Killer 1970 Dodge Falls Apart - This Is Why I Test Drive Them!
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Nick builds all kinds of muscle cars and their engines, but he tests them all the same way. With a heavy foot on the gas pedal and strong hand on the stick shift. After all, better they break in the shop, than when the customer is driving down the highway. PLUS - Nick takes us through some of the many details involved in restoring the dash and cluster for his 1970 Dodge Challenger, AKA Project Kowalski.
I will have to rember"Officer" I'm just "Cleaning Out The Exaust" !!!
Officer: Sir, I agree carry on.
That's a great come back !
It's called an Italian tune up.
...Mopar, the only Six Pack you can legally open while you drive..........well maybe not...
Nick you always stir up old memories when ever I watch your show.. Being born in 52 I learned from a young age to work on motors (I was rebuilding and repairing old lawn mower engines at the age of 11 Building mini bikes and go carts until the neighbors had my dad stop me.. I must have built then for every kid on the block Then rebuilt my first car engine at the age of 16 and was forever hooked after I got out of the corps in 72 I had to decide if I wanted to be a mechanic of a carpenter.. so I built houses for a living and built cars for the fun of it... I have since retired from building and did my last car (a 62 t-bird roadster) last summer.. Now my body is just to used up to do it any more but I can still enjoy it all over on your youtube channel.. Thanks Nick, thanks for the memories you bring back to me.. Carry on my friend..
that pulley should be pressed on with a 5 ton press, 11 years rebuilding alternators, magnetos, starters, generators...
Really? So come it's so easy with the right tool to remove and reinstall?
@ 24:30 ,,,, that had to be nerve racking drilling holes on fresh paint . New alternator and the owner never had and or installed the spacer . Pretty important on high power engine .
You are so right! Just watching Nick take a drill to the hood was anxiety making. But the car looks great.
Isn't that the most scary thing to do, drill holes in a beautiful car?
For a guy like our cameraman, it is terrifying. He broke into a cold sweat just watching Nick do it. But for guys like Nick who can fix just about anything, and have done it all 13 times before, there is no fear.
My gosh.....What could be better than this....Those clusters look so fine....What a fine job your friend did on those....I call that color on your build bone white.....I wonder if that Super Bee is for sale ?...O'yes Nick l got those fine Sticker you sent me,Thay are on my 2002 Dodge Ram complete Rebuild from ground up.,...look so fine with your stickers on it.....I wont to....Thank you very much for them to....Take car my friend....You friend Steve.....!
steve. Enjoy your ride.
@@nickpanaritis4122 Thanks Nick....Getting to old to ride to much 75 years old bad legs now....When thay say the legs are the first to go....That is so true....Thanks again...!
Ah yes. Back in the day when cars had style and personality. They weren't designed in a wind tunnels and didn't all look the same. You could tell the make and model at a glance. Cars today are too generic looking.
Crunch. Totally agree with you.
Silver blobs, everywhere
I agree with you Crunch Hardtack. They all look like they came out of the same mold and just had different lights and grills tacked on them afterward.
Crunch Hardtack I beg to differ. Back in the day when cars were petrol-guzzlers, broke down a lot and had the crash resilience of a marshmallow. Style is always subjective. I found '70s cars quite dull, not to speak about '80s boxy, stodgy cars.
@@Gavichap Cars didn't start losing eye appeal until the mid seventies. IMO
When that horrible noise started - Nick shut it down immediately and the look on his face said it all: "OMG WTF ..."
can you please do a video about the thunderbird you had in the background at 7:14 !?
Here it is. th-cam.com/video/RnsZsZb56XE/w-d-xo.html
The first day I hired into Chrysler engineering engine lab this engine was my project. Good old days.
@silverbird58 did you work there too. We had that 340 but didn't spend much time on it. I always wanted a Duster with one.
Glad to hear about a Chrysler engineer. I am currently employed at Chrysler as an Electrical Engineer in Powertrain. Love Chrysler products. I have old ones and my latest edition is a new Challenger Scat Pack 392 Hemi with Shaker Hood. I Love it!
