My brother bought a new Ford Torinio with a 390 engine just before he was drafted by the Army and off to Vietnam. I was 15 at the time and used to take this car out for high-speed Joyrides when nobody was home and load all my friends in, You guys crack me up that work on all these old cars I wouldn't even touch them unless I vacuumed the whole engine in the whole engine bay first who needs hantavirus
Failure! But that's a good thing... I mean it. I truly appreciate the fact that you uploaded this video despite the fact that the engine needs a full rebuild or even replacement. One can learn as much, if not more, from failure as we can from success. It is the failures that make the successes matter. If nothing else, this video you made shows viewers the proper steps to determine whether or not an engine is stuck, and why it might be stuck through those steps - eliminating, one by one, the likely cause. You were very descriptive and right on point at every step. A man who shares his failures is an honest man, and is worth investing in his next pursuit of success. I just subscribed. Looking forward to your future efforts. -Greg
Greg I have always said one in fifty of my comments is comprehensible, but one in a thousand is as good as this one. Enjoy the show sir!! You're the exact person I tailor my videos to
Had a good laugh at the big sneeze dance, loosing your balance, that's the way I do it, especially outside!😁 Enjoyed this video, too bad it has been frozen up so long. I used to occasionally drive my friends 1970 Galaxie 500 coupe, many years ago! Large and comfortable, and I always loved the dashboard, with its left hand radio! I sure miss driving those full size cars!
When you pull them spark plugs squirt some penetrating oil down there before trying to break them loose. Then when they break loose work them out until they get hard to turn then run them back in not only will the penetrating oil help lube the threads but you will clean the threads when running them back and forth. Less chance of hurting the thread's on the heads. Thanks for the videos
Something remotely satisfying about digging an old car/truck out of the woods on a nice Saturday summer afternoon. I guess its about living life having fun on your days off and doing something you really wana be doing instead of being at work. These are the days I live for.
Mustie1 is a smart old New Hampshire buck. He would have Shop-Vac ed that whole thing out before starting anything as well. I'm glad to see somebody boosting mustie, he's a good dude.
Well no one could say you didn’t try! You really put a ton of work into that, well done! Hope someone will restore it... could always just drop a 351W in it and still have a nice cruiser.
A few months ago I paid 250 bucks for a 61 Galaxie. Had been sitting on a farm for 30 years. All four doors were stuck.Trunk was stuck. All four wheels were stuck.352 FE,stuck.No trunk floor or fuel tank.Floor pans shot too. I haven’t given up on getting her freed up,but it’s not looking good. I can say that after watching several videos of people getting engines freed up way to easily,I can certainly relate to this. Plugs were hard to get out (like yours). But finally I can say that I have seen an engine that looks worse than mine. One thing you did show me is that I probably haven’t put enough diesel in it to soak the cam. Don’t think the original half gallon is enough. Thanks.
Excellent video. I’m currently working on a 1965 F250 352 V8... pulled the valve covers and the moisture damage was almost identical. The engine is more useful as a boat anchor. It’s a hard pill to swallow seeing damage like that once you pull those covers... I managed to get a replacement engine for $350... such is life. Dreams of a first start crushed in an instant.
When fighting any rusted bolt tightening then loosening back and forth usually is easier on the threads. Rolling a burr through the threads sometimes equals helicoil. Love the videos thank you
To honk the horn on those GT steering wheels, you use to squeeze them! We had one on a Mercury Marquis back in 1971. Great Video and interesting to watch, like a mystery movie.
This looks like a perfect winter project in a heated shop. Make it a frame off restoration or just yank out the motor and trans and just rebuild them for a different car or build a rat rod.
@@GoodOlBoy1976 Hey, me too...it's just the old brand rivalry thing...I have always been a Chev/GMC kind of guy....easier to get parts for and until the newer ones, any small block would mate up to any tranny....unlike Fords. I have an old Jeep YJ to drive....drafty, noisy and with the aerodynamics of a brick. Old GM and old Harleys...never die.
@@TheWolfsnack Hell yea I am a Chevy guy also. I have been looking for a good project but ran into money trouble. So my plans have been put on hold for now.
I love doing the kind of stuff that you and everyone else dose. I live in Utah and one day me and my family where driving through a neighborhood in cedar city and I noticed that there were so many old cars that looked like they have been sitting for a long time, and I think that you would love to go over there and see them. And also one of these days I want to come with you and your buddies to go get a car running.
