BARN FIND ŠKODA 105- Keeping it cool! 

It does look a pleasure to work on. You have that wonderful feature that is now made of unobtainium on modern cars......space to work and reasonable access to components. Our first Skoda Favorit was just the same. Good honest engineering.

This car's a time capsule, I'm so happy somebody like you found it!

This little car continues to give good surprises.

another job done and yet another good memory for me and thats the switch on the radiator and they used to let water in and short out supplying power to the fan all the time and flattening the battery and it took ages to find the issue oh the memories with this project love it

As a mechanical beginner, I appreciate your channel very much. I'll be making a remote switch like the one you demonstrated in this video. Greetings from the USA.

Cool the thermo switch still works! The Wahler is the original thermostat! Does your new thermostat have a jiggle pin? That’s important the pin should be fitted upwards facing the highest point. Some clamps have been replaced. See a modern Škoda sticker on the expansion tank as well, so I believe it’s serviced properly. Don’t think they came with red coolant from the factory. But maybe I’m wrong about that. The old clamps sometimes break due to rust. Did you know there are 2 rubber connection hoses under your car? They connect the aluminum pipes. I suggest to inspect them and check the clamps. They might have been rusted through. Rubber hoses are under te cover plate. Need to remove the cover. Bleeding needs some more effort. Run the engine warm with the heater on and radiator cap off until it is warmed up completely and the fan turns on. Then put the radiator cap back on and bleed the system until you see a steady jet of water coming out of the bleeder.

The test of the fan switch was very interesting. Changing parts is much more easy but not as fun. You are very lucky to find this car, and the car is very lucky too!

I have almost done already everything on my 120L just like the things you do but it's so enjoyable to watch it again with this calm attitude what you have😃

I found your channel in the recommendations, and I'm glad I found it. Greetings from Slovakia

Really enjoying this show!! You are a fantastic mechanic with a passion for the cars you are working on. Love this Skoda it's in so good condition it's a crime not to save it!! Proper car from a time when that's all you needed. Keep up the good work fella 👍 👍👍👍

Really interesting video again thank you. For some reason I had to pause and go to the loo around the 3 minuet 30 mark ;-)

There is no doubting that the mileage on the Skoda is genuine - so far nothing you have done has put up a major fight - it has come to pieces quite nicely.

That looks to be going well - nice to see everything is playing nicely so far. The water hoses with jubilee clips suggest to me that the engine has been taken out at some point as those are the joints you need to break. The hoses with the split pin and band can be left alone hence still original. Any genuine Skoda owner will have several spare bottles of water stashed around the car, in the engine bay you can have a 2 litre pop bottle in the scuttles either side of the chassis rails. In the front near the bleed valve you can usually get another 2 litre bottle! The bleed valve at the front is really useful for a hot refill! If it overheats the last thing you do is take the cap off the expansion tank. With the Skoda just go to the front use the bleed valve to let out the pressure in the system then you can go to the rear remove the pressure cap safely - quickly top up from the bottles stashed away and you are on your way. Been there got the T-Shirt!!

Its a long time since I saw a Skoda Estelle thermoswitch! My second Estelle actually had a manual fan switch installed on the dashboard by the previous owner to override the system.

Only trouble with draining the coolant is most of the viewers needed to pause and go to the toilet, I know I certainly did!!! :P It is an interesting system though, never saw the ins and outs of it on my dad's Estelle, but one thing that gets me is the drain plugs underneath, they looka bit exposed, one hefty bump or a stray rock and they could be broken out of the pipes and all the coolant goes away... :S

Don't worry about old legends, if the liquid is this clean, you'll have no issues with the cooling system :) especially now that you know everything is working correctly. I'm quoting the factory directions here: the waterpump needs to be greased after every 10000 kms, you have to fill the cap with grease, push _all_ the grease into the pump at once, and you have to tighten the cap, otherwise it might shake off. After that, the used grease from the rear bearing ends up on the backside of the pulley, so you might want to wipe it off, otherwise all that grease will be dispersed around the engine. Most skodas have a distinct line of grease across the hood :D which looks awful, but it also tells you that the pump was maintained correctly :D Also, people usually overthink the bleeding of the cooling system of skodas, but it's really easy (again, factory directions): you just have to open the bleeding tap at the front _before_ you start filling it up, so the water can push the air out as it fills the components. once the water level stays at the correct level in the expansion tank, you're done, close the tap, and that's it. Provided there's nothing clogged, nothing else needs to be done.

My parents had a Estelle 120 1983. The coolant pump had a grease bipolar that had to be greased at each service.

It's so much fun to see you working on this car and enjoying the small details :). Makes me want to work on my opel astra :). But I'm waiting for some warmer weather since I don't have a garage yet :)

all my skodas overheated, I installed a manual switch on all of them ,only had to turn it on in traffic jams and never had any problems again

Well it’s the first time that I have seen anyone use a Trangia whilst repairing a car, great piece of kit though I have never used on with the gas conversion 👍. Really enjoying watching you recommission this old car.

In the UK we laughed at them but not so much now as they are super rare and sought after. Alot of owners modified the cooling system to stop them overheating.

The Skoda is really being kind to you from a point of view to work on it Seppo , it looks really well kept underneath and must have been well rust protected from new. Good to see your post in HubNut page on facebook the other day , I hope it brought you more subscribers as your channel deserves it , great video and looking forward to the next one.

Awesome progress with the brakes and cooling system! That coolant looks so clean :D Actually, the coolant has multiple additives, not only regarding rust and anti-freeze. It also contains an inhibitor which reduces cavitation on the outside of the cylinders. I think it's a good idea to change the fluid as you already have, since I think it also degrades with time, even though it is not used, but I could be wrong? :) Edit: you even mention the coolant going off with time, I think you're right :) and yes, the thermostat housing is very similar to the Mini, and yes, they can be REALLY annoying :D

I had the opposite issue with my Volvo v40, the thermostat was stuck open and that caused overcooling, the car was driving around cold long before I got it, making engine sludge and screwing up my oil pressure

Shuould’t there be green coolant in old Škodas?

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