The secret to ring groove cleaning (at least in the compresson grooves) is to take an old ring and break it in half, then use the sharp edge to scrape out the carbon in the groove. Works VERY well!
As a mechanic I have built maybe a hundred engines, you have done it just the way I would have! Great job and yet another great video. Thanks guys, Ya'll awesome!
@@Sleeperdudeyou and him are really smart, I bet you two could help each other, if you need help on something, love you all, he's really humble like you as well👍
@@Sleeperdude awesome you teaching your kids mechanic skills but please tell me where did you get that toy goat and what is the name of it. I want to buy 3 of them , 2 for my nieces, and one for me😅that yell is too much.
You would use the same lifters and pushrods and cam after going thru all that work and money?? I wouldn't admit that my friend if you depend on engine rebuilds for a living. Not many customers will want to spend the mo ey on labor and not spend the few bucks extra to do it right , especially on a 250k mile engine
I love watching y'all's videos, I remember when I was a kid my parents and I built a 283 in our living room. The only machine work was the boring 40 over. I remember dad polished the crank shaft with a leather strap semilar to what you doing with the sand paper. The next day I came home from school and mom and dad were adjusting the lifters while it was running, Dad was old school. Anyway by that evening it was running good and we drove it to the gas station and jumped on I 75 north and drove it 1200 miles it's maiden voyage from FL to Ohio. Change oil and filter and Drove home. Love that it's a family thing. My new favorite show
Mr and Mrs sleeperdude, y'all should write a parenting book. Getting kids to do what your kids do in this day and age is nothing short of a miracle. Or maybe they're just great kids.
Growing up my dad, uncle and grandpa were always overhauling an engine out of something and by the time I had finished high school I had overhauled many on my own. I'm 71 now and I love watching y'all doing something like this!👍👏😁
Honestly, I have forgotten more about the "old school" knee deep rebuilding of engines than I can think of from back in the day of spending time out in the garage with my grandpa as a kid of 5-6 years old and on. This channel brings back so many memories of good ole times.
I have never posted a comment on anything, but I had to. Now. I love your channel and I love this family. Wow it just makes me happy. Bless you and continued success. You guys are terrific.
Watching you and the fam makes me happy. I was born 50 years too early sometimes I think and fifty years too late other times. 59 years ago when I was working on old iron Chevy small blocks and a British 4 banger all we had were books. You make me believe I could do this. Thank you. Back then there was too much learning on the job, shop manuals, and no real mentor, so it just did not work out that great at times. I built a very smoky four cylinder and a 327 with 202 heads, crane comp cam, new lifters and valve springs and push rods that lasted about a year before she blew. (I was a little hard on her though). It was so much fun but so stressful. Thanks for making feel like I need a shop again.
Man wish my daughter had an interest in motors like yours, you are so lucky. I love your show very entertaining, thank you, Gerald Ingram. New Zealand.
@@geraldingram9351 - Hey Gerald! Great to see a fellow Kiwi likes this channel too! I'm with you on the daughter thing and all - both of mine expressed an interest but neither will go near the garage when I'm working on a vehicle. However, they both love classics and enjoy going to the shows with me - even if they leave the hard graft under the bonnet to me alone! All the best!
I hope the baby cow gets to stay with you, to adorable and y’all are so good to your babies, hate to see him in the freezer 🥶. WaWa, where did you find all those babies, if I lived closer I’d sure take one, you remind me of myself, raising kittens, puppies, birds, rabbits, y’all are just an a one in a million family, ones like y’all are rare. Love, hugs and prayers♥️🥰♥️🙏🏼♥️❣️❣️
You are making me a Mopar fan! So many features that these motors had. Love the master class on engine rebuilding! Pay attention kids! Your family is epic!! ❤
Omg! Wawa is awesome! I love that she’s involved in your builds. She reminds me of myself at her age but my dad wasn’t so fun in the garage. It was all about getting the work done and not teaching. I still learned along the way. We enjoy all your videos, but Wawa shined on this one. Good job, girl!
Dear Sleeperdude family. 😁😁😁 Only 2.33 min in and I already had to grin from ear to ear. Dad Sleeperdude is explaining all the technical stuff and WaWa finds all this waffling so extremely interesting that she is yawning (but of course tries to hide it a bit). I absolutely love it. What a sweet family you are. Now let's watch the video...
Love your channel Josh. Love that it’s all about your family. Also love that you got your interest in cars and learned from your dad. I too am a auto tech by trade and learned so much from my dad. He recently passed a month ago at the young age of 65. Your content has helped me take my mind off him from time to time. Keep up the good work!