Good catch brother!!! You know that customer would have been mad, if this happened after picking up the car. And even though your job was to install the sixpack. You'd have been blamed for it, LOL. Oh, the joys of twisting a wrench!!!
Blamed for it because they installed it without checking it out.
nice video i dont call it the junk pile its the box of hope....because you hope got something that will work
That is one of the truest statements ever made.
Most razor blades and Brillo pads owe their existence to Mopar products ! That's why they are hard to find parts for. Most went to the crusher !
Better you than the customer, if it happens after it leaves I take it personally. Hopefully the other alternator will do it’s job. Can I call you about my 06 Daytona. 114000 on the car bone stock but when I go to freshen it up I want it to be 400 hp at the tires. I need some ideas. Thank You 🙏
My buddies and I race old tugboats,, it funny to see you dig through your junk pile for parts, we know how that's done.
Ha ha ha ha!!! Clean out the exhaust. There was a time when i would not have believed it. At least until i had the same issue when i put a new engine in my car. There was so much oil in the pipes, i was breaking in the engine and it wouldn’t stop smoking. I thought i had a bad engine. I shut it off after 20 minutes and let it cool. Started it back up and brought it back up to the rpms. Now it was spitting out black soot all over my garage door and no smoke. Been 15000 miles later and it still runs great.
Nick , The guy's that restore all of your ancillary' items , their work is absolutely superb and second to none .
NICK that 6 pack air filter was 30 bucks 30 years ago....hundred bucks now?
Jim. I know.
@silverbird58 K&N is overpriced garbage
A small suggestion on the radio: don't bother with the 8-track, just have anyone with some electronics experience pull the original apart and solder in leads with an AUX jack. You can hide it under the dash and easily plug in your phone or an old ipod with a whole playlist of music. It'll look completely original. I''m doing it (along with a hidden amp and better speakers) to a Dakota ragtop. It's an easy and cheap way to get some decent audio out of a factory installation.
N. Doing the same thing.
Nick: You should let your viewers know a little background on Steven Juliano! Not only his impressive collection of cars (especially his Rapid Transit show cars) but his commitment to the Mopar community as well!
Mopar owners know, a spare ballast resistor in the glove box.
Here's your tip of the day from 1980 when i discovered it .use a ballast resistor from a 1975 honda goldwing that is something like 3.5 ohms that gives you around 5 volts d.c. across your ignition points will stop the ark drawn across the ignition points giving you more miles and less wear of the points and cam follower by lowering operating temperature add a superstock mallory billet distributor with highspeed ball bearings for vintage superstock classes with mallory Heavy Duty platinum contact points all set up on a sun distributor dyno and if your engine turns less than 9000 rpm you wont have any misfires with a 70,000 volt Accel ignition coil and Taylor 11 mm silicone insulated resistor spark plug wires and the recommended heat range of resistor spark spark plug of your custom built engine will force a racing coil like the above I mentioned to build to a voltage around three-quarters of the maximum voltage somewhere around 50,000 volts will be forced to jump across each spark plug gap .........vs no resistants at all and your highest voltage coils will only build to a voltage of bare minimum of only 7,000 volts add compression ratios of today will blow the spark out before engine will reach maximum RPM
@@donniebaker5984 that's one long ass sentence.
The Super Bee 🐝 looks and sounds real good. That definitely wasn't a press fit on that pulley!
The Kowalski dash parts look like jewelry. Get lots of pictures of the backsides for when you show it!
Nick, please use jackstands when you have cars on the lift!
Robert. On these electric lifts, there is no jackstaands.
A six pack to go
Another awesome Monday. Thanks for getting this out to us .
Great work nick and crew
i dont recommend opening up a six pack on the way home, instead have a dozen once youre home
vargo. LOL.
Find a good Alternator overhaul company experienced in high performance. Our guy back in Minnesota in the 80's would install the Large Pulley and "Drill & PIN" them so they wouldn't achieve low earth orbits at inopportune moments.
If I'm understanding you correctly "your guy" back in Minnesota put in a larger diameter pulley than the original? If so, why? That makes the alternator rotate less RPM's and it's not as efficient at idle.
