Project Car Teething Pains - If It Don't Kill You, It Makes You Stronger
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- Over the last few months our Charger has seen a lot of work done to it. Major crash damage repaired, full body massage with paint, a rebuilt transmission and a front end overhaul, so you would expect there would be a few issues with all of that.
And yes, it does have some issues...but none of them related to the work we did!
It's all just part of the game when you start messing with ancient iron.
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Sometimes, whatever doesn't kill you waits for another chance.
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@@ManOnTheSilverMountain-qj6evum, how is that hard to understand?
@@ManOnTheSilverMountain-qj6ev you sound vaccinated
Wisdom
This was my day, yesterday! I don’t know if God will allow me back in church after my tantrum yesterday.
Absolutely everything I’ve worked on in the past week has been futile. My fresh build of a 1996 5.7 lt4 engine showed me a defective (brand new) Optispark distributor, my complete rebuild of my F250 front end, didn’t solve my problem, I found a new piece that I had bought for my camaro had been broken somehow…..so I decided to fire up my Nova engine for some joy (still has open headers), it fired instantly, but the plastic oil pressure gauge line ruptured and gave me an oil shower! It also bathed part of the Nova in oil, and the Nova is in primer right now!!!!
Stephen King owes you some royalties. Electrical stuff is fun. Had a 72 Cutlass. an unused wire for power windows(i had roll up windows-- thanks GM) grounded against the frame. It shorted out the horn relay which somehow made the seatbelt buzzer go off continuously. I drove it like that for 2 months before the mechanic figured it out. I miss that car
Tony this is actual normal stuff that happens every single time I work on an old Mopar or an old car in general. They always seem to be trouble-free until that one day comes when you decide to start tearing it down and doing a lot of repairs to it and restoring it and showing it a lot of love. The car takes it as a perfect opportunity to start breaking down a little things so that way it knows that you're in a position where you can't say no so you go ahead and start preparing all the stuff. It's not you it's the spirit of the car and it knows that it has you over a barrel at the moment so it's going to take advantage and force you to repair all the little things that it's been holding back from you all these years. That's why things happen at this particular time when you're doing all this other stuff to it. Just accept it and keep showing it love until it finally says okay that's all that there is that needs to be fixed so now I'm going to get out of the street again and let's go have some fun. This is not a mystery. You shouldn't be asking why now. It's something that has happened ever since the first person who decided to start restoring or repairing something that has some age on it that he is emotionally attached to. The car loves you and the car is going to take advantage of that love if you give it an opportunity so you might as well just suck it up and smile and keep buying new parts
Could not be more accurate than this.
Bits of paper. Always get rid of them.
Pretty windy there chatty Cathy
Its like a Chrysler cuse if you care about them too much stupid shit happens. There like magnets for getting into accidents also 😂
Yup, and always remember that "Christine" was a Chrysler product guys!! LOL ;D@@alexlandsberger1423
Kindred Spirits we are Tony! I laughed out loud every time you would go " What's wrong with the windshield wipers!!" Or, "The turn signals don't work now, .....WHY???!!!" Great stuff and so true.😅😅😅
This is why we love old cars it keeps life interesting.
Today I saw a Miata and I respected the owner. It was obviously a project car. Half primer, sounds OK, no buzz can, just a guy making a good car out of an old car. He's got a sports car and he's having fun. It had one of those windshield stickers that have MAZDA or WICKED or STYLIN or CLASSY or NOS etc, usually something obvious or dumb. Not this guy. On his old project Miata, his reads JUNK. That guy gets it.
Yeah, all my old cars just keep going, I buy one car from this century and the transmission craps the bed and the car has been in the shop for 10 months...so boring.
I've had the same alternator for 12 yrs. Instead of replacing it I just spend $15-$20 on internal parts and rebuild it.
yup, try that with your Tesla! My neighbor the fancy doctor has had his piece of crap Nissen electric in the shop for two months, them doing God knows what. He had a loner for the time, a Mustang; bet he hated to give it back!! Even if it is not a real Mustang!! LOL :D@@terryschnereger8531
Absolutly. Even going cross country to buy parts
That's why these old cars are a pain in the ass, when weird stuff starts happening it's usually grounding problems you just have find clean medal and make sure everything is grounded. Your day was every day for us on the farm, from trucks, to tractors, to every piece of equipment we had, all day long things like this would be happening.