Watching you strain to get that plug out made my own joints hurt, with all the battery powered impact stuff out there nowadays you could find an easier way, I admire your determination, enjoyed your video
I'm Amazed the knowledge young boys got what these old school cars from my generation and I love you all sense of humor to keep the videos coming I do enjoy
With the rockers off and valvetrain closed you could hook a pancake air compressor up to a compression tester and give a cylinder a 125psi shot of compression which on a 390 with a 4.05" bore would be like 1400 pounds pushing down on the piston. Just find a piston near tds on each side that when moving down rotate the crank in opposite direction. Air pressure left bank to turn her one direction the air pressure right bank to turn her back but you need to bleed off the air each time.
A pressure washer nozzle with threads to screw in the plug hole and a 2000psi washer would be 25,000 lbs pushing down on that piston but thats getting sketchy lol
@@grassyfieldz4578 You said it only takes 20 minutes so you wouldn't be wasting very much time. You also said " of " instead of " have " but we'll overlook that.😉😁
The Galaxy with the stacked headlights is the one I'd like to see you drop a big block in and get fixed up :-)) Not crazy about the one you're selling but would love to see the slightly earlier model is outstanding! You and Luke could start a fleet with his Galaxies and yours [do a convoy day] :-))
I've seen an old mechanic friend of mine get seized motors unstuck by filling them with diesel fuel and letting them sit for a week. Probably not that one though lol.
Enjoyable videos to watch. Lots of work to "see" if they'll run, but very enjoyable to watch. I just did my second engine swap (first one was same car in 1996), and it is a lot of work (just a jack, jack stands, cherry picker, and hand tools).
Sooo Awesome! another Junk Yard Digs vid! I think it's awesome that you got sponsored by Simply Safe. You deserve a great sponsor like them. Simply Safe is definatly a Must Have. Great episode and Thank you for putting out the content. I realize it takes a crap ton of time to edit, so when I see you post an episode I gotta watch from my shop while working on my own project. Thanks a gain!
Cool...I had a four door version back in the 70s...an old Fire Chief's car.....it ran great, and was a versatile boat.....as in we took the back seat out and used it to transport calves from a dairy farm to a buddy's pasture.....quite the sight a young calf with it's head out the side window bawling away!
I recently bought a 1989 Camaro that had been sitting for 15 years. I did the same things you're doing and finally got it to turn while at the same time taking it apart piece by piece to see what was causing the sticking. The more I tore into it the more sludge I found. Finally unsiezed it but there was way too much sludge build up to run it. I broke it all down and took it all to the machine shop. I got it all back and have since then put it all back together and it now runs. It can be done but isn't cheap.
I'd love to see that FE torn down and rebuilt, but I understand it is a big job. That would be a great project for somebody. You can get frames from the southwest for 500-600 dollars. The body is in great shape really other than the trunk and possibly floor pans. Only problem I see is you are low on blinker fluid. :P
Looks like the 352 in my in-law's (now my) '58 Skyliner that sat since 1967, except it took my machine shop 2 1/2 weeks to get the cam, distributor and lifters out. It actually looked good inside so it's being rebuilt, especially since it's the original engine and it's one of the early solid lifter ones. Right now I'm trying to get the seized rockers off the shafts. The 9 or so that I've managed to get off so far are perfect inside.
I enjoyed your video! I was really hoping it wasn't so bad, and you would get that old girl running! I grew up with a 1969 LTD Brougham 429 and a 1970 Galaxie 351 fifty years ago (or almost 50, in the case of the Galaxie)! Now I have a '69 Country Squire 429 4V in my garage (eBay find) to keep the nostalgia alive. Keep up your great videos!
My Friend had a 74 f100 with a 390 2bbl 4speed granny 4x4... Those 390s are Monsters. Slammed on it till the Truck rusted apart...aka Pennsylvania Rust
You need a blow torch and some PB Blaster spray. It eats rust like I eat tacos. Give rusted seized bolts before apply force with breaker bars can definitely prevent breaking bolts. Which if you have broken bolts before...you know. You will hate your life. My worst situation was with a crank bolt I was trying to remove on a Honda... I broke my impace gun trying to get it off. I ended up using a blow torch to heat it up then used a 32 ft...yes a 32 foot breaker bar..... I just did a pull up on that sucker and then here a huge SNAP! and it was out of there before you can say bob is your uncle. Love you videos dude. Cheers!
