This is an appropriate place to ask about junkyard etiquette. I hate it when the part I need is destroyed by someone who hacked it apart to get at what they needed.
They're cutting the frames up to easier extract hemis from the durangos. Not sure how many people are looking for frames for those but that is grade A butchery.
You can tell this is the kids first time building a car. UT is trying to be professional in explaining the details for the viewers, and the kid is just having fun picking out parts for his car and making jokes. Then he trips over the rims!! I’ve never had the chance to build a car but watching all these car videos all the time gives me the confidence to try some day when the money is right.
@@gulfy09 I remember all my friends in high-school putting all there stickers from their high performance parts they were bolting on in shop class while I was giving another friend all my stickers of the parts my dad and I were getting for my eventual full rebuild for my 427 In my 69 camero. I also did have a 73 challenger that I fixed up myself in shop class so I had a hotrod to play with in high-school.
You have to drink alcohol afterwards if you do not want your internal organs damaged by the poison in the coolant. When your body gets rid of the alcohol it will also get rid of the antifreeze(if any got in).
Wandering craigs' once, "Real clean looking van, motor locked up, cheap." Went and looked at it, yep, locked up. Bought it, removed belt and started it up. Alternator was locked up, not the engine.
@@chuckschillingvideos nowhere in what the op wrote do I get any indication of a dead battery being replaced. He states, yep locked up. Says he removed the belt and it started up. I call shenanigans.
I helped pull a sbc out of a wrecked square body once. It was in the drivers seat. Low miles. Air cleaner to pan, fan to flywheel is $203. SO we spent the day finding all new accessories. Found new stater, carb, distributor wires, plugs, cap rotor, air cleaner and housing water pump, belts chrome valve covers, .. literally replaced everything with as new parts we could find! $203!!! Fucker looked like a fresh build engine rolling out of the wrecking yard. Hahaha
You have to remember newer cars and trucks are disposable. They are through away. Made to junk. Who ever spends $45,000 for a truck that's going to be junked in 15 years is an idiot.
@@cammontreuil7509 in Japan , they literally require engine replacement every 7 years. Doesn't matter how good it runs , the engine must be replaced or the vehicle scrapped .
avoid the ones where the rear axle moved forward. the driveshaft can act like a lance, and you end up with a crank that moved forward but you don't know until its all taken apart. then again, a friend bought a Ram when they first came out and it kept chewing up serpentine belts..turned out its crank was already moving around.
After seeing the blacked out paint, intake left open to the elements and decals it was obvious to me this vehicle had led a hard life. The abandoned on the road sticker was the clincher. Along w locked up engine of course.
Probably not going to be any oil in the oil pan if it's in a wrecking yard. Can check the sludge inside the valve cover at the oil fill easily though to see a ghost of what the oil inside was like.
The wrecked chassis is much easier to deal with by including a cordless Sawzall. Sounds crude but it can really help get stuff you don't want out of the way.
most yards dont even allow saws/ torches. Luckily there is an lkq by me that does, and I destroy everything in my way with a grinder or saw saw when I go there.
A word of wise to that young guy. Never walk up to a truck, jump underneath it and start torquing on the engine. Make sure it is well anchored. You literally put your life into the hands of the last guy who was there. Didn't even check to make sure there was no chance that truck was gonna fall on you when you started throwing around that wrench.
That happened to guy i know that got a job at a junkyard and it happened on the 3rd day he worked. Was stuck on the hill under a ford f150 for almost an hour before they went up to check progress cause it only took 20 mins or so to pull the part the dude wanted. Broke 5 of his ribs and almost collapsed one of his lungs. Good advice 😎
@@Ticeracing33 I noticed that 5 minutes later in the video. Still, it is an important point. I have seen some pretty poorly situated cars in the junkyard.
Bro I’ve been Mopar for life, and you’ve taught me more from your channel in the last 2 weeks than I’ve learned in the last 2 years! I need your help on my 71 Sublime 340 Duster!
Its amazing what you can find in a junkyard. I used to work for Tate's Auto salvage, and we had an Acura Legend, a 426 hemi, and a head for a first gen hemi among other things.
I could spend all day on scouting missions at the boneyard. I got my 95 360 from a wrecked 1500. The doofus nose flipped it over but the entire drivetrain was intact. I took the engine, 4 speed automatic, and 9 1/4 differential and put it in my 78 D-150.
Cordless batteries are almost good enough to power a compressor for a leak down test. I'm less than enthusiastic about EVs until affordable tools like that are common.