Tony... It's NEVER the end of it!
The only good thing that comes from all the crazy things is that you become really in tune with the car. You start to sense and feel the smallest of issues with the car that most people would never notice.
Best of Luck!
Remember Gremlins never sleep!
It almost makes you feel like you have magic powers when you're driving the car, and some weird faint rattle or hum starts occurring, and you're like "oh it's probably that obscure bolt that needs tightening" or something. For then to find out that you were spot on with your diagnosis once you arrive back at the garage.
Oh Geeeezuuus you had to bring up Gremlins, the worst looking old car evveeeeer!! LOL ;D
......Or it's Just your motor mount separating!! LOL@@JohnSmith-wj2wd
That wiper motor issue is strange. It reminds me of when my Ford starter wouldn't disengage because the solenoid's contacts welded themselves together. Good luck.
I swear these cars have souls. They know when your most vulnerable and in the swing of making things nice so it decides, "oh well this was barely hanging on i want a new one" kaput breaks something. Just gotta go with it and hope the car knows when your wallet it empty 😂
You have the DD Speed Shop quality curse. Dan’s lot rot has infected your shop. Do what Dan does, change out the engine 6 times, seal the oil leaks 6 times, lose parts everyday and paint it pink with sparkles and then give it to your wife as a dream come true. Start packing the spares and tools in the trunk and treat every 100 miles like a Vice Grip Derek win.
every day
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You forgot to drain fluids on the floor instead of oil pans, throw tools on the floor, throw parts and fasteners everywhere and kick the whole mess around.
It's helping you out, the car is showing you it's appreciation for the new paint by revealing all of the problems at home instead of 500 miles down the road.
I bought a 1982 Avanti ll with 110,000 miles on a Chevy 305 V8, I knew I would have to spend money on parts needed like to rebuild the front end, brakes, shocks, tune up and minor stuff.
Interesting I took it to several auto shops and they refused to work on it because it had a carburetor and they did want to deal with installing the other parts needed even though I had the source for all new parts. Finally I found someone who most stuff done, when I needed the carburetor rebuilt I found a guy in his 70's that took on the job a great job he did and my car is running like new.
Back in the 1950's we use to work on our own cars mostly flat head 1947 Fords V8's or 6 cylinder Chevys and kept them running, today everything is to complicated for us old timers. I really enjoy your video's, thanks pal.
Absolutely is part of the fun. Got caught in a cloud burst in my 69' LeSabre and after it passed my wipers wouldn't shut off just like yours. Sat at the stop light messing with the switch trying to time it right, then once they finally stopped I noticed that my headlight switch was hot to the touch, so I'm currently going through the electrical changing bulbs and upgrading wires.
Beautiful hobby, but you need the patience of a saint.
Mopar, mostly old parts and rust! But I love em more than any of the others, really it's, mo-par or no-car! Had a 63 Dodge van, 68 Dart, 73 Road Runner, 70 challenger, 85 Dodge Ramcharger, 03 Dakota, and currently 04 Dodge Ram 2500 CTD
Uncle Tony, you appwared on my screen after I started my own channel Tony Talking The Talk, which is not about cars, but about interesting people and events. I do like the way you present your show.
It’s like fixing up an old house… So much can go wrong. Love your attitude every single time you talk love your attitude.
I've got a 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring that has gone down on multiple occasions for differing reasons in the past couple years. I've certainly noticed that every time that car sits for any amount of time, it starts fighting my with electrical issues. The headlight switch goes out, the turn signal flasher stops working, etc... I've just grown to expect a little backlash when I decide to finally awaken that beast from its slumber.
If it doesn’t kill you ,it makes you really sick
Just uncle Tony handing out some great advice as usual 👍
Never heard of T bars relaxing like that. Sounds like it’s about to break lol!
Same. I always heard they just shattered when they were done. I suppose weirder things have happened.
These old cars are a lot like us. When we get to a certain age, everything is going to start to break, so we have to expect that nothing is going to go as planned.🤔🤣🍺
Hang in there Unc. The Charger is worth it. That car ROCKS. Hard.