I tell you what, mate. After watching this video, I don't feel daunted about tearing into an engine again. Last one I did was 30 years ago and when I was faced with doing work on one of mine recently, I chickened out, letting a mate of mine do it all for me. Body work, welding, panelbeating - no problem, but an engine? Nope. After seeing this (and remembering back to what I'd done many years ago), I almost find myself looking forward to tearing down and rebuilding the engine on a project car I'll be taking on in a couple of months. The engine is an unknown that "ran wen parked" and I was tossing up about just dropping it in and seeing how it went.....when really what I WANTED to do is pull it down and check it first....so I'm gonna have a go! I completely agree with you about auto transmissions though. Even my Dad with 30 years of building performance engines for family and race vehicles would not touch one. Manual gearboxes - yep, no problem, but autos, nope. He described their internals as witchcraft and couldn't get his head around how they do what they do.....and having seen the auto box on one of my vehicles in pieces on the workbench of the rebuild shop, I completely agree with him. Even though the bloke talked me through how it worked, with the solenoids, pressure through certain passages doing one thing and valves doing others, it still seemed like witchcraft to me! Looking forward to hearing this baby fire up when she's in place and everything is hooked up. I bet all three of your young 'uns will get a huge kick in their confidence when she fires too, considering they've all had a hand in rebuilding the beast. That old camper won't know itself when she gets back on the road! All the best
When Ralphie told you to weld the backside of the nut to get the stud out. Y’all should be proud. He’s picking up your skill and noticing solutions to problems.
Man that was nice that you had the whole family working on the engine. I am sorry to hear that your son was sick. But I am glad to see him feeling better now. All of you did a nice job on the engine. Good video buddy thanks you for sharing it.
I finished watching y'all while they were unloading stop one. It was absolutely incredible how WaWa deeply involved and I like the saddle you're cowgirl cleaning up and painting and was happy seeing Ralph feeling better. Y'all are the new Brady Bunch on TH-cam. Thank y'all.
I am also a retired mechanic and I wouldn't have done anything different. Good job guys and good luck with the rest of the build. Until the next time. Good luck. Love you're videos.
Hone the bores with atf, then clean with brake clean and then atf, the detergents in the atf will pull out all the grit the brake clean missed, also lube the rings and pistons with atf when assembling and it will speed up seat in time on the rings.
Oh! I forgot to wish Ralphie to get better soon! He wasn’t himself so he must not feel well, for sure! I love that Squeazie marches to her own drum. I get her. Tosh has the best laugh and puts up with allot! And Josh, we appreciate your patience and support for your family in teaching them and us in what you do. Fun stuff!
You know that you really enjoy the content of someone’s channel when you happily wait for the next video. Keep up the awesome work sleeperdude family. You all make the best content
Ralphie you better step it up, wawa is getting in there and getting after it!! Once that lefty Lucy righty tighty sunk in she’s been on it! And squeeze well she just does her on thang! Love it! Great family, y’all teaching this work ethic to these kids is going to be priceless!
Well, another great family show. I know nothing about cars and such, but I found our visit excited and I just might remember something you all were trying to teach us. Here is hoping you all will have a safe and enjoyable trip in this old beast with a new motor.
Great video ! Reminded me of the last engine job I did with my Dad before he passed away in 1990. We rebuilt the 232 straight six engine in our 1966 Jeep J - 2000 , Dad was the instructor and I was the student. We found that three of the pistons had broken rings. Fortunately they did not mess up the bore and we were able to hone them out, but we did have to buy three new pistons due to the ring grooves being stretched out. I believe we did that rebuild in 1984 and that engine still runs fine today ( I actually ran the truck today ). It does not see much road use anymore as I keep it for winter snow plowing. Those old six's were rated at 145 horsepower - not bad compared to my 1980's era Ford 302's that are rated at only 150 horsepower and 270 foot pounds of torque. Thanks for the video and hope Ralphie feels better.
Awesome! New video! So cool to see the whole family working together and cleaning and rebuilding an engine goes much faster and more fun when the whole family is involved!! Wow getting a saddle at the junk yard that's in good condition or still usable is amazing!! So glad to see you guys aren't Helicopter Parents at all! That chained up Saddle is Great and kids will love it! Squeezy knew what she was doing!
I wanted to say thank you for the vacation. I felt like I was on vacation with you all. We watch your videos every weekend. You do have a blessed family.
This one feels like a masterclass on engine rebuilding. Tearing this one down and doing all the work on it, there's no way not to learn something. One of the best learning opportunities in this one is how to be the best dad and not go off on your daughter when she swings the hammer too early and almost creates a situation. Dad's restraint and keeping himself together in that one second is priceless. Granted, no one knows if there might have been some editing involved after that second, but keeping it together in that second is everything. Huge dad points on that one, for sure! This old Minnie Winnie is getting closer to that road trip and the incredible footage that will follow. Hopefully it continues to go well and this engine is fit back into that van by now. Seeing the floors being put back in is the vid that's been worth waiting for. Looking forward to that happening soon!!
Josh, thank you for the commentary to compliment the Engine rebuild. We appreciate the inclusion of your family in the process...and of course the animals are a plus. Blessings.
Wow..those cam bearings were completely shot...never seen any that bad before. You all did an amazing job on this engine... it will be good for another at least 300k ....Hope Ralphie feels better soon!
All of you should be super proud of the work you guys got to accomplish! Great job, great video! It was awesome to get to see Mike again!!! I can’t wait to hear it run! Thank y’all!!
This was great to see the whole family taking part in the process. It's always fun and interesting to learn some new things about the engines. The oil pressure and compression should both be higher. I've seen a lot of bearings in my life and none that looked like those. I'm anxious to hear it fire up.