I have a nice 390 out of a 64 galaxie and a nice 390 in a 65 thunderbird. If your car wasnt so far from SC, id be loading the trailer up. Could probably do a budget build on the original engine as well.
I had a 1970 Galaxie fastback as my 1st car. I loved that car. The frame had a bad spot and broke. The rest of the car was immaculate. It was sad watching my perfect looking car being towed to the junkyard. I'm still sad almost 30 years later!
I think you may be mistaken, at 17:38, you think the valve is hitting piston. I say NO, it is simply that the cam can not overcome the resistance of the stuck valve. I want to first appreciate your service! And then thank you for ALL your efforts, sharing with us, your fun with fun cars and fun people! Please keep the limited entertainment coming, for Us limited entertainment needy people! : )
As always, when I comment early on a vid (after my 3rd Ten High) HELLO VISE GRIP!!! I am Trumped by the producer. Never the less, please check to see if that is a TRUE 69 GT car and MOTOR. The 69 GT 390 motor had fueley heads with a 2.02 (?) Intake valve and a large exhaust valve. I know from experience, if you install a 428 "SUPER" Cobra-jet cam. That motor will be the BEAST of the planet. See what you have there before you sell it off as scrap. That motor is worth MUCH more than $6 Bills. (If it is a GT)
65 and up to like 1975, the frames liked to rot where the lower control arms bolted in, so, check before burnouts, not that I know what I am talking about.
Very interesting vid. You gave it your best shot and probably went to a lot more effort than most people would have to get her to turn over. You win some, you lose some. Onwards and upwards.
Watching you use that breaker bar on those plugs was nerve wracking, lol. Not much else you could do of course but man it was stressful. If that thing broke off in there, there's no way you could tap it out. Go buy a lottery ticket!
PB blaster and a rattle gun would have been the safer route. This is how i do factory plug changes on the 3v Modular engines. Soak them real good, get the engine warm and rattle them out. Never had to get an extractor using this method
Sad to see the car was too far gone. I had a Galaxy XL Fastback, 390, bucket seats when I was 17. I think it was a 68. It must have had electrical problems because someone cut a crap load of wires out of from under the dash and then abandoned it. I paid $200 for it and knew very little about wiring and used what I had, which was mostly speaker wire and lamp cord, to get everything working again. I drove it for 2 years and traded it for a 70 Cutlass Those 390's were great engines and it was a very nice car for a 17 year old.
Did just that exactly on a Jeep that sat thirty plus years seized solid. Owner gave it to me just to remove it. It was a V8 , low miles original body paint. I poured diesel fuel in the engine let it sit a week . Pop out spark plugs . It unseized with breaker bar. Cleaned up , I drove it three years , sold it to a Jeep collector who restored it ! Never say never happen !
Sad, brutal death is splattered on the nose of a Kenworth, or the trunk of a tree. This is just the typical decline of anything that's old and neglected, including US.
If you work the plugs Off, then back On a bit then Off again, all the while, going back and forth helps with sticky threads undone without breaking them off. Sometimes it will save using torches. Just a suggestion use it or not. Thanks for sharing Enjoy the flicks. Sincerely Andrew T. Barrie Ont., Canada
Man I wish I lived closer. I'd definitely buy that thing. Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to convince my wife that it would be worth the drive from central Florida to pick it up. lol
Dennis P. WD40 creates pulses as it tries to displace water which attracts fish. As long as it’s primary function is to displace water it would still work.
I was hoping to see you pull the heads, it'd been interesting to see what the pistons looked like. On the other hand it would have been a giant PITA. Good video 👍
@@estonianperson1112 wasn't the Lemans project smokey? Digs and Mook were working on that last time i saw. is this video from before that and just now uploaded you think?
It can really help to work stuck plugs/bolts etc back and forth. Loosen a tiny bit tighten a tiny bit spray penetrant etcetc. This can allow the penetrant to work into the threads as well as get things unbound.
You mean $400 right because if you paid $40 for one you got a he'll of a deal!!! I got a running driving 83 foxbody ltd for$250! Just rusty at the passenger side drivers door from the rain getting in the window seals!! Amazing considering its from Ohio and Florida and now with me in upstate south carolina!!
@@justinraystyles3537I had the same problem with my 89 LX convert. I wound up buying them brand new from American Muscle for $100 of all lites Sigmnl,headlites and markers.
