As a mechanic I have built maybe a hundred engines, you have done it just the way I would have! Great job and yet another great video. Thanks guys, Ya'll awesome!
@@Sleeperdudeyou and him are really smart, I bet you two could help each other, if you need help on something, love you all, he's really humble like you as well👍
@@Sleeperdude awesome you teaching your kids mechanic skills but please tell me where did you get that toy goat and what is the name of it. I want to buy 3 of them , 2 for my nieces, and one for me😅that yell is too much.
You would use the same lifters and pushrods and cam after going thru all that work and money?? I wouldn't admit that my friend if you depend on engine rebuilds for a living. Not many customers will want to spend the mo ey on labor and not spend the few bucks extra to do it right , especially on a 250k mile engine
I love watching y'all's videos, I remember when I was a kid my parents and I built a 283 in our living room. The only machine work was the boring 40 over. I remember dad polished the crank shaft with a leather strap semilar to what you doing with the sand paper. The next day I came home from school and mom and dad were adjusting the lifters while it was running, Dad was old school. Anyway by that evening it was running good and we drove it to the gas station and jumped on I 75 north and drove it 1200 miles it's maiden voyage from FL to Ohio. Change oil and filter and Drove home. Love that it's a family thing. My new favorite show
Mr and Mrs sleeperdude, y'all should write a parenting book. Getting kids to do what your kids do in this day and age is nothing short of a miracle. Or maybe they're just great kids.
When Ralphie told you to weld the backside of the nut to get the stud out. Y’all should be proud. He’s picking up your skill and noticing solutions to problems.
The secret to ring groove cleaning (at least in the compresson grooves) is to take an old ring and break it in half, then use the sharp edge to scrape out the carbon in the groove. Works VERY well!
I have never posted a comment on anything, but I had to. Now. I love your channel and I love this family. Wow it just makes me happy. Bless you and continued success. You guys are terrific.
Honestly, I have forgotten more about the "old school" knee deep rebuilding of engines than I can think of from back in the day of spending time out in the garage with my grandpa as a kid of 5-6 years old and on. This channel brings back so many memories of good ole times.
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Didn't know about the different hone grits for diff type of rings. Might rebuild another 360 . The value your kids are receiving is gold.
Growing up my dad, uncle and grandpa were always overhauling an engine out of something and by the time I had finished high school I had overhauled many on my own. I'm 71 now and I love watching y'all doing something like this!👍👏😁
I injoy your family video. I had five younger brothers. We took a 58 ford school bus to California and back to Charleston SC . Dad worked hard and he reinvented himself and fixed tvs then appliances. And I came back to work on HVAC . When he past I took over the business and also became a paid firefighter for 18 years. My boys fix everything from TVs to blumbing. And every car or truck they have. I like you show without all the drama.
Dear Sleeperdude family. 😁😁😁 Only 2.33 min in and I already had to grin from ear to ear. Dad Sleeperdude is explaining all the technical stuff and WaWa finds all this waffling so extremely interesting that she is yawning (but of course tries to hide it a bit). I absolutely love it. What a sweet family you are. Now let's watch the video...
I usually do not comment, but what you do with your kids and being together is wonderful. Your kids will remember this forever. Plus, the life skills they will have will be second to none.
Oh! I forgot to wish Ralphie to get better soon! He wasn’t himself so he must not feel well, for sure! I love that Squeazie marches to her own drum. I get her. Tosh has the best laugh and puts up with allot! And Josh, we appreciate your patience and support for your family in teaching them and us in what you do. Fun stuff!
I tell you what, mate. After watching this video, I don't feel daunted about tearing into an engine again. Last one I did was 30 years ago and when I was faced with doing work on one of mine recently, I chickened out, letting a mate of mine do it all for me. Body work, welding, panelbeating - no problem, but an engine? Nope. After seeing this (and remembering back to what I'd done many years ago), I almost find myself looking forward to tearing down and rebuilding the engine on a project car I'll be taking on in a couple of months. The engine is an unknown that "ran wen parked" and I was tossing up about just dropping it in and seeing how it went.....when really what I WANTED to do is pull it down and check it first....so I'm gonna have a go! I completely agree with you about auto transmissions though. Even my Dad with 30 years of building performance engines for family and race vehicles would not touch one. Manual gearboxes - yep, no problem, but autos, nope. He described their internals as witchcraft and couldn't get his head around how they do what they do.....and having seen the auto box on one of my vehicles in pieces on the workbench of the rebuild shop, I completely agree with him. Even though the bloke talked me through how it worked, with the solenoids, pressure through certain passages doing one thing and valves doing others, it still seemed like witchcraft to me! Looking forward to hearing this baby fire up when she's in place and everything is hooked up. I bet all three of your young 'uns will get a huge kick in their confidence when she fires too, considering they've all had a hand in rebuilding the beast. That old camper won't know itself when she gets back on the road! All the best
i love that your teaching your kids this stuff i was born in 62 when we were kids everybody was building their own cars most kids today cant even change a tire 20 years from now i see your girls fixing the car while their hubby stays in the house playing video games and ralphie is going to be that guy that can squeeze in a next day valve job not 6 months out
Man wish my daughter had an interest in motors like yours, you are so lucky. I love your show very entertaining, thank you, Gerald Ingram. New Zealand.
