Ford F700 Project - Exhaust Manifold Leaks (Gas Engine) - Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- This 1994 Ford F700 truck is in really nice condition, but it has a few issues. We fix the leaking exhaust manifolds. Next time we will look at the rough running engine and fix some electrical issues.
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He who never made a mistake never made anything.You did good Wes.
You've beat me to this saying ! So true ! Probably the 19 thumbs down never ever do anything worthwhile.
One of the most accurate statements about making fixing things I ever heard, heard that within two days of becoming a apprentice fitter and turner. The other is "the mark of a good tradesman is how well he gets out of a fuck up" both apply here.
AMEN!!!!
I am not a mechanic but I never realized how smart a mechanic has to be to diagnose problems. I also never realized the skills needed to repair the engines and the tenacity and strength required. I have a whole new appreciation for all mechanics. PS I am a Mechanical Engineer but not for a car manufacturer so don’t blame me.
Wes, You may make the odd mistake (A human thing) but you don't give up.
You are determined to get it right for your customer.
I wish more mechanics/repairers had your morals.
Try not to get too stressed out, stress is a killer.
"You're probably wondering how that grease smells burning off the manifolds. NOT good."
lmao Wes
I would have used my entire repertoire of swear words half way through this job!
"motherlover" was a good one :D
I would have created a new language on this job!!!
I made up new curse words doing the manifolds on my old Bronco... still didn't fix the leak. I'm assuming it's a rotted air injection line but I won't do that job unless I have a reason to pull the motor.
Accchhhhh.. it was BRRRRUTAL!!!!!!!
@@StreuB1 This job would have given me an aneurysm.
That front bumper would eat my shins for breakfast.
"I was a mechanic once, until I took a tow ring to the knee..."
When you're 6'4" and have long, bony legs, everything at that height is an absolute hazard.
Worse than a receiver hitch!
@@WatchWesWork - Still not as bad as a 5 pound sledge to the shin! Did that beauty about 3 months ago, and I can't even say it was the first time that's happened. Shed a quick tear and went back to work......with a bit of a limp lol
Heh been a while since I've seen a Skyrim reference!
Happens to me a lot with joinery items where i work, always seem to be at the perfect height to catch a bare shin.
That truck so reminded me of 1980 something. I can remember working on many school buses of that era we had mostly Fords like that with a few older Chevrolets. I used to think those were a pain to work on but then they came out with cabover buses!! Everything you needed to get to was under the floorboard and over the frame.
A couple million years ago I worked my way through college as an auto mechanic. I was pretty good, got my share of skinned knuckles, burned finger tips, and greasy forearms. I watch you go about your business, and I can tell you that from my perspective you are a thoughtful, planful, and extremely competent mechanic. I take note of your skinned knuckles, the scrapes and bruises you suffer as a matter of course for your craft, and I reflect back. It's a nobel profession, and to do it as well as you do, well it ain't easy but you make it look so. Nice job on the F700. An ugly and unlovable beast at best, but in the last few frames the old lump was singing your praises. Quietly.
Wes, continually amazed at your tenacity to get the job done right. You are now officially my favorite TH-camr
Wow, thanks!
Because of this Covid crap i hardly have any work so i get bored out of my wits quickly but then in my darkest hour i see a notification of WWW and i emit a sigh of relief and do the click ... it again was a joy to watch you work Wes🛠, thanks man❗
I hope it picks up soon!
Same here, doing absolute nothing since March.
How ppl can enjoy sit at home do nothing is beyond me.
@@WatchWesWork ... as a side note Wes, with all that fussing around with genes, DNA and the likes if you wait long enough you'll be able to grow a third arm, you know ... to hold on to things.
Nice work on this old beast. An honest day's work for an honest day's pay. You can't ask for more from a good mechanic. A good customer who understands how cranky old vehicles can be helps a lot, too.
That brazing is proof that Wes is the "gold" standard.
The new WWW logo is awesome!
"Temporary unless it works" -- the story of my repairs in a single phrase.
You, Eric O and Ivan are my top 3!! Nice work!
