We Fixed The World's Smallest Car! @WestenChamplin

wait what you do to it work way better help I need a push I think the I think the transmission just broke TR spin oh we're just getting it aren't we all right so we are out here in Kansas so we wanted to drive Weston champlin's Zeta BMW super cool car but he told us that he locked the transmission up after a little bit of investigating we realized that it is not the transmission it is in fact the rear differential plain mechanic on the Isetta gokart think that Jack can handle it I hope so oh we don't go backwards right well chain fell off I'm wanting for this chain drive it is and the chain just keeps binding up and it fell off the one sprocket and then it runs around and then bouns up again I'm wonder if that's what it is so do you think the chains I think the chains wrapped around and catching the fell off one of the oh no away going up running up hey puppy look at this we have a friend if this Falls you're going to have to lift it off of me oh oh oh oh oh dude you got to pull the axle let's split that case let's do it we're going to get this thing inside and figure out how to fix it that looks too hard all right wo whoo wo barrowed in well this is one way to move your car inside a shop in a sea of hellcats being a Zetta want to jack it up and we're putting jack stands underneath it the lift P won't lift this anyways it's too heavy this is way too heavy for the lifts so we're going to use Jack Sands and a jab hey these are 4 t0 I don't think that's big enough let's get a battery charger and find the battery I've seen it under the seat you pull it backwards like so the battery's dead we're going to throw the charger on and then start getting the rear end pulled out we'll let this do its thing now we're going to figure out how to I keep looking looking down look at the camera we're going to figure out how to get this rear end out okay so first things first we want to take the tires off this is Ser cutest little thing we've ever worked on here we go going have to take this off take that hub off that that's the shifter is that tighten the chain that might tighten the chain might but Chain's off yeah what are you guys doing under here I can see that spinning over here so we've got one more bolt on the rag joint got my leaf bolt out shock bolts out just about everything out we're just about there to drop this rear end out of this seta lift up on your side oh sh fall okay ready just like that cutest little rear end well we might be figuring out what's wrong so that's doing that and this is locked up so what we need to do is we need to get oh yeah it came apart good thing he knows how to aluminum well all right what we need to do is get this hub off we get that bearing off and we'll Crack the Case open let's Bolt the tire to that so we can set it up yep so we're not really sure what we're up against but we know that something's broke it's a py track that's cool so this is just like a backing plate so let take it over start getting this off we'll take a picture of this and we're going to get this at least taken apart and figure out what's going on with it oh slides out these oh good okay that was simple so we're hoping whatever is wrong inside of here we can fix cuz I couldn't find a smaller screwdriver this is the first rear axle chain case migger we've ever taken apart this is my first time working on a BM uh one of these BMWs sweet okay moment of Tru there we go it's moving all right let's see what this looks like broken oh it's a double roller timing chain only check prob would have a double link roller link and there's no oil how bet if we go get double chain and put two chains on it totally put that back together oh there's the link that came off all right so we've got the broken chain we're going to go to a local Tractor Supply and try to get one um we comes to worse we will fabricate something to make it work because we have Weston's guys with us I it belt of them yeah yeah we'll make it belt driven by morning let's go over here y'all Hillbilly's on the mission and he's going to so last night on the plane hillbilly is so loud and that would be long enough to do twoo also we might have to do doubled up we're going to get some half links and some full links and some semi- links and some linky dinks this will work I think where's your chain 6t tall all right so 10 ft of chain will work yeah 5ot right here you're right you're right K got me master links some half links and we are going to make this work yeah we're going to get a chain breaker this one can't even all right things are working out tonight let's go make this a set of work so what we're going to do is we're going to do two separate chains and if not we might try to fix this by pushing the pin out put some half lengths in or something one your thumbs on or the one after yeah there CU I never had one of these I always just used a punch and a hammer mhm so I'm just checking the width of the chain we're going to go here it's exactly inch and an eigh this is inch and 3/16 so we're about a 16th of an inch wider we're going to go see if it'll fit on the sprocket we got to check check this to see if our two chains are going to work we could just do one chain I mean it's a normal chain motorcycles run off one chain all right so just like I was suspecting the two chains are going to be a little bit too wide so we're going to put one chain in it to get this thing to work and then they can order a double ink use that old chain or order a double number 40 chain and make it work but for tonight we're going to clean this out we're going to put a single chain on it and we're going to make this set a run and drive so I got it propped up so I can just spray it in there and it will run out we have everything out of there all the any of the old shavings or anything that might mess up the bearings or cause future issues all right so we're going to get our chain installed now should we just go on the inside inside or outside it don't matter they're going to be putting a double chain on it anyways this is a tensioner right here it twists and tensions it so we're going to get our chain link in and then we'll tension it up so how do you set the tension where you want it and have it stay in place it pressurizes but we won't be able to see how tight it is we when we put it together he twisting right there that's pretty good this is going to be like a motorcycle now till they can get the double chain lightweight yeah lightweight yeah more horsep y we're going to be driving this bad boy down the road by midnight it's