Perfect for the Dream Cruise.
Not to wish bad luck on anyone but this just proves you live in the real world with the rest of us. These are the things that go wrong every spring for a lot of us people in the rust belt that park our cars every winter. For us weekend warriors it takes most of spring to work out the bugs. Thanks Tony for having the same problems we have and sharing them!
Old cars and Harleys. If you don't enjoy wrenching and tinkering, don't buy one! Keep up the great work Tony!
Project cars are a never ending journey. Even with just rhe light coming in through the door, you can see just how beautiful this bodystyle is with a decent coat of paint. Semi gloss black was a great idea! Looking forward to seeing it out in the daylight, maybe even some shots after dark too. Mean car like that would look right at home under some streetlights.
AMEN BROTHER! Sweeeet paint job by the way. The most fun is the "final" testing and tweaking... I find myself to be very sad at the end of a large project so I like to make it drag on as much as I can. Be it house plumbing or a car project I want it to keep going. I feel that one must approach it this way and look forward to the task - as you said. I moved the gas tank from the cab to the back of my 1957 GMC a month ago and all kinds of things fell apart from there. At least my windscreen wipers work on demand! Saturday I'll be replacing some gauges in the old girl and I hope something else goes wrong... not for YOU! Great Video Bobby
Remind me of last weekend. Hooked to the trailer checked everything and all the lights and brakes worked perfectly. Left at 4am Saturday for a 4 hour trip a half hour from the house the trailer brakes quit working. Never fails! Lol😂
The right guy for those problems is on the job! Kick it’s butt Uncle Tony!
Teething pains interesting way to put it. I'm on my first project a 1981 Chevy Malibu.there's a lot I've done to it a lot more I have yet to get done. I'm trying to learn my around Carburetors. I fouled up plugs two times already. Thanks to Uncle Tony here I finally got it figured out. Still some Exterior/interior work that needs done when I get the cash for it. I have yet to encounter the small problems that pop up, but I know they are going to. Thanks for the insight, if and something happens I will think back to this video, it'll help.
“ it’s part of the game “ I love it !! I’m going through the same senario with my 99 v8 Sonoma . Cheers Uncle Tony .
Those are the joys of owning a Classic car.
Tony, I've done a full Restoration on one of those and 2 partial restos. They are and always will be an electrical nightmare. Especially the dashboard that will light you up like a Christmas tree
Uncle Tony, instead of using 1159 bulbs, a direct replacement that looks like an 1159 is the 198. It has heavy filaments and many road trucks use them. Don't know if they were ever standard equipment from anyone and lots of people never heard of them. Amazon has them for less than a seven dollars for a box of ten. I used them on my motorcycle, and all my vehicles and my 4x8 trailer instead of the 1157 . You would need a sensitive light meter to tell if there is a difference and no issues. Just a better, longer lasting bulb.
Started a clutch and transmission swap in a mack two saturdays ago. Turned into a 6 day wait for a flywheel. Came by truck because UPS can mess up a steel disk.
Rear differential under a silage truck turned into 2 u joints, 2 yokes, wheel bearings, and a differential.
Burnt up AC compressor turned into new heater core, evaporator, compressor, dryer, expansion valve, and used AC lines and condenser off a parts truck, to find the shrader valve was gone out of one of those lines.
I'm on my way to button up another transmission swap, then change the dryer and orifice tube and vac that system down.
A project car is never truly finished. Once you accept that, you can power through all the issues. Just keep a running list and enjoy the satisfaction of crossing them off the list when done.
Three words Tony, all it takes is THREE WORDS, to explain this phenomenon..
it's called the "Katrina Kar Kurse"! Just realized THAT won't work!
Or is it "Katrina Car Curse"!
Hey, I'm just trying to help here, OK?
On a serious note, yep, been there, done that.
Living through the insanity of TOTALLY unrelated issues suddenly arising for NO apparent reason EXCEPT to try your patience
and resolve to continue with your project.
Placing an ad in "Marketplace" is easy BUT it's also a COP OUT.!
Sometimes we might need to walk away for a bit, just to keep our sanity.
Then we go back, put on our big boy pants and carry on.