I was a certified for over 20 years as a mechanic watching you teach your kids how to do this is awesome I had to figure things out on my own when my head gasket blew in my first car but I had the GM service manual as a guide
Josh, are you glad now that you quit your day job after this time of youtube only? How do you and your family feel now compared to when you left? I happened upon you a couple of years ago and am a caregiver for my mom. She enjoys watching how all of you work together. You are blessed! You never know who's life you are blessing.
I love watching your family working on the cars and working together to get it done. Another awesome video here. I am looking forward to seeing you getting the RV completed, as I am sure you are looking forward to being done with it. Have a very blessed week.
The video was very informative and presented at a comfortable pace. The kids did a lot to help. Wa squared ( I got you Wawa ) deserves a bonus for all her hard work. Great stuff once again.
i love that your teaching your kids this stuff i was born in 62 when we were kids everybody was building their own cars most kids today cant even change a tire 20 years from now i see your girls fixing the car while their hubby stays in the house playing video games and ralphie is going to be that guy that can squeeze in a next day valve job not 6 months out
Great show guys, I love the way you're hole family get involved and learn more about repairing those old cars and engines, keep up the good work, an Irish fan
What lucky kids! I taught myself everything, and I would have loved to have a dad like you. Great video and I love your family (including all the critters!). Michael from Champaign, Illinois.
I feel blessed every time a new Sleeperdude video comes out. I love you guys! Keep up the great work. That RV will be really nice for your trip this summer. Can't wait to see the adventure!
Absolutely amazing work Josh we appreciate these videos and I know it's not as easy as it looks it's actually a lot of hard work,wish you all the best can't wait to hear it fire up!
I'm a life-long Mopar fan, and I can remember helping to rebuild my 340 Cubic-inch Plymouth motor for my 'cuda in our house's garage; I remember my room-mate hand-honing the cylinder walls and doing LOTS of cleaning. He had micrometer guages - no Plasti-gage for US!LOL! I think we would've been thrilled to have all these goodies to help with the cleaning and stuff. Air tools are a life-saver. That 340 engine was a screamer; the speedometer would go up to the "P" in "MPH" on the dial(about 135 mph); I never had the nerve to ask a "friendly policeman" to clock me with his radar-gun. Great memories, this video has brought back - Thanks for posting this! Good to see that you're sharing your skills with your family; I think that EVERY child should be exposed to this stuff, to see if they like it. It used to be that EVERY boy helped his dad change the oil and tires and stuff; Jiffy-lube made us into a nation of lazy men. When I went to college for electronics in the 1980s, there was a girl in my class who used to restore old Harley motors. I just KNOW that there's girls out there who work as bank clerks, who would be just as happy turning wrenches. It's too bad our society brainwashes and segregates them; the STEM classes are a step, but we're badly mis-using a National resource; a large number of potential mechanics and machinists, because of prejudiced school administrators(actually, they're STUPID, but they got their prejudice from church, in a lot of cases, and I don't wanna argue with anybody). Thanks for your videos; keep up the good work!
Dear Brian Newby 👍👌👏 Yes, that usually and definitely the best way to clean the grooves. 2) I was astounded that they didn't simply put the pistons in the ultrasonic cleaner. These things work fantastic. Best regards, luck and health in particular.
Back in 90's I refreshed a few engines that were my daily driver, planned it throughout the week, you could walk into parts store after getting paid and pickup EVERYTHING in one stop, pulled the engine on Friday night, wrench all day Saturday, reinstall the engine on Sunday and drive it to work again on Monday. You won't see anything like that on TH-cam.
I usually do not comment, but what you do with your kids and being together is wonderful. Your kids will remember this forever. Plus, the life skills they will have will be second to none.
I forgot about the shoe string bearing polish trick. Also, lapping the valves with the drill is priceless. I thought I had the corner on that trick.. pure gold.
Josh, i advise you to lubricate the spark plugs by thread, a little bit, when you put the new one dry in the dry cylinders head, because, after engine works for some time, it will be harder to loosen it, and, it will made be broken the ceramic isolator. Best regards, Saint-Pitersburd, Russia.
I had to pause the video so we can have a quick safety meeting. The face shields that Mr. Garcia sent should be required when scrubbing parts in the parts cleaner. Imagine how bad diesel fuel splashing in the eye would hurt! And I love the new safety razor blade holders, but the kids need to always push it away, never pull it forward. That’s just stitches waiting to happen. Love all you guys!
While you don't need me to say, everyone did a great job on this rebuild, I can't imagine any other family taking part in this sort of project, wonderful content
The secret to cleaning the ring grooves on pistons. Is to break off a peace of a compression ring and use it as a scrapper. Trust me it work's the best.
I am 49 years old and I just discovered your channel. It really brought me back to my time in the garage with my dad when I was a kid. I can’t tell you how many small block Chevys we rebuilt! We built drag cars, and I loved every minute of it. My dad will be 80 this year and is STILL rebuilding engines! I’m too busy taking my daughter back and forth to swim practice!!! But I did buy an old RV last year and am getting reacquainted with my old garage skills! I love watching your family, especially the garage interactions. Really made me tear up, seriously! Kudos to you and your awesome family!!
Wawa is catching on real fast. She enjoys working with her dad and mom. Sorry Raphie was sick with the virus. Love the family. Good parenting there, it's obvious.
Another great video. I was amazed that the hour and 34 minutes seemed to fly by. Once again Wawa gets down and dirty helping to rebuild that motor. Can’t wait to see you cram that massive motor into the RV.
