The perfect Sunday: a cup of coffee; a slice of homemade cake; and another episode in this brilliant, inspiring and humorous series by Britain’s greatest shed genius. Oh happy days 😀
Allen's voice really is soothing, isn't it? I think it reflects the patience he must have in spades to do this work. Even if I had the skills, I would never have the patience for it.
Hi Allen, perfect Sunday afternoon viewing, cylinder head in the Barbecue, 1950's style phone call, box of o'rings on the grass, out comes the trusty hacksaw & grinder, 30 seconds later special tool for Kawasaki tappet adjustment. All done in the trusty garage, heaven mate, just bloke heaven.! Another great video, on behalf of all us watching it, thank you Allen, for editing engineering amazement, please continue. Cheers, Alex.
Showing the cakes but not the baker isn't fair to Traci. Give her a bit of fame. She's tolerating a lot of shed time from her man for our entertainment. Thanks Traci! I have watched all your videos, and they are all great and getting better all the time, but for pure fascination for me, it's going to be hard top the making of the camshafts video. Your video editing is great, showing all the essential elements, but you keep it moving so it's never dull. Like Pavlov's dog, you've got me trained to anticipate that red notification on Sunday. Well done again Allen.
why do "older" people make the best, authentic and wholesome videos? Imagine this video was done by a 24 year old motorhead. it wouldnt be half as good
And no background music! Also the video editing is done very nicely. Perfect! Thank you Allen for these videos, I get inspiration for my own work in the garage.
While watching Allen's videos of the Super Six I'm stunned about how many times a problem shows up that would be a deal breaker for me, quickly followed by the words "this is easily rectified, by using a kitchen fork, and old shoe and a bit of banana peel" and then he carries on like it's nothing. It's bewildering, truly.
Takes me back to rebuilding the head on my Ford Escort van as an impoverished student in the eighties when the timing belt snapped! Still got the grinding paste and suction cup in the garage somewhere!
@@loddude5706 Maybe I’m remembering it wrong but isn’t Millyards also the name for the “Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe” and specifically the “Restaurant at the End of the Universe”? Edit - sorry but just realised it was called Milliways! All the same, I wouldn’t be too surprised to learn that Allen was responsible for that feat of engineering - after all, he has a garage that supplements the main shed work workshop area! Quite obvious really.
There are people that go around giving thumbs down just because it makes their miserable existence feel better. I’ve only ever given one thumbs down in my life on a video and it was simply because it was a blatant lie bashing a company and click bait.
All we can do is be inspired to take what we learn to our own projects, especially to not be afraid to think bigger than we might, and not worry too much about comparing ourselves to anyone. If you do, remember it works both ways, I have a tremendous IQ, and a few other advantages, but I’ve achieved almost nothing. No time like the present, and I doubt we get scored after we die!
Lovely job yet again, seeing the shims reminded me of when I rebuilt a Suzuki 850 engine, got someone in to do them as mathematics wasn't my forte. Glad to see the Bat Phone is making a regular appearance too. 👍
You are a living legend, Your patience and knowledge using basic tools to build the unimaginable is just breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing your videos with everyone.
This is just one of the best series of video clips on Utube. Allen is an absolute genius and I just love his commentary and his enthusiasm for his craft.