Me also but Eric O. has not been putting out many vids. lately.
Yes. You three are the Three Mechmegoes!!! 👍😎🇺🇸🤦🏼♂️
Your skills and abiding patience notwithstanding, I have to say that what I admire (at the same level) is your ability to refrain from decorating your running narrative with every curse word in every language known to human-kind. Best wishes and be well.
Nice to see someone fix stuff rather than cut hack and screw things up for the next guy. I went to running no gaskets on my 1989 5.0 exhaust manifolds.
Nothing like a job that builds character and tries your patience . WARNING : Job to be done without loved ones nearby .
Keep your favourite tools in the draw because some of them are going to get thrown! hahaha
@@zoidberg444 keep the draws open so you know where to aim, else you may hit your air compressor.. cause the damn thing never shuts the __ up
Makes you do the job right and if it might have to be done again it goes back together differently allowing the next time to be easier!
Lmaoo
I pulled out the old dictionary and looked up "thorough". Sure enough, there was your picture.
The secret is to loosely start the two end bolts, insert the gasket, then start the rest of the bolts. At least you aren't having to deal with the multi-piece gaskets. This brought me flashbacks from replacing manifold gaskets on several old farm trucks in my youth. Makes you wish the manifolds were on a tractor.
Wes... you don't make mistakes... only revisions... Cheers...
My little wife sitting reading her book looked up when I laughed and watched for a bit. Her only comment was "isn't the manifold to far forward?". I hadn't even noticed!!
Unbelievable, you remind me of my Sparky who taught me everything I know. Rip Sparky
That's what I like about your show, You don't have all the answers like a regular guy but you do your best to get the job done right. Your determine to get it right even if its take more time. You do a great job explaining the problems too and the functionality of parts.
The reality is that what makes this so fun to watch is the mild-mannered temperment and broad non-corrosive vocabulary of the mechanic. Attitude is 90% of everything. Thanks so much.
That's a nice truck considering how long it's lived in Rustland.
We should sue the government for ruining our vehicles. I was looking at a 16 year old car, only 71k miles, always garaged. Useless from road salt.
@@raoulcruz4404 All governments should be held resposible for galvanic corrosion. :)
Yeah they dont live long out there look at wes's truck it cans well on it's way back to mother earth
I live there, it’s called upstate New York
@@WilliamMulligan what these dumb manufacturers need to start using is marine graded metal so the damn things wouldn’t rust as much, but god forbid you spend the extra money
A welcome surprise for Monday morning! Thanks Wes!
You bet!
I like the fact that Wes doesnt half a$$ the job .If every mechanic shop had Wes working there wouldnt be any question of if the job was done correctly or not. There are very few mechanics now a days that do honest work. There are people out there but there are very few!
Great reminder why I don't miss being an auto mechanic. When I changed over to a machine mechanic, or maintenance mechanic if you prefer, I was waaayyy happier. I never had one machine give me as many problems as 80% of the vehicles I repaired. Now I let my son work on my truck. Lol
I know what you mean!
Here I am faithfully watching this video. To say that I know next to nothing about what’s going on is being generous. But I love the patience and clarity in explaining what’s going on, and I find that not only does the video hold my interest, but I’m actually learning something. This is why I subscribe. And to learn from someone who actually admits that he makes mistakes from time to time is a novel experience, to say the least. Everyone makes mistakes, but it’s the honest and and talented among us who have the integrity to admit it. Keep them coming. I’m watching and may learn something in spite of myself.
As far as things related to Marman Clamps - that's a common way to connect the stages of a large rocket together. Two (for redundancy) or more bolts around the clamp are broken with an explosive charge and the stages separate neatly.
Wes you couldn’t do that again in a million years. Nice shot. I enjoy your videos because everything you fix is let’s just. Get the job done. Truly appreciate how you work. You and family stay safe and well. Artie 😊👍
Most any factory engine did not have gaskets for the exhaust back in the day. They are a "band aid" fix for corroded, uneven surfaces that someone let go too long when the mounting bolts broken and allowed the manifold to separate from the head. Great work, love your channel.
