Thrashdeviant indeed, although they’re somewhat correct as any overheating issue left untreated will lead to head gasket failure.or simply subarulife 😂
I'd really like to see more purpose built tools, seeing how other people solve problems by making their own tools helps inspire greatness. Thanks guys!
A small lathe is one of the best tools you can buy for making your own tools. The number of clutch aligning tools, bearing drivers and seal drivers we have at work is amazing. Always have some alloy stock and nylon stock on hand for making up new ones. Don’t forget to use letter punches to write what they suit on them, makes it heaps easier to I.D. later on🤙
I spent hours and hours with bits of welding wire and dial gauges trying to get tdc, if only I had thought about the problem a bit more and your video came out 5 years ago. Nice one, keep it going. Thanks
7m's had sperate cam boxes. So it's definitely a JZ series. Probably a 1JZ, and knowing Al it's gonna be full of turbo goodness !!! Like you said probably for Moog's mum's car so she can race Marty's mum at the track.
They had already hinted in previous videos that a 1JZ would be a direct swap into Moog's mum's car, so that's my guess. Not sure why the 1J would swap more easily than the 2J, but that's what Yoda said in one MCM episode. I'm not a JZ expert so I'd have to do more research to 100% identify it, but it looks 1JZ to me.
Most people wouldn't be able to follow along. I went to tech school, and even with somebody there actually showing you over half the guys struggled to get it. But it's essentially the same as this was. Take up the clearance with feelers. Find the center of dwell. Crack the cams loose and rotate the crank to the number you want.
Great show! I have built a few engines, and I love watching all the builds and details that are included! Having a long form build, where its discussed and shown in detail, is exactly the best way to do it, imo. Keep up the good work, and for the love of Kramer, send me a lemon squash or a plane ticket to visit and hang out for a day! Take care, and keep uploading the treasures
2:12 "That was a 3S-GTE actually." "Oh, that's right" " I think that's your favorite engine Al" "Yeah, I love vibrations!" Damn Al, don't beat around the bush Al, say what you really mean!!!
That comment actually stung me a little bit! The 3SGTE in my GT-Four ticks over like a kitten. Then you tickle the throttle and it can be heard/felt 3 houses down the road! 😂
Ooh, bonus episode! In answer to your question “do we want to see more episodes like this” I’d say yes please! I already have a home-made piston stop exactly like that, so the main subject of the video is nothing new to me, however it was interesting to see your perspective on it, and to see how the balancer had spun. Plus you guys are just really entertaining. All the “3rd gen small block” banter and whatnot amuses me no end!
@@woopimagpie I was confused, and then Aging showed up in my recommendations. Guess I got some watching to do. I said Trabby because I didn't want to spend the time looking up some of the really ugly Soviet cars that are not Fiat knock-offs, and figured an I6 powered cotton bodied wonder would be lux. lux, sorry, can't even type it (~_^)
@@jpkalishek4586 Hey, I never said he was good. And in his defense, he openly states repeatedly that he doesn't know what he's doing and he's learning as he goes. He also reminds us in every video that his channel is for "entertainment, not education". He bruises his knuckles on an old Saab and a tiny electric thing, as well as the Trabant. I found him a bit amusing, a sort of cross between Hoovie (from Hoovies Garage) and Marty from MCM. Certainly not something you'd watch for technical know-how anyway. I just saw your Trabant comment and it made me think of him. Cheers.
This is a great topic and video. lots of shadetree mechanics learned something here I think, myself included. It took me a bit of pondering to realize how a piston stopper would help you locate the middle. I was in the middle of an A-ha moment when Al verbally put the pieces together. I've got a fluid filled solid crank pulley on mine so not an issue, but I can just imagine how many engines get beat up from wrong timing because of this!
I've done a 1000 LS motors with a dial gauge. Just go down from TDC both ways to the same reading like .005" and mark it like a piston stop. Can leave it in and not turn the motor over 350 degrees either risking catching a valve.
Shawn Dickens Would that be more accurate too as surely a dial gauge is far more incremental than measuring the outer diameter of the pulley with a ruler?