This video reminds me when I was a kid going with my gear head friends to the Ecology Center in Santa Fe Springs, California and trying to find parts for our MOPAR cars… All I can say is enjoy 😊
It’s good to take serpentine belt off if your checking the motor that way, the alternators and sometimes ac pumps can seize after a month or two of sitting, I got a screaming deal on a Durango once because the guy thought the motor was locked up
the 5.2 and 5.9 magnum have a common problem with the intake manifold....there is a lower sheetmetal belly cover that faces the lifters and usually blows out the gasket which causes a vacuum leak and the rich condition that had the carbon on the rear of the first truck
i didnt think they were worth anything or desired, i just sent a good one to get scrapped last month, started was seized up and not working im suspecting thats what took it off the road, was a 2001 2500, i got axles, tcase, a couple interior pieces, and the parts needed to mend my transmission off the 500$ parts truck so i was happy
You can also see how much slop there is in the timing chain if you rotate it back and forth a few degrees between compression strokes. I also like to listen to the "hiss" as it hits compression strokes.
Magnum engines are damn near bulletproof. Simple ECM "OBD1" neither of mine have thrown a code for anything that I didn't do to the engine myself, the sensors are cheap too. It much easier to work on then a OBD2 system "less interconnectivity of running parameters" next too a pure mechanical system this engine series is what I prefer working on.
Obd 1 is what I prefer to own and drive on a daily basis. They do require a bit more knowledge to pull codes and diagnose but they are pretty much bullet proof reliable as far as wiring and connection issues. Plus most engine designs are at the end of their lifespan as far as production so everything has already been sorted out.
They run well enough, the power is ok, they're pretty reliable, but they are known for heads cracking between the valve seats. No biggie, I'd just dump sealant in the rad and call it good. But in stock form, they get terrible mileage. My 92 5.2 Dakota only got 10mpg! Hell, my 98 454 Silverado matches that!
Since I pull engines at you pulls as a norm now and check them over here is a tip no matter what it is. These yards generally by law have to drain to all the fluids. I personally do deal with one that doesn't but that's another story, and it's a hillbilly off the radar place anyway. Pull the drain plug if it's even in the oil pan and shove a small magnet in there. If it comes out with just used oil on it, great. If it comes out metal soup, move along. I have gotten pieces of valve train in the pan on my magnet.... metal soup from a spun bearing, etc. They usually also spin okay even with a pooched rod bearing.... bit me once lol. I had a nice smooth spinning 6 liter that made no noise and voila... number one rod bearing had spun on the crank. It's honestly the first thing I do on all my junkyard engine escapades.
This is what I had done for a motor to put in my Dart. Mine came out of a 2001 ram 2500. It had block that was in great shape. Only issue were the heads were cracked 5 of 8 cylinders. Got new heads and she runs like a top
I lost a 13mm deep well from a Craftsman 300pc set. Someone broke in the garage and stole the set, Then I found the socket years later. So I'm one up on them.....
@@kramnull8962 I was working on the front end of my car last week and up inside the front right quarter panel I found my magnetic light I lost about a year ago. Its one of those stick lights with the magnetic base.
@@stanmack1 One of them times you wish you had the set strew around all over the garage like I used to do years ago before I got the set.... Damn cleanliness....
I'm watching this build. I've been wanting a 360 in my 1999 Ram for a while now. In a couple years I can do what I want because it will be over 25 years old and I won't have to do emissions testing anymore.
Our pull a part around here has all the vehicles placed by manufacturer. All ford's/mercury/Lincoln together, all GMs together, all Chrysler/Dodge , and Imports all as one lot.
In the Florida pick n pull junkyards. They pop a hole in the oil pan ,tranny pan and rear axle pan and drain the fluids before placing them out on the yard
I kept hearing the theme from the good, the bad and the ugly as they were walking through...the second one had plenty of power left, look how far it drove that post into the front of it...
Well if we paint it, you’re gonna see all the dents we’re not gonna fix lol. We’re gonna primer it but maybe later we’ll have Garrett give it a coat of paint.
5.9L magnum is a bulletproof badass. I had a 1999 ram 1500 4x4 sport, and i went to hell and back on that fucker, and it never skipped a beat. Engine never leaked, or consumed oil. Only weak part to the truck, was the automatic transmission. Burned right through it right after i bought it. Replaced under warranty, and lasted many brutal miles after.
Good point about the exhaust pipe. When it comes to wrecked vehicles, however, avoid if the rear axle got moved forward--it could very well have pushed the crank forward and you won't know until its disassembled and the thrust is measured. but I avoid the first generation of Rams anyway--every one I know had one, went thru so many repairs and got approached at gas stations by other owners to find out how many times it was in the garage. For you Ford fans, check out "tussin 5.0" he has some junkyard hunting videos for cheap Fox performance. what's the best price to pay for some greasy lump sitting in a shed the seller insists "ran when pulled" ? figure out what you could sell the individual parts for, if you found the block was cracked, and pay that amount. A bad reciprocating assembly is just an excuse for a forged stroker kit anyway :)
In 2008, I cracked my oil pan bottoming out. I didn’t know it and drove on the highway at over 90 miles an hour for 45 minutes. That that thing finally seized up you should’ve seen the oil on the back of the car as well as dripping all underneath.
