Memories....Your comment on the craftsman sockets reminded me of the Husky set I used to build my engine this year. Dad gave it to me for Christmas in 1976.
I hadn't heard that. I do know that there were several different foundry locations but assumed the "wheel" icon was maybe used identify "automotive" use vs. industrial or other types of use. So do you think that each foundry had their own logo / symbol? Interesting stuff. Thanks for this comment. I'll do some research on this. -steve
@@theautorefinery my guy of knowledge that has forgotten more about Olds than I will ever know just clued me in on the wagon wheel symbol the other week ... any Olds casting with the wagon wheel came from Defiance Ohio and he made mention that every foundry did in fact have there own identity symbol... and I was just by the Defiance plant today ,,, interesting world...close to me there are several Olds guys and several parts hoarders...
Craftsman tools,,, how ironic my parents got me a complete 1/2, 3/8, 1/4 socket set with wrenches etc for Christmas back in 87 and ya know what I bet I still have 98% of that kit in my wrenching arsenal,,its the things in life we hold onto that mean alot to us
Oh man, that great! Good for you! I'm so glad that Joe kept that little line in the video. What a cool topic. Old tools that we still use!!! Thanks again, -steve
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : Have to lol these old eyes have not seen ( i d ) engine block numbers so long ago ! Looking to see how it comes out . Two of my 350 cid engines my cam is one step over stock , nice running & nice power to drive around all the time . Just FYI 🍩☕️👀😎👍🚀
Morning Mr. B Glad to have been able to refresh your memory. I know we could break down and upgrade the cam (and more) but remember that for this exercise we are going to see what we can do with what we have. I'd like to build an engine run stand and this is to be the test mule.. Thanks as always for watching . -steve
Have you considered cleaning up and freeing up those high compression pistons from the 4bbl motor and using those? Take the parts down to the machine shop, get the pistons put on the 2bbl rods, have the block professionally honed and the crank polished. With a little extra effort and a couple hundred dollars you could have a nice high compression 4bbl short block.
Good morning. We have other plans for the real L74. No shortage of those around here, in addition to both W-31's, the convertible, the Rallye and the QB. All too happy to attempt to getting this one running as an L65. This is intended to be a fun in house build. Thanks for watching -steve
Hi, been a subscriber from the beginning and I believe that you are in an outstanding position to put an all Oldsmobile get together/cruise for this coming season. Maybe in conjunction with the completion of Mr. Jones. I'd definitely come up from Jersey and I'm sure most of your local subscribers with an Olds would as well.👍🏻thx
Hey there Brian! I like your optimism for sure... but Mr Jones will not be done this year I'm afraid. This engine build is just for fun. we should definitely try and put something together. Me and and the OG ( and John ) are always ready to cruise!! -steve
well.....great question......so here's the thing. One cannot just put the camera in the tripod, one needs to also press the "record " button. I was telling Joe that here I was, honing away, talking to the camera only to the realize ....... UGH!!! yeah so that didn't go as planned. I'll try and do better. I promise. Thanks for watching and for pointing out my epic failure!!! hahahah -steve
No kidding? I guess press fit wrist pins are a perfect place for semi-permanent binding to happen. Thanks again for playing along. We appreciate it! -steve
Ha! PS I love it we have Q-Jets and Holleys for everything here. A whole box of rebuild kits and parts. I spent so much time on carbs this past summer and didn't record anything.
You might want to at least set up a dial board gauge and check those holes for taper. It will run but you may have an awful lot of blow by if you have more than .003 taper
One little wire from the wire wheel can lockup an oil pump, lol ask me how I know. I cleaned the hell out of it, but somehow that one wire was left behind and caused instantaneous failure after just a few miles. 😢
I have 5.7 Diesel block 8 403 rods early 400 3.975" crankshaft after a lot of thought turn down counterweights .3123"or so, rod journals to Olds small block rod size with a 3.88 stroke bore cylinders out to 4.185 convert rods to Chevy pins to used .060 over 400 sbc pistons for a mystical 427 badge and hydraulic roller cam gear 71 E heads Performer RPM intake sound absurd?
Hello there and Thank You for watching and for sharing that "recipe" with everyone. Sounds truly killer! However, it certainly doesn't comply with what our objective is for this exercise, Unless maybe you have all of those ingredients already "in stock" Could be a fun game we start. Thanks again for watching. -steve
And have it just blend in with all the other restored musclecars out there? Nah. we're good thanks. It's a good thing we're terrible at taking direction. Otherwise we may have been inclined to body swap it or even part it out. Thanks so much for watching and playing along. We appreciate your participation. -steve
@ no that’s a fairly rare car plenty worth the work… but what’s wrong with fresh paint??? Or my comment I wasn’t telling you what to do bro so the attitude isn’t aprisheated.. it was a suggestion… you did a great job with the wheel well lips just to leave a rusted pin hole directly above it you just going to leave it to rot and the great patch work you done yall just gonna leave it raw to rot????