@@spudsmckenzie4123 Theoretically it should be the same accuracy since you are still getting two outside measurements and still have to use the ruler technique. Like he said in the video, there is dwell where it is at the same height for a duration.
If using a dial gauge, it would be more accurate to go to a higher figure. It is also more accurate if you can put a degree disc on the crank, note the 'touch point' angle , and then calculate TDC as the mid-point
I don't care what you guys make, any videos you publish are amazing. No bullshit, just good information, a laugh or two and great content. No b is for build bs or any of the other trash ass channels. Keep doing this and I will keep watching!!
Old motorcycle trick, many engines, especially two strokes specify actual piston stroke before TDC, when plug port was inline with hire, you could use thread pitch to set, or use a plunger dial indicator. Wasn't aware it was needed on car engines though, like the two point/contra rotation method, very clever. Great video both.
Straight forward and practical. Can also be down with a dial gauge (using the same technique,) but not everyone has dial gauge with a long extension. Would be great to see this extended into setting up cam timing on a twin cam engine.
Excellent series! I love when you do the how to's! Fuel system diagnostics/checks would be a great topic as well. Thanks again for all of the fantastic content!
Most luxurious car in the world........ BMW, MERCEDES, VOLVO. Man that would be sooo cool in an old rwd Volvo!!! It would have to be like a 850 estate sort of ex cop car. Good work guys. Really enjoying your work!!!!!
I was expecting you to mention for dialing in a cam using a timing wheel but I didn't think of a harmonic balancer crapping itself. Good to know. Keep up the good works fellas!
My head immediately went to Rolls Royce. @@Doogleraia GZE? While a supercharger would be nice Toyota never did one to suit a motor that big. Turbo would be more likely (hence GTE)
I would love to see more bonus episodes like this. Like you said Woody, Al's toolbox. This history of how you guys met and how you the mcm guys and other guys came to know each other. Keep being awesome 👌👍
This style of bonus ep is great every now and then. And a tour of all the odd spare parts that Al would have accumulated over the years wouuld be great. As an ex subaru tech i acquired a heap of spare subaru tensioners and cranks and cases and whatnot as just part of working there. Id be curious to see what "spares" Al has accumulated
This Episode was fantastic! I would LOVE to see more stuff like this, Seeing stuff built is cool but being taught how to do something is more interesting to me, this was beautifully presented and explaind how and Why this was done. Good Work
how can you tell? i thought 7m valvecovers were totally different. atleast here in the usa they are. edit: they look pretty similar now that i looked again. why wouldnt he just use a 2jzge
More please - great video. Also, best of luck with installing the 7M into that sweet luxurious Lincoln Continental Mk IV. Surely there is no more luxurious vehicle.
Awesome tip, Al! Dividing between the marks on counter rotation is dead simple now that I can visualize it, wouldn’t have thought of it before this vid. Thx!
You guys must have heard my question to the universe: "How do I find TDC on my motorcycles engine." Thanks fellas - appreciate you sharing your knowledge :)
Good work! Keep these videos coming. Tips n tricks on engine building? How to know if you should re-use certain parts when rebuilding a donk like oil pumps or coils. How to lap valves? I watch nearly every video you make. Cheers
One of my go to test is doing a leak down test. I would be keen to see the Al and Woody take on it. It is a great test for general engine condition and showing up where combustion leakage is occurring. A burnt exhaust valve will pass air through the exhaust manifold for example.
Loved this video on practical knowledge. In a similar vein, would love to see setting the cam timing up so it all matches. Like if you had to take the cams out to replace a head gasket or replaced the cam wheels or camshafts, how you'd put it all back together so it all lines up. Keep up the good work boys.
That was really interesting. I once had an American Pontiac Fiero GT that started to make a right noise when the engine was running. Clang clang clang. It was like the thing was falling apart. Turn out the Harmonic Balancer was just like this one with a rubber bonded section. And due to age it had rotted and just fell apart. So the harmonic balancer was just flapping around in the breeze when the engine was running.