I’ll be honest…I just want to come hang out with you guys for a day and help. This is awesome and something I’m wanting to get into. Great job and thanks for the great video.
DIY head planer Good quality 2X4 piece of plywood, 3/4 works great you want a flat surface. Cover the surface with fine sandpaper gluing the piece's down then just run the head back and forth till you have a even surface. Works very well for small imperfections.
Hey i gotta share a little story with you about your motor home project. I totally appreciate all the different cars you work on. I'm restoring and daily driving a 1984 Nissan/Datsun pickup with an SD25 diesel engine. Its nice for northern Canada, no rust. 5 speed, extended cab, bucket seats, power steeping. BUT, some parts are hard to find. There is a 1" heater hose connecting the head to the side of the block. Mine popped a leak. It's pre-formed into more than a 90 degree bend, in only 6" of length. Impossible to get one anywhere. I bought bulk 1" heater hose but without a pre-formed bend, it just pinches shut. So i tried putting a copper plumbing elbow at the bend (1" OD) and I even heated it up to make more than 90 degree bend. For some reason the clamps didn't hold, it leaked. So I'm watching you take the 360 out of your motor home, and I see the hose from the water pump to the front of the intake manifold...yep I go get a hose for a 1973 Dodge 360 intake and after trimming an inch off one end it fits perfectly on the Datsun diesel. So thanks for solving my problem !
I can't even make it through a entire movie but i will sit here and watch every second of you guys rebuilding a Durango engine. Take that fast and furious. 😂
Tosh, Did you receive the pumpkin seeds that I sent your way? I remember last year you were talking up the pumpkins. I found some more seeds in my collection that are a warty pumpkin variety and I can send you some of those as well. We love the show and all of the baby goats. My little girl goats are 2 years old now and fun as ever! Shawnty and Cheyene are always in trouble with my angora goat Purity! We continue to spread the word about your show and family!!!
Very helpful to me ! I have all the used parts to put together to build another good ol' 85 Turbo coupe 2.3 . This is a great refresher for me to account for everything. Getting hard to find forged pistons and a proper head with hardened valve seats. I was glad to hear you say you sent the mini Winnie trans to Curtis. I worked in Dodge service when the magnums were knew. Strong engines, poor automatic transmissions. Thanks again Josh & family !!!
This may be one of the healthiest and well connected families I’ve ever seen! Props to Mom and Dad.
also put my famiçy helping but they get bored fast
Lol, ain't that the truth...
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💯. This guy is a great role model for his kids.
Great, im rebuilding a 302 right now, and trying to teach my 7 year old nephew how a piston engine works.
Y'all are blessed to have a neighbor like BIG MIKE he is the best friendly kind of people that you can get as a neighbor
The secret to ring groove cleaning (at least in the compresson grooves) is to take an old ring and break it in half, then use the sharp edge to scrape out the carbon in the groove. Works VERY well!
old school trick that works well and free!
That’s what I have always dun a old timer showed me the trick
It’s called a ridge reamer . Special ppl.
@@Angelo-fo8de no... a ridge reamer is a tool that cuts the ridge out of the cylinder. I was talking about removing carbon from the ring grooves.
I agree the handiest way to do it
Josh, you are a very lucky man to have such a great family who are not afraid to get their hand dirty and help you on all your projects. Bill
Bill well said👍
As a mechanic I have built maybe a hundred engines, you have done it just the way I would have! Great job and yet another great video. Thanks guys, Ya'll awesome!
Thank you I really appreciate it
@@Sleeperdudeyou and him are really smart, I bet you two could help each other, if you need help on something, love you all, he's really humble like you as well👍
@@Sleeperdude awesome you teaching your kids mechanic skills but please tell me where did you get that toy goat and what is the name of it. I want to buy 3 of them , 2 for my nieces, and one for me😅that yell is too much.
You would use the same lifters and pushrods and cam after going thru all that work and money?? I wouldn't admit that my friend if you depend on engine rebuilds for a living. Not many customers will want to spend the mo ey on labor and not spend the few bucks extra to do it right , especially on a 250k mile engine
I love watching y'all's videos, I remember when I was a kid my parents and I built a 283 in our living room. The only machine work was the boring 40 over. I remember dad polished the crank shaft with a leather strap semilar to what you doing with the sand paper. The next day I came home from school and mom and dad were adjusting the lifters while it was running, Dad was old school. Anyway by that evening it was running good and we drove it to the gas station and jumped on I 75 north and drove it 1200 miles it's maiden voyage from FL to Ohio. Change oil and filter and Drove home. Love that it's a family thing. My new favorite show
Impossible not to smile and feel genuine happiness watching you and the family in all your adventures! Thanks for posting another awesome video!
Mr and Mrs sleeperdude, y'all should write a parenting book. Getting kids to do what your kids do in this day and age is nothing short of a miracle. Or maybe they're just great kids.
Growing up my dad, uncle and grandpa were always overhauling an engine out of something and by the time I had finished high school I had overhauled many on my own. I'm 71 now and I love watching y'all doing something like this!👍👏😁
That’s awesome
Honestly, I have forgotten more about the "old school" knee deep rebuilding of engines than I can think of from back in the day of spending time out in the garage with my grandpa as a kid of 5-6 years old and on. This channel brings back so many memories of good ole times.
