I am 73,born in 1948 and always loved English matters, especially cars.. I always wanted to buy an MGA or bugeye Sprite but being a poor student I had to do the practical thing and get a Volkswagen beetle( I remember a Sprite for $400). For this reason I really enjoy your series, ..I'm able to kind of "own" a classic British car without all the hassles
More of your Sprite repairs. You are one of the few that gives excellent reasons for your repairs This is coming from a 75 yo old backyard mechanic. Thanks for your good videos.
Apart from the price of these things nowadays, what a lovely little car for a young enthusiast or trainee car mechanic to learn about fixing and servicing cars. It looks quite easy to work on, and I'm guessing, over 60 years on from manufacture, all parts are affordable and available for this car..
I am old enough to remember these cars being launched over here in England. Sadly I couldn’t afford one! What you do to keep them running Steve is great. Thanks for producing these videos. I watch them all.
Good stuff Steve love all the cars. I like how thorough you are and showing us everything you're doing that's why I watch. Keep up the good content I look forward to every video.
Always a treat to see you enjoying yourself and sharing your knowledge. Pretty certain this will be running well the next time we see it . Thanks Steve .
I enjoy watching you work on these barn find Sprites! I may get one someday. I had a 1955 Austin Healy 100 in 1967. I overhauled the engine which took me about a year to get parts at that time.
Nice tutorial. Great to see you keeping the old cars going and showing just how easy they are to work on. Especially when the steel body is still intact. On something that has been sat for so long and showing that many hydraulic issues i would have preferred to have seen you replace the slave cylinder on the clutch, or at least put a kit in it, plus doing the same for each wheel cylinder. At least inspect them for signs of problems.
Maybe you've already covered this and I've just missed it but, as someone who is soon going to be tackling the job, I'd love to see how you deal with bugeye's front end issues. I'm thinking of the lack of a zerk fitting on the standard A arm's outer pivot points, as well as cutting the taper for replacement kingpins. I know I've seen someone use an old king pin that's been cut with a grinder to serve as a cutter but that seems pretty dependent on more luck than I think I posses. So, if any of those barn find beauties need a front end rebuild, I'd really like to see you go into some depth on it. Thanks! Really enjoying this series and your taste in cars!
Glad I had another barn sprite vid to watch! My bugeye took a hibernation for 10+ and when it was back on the road the clutch slipped. Then it mysteriously stopped slipping. I bet the clutch slave rod was sticking.
Seeing your rear spring reminds me that I towed my brothers recently purchased frogeye across London after he bought it back in the late '70s. It was missing one rear spring but that didn't seem to matter, the axle sat on the bump stop located by the lever arm shock. We tried not to brake too much.
Great video as always. I see even early on in acquiring comments you have to put up with at least one know it all. As a old guy who mostly only worked on my own cars to save hard earned money to feed an school the kids you are certainly more of a "real mechanic " than me. My dream is to buy your red 2500m to replace the 72 I had back in the 70's.
Those oil filter housings are pain. You can be really careful with the rubber gasket and then the seal around the central bolt starts to leak creating a huge mess getting it off and back on. Converting to a spin on is the way to go.
A new kit car has launched in the UL converting an old MG into a frog eye sprite. So the cabin and doors are MG with wind up-down windows 🤣 2x👍 UL? DOH The UK
Steve, I think you would really benefit from a dry ice blasting machine. They are not cheap, but it would be a lot more fun to wrench on cleaned-up mechanical components. Check out youtube vids on this technology, it's amazing.
Now that cable TV has become 92 per cent too stupid to waste your time on and most videos have irritating announcer's we sure appreciate Steve and his calm, informative, programming.
I guess you don't want to put much money on these cars. But Steve, if the clutch slave cylinder kit costs next to nothing, why not install it ?? Same with the bleed valves ? You know, safety...
Do you ever clean things when you repair/replace??? I wouldn't install the new master cylinder in that assembly in anywhere close to the condition you just showed.
Ha! I was thinking the same - but you can't argue with results. He certainly gets things done. I've not completed even one project car in three years, but I bet Steve could have got it roadworthy in three days!