Awsome I’m a tree person to. Super glad to see a fellow treeworker get much needed repairs done Rt !
Right on!
You're a brave man picking up those bolts with antiseize on them , you will track that stuff all over the county for a couple weeks.
A necessary evil.
That story proves Murphy's Law, I thought Murphy lived at my house. Cheers Wes, great as always. No mistakes that's how you get experience.
oh the joys of old rusty manifold bolts.
Great work, its such a joy to watch someone who knows what they are doing.
My grandfather use to call those chewed up hands “Ford nuckles”.
Thanks for the video Wes. I learned the lesson about not locking the keys in a vehicle many years ago. Now I always roll down a window when it comes in the shop!
I love your wry commentary, Wes. Don’t ever let go of that sense of humor!
That engine compartment looks like a poster child for the green new deal
The EPA was created by Republicans. Course, that was way back when they cared about things like air quality. You'd probably call them RINOs now 😆
I had a '79 Grand Wagoneer with a Ford 360 in it - nothing but trouble with the passenger side manifold gasket. I replaced it three or four times before giving up. Figured I had a warped head or manifold, maybe I did. But now I'm wondering if the problem was that there shouldn't have been a gasket in there at all. That never even occurred to me - thought everything with a manifold had a gasket! Anyway, very educational video. I admire your fortitude, Wes! You really know how to stick with it until it's right. Nicely done.
I have to give you credit , you have the patients of Jobe. Yet alone you are a very honest man and can humble yourself to admit your mistakes. Your wife is a very fortunate woman to have you Wes as he husband. Also your customers. Wish I was one of them.
"Here at watch wes work we get the job right, that's because we do it twice" lol.
I love that you even cared because so many mechanics would shrug it off and ship it off.
Your client was lucky. My 1995 E150 van blew the exhaust manifold gasket. I lost nearly all my power. It barely made 25 mph on level ground. It was at the dealership a couple days. Ok, now it's time to watch the Wes repair. 🙂
I think the rest of the would uses COE’s because of a lack of room on their road infrastructures. North America gave up on them because of safety in the event of a crash, engine noise, and driver fatigue due to the power plant right below them.
Keep up the good work with the entertaining videos, Wes!
I really appreciate how you go the Xtra mile to make things right! It truly amazes me how you work and I definitely am putting a lot of your ideas in my mental toolbox!
Good call on not using an exhaust manifold gasket. As a young Ford tech. in the eighties I was taught the same thing you talked about, if the manifold and head are both cast, machine mating surfaces and do not use a gasket. Liking the content, seeing these jobs though sure make me feel good that you're doing them now and not me. Lol
Keep on keepin' on.
Almost to a 100k subs. Awesome people know this is a great channel 😀 👍
So close!
Damn, that's a lot of work! I was reminded of my days working at the GMC dealership in the '50's as a summer helper when I was in high school and we had to get all the schoolbuses ready for the next school year after a season of abuse. (I loved it, though!) An added note! I was worried as hell that those exact areas of the gasket would blow right out and come back to bite you!! Definitely the right call on your part and it was a big relief to me to see it re-done!
I'm not going to say I enjoy your misery in jobs like these, but considering how much time I've spent fighting with old rusty exhaust manifolds, I definitely can appreciate it. Fun side note, domestic egr and secondary air injection tubes are easy enough to deal with in repair, import not so much. Great example; my mother's late 90's subaru, the egr pipe wouldn't come off, ended up breaking it, is a 10 mm stainless pipe, subaru doesnt (and didn't 14 years ago) have it available, ended up re-using the original line nuts, and just flaring a 3/8 piece of steel line a bit further that I otherwise would have. Wasn't ideal, but lasted as long as the automatic transmission in the thing did, so that was good enough.
Good call, cast iron heads, resurfaced cast manifolds or new manifolds and new bolts properly torqued, NO MANIFOLD GASKETS ever........ cast iron to cast iron on any engine and you will never have a problem again. 30 years experience working on old shit like this!
When I heard about that Isuzu story I realised after watching videos on TH-cam I've started leaving my drivers side window open anytime I'm outside my car with the engine running.