I have never posted a comment on anything, but I had to. Now. I love your channel and I love this family. Wow it just makes me happy. Bless you and continued success. You guys are terrific.
Thank you so much !!!!
The you and the family cleaned up and rebuilt the engine for the Minnie Winnie was amazing. I just love how the whole family gets into it.
Thanks so much
I saw the pick up with Shawn cross his car was amazing!!!!
Watching you and the fam makes me happy. I was born 50 years too early sometimes I think and fifty years too late other times. 59 years ago when I was working on old iron Chevy small blocks and a British 4 banger all we had were books. You make me believe I could do this. Thank you. Back then there was too much learning on the job, shop manuals, and no real mentor, so it just did not work out that great at times. I built a very smoky four cylinder and a 327 with 202 heads, crane comp cam, new lifters and valve springs and push rods that lasted about a year before she blew. (I was a little hard on her though). It was so much fun but so stressful. Thanks for making feel like I need a shop again.
We all did something like that to good times 🍺👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎
To clean the rain grooves you cut one of the rings 1/2 with an angle cut so that it works like a chisel the same size as the ring
Ok thanks
Knock them out and put the new ones in the freezer. You can do it Josh. Your viewers believe in you.
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Man wish my daughter had an interest in motors like yours, you are so lucky. I love your show very entertaining, thank you, Gerald Ingram. New Zealand.
@@geraldingram9351 - Hey Gerald! Great to see a fellow Kiwi likes this channel too! I'm with you on the daughter thing and all - both of mine expressed an interest but neither will go near the garage when I'm working on a vehicle. However, they both love classics and enjoy going to the shows with me - even if they leave the hard graft under the bonnet to me alone! All the best!
Awesome build done a lot of those rebuilds in my 36 years of being a mechanic👏🏻👏🏻
I hope the baby cow gets to stay with you, to adorable and y’all are so good to your babies, hate to see him in the freezer 🥶. WaWa, where did you find all those babies, if I lived closer I’d sure take one, you remind me of myself, raising kittens, puppies, birds, rabbits, y’all are just an a one in a million family, ones like y’all are rare. Love, hugs and prayers♥️🥰♥️🙏🏼♥️❣️❣️
You are making me a Mopar fan! So many features that these motors had. Love the master class on engine rebuilding! Pay attention kids! Your family is epic!! ❤
Thank you
Omg! Wawa is awesome! I love that she’s involved in your builds. She reminds me of myself at her age but my dad wasn’t so fun in the garage. It was all about getting the work done and not teaching. I still learned along the way. We enjoy all your videos, but Wawa shined on this one. Good job, girl!
Dear Sleeperdude family.
😁😁😁 Only 2.33 min in and I already had to grin from ear to ear. Dad Sleeperdude is explaining all the technical stuff and WaWa finds all this waffling so extremely interesting that she is yawning (but of course tries to hide it a bit). I absolutely love it. What a sweet family you are.
Now let's watch the video...
Thank you
Love your channel Josh. Love that it’s all about your family. Also love that you got your interest in cars and learned from your dad. I too am a auto tech by trade and learned so much from my dad. He recently passed a month ago at the young age of 65. Your content has helped me take my mind off him from time to time. Keep up the good work!
Wow sorry to hear that
You have my condolences sir .🙏✝️
I tell you what, mate. After watching this video, I don't feel daunted about tearing into an engine again. Last one I did was 30 years ago and when I was faced with doing work on one of mine recently, I chickened out, letting a mate of mine do it all for me. Body work, welding, panelbeating - no problem, but an engine? Nope. After seeing this (and remembering back to what I'd done many years ago), I almost find myself looking forward to tearing down and rebuilding the engine on a project car I'll be taking on in a couple of months. The engine is an unknown that "ran wen parked" and I was tossing up about just dropping it in and seeing how it went.....when really what I WANTED to do is pull it down and check it first....so I'm gonna have a go!
I completely agree with you about auto transmissions though. Even my Dad with 30 years of building performance engines for family and race vehicles would not touch one. Manual gearboxes - yep, no problem, but autos, nope. He described their internals as witchcraft and couldn't get his head around how they do what they do.....and having seen the auto box on one of my vehicles in pieces on the workbench of the rebuild shop, I completely agree with him. Even though the bloke talked me through how it worked, with the solenoids, pressure through certain passages doing one thing and valves doing others, it still seemed like witchcraft to me!
Looking forward to hearing this baby fire up when she's in place and everything is hooked up. I bet all three of your young 'uns will get a huge kick in their confidence when she fires too, considering they've all had a hand in rebuilding the beast. That old camper won't know itself when she gets back on the road!
All the best
Thank you I’m glad you want to build one now. I really enjoy it
When Ralphie told you to weld the backside of the nut to get the stud out. Y’all should be proud. He’s picking up your skill and noticing solutions to problems.
Man that was nice that you had the whole family working on the engine. I am sorry to hear that your son was sick. But I am glad to see him feeling better now. All of you did a nice job on the engine. Good video buddy thanks you for sharing it.
