I have watched, seen many of your videos. I'm thinking you have been a commercial, flat rate auto mechanic. I can say that I was and I recognise your work ethic and skill level. Whom ever trained you, or where ever you learned this craft, you are executing it very well. I'm impressed every time I watch your videos Simon. I hope some guys will learn our trade and flourish in their lives. Your level of competence in mechanical work is exceeded in your ability to create, produce, direct and edit videos for You Tube.
Love your channel ! No trying to be funny for the camera No high dollar shop. Just plain old fashioned repairs skills. Plus CATS !!! Thank you for the content.
I'm having a bit of PTSD, I remember swapping one of these heads in the pit at Mosport to try to get our Chump Car BMW back in the race. Unfortunately our milkshake like oil had doomed us to a DNF. That damn clamp on the back of the head was miserable to access on our car. Great video as usual! Keep up the great work!
hello simon, i love to watch your videos in my free time, i am from argentina, i have a 66 Chevy C10 66, and i am restoring it little by little, but well, here there is not much market for parts for old vehicles, so almost everything i end up making it myself. i send you my best regards.
About 1991 was the last good year. Ask any old timer who's worked on them for decades. I wouldn't own a new one if you gave it to me. I'd sell it immediately and buy a nice example 1980s one.
Sorgfältig gearbeitet,in Deutschland bekommt dieser BMW ein H Kennzeichen, ein sehr begehrter und je nach Zustand nicht billiger Youngtimer.Fantastic Video Simon 👍
Dear Mr. Fordman. 👍👌👏 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for using the right tools and showing how it's done right: A proper valve spring compression clamp, hex tools for loosening and tightening the hose clamps and a rubber hose plus electric drill for grinding in the valves! By the way: I used to make it a little bit different: A tighter fitting rubber hose made hose clamps unnecessary. Therefore I was able to pull on the drill so that no pushing against the valves was necessary (= no harm was ever done to the handle of a screwdriver!) 😁;-) 2) I absolutely love your non talking videos with no music! No unnecessary distraction, just the pure working sounds/noises. Your filming and editing skills are professional, just like the mechanic/wrenching skills. Congratulations 🎉 ! Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all involved life forms (human and cat). Post Scriptum: Your cats are very cute. Post Post Scriptum: Cat litter is great for absorbing spilled liquids. Additionally it usually smells good.
Thanks Simon for another amazing video. I hope you've recovered from the loss of your snowmobile. Brazil making its presence felt here! Leonardo from Brazil!
When I worked at a machine shop in the late 90’s we did several of those heads. If they was warped severely we would put on the (heater) a burner we made to heat any aluminum before welding or in being warped badly get hot then put in press and put a little pressure on it and leave it till next day. 99 percent of times would be able to repair and resurface with bare minimum taken off. Great job man
another great video... you make it look easy... i like CC, it allows me to learn and replay certains parts ... thank you! keep doing what you do, we all learn and enjoy some meaningful entertainment
Fearless Fordman Simon...one day he'll rebuild old SpaceX rockets and send them in space to drop messages demanding the "right to repair" anything from MRI machines to government bureaucracy...another excellent video and the highlight of my week...love the cat
I follow you from Rome Italy, your videos are fantastic, you make the most difficult things appear easy, you have great technical preparation. Compliments.
Your efforts never fail to keep me captivated. Proper old school spannering and good use of what tools you have. I'm loving your musical hammer and those resonating valve stems ❤. I actually went to my piano to play the tune ( notes, in case you're interested😮, were C BBBBCBBBCB).😂.Seems one of the valve stems refused to join in the melody. This took me back to my my 6 pot Triumph 2000 days, doing the same as you've just done now. I was a young chap, like you, when I owned the Triumph.😊 Great vid, thoroughly enjoyed, excellent work, impressed and inspired.
That intake system did not look like it was an easy one to work on and that engine had more coolant hoses than I’ve ever seen! Nice work and thanks for the video!
Very stout engines. Their only weakness is the timing belt which looked like it needed replacing. I’d love a part 2 of that and the whole front reseal. More channels should aspire to be like you Simon!
In the Spring I will up my UA-cam game and plan to copy your format of ending each video with a kitty. I love your editing! I called out that dirty idle control connector when you reinstalled it... seriously, I did...
Des commentaires des Etats-Unis, mais de beaucoup de pays aussi. Simon rassemble l'humanité ! 🙂 Super séance avec le chat. Des fois il miaule dans les vidéos, et le mien lève la tête et regarde la tv. Merci beaucoup de France.