Parts car. Sad, but this being Iowa and the fact that it sat (probably) on dirt for 30ish years and had whatever years of winter love from the IDOT this is what you end up with. All of you that live in the Southwest and South don't know how lucky you are.
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Was kind of surprised you would advertise a company that is anti 2 amendment.
So glad some of the little YT'ers are getting some sponsors.
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"I'll keep the condensor".. 🏆. Enjoyed!
Glad to see you watch junkyard digs too, brother!
@@BigJim1976 wouldn't miss it!
LOL. I liked that, too... "Car's for sale. I'm keeping the condensor." And that dashboard was killing me, too.
It's about your speed Rusty and crusty
I would be ashamed of myself if I spent 800 bucks on that pile.
That's not full of water, it's blinker fluid, and it's low.
Hahah :)
lol
You beat me to it!!! I was going to write the same thing until I saw your comment LOL!!
Don't forget to check those muffler bearings!?
Don't forget to adjust the piston return springs also.
My brother bought a new Ford Torinio with a 390 engine just before he was drafted by the Army and off to Vietnam. I was 15 at the time and used to take this car out for high-speed Joyrides when nobody was home and load all my friends in, You guys crack me up that work on all these old cars I wouldn't even touch them unless I vacuumed the whole engine in the whole engine bay first who needs hantavirus
Some youtubers cant keep their cars from catching on fire. Other youtubers douse their cars in kerosene. We live in a golden age.
Sometimes, the cars have defects that cause them to catch on fire.
@@paxhumana2015 ...its a joke
Leave Tyler out of this lol
Failure! But that's a good thing... I mean it. I truly appreciate the fact that you uploaded this video despite the fact that the engine needs a full rebuild or even replacement. One can learn as much, if not more, from failure as we can from success. It is the failures that make the successes matter. If nothing else, this video you made shows viewers the proper steps to determine whether or not an engine is stuck, and why it might be stuck through those steps - eliminating, one by one, the likely cause. You were very descriptive and right on point at every step. A man who shares his failures is an honest man, and is worth investing in his next pursuit of success. I just subscribed. Looking forward to your future efforts. -Greg
Greg I have always said one in fifty of my comments is comprehensible, but one in a thousand is as good as this one. Enjoy the show sir!! You're the exact person I tailor my videos to
@@JunkyardDigs Thank you Sir!
I would like to see him rebuild 1
yep i hate when people never post there fails and make things look supper easy then people try it and it dont work for them and they give up
starting the day with a junkyard digs means its gonna be a good day!
Those Galaxies are some really nice old cars. cool that you tried at least
Had a good laugh at the big sneeze dance, loosing your balance, that's the way I do it, especially outside!😁 Enjoyed this video, too bad it has been frozen up so long. I used to occasionally drive my friends 1970 Galaxie 500 coupe, many years ago! Large and comfortable, and I always loved the dashboard, with its left hand radio! I sure miss driving those full size cars!
When you pull them spark plugs squirt some penetrating oil down there before trying to break them loose. Then when they break loose work them out until they get hard to turn then run them back in not only will the penetrating oil help lube the threads but you will clean the threads when running them back and forth. Less chance of hurting the thread's on the heads. Thanks for the videos
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I died laughing reading this😂😂😂😂
@@TheseBygones at what
@@CJE2007.5 the penitration part😂😂😂
He did that Captain Obvious.
Something remotely satisfying about digging an old car/truck out of the woods on a nice Saturday summer afternoon. I guess its about living life having fun on your days off and doing something you really wana be doing instead of being at work. These are the days I live for.
Seeing a failed try and more importantly why it was a fail has a lot of value. Thanks for trying.
You learn more from failures than successes.
Just give it to Mustie1. He'll get that rust fixed in no time, and have the engine running to boot.
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Mustie1 is a smart old New Hampshire buck. He would have Shop-Vac ed that whole thing out before starting anything as well. I'm glad to see somebody boosting mustie, he's a good dude.
Mustie1 would have dropped a VW engine in that beast.
Mustie would of compression tested that bad boy whilst seized then said she’s a little low but she will be fine for 20k
We all love Mustie 1
Well no one could say you didn’t try! You really put a ton of work into that, well done! Hope someone will restore it... could always just drop a 351W in it and still have a nice cruiser.