Thank you buddy
I finished watching y'all while they were unloading stop one. It was absolutely incredible how WaWa deeply involved and I like the saddle you're cowgirl cleaning up and painting and was happy seeing Ralph feeling better. Y'all are the new Brady Bunch on TH-cam. Thank y'all.
Time to unwind and boom the greatest family on TH-cam,has notified me of a new gem
I am also a retired mechanic and I wouldn't have done anything different. Good job guys and good luck with the rest of the build. Until the next time. Good luck. Love you're videos.
Thank you I appreciate that
The secret to cleaning piston ring lands is to put them in the ultrasonic cleaner. They will look like brand new when they come out.
Hone the bores with atf, then clean with brake clean and then atf, the detergents in the atf will pull out all the grit the brake clean missed, also lube the rings and pistons with atf when assembling and it will speed up seat in time on the rings.
Oh! I forgot to wish Ralphie to get better soon! He wasn’t himself so he must not feel well, for sure! I love that Squeazie marches to her own drum. I get her. Tosh has the best laugh and puts up with allot! And Josh, we appreciate your patience and support for your family in teaching them and us in what you do. Fun stuff!
I agree with you about Squeazie Carole. She is very individual. A true artist in the making.
You know that you really enjoy the content of someone’s channel when you happily wait for the next video. Keep up the awesome work sleeperdude family. You all make the best content
Thanks so much
Ralphie you better step it up, wawa is getting in there and getting after it!! Once that lefty Lucy righty tighty sunk in she’s been on it! And squeeze well she just does her on thang! Love it! Great family, y’all teaching this work ethic to these kids is going to be priceless!
Your right
Surely, that was a fun, entertaining and educational video. What an amazing talented family. Seem like no task is too big for the fam. Thank you all!
Well, another great family show. I know nothing about cars and such, but I found our visit excited and I just might remember something you all were trying to teach us. Here is hoping you all will have a safe and enjoyable trip in this old beast with a new motor.
Great video ! Reminded me of the last engine job I did with my Dad before he passed away in 1990. We rebuilt the 232 straight six engine in our 1966 Jeep J - 2000 , Dad was the instructor and I was the student. We found that three of the pistons had broken rings. Fortunately they did not mess up the bore and we were able to hone them out, but we did have to buy three new pistons due to the ring grooves being stretched out. I believe we did that rebuild in 1984 and that engine still runs fine today ( I actually ran the truck today ). It does not see much road use anymore as I keep it for winter snow plowing. Those old six's were rated at 145 horsepower - not bad compared to my 1980's era Ford 302's that are rated at only 150 horsepower and 270 foot pounds of torque. Thanks for the video and hope Ralphie feels better.
Awesome! New video! So cool to see the whole family working together and cleaning and rebuilding an engine goes much faster and more fun when the whole family is involved!! Wow getting a saddle at the junk yard that's in good condition or still usable is amazing!! So glad to see you guys aren't Helicopter Parents at all! That chained up Saddle is Great and kids will love it! Squeezy knew what she was doing!
Thank you
Love your channel and i LOVE how the whole family is involved
Thank you I am blessed
Josh, you’ve become so entertaining on TH-cam. Started out a little dryer, and more serious, but now……..best personality on TH-cam!
I wanted to say thank you for the vacation. I felt like I was on vacation with you all. We watch your videos every weekend. You do have a blessed family.
This one feels like a masterclass on engine rebuilding. Tearing this one down and doing all the work on it, there's no way not to learn something. One of the best learning opportunities in this one is how to be the best dad and not go off on your daughter when she swings the hammer too early and almost creates a situation. Dad's restraint and keeping himself together in that one second is priceless. Granted, no one knows if there might have been some editing involved after that second, but keeping it together in that second is everything. Huge dad points on that one, for sure!
This old Minnie Winnie is getting closer to that road trip and the incredible footage that will follow. Hopefully it continues to go well and this engine is fit back into that van by now. Seeing the floors being put back in is the vid that's been worth waiting for. Looking forward to that happening soon!!
Josh, thank you for the commentary to compliment the Engine rebuild. We appreciate the inclusion of your family in the process...and of course the animals are a plus. Blessings.
Sleeperdudes translation of his wife’s words cracks me up
Wow..those cam bearings were completely shot...never seen any that bad before. You all did an amazing job on this engine... it will be good for another at least 300k ....Hope Ralphie feels better soon!
Thank you they were so crazy
❤@@Sleeperdude
Comment for the algorithm: Thank you all for more wonderful content!
Thank you
I think you got the best FAMILY show on UTUBE. The Country needs more examples like you guys. Just beutyfful.
Thank you SO MUCH for being a sponsor of Puddin's truck resurrection/giveaway! So good to see what is happening in both of your builds!!!
All of you should be super proud of the work you guys got to accomplish! Great job, great video! It was awesome to get to see Mike again!!! I can’t wait to hear it run! Thank y’all!!
This was great to see the whole family taking part in the process. It's always fun and interesting to learn some new things about the engines. The oil pressure and compression should both be higher. I've seen a lot of bearings in my life and none that looked like those. I'm anxious to hear it fire up.