THAT'S what Street Rodders DO!
God it makes me feel so much better we can share the same passion and problems. I been workin on a 62 impala turning it into a Lowrider and every week every month there is something and learning and fixing
Your problem is a basic one; it's contained in your second sentence, begins with an "L"!! LOL ;D
@@ronschlorff7089 who let you on the internet! Tell your kids you love them you not suppose to be here making comments like this without a profile picture Ron. Cmon Ron you should know better than that by now
Thanks for the chuckle!! LOL ;D@@vincentbryan1962
Tony when you got to the part where the wipers wouldn't shut off I busted out laughing imagining myself sitting there in the driver's seat! I've been there so many times 😂👍🇺🇲
Yup, wipers, usually the switch and not the motor. Replacing mine in my 64 Comet, had fun finding an NOS one, turns out it's for an Econoline of the same year, thanks Ford, for interchangeability. My 64 Ranchero is full of old Mustang parts too, so I call it my Ranchstang, or Mustero!! LOL
Hey Uncle Tony the Charger’s Body work & Paint turned out Great 👍👍
My bet is the car "does not like it" though, and that is the root of all the little problems he's having now, happening "out of the blue", just immediately after applying that "dull" paint job!! LOL ;D
Yes Christine it fixed it’s self Body man disappeared suddenly?? Now all these other problems She’s not Happy in flat black 😳
Boy, that does look good in satin black with all the bright work the Chargers have, very nice.
With these car we are literally FIGHTING agains time and wear, the fact these thing keep going is amazing but we like it
I needed this video. Ive been getting my teeth kicked in by a shortbed c10 for about a month or so now. A vintage air install, upgrade to LEDs, classic industries cluster upgrade in. Cam swap nightmare, someone else in the shop put it in. It was my job to dress the motor and fire it. Ran like dogsnot. Went through everything. Metallic noise in the motor. Pull the heads. Bent valve, thankfully that was the major extent of damage, no metal in the motor? Weird. New heads. Runs like dogsnot. 180 the cam. We're getting closer! Bad compression. Pull heads. No piston damage. 2 bent valves!? Replace, lap, and slap it on. Sounds great. Cam bolts back out... No damage. Just emotional damage 😂 just need to figure out why i have no tach now.
LED's are not an upgrade, just a change.
@@mexicanspecjust the way I worded it. We replaced the all the housings and went to LEDs all the way around the truck and fixed bad old wiring while we were there. An upgrade if you ask me.
At 80 a displaced Yank in Western Australia who couldn’t resist a “barn find” 97 Corolla with 80K miles on it up in the wheatbelt north of Perth. Unlicensed, so subject to a painful inspection here. There will been many of these gotchas before it passes, but today I had a win. It had 13 inch tyres on it and lacked a spare and I was able to get 5 good 14 inch rims with correct tyres for $50 a wheel on FB Marketplace today. You win some you lose some, but you still have avoid the plateaus and keep going until it’s right. I like the torsion bar fainting like a Victorian lady.
Black was the perfect color for sure. Beautiful car and great job!
If you've ever painted with a can of spray paint, you can feel the over spray on your arms. The electrical contacts also get the over spray, and it changes the conductivity.
Supposedly, if you don't disconect your ground cable from the battery, you could fry your alternator, after you've started welding. I'd try taking a multi-meter to each of the alternator's diodes, before you contemplate throwing it away.
Those old heaps eventually become houses of cards. I've had times when stuff like that would happen. When a customer car starts to jinx, that's when you start doing free work for sudden issues that had nothing to do with what you were fixing
Been doing a bathroom remodel. Going on month number 9. Everytime I turn around there is a new skillset that must be learned.
It's not the torsion bar....it's the bushing in the control arm that the torsion bar fits into.
Somebody tell UT before he takes that trip.
When you muscle through the bugs, it is so worth it in the end!
Yes, true; but there is no "end"!! LOL
I had that windshield wiper thing happen on a '72 Duster. Never did figure it out and wound up cutting the power wire to the wiper motor and wiring in a toggle switch to the dash. I wasn't in any frame of mind to do more at the time.
