be removed in minutes, certainly makes life easier for the home mechanic!.

Thanks Ian.

I can confirm leaving the oil cap open does indeed make a terrible mess, did it once on a Dyane I owned, thankfully only di a short run before realising!

In my book, you didn't go wrong. A successful service AND correctly diagnosed a suspected problem. I say you've earned a brew!

Those plugs looked as if they were running very hot. And just as I'm typing this you discover the inlet air leak. I'm guessing that will be the cause of the weak mixture. I used to have issues with those two big nuts at the back end of the wings. I think on my yellow 2CV I just used to slot the tangs under rather than risk the threaded rods pulling out.

You clearly have so much respect for the ol tin snail GOODLUCK with part 2

I do love the sound of that little boxer engine. Good old Elly.

We need a part 2 on this job??? YES 👍

This is why Hubnut is ace and real, good luck sorting Elly out

If your anything like me Ian every job I tick off I find at least another one more job to add to the list. 😅

Great video.

It was going so well too

I need a "Not My Sierras" T shirt

I remember using the B8HS plugs in a Yamaha L1(?) 100cc twin cylinder two stroke!

"Not sure I want this Bonnet floating around above my head, so I'll just take it off" #SmugNut returns ! Great, genuinely really great video - practical mechanics for 2CV owners, saves a fortune going to a Dealer (or even Local Garage), inspires others to take the plunge, great content and another Elly secret (leaky carburetor) revealed ! Keep 'em comin'! Much Luv

Cheers Ian, if only more you-tubers would show these jobs slowly, precisely and in real time. It annoys me when you get an engine strip and rebuild in 20mins, missing out half the job. Also the humour is an added bonus 😀. How is the primula going?

Hi Ian , I fitted Iridum Plugs to mine about 2 yrs ago and it instantly transformed the running and performance and now only needs choke on very cold starts

I was always taught 'tight is right, too tight is broke'.

thanks for the mug and tools tshirt , my birthday!

An amazingly simple easy to work on design brilliant. I've tried every type of oil the only difference I ever found was with super cheap oil burning.

When I had my Maxi-Scooter it decided to lose it's oil filler cap/dipstick twice whilst in motion, a weird engine sound and some smoke told you that it had happened. The second time it happened the RAC bloke used epoxy putty to make a temporary replacement that actually worked pretty well. It got tightened up with pliers after that.

Sierra's i want lol love my old school cars but i sertanly have a verry soft spot for a 80's/90's ford

Enjoying the video Ian and I like that you are competent, but not too competent (so I don't feel like a complete Wally working on my own 652 Visa)

Plugs which take heat away slowly run hotter which causes them to go white. I always understood that this meant they were hot plugs. There was a risk of damaging the top of a piston. A cool plug that took heat away quickly would be prone to being covered in soot. So the opposite of what you were saying. (mixture has an impact as well). BTW did you set the plug gaps? The iridium plugs (assuming you average 20mph) last at least 60,000 miles. That is double the normal 30,000 mile plug life. Driving in Wales without traffic jams to bring average speed down you could well touch 1/4 million miles on a pair of iridium plugs.

Another tick on the list 🤓😉👍

Honestly this kind of content makes me wish I were Ellie. _And I know I'm definitely not the only one among all of you!_ 😭🤣

That Sierra sapphire is shouting out for some love Ian .hint hint 👍👍

How very HubNut!

Things go wrong for Hubnut. Life for Hubnut is back to normal.

Any chance of a hub nut pen .Love the video . Keep them coming🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🚗🚙

20:45 Ian, you need to torque check the nut holding your horn on lol

The correct term for 'Boxer' engines is 'horizontally opposed'.

Never seen a leak test quite so definitive! As good as the bubbles on my LPG conversion.... 😔

Don't forget to check the mating surfaces of the manifold and carb for warping before you install...... But you know that I'm sure 😜😃.

If memory serves,The Portuguese built ones had a habit of coming with only 3bolts holding the carb on the manifold,

Lovely Jubbly Mr HubNut, always something else to fix when you start tinkering with something else 😭