Thanks so much for doing videos like this as well. I knew a little and this helped me understand the procedures better. Keep up the great content. I'm all the way in Kansas and need to get some Lemon Squash sent over from my Aussie friends.
Great vid. Worth mentioning you do this on #1 cylinder. Also, for big or canted valve V8's, just remove the rockers on cylinder 1 to avoid valve clash. Again, great content :)
You can use a dial gauge employing the same method. I used a gauge that's for setting diesel injector pump timing as it has a long extension rod. I guess the benefit is less chance of damaging something.
It's actually fairly common for the balancer to spin and even separate - I had a harmonic balancer separate on a 2JZ once in my Soarer - smashed up the cooling fan. I was 150km from home at the time so had a fun time replacing it & getting home. A few years later the second hand replacement I had fitted that night also started to spin - this time I heard it before it let go - so I bought a new one - and this is going back at least a decade, so they must be pretty much all rooted by now. I'm betting it's going in a Mercedes, since I've already seen a few Mercs with 2JZ's in them.
very nice trick! i should totally try this on my truck! its not running the greatest, and has a b*tch of a time starting all the time... when i first checked the timing, it seemed like it was out... but it fired up a bit better than it does after setting the timing to 0* TDC... thank you guys!
Never thought about making an adjustable stop - made up several many, many years ago that are all of varied fixed lengths using brazed in inserts. Hard to see if it is done there, but I'd round off the engine end and use a lock nut (hand tightened) to prevent any rotatation of the stop from piston contact (probably overkill, though). Easier to drill and tap using a lathe, BTW.
I have a Dohc m119 Mercedes engine and they say in the service manual not to turn the engine backwards. Wouldn't going slightly past top dead center then installing the stopper and rotating only slightly backwards to make the first mark be better? Then rotating the correct direction until stopping to make the second.
Aaaaaaaah! That's clever. Why didn't I think about that? I've always guestimated where it is based on when the screwdriver or similar stops moving and when it starts moving again and gone for the middle. This is way smarter and waaaay more accurate!
Nice one fellas il add that to the tool box, it will certainly come in handy. Since a trip to the eye and ear hospital with about 100 fragments in my eye from a workplace injury in a mechanics shop with a 5 day stay in hospital with surgery I take safety glasses very seriously and you don't want to end up like me so you should do the same. It was the most painful thing that's ever happened to me in my life. Is the motor going into a rolls although it seems like way to big or a bus for a 7m or a c class merc
I'd personally like to hear about Al and Woodys Careers as mechanics. Where did they do their apprenticeships, how did AM Auto start, how Al and Woody met, how did they initially get involved with MCM etc. Had a Harmonic balancer on my mum's VK Commodore let go back in 1996 on a family trip half way between Ayres Rock (Uluru) and Kings Canyon. (3.3 litre straight 6 grey motor). Had to be towed 144kms back to Ayres Rock to get it fixed.
You can still use a dial indicator in the same method on hemispherical spark plug engines. Set the peak height at 0. Drop it down a set number on either side of the stroke... say .020" or whatever you fancy to mark the pulley. Granted it leaves more room for human error. But works just as good.
always good to check camshaft timing while you are at it, i bought an old datsun that wouldn't rev past 4k like it was hitting a wall, it was one whole chain tooth off by whoever put it together last.
Maybe worth mentioning finding piston number 1 (closest to timing belt usually I think) and the difference between tdc on the compression stroke v tdc on the exhaust stroke.
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Keep up the good work fellas. A very good show much better than most the rubbish on TH-cam. STRAYA!!!!
Much better than the parent channel, IMHO!
How to diagnose a blow head gasket properly, how to set ignition timing, just a couple that come to mind. Keep up the good work al and woody 👌🏼🤙🏼
How to diagnose a blown head gasket:
Ask for advice on the internet. 9/10 will say head gasket
Thrashdeviant indeed, although they’re somewhat correct as any overheating issue left untreated will lead to head gasket failure.or simply subarulife 😂
@@andrewkirk701 Good point. Also Daihatsus are terrible for it. Pod filter full of chocolate milk. Delicious.