Every magnum head will be cracked in between where the two exhaust ports are side by side, my only gripe with the magnum engines. Also I wish you could put the 5.2 crank in the 5.9 so you could bore it .040 over and have a 340 magnum.
@@timothykeith1367 I'm Guessing the 2005 versions were in the Good category - I maintain but beat on mine and it is still running great. Water punp at 100k - 1 coil pack - only issues with the motor.
You guys are lucky to have nice big yards by you...Tony I'm sure you remember how many junkyards (and racetracks) were here in long island 20-30 years ago, now they're all covered by condos and houses people can't afford lol
I love how you are teaching "hands on" and passing your knowledge down to these guys! You always learn quicker and better by doing it yourself! I wonder way those places don't have hoods closed at least to just before they latch. Probably could save a lot more engines that way. (No water getting in from open hood).
There’s usually just so many damn vehicles at these pick your parts to the point where they can’t have guys closing every hood just enough, it would take all day. And all to have the next day it be opened.
@@williamsanders468 I agree. Just make it part of the rules. Close doors and hoods once your done. Don't break anything to get other parts out. Just like don't stick extra unpaid parts in your tool box. The odd hood or door left open could be closed by staff. Just a dream of mine! Lol!
There is one is the junkyard by me in NC with headers on it, MSD coolant wires, k&n filter lid and lots of upgraded stuff. I don't have a need for it so I took a picture and kept moving
You know 1986-89 Dodge 318 or 360 truck/Vans have high swirl lean burn heads. The 360 has taller runners then the old 318 1972, but I don't know if the '86 to 89 are different. I do like the stock high swirl cast iron heads, they get good gas mileage. I have a 1989 318 w/f.I., the fuel tank was full of red glue (marvel mystery oil?) it did not mix with the gasoline and after filtering the gasoline it separated into three spots in the five gallon bucket. But I am gonna rebuild this 318 with one of those step above stock Hydraulic cams for gas mileage. Stock rings and bearings, maybe get the crank turned 0.010/0.010 on the mains and rods and just rebuild it to freshen it up. I am hoping this 3/4 ton van has a good transmission, lots of times if you find an old choo-choo custom or something like that, they will have a Hendrix, Jasper, or Roush automatic transmission, they have better clutches and jacked up valve bodies for the Heavy duty service they see in those heavy vans.Finger crossed!
Pick and pulls will allow you to have a wish list and will email you when your unicorn shows up. Get there first.Ignore stuff with evidence of 5th wheel usage, snow plow vehicles, industrial heavily used towing set ups (Pintle hitches). 4wd stuff is beat harder than 2wd. Bring a yoga mat to lie on. Gloves, hand cleaner, and sneak in a meter. Craigs List will often have a Dodge with a bad auto trans that you can hear run. Or has major frame rot. Go for private runners first.
I want to see the Junkyard Jet owners pull this motor from start to finish.I have 2 frozen pizzas,a 12 pack of soda and a box of Little Debbies.This will be pure entertainment.Please guys, bring your PPE,tools and a few big ass pieces of cardboard.Let's see the next episode!
@@barnabyjones5161 that’ll last until you accidentally fire a .308 with your ears off, or get a bee in your eye out dirt biking. Personally it was taking a wire off a wire wheel in the eyebrow. I like looking at things.
When the motor isn't sludged you can probably use a ball hone, install new rings and bearing and have a good bottom end. Too bad the first one was locked
To my amateur eye, a small, lightweight stool/ step ladder would appear to be a good thing to bring. You can get them with chest straps to carry them on your back.
I hope the 318 poly is still running good in that sport Fury, its probably worth something if its a matching numbers car. I had one in a '64 Dodge 440 four door, with a push button transmission, you could pull start that car, the old automatics had front and rear pumps, so you could drop it in "D" about 40mph and it would turn the crank and start the car!. (440 was the car size, like a 300)
Mine smoked a lot, had them anti foulers on thecylinders that smoked on the spark plugs. My father had a 100 acre farm and I would do high speed doughnuts and ride through the corn fields after they had been picked. It was my car at 12 years old. I love that sport Fury you have. On the coast of eastern NC everything like that has rusted out and been crushed. I had a '72 Dodge Polara , like a Walking Tall police car, it would get 20 mpg, or if I was pulling a car to the crusher with it on the car dolly, it would get 22mpg. 318 2bbl, man that car rode like you were dreaming.
There is this small strip close to me that had a group of guys that ran nothing but “junkyard mode’as”. Most of them were big blocks out of rvs and all they would do is change the intake, cam and spray a 1000 shot until they scattered them.
The problem with magnum engines is the fact people overheat the engine and the heads crack as a result. The weakness of them is bad valve seats that can crack.
Pro tip go to the Sedan isle 1st and grab a trunk mat/carpet to use while laying on your back.
