Bringing a Topolino Back on The Road (Carburetor, Ignition, Loom and a Disaster)
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- čas přidán 11. 08. 2022
- This little Fiat 500C Topolino didn't give much pleasure to her owner lately. Numerous half-hearted repair attempts left carburetor, ignition and loom in a sorry state, making it a prime candidate for an afternoon at the roadside.
But now it's back!
#topolino #restoration #fiat
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That’s been oh-so-satisfying to watch! And boy did that little engine sound much happier afterwards… This is possibly your best video yet, loved it!
Thanks a ton, Matteo. Humbly, I think so too, but people seem to expect Alfa and Porsche from me, the views are nowhere near to the numbers I hoped for.
I ran a green 1953 LHD 500C (Registration SXL93) for a couple of years back around 1968. It was a devil for cooking its brakes every now and then and once let me down in the middle of nowhere on a Sunday afternoon when the fabric propshaft universal joint ripped apart. Other joys were hanging the car by the cylinder head for a week only to belatedly discover a domed stud nut in a waterway covered in gunge that was stopping the head from coming away from the block. It served me well though, but driving from north London to South Shields with motorway only for the first third was a drag. Even on the motorway the best I could achieve was 55mph. Happy days.
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Yeah, cars of the fifties … it’s breathtaking how quickly technology improved from the sixties on. Till then, I feel every journey was an adventure.
Nice job and as always , watcing "greasy" is therapy ...
Thanks, Peter!
Little car gets a lot of love. Well done.
And so well deserved!
I love the greasy bandaid, it goes with the theme
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Beautiful work..I just learned about this car, Fiat 500 B “Topolino” and I immediately fell in love…
Thank, Norman.
Yes, it’s a very lovely car.
Methodical, skilled and highly satisfying tinkering. I'm sure the little car was very grateful. 😊
Thanks, mate. That’s how I want it to be, your right in the core of my target group! 😆
Wieder eine Freude, dir beim Schrauben zuzuschauen, mit (d)einem Blick rechts und links des Alfa - Porsche "Mainstreams" :) Danke und keep on going 👍
Ja, ich dachte mir auch, dass das mal eine schöne Abwechslung wäre. Aber scheinbar erwartet man Porsche und Alfa von mir, die Views sind ein Zehntel meiner sonstigen Filme. Nicht dass es mir nicht Wurscht wäre, aber bemerkenswert ist es schon!
Grüße und danke.
Ottimo lavoro come sempre
Grazie mille. 😊
When it runs again , that is the the best sound, did this job maney off times, when I was yong.
love to see it.
Thanks, Bert.
In fact it’s hard to imagine today, but this sort of maintenance / repair used to be a daily business of early motorists.
I was bent over a little T this morning too. 1950. Same colour. Spectacularly simple. And, that it was made in Italy, just warmed my heart. Above the temp we had in B.W. today of 34. Charming little car. Great video too. Schwiezerdeutsch war ausgezeichnet. Ich war selber wor eine Woche da. Grüße Mike
Grüazi, Mike and thanks!
Servus! Wie seiht es aus wegen meine frage ob ich ein Fly By bei dir machen durfte?? Am Wochenende habe ich noch ein Teller Spagetti zugelegt. Oh boy!
Anytime you want.
Just drop me a note a couple of days before.
I particularly enjoy that your goal might be to closely observe what has been done, compared to what the engineers and the factory designed and built, and then restore to the original specification. Some of the fixes were ingenious and i often ask why they were done instead of a proper repair, like wiring to the brake light. It worked, and why do it? And, when you fire it up, seeing how well it runs proves the original builders did know what they were doing. A lovely tribute.
Thanks, mate. That’s very kind feedback.
You know, modern day workshops and classic car workshops are two entirely different species. It just doesn’t make sense to give a car like that to a mechanic who’s drilled to get things done the most efficient and cheapest way.
I can watch this all day. Easy
Thanks for the feedback, mate. 😊
As always, very satisfying to watch! I can feel the pleasure of giving a lovely car its glory back. A hobby we share!
Any particular reason for not using a ultrasound cleaner for the carburetor? I personally always do that, as it cleans areas out of reach
Thanks!
In fact using a USC would have been the right thing to do, but mine is broken and for buying a new one the occasion wasn’t urgent enough.
MI PADRE TENIA UNO DE COLOR AMARILLO, TENGO HERMOSOS RECUERDOS DE ESA UNIDAD, CUANDO ESCUCHO UNA ESTACION DE RADIO QUE SE LLAMA 620, ME PARECE VERLO MANEJAR ESTE HERMOSO CARRO
Absolutely, wonderful ! Great job, great car 😊
Thank you, François. It’s a lovely little car that creates huge emotions.
Loved the video. I’ve seen quite a few negative views on soldering terminals, versus crimping, on the basis of the copper wiring breaking where the solder finishes. Soldering and heat shrinking is my goto in many cases!
That's true, soldered cables are much more likely to break off. Crimping is the way to go. Of course, provided connector was crimped correctly which unfortunately is not always the case.
Thanks for the feedback, guys.
It’s actually a hybrid of crimping and soldering that I’m doing, which means I dip the cable end into the soldering acid, then crimp it to the cable lug and then let some tin solder pour into the connection.