Another video that was a pleasure to watch. Great filming angles and the sub titles simply said it all. I did this job on an old VW Passat many years ago. It was a lot less complicated though! And I remember grinding valves using a stick with a rubber sucker on the end. I wonder how many thousands a garage would have charged to do what you did. Oh, BTW I watched a car vid with music the other day. Awful!
using the rubber hose while lapping the valves was genius. You should invest in an electric ratchet and a parts washer. Love the videos and the care that goes into the vehicles p.s. you definitely should have had the head decked but it'll probably be fine. As for the valves you can wiggle them around while sticking half way out of the head to give you some indication of play and valve guide wear. Again will probably be fine.
I use a similar method to grind the seats. However I just chuck the stem right into the drill chuck and use light upward pressure while moving it off the seat occasionally. The rubber hose method... even better. Keeps you from damaging the guide with off angular rotation. I'm going to steal that method, too. Thanks!
Great content/channel. A good reminder that I don't miss looong drama filled intros, the nonstop background music, begs to like/subscribe, and the cussing. It's nice to simply see what you expected to see based on the thumbnail, and to learn something new even w/o an AI narrator-who knew? 👍 As for the ending-well it speaks for itself. 🐾
From Iran with Love.❤ The Excitment from the New Video Arrived Just made my Day. Thank You Very Much Simon. Hope You all have a Great time there in Minnesota Winter Time Pleasent to have news of your cat each time at the end of Videos.
That's cool Simon and I like how you replaced the vacuum lines. I would love to see you do a rotary engine build one day along with some two stroke bike engines .
Simon, besser als Fernseh schauen !!! , ich feiere deine Videos von Anfang bis Ende. Beste Kameraeinstellungen und kein Gequatsche dazwischen, so soll es sein ;-)
Honey, wake up Simon just dropped another video.
Seriously, that's how it is.... Frfr
Watching these videos lowers my blood pressure by about 20 bpm.
Extremely relaxing!
I have watched, seen many of your videos. I'm thinking you have been a commercial, flat rate auto mechanic. I can say that I was and I recognise your work ethic
and skill level. Whom ever trained you, or where ever you learned this craft, you are executing it very well. I'm impressed every time I watch your videos Simon. I hope some guys will learn our trade and flourish in their lives. Your level of competence in mechanical work is exceeded in your ability to create, produce, direct and edit videos for You Tube.
Love your channel ! No trying to be funny for the camera No high dollar shop. Just plain old fashioned repairs skills. Plus CATS !!! Thank you for the content.
The work speaks for itself, just good quality work
I’m tepehua
Mexican native Indian :
I liked, shared and subscribed to this channel
Simon is a Great warrior.
Very astonishing how it runs so smooth with a camera in one cylinder
That was pure genius the method of grinding the valve seats 👍🏻👏🏻👌🏻
I'm having a bit of PTSD, I remember swapping one of these heads in the pit at Mosport to try to get our Chump Car BMW back in the race. Unfortunately our milkshake like oil had doomed us to a DNF. That damn clamp on the back of the head was miserable to access on our car. Great video as usual! Keep up the great work!
I never get tired of watching your videos, I love knowing that you upload new content, greetings from the Hispanic community in New Jersey
Hi Simon, your amazing videography has captivated us.
Спасибо за субтитры! Вроде недавно было -20, а тут голые руки, солнышко. Чудеса!
это монтаж )))
shitty day at work today.
bowl of cereal on the couch watching fordman like Saturday morning cartoons.
life's okay.
hello simon, i love to watch your videos in my free time, i am from argentina, i have a 66 Chevy C10 66, and i am restoring it little by little, but well, here there is not much market for parts for old vehicles, so almost everything i end up making it myself.
i send you my best regards.
Nice to see metal valve cover and intake, not plastic of today. Thanks for your great videos!
A well built BMW. Not anymore nowadays.
Thanks for this nice share.
About 1991 was the last good year. Ask any old timer who's worked on them for decades.
I wouldn't own a new one if you gave it to me. I'd sell it immediately and buy a nice example 1980s one.
Always a pleasure to watch a master at work!
The best automotive ASMR on UA-cam ....I watch them before bed, so relaxing. Good work dude 🤟🔥
Always nice to see just how thorough you are, and your attention to detail !!
Sorgfältig gearbeitet,in Deutschland bekommt dieser BMW ein H Kennzeichen, ein sehr begehrter und je nach Zustand nicht billiger Youngtimer.Fantastic Video Simon 👍
Dear Mr. Fordman.