I shared my very beat up Volvo 122 with some friends on a forum and they told me I should be thankful to have so much to do! That someday I'll look at my garaged classic and need to find excuses to go work on it. Someday! 20 years or so...
Great Video! Glad to see you preaching about all the unexpected problems after the project is over!
That's the part they never show you on TV. But it happens every time! Just push through to the point you can actually rely on the car!
The last 5 percent of any build is the hardest. Been there done that. This is why most people wont finish a build. Thanks UT. Ronnie.
It's just like undoing that last bolt or nut, it's always that last mofo that will turn a 10 second job to a 3 hour one.
Glad I’m not the only one….
Your the man Uncle Tony, keep the awesome content coming!
Thanks Tony I'm going through this right now and need to hear it.
The thing that comes to mind for most if not all the electrical problems, is that the dust from the body work, may have gotten in the connections and contacts, shorted the alternator and broke things. Its odd for the turn signal switch since its inside the car, but maybe it had an overvoltage or something, just a guess. As for the torsion bar, I have no idea.
Good thing you like tinkering lol. Keep up the good work
Its thats O.E wiring should have been replaced decades ago
And that's why we love our hobby, right? We've all been through this. Helps keep us sharp.
Great video uncle tony!!! So true!!!
Thanks Tony. Great video. Wow, I Have Been There so many times. You put a smile on my face all through the video. How True!!!!
Thanks for the motivation Tony!!
Yes, Tony often motivates me to sell some of my old cars!! Got a 64 Comet Caliente for sale, any takers? It's, appropriately, "chili pepper" red!!! LOL. I have a consignment dealer in Phoenix who is going to get it soon!! :D
But you're dealing with old parts! Get this. It took me like 15 years to resto-mod my Z28. Throwing all new parts into it. I let the car sit for a long time. I just now got it on the road but had to replace (again) the battery, the chrome alternator, the chrome brake booster, and the Billet master cylinder. What a deal. I'm sure I'm missing more items to tell you about.
Absolute truth Uncle Tony!!! My ‘68 Chevelle that I restored…best of everything…still tests me!!!
Never a dull moment. Especially with many parts being made in Chyyynnnaa!
I Love that Charger. Hot Rod black is Perfect for it 👌
You could not have a better background to look at in this video- whatever that car needs- it's worth it. Car's testing the bond with it's owner; and the way Tony smiles about it- well, THAT says it ALL! Where there is Mopar, there is love. This 1967 Charger gave Tony more top shelf video content, actually helping Tony make a few more bucks, while again allowing him to prove his mettle against iron! Dynamite video!
If it does kill you, it doesn't make you stronger.
Thx captain obvious
Unless you're Obi-wan Kenobi. In that case it makes you stronger than Darth Vader can possibly imagine.
@@bigjaz8768Thanks, D-bag. How about a little positivity next time. There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who like tearing shit down…and those who like building shit up. We know which team your on. How about playing for the good guys for a change?!
I’m not typically a big fan of black cars but the longer the video went on with it in the background the more I liked it
It's those Damn MoPar Gremlins striking again Tony! You know this shit always happens when you're planning a trip! You'll figure it out. It is what it IS!! I love old MoPars! I really do!
You have awakened the "Gremlins of Old Cars". I have a '71 Mustang that has the same malady.
I replaced the power steering unit since it was pissing out fluid as fast as I put some in.
Problem solved. Right ? NO.
Now that the pressure is back to normal, the high side P/S hose goes out. I replace it. Problem solved....you guessed it. NO.
Now the P/S gearbox is leaking. At this point I threw up my hands and said... F ..it.
Tony, the gremlins are winning.. I'm not sure if I need a mechanic or priest.
I feel ya brother. For sure.
The wiper switch magically went out on my ‘67 Dart , luckily, there’s a guy on FABO that lives in the same state that rebuilds Mopar switches! Sent it to him, $100 later, fixed! It’s never a surprise with old cars.
Every time I have an extra dollar to do something to my car, this happens. I'm used to the regular snowball effect. But, like you're describing, it's a bunch of unrelated things that just happen at one time
My current project car (sat 8yrs)has been on the road for about 2mo now being used daily.
It's got a fun habit of wanting 300-500$ in parts about every 10-12 days, and I went thru a lot of things I knew would be an issue.