You can use those kits that test the coolant for excess gases caused by combustion chamber leakage.
And yes the 7m hadd head studs issues toyota themselves released a revision kit to remedy it.
I used that method of finding TDC in 1974, I'm glad the old ways are still unforgotten ( STC Broadway Sydney.)
7:42 i like how he can frown and smirk at the same time...
I'd really like to see more purpose built tools, seeing how other people solve problems by making their own tools helps inspire greatness. Thanks guys!
I have part of an AU Falcon steering column that I use as a clutch alignment tool for Honda D series
@@TrashDeviant I've got several bits of turned broom handle for clutch alignment... and an increasingly short broom!
A small lathe is one of the best tools you can buy for making your own tools. The number of clutch aligning tools, bearing drivers and seal drivers we have at work is amazing. Always have some alloy stock and nylon stock on hand for making up new ones. Don’t forget to use letter punches to write what they suit on them, makes it heaps easier to I.D. later on🤙
Thanks for the ideas guys!
Ahh to own a lathe and/or mill that is the dream.
I spent hours and hours with bits of welding wire and dial gauges trying to get tdc, if only I had thought about the problem a bit more and your video came out 5 years ago. Nice one, keep it going.
Thanks
It's a actually 1JZ-GTE and it's going in Moog's mum's Lexus? Only the best and most luxurious for mumsy!
It's not a GTE, the valve covers give it away. NA
@@AlexA-bx8jr Hmmm. I'm no JZ-Jeff expert. Not like they're hard to fix up and turbo!
7m's had sperate cam boxes. So it's definitely a JZ series. Probably a 1JZ, and knowing Al it's gonna be full of turbo goodness !!! Like you said probably for Moog's mum's car so she can race Marty's mum at the track.
It’s a 2jz-ge
They had already hinted in previous videos that a 1JZ would be a direct swap into Moog's mum's car, so that's my guess.
Not sure why the 1J would swap more easily than the 2J, but that's what Yoda said in one MCM episode.
I'm not a JZ expert so I'd have to do more research to 100% identify it, but it looks 1JZ to me.
I could listen to Al calmly and clearly explaining things all day long.
Just remember kids - the starter motor is stronger than a piston stopper 🤜🤛
It turns into a piston hole punch when you crank it
@@vabu94 piston stopper don't know bout my forged pistons.
Challenge accepted sir
@@signlsirchir2156 I'm gonna guess that stationary small diameter steel is going to beat moving aluminum. Could be wrong though
@@brandonb8543 Please post corresponding video.
I would sit and listen to Al for days, He's such a legend.
A video on setting camshaft timings would be great. How to degree them to a certain spec and what effect that has on the performance.
Most people wouldn't be able to follow along. I went to tech school, and even with somebody there actually showing you over half the guys struggled to get it. But it's essentially the same as this was. Take up the clearance with feelers. Find the center of dwell. Crack the cams loose and rotate the crank to the number you want.
Great show! I have built a few engines, and I love watching all the builds and details that are included! Having a long form build, where its discussed and shown in detail, is exactly the best way to do it, imo. Keep up the good work, and for the love of Kramer, send me a lemon squash or a plane ticket to visit and hang out for a day! Take care, and keep uploading the treasures
2:12
"That was a 3S-GTE actually."
"Oh, that's right"
" I think that's your favorite engine Al"
"Yeah, I love vibrations!"
Damn Al, don't beat around the bush Al, say what you really mean!!!
I know What he means :D got One myself, they shake like bitches on idle :D
That comment actually stung me a little bit! The 3SGTE in my GT-Four ticks over like a kitten. Then you tickle the throttle and it can be heard/felt 3 houses down the road! 😂
Mines the same when it's running my wife can hear it coming a block away. Miss driving that car.
@@unicorn7337 Had mine imported 11 years ago, been dailying her ever since. 151k Miles and still pulling as strong as ever.
3? Are they a mile apart or is your engine broken?
That's actually a pretty elegant way of finding TDC if you don't have a degree wheel. Outstanding! Keep up the good work guys!
In the land of SAE aka Chevy orange.