@@williamjones4483 Hello thank you for responding. Yes the alternator rebuilding company's owner did all the alternators personally for the aircraft at the FBO I worked at at the time.He has now long passed away... The LARGER pulley did in fact that, slowed down the Alternator. At the time 1981-83 I was drag racing a 69 Barracuda Fastback in NHRA F/SA or F/S... 340 S car. When the engine is turning nearly 7000 RPM calculate the RPM the alternator is spinning! We'd prefer the alternator wasn't even there. Rules required them though, and we were not charging batteries in the pits as we did with Comp Cars. We also had a field wire cutoff switch from the voltage regulator. It was a factory Dodge truck pulley if I remember correctly. Single groove maybe 5/8 or 3/4" larger diameter. You didn't even see a difference in how it behaved as it still charged at idle and would handle headlights if we needed them for nights... We were ALWAYS looking for little tricks. Hope that answers your question.
@@erikaostlund5229 Ok. at that engine RPM the alternator was slowed down most likely not to come apart at those speeds. Ordinarily the rotational speed of the alternator would have been quite high.
@@erikaostlund5229 True, because my 71 Hemicuda had a factory pulley which was slightly larger.
Who’d love nick as a grandpa.?
Challenger is looking good...fun to watch a pro put together a concourse restoration..THANK YOU!!
Beautiful job Nick as always.😎
But why not put a new wiring harness in Kowalski while you have it all apart?? You say it's in pretty good shape.....
But, I use to do a lot of electrical work and the wires inside their color coded sheathing are brittle from just age & wear over time.
So for me, I would definitely replace with new fresh wiring harness, especially when you are that deep into the project of restoration.
Very interesting and enjoyable. Cheers guys
Hey Nick, those E body dashes are notorious for cracking with time. The cracks nearly ALWAYS start from the screws for the speaker. When I replaced the dash in my 'Cuda back in the 1980's I took the screws out & just used 4 small globs of Permatex instead of the screws. If you're concerned about aesthetics, you could always put 4 cut off screw heads into the Permatex. Just a thought. Love the channel & I've told some friends who have subscribed as well.
Michael. Thank you.
Please explain to me, who, and why anybody "dislikes" Nick's videos ??
If I lived closer, I'd be hanging out there two or three days a week !
Love these videos.
I suspect that TH-cam always puts a few dislikes in every video. I can't prove that they do, but there are always some and usually, even right away. Not really a big deal unless it's a significant amount. I've even seen dislikes being used to the advantage of the channel. During a live stream one channel had the entire chat like, then dislike , back to like again. We did it a couple of times and the viewer count began to skyrocket. To higher than normal levels. The algorithm took it as some sort of controversy was happening on the channel and directed more people to it.
Personally, I believe that there are people that see nothing but negativity in their miserable pathetic little lives and it just makes their day to spread even just a little of that negativity with a smidgen of hate thrown in for good measure. Makes them feel a degree of self worth to give a thumbs down.
There are a lot of elements that go into disliking a video. The maker of the video might take it personal and think there is something in the video that some people don't like. But as far as TH-cam is concerned, when a person dislikes a video, the algorithm takes notice and recommends less videos like that. Conversely when you like a video you can expect to be shown more videos from the same channel and more videos on the same subject. I never dislike a video but sometimes I think I should because the TH-cam algorithm thinks it knows me so perfectly that it never suggests anything out of my comfort range. It is getting very restrictive.
As far as quality goes, when you are in low single digit dislikes when you reach 1K likes, that is damn near a perfect video.
@@RBCharger The algorithm does recommend thumbs down videos less... unless you trigger it with a whole lot of thumbs downs. Then TH-cam wants to thrive off misery. I've seen it work. It was fun actually.
i agree 100%,Nick is one of the kindest and smartest car guys ive ever seen,i haven't met him
but i feel like i know him ,he is like a father figure(even though he is only 6 yrs older than me lol)
he's Greek so he is alright in my books(it doesn't matter were he
came from,its just that i knew several very excellent Greek folks)!