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I’m doing this next time lol
Excellent tip👍🏻
Cheers
I keep a piece of an old grill cover in my toolbag to lay on, but I've done the trunk mat as well.
fucking genius
This is an appropriate place to ask about junkyard etiquette. I hate it when the part I need is destroyed by someone who hacked it apart to get at what they needed.
Can't even count the times looking for a particular part, cut with a torch.
99% of the time when you leave a part intact for the next guy, it's going to get crushed anyway.
@@unclebob7937 Since you can't bring a torch into most yards, that tells me that it would have been done by the yard itself.
@@craighansen7594 still that 1% and it's a 99% chance you're looking for that 1%
They're cutting the frames up to easier extract hemis from the durangos. Not sure how many people are looking for frames for those but that is grade A butchery.
I'm glad to see atleast one of the kids from the sandlot grew up to be a gearhead
Hope he sees this
@@slumpnmyrump4986 I'm just pulling around it's all in good fun glad to see this younger generation is starting to mess with the older cars
Kinda fucked but it’s still fucking funny
Heck I thought it was the kid from bad Santa lol
I just want to point out I have seen neither of these movies but if I did see them I’d probably laugh too lol. I can laugh at myself.
You can tell this is the kids first time building a car. UT is trying to be professional in explaining the details for the viewers, and the kid is just having fun picking out parts for his car and making jokes. Then he trips over the rims!! I’ve never had the chance to build a car but watching all these car videos all the time gives me the confidence to try some day when the money is right.
Lol 😆🤣😂 the look Tony gave the kid when he said I really wanted those stickers. 😆🤣😂
The kid thought oh boy 400 HP motor in it
@@gulfy09 I remember all my friends in high-school putting all there stickers from their high performance parts they were bolting on in shop class while I was giving another friend all my stickers of the parts my dad and I were getting for my eventual full rebuild for my 427 In my 69 camero. I also did have a 73 challenger that I fixed up myself in shop class so I had a hotrod to play with in high-school.
@@gulfy09 No he didn't, he was just joking around.
we always said each sticker is 5 horse hahaha stripes can add up to 50
@@hazamaniarunninwild5247 😆🤣😂
I love how Tony popped the radiator cap, stuck his finger into the coolant and then tasted it.
That is to check the fluid, water or water/antifreeze.
That's how he picked Uncle Kathy too
@@fgovern 😂
@@fgovern 🤣👍
You have to drink alcohol afterwards if you do not want your internal organs damaged by the poison in the coolant. When your body gets rid of the alcohol it will also get rid of the antifreeze(if any got in).
Wandering craigs' once, "Real clean looking van, motor locked up, cheap." Went and looked at it, yep, locked up. Bought it, removed belt and started it up. Alternator was locked up, not the engine.
How could someone assume that an engine was locked up because the alternator was? Turn the key, belt slips then snaps, vehicle runs.
Maybe on a 5 hp riding lawn mower
@@timsullivan9642 Because the battery is dead, perhaps?
@@chuckschillingvideos nowhere in what the op wrote do I get any indication of a dead battery being replaced. He states, yep locked up. Says he removed the belt and it started up. I call shenanigans.
I helped pull a sbc out of a wrecked square body once. It was in the drivers seat. Low miles. Air cleaner to pan, fan to flywheel is $203. SO we spent the day finding all new accessories. Found new stater, carb, distributor wires, plugs, cap rotor, air cleaner and housing water pump, belts chrome valve covers, .. literally replaced everything with as new parts we could find! $203!!! Fucker looked like a fresh build engine rolling out of the wrecking yard. Hahaha
Shit all you gotta do is paint the sum beach and boom Craigslist rebuild
It breakes my heart to see all those trucks on the scrapyard. I´m sitting in downsized engine Europe, struggling to keep my non pc US truck running...
That really sucks. What kind of truck you have?
You have to remember newer cars and trucks are disposable. They are through away. Made to junk. Who ever spends $45,000 for a truck that's going to be junked in 15 years is an idiot.
@@cammontreuil7509 in Japan , they literally require engine replacement every 7 years. Doesn't matter how good it runs , the engine must be replaced or the vehicle scrapped .
@@Richie_the_Fixer I know about that. I have bought some of those engines that were replaced.
The rear ended cars in the lot are my first choice if looking for a good candidate for a 🏃
You just look for the easy shit....
avoid the ones where the rear axle moved forward. the driveshaft can act like a lance, and you end up with a crank that moved forward but you don't know until its all taken apart. then again, a friend bought a Ram when they first came out and it kept chewing up serpentine belts..turned out its crank was already moving around.
If you're checking if the engine rotates, just make sure it's in neutral if it's a standard transmission. Just saying. :-)
Good point
fucking duh. come on man, just don't go to the junkyard stoned!!!!
The wheels are off the ground
@@midnightrunner684 The parking brake could be on.
Uncle Tony said to check if it's standard or an automatic trans first.
After seeing the blacked out paint, intake left open to the elements and decals it was obvious to me this vehicle had led a hard life. The abandoned on the road sticker was the clincher. Along w locked up engine of course.