Ooh, bonus episode! In answer to your question “do we want to see more episodes like this” I’d say yes please! I already have a home-made piston stop exactly like that, so the main subject of the video is nothing new to me, however it was interesting to see your perspective on it, and to see how the balancer had spun. Plus you guys are just really entertaining. All the “3rd gen small block” banter and whatnot amuses me no end!
He's putting it in a Trabant!
Someone's been watching Aging Wheels.....
Now i have to go and spew... Thanks mate.
@@woopimagpie I was confused, and then Aging showed up in my recommendations. Guess I got some watching to do. I said Trabby because I didn't want to spend the time looking up some of the really ugly Soviet cars that are not Fiat knock-offs, and figured an I6 powered cotton bodied wonder would be lux. lux, sorry, can't even type it (~_^)
@@woopimagpie Sorry, but that guy is clueless and annoying to watch.
Poor Trabby
@@jpkalishek4586 Hey, I never said he was good. And in his defense, he openly states repeatedly that he doesn't know what he's doing and he's learning as he goes. He also reminds us in every video that his channel is for "entertainment, not education". He bruises his knuckles on an old Saab and a tiny electric thing, as well as the Trabant.
I found him a bit amusing, a sort of cross between Hoovie (from Hoovies Garage) and Marty from MCM. Certainly not something you'd watch for technical know-how anyway. I just saw your Trabant comment and it made me think of him. Cheers.
This is a great topic and video. lots of shadetree mechanics learned something here I think, myself included. It took me a bit of pondering to realize how a piston stopper would help you locate the middle. I was in the middle of an A-ha moment when Al verbally put the pieces together.
I've got a fluid filled solid crank pulley on mine so not an issue, but I can just imagine how many engines get beat up from wrong timing because of this!
I've done a 1000 LS motors with a dial gauge. Just go down from TDC both ways to the same reading like .005" and mark it like a piston stop. Can leave it in and not turn the motor over 350 degrees either risking catching a valve.
Makes sense. Same method he is showing here. He just meant you can't use the single reading to find true TDC.
Shawn Dickens Would that be more accurate too as surely a dial gauge is far more incremental than measuring the outer diameter of the pulley with a ruler?
@@spudsmckenzie4123 Theoretically it should be the same accuracy since you are still getting two outside measurements and still have to use the ruler technique. Like he said in the video, there is dwell where it is at the same height for a duration.
Dial indicator is great when a head is off, little bit tricky to confirm TDC with a dial indicator on a LS while the heads are on.........
If using a dial gauge, it would be more accurate to go to a higher figure. It is also more accurate if you can put a degree disc on the crank, note the 'touch point' angle , and then calculate TDC as the mid-point
I don't care what you guys make, any videos you publish are amazing. No bullshit, just good information, a laugh or two and great content. No b is for build bs or any of the other trash ass channels. Keep doing this and I will keep watching!!
Although there's a million other videos of it on TH-cam..... I'd like to see a Skid factory edition of compression testing an engine.
Old motorcycle trick, many engines, especially two strokes specify actual piston stroke before TDC, when plug port was inline with hire, you could use thread pitch to set, or use a plunger dial indicator.
Wasn't aware it was needed on car engines though, like the two point/contra rotation method, very clever.
Great video both.
Luxury... Lux... Lex... Lexury... LEXUS
I believe its this if we are talking about Al.
Yeah! I am hoping it's an original Soarer
Ant Banister That would be pretty sweet, they're really cool cars, much better looking than the second gen
Except Al would call a Lexus a Toyota. Coz it is.
Maybe he actually got hold of an old Century
Straight forward and practical. Can also be down with a dial gauge (using the same technique,) but not everyone has dial gauge with a long extension.
Would be great to see this extended into setting up cam timing on a twin cam engine.
Yeah love these kind of vids, this and the wiring loom video are stupid helpful. And the most luxurious car ever has got to be an old caddy. :)
Ah, Cadillac - the Rolls Royce of cars...
Excellent series! I love when you do the how to's! Fuel system diagnostics/checks would be a great topic as well. Thanks again for all of the fantastic content!
