How To Rebuild A Mopar Small Block In A Shed With WD40 And A Hammer - Garbage Can ‘Cuda 4
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- No, this isn’t a highly technical guide. I’m not even sure it qualifies as a guide at all. It’s more slightly entertaining documentary than anything. The main source of entertainment is my misery, as usual. But you may well find a few useful nuggets of information in there somewhere. Seems pretty on brand to me.
Your videos are excellent man. I love that you know as much as you do (how can I know how much you know???) but that you deliver it all in Laymans Terms for everyone to understand. Great work, we'll keep watching brother...👍
I dunno, just get out there and do it! Haha. I’m like a sponge, I just absorb all this crap. I started reading Allpar articles when I was 17 and have picked up a lot of useful tidbits. Have pieced together many cars over the last 15 years, and have had many “teachable moments” if you know what I mean. Engines are my favorite… but require more zen and focus than I can offer sometimes. Thanks for watching! I appreciate the support.
Great to see blue skies and a sunny day for you Jamie!
A rare and pleasurable sight indeed!
This is a great video, dunno how I missed it a year ago.
I had that same steering wheel that I swapped into several cars for some years, not sure why now the factory ones are usually better
It’s actually been almost two years now. I imagine you heard me refer to this video while explaining that this engine is currently in the Demon. It hasn’t blown up yet… haha.
I'm sure your efforts will pay dividends. I enjoy your uploads, so keep at it .Stay safe.
Just a great job.👍
Used parts?...it'll be fine. These old mopar engines are indestructible. It will run like a scalded dog! Rear main seal will drip ...but not that bad.
Will be a nice car when your done keep up the good work
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Enjoyed the video
Very informative I have rebuilt a 273, 340 and 383 and the big block was the easiest
I love big blocks! I think my next build will be a 440. The only thing I really don’t like is the rear seal cap design. Those side seals are such a bastard to get right. Flat pan rail is so much better though. Pushrods are a little trickier too. But not a big deal.
I never had a problem with the rear seal but I agree the side seals are a bitch but I can say it was smokin when I got it and hotter after I rebuilt it
Great stuff!👍
2 BlackBerry and snow days are a 505050 shot rather than last or weird early usually that we're out early so a room king or a federal mobile
Not one word of that made any sense at all
What is the difference between 360 and 318 motor mount brackets?
On the driver side, the rearward ear where the mount bracket attaches is closer to the front on a 360 than a 318, requiring either adding a spacer or a stack of washers. On early cars like this one, the passenger mount also requires modification. A 318 has four mount bolt ears while a 360 only has three, and the early A body mount uses the lower rear bolt hole that is missing on the 360. If you’re handy with a welder and a drill, this is pretty easy to solve too.
What grass are we talking here? The kids are in bed- let´s roll up and bake on the fresh engine! And if You got some story time over the exhaust crossover I wouldn´t mind, that looked weird. Is that port about water or does it really involve some hot gas?
Aaand yet another kind just departed from my cat under the table. Why do I love that bugger so much? I need to remember sometimes...
That’s an exhaust crossover that is used to preheat the intake manifold / carburetor. When you want to go fast, that isn’t what you want.
1 step closer
If I took my LA 360 to a machine shop for a basic rebuild and add on upgraded cam, lifters and springs what do you reckon it would cost?
It depends on what all your particular engine needs, how much you want to do yourself, and if you have the cylinder heads gone through at the machine shop.
We just paid our local machine shop $2000 to clean and bore our 440 block, install cam bearings and freeze plugs (it’s cheap and saves me time,) polish the crankshaft, provide replacement pistons and all bearings and gaskets, and balance the rotating assembly. No actual assembly - I will be doing that. The pistons were about a quarter of that total cost. They didn’t do the heads - I will do a simple valve lapping job and new seals here.