A few months ago I paid 250 bucks for a 61 Galaxie. Had been sitting on a farm for 30 years. All four doors were stuck.Trunk was stuck. All four wheels were stuck.352 FE,stuck.No trunk floor or fuel tank.Floor pans shot too. I haven’t given up on getting her freed up,but it’s not looking good. I can say that after watching several videos of people getting engines freed up way to easily,I can certainly relate to this. Plugs were hard to get out (like yours). But finally I can say that I have seen an engine that looks worse than mine. One thing you did show me is that I probably haven’t put enough diesel in it to soak the cam. Don’t think the original half gallon is enough. Thanks.
I love that car.
Car shows should be more like this.
Excellent video. I’m currently working on a 1965 F250 352 V8... pulled the valve covers and the moisture damage was almost identical. The engine is more useful as a boat anchor. It’s a hard pill to swallow seeing damage like that once you pull those covers... I managed to get a replacement engine for $350... such is life. Dreams of a first start crushed in an instant.
When fighting any rusted bolt tightening then loosening back and forth usually is easier on the threads. Rolling a burr through the threads sometimes equals helicoil. Love the videos thank you
To honk the horn on those GT steering wheels, you use to squeeze them! We had one on a Mercury Marquis back in 1971. Great Video and interesting to watch, like a mystery movie.
This looks like a perfect winter project in a heated shop. Make it a frame off restoration or just yank out the motor and trans and just rebuild them for a different car or build a rat rod.
yeah....but it still would be an old Ford....
@@TheWolfsnack any old ford is better than the new ones in my book. I would rather have a old ford or Chevy over any thing new.
@@GoodOlBoy1976 Hey, me too...it's just the old brand rivalry thing...I have always been a Chev/GMC kind of guy....easier to get parts for and until the newer ones, any small block would mate up to any tranny....unlike Fords. I have an old Jeep YJ to drive....drafty, noisy and with the aerodynamics of a brick. Old GM and old Harleys...never die.
@@TheWolfsnack Hell yea I am a Chevy guy also. I have been looking for a good project but ran into money trouble. So my plans have been put on hold for now.
I love doing the kind of stuff that you and everyone else dose. I live in Utah and one day me and my family where driving through a neighborhood in cedar city and I noticed that there were so many old cars that looked like they have been sitting for a long time, and I think that you would love to go over there and see them. And also one of these days I want to come with you and your buddies to go get a car running.
A video from Thunderhead289 and Junkyard Digs within 24hrs of each other? What is the world coming to?! Keep up the good work
Watching you strain to get that plug out made my own joints hurt, with all the battery powered impact stuff out there nowadays you could find an easier way, I admire your determination, enjoyed your video
I'm Amazed the knowledge young boys got what these old school cars from my generation and I love you all sense of humor to keep the videos coming I do enjoy
With the rockers off and valvetrain closed you could hook a pancake air compressor up to a compression tester and give a cylinder a 125psi shot of compression which on a 390 with a 4.05" bore would be like 1400 pounds pushing down on the piston. Just find a piston near tds on each side that when moving down rotate the crank in opposite direction. Air pressure left bank to turn her one direction the air pressure right bank to turn her back but you need to bleed off the air each time.
Now this is science
A pressure washer nozzle with threads to screw in the plug hole and a 2000psi washer would be 25,000 lbs pushing down on that piston but thats getting sketchy lol
@@Andrew-hg6hp now we're talking!!
can we get a complete engine disassembly, pistons and shafts? just to see the damage?
At least pull the head, so we can see the carnage,lol.
Right, I'd take it apart just for the heck of it
Yeah I wanted him to take the head off would of only took like 20 minutes to do.
@@CB-xr1eg Why would I waste my time doing that?
@@grassyfieldz4578 You said it only takes 20 minutes so you wouldn't be wasting very much time. You also said " of " instead of " have " but we'll overlook that.😉😁
The Galaxy with the stacked headlights is the one I'd like to see you drop a big block in and get fixed up :-)) Not crazy about the one you're selling but would love to see the slightly earlier model is outstanding! You and Luke could start a fleet with his Galaxies and yours [do a convoy day] :-))
I've seen an old mechanic friend of mine get seized motors unstuck by filling them with diesel fuel and letting them sit for a week. Probably not that one though lol.