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh he's the ttttttuuuuuurrrrrbbbbbooooo yyyyyyyyyyyoooooodddddaaaaaa
Totally sang this in moogs voice
@@credigy5889 YYUUUSSSSS
*fan blows beard and cape majestically*
Most luxurious car in the world........
BMW, MERCEDES, VOLVO.
Man that would be sooo cool in an old rwd Volvo!!!
It would have to be like a 850 estate sort of ex cop car.
Good work guys.
Really enjoying your work!!!!!
Moogs moms Lexus... for chopping Marty's moms Subaru
I guess you are right...
I was expecting you to mention for dialing in a cam using a timing wheel but I didn't think of a harmonic balancer crapping itself. Good to know. Keep up the good works fellas!
I'll bet it involves a call to the wreckers, an empty lemon squash box and a day dirt bike riding...
Hopefully with no broken bones though.
This and the wiring video are two of the most useful videos I've ever seen. Keep it up guys!
Turbo yoda when are you going to buy an au falcon mate it’s about time you do
I understand they do incredible things...
Because AU's look like a plopped turd. 🙄 Good engines, but horrible styling & overstressed suspension.
The most luxurious car in the world
The most luxurious car in the world
@@sumatoborukiSaru overstressed suspension? I thought it was similar to latest falcon....just curious, have a bf2. true re plopped turd!
Good man woodie. Best tapping technique I've seen on TH-cam so far. Why does nobody else break the chip enough?
It’s going into a VN Calais!
Ohh, that is bulk 90s luxuriousness... But then it can't "Meng^3-Darren^2" in the Macca's carpark without its 3.8?
Ooooh, too close for comfort.
VL I reckon.
I miss my Calais, only car I’ve ever had where you can wind all the windows up well after you’ve taken the key out.
Vn is so low rent, not rare enough
I love this kind of video, it's like I went to school today. AL is a wise mechanical encyclopedia.
I clicked the SECOND I got the notification, and the video already has 100 views.
Federico Lucchi There's TH-cam stats fo ya.
You just put it in the engine like this aaaaaaaand now we're going to have Woody show you how to make one of these. Smooth cover
It's a Rolls Royce Woody...That's rad...
7M-GZE Rolls Royce? Lol that sounds ..unsafe
My head immediately went to Rolls Royce. @@Doogleraia GZE? While a supercharger would be nice Toyota never did one to suit a motor that big. Turbo would be more likely (hence GTE)
Al says it's a GZE in the video
@@Doogleraia ah I must have missed it. Though they keep talking about both 7M and 1JZ. I don't think they care what motor it is.
The top is absolutely a 7M top, without the shadow of a doubt you can see it
Would love a skid factory tour! Of the actually factory, your guys toolbox set up etc. keep up the great work fellas! Love the show!
So is a full head of hair against this workshops rules.
safety first brah.
It's too hot in Queensland to grow hair
better for speed and helmet fitment
@@craigmandall9420 Beards?
Yeh I’ll second it way too hot for hair up this way, Townsville is fucked at the moment I’m melting.
I would love to see more bonus episodes like this. Like you said Woody, Al's toolbox. This history of how you guys met and how you the mcm guys and other guys came to know each other. Keep being awesome 👌👍
It going in a 70s model Toyota Cressida luxury vehicle
If it's not for Moog's mum, my guess is a MS50 or MS55 Toyota Crown, based on some of hints in previous videos
Love these tutorials. I’ve never been into an engine before, I just enjoy learning. Thank you.
It's going into Moog's mom's Lexus.
This style of bonus ep is great every now and then.
And a tour of all the odd spare parts that Al would have accumulated over the years wouuld be great. As an ex subaru tech i acquired a heap of spare subaru tensioners and cranks and cases and whatnot as just part of working there. Id be curious to see what "spares" Al has accumulated
I wouldn't say no to an LTD
Those were the days, 3 feet of leg room, digital dash and a V8 that drank more than I do on a saturday night.