Having the heads done correctly can add another couple thousand to the bill in my experience. Then add the expense of your cam kit. If you want the machine shop to do everything top to bottom and assemble the engine, you can probably look forward to a $5,000+ build. These prices may also be entirely different than what you’ll find at your local machine shop.
If that’s not what you’re looking for, there are many ways to get that down to a “budget” build. Reusing original parts where possible. Honing the cylinders and reusing your pistons with new rings (if possible.) Doing all of the work yourself. I have done many budget builds with adequate results over the last decade. In fact, it’s what I prefer - mostly because when you take all of that money out of the equation, it’s easier to have fun, and if you ever have a failure… you just build another one. Haha. Hope that helps.
With the old rod bearings, and possibly the mains- were they all more worn going forward from the pump?
My early A-body engines had a similar pattern to your rods- just running stock depth pan w/accell/decell baffles and upper and lower windage trays.
Used the oil pickup off the Milodon 7qt pan, and cut up a truck pan for pieces to extend the car sump to match the.oil pickup tube & the dipstick guide to keep the dipstick out of the rotating assembly.
Aaaaaahh, there’s a theory. Further from the pump, oil starvation under hard acceleration, bearings run dry and heat up. Right? This car was definitely all party, all the time. I’m hoping the little dam helps. I actually have a deep sump, baffled pan somewhere that may be worth trying - if it fits the A body. Don’t remember for sure.
@@DeadDodgeGarage Unfortunately, most fit the '67- up A,B, E, F, G bodies great.
The Milodon 7qt pan sump is too far forward- hits the K-frame on the early cars.
Tried to dimple it- but its along a welded edge, split, and to properly weld repair all anodizing must be removed inside and out from the heat effect zone.
Kinda forced modifing a 273 pan to get things moving.
Holds 6qt- block was tapped, had twin Olberg filters & an small Accusump w/electric valve- kinda went overkill/ocd but stopped the problem.
Was well along trying to build a A/FX 64-65 Dart-
354 stroker gen1 w/mech direct port alky injection, '65 727 w/Clutchflite- was lining up a body & straght axle when I got laid off- you know the story from there.
Steve Magnete's build your own altered wheelbase AFX kinda stoked that fire again- maybe a gen3/'65 727 pushbutton deal.
Bought some truck parts off David R.- small world.
Need more than that....stick of dynamite and garbage can
Lol ok
Please fix the oil pan. It's easy now - no when it's in the car. Please?
Yes I may well do that. I was more than a little frustrated with it at that point yesterday. In fact, I just remembered I have a deep sump race pan hiding somewhere from years ago. I may even swap to that unit.
I have a 1977 Dodge 360 out of a camper I was wanting to rebuild it and put a bigger cam and put it in a '91 Dodge truck the truck has a 318 roller motor that I want to sell or give to someone to help me rebuild my motor and I have all kind of extra parts and I have a 1934 Ford roadster kit car that I will trade for motor and trans that runs and drives at least 400 horses
Where are you located? Roller 318s are good engines. I don’t really need any of that but if you’re anywhere close to me maybe I can help.
@@DeadDodgeGarage Mississippi
@@DeadDodgeGarage am I too far away
@@DeadDodgeGarage am I too far away
Jamie Rocco rocco Rocco rocco for engine bars not part store trust me eBay even has whole kids WI the rings then learn😅😅
eBay sells whole kids? Lol. I like to buy parts I can put my hands on, and I need them when I need them. I don’t like buying online if I don’t have to. I was also in the parts business for five years. I like dealing with them.
you copy vice grip garage big time with how you shoot videos lol
Think so? There are definitely similarities - I’m absolutely a big fan. Differences - my videos seem like they’re edited by a lemur with ADHD, and have you noticed I’m not in them? Lol. So I do have a hard time agreeing with ‘copy’ as far as how they’re shot. All commentary is from behind the camera and you pretty much don’t see me
Nope, you're totally wrong, way way wrong, Absolutely not a copy, I do enjoy both channels.