😀😮😀👨🏼🔧🧰😊😊👍🏼 Great Episode Nick Glad You Do a Hard Road Test Like I Do After a Repair It’s Imperative 😀👨🏼🔧🧰
Nick, doesn't that Super Bee have a separate voltage regulator,
not in the alternator? Wouldn't that cause the over voltage?
Yes, it has one, firewall, to the right of the wiper motor. In
between the wiper motor and the ballast resistor.
That might also explain the failing alternator pulley.
steve
Steve. I had the regulator checked before I decided to replace the alternator.
One of the field connections shorted to ground would cause full output from the alternator ...
I don't know...., antenna is broke off, better just junk it. You can put it in my garage I guess.
Bolt Upright and Biff Hardtack are twisting in their graves
Great video again this week. Its great t see the cars getting fixed and then used. So many are stuck in the garage and just polished, "ooo I cant drive my car today it rained two days ago what if it gets splashed" 😱😱😱😱 ☮👍
Right on!
Older Mopars have a separate voltage regulator mounted on the firewall.
If it fails the voltage can go too high.
The alternator has no electronics in it.
Maybe the second alternator was weak and was only giving 13.8 volts when the defective regulator was asking for maximum.
The first one was stronger and could give 15 volts.
A short to ground on one of the field terminals or wiring could also cause high output.
This can be caused by dirt from the brush wear conducting to ground.
Anyways it seemed to work out.
Check out the throw on that shifter. Back in the day missed shifts resulted in spun bearings.
Yeah those may look unique but they were just horrid. Even when you got used to it all it did not work well at all with a car that was made to hotrod. Ronnie Sox never used one of those.
Had one, Yellow 70 Dodge RT with 4 speed, Hurst shifter, the throw was so bad, pulled it out and installed built tork flight. Made a huge difference. But still not as fast as my 67 Plymouth GTX . $3,600.00 new. Still, miss that car.
Then the car manufacturers got together with the oil companies and gave us all pieces of crap after that and doubled and tripled the prices.
@@msmarxmen According to the CPI Inflation Calculator that would be equal to about $28,000 today. Add in the cost of all the safety engineering, engine computers, entertainment crap and union benefits...maybe another $10K? That should cover a 2019 Challenger R/T. Still missing the fun factor, the 67 GTX did not drive itself.
@Peter Evans not on a street engine a race engine...when it's built to the nads and revs are higher
@Peter Evans why?? To piss off people like you...to get you to go off..works every time
Best show ever....Nick reminds me of my father in law...old school mechanic who ran his shop for 45 years in Agawam, MA...
I'm here from @retroolschool. Thank you, Nick, for keeping the old Mopar iron on the road.
And this ladies and gentlemen is why mechanics NEVER throw things away. Ya never know
Nice excuse to drive dudes car, "clean out the exhaust!"
Definitely not 'leaning out' under hard throttle.
Well, If he rebuilt the motor.. there needs to be a shakedown test lol
Actually one of my dad was teaching me about driving, he started teaching me before I was old enough to drive, that was one of the little tricks dad taught me.if your fuel economy is going down sometimes you just need to blow the exhaust out.if you're going to do it sometimes premium helps do it better.
👍Good Video👍Lovin’ that old school cool staring Mr old school cool himself... NICK😎
Thx guys✌️
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Ill bet they cracked that pulley pressing it back on! In the rebuildig process. Lol! Stuff happens! Nick. You know that.
Yeah and unfortunately that's what we get sometime flipping through the high dollar restoration parts book period correct alternator reproduced in ????? ...
So true nick. Always test em. Anything can and will happen. I always road test everything I work on just to be sure.
The work your buddy does on these dash components is
really nice. All these details that will be hidden all part of a
job well done in restoration.
Yes it's nice to see such quality in his restores.
Very nicely done.
Giuliano RIP. That guy was a genius at restoring dashboard parts...
I am not 100% sure but Petro Canada 94 octane contains ethanol. Won't it damage the hoses?
It might. I think there's an additive that helps.
Sweet 6 pack4️⃣4️⃣0️⃣ Nick! I can't wait to see the Challenger when she's done. Mopower!