I haven't seen mook for a while, i like it when you two are wrenchin' together. You two have good chemistry, and that is cool to see I think
1:18 nice racing slicks on the skid steer! :-)
just discovered you today and ive literally done nothing but binge watch ur channel. this is the stuff i wish i could afford to do!!
1:31 I was thinking " you better not damage that $400 grill " 😂🤣
Lol
I hope your brother realizes how lucky and awesome it is to spend a summer doing what you guys are doing!
Good job buddy! I like that you pointed out problems and possibilities of breaking loose an engine
Enjoyable videos to watch. Lots of work to "see" if they'll run, but very enjoyable to watch. I just did my second engine swap (first one was same car in 1996), and it is a lot of work (just a jack, jack stands, cherry picker, and hand tools).
Love the old LTD body style. But I think Id buy a old crown vic and drop the LTD body on the crown vic frame. Problems solved! Lol!
Yeah, didn't fire up, but it was still very entertaining
im with yall this guy i just dont know
Different wheelbases, track widths, etc. I doubt very much that it would fit. A 70 Galaxie is a lot bigger than a Vic.
Sooo Awesome! another Junk Yard Digs vid! I think it's awesome that you got sponsored by Simply Safe. You deserve a great sponsor like them. Simply Safe is definatly a Must Have. Great episode and Thank you for putting out the content. I realize it takes a crap ton of time to edit, so when I see you post an episode I gotta watch from my shop while working on my own project. Thanks a gain!
I'd still would love to see that thing run!!!!!!
Cool...I had a four door version back in the 70s...an old Fire Chief's car.....it ran great, and was a versatile boat.....as in we took the back seat out and used it to transport calves from a dairy farm to a buddy's pasture.....quite the sight a young calf with it's head out the side window bawling away!
I know nothing about cars but still love your videos. Just hit it right to make it work..
I recently bought a 1989 Camaro that had been sitting for 15 years. I did the same things you're doing and finally got it to turn while at the same time taking it apart piece by piece to see what was causing the sticking. The more I tore into it the more sludge I found. Finally unsiezed it but there was way too much sludge build up to run it. I broke it all down and took it all to the machine shop. I got it all back and have since then put it all back together and it now runs. It can be done but isn't cheap.
I'd love to see that FE torn down and rebuilt, but I understand it is a big job. That would be a great project for somebody. You can get frames from the southwest for 500-600 dollars. The body is in great shape really other than the trunk and possibly floor pans. Only problem I see is you are low on blinker fluid. :P
Looks like the 352 in my in-law's (now my) '58 Skyliner that sat since 1967, except it took my machine shop 2 1/2 weeks to get the cam, distributor and lifters out. It actually looked good inside so it's being rebuilt, especially since it's the original engine and it's one of the early solid lifter ones. Right now I'm trying to get the seized rockers off the shafts. The 9 or so that I've managed to get off so far are perfect inside.
big block Galaxie with a/c and manual drum brakes...those were the days
I enjoyed your video! I was really hoping it wasn't so bad, and you would get that old girl running! I grew up with a 1969 LTD Brougham 429 and a 1970 Galaxie 351 fifty years ago (or almost 50, in the case of the Galaxie)! Now I have a '69 Country Squire 429 4V in my garage (eBay find) to keep the nostalgia alive. Keep up your great videos!
Watching this in the morning, I'm gonna have a good day
The 1969-70 Galaxie/LTD coupe's were some really cool cars. Too bad this one is too far gone. Thanks for the vid!
i just built a ford 390 from a bare block for my thunderbird, they are very expensive to mod. put about 4k into the motor alone...but she does go fast
My Friend had a 74 f100 with a 390 2bbl 4speed granny 4x4... Those 390s are Monsters. Slammed on it till the Truck rusted apart...aka Pennsylvania Rust
You need a blow torch and some PB Blaster spray. It eats rust like I eat tacos. Give rusted seized bolts before apply force with breaker bars can definitely prevent breaking bolts. Which if you have broken bolts before...you know. You will hate your life. My worst situation was with a crank bolt I was trying to remove on a Honda... I broke my impace gun trying to get it off. I ended up using a blow torch to heat it up then used a 32 ft...yes a 32 foot breaker bar..... I just did a pull up on that sucker and then here a huge SNAP! and it was out of there before you can say bob is your uncle. Love you videos dude. Cheers!