I’m sorry, what makes sense is that when I bought this car we weren’t completely sure how exactly to attack this piece. I had a vision from the get go when I brought the car home, I wanted to be able to drive this car and not worry about having to care for a mint 15-20k paint job because if it were to get painted it wouldn’t be some tractor paint job in our backyard. I’d rather cut out as little of the rot as possible where we just crest into salvageable metal to attach new metal on and make it a complete car again without going overboard. The tiny stuff like a pinhole here and there isn’t going to matter the way I care for my stuff. I don’t drive anything of value in inclement weather and it’ll never sit outside unless it’s being driven. If you saw how meticulously I maintain my other vehicles if there was a pinhole of rust on something it would stay that same pinhole of rust for 55 years and never get worse. I appreciate all the people who love this car and the fact we’re crazy enough to save it but I enjoy saving old, and original paint and maintaining it instead of just cashing in and giving in to putting fresh paint on it. Trust me I’ll keep this paint in better condition than the person who goes out and buys a brand new 2025 whatever and keeps it for the next 10-15 years. Wait till it’s all finished, you’ll be satisfied, trust me. -Joe
@ I’m already satisfied you’ve done a great job… your car man I was just making a suggestion is all lol.. thanks for the reply back :) I can tell you care for your cars aloght better than most in the same way..
Memories....Your comment on the craftsman sockets reminded me of the Husky set I used to build my engine this year. Dad gave it to me for Christmas in 1976.
Good tools yield good memories right? Good stuff!
thanks for taking the time to share that with us. Very cool
Thanks for watching,
-steve
Will definitely be tuning into this series. Love more Oldsmobile content!
Hey Thank You!! We are happy to have you along .
Thanks for watching.
-steve
Very cool idea and I love the "use what you have" approach. Original hot rodding concept. Cheers 🍻
Hey. now here's someone who get's what we're trying to do here. Thank You! Hopefully we can make this happen.
Wish us luck.
Until next time,
-steve
You have skill. Luck is secondary. Can't wait to hear that 350 fire up!
Thanks so much for the vote of confidence. As soon as we get through the build , we need to build a run stand.
That's the main goal here.!!
-steve
I believe the wagon wheel symbol left of the CFD shows it was cast at the Defiance Ohio casting plant therefore CFD Central Foundry Defiance
I hadn't heard that. I do know that there were several different foundry locations but assumed the "wheel" icon was maybe used identify "automotive" use vs. industrial or other types of use. So do you think that each foundry had their own logo / symbol? Interesting stuff.
Thanks for this comment. I'll do some research on this.
-steve
@@theautorefinery my guy of knowledge that has forgotten more about Olds than I will ever know just clued me in on the wagon wheel symbol the other week ... any Olds casting with the wagon wheel came from Defiance Ohio and he made mention that every foundry did in fact have there own identity symbol... and I was just by the Defiance plant today ,,, interesting world...close to me there are several Olds guys and several parts hoarders...
ok great ill check the other blocks in the morning
Craftsman tools,,, how ironic my parents got me a complete 1/2, 3/8, 1/4 socket set with wrenches etc for Christmas back in 87 and ya know what I bet I still have 98% of that kit in my wrenching arsenal,,its the things in life we hold onto that mean alot to us
Oh man, that great! Good for you! I'm so glad that Joe kept that little line in the video. What a cool topic. Old tools that we still use!!!
Thanks again,
-steve
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : Have to lol these old eyes have not seen ( i d ) engine block numbers so long ago ! Looking to see how it comes out . Two of my 350 cid engines my cam is one step over stock , nice running & nice power to drive around all the time . Just FYI 🍩☕️👀😎👍🚀
Morning Mr. B Glad to have been able to refresh your memory. I know we could break down and upgrade the cam (and more) but remember that for this exercise we are going to see what we can do with what we have. I'd like to build an engine run stand and this is to be the test mule..
Thanks as always for watching .
-steve
Have you considered cleaning up and freeing up those high compression pistons from the 4bbl motor and using those? Take the parts down to the machine shop, get the pistons put on the 2bbl rods, have the block professionally honed and the crank polished. With a little extra effort and a couple hundred dollars you could have a nice high compression 4bbl short block.
Good morning. We have other plans for the real L74. No shortage of those around here, in addition to both W-31's, the convertible, the Rallye and the QB. All too happy to attempt to getting this one running as an L65. This is intended to be a fun in house build.
Thanks for watching
-steve
Hi, been a subscriber from the beginning and I believe that you are in an outstanding position to put an all Oldsmobile get together/cruise for this coming season. Maybe in conjunction with the completion of Mr. Jones. I'd definitely come up from Jersey and I'm sure most of your local subscribers with an Olds would as well.👍🏻thx
Hey there Brian! I like your optimism for sure... but Mr Jones will not be done this year I'm afraid. This engine build is just for fun. we should definitely try and put something together. Me and and the OG ( and John ) are always ready to cruise!!