I like this guy. He's old-world, old-school. He gives his customers their money's worth.
I wish he would say what the jobs cost that's the only part missing
@@tjclt250r probably one of those instances where if you have to ask you can't afford it.
Absolutely! I love the show. Top notch production value!
@@ghostrider.13 ,
I'm not a Mopar guy but I really enjoy his videos, nick has yet to post a boring video, lol.
@@mikeg3283 Sometimes the old school folks might think it gauche to always talk about price. Perhaps he thinks that what it cost is between him, and his customer. A private matter. He may have done a similar job for someone else, and charged a different price. Perhaps he owed someone a favor or vice versa. And yes, if you have to ask, perhaps you cannot afford it. I see a lot of good will coming back Nick's way when he needs something. All the years of staying late, getting people out the door ASAP, raiding his parts bin for rare parts probably at below market value, all the little things Nick does that make people feel welcome, more than just customers but friends, and the tips, tricks of the trade and knowledge he passes along, gratis, and of course his honesty and dedication. That's class. It is a state of grace. Class has no price tag. Hence Nick doesn't talk about it all the time.
great job nick love the show
Thank you for the video Nick, I anticipate them every week.... I love your attention to detail and honest nature. God Bless!
That is the first time I have ever seen a pulley fly off of any alternator. As for why anyone would dislike Nicks videos, I would suspect that is because they didn’t like the test drive. And just don’t understand how mechanics do things.
Save your money Nick and make a "bend holder" for your antenna cable. Just take the tin snips and make a little clip to hold a 90 degree bend on the new cable. You won't break the cable and the reason why you want to do it is so you won't lose signal with that adapter. You may not notice the difference, but that second connection causes some signal loss, so for best possible reception and fidelity, you want to avoid using that adapter. It's one of those things I learned in SET (Special Electronics Training ) class at the GM Training College in Atlanta.
You're a great technician Nick. I was like you when I worked in the industry; it didn't leave my stall unless I knew it would last. I hated getting a comeback, and had one of the highest CSI's (Customer Satisfaction Index) in the nation. I know you're a great technician because I see your attention to detail, the hallmark of a great technician.
I LIKE THAT SUPER BEE
I'ts MOPAR or NOCAR!
@mark rylander next time make sure you direct your comment to Douglas Buck then. I thought that you were looking for some drama...👊
Thanks Nick for bringing us these beautiful old hot rod cars in their natural setting inside your nastalgic era correct Garage. If these cars were sitting in a new garage with polished floors that you could eat off of, well they just would be missing something so very special. Your Garage and these special hot rods takes me back to the time when they were new in their natural environment!! A place that I long for, but for the most part is lost to time thank you Nick.
Hi Nick, love your channel. I'm a mechanic in NZ. We had an old ford Falcon from the 70s. Young guy had inheireted grandads car. it came to us without the motor. The owner had already pulled it out. Most of the bolts rad, alt starter and bits in the trunk. We were told to get a second hand motor and fit it, give it a full service and tune and belts. We found the right motor for it (a 302 Windsor) and fitted it giving it new plugs points oil and filter and belts. A simple job Everything was there and it went together and started and ran well. My boss took it for a road test and in 5 minutes it started smoking from the left tailpipe, So badly you couldn't see the back of the car and he had to turn it off at the lights so the cars behind could see him. So came he cut the road test short and came back and put it on the hoist.. While he had been out i cleaned the floor under the hoist, degreased it and hosed it off. So it was home time and we both had to be somewhere so we left it for tomorrow. Came in in the morning and pulled the plugs and did a compression test. Comps were fine and i noticed all the plugs were clean. I happened to look underneath and noticed a small puddle of oil under the lefthand front muffler. I asked my boss what had happened to the old motor, It had thrown a rod due to a blocked oil pick up. Then we both said "the muffler is full of oil". I drilled a hole a 1/8 hole at the lowest point and we caught 1 litre of in it and some in the rear one. He took it home and after his dinner took it for an hours run up the motorway and back and it eventually stopped smoking.