Yea you see all those stickers you know it was dogged on. Guy thought he had a hot rod and made it try to live up to those stickers!
Exploded airbags make great sacks for carrying many smaller/greasy parts around the junkyard. Just bring a very sharp knife along to cut it free.
Probably not going to be any oil in the oil pan if it's in a wrecking yard. Can check the sludge inside the valve cover at the oil fill easily though to see a ghost of what the oil inside was like.
The wrecked chassis is much easier to deal with by including a cordless Sawzall. Sounds crude but it can really help get stuff you don't want out of the way.
Some yards dont allow tools that create sparks
most yards dont even allow saws/ torches. Luckily there is an lkq by me that does, and I destroy everything in my way with a grinder or saw saw when I go there.
@@kevinragsdale6256 better bring that hacksaw and elbow grease
@@luisgonzalez8423 don’t blame them some people should never,ever touch a torch
The only thing I don't like is people who cut through good parts just to get at something faster.
A word of wise to that young guy. Never walk up to a truck, jump underneath it and start torquing on the engine.
Make sure it is well anchored. You literally put your life into the hands of the last guy who was there. Didn't even check to make sure there was no chance that truck was gonna fall on you when you started throwing around that wrench.
That happened to guy i know that got a job at a junkyard and it happened on the 3rd day he worked. Was stuck on the hill under a ford f150 for almost an hour before they went up to check progress cause it only took 20 mins or so to pull the part the dude wanted. Broke 5 of his ribs and almost collapsed one of his lungs. Good advice 😎
You could see it was sitting on rims flat on the ground
@@Ticeracing33 I noticed that 5 minutes later in the video. Still, it is an important point. I have seen some pretty poorly situated cars in the junkyard.
Great job teaching the young guys Tony. Passing on knowledge is very important. Keep up the great work and videos.
Tripping over those rims is something I would end up doing too. Lol.
Hell I trip walking normally so that was just another day in the life for me lol
@@austinlacroix888 I’m excited to see what the car ends up like by the end of the build. You guys have a fun journey building the junkyard jet.
Bro I’ve been Mopar for life, and you’ve taught me more from your channel in the last 2 weeks than I’ve learned in the last 2 years! I need your help on my 71 Sublime 340 Duster!
Always take the belt off before rotating the engine. A locked up ac compressor. Will not let the engine turn
Its amazing what you can find in a junkyard. I used to work for Tate's Auto salvage, and we had an Acura Legend, a 426 hemi, and a head for a first gen hemi among other things.
when its raining hard out and i cant go out, i love watvhing these videos, i learn a ton too,..stuff i forgot.
I could spend all day on scouting missions at the boneyard. I got my 95 360 from a wrecked 1500. The doofus nose flipped it over but the entire drivetrain was intact. I took the engine, 4 speed automatic, and 9 1/4 differential and put it in my 78 D-150.
TWO turns of the crank with a ratchet will give you the full story of compression. One turn with a breaker bar is only half the story.
Yep!
One turn will dispel rust, but it takes two to feel any gaps in compression on the line of cylinders.
Don’t forget to shove the crank for and aft..See if the thrust bearings are beat
Cordless batteries are almost good enough to power a compressor for a leak down test. I'm less than enthusiastic about EVs until affordable tools like that are common.
@@Sjmartin666 True, but highly unlikely is a thrust surface trashed past the bearing in anything with an automatic.
This video reminds me when I was a kid going with my gear head friends to the Ecology Center in Santa Fe Springs, California and trying to find parts for our MOPAR cars… All I can say is enjoy 😊
It’s good to take serpentine belt off if your checking the motor that way, the alternators and sometimes ac pumps can seize after a month or two of sitting, I got a screaming deal on a Durango once because the guy thought the motor was locked up
the 5.2 and 5.9 magnum have a common problem with the intake manifold....there is a lower sheetmetal belly cover that faces the lifters and usually blows out the gasket which causes a vacuum leak and the rich condition that had the carbon on the rear of the first truck
I think some of the later LAs had that too. Plenum plate I think it’s called?
i didnt think they were worth anything or desired, i just sent a good one to get scrapped last month, started was seized up and not working im suspecting thats what took it off the road, was a 2001 2500, i got axles, tcase, a couple interior pieces, and the parts needed to mend my transmission off the 500$ parts truck so i was happy
The heads on them motors usually crack between the valves
You can also see how much slop there is in the timing chain if you rotate it back and forth a few degrees between compression strokes. I also like to listen to the "hiss" as it hits compression strokes.
Magnum engines are damn near bulletproof. Simple ECM "OBD1" neither of mine have thrown a code for anything that I didn't do to the engine myself, the sensors are cheap too. It much easier to work on then a OBD2 system "less interconnectivity of running parameters" next too a pure mechanical system this engine series is what I prefer working on.