I have a nice 390 out of a 64 galaxie and a nice 390 in a 65 thunderbird. If your car wasnt so far from SC, id be loading the trailer up. Could probably do a budget build on the original engine as well.
Your dad's look was classic during the SimpliSafe commercial! 😆
i almost cried watching you try to take that spark plug out
edit : nevermind i cried when you took the valve covers off
I had a 1970 Galaxie fastback as my 1st car. I loved that car. The frame had a bad spot and broke. The rest of the car was immaculate. It was sad watching my perfect looking car being towed to the junkyard. I'm still sad almost 30 years later!
Junkyard Digs: "...so we're going to fill the engine with kerosene..."
Me: "... ... ...well, he's a professional. I'll keep watching."
Love what you guys are doing ! reminds me when I was a young lad ( about you age) Helping my uncles with their cars/trucks.
Me: "No long videos today. Lets just check TH-cam and then watch my show"
Junkyard Digs: *_Oh no you dont_*
I think you may be mistaken, at 17:38, you think the valve is hitting piston. I say NO, it is simply that the cam can not overcome the resistance of the stuck valve. I want to first appreciate your service! And then thank you for ALL your efforts, sharing with us, your fun with fun cars and fun people! Please keep the limited entertainment coming, for Us limited entertainment needy people! : )
As always, when I comment early on a vid (after my 3rd Ten High) HELLO VISE GRIP!!! I am Trumped by the producer. Never the less, please check to see if that is a TRUE 69 GT car and MOTOR. The 69 GT 390 motor had fueley heads with a 2.02 (?) Intake valve and a large exhaust valve. I know from experience, if you install a 428 "SUPER" Cobra-jet cam. That motor will be the BEAST of the planet. See what you have there before you sell it off as scrap. That motor is worth MUCH more than $6 Bills. (If it is a GT)
65 and up to like 1975, the frames liked to rot where the lower control arms bolted in, so, check before burnouts, not that I know what I am talking about.
Cool ass car. Great job saving another classic from the crusher. Hope you get it sold soon bud!
So why not pull the heads? Your in to it that far. It is very salvageable, all the parts are there.
I agree 100% Pop a cherry-picker on that thing, take it to your local machine shop spend a couple dollars she'll be running in no time
“If it’s not one thing, it’s all the others”
Brilliant.
I remember the Lamont it looked like you had deep-fried the rockers in rust
Very interesting vid. You gave it your best shot and probably went to a lot more effort than most people would have to get her to turn over. You win some, you lose some. Onwards and upwards.
Watching you use that breaker bar on those plugs was nerve wracking, lol. Not much else you could do of course but man it was stressful. If that thing broke off in there, there's no way you could tap it out. Go buy a lottery ticket!
PB blaster and a rattle gun would have been the safer route.
This is how i do factory plug changes on the 3v Modular engines. Soak them real good, get the engine warm and rattle them out. Never had to get an extractor using this method
I'm wondering why he didn't try tightening them a fraction before trying to loosen the spark plugs.
ive gotten them out you patience and a custom easy out tool made from a axle bolt
Was the car sold or available
says available
Bless you on the opening sneeze....thank you for these entertaining shows...THANK YOU for your military service 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I kinda feel like I need a new Junkyard Mook video soon.
Sad to see the car was too far gone.
I had a Galaxy XL Fastback, 390, bucket seats when I was 17. I think it was a 68. It must have had electrical problems because someone cut a crap load of wires out of from under the dash and then abandoned it. I paid $200 for it and knew very little about wiring and used what I had, which was mostly speaker wire and lamp cord, to get everything working again. I drove it for 2 years and traded it for a 70 Cutlass Those 390's were great engines and it was a very nice car for a 17 year old.
it's got a factory trunk floor delete option .
It wouldn’t be Iowa without all that wind! Awesome project, the dream is to get a piece of land with some space and a few cars to bring back to life!
Never seen or hear of anyone using kerosene and marvel mystery oil. I've always used ATF and acetone
marvels works pb works never tried atf
Did just that exactly on a Jeep that sat thirty plus years seized solid. Owner gave it to me just to remove it. It was a V8 , low miles original body paint. I poured diesel fuel in the engine let it sit a week . Pop out spark plugs . It unseized with breaker bar. Cleaned up , I drove it three years , sold it to a Jeep collector who restored it ! Never say never happen !