good story
Done that a few times. I served my apprenticeship in NZ a very long time ago ,back when the roads looked like a living motorcar museum. One of my 1st cars was an anglia van which i blew up (dropped a valve and kept on driving till it stopped) .I swapped in a 2nd hand engine .When it started it smoked like crazy and everyone said it was a dud engine...until a week or so later the oil had burned out. On a few of the old mercs i work on today,the trans modulator fails,sucking trans fluid straight into the engine....it gets so bad that raw tranny fluid will come out the exhaust.😁😁😁
andrewkiwi1 I love these stories. These weird circumstances/situations are hopefully stored in my memory for the times that my diagnosis hits a dead end. How mind blowing to expect to find an obvious problem but...plugs are clean ...no fouling...makes no sense....glad the owner gave clues. Dave Heitman. Semper Fidelis
Glad it all worked out 👍
@Israel Kelley Yes there were two ford motors made at the same time in different parts of the world. you have the 302 Windsor being externally smaller than the 302 Cleveland even though they have the same swept volume of 302 Cubic inches. You have to be careful when torquing down the bolts as there is a big difference between the torque setting of both motors
I love the old school. I'm from Philadelphia. Sstay safe old man
After driving more recent 5 speed cars I bought my wife a firebird formula with a factory 4 speed to see what all the hype was about. I must say I did not like the long throw of the 4 speed. They feel very clunky compared to a 5 speed with short throw. I'd rather have an automatic than a 4 speed in a muscle car because 4 speeds are just so clunky and as we see Nick shift this beast it's like a 12 inch throw just to get it into 3rd. Cant shift fast enough with a 4 speed for my taste.
Nick, you are so fortunate to be able to work on all these beautiful muscle cars, it's gotta be like reliving your youth every day,
I envy you, in a good way. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Nick, you made me laugh, shot back in memory to auto shop in the 70's high school. My teacher wore his belt with the buckle off to one side past the first pant loop so when he leaned on a fender it wouldn't get scratched. Good guy, Mr. Veldman, hope he is well.
I love the old MOPARS! A cousin of mine was one of the designers of the 440. I wish I lived closer to him to ask questions.
For prosperity you should go visit him and get as many stories as you can, people won't hang around forever.
@@ToreDL87 . Totally agree with you.
super video,j adore cette caisse,se serait sympa une rencontre avec les gars de graveyard carz,mark worman,des passionnes de mopar
I have a 88 chevy 1/2 ton i put a new recondition alternator on it 2 months ago,coming home from work one night the pulley came off,the new parts sure are not like the old ones.There is no care put into new parts.
Stunning Super Bee! Nick, you are the Master!! Outstanding job!! Great way to start my week, new video from Nick and morning coffee.
One of my dream cars is a 1970 Superbee 440 6 pack I have loved those cars since I was a kid that a 1970 superbird and a 1972 Road Runner but all Mopars are awesome I would take them all
I've had the same thing happen with the alternator. Always want to make sure those spacers are in there or it distorts the case when you tighten it down. Beautiful 440 + 6 car.
Excuse me Nick!
Excuse me, don't forget to write on the first secondhand alternator 'overcharging' and the date, otherwise this will be happening again in a couple of years lol.
20 years ago I used to work at a place for 7 years, that recycled Mopars. I started in 1993 and finished in 1997. I did mechanical repairs there on Mopars but when cars were being wrecked only the high value parts were reclaimed. The guys doing the dismantling work only followed the job card and took off what was on the card. I could see so much other small stuff that I knew we'd need one day. Every single spacer, accelerator cable bracket and every kickdown linkage bellcrank, rods, lever on the transmission, springs, washers and clips I would ferret away. I was the only qualified mechanic in the place so was the only one that valued that stuff. I tried to get as many body bolts as I could too. We had buckets of them and believe it or not many of those Mopar bolts were thrown out in the end (I bet they could use them now!)
Back then many of the less interesting cars were being crushed faster than we could get them to the recycler. I cringe at some of the cars we gutted and sent off. That business is still going but the'yre out of the recycling game since all the cars have run out. They do resorations now and have become a place remakably similar to your's actually. Same owners and we're all still friends after all that time. All those bits I saved are a goldmine I was informed recently. They still ring me and ask for advice, but I drive big rigs for a living now and I'm not going back to being a mechanic.