It doesn't really bother me a lot, but I don't really have a decent other driver right now so hopefully these repairs that pop up are things I can take care of in a few hours.
So far I've been lucky.
I'm going through a rash of broken stuff on a Chevy truck, including the wipers. I had no idea this was an epidemic. I'm still gathering parts. One replacement part is still made in the U.S.!
It's the old "every part needs some lovin'" thing Tony. All good.
Uncle Tony it's so relatable 😂 those little things that magically appear on a known and tested project will make us all chuckle with insanity
I got you beat on this one. The newest vehicle I work on is at least 33 years old. Customers come to my place, and I can guarantee if they haven't been here before I'll find several major problems.
UTG in your live stream you were talking about naming the car Morticia. You then went on to describe the car. Your perception of the car perfectly matches the name for the car. I personally really like the name. It's your car do what you want, the rest of us can just have it grow on us as time goes on.
This happens more often than people admit. Espicaly with wireing on old cars just looking at a wire can cause it to break lol.
Good part is you get to know your car better, so when it breaks roadside you have an idea as to where to look first. Very helpful when it's not your car, helping a stranded new friend. I would say you have a piss poor body ground at the dash/firewall back feeding the Turn Wiper break switches. Has to be a common ground problem
Just the best looking model. Glad you spruced this, flood victim up. It does look good.
Check your flasher,it can effect brake light too. Since both went.
The car knows your giving it love so all the old parts that has been hanging in there all them years are giving up now since your giving it your full attention. I think it better off going now instead of a bunch of things slowly down the road. The joys of owning Classic cars and having to replace replaceable parts. I say those parts lasted a long time seems how the car is 56 year old parts needing replaced.
Thanks for sharing your insight
Have learned so much from your wisdom! I chased a intermittent no start on my 02' 8.1L Silverado no CEL's went through it all ended up being debris on cam sensor after i rebuilt top end (lifter failure took out cam lobe at 240k) I just recently learned when to just laugh it off on my projects when shit goes wrong. I have been getting into old dirt bikes/jet skis learning to rebuild carbs, have to learn from your mistakes always.
Truer words never spoken Tony
Let's face it, if you weren't going on a long road trip none of this would be going wrong probably and that is nerve-wracking. Good luck brother
Something often overlooked on those Mopars is a aux ground wire from battery to the fenderwell or core support, without it electric gremlins show up, especially charging.
I feel your frustration! I am constantly finding new things on my build!
Ha! I deal with some teething pains on nearly everything I do working professionally on Harley’s and for my own projects with cars. Thanks for an awesome video Tony!
The car looks great, Tony!
I was laughing thinking about some of my builds while you were talking. Just part of hotroding!
You’ve done it now Uncle Tony, she’s had a new paint job, some nice body work, rebuilt front end. She’s got the diva complex now. 😂
I don't know bout you Tony, but in the process of conducting automotive repairs, I've made more problems that didn't exist when I got started than I would like to admit.
You really got it looking great!
Thanks for keeping it real.
Tony, Love your show, I have worked on cars all of my career, mostly auto body, but I recently bought a 2000 Chevy Impala from a good friend of mine who bought it brand new and soon as I got into my driveway broke down and ever since then everything possible is gone wrong. I fix one thing and another thing breaks sometimes I just sit back and look at it and laugh.
I gotta tell you, i laughed so hard listening to you, it brought back so many memories
I feel for you Tony. Old cars will do that, old switches and electrical parts and connections along with every part somewhere beyond its life expectancy will fail. The worst one I ever ran through was a 71 Ford Ranchero. It originally came from Seattle and dampness took its toll. Just about every electronic part had issues. I remember when I removed the headlight switch that suddenly quit working. How it had been working was a miracle. It looked like a science project, just a big wad of rust and different colored corrosion that looked like fuzz coming out of it. That was one of many roached parts but eventually I got everything working again. Good luck, you will figure them all out. Your car looks great, it has a real cool look to it. Way to go.
Tony, you nailed it brother! Can totally relate, thanks for posting!!
good advice uncle!
Thanks you made me smile. You know the car as decided it wants more from you.
Congrats Uncle Tony, you just built Christine!