Obd 1 is what I prefer to own and drive on a daily basis. They do require a bit more knowledge to pull codes and diagnose but they are pretty much bullet proof reliable as far as wiring and connection issues. Plus most engine designs are at the end of their lifespan as far as production so everything has already been sorted out.
@@jeremypike9153 👍👍👍👍👍
Obd1 for the win. I have a 91 W150 and have had a 95 Dakota. Both never gave me electrical or engine issues.
Love how you put the parenthesis for OBD1 because there is no real OBD1 all companies had there own style of onboard diagnostics before 1996.
They run well enough, the power is ok, they're pretty reliable, but they are known for heads cracking between the valve seats. No biggie, I'd just dump sealant in the rad and call it good. But in stock form, they get terrible mileage. My 92 5.2 Dakota only got 10mpg! Hell, my 98 454 Silverado matches that!
Great tips for the beginner! Awesome job..
Since I pull engines at you pulls as a norm now and check them over here is a tip no matter what it is. These yards generally by law have to drain to all the fluids. I personally do deal with one that doesn't but that's another story, and it's a hillbilly off the radar place anyway. Pull the drain plug if it's even in the oil pan and shove a small magnet in there. If it comes out with just used oil on it, great. If it comes out metal soup, move along. I have gotten pieces of valve train in the pan on my magnet.... metal soup from a spun bearing, etc. They usually also spin okay even with a pooched rod bearing.... bit me once lol. I had a nice smooth spinning 6 liter that made no noise and voila... number one rod bearing had spun on the crank. It's honestly the first thing I do on all my junkyard engine escapades.
I drained a manual transmission once and had chewed up pieces of oil slinger fall out through the drain hole. That was an expensive lesson.
I wish a magnet would also collect bearing material
@@timothykeith1367 Lol. If a bearing is screwed there is plenty of metal accompanying it from whatever part it was supposed to be saving lol
I’d pull all plugs,check them, and then rotate with the plugs out.
Learning SO MUCH with these guys.. thanks UTG
This is what I had done for a motor to put in my Dart. Mine came out of a 2001 ram 2500. It had block that was in great shape. Only issue were the heads were cracked 5 of 8 cylinders. Got new heads and she runs like a top
Remember to look out for the elusive 10 or 13 mm socket. Ah, Rare in deed but a wonderful find when you spot them in the wild :)
I lost a 13mm deep well from a Craftsman 300pc set. Someone broke in the garage and stole the set, Then I found the socket years later. So I'm one up on them.....
@@kramnull8962 I was working on the front end of my car last week and up inside the front right quarter panel I found my magnetic light I lost about a year ago. Its one of those stick lights with the magnetic base.
@@kramnull8962 I bet they stole the set for the 13mm socket.
There mine, I lost them.
@@stanmack1 One of them times you wish you had the set strew around all over the garage like I used to do years ago before I got the set.... Damn cleanliness....
Keep it up Tony! These junkyard videos are right up my alley not to mention that is my local yard as well 😀
Good tips. I've been learning the ropes on this process.
Teaching is more rewarding than learning
dont they drain all fluids before putting them out in the yard? The yards around here do
I used to love going to the wrecking yard to get parts..... Not anymore!
What? No hablo espanol ?
I usually like to pop off a valve cover and check for sludge when I'm getting an engine.
After Uncle Tony’s checks that is!!!
This reminds me of parts shopping with my dad, back in the sixties, at our local junkyard. Can't wait for the next video.
I will probably never pull an engine but I am glad I watched and learned.
Great instructional video UT!! Let's hope it turns out to be solid! Looking forward to seeing that motor torn down.
I'm watching this build. I've been wanting a 360 in my 1999 Ram for a while now. In a couple years I can do what I want because it will be over 25 years old and I won't have to do emissions testing anymore.
6:35 The ford sticker is hilariously hanging off of the Ram vacuum lines.
I wish uncle tony lived near me. Lots of common sense used in finding a good rebuildable engine
Good teaching video
Our pull a part around here has all the vehicles placed by manufacturer. All ford's/mercury/Lincoln together, all GMs together, all Chrysler/Dodge , and Imports all as one lot.
In the Florida pick n pull junkyards. They pop a hole in the oil pan ,tranny pan and rear axle pan and drain the fluids before placing them out on the yard
Must be nice doing this stuff in the south the front frame rails and exhaust manifolds look mint on that blue ram
Great education for the young man! Real World experience!
Great mentoring, and additionally your engine recognition(line-O-site) is impressive!
He reminds me so much of me when I was younger. Even kinda looks like me!
I kept hearing the theme from the good, the bad and the ugly as they were walking through...the second one had plenty of power left, look how far it drove that post into the front of it...
Too much Ram, not enough Dodge!
👍😁
It hit a dog. I saw bark in the dent.