👍👌👏 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for using the right tools and showing how it's done right: A proper valve spring compression clamp, hex tools for loosening and tightening the hose clamps and a rubber hose plus electric drill for grinding in the valves! By the way: I used to make it a little bit different: A tighter fitting rubber hose made hose clamps unnecessary. Therefore I was able to pull on the drill so that no pushing against the valves was necessary (= no harm was ever done to the handle of a screwdriver!) 😁;-)
2) I absolutely love your non talking videos with no music! No unnecessary distraction, just the pure working sounds/noises. Your filming and editing skills are professional, just like the mechanic/wrenching skills. Congratulations 🎉 !
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all involved life forms (human and cat).
Post Scriptum: Your cats are very cute.
Post Post Scriptum: Cat litter is great for absorbing spilled liquids. Additionally it usually smells good.
I like how you're creatively including the various sound effects into your videos. Nice work! Almost time for another road trip adventure.
Thanks Simon for another amazing video. I hope you've recovered from the loss of your snowmobile.
Brazil making its presence felt here!
Leonardo from Brazil!
Great job Simon. Your knowledge is very impressive. Very good video too.
When I worked at a machine shop in the late 90’s we did several of those heads. If they was warped severely we would put on the (heater) a burner we made to heat any aluminum before welding or in being warped badly get hot then put in press and put a little pressure on it and leave it till next day. 99 percent of times would be able to repair and resurface with bare minimum taken off. Great job man
I used to wake up on Saturday morning and get excited to watch dragon ball z, now when simon uploads, i just need my coffee ☕️
another great video... you make it look easy... i like CC, it allows me to learn and replay certains parts ... thank you! keep doing what you do, we all learn and enjoy some meaningful entertainment
Not that I would attempt a complex repair like this; but there is a good lesson here for me in patient methodical project work. Thanks for posting 👍
Good to see you doing a thorough job cleaning up the spilled antifreeze - very toxic to cats.
That valve lapping method is pretty cool!
Fearless Fordman Simon...one day he'll rebuild old SpaceX rockets and send them in space to drop messages demanding the "right to repair" anything from MRI machines to government bureaucracy...another excellent video and the highlight of my week...love the cat
I follow you from Rome Italy, your videos are fantastic, you make the most difficult things appear easy, you have great technical preparation. Compliments.
Great job, as usual, Simon. My two cats arrive by my side when your cat starts purring. They can recognize a happy and lucky cat!
The BMW returns at last
Your efforts never fail to keep me captivated. Proper old school spannering and good use of what tools you have. I'm loving your musical hammer and those resonating valve stems ❤. I actually went to my piano to play the tune ( notes, in case you're interested😮, were C BBBBCBBBCB).😂.Seems one of the valve stems refused to join in the melody.
This took me back to my my 6 pot Triumph 2000 days, doing the same as you've just done now. I was a young chap, like you, when I owned the Triumph.😊
Great vid, thoroughly enjoyed, excellent work, impressed and inspired.
Саймон привет , обожаю твои видео , ноль болтавни - максимум действий !
That intake system did not look like it was an easy one to work on and that engine had more coolant hoses than I’ve ever seen! Nice work and thanks for the video!
Thank you for dropping another video, the withdrawal symptoms are easing now
What a pleasure to watch your work
Another excellent video + your camera work is excellent, as always.
Thanks for that - very straight forward and no high end glossy workshop kind of yo whats up thing. Very much liking your style indeed.
I enjoy watching you and learning new things. Thank you, greetings from Türkiye.
I just love your Vlogs! I watch them all the way through.its just pleasant to watch. Thank You, Mark
Great work. If this was one of the other top car channels, there would have been 30 minutes of talking and not a lot of doing. Love this channel 👍
I always learn something new every time you post.
Very stout engines. Their only weakness is the timing belt which looked like it needed replacing. I’d love a part 2 of that and the whole front reseal. More channels should aspire to be like you Simon!
Very good work Simon. Good old BMW. I like and runs good.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
чугун блока даже хон сохранил за 250к км. отличное авто
Don’t know much about Beemers but always willing to watch and learn. Great Video Thank You 🙏
This has got to be my favorite automotive channel on UA-cam. Thanks for this awesome content!
great fix and adjustment. minimum cost of rebuilding cylinder head and no machine shop bill really great
by far, one of the best videos on tube...so well done...great editing...great mechanical skills...bravo.
In the Spring I will up my UA-cam game and plan to copy your format of ending each video with a kitty. I love your editing! I called out that dirty idle control connector when you reinstalled it... seriously, I did...