Sometimes I think about it when I watch your weekly vids though ...
TheP. I would have done the same with all this little pieces.
@@nickpanaritis4122 yeah Nick, perhaps i might not have lol
Heard Nick talk about his client running with a stale tank of fuel.
I'd have drained it in the shop and charged him extra.
:) Who puts stale fuel through a classic muscle car.
@Agostino Matteucci OK and I've have drained and scoped the gas tank interior too. Lot's of unnecessary customer call back surprises can be eliminated by checking the fuel supply.
Haha.. "When those Carbureators Open Up, it's Chaos".. You betchya
Wow! good thing that pulley on the alt. fell apart in the shop, and not on the road some where. It stinks when you can rely on parts purchased for a project..something that happens far to often now a days. That work your now departed friend did on the dash pieces is exquisite, and his work will live on in the Kowalski project, and honor him always. And it gets its first piece of glass! Starting to come together beautifully, and can't wait to see it installed.
The alternator sleeve is for proper torquing of the pivot bolt. Without the sleeve, tightening the pivot bolt squeezes the aluminum alternator housing; it does not properly tighten against the head. So yes the alternator will vibrate a bit more, but it probably didn't cause the pulley to come off. That was the fit between the shaft & pulley. The quality of reman units can vary significantly.
Nick your friend Benny from Detroit I really enjoyed that video that was a great one I just love it never know when little things can happen like the pulley on the alternator wow but I'm glad to see you got him off and running Nick you're the best keep up the great work and treats and videos coming love them
Benny. Man from Detroit, MOTOR CITY. One day we are going to meet in Detroit. I was hoping for Woodward avenue cruise, but I will do my best to get there one day.
@@nickpanaritis4122 you're the greatest Nick your friend Benny from Detroit we will definitely meet up can't wait to see you driving that Kowalski car I believe that I am your biggest fan
Man I would love to own a Super Bee,BUT I would be dangerous and locked up!!!!!!!!!!!
Alpine White Nick!..Can,t wait till you 100% do the 340 T/A...fLAT Black Nick!..im drinking!..Cheers bud!...Stephen Cawker . facebook..Im coming to you bro to help me build my Dream Car!..1971 Dodge Demon but it must have they correct 150 rally cluster...My profile pic on facebook is what i like...Alpine White!..My Dad left my 100.000$..Im willing to spend 40.000$ but i,ll come and ask your advise first!..Im going to deal with you.
Stephen. I will do my best for anyone .
Maybe the alternators shaft got sanded down during cleanup in rebuilding, you could see when Nick slid them together it was a bit of a loose fit - or maybe it was a case of the remanufacturers not using the original pulley that came off the alternator during the rebuild process. Ive never seen one come off before. Thats ok, easy fix and much better than a motor issue etc. The Kowalski car is coming along beautifully, love all those clean and restored original dash parts-!
yam. First for me too, to see an alternator pulley fly off.
Can't wait to see the Kowalski car all finished...gonna be awesome! One of my favorite movies of all time. Trivia: the car that was crashed into the bulldozers was actually a Camaro.
The super bee brings back so many memories..1970 - 71 were good years for chrysler..the challenger will be on the road soon i see cant wait to see it.
Greetings from stockbridge Ga..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
While I work on BMW's for a living, I've always had a strong passion for Mopar muscle, especially 1960s and 1970s. I've also learned to appreciate the more simple things from 50 years past. All the room and simplicity of wiring, the engines and dash work. Trying to work on a twin turbo V8 BMW with little room is quite the challenge. Your quality of work Nick, I give you two thumbs up!
Props to u bmw vehicles r not easy to work on wow.
From what I’ve seen of your work, I’d rather you work on my car without a cover as some I’ve seen with a cover
70 B-BODY WITH A PISTOL GRIP!! Love the fender cover joke too and Nick theyre called TROLLS!!!
Dr. Nick,I like that line,this is why I beat on the cars,to me it is the way to drive a 440 six pack,glad that no one got hurt when that pully took flight,and I like all your other viewers enjoy the Kowalski up dates, thanx for the video.