Awesome and that would be a great color for the Junkyard Jet 🤗
I’m seeing that color and chrome skinnies in the front and black steel wheels in the back and it looks sweet
@@williamsanders468 YEP!! 😎
Well if we paint it, you’re gonna see all the dents we’re not gonna fix lol. We’re gonna primer it but maybe later we’ll have Garrett give it a coat of paint.
@@austinlacroix888 Wait so Austin isn’t learning body repair just painting?
@@austinlacroix888 The dents will give it character to further enhance the name...... "Junk Yard Jet" 👍
Learned a few good things..thank you!
I always remove the serpentine belt. I've had where a seized alternator and belt tensioner were locking it up.
5.9L magnum is a bulletproof badass. I had a 1999 ram 1500 4x4 sport, and i went to hell and back on that fucker, and it never skipped a beat. Engine never leaked, or consumed oil. Only weak part to the truck, was the automatic transmission. Burned right through it right after i bought it. Replaced under warranty, and lasted many brutal miles after.
Good point about the exhaust pipe. When it comes to wrecked vehicles, however, avoid if the rear axle got moved forward--it could very well have pushed the crank forward and you won't know until its disassembled and the thrust is measured. but I avoid the first generation of Rams anyway--every one I know had one, went thru so many repairs and got approached at gas stations by other owners to find out how many times it was in the garage.
For you Ford fans, check out "tussin 5.0" he has some junkyard hunting videos for cheap Fox performance. what's the best price to pay for some greasy lump sitting in a shed the seller insists "ran when pulled" ? figure out what you could sell the individual parts for, if you found the block was cracked, and pay that amount. A bad reciprocating assembly is just an excuse for a forged stroker kit anyway :)
Thanks for This Tony gonna be looking a motor core for my car soon.
In 2008, I cracked my oil pan bottoming out. I didn’t know it and drove on the highway at over 90 miles an hour for 45 minutes. That that thing finally seized up you should’ve seen the oil on the back of the car as well as dripping all underneath.
Glad I wasn’t following on a motorcycle
My way to check condition of a engine is try and turn front pulley then to take a valve cover off and if it looks like crap it probably is.
Every magnum head will be cracked in between where the two exhaust ports are side by side, my only gripe with the magnum engines. Also I wish you could put the 5.2 crank in the 5.9 so you could bore it .040 over and have a 340 magnum.
That's not even a Dodge.....what is it?....it's a 4.7. 😆 I love it.
Love my 06 Ram 4 dr but wish I could swap in a magnum engine
HEY NOW I have a 4.7 Magnum in my 05 Dakota - Runs Great and still gets me over 100mph when I want it. 145,000+ Miles on it.
@@jimlynch8046 The 4.7 can be good or bad, different versions of that motor had the most problems. But, I don't know which are the good ones
@@timothykeith1367 I'm Guessing the 2005 versions were in the Good category - I maintain but beat on mine and it is still running great. Water punp at 100k - 1 coil pack - only issues with the motor.
@@jimlynch8046 Because of the reputation of the 4.7 most of the trucks with it should be cheap by now. If it has not failed by now, it should be good.
I picked up a 360 from an RV still sittin' in the garage though . I also check the condition of the dip stick to look for sludge and burned on oil
Didn't see an oil taste test as per VGG
You guys are lucky to have nice big yards by you...Tony I'm sure you remember how many junkyards (and racetracks) were here in long island 20-30 years ago, now they're all covered by condos and houses people can't afford lol
Glad them youngster got off the couch . Props.
Title should be, Austin took a trip at the junkyard. LOL
This dude is like the kid from bad Santa all grown up lol
I love how you are teaching "hands on" and passing your knowledge down to these guys! You always learn quicker and better by doing it yourself! I wonder way those places don't have hoods closed at least to just before they latch. Probably could save a lot more engines that way. (No water getting in from open hood).
There’s usually just so many damn vehicles at these pick your parts to the point where they can’t have guys closing every hood just enough, it would take all day. And all to have the next day it be opened.
@@williamsanders468 I agree. Just make it part of the rules. Close doors and hoods once your done. Don't break anything to get other parts out. Just like don't stick extra unpaid parts in your tool box. The odd hood or door left open could be closed by staff. Just a dream of mine! Lol!
Great lesson for junkyard hunting!
All vehicles in wrecking yards in alberta have driveline oils,antifreeze removed before they hit the yard
There is one is the junkyard by me in NC with headers on it, MSD coolant wires, k&n filter lid and lots of upgraded stuff. I don't have a need for it so I took a picture and kept moving
Coolant wires ? 😵
@@Richie_the_Fixer coil and * gotta love auto correct
“This looks like a good motor”
*motors locked up*
Wow GMT 400 trucks that dont look ragged like that all do here. I gotta go to TN!