I was a certified for over 20 years as a mechanic watching you teach your kids how to do this is awesome I had to figure things out on my own when my head gasket blew in my first car but I had the GM service manual as a guide
Josh, are you glad now that you quit your day job after this time of youtube only? How do you and your family feel now compared to when you left? I happened upon you a couple of years ago and am a caregiver for my mom. She enjoys watching how all of you work together. You are blessed! You never know who's life you are blessing.
Yes I have no regrets on quitting my career in autobody. This is literally my dream job. I’m glad she likes the videos. Thank you for watching
I love watching your family working on the cars and working together to get it done. Another awesome video here. I am looking forward to seeing you getting the RV completed, as I am sure you are looking forward to being done with it. Have a very blessed week.
Thank you. I am ready for it to be done for sure
You are the man my wife and I love y'all's video's keep it up brother
Thank you
The video was very informative and presented at a comfortable pace. The kids did a lot to help. Wa squared ( I got you Wawa ) deserves a bonus for all her hard work. Great stuff once again.
i love that your teaching your kids this stuff i was born in 62 when we were kids everybody was building their own cars most kids today cant even change a tire 20 years from now i see your girls fixing the car while their hubby stays in the house playing video games and ralphie is going to be that guy that can squeeze in a next day valve job not 6 months out
Great show guys, I love the way you're hole family get involved and learn more about repairing those old cars and engines, keep up the good work, an Irish fan
Thank you
Love the video and I love to see a family working together. This is awesome keep up the good work can't wait for the next video
What lucky kids! I taught myself everything, and I would have loved to have a dad like you. Great video and I love your family (including all the critters!). Michael from Champaign, Illinois.
Wow, thank you!
Everyone share these videos and let's help get sleeperdude to a million subs by 2024
Wow thank you
I feel blessed every time a new Sleeperdude video comes out. I love you guys! Keep up the great work. That RV will be really nice for your trip this summer. Can't wait to see the adventure!
Thank you we really appreciate it
Absolutely amazing work Josh we appreciate these videos and I know it's not as easy as it looks it's actually a lot of hard work,wish you all the best can't wait to hear it fire up!
Thank you
Great job everyone!! Love how you work together!!!
😊😊
Anyone else feel like we need a new WAWA shirt. ‘That’s incredible’
For sure
I'm a life-long Mopar fan, and I can remember helping to rebuild my 340 Cubic-inch Plymouth motor for my 'cuda in our house's garage; I remember my room-mate hand-honing the cylinder walls and doing LOTS of cleaning. He had micrometer guages - no Plasti-gage for US!LOL! I think we would've been thrilled to have all these goodies to help with the cleaning and stuff. Air tools are a life-saver. That 340 engine was a screamer; the speedometer would go up to the "P" in "MPH" on the dial(about 135 mph); I never had the nerve to ask a "friendly policeman" to clock me with his radar-gun.
Great memories, this video has brought back - Thanks for posting this! Good to see that you're sharing your skills with your family; I think that EVERY child should be exposed to this stuff, to see if they like it. It used to be that EVERY boy helped his dad change the oil and tires and stuff; Jiffy-lube made us into a nation of lazy men. When I went to college for electronics in the 1980s, there was a girl in my class who used to restore old Harley motors.
I just KNOW that there's girls out there who work as bank clerks, who would be just as happy turning wrenches. It's too bad our society brainwashes and segregates them; the STEM classes are a step, but we're badly mis-using a National resource; a large number of potential mechanics and machinists, because of prejudiced school administrators(actually, they're STUPID, but they got their prejudice from church, in a lot of cases, and I don't wanna argue with anybody).
Thanks for your videos; keep up the good work!
Great video! 👍 I always used to snap off a section of piston ring and use that to clean the carbon out of the piston grooves - worked a treat
Ok thanks
Dear Brian Newby
👍👌👏 Yes, that usually and definitely the best way to clean the grooves. 2) I was astounded that they didn't simply put the pistons in the ultrasonic cleaner. These things work fantastic.
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
We need a Google translate Tash to English 😂😂
For sure
Love the video! I'll be doing this with a tired 84 Chevy inline 6, hopefully soon
You know it’s a good day when sleepersude uploads!
Thank you
The best part about never having rebuilt an engine. It always looks 100% correct!
FACTS...
Great video guys. Absolutely love how everyone in the family has a part in every video. I did learn a lot. Hope one day our families can meet!!
Thank you I appreciate it
@@Sleeperdude Maybe you can meetup in South Dakota.
Josh and wa wa killed the lower end. Ralphie and Josh nailed the heads.
Back in 90's I refreshed a few engines that were my daily driver, planned it throughout the week, you could walk into parts store after getting paid and pickup EVERYTHING in one stop, pulled the engine on Friday night, wrench all day Saturday, reinstall the engine on Sunday and drive it to work again on Monday. You won't see anything like that on TH-cam.
You're the only guy I know that rebuilds an engine in flip flops!
Our chihuahua Chippy does the same thing when he’s excited as scooter does
That’s funny
I was going to get a haircut before going to work, but felt I needed to be here for the engine assembly!😊
Great family show, I’m a old hot toddler that doesn’t work on cars any more ❤️ your show and your family
Your kids know more about engines than me, but still enjoy watching. Take care x.
I hope those kids realize how special, patient and special their dad is.
When my car is my fun toy not a daily it will have all the work it needs done. The engine is on the list.
Nice
Its awesome to see you all working together to get this thing back to life!