going to take you that long it's only seven all right so we've got the chain where we want it we're going to right stuff it put the outer and then we think that this is a press fit but it also has a bracket that goes on the outside that I think it's supposed to bolt or hook to something to hold it yep where how no idea but I think the friction I think friction locking is going to work tap tappy tap tap tap a room all right so what we're fighting right now is we're trying to to get this adjuster seated in the bottom case and the top case and it's just fighting us I think we've got it figured out all right you wouldn't believe it if we told you but we got it to seat so we're going to get all the bolts in it get it tight we've got our chain tensioned properly we're going to be driving this to the steakhouse it's going to be so bumped all right so we just found out that the local steakhous closes at 9:00 and it's it's 8:30 so we're going to take off go eat we're going to take you guys with us and come back and get the Isetta finished by midnight and we're going for a joy ride yeah excited for [Music] this we're going to gasket maker that that's where the chain came apart made a little cracky poo I got my leaf installed Hill buil is getting his we'll get them tight then we got to do the brakes don't we yeah the brakes the shocks so Robbie yeah you said we could what are the odds of that so we've got the axle in and I'm going to put my there it goes my wheel in hillbilly is going to start bleeding the brakes he pump it up like three times it's already locked up tight okay push and hold again pump hold last piece to the puzzle that's done pick it up remove the jack stands let it down it's fixed we think oh wait wait wait wait wait what we forgot gear oil oh put the Jack hands back in luckily he's very very strong so we're getting it back on jack stands we're going to get some gear oil put in hopefully Cruise it add the most important part she good all right we don't know the starting process settle up partner hey don't waste any time all right here goes nothing we're figuring out how to we're figuring out the process to start pink wire push clutch in yeah that's barely making things spark that battery's dead like this is a little [Applause] go-kart see if this will work I hear straight air too goes right above it I know what's wrong with it ain't got no gas in it he got it figured out we need some gas is this a two-stroke motor sounded pretty fourstroke to me yeah just put that racing fuel in there she might like it won would do it would be there we go now yeah yeah yeah we're full now butd all right we're going to try this out that's forward that's forward not forward have reverse TR to find reverse found it oh hey all right so Western bot this down in Florida he broken in Florida it's almost midnight we're going to take it for test driveing Kansas no no what do we do lose fuel woo don't die on me don't die on me come on what in the heck okay I got the headlight let's get us cranked back up what in the heck are we losing fuel I pushing a different direction middle in the middle is that where when we first got it no it was all the way to the driver's side so we're going to get this don't worry come on Betsy what is going on with this we're so close 5 ft at a time we're so close we're so far away come on baby what is going on with this it's got to be a fuel issue oh that's all the way over I tried halfway first it does the same thing really mhm let's go back to driver's side we made it the furthest on the driver's side hey well we made it out of Weston's driveway so that's lucky right 5T but 5 ft at a time 5T is 5T right okay let's get it choking choking choke it choke it tryan come on bety I think the car r GED up we need to go fix that [Music] too I'm in third and we're going we're in third gear hammer down hey here's that jump this has like no suspension aome woooo we're making it look we're doing it we got it going yeah boy Whoa third and fourth are right next to each other woo we're making it we're doing great so I think he left me and I don't remember how to get back to where Weston's shops at or whatever it is I see him you need to run yeah not love partner [Applause] hey did you call for an Uber yeah but I was expecting something a little bit bigger than this I'm sorry [Music] sir you get up some boogies I can prove this see how fast we're going 31 m an hour baby 31 m an hour 322 33 learn how to drive [Applause] it yeah all right so we got it to run and drive and it runs and drives good good job team so w so Weston hasn't seen it he's been gone all night he went to a concert and we're going to surprise in the morning and let him know that we got it fixed because this broke down on him in Florida and he had to buy a trailer from Tractor Supply and he put the car on it brought it back to Kansas and it's been sitting for about a month so while we were out here we figured we just fix it for him oh yeah we'll talk to him in the morning see if we can't go for a ride with him so it is tomorrow all right so it is the next day and Weston's not here yet but we went and got us a new starter solenoid and a new ignition so we're going to bring the aceta in we're going to get these done and we're going to take him for a ride so he can enjoy this car again and I watched this video last night and they were push starting it so this is going to make it to where you don't have to push start it fingers crossed so we're me and hillbilly are going to get it pushed inside the shop all right so we're just getting the ignition well the coil switched see if when I turn the ignition that sends power here help me turn that key it does so we're the ignition send power but it's not cranking it so this is the way this is the configuration that it was when we took the old one out so I think I figured out the problem I didn't have the screw in so the ignition coil didn't have ground so check it now boom bada bing okay we figured it out we got to get some new terminals that fit and then we'll get this configured and get it in such a way that it's going to work last night it wouldn't start and idle worth a darn and once we was able to get to start and run Robbie had to keep his foot into the throttle just keep it running just going through the carb making sure the Jets are cleaned out making sure everything's cleaned out on it so that way it will actually idle good for him so that way he doesn't have to keep his foot into the throttle to keep it running he can actually start it and it stay running the whole time hello you Weston