Des commentaires des Etats-Unis, mais de beaucoup de pays aussi. Simon rassemble l'humanité ! 🙂
Super séance avec le chat. Des fois il miaule dans les vidéos, et le mien lève la tête et regarde la tv.
Merci beaucoup de France.
Another video that was a pleasure to watch. Great filming angles and the sub titles simply said it all.
I did this job on an old VW Passat many years ago. It was a lot less complicated though! And I remember grinding valves using a stick with a rubber sucker on the end. I wonder how many thousands a garage would have charged to do what you did. Oh, BTW I watched a car vid with music the other day. Awful!
using the rubber hose while lapping the valves was genius. You should invest in an electric ratchet and a parts washer. Love the videos and the care that goes into the vehicles
p.s. you definitely should have had the head decked but it'll probably be fine. As for the valves you can wiggle them around while sticking half way out of the head to give you some indication of play and valve guide wear. Again will probably be fine.
I'm a lover of the eta engine- so smooth, great sound, torquey, and sippy on the gas. Redline shmedline.
I think the cats look very warm and contented, thank you for the content.
I use a similar method to grind the seats. However I just chuck the stem right into the drill chuck and use light upward pressure while moving it off the seat occasionally. The rubber hose method... even better. Keeps you from damaging the guide with off angular rotation. I'm going to steal that method, too. Thanks!
Great content/channel. A good reminder that I don't miss looong drama filled intros, the nonstop background music, begs to like/subscribe, and the cussing. It's nice to simply see what you expected to see based on the thumbnail, and to learn something new even w/o an AI narrator-who knew? 👍
As for the ending-well it speaks for itself. 🐾
I'm in love with this channel, hope it grows even more!
Nice work as alway Simon. Hope you and the missus are keeping well. Regards from Ireland as always.
From Iran with Love.❤
The Excitment from the New Video Arrived Just made my Day.
Thank You Very Much Simon.
Hope You all have a Great time there in Minnesota Winter Time
Pleasent to have news of your cat each time at the end of Videos.
Prepping the top end for the turbo. Sweet!
Hi Simon. Excellent job. Kudos.
Shout out from France
Eccellente lavoro, le riprese video sono di alto livello.
Grazie per la condivisione.
Saluti dall'Italia.
Excelente lo que haces 👌 sigue compartiendo los vídeos. Venezuela 🇻🇪
Chin rubbing is always the best! Thanks for video, enjoyed it as usual!
That's cool Simon and I like how you replaced the vacuum lines. I would love to see you do a rotary engine build one day along with some two stroke bike engines .
Simon você é o cara , fala nada é faz bem feito, gosto quando você bota fogo nas coisas 😂😂😂 abraços do Brasil !
Thank you for a great Friday night!
Very nice to watch, thank you. Greetings from Germany 😊.
Big thanks for very nice video and proper technique of repair. Please do some more euro cars. And the cat is nice!
Love you channel bro...she looks like a miler...nice work.
i'm french and i love your channel
I like this mechanic just like the old days 😅😊
Simon, besser als Fernseh schauen !!! , ich feiere deine Videos von Anfang bis Ende. Beste Kameraeinstellungen und kein Gequatsche dazwischen, so soll es sein ;-)
You must really really love this girl. Great video
Thx Simon, very cool, very informative, made coffee time awesome, from your biggest Canadian fans, Paul and Rodie (meow! 😺) 🇨🇦
Parabéns pelo seu trabalho...vc é corajoso irmão!!! 👏
Another great video, Simon! 😊
I really enjoy your work!! Greetings from Costa Rica...
More and more your girl is finding out what this car was like to drive when it was new.
Liked the wrenching ok but the kitty cat IQ test at the end was my favorite piece.
Simon, that thing isn't going to run very well with that GoPro left in the cylinder, 😂. Another great relaxing zen video.
Love all your content Simon.
that is brilliant that the rotor is built into the heads timing gear i really liek that
Yeah my friday night episode of Simon is available 🤠😎
Amazing work once again, thank you for all the dedication you put into these videos!
Great job and a very well edited video
Simon is love, Simon is life
Simon dropped a new video, let's goooo
Another GREAT video. Keep'm coming!
Sreten would be proud of you
Excellent job. As always..
What a great movie 😎👍🏼
I'm really enjoying your channel. Thanks!
Je suis heureux d'avoir activé la cloche pour ne pas manquer ça!
Thanks Simon for another great video 😻
Finally man new video.🤝
Great video, and by the way, I admit I'm here for the cat 😸