Another great video :) I googled the phone number that appeared briefly in one shot and found an old advert for Viper parts. Careful or everyone will be calling that Ericsson! 😬
Your videos are inspiring me to get my 1978 Kawasaki KZ650 running. For anyone interested in my first motorcycle experience, I bought a bike with a KZ650 frame and a KZ750 engine in it, they have the same mounting pattern. I picked it up for 600 bucks, had some fun for a couple months, then it stopped starting. I was new to old bikes and took it for face value when they guy said "that chuffing coming from the spark plug hole in cylinder 4 is a mystery, but once it starts it runs well." There was a huge gouge in the spark plug threads and "chuffed" gases out of it like a train. I realize now there is absolutely no way that cylinder could have ever had any compression. In January in Minnesota I decided to get a thread repair kit. The tapping tool required no drilling and I watched a video of how to repair threads without taking the head off. The new threads, however, entered into the diameter of the exhaust valve and got caught on it. I nearly got the tool stuck but managed to turn it loose with a breaker bar. Bent the exhaust valve. So I completely negated the reason I didn't want to take the heads off, beause I am new and didn't want to mess with cam timing. Well too bad, now you have to disassemble the whole top end. I also checked compression finally on the other cylinders and they were ~80-90 psi, 30 psi below recommended. So now most of the engine is coming off so I can replace piston rings as well. So in the end of the Minnesota winter, my buddy thankfully lets me use his heated/insulated garage to work on it. It stays up there til later spring when I can finish it. Get it cleaned up and back together, learn cam timing is that hard, and then try and try and it doesn't turn over. Check compression again, other cylinders are doing ok, but the one I "repaired" is at like 60 psi still. As I unthread the compression guage, the insert comes out. I thought about pounding it in further with a punch but it would probably fold and not allow the spark plug to seat and seal correctly. Unfortunately I called it a loss. It took 1.5 hours to get to his garage, and after doing that every weekend as well as visit other friends up there, I figured my time is worth more than what I spent on the bike. However... I do have the original 650 engine. I have no story on it, I have no idea why it wasn't in the frame and this tired 750 was. Might be worth a day of tear down to potentially diagnose. It would be sweet to mate the original engine to the frame and if it worked. The bike is nice and pretty light and fun to ride.
Anybody could produce masterpieces like that if they had such kit: angle grinder, hosepipe, screwdriver, pencil sharpener. I really don't know what all the fuss is about.
I had one of those, it leaked oil between the cylinder head and piston cylinders. The trick to stop that was to super glue the O- Rings in place to keep them from distorting when torquing the head in place. Obscure memory from 40+ years ago. :)
Wait...five people didn't like this!!?? Get over yourselves. This is top notch stuff. Not your average build a motor video. Absolutely unique...and nothing fancy except the skill and ingenuity. If ya don't appreciate this...you need a better life. Keep up the good work Allen!!👍👍
Hello buddy they should make a TV program about your work and your amazing machines you make they are simply unbelievable but truly amazing ,, cheers buddy ps would love to make a machine with you 🙂
gegrillter Zylinderkopf habe ich auch noch nie Probiert. Spitzenmäßig was dieser Mann auf die reihe bring. sowas habe ich noch nie gesehen bei keinem Schrauber. dagegen wirken Werkstätten ehr lächerlich was der Mann macht .das ist der Hammer .der macht fast alles selbst. spitzenmäßige arbeiten. die Videos sind absolut klasse.. Super Mechaniker und Konstrukteur da würde Edd China noch sagen Weltspitze ist das..
Lockdown, the Allen Millyard 'how to survive' series. Narrated in plain english with humour and depth of knowledge not afforded to the average humanoid. Thanks Allen.
Hi Allen, amazing video, just had to watch it again and probably again. I just get so enthused every time I watch one of you’re videos. Really love you’re use of the barbecue, never ceases to amaze me lol, you got it down to a fine art lol .you made the valve adjustment look really easy. At the inception of Kawasaki valve buckets , the mechanics made it sound like black magic to get them adjusted, but you blew up that bubble very quickly with the home made adjustment tool made from a blinking C spanner, bloody amazing. Add this, add that and subtract this, and that gives you the size of the shim......simples . Love how you got the parts guys incorporated into the video, gives it another dimension to the experience. I know i keep saying this,but it’s true, you make everything look 👀 sooooo easy to do, you should have been a mechanical engineering guru genius lol 😂 that’s the way you come across to me, 6 months under you’re tuitilage, and I’d be a fully fledged mechanic 🧰. Fantastic video Allen, really enjoyable. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧
I love bikes and found your channel due to the DownHill bike. I also love motorcycles and was ecstatic to see these other videos. I love to see how you bring these projects to life. Please keep making these videos! Brilliant.