This Episode was fantastic! I would LOVE to see more stuff like this, Seeing stuff built is cool but being taught how to do something is more interesting to me, this was beautifully presented and explaind how and Why this was done. Good Work
How to find top dead centre:
Get a rotary.
EtienneSC .x7 yeah, that’s trickier one to do
I can't get past the fact that they called Wankel engines 0% street cred
I'm down for episodes like this. Good knowledge and Al is good at explaining. Always need more car knowledge
im pretty sure thats a 2jz ge not a 7m ge
how can you tell? i thought 7m valvecovers were totally different. atleast here in the usa they are. edit: they look pretty similar now that i looked again. why wouldnt he just use a 2jzge
More please - great video. Also, best of luck with installing the 7M into that sweet luxurious Lincoln Continental Mk IV. Surely there is no more luxurious vehicle.
Simply down to earth no BS thanks for this al and woody a bunch.
Awesome to see well made diy procedure by guys who know what they’re doing. Keep up the good work! More how to videos!
Great episode gents. It's great seeing these little techniques that a technician accumulates over a career. Cheers
Awesome tip, Al! Dividing between the marks on counter rotation is dead simple now that I can visualize it, wouldn’t have thought of it before this vid. Thx!
You guys must have heard my question to the universe: "How do I find TDC on my motorcycles engine." Thanks fellas - appreciate you sharing your knowledge :)
AWESOME! 7MGE!!!! I have one in my shed in the que for rebuild. I'm looking forward to seeing what you fellas are going to do with it!
Great video. Please do more stuff like this, explaining workshop techniques and/or tips&tricks.
Good work! Keep these videos coming. Tips n tricks on engine building? How to know if you should re-use certain parts when rebuilding a donk like oil pumps or coils. How to lap valves? I watch nearly every video you make. Cheers
I love these kind of diagnostic videos. Keep 'em up along with the projects!
Thanks for the useful info in these videos. I don't know if they do as well views-wise but I love seeing them.
Love al playing with woodys curiosity on what the engines going into
One of my go to test is doing a leak down test. I would be keen to see the Al and Woody take on it. It is a great test for general engine condition and showing up where combustion leakage is occurring. A burnt exhaust valve will pass air through the exhaust manifold for example.
Loved this video on practical knowledge. In a similar vein, would love to see setting the cam timing up so it all matches. Like if you had to take the cams out to replace a head gasket or replaced the cam wheels or camshafts, how you'd put it all back together so it all lines up. Keep up the good work boys.
Nice how-to, thanks guys. I drive old stuff ('60's and '70's) so this is very helpful.
That was really interesting. I once had an American Pontiac Fiero GT that started to make a right noise when the engine was running. Clang clang clang. It was like the thing was falling apart. Turn out the Harmonic Balancer was just like this one with a rubber bonded section. And due to age it had rotted and just fell apart. So the harmonic balancer was just flapping around in the breeze when the engine was running.
Thanks so much for doing videos like this as well. I knew a little and this helped me understand the procedures better. Keep up the great content. I'm all the way in Kansas and need to get some Lemon Squash sent over from my Aussie friends.
Defo, want lots more like this please... great tips to learn or refresh from. Thanks heaps
I love this show one of the best out there and I look forward to the new episodes every week
Tips and tricks like this are great, you keep filming them and i will keep watching.
Love the custom piston stopper. What other shed-made specialty tools are in common use in the Skid Factory?
Great vid. Worth mentioning you do this on #1 cylinder.
Also, for big or canted valve V8's, just remove the rockers on cylinder 1 to avoid valve clash.
Again, great content :)
Great information guys, really appreciate you going into detail as to why things like this need be done
You can use a dial gauge employing the same method.
I used a gauge that's for setting diesel injector pump timing as it has a long extension rod.
I guess the benefit is less chance of damaging something.