Make sure you scrape off the factory undercoating before pulling the engine
You know 1986-89 Dodge 318 or 360 truck/Vans have high swirl lean burn heads. The 360 has taller runners then the old 318 1972, but I don't know if the '86 to 89 are different. I do like the stock high swirl cast iron heads, they get good gas mileage. I have a 1989 318 w/f.I., the fuel tank was full of red glue (marvel mystery oil?) it did not mix with the gasoline and after filtering the gasoline it separated into three spots in the five gallon bucket. But I am gonna rebuild this 318 with one of those step above stock Hydraulic cams for gas mileage. Stock rings and bearings, maybe get the crank turned 0.010/0.010 on the mains and rods and just rebuild it to freshen it up. I am hoping this 3/4 ton van has a good transmission, lots of times if you find an old choo-choo custom or something like that, they will have a Hendrix, Jasper, or Roush automatic transmission, they have better clutches and jacked up valve bodies for the Heavy duty service they see in those heavy vans.Finger crossed!
Pick and pulls will allow you to have a wish list and will email you when your unicorn shows up. Get there first.Ignore stuff with evidence of 5th wheel usage, snow plow vehicles, industrial heavily used towing set ups (Pintle hitches). 4wd stuff is beat harder than 2wd. Bring a yoga mat to lie on. Gloves, hand cleaner, and sneak in a meter. Craigs List will often have a Dodge with a bad auto trans that you can hear run. Or has major frame rot. Go for private runners first.
5:47 “Son…”
“Yes?”
“Lay under there.” 😜
Come down here; no you stay down there, you come down here...
Thats a busy looking yard. Wish we could do that here
The color on that truck is pretty nice, maybe in the future take a sample of that color and make that the Junkyard Jet color
That’s so much fun!
I want to see the Junkyard Jet owners pull this motor from start to finish.I have 2 frozen pizzas,a 12 pack of soda and a box of Little Debbies.This will be pure entertainment.Please guys, bring your PPE,tools and a few big ass pieces of cardboard.Let's see the next episode!
We don't use "PPE" here.
@@barnabyjones5161 that’ll last until you accidentally fire a .308 with your ears off, or get a bee in your eye out dirt biking. Personally it was taking a wire off a wire wheel in the eyebrow. I like looking at things.
@@CannaCJ we've all made poor decisions. It's part of life.
PPE?! Haha!!
You can bring your douche too. Ppe haha
When the motor isn't sludged you can probably use a ball hone, install new rings and bearing and have a good bottom end. Too bad the first one was locked
Always remove the belt. Could be a locked up pulley.
To my amateur eye, a small, lightweight stool/ step ladder would appear to be a good thing to bring. You can get them with chest straps to carry them on your back.
See all those "jackstands" made from welded wheels ? And the stacks of tires ?
THOSE are your "stepstools" in the yard !
I hope the 318 poly is still running good in that sport Fury, its probably worth something if its a matching numbers car. I had one in a '64 Dodge 440 four door, with a push button transmission, you could pull start that car, the old automatics had front and rear pumps, so you could drop it in "D" about 40mph and it would turn the crank and start the car!. (440 was the car size, like a 300)
It’s not numbers matching anymore, since the Poly in it now came out of a dodge, but I kept the originally engine and it’s waiting to be rebuilt!
Mine smoked a lot, had them anti foulers on thecylinders that smoked on the spark plugs. My father had a 100 acre farm and I would do high speed doughnuts and ride through the corn fields after they had been picked. It was my car at 12 years old. I love that sport Fury you have. On the coast of eastern NC everything like that has rusted out and been crushed. I had a '72 Dodge Polara , like a Walking Tall police car, it would get 20 mpg, or if I was pulling a car to the crusher with it on the car dolly, it would get 22mpg. 318 2bbl, man that car rode like you were dreaming.
i immediately knew he was going to taste the coolant. +100 points to myself
Most yards drain the fluids that's per EPA
I really wanted those stickers
He can buy the window they're stuck to.
"man I really wanted those stickers"
Lol
The speedometer in the van whose engine I pulled said 109,000 and that was good enough for me!
I love getting motors from vehicles with collision damage in the front .
My logic is that it was running when it crashed !
Ut looks so at home walking that place !!!!! Hahaha lol
I'm jealous of the solid 2nd gen Dodges you have in TN.
There is this small strip close to me that had a group of guys that ran nothing but “junkyard mode’as”. Most of them were big blocks out of rvs and all they would do is change the intake, cam and spray a 1000 shot until they scattered them.
Nice way to waste a lot of good rebuildable cores, especially now that those RV big blocks are getting harder to find.
trobo78 this was late 90s early 00. They were everywhere and cheap. One guy that was doing this said he was paying 500.00 for big blocks
"1000 shot" ?
Never would have completed the 1st pass !
Rich Robinson wasn’t my engine, going off what I was told. They were running staged kits so if it was 1000 it probably wasn’t for long.
Don't tell UT, but they had a dipstick polishing class held last weekend at the Junkyard....
The problem with magnum engines is the fact people overheat the engine and the heads crack as a result. The weakness of them is bad valve seats that can crack.