Wes I want to place my order for the t-shirt with logo "Here at Watch Wes Work we do the job right, because we do the job twice".
Superb job, again. The frustration of having to deal with that ill conceived and poorly executed emissions junk must be awful, but I get why it needs to go back on.
Hi Wes I really like your work in fixing vehicles that would not been done by most mechanics, I worked in my later years as a Trades assistant in a truck mechanics shop in a called Hallam Victoria Australia, I worked with a Master Mechanic who did his apprenticeship on London buses ie Leyland plus Bedford's and other English vehicles this man could fix almost anything that was ever built and the way he could do it was magnificent to see and also his knowledge is incredible. He got me one day sorting a large amount of nuts and bolts I had no idea about this I only sorted to size and length but he could tell at a glance what the pitch was ie Sae/ UNF etc fine or coarse thread this thoroughly amazed me and Iam still in awe of his knowledge and dexterity even in his 70s also I learnd a lot from you as well good luck for the future Peter from Australia
Sign over Wes’s shop door, “CAUTION MECHANIC AT WORK, FOUL LANGUAGE AND FLYING TOOLS MAY OCCUR” Lmao...
The list of things you rambled off that was wrong with it sounds exactly like my f800 with the 429 lol when I did my Pakistani rebuild on it I just left off all that emissions garbage and you can at least see the engine now
Yours has a carburetor, so it's a little easier to delete. The computer on this rig is going to be all confused if I remove the air system.
@@WatchWesWork delete the computer too 👍🏼😂😂🤷🏼♂️
As a sufferer of mid 1990s OBD-I emissions and a fan of both channels, I'm definitely following this thread.
@@cordcd7 everyone suffered from OBD-1
@@WatchWesWork unless Ford did something really weird (it is a Ford), obd-1 computers are easy to fool with diodes, resistors, and maybe a relay if they want to be obnoxious. Even obd-2 can be fooled with a 30cent diode soldered between the right pins.
A shop like this needs to invest more than 100 k in tools and equipment to get by and be able to fix a large variety of vehicles and make a so so livi ng at it. Plus keep on updating and buying more tools for the newer vehicles that keep coming out
My hat off to you Wes you are certainly a. Intrepid mechanic.
This was a great video Wes. Americans love to watch a superhero (Wes) struggle against an evil antagonistic mechanical object, (exhaust manifold) persevere, and then stand on the field of battle victorious. This film delivers. Besides, it seems like everyone has an entire catalog of diagnostic videos these days. It's nice to see the actual meat and potatoes type of stuff from time to time.
How you remain calm when working on these kinds of jobs, must include lots of off camera drinking lol. Good job, love the videos!
nick cottrell
There has to be a lot of editing... hahaha...
Wow, I thought I was the only one who could make an incredibly difficult bank shot like that and right down the old exhaust pipe.
Except when you need to...
@@WatchWesWork Exactly!
As soon as you said "exhaust manifold leaks", I knew the torch was coming out! Hate that job!
I used to drive a F700 Diesel.22’ box . Drove it to Poughkeepsie every other day ,3 hours each way. You could not hear the next day and it would bounce your Kidneys loose . That was 25 years ago don’t miss it AT ALL
Absolute congratulations on achieving that dreadful task successfully - what a pig of a job to get to it and so tough to remove and re-install. The business of gaskets / no gaskets surprised me!
Ya them self locking doors are a pain I had to make sure all my tec's rolled down the windows on them in the garage you get locked out one time and you never want it to happen a second time lol
Learned the door lock lesson my self, started rolling down drivers window.
I started watching your site when you were 'recovering' a crane from the deep brush. I, in my inexperience, had a minor 'beef' or two. Since then, I have come to appreciate just how much experience you show in your projects and their variety. Keep up the good work! If I were to wrench again, I would have to give credit to YOU for being able to work through impossible tasks.
Cool, thanks!
Another fine job Wes! Merry Christmas!
Wes, I'm sure you're exhausted after part 1. I look forward to the next installment, I'm sure it will be electrifying. :)
LMAO!