More wonderful detailed and thoughtful content. I grew up adjusting the interrupter gap and replacing condensers on a BMC A series. Interesting musical direction this time - it’s like ‘Game of Thrones’ meets ‘Deliverance’ soundtrack :-)
Thank you, David.
Interrupters are increasingly becoming a forgotten technology. I just did it in a friend’s 911 recently, mind you an automotive engineer, and he asked me “what’s it actually for?”
The music tempted me a lot. I tried it in a pre-study of the viper green 911 film and looked for an opportunity to use it ever since.
@@GreasyFingers were you a video editor before you found CZcams ? Your cuts are good, angles great and your videos have a flow that almost suggests they were a single shot. Some of my favorite content creators talk about how long it took them to learn to video edit well.
I recently dropped a spark plug connector into the cumbustion chamber, so I know how such disaster feels. Took me a while to get it out with a wire and a borescope. Excellent video!
Hell!
My disaster is a piece of cake compared to yours. Did that happen to your Alfa?
@@GreasyFingers Ja, Giulietta 116. Dieser kleine Alu oder Messing Böbbel der auf die Zündkerzen geschraubt ist war bei einer so locker, dass er reingefallen ist. Hatte mich schon gesehen den Kopf runter zunehmen. Aber ging dann mit Draht und Endoskop. Sehr fummelig...
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Wonderful video of the Topolino ,beautifully done....I think you could run without the brass filter in the carb if you have at least one inline filter....looks very similar to the one in my Lancia Appia twinchoke Webber. Are you doing more videos on the Topolino?..
Thank you, Ian.
Yeah, I think the inline filter will do the job. I’ve actually not planned to continue the Topolino story. It’s a customer car and unless it’s going to break again in any interesting fashion, there’s not gonna be more.
this is a funny looking 911, but I suppose I will enjoy it :)
I hope you did!
The experience driving this car was extraordinary. If, like myself, one is used to people giving you Porsche-feedback (he drives a Porsche, he cannot be a nice person), this is an experience of an entirely different kind. Hearts are melting when you show up with it!
So freaking cool....
Glad you liked it, mate!
@@GreasyFingers It is just a little bit unpracticle so you probably have to hotrod it, hahaha...
@@remcotissink Probably not the most hotrodable car I could think of. 😆
That's great , really helped - do you have a code for the colour please
Thanks for commenting, I’m afraid I don’t.
You can make the carby cover fuel filter with some brass gauze mesh 400 or so. You need to make a little cylinder of mesh by soldering two opposing sides of a little square piece together. Only thing to watch out for is the mesh will wick up the solder very quickly so you have to be quite swift with the iron.
EBay is your friend, I found a fabulous Swiss company who make screen printing stainless steel mesh, it solders easily enough if you flux it with phosphoric acid. I wanted a screen for my 928, the nylon replacement was a stupid price, and had failed. Why pay so much for an inferior product. The stainless will last longer than the car.
Thanks for the tip, viorel. That’s a very good idea. Are we talking about hard soldering, right?
Thanks, John. If you like, please share the name of this Swiss company. I’d love to find a reliable additive manufacturing company for different projects that I’m planning.
I struggled to get this vid to play. I look forward to seeing it when any glitch has been ironed out.
I’m sorry to hear that.
Maybe that’s the reason for the poor performance of this film. 🥹
@@GreasyFingers Video worked perfectly today. The distributor and oil pump being driven off the same shaft seems to be a Fiat characteristic. I had a Fiat 124 Saloon in 1968 that lost all oil pressure for the same "mysterious" reason although it would start and run.
@@peaktraveller O man.
Much love for breathing new life into that carb. However, the white powder residue you're touching could be lead, from tetraethyl lead fuel additives.
Please be cautious, as your health is important!
Hello Grog. I wasn’t aware, but you nicht be right with your lead theory. Certainly a point to be extra careful.
Probably as close as I'll ever get to the real model. Is this the "little mouse"? In the early 1960's a plastic model manufacturer made a plastic kit version of this or very similar fiat with the front hood engine and fenders removed. The remaining body was set behind a large V8 engine and onto the rear of a long rail dragster, trying to achieve 160mph / 250 km hr from a standing start over 1/4mi / .4km. Narragansett Bay
Quando restauro il carburatore spiano la base al tornio e soprattutto sostituisco l'albero della farfalla passandola col il suo allesatore a mano senno da problemi al minimo Quando la macchina è calda .mentre per lo spinterogeno vedevo molto giuoco nel albero ed anche li gli fa va fatta un allesatura e sostituito l'albero perché oltre ad andar male si rovina la calotta .cmq ottimo video con buoni temi da affrontare saluti
Grazie per i suggerimenti, Enrico.
Di solito faccio come te, se il cliente mi dà un budget sufficiente.
In questo caso ho dovuto lasciar muovere l'albero per vedere se aveva un gioco radiale (non ce l'aveva).
Saluti e grazie per il feedback
Johannes
When I was at college there was a lad who had a hotrod Fiat Topoleno Jag 6 pot in it , remember sitting in it virtually no leg room , it was the older style front end though , much nicer looking I think .
Hell! 😀
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Noddy? 😄
It's technically not swiss german that he used, but high german the swiss way. Real swiss-german (dialect) would be more like "jo, mer händ alles förde topolino" 😅😅
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