It's actually fairly common for the balancer to spin and even separate - I had a harmonic balancer separate on a 2JZ once in my Soarer - smashed up the cooling fan. I was 150km from home at the time so had a fun time replacing it & getting home. A few years later the second hand replacement I had fitted that night also started to spin - this time I heard it before it let go - so I bought a new one - and this is going back at least a decade, so they must be pretty much all rooted by now. I'm betting it's going in a Mercedes, since I've already seen a few Mercs with 2JZ's in them.
very nice trick! i should totally try this on my truck! its not running the greatest, and has a b*tch of a time starting all the time... when i first checked the timing, it seemed like it was out... but it fired up a bit better than it does after setting the timing to 0* TDC... thank you guys!
awesome video! KEep these type of videos coming! Thanks so much for the tip. I'm going to make one of these TDC spark plugs tools this weekend!
This is the best show on TH-cam.
one of your best vids yet guys, very good to know tricks like this!
Very informative. This is a job I need to perform on my /6.
Thanks for saving me a buck by showing me how to easily build one.
Thanks this changes everything about valve lash adjustment on Sohc Subaru's
Never thought about making an adjustable stop - made up several many, many years ago that are all of varied fixed lengths using brazed in inserts.
Hard to see if it is done there, but I'd round off the engine end and use a lock nut (hand tightened) to prevent any rotatation of the stop from piston contact (probably overkill, though).
Easier to drill and tap using a lathe, BTW.
Incredibly useful tip right here. Could save an engine from catastrophic failure.
or at least, months of frustration.
I have a Dohc m119 Mercedes engine and they say in the service manual not to turn the engine backwards. Wouldn't going slightly past top dead center then installing the stopper and rotating only slightly backwards to make the first mark be better? Then rotating the correct direction until stopping to make the second.
Aaaaaaaah!
That's clever. Why didn't I think about that? I've always guestimated where it is based on when the screwdriver or similar stops moving and when it starts moving again and gone for the middle.
This is way smarter and waaaay more accurate!
Nice way to start my morning. Can you guys do a history lesson? Like how you started, where did you guys meet, etc?
Nice one fellas il add that to the tool box, it will certainly come in handy. Since a trip to the eye and ear hospital with about 100 fragments in my eye from a workplace injury in a mechanics shop with a 5 day stay in hospital with surgery I take safety glasses very seriously and you don't want to end up like me so you should do the same. It was the most painful thing that's ever happened to me in my life. Is the motor going into a rolls although it seems like way to big or a bus for a 7m or a c class merc
I'd personally like to hear about Al and Woodys Careers as mechanics. Where did they do their apprenticeships, how did AM Auto start, how Al and Woody met, how did they initially get involved with MCM etc. Had a Harmonic balancer on my mum's VK Commodore let go back in 1996 on a family trip half way between Ayres Rock (Uluru) and Kings Canyon. (3.3 litre straight 6 grey motor). Had to be towed 144kms back to Ayres Rock to get it fixed.
Its also needed for dialing in cams with adjustable pulleys.
Great explanation BTW
turbo yoda ftw! good tip guys thanks a bunch. I saw a vid where the valve was muckin up the works on a gen 3.
You can still use a dial indicator in the same method on hemispherical spark plug engines. Set the peak height at 0. Drop it down a set number on either side of the stroke... say .020" or whatever you fancy to mark the pulley. Granted it leaves more room for human error. But works just as good.
Great video, will be making my own stopper shortly. A good follow up video would be cam timing with a degree wheel.
this is awesome, plan to do entire timing on my subaru (at some point). just need a piston stopper.
always good to check camshaft timing while you are at it, i bought an old datsun that wouldn't rev past 4k like it was hitting a wall, it was one whole chain tooth off by whoever put it together last.
i bet it had shit loads of down low 😂😂😂
@@nismofreak33 it didn't really run well low or high. the l28 runs best 3-6k
Done it once, ran like shit..
Love it, do more of these along with your regular build videos. Thanks guys :)
Learn something new everyday. Thanks guys!
Maybe worth mentioning finding piston number 1 (closest to timing belt usually I think) and the difference between tdc on the compression stroke v tdc on the exhaust stroke.
Very informative. Thanks guys. Keep up the good work. Love your show.
Great episode guy! I have a 3 uz Fe and a 1uzfe that I am going to use and projects I would love to see you guys do some things with those engines