When I began my shade tree mechanic career I had already served 82nd Airborne for 2 years. My brother--in-law who taught me a lot about engine repair and also taught me a slew of new cuss words in the process. Lol
It is clear that Wes is a very talented man.
Just noticed... new logo. Gettin fancy up in here. Won't be long and a guy is gonna have to wear pants just to watch your videos.
Settle down!
I like this one a lot (noticed the dog one too). I remember being so confused by your channel and Vice Grip Garage at first 😂
Wait a minute we have to get dressed to watch now 🤔🤣🤣🤣
@@omaristephens2143 almost didn’t watch the notification because I didn’t know who it was
When working on cars/trucks my friend and I measure the difficulty of the job by the number of times we say the F word, this looked like about a 37 F*+k job! Great work as always Wes!!
Well said!
Proud of you for using a crescent wrench on that piece you heated up in the vice! 😁
Hah! Once I had properly mangled it no other wrench would fit!
31:22 that face on the air compressor is cute, it's smiling at you for fixing the noise
Wes
the Farther in law who worked in the car trade had a term for the engine before you did the work is it sounds like " Pigs eating coke" that is coke for burning in a furnace
great video as usual
you have great patience my friend. i would have used a torch wrench🤪
I hear those Fords are a lot easier to work on once they have gone through the car shredder!
In my northern experience the real rust buckets are the dodges. Add that to the mess of wires from all the things that have been "rewired" since 6 months of brand new and you've got a really fun pile of scrap to work on. The only areas on a dodge that don't rust are the ones next to the motor and tranny because all the oil that leaks from them 😆
I could feel the frustration through the video. Tight spaces with stuck shit does that... I feel your pain.
I gotta give you credit Wes....I think I would have just picked the truck up and threw it out the door! My hat is off to you man!
Wes, when are you releasing all the cut footage of cursing and throwing tools across the shop?
It’s official, I need a real torch setup. Can’t believe I’ve made it this long without one.
Definitely a must.
Take a good look at oxy/propane-
www.tinmantech.com/articles/welding-aluminum-with-oxy-propane.php
th-cam.com/video/f2amO0T3vkQ/w-d-xo.html
This rust-belt heat cycled rusty mess workin' wizard right here..
Amazing work, stellar outcome for where it was when you set in.
Great work.I wouldn't use those manifold gaskets that's just me .Had better luck without them .Great Channel.
That "not good" at the end almost sounded like Derek from VGG.
"How hot is that?" TSSSSSS...... "Not too bad.... '
My late Grandfather told me ' A day you don't learn something is a day wasted' Well that was a learning curve! and as always you kept your cool throughout ....Nothing but respect!!
Watching this video in its entirety has brought back a lot of memories of my days of wrenching at a Ford light and heavy truck dealership back in 2000. The job you just did in this video, I have done MANY on Ford's F53 chassis motorhomes with the 460 V8 engine (same engine family as the Ford 429 in the F-700 featured in the video). As a matter of fact, I had to replace the cylinder heads themselves on half of the ones I replaced, due to casting by the exhaust ports cracking and breaking off leaving literally no material left for the bolt to thread into on the very last ports. If you looked at the manifolds, you could see they were heated to where they were cherry red, from the engines being put under extreme loads. So it wasn't only the face of the manifolds themselves that would warp, but also the mating surfaces at the cylinder heads. And the replacement cylinder heads at the time came as bare castings (with no valves or seals). I actually got pretty good at doing these jobs after so many. I remember getting it down to having it done in one day, if I had ALL the parts at the ready (cylinder heads, gaskets, manifolds and all other associated parts). Even from Ford, some of the gaskets even had the name "Fel-Pro" on them if I remember correctly. Now, all these years later, after getting my hands dirty on 6.0L diesels and their problems, I'm keeping myself busy replacing engines on 1.5 and 2.0L Escapes from 2017 to 2019 model years.
I love the new WWW Logo with the nut, but I cant lie, im a traditionalist and the Red White and Blue worked - To Hell what Morgan said about it on the live chat!
Time for a change.