Oklahoma looks forward to every video!👍👍👍
That cluster looks amazing.
Nick:
My first car was a 1966 Plymouth GTX 440. It had no power ass. At all. Standard sterling, brakes, etc. I bought it 6 months before I went to Vietnam . After I survived Vietnam, finally leaving the hospital in February 69. I purchased a red with black to 440 R/T. I installed Hooker headers, de clutching fan and other stuff. It ran 13.83 107 mph.
Stock gearing auto. I just love watching your show seeing all the great memories of 440 engines. Thank you. I would have loved to get a max wedge, what is your option of the max wedge?
The alternator pulley flying off that's crazy 45 year's building cars that's a first for me. Luckily the hood was off or that could of been a big problem. Bouncing around like a pin ball in the engine bay out the radiator or hood.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has one off thing's happen. LOL
Great job to Nick and his mechanics awesome Super Bee.
Thanks Randy
I have had air conditioning compressor clutch fly off like that.... Do lots of damage too.
@@harwoods11 wow, not good. Something spinning several thousand rpms just about anything can happen at any time.
Just beautiful Nick, that dash /instrument cluster for your 70 is perfect, To bad Chrysler Australia didn't produce a masterpiece anywhere near as nice as that.
Those emblems are looking so good. It remembers me at my Golf II GTI 16v and my Golf III VR6 2.9ltr back in the days when i was 18 years old. I love the original details. The 16v in the grill, GTI on the side of the front fender and the Volkswagen Golf 16v on the rear of the car. The 16v in the grill was hard to find. When i finally got it i was so happy. You have a beautifull car there. I like the American Mopar Muscle. To bad here in the Netherlands they are to expensive. I love to drive a car like that. I am in love. Thanks for sharing this with the world!
Great video nick!!! Kowalski is coming right along , Love it :)
I LOVE MOPARS BUT WAS NOT A FAN OF THEIR CHARGING SYSTEMS,
That was a mighty nice looking Thunderchicken, hanging out on the starboard side of the shop, in the beginning of the video.
This is exactly why highly skilled old school guys like Nick are the best!
Hopefully the younger guys around him are learning from him.
Isn't there a 500 mile 'break-in' period for fresh engines, i.e. where you don't 'beat the bag out of them?' lol
Had a brand new(rebuilt) alternator pulley fly off and put a huge dent in my mint Corisca's hood(psst:Nick...this may not be the last "crap" ...so-called 'press-fit'(not keyed) rebuilt alt. that you'll ever see(!!
Cheers!
I had my "Nick's" garage in our small town back in the late 70's. I was a teen working on cars in my backyard. Jacking up 68 Pontiac Firebird engines while still in the car using bricks under the engine mounts while we pulled the oil pan and replaced an oil pump. Our local "Nick" always offered his advice and was annoyed when we didn't listen and follow his direction. He was always right. I learned from him every time I walked into his parts shop. I described our problem, he offered advice, he offered parts as the solution, I bought them, and they always worked. I learned why while installing and testing as a teen. I took the process of learning from my "Nick" from back then and build a life of supporting others in many different fields. Thanks to my "Nick"!
When the Kowalski Challenger is done, it's going to be better than factory fresh! Great video!
Wish the Ford n Chevy guys would find their own shop n mechanic, Nick bleeds mopar n the other brand cars videos I don’t even watch. Yes I’m mopar man too
Note to self, be careful of standing near running cars without hoods on . :) Thumbs up on the video !
Hell Nick that's the first time I have seen you fly off the handle HaHa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every other business next to Nick must really like Classic Cars to get too look out your garage or office and see classic cars drive by.
Yea at 100 mph!
Love that green '70 Dodge Dart, is that your car Nick? Can hardly wait to see more about it. Hope it's a 340 4 speed. I bought one brand new in Feb 1970 and loved that car. It ran mid 13's with nothing done but a tune up to the factory distributor - springs and weights.