-steve
in the old old old days i used Liquid Wrench...haha
ah yes... the ole Liquid Wrench. I was just as Lowes and they have plenty of that in stock!
Great project!!!
Why didn’t you video the hone process and stoning of the head gasket surface?
well.....great question......so here's the thing. One cannot just put the camera in the tripod, one needs to also press the "record " button. I was telling Joe that here I was, honing away, talking to the camera only to the realize ....... UGH!!!
yeah so that didn't go as planned. I'll try and do better. I promise.
Thanks for watching and for pointing out my epic failure!!!
hahahah
-steve
@ I can only imagine restoration with video, it’s difficult enough on its own!!!
I have a 59,000 mile 1970 350 block heads with crank and main caps. This 350 was stuck for the same reason.
No kidding? I guess press fit wrist pins are a perfect place for semi-permanent binding to happen.
Thanks again for playing along. We appreciate it!
-steve
P. S. ! I used a stock Oldsmobile carburetor on my engines works great & carburetor re-built kit ( cheap ) ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍🚀
Ha! PS I love it we have Q-Jets and Holleys for everything here. A whole box of rebuild kits and parts. I spent so much time on carbs this past summer and didn't record anything.
You might want to at least set up a dial board gauge and check those holes for taper. It will run but you may have an awful lot of blow by if you have more than .003 taper
I agree completely.
Thanks for watching as always.
stay tuned
-steve
One little wire from the wire wheel can lockup an oil pump, lol ask me how I know. I cleaned the hell out of it, but somehow that one wire was left behind and caused instantaneous failure after just a few miles. 😢
OH NO!!!! That's a nightmare. Well, we will do our absolute best to avoid that!! Thanks for sharing and watching.
-steve
you mite use PB Blaster or JB80 to free up those rings...as you know WD 40 is a lubricant
yes, they've been soaking in PB. I love that stuff......
"I put that s..t on everything."
WD is a great parts cleaner!
Thanks for tuning in!
-steve
I have 5.7 Diesel block 8 403 rods early 400 3.975" crankshaft after a lot of thought turn down counterweights .3123"or so, rod journals to Olds small block rod size with a 3.88 stroke bore cylinders out to 4.185 convert rods to Chevy pins to used .060 over 400 sbc pistons for a mystical 427 badge and hydraulic roller cam gear 71 E heads Performer RPM intake sound absurd?
Hello there and Thank You for watching and for sharing that "recipe" with everyone. Sounds truly killer! However, it certainly doesn't comply with what our objective is for this exercise, Unless maybe you have all of those ingredients already "in stock" Could be a fun game we start.
Thanks again for watching.
-steve
All the work you’ve put into that car man.. it would b nice to color match it repaint it don’t let it sit lookin like shit… paint Mr jones…
And have it just blend in with all the other restored musclecars out there? Nah. we're good thanks.
It's a good thing we're terrible at taking direction. Otherwise we may have been inclined to body swap it or even part it out.
Thanks so much for watching and playing along.
We appreciate your participation.
-steve
@ no that’s a fairly rare car plenty worth the work… but what’s wrong with fresh paint??? Or my comment I wasn’t telling you what to do bro so the attitude isn’t aprisheated.. it was a suggestion… you did a great job with the wheel well lips just to leave a rusted pin hole directly above it you just going to leave it to rot and the great patch work you done yall just gonna leave it raw to rot????
Tell me where that makes any sence???
I’m sorry, what makes sense is that when I bought this car we weren’t completely sure how exactly to attack this piece. I had a vision from the get go when I brought the car home, I wanted to be able to drive this car and not worry about having to care for a mint 15-20k paint job because if it were to get painted it wouldn’t be some tractor paint job in our backyard. I’d rather cut out as little of the rot as possible where we just crest into salvageable metal to attach new metal on and make it a complete car again without going overboard. The tiny stuff like a pinhole here and there isn’t going to matter the way I care for my stuff. I don’t drive anything of value in inclement weather and it’ll never sit outside unless it’s being driven. If you saw how meticulously I maintain my other vehicles if there was a pinhole of rust on something it would stay that same pinhole of rust for 55 years and never get worse.
I appreciate all the people who love this car and the fact we’re crazy enough to save it but I enjoy saving old, and original paint and maintaining it instead of just cashing in and giving in to putting fresh paint on it. Trust me I’ll keep this paint in better condition than the person who goes out and buys a brand new 2025 whatever and keeps it for the next 10-15 years. Wait till it’s all finished, you’ll be satisfied, trust me.
-Joe
@ I’m already satisfied you’ve done a great job… your car man I was just making a suggestion is all lol.. thanks for the reply back :) I can tell you care for your cars aloght better than most in the same way..