48 dislikes are from EPA employees upset about some spilled diesel and kerosene 😬
That’s cool man my dad had a 64 galaxie 4 door hardtop love those things
Have you tried something like evaporust down the cylinders? I've seen that stuff remove a lot of rust.
Evaporust is water based so it wouldnt provide any lube and it wont get rid of the crud.
@@joshyoung1281 Not looking for lubrication factor, just to bust up the rust and free the piston.
I love your videos! I wish there was something like this closer to my home. You guys seem like you have a lot of fun.
21:20 you know it's bad when you have to vacuum INSIDE the valve covers...
Love the cinder blocks strapped to the back of the skid steer. 😀
I wonder how electrolysis would work on removing the rocker rust.
I love the goofball washer in the background!
Watching those cars just makes me sad, like what those cars have done to deserve such sad/brutal death
Sad, brutal death is splattered on the nose of a Kenworth, or the trunk of a tree. This is just the typical decline of anything that's old and neglected, including US.
If you work the plugs Off, then back On a bit then Off again, all the while, going back and forth helps with sticky threads undone without breaking them off. Sometimes it will save using torches. Just a suggestion use it or not. Thanks for sharing Enjoy the flicks. Sincerely Andrew T. Barrie Ont., Canada
I say put a battery in there and try and turn it over. You wont be out anything at this point if you getting rid of it. It would make a good video
Galaxy sitting there 30 years long time hope you get the engine running soon get out of the grass awesome video keep up the good job friend bless you
cam follower for the fuel pump is stuck(very common on stuck fe engines)
Liking the VGG/McCool love. Also, be sure to save that blinker fluid in the other car. They dont make that stuff anymore.
Man I wish I lived closer. I'd definitely buy that thing. Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to convince my wife that it would be worth the drive from central Florida to pick it up. lol
Just don't tell her until you get home. That's always worked for me before I got devorced lol
tail light full of water? and its not an rx-8?
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Rather than use wd40, get yourself some pbblaster. You'll thank me later.
That's what I was about to say that truly should have sprayed them down first that would have ruined.
WD40 equals "Water Displacement attempt 40". It is not a penetrating oil, but is a good illegal fish bait.
@@slowdaze Not any more. They took the fish oil or whatever out of it. It's useless as bait spray now too.
Dennis P. WD40 creates pulses as it tries to displace water which attracts fish. As long as it’s primary function is to displace water it would still work.
Jb80 is the true way to go...
I was hoping to see you pull the heads, it'd been interesting to see what the pistons looked like. On the other hand it would have been a giant PITA. Good video 👍
Hey kev. Dude your fricken awsome and also, where’s the lemans and the firebird
Dead.
@@estonianperson1112 wasn't the Lemans project smokey? Digs and Mook were working on that last time i saw. is this video from before that and just now uploaded you think?
It can really help to work stuck plugs/bolts etc back and forth. Loosen a tiny bit tighten a tiny bit spray penetrant etcetc. This can allow the penetrant to work into the threads as well as get things unbound.
When you have a stuck engine you dont use oil you use vinegar to un stick it
Vinegar will Eat away at Rust for some reason!
Great save! Too bad it was so rusted, but hey the way she goes. At least it wasn't crushed :)
Excuse me sir, where’s the truck 😂😂😂
Alive and well.
13:00 Mosquito spraying...another reason I don't miss living out east! Great to see you getting shaggy again.
I bought a Galaxy (1970) like that one but in much better shape and running for $40.
You mean $400 right because if you paid $40 for one you got a he'll of a deal!!! I got a running driving 83 foxbody ltd for$250! Just rusty at the passenger side drivers door from the rain getting in the window seals!! Amazing considering its from Ohio and Florida and now with me in upstate south carolina!!
@@justinraystyles3537No $40 dollars. And i have a rust-free door for that fox body!!!
@@gilbertnowak5770 really that's awesome!!!! Having a time trying to find the headlight besels with the corner markers!!
@@justinraystyles3537I had the same problem with my 89 LX convert. I wound up buying them brand new from American Muscle for $100 of all lites Sigmnl,headlites and markers.
@@gilbertnowak5770 would love to see that rust free door!!!
Love the content man!! And I love that you guys all support each other, that’s how it should be.
we need an F250 video
Parts car. Sad, but this being Iowa and the fact that it sat (probably) on dirt for 30ish years and had whatever years of winter love from the IDOT this is what you end up with. All of you that live in the Southwest and South don't know how lucky you are.