Thank you I am blessed
I usually do not comment, but what you do with your kids and being together is wonderful. Your kids will remember this forever. Plus, the life skills they will have will be second to none.
I forgot about the shoe string bearing polish trick. Also, lapping the valves with the drill is priceless. I thought I had the corner on that trick.. pure gold.
That’s awesome
Wow, that was some of the best content on TH-cam right now.
Thank you
Josh, i advise you to lubricate the spark plugs by thread, a little bit, when you put the new one dry in the dry cylinders head, because, after engine works for some time, it will be harder to loosen it, and, it will made be broken the ceramic isolator.
Best regards, Saint-Pitersburd, Russia.
Ok thank you
great to see your daughter interested in car maintenance.. well done the rest of the family...
every time u guys say shirley i think of my mom and make me smile
keep up the great work
I had to pause the video so we can have a quick safety meeting. The face shields that Mr. Garcia sent should be required when scrubbing parts in the parts cleaner. Imagine how bad diesel fuel splashing in the eye would hurt! And I love the new safety razor blade holders, but the kids need to always push it away, never pull it forward. That’s just stitches waiting to happen. Love all you guys!
Only channel that can have a video 1:34:37 duration and capture one’s attention for the whole video. Love family oriented content
Thank you so much
While you don't need me to say, everyone did a great job on this rebuild, I can't imagine any other family taking part in this sort of project, wonderful content
The secret to cleaning the ring grooves on pistons.
Is to break off a peace of a compression ring and use it as a scrapper. Trust me it work's the best.
The absolute sign of love or trust, holding something small while someone else swings a hammer at it. You seem to be blessed with a wonderful family.
Hi guys loved this one
Everyone got involved
Hope Ralphy feels better now
Cya on next one 💜
Blowing an engine block dry with a leaf blower, love your style bro. Lol
Thank you
Now this is the kind of budget build I like to see
Cheap as I could do it
I am 49 years old and I just discovered your channel. It really brought me back to my time in the garage with my dad when I was a kid. I can’t tell you how many small block Chevys we rebuilt! We built drag cars, and I loved every minute of it. My dad will be 80 this year and is STILL rebuilding engines! I’m too busy taking my daughter back and forth to swim practice!!! But I did buy an old RV last year and am getting reacquainted with my old garage skills! I love watching your family, especially the garage interactions. Really made me tear up, seriously! Kudos to you and your awesome family!!
Wawa is catching on real fast. She enjoys working with her dad and mom. Sorry Raphie was sick with the virus. Love the family. Good parenting there, it's obvious.
Another great video. I was amazed that the hour and 34 minutes seemed to fly by. Once again Wawa gets down and dirty helping to rebuild that motor. Can’t wait to see you cram that massive motor into the RV.
Thank you
I’ll be honest…I just want to come hang out with you guys for a day and help. This is awesome and something I’m wanting to get into. Great job and thanks for the great video.
DIY head planer
Good quality 2X4 piece of plywood, 3/4 works great you want a flat surface. Cover the surface with fine sandpaper gluing the piece's down then just run the head back and forth till you have a even surface. Works very well for small imperfections.
Hey i gotta share a little story with you about your motor home project. I totally appreciate all the different cars you work on. I'm restoring and daily driving a 1984 Nissan/Datsun pickup with an SD25 diesel engine. Its nice for northern Canada, no rust. 5 speed, extended cab, bucket seats, power steeping. BUT, some parts are hard to find. There is a 1" heater hose connecting the head to the side of the block. Mine popped a leak. It's pre-formed into more than a 90 degree bend, in only 6" of length. Impossible to get one anywhere. I bought bulk 1" heater hose but without a pre-formed bend, it just pinches shut. So i tried putting a copper plumbing elbow at the bend (1" OD) and I even heated it up to make more than 90 degree bend. For some reason the clamps didn't hold, it leaked. So I'm watching you take the 360 out of your motor home, and I see the hose from the water pump to the front of the intake manifold...yep I go get a hose for a 1973 Dodge 360 intake and after trimming an inch off one end it fits perfectly on the Datsun diesel.
So thanks for solving my problem !
I can't even make it through a entire movie but i will sit here and watch every second of you guys rebuilding a Durango engine. Take that fast and furious. 😂
That’s funny. Thank you
Tosh, Did you receive the pumpkin seeds that I sent your way? I remember last year you were talking up the pumpkins. I found some more seeds in my collection that are a warty pumpkin variety and I can send you some of those as well. We love the show and all of the baby goats. My little girl goats are 2 years old now and fun as ever! Shawnty and Cheyene are always in trouble with my angora goat Purity! We continue to spread the word about your show and family!!!
I really can't convey how much I enjoy your family and videos.
I think it's great to see your whole family involved in all your projects...Your a lucky guy!!!!
Sanity in an insane world. God bless
Very helpful to me ! I have all the used parts to put together to build another good ol' 85 Turbo coupe 2.3 . This is a great refresher for me to account for everything. Getting hard to find forged pistons and a proper head with hardened valve seats. I was glad to hear you say you sent the mini Winnie trans to Curtis. I worked in Dodge service when the magnums were knew. Strong engines, poor automatic transmissions. Thanks again Josh & family !!!
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it