Thought she told him to grow a pair of t*ts to attract more viewers.
Freaking hate this jobs where its only hand tools the entire time
Looks like Ford never considered replacing these gaskets - just pull the entire power-pack to change out the exhaust manifold gaskets.
Also, they probably designed the engine compartment around a straight 6 Diesel engine, and then shoehorned in the V-8 gas engine...
and here i am only using hand tools xD i dont really use power tools, only on rare occasions
I was gonna say where u only use the blue wrench the whole time lol
Kudos to you for going the extra mile to get the Emissions back
DUDE, you're awesome. Don't sweat the small details. We all make mistakes. More than we would like to admit to.
You always go ALL THE WAY and make sure everything is right at the end. That's what's important.
Keep being you. 👌😎👍💯
Just think 20 cents of antiseize at the factory would have eliminated your ptoblem
Disrespectful to anyone who has to work on it later. Yes, even 26 years later. Don't even get me started on seized oxygen sensors.
"They do use anii-seize on oxygen sensors" Not ENOUGH, they don't.
So would have a gallon of gasoline and a match! :D
Anti seize used on exhaust manifold fittings cooks into a glue that makes the fittings harder to remove than with just the heat corrosion, same with O2 sensors, it gets too hot for it to work in the long run.
@@ralfie8801 , nope. Anti-seise consists of lubricant and copper/aluminum/graphite powder. Under the heat the lubricant burns out, and the powder stays as dry-sliding agent. I have used copper anti-seise on exhaust nuts, and had to take it apart again in several years. And God nows I loved myself for that copper paste.
@@denru8366
I’ve used a lot of that stuff on locomotive exhaust stacks and manifolds, most of the time with less than stellar results at disassembly time to change a stack base gasket that blew out. We use it on the power assembly flashcocks and it just makes them harder to manipulate with your hands once you loosen them with a wrench. I use it, I just don’t care for it.
Man your changing your logo every video... how many you got back there?
Just trying things out. It's not easy to find one that works.
I noticed that too. He is just testing us lololololol
@@WatchWesWork the OG one was fine for me
"I like to work alone" is code for I've worked alongside the two legged spanner spinning disasters that inhabit the automotive trade. Please power up the mill so we can see you face off parts. Cheers from down under.
On that hiding exhaust bolt, my father-in-law was a marine crew chief on corsairs in the pacific during WWII. One of his favorite bits of advice was about dropping parts near an open spark plug hole. "You can take a nut or washer that you couldn't FORCE into that spark plug hole, but if you ACCIDENTALLY DROP IT even NEAR the hole it will fall in like it belonged there!" This was his way of warning me about the need to keep an empty plug hole protected. RIP Big Mac.
Yep. I saw the misfire before you turned the light off.⚡
With all that emissions crap, what could possibly go wrong...
I wonder if the EPA takes into account all of the fuel burned by people returning their newer vehicles to the dealer every time the Check Engine light comes on....or the amount of oxyacetylene used 26 years later to cut a funky old emissions pipe.
Working alone, the new covid-19 normal
Wes one thing I like your human. You make a mistake you fix it right. Honesty pays. Great video
I am super impressed at the determination to fix or repair stuff. Those gas fume puking engines are not a bad engine but for its size, you would think that the power would be more. I got sick of mine shortly after I got it off a lot where it sat and hadn't sold. I used it till winter then off season happened. Cab off, fenders stayed with the cab and nice big shop overhead crane to kill for. In went a 855 cummins out of another truck, a roll over and they are never without problems and the engine that time almost made me hate the cummins before through. I used the truck for ten or more years and everyone said where do you order one and its a put in yourself option guys. I hate the smog stuff but you live where you look at the sun with smog deferring the colors of the sun. Wiring is harder than working on the engine by far... part was I made mine into a tilt nose. Too easy not too. Wirings biggest problem is the coating does not weather well. It gets so hard that it won't bend but it sure will break or short across to the other stuff. You should be earning a significant name for yourself as youtube has at least shown how hard that you try to comply with all the rules and still leave a happy customer ..... really looking forward to the series