shop Kitty going outside [Music] all right we're just about done with solenoid we're going to test it before we throw the seat back in it oh don't do that all right so I've got the ignition all swapped out Hill belly is just about done with the choke and all the other fun stuff he's working on and we're going to have this Isetta totally rebuilt not really oh you come along just getting the nut bolts back on the carburetor bolts back on then I just got hook up the fuel line and and tighten these nuts up and then we done all right we're checking the ignition it in fact works so we got the electrical stuff finished let's see if it'll start he was saying it takes like 40 minutes for it to warm up so not really but long this wasn't idoling last night I'm going to call that a win yeah ID good yeah and it's Parts go for a crw hey do you need a [Music] ride you need a ride heck yeah that love Parker you have to go to driving school to learn how to drive this bad boy all right the moment of truth you it'll start barely battery's almost dead hey we got like one more start in her we'll see if it'll start for Weston all right so Weston's back so while you were gone at a concert we decided to get your aett to work you made it work yeah like how good work well you'll have to see you know the thing is this is just like it's just like hole you just miss when you're not close I may or may not have been driving in the top blew back well you know that is a problem with it's got so much dang horsepower all right let's see here start [Applause] yeah hey you got a run that's for sure I'm very honest I don't remember where the gears are all over it's my car I forgot it runs pretty good oh it runs way what' you do to it runs way better we clean the carburetor and we fix the ignition system it sounds way less like gear noisy yeah it doesn't have that chain slap anymore there you go you need four hands to drive this thing it's so freaking fun to drive oh yeah third gear kind of like pops out every once in a while we don't worry about that though Drive do you notice how it turns way sharper right then it goes left yeah like doesn't want to turn left it doesn't want to turn but it wants turn right so it' be perfect if you drive it backwards on a NASCAR course yeah that's what you need is this per it's a reverse NASCAR exactly they do things different in Germany hold on let me check on the engine real quick and she doing good yeah she right there she's good yeah after warmed all the way up the choke way better oh yeah you're definitely a ripper oh definitely fastest machine I've ever driven that's absolutely oh hey by the way if you guys need it there's a free mattress right here looks like home sweet home yeah I mean we can probably survive oh choke choke can you believe somebody drove this thing 23,000 Mi or whatever that's insane we drove it like a half a mile and it was like okay yeah we're over it that's really fun but yeah we aren't going anywhere fast now that it runs my girlfriend's want to go for a ride this thing for like the last 2 months and I've never taken it for a ride because it's been broke there you go don't drop me off than it for hey that's how you get Browning Point that's right hey sweetie look what I did for you got sure you go for a ride yeah well well she was the one that found it she was like oh how cute it is that I bought it I'm like I'm going drive across the state oh feel the speed though the thing that's actually surprising about it is for a 1959 anything it's in really good shape it's in very good shape I can't believe that it runs as good as it does I mean the steer is a little bit like it's a little sketchy but you going down the road with no headlights at night that's fun oh yeah I forgot it has no lights we had the Hercules L up [Music] here it runs so much better all right so we fixed it so she can go for her first ride up [Applause] in look at that so we didn't even know it but won's girlfriend actually found that on Marketplace for him they went to Florida got it oh look she didn't get a ride in it so he's taking her for a first ride he's wanted to go for a ride for 2 months and it's been broken so job well done hillbilly I think Weston's going to be pretty happy with it freaking cute I think it's so sick thank God you guys fixed it there a lot more roomy in here than I thought it was sweet I've got all the cookie points she's going to be going home baking cookies now I know it I already have cookies what you what where are they they in my purse she carries cookies in her purse come on C get in here come on oh good boy here get it oh there we go oh yeah CIT perfect he immediately went back there like he's going to lay down oh he's like I went crawled in a dead skunker you guys smell it it smelled so good yes you smell like dead skunk why do you smell like dead skunk there you go now that you've taken the Isetta for a cruise in your home state what do you think oh it drives even better in Kansas it did in Florida to be fair the throttle was kind of stuck when I so like you see me in the end of the video and I'm reaching up turning the key on and off because I can't get the throttle to come back from Full Throttle oh that makes sense and that's when I there's some there's some candy in there all right well we see the thing fire up and drive away we know quite did it yeah no it actually it runs way better it drives way better too because also before the noise inside of it was so loud I thought it was just a driv train thanks for letting us fix it without knowing that's fine you're you're fine I'm just glad I can drive it around now now all we need is headlights tail lights that's just all a toggle switch and a turbo what and a turbo a too switch you put a turbo and a toggle switch I think a turbo charger right here yeah little turbo like right here with a little exhaust pipe that sticks up go imagine when it torqus up and takes off the whole is Wheels you know so the time has came came out and hung out with Weston got to check out the assetta Isetta assetta I don't know I don't know how to say it anyway we're able to get that going for him so as always we appreciate you guys if you enjoy this video go check out this onee all right let's go get pizza you actually want one do you have one hey where' you find that one there's another one it's complete not running it's it's said in a barn it hasn't been touched nobody's done anything with it I bought this one instead all right there might be an aceta in the future

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Published: Wed Feb 21 2024