@@geraldingram9351 - Hey Gerald! Great to see a fellow Kiwi likes this channel too! I'm with you on the daughter thing and all - both of mine expressed an interest but neither will go near the garage when I'm working on a vehicle. However, they both love classics and enjoy going to the shows with me - even if they leave the hard graft under the bonnet to me alone! All the best!
I hope the baby cow gets to stay with you, to adorable and y’all are so good to your babies, hate to see him in the freezer 🥶. WaWa, where did you find all those babies, if I lived closer I’d sure take one, you remind me of myself, raising kittens, puppies, birds, rabbits, y’all are just an a one in a million family, ones like y’all are rare. Love, hugs and prayers♥️🥰♥️🙏🏼♥️❣️❣️
Happy to watch another good video I bought a 05 explorer to fix up for my 14 year old daughter to drive hart warming to see the entire family working on a project keep up the good work
I am also a retired mechanic and I wouldn't have done anything different. Good job guys and good luck with the rest of the build. Until the next time. Good luck. Love you're videos.
Watching you and the fam makes me happy. I was born 50 years too early sometimes I think and fifty years too late other times. 59 years ago when I was working on old iron Chevy small blocks and a British 4 banger all we had were books. You make me believe I could do this. Thank you. Back then there was too much learning on the job, shop manuals, and no real mentor, so it just did not work out that great at times. I built a very smoky four cylinder and a 327 with 202 heads, crane comp cam, new lifters and valve springs and push rods that lasted about a year before she blew. (I was a little hard on her though). It was so much fun but so stressful. Thanks for making feel like I need a shop again.
Ralphie you better step it up, wawa is getting in there and getting after it!! Once that lefty Lucy righty tighty sunk in she’s been on it! And squeeze well she just does her on thang! Love it! Great family, y’all teaching this work ethic to these kids is going to be priceless!
You know that you really enjoy the content of someone’s channel when you happily wait for the next video. Keep up the awesome work sleeperdude family. You all make the best content
Omg! Wawa is awesome! I love that she’s involved in your builds. She reminds me of myself at her age but my dad wasn’t so fun in the garage. It was all about getting the work done and not teaching. I still learned along the way. We enjoy all your videos, but Wawa shined on this one. Good job, girl!
Well, another great family show. I know nothing about cars and such, but I found our visit excited and I just might remember something you all were trying to teach us. Here is hoping you all will have a safe and enjoyable trip in this old beast with a new motor.
You are making me a Mopar fan! So many features that these motors had. Love the master class on engine rebuilding! Pay attention kids! Your family is epic!! ❤
What lucky kids! I taught myself everything, and I would have loved to have a dad like you. Great video and I love your family (including all the critters!). Michael from Champaign, Illinois.
Love your channel Josh. Love that it’s all about your family. Also love that you got your interest in cars and learned from your dad. I too am a auto tech by trade and learned so much from my dad. He recently passed a month ago at the young age of 65. Your content has helped me take my mind off him from time to time. Keep up the good work!
I'm a life-long Mopar fan, and I can remember helping to rebuild my 340 Cubic-inch Plymouth motor for my 'cuda in our house's garage; I remember my room-mate hand-honing the cylinder walls and doing LOTS of cleaning. He had micrometer guages - no Plasti-gage for US!LOL! I think we would've been thrilled to have all these goodies to help with the cleaning and stuff. Air tools are a life-saver. That 340 engine was a screamer; the speedometer would go up to the "P" in "MPH" on the dial(about 135 mph); I never had the nerve to ask a "friendly policeman" to clock me with his radar-gun. Great memories, this video has brought back - Thanks for posting this! Good to see that you're sharing your skills with your family; I think that EVERY child should be exposed to this stuff, to see if they like it. It used to be that EVERY boy helped his dad change the oil and tires and stuff; Jiffy-lube made us into a nation of lazy men. When I went to college for electronics in the 1980s, there was a girl in my class who used to restore old Harley motors. I just KNOW that there's girls out there who work as bank clerks, who would be just as happy turning wrenches. It's too bad our society brainwashes and segregates them; the STEM classes are a step, but we're badly mis-using a National resource; a large number of potential mechanics and machinists, because of prejudiced school administrators(actually, they're STUPID, but they got their prejudice from church, in a lot of cases, and I don't wanna argue with anybody). Thanks for your videos; keep up the good work!
Wow..those cam bearings were completely shot...never seen any that bad before. You all did an amazing job on this engine... it will be good for another at least 300k ....Hope Ralphie feels better soon!
I forgot about the shoe string bearing polish trick. Also, lapping the valves with the drill is priceless. I thought I had the corner on that trick.. pure gold.
I finished watching y'all while they were unloading stop one. It was absolutely incredible how WaWa deeply involved and I like the saddle you're cowgirl cleaning up and painting and was happy seeing Ralph feeling better. Y'all are the new Brady Bunch on UA-cam. Thank y'all.
This one feels like a masterclass on engine rebuilding. Tearing this one down and doing all the work on it, there's no way not to learn something. One of the best learning opportunities in this one is how to be the best dad and not go off on your daughter when she swings the hammer too early and almost creates a situation. Dad's restraint and keeping himself together in that one second is priceless. Granted, no one knows if there might have been some editing involved after that second, but keeping it together in that second is everything. Huge dad points on that one, for sure! This old Minnie Winnie is getting closer to that road trip and the incredible footage that will follow. Hopefully it continues to go well and this engine is fit back into that van by now. Seeing the floors being put back in is the vid that's been worth waiting for. Looking forward to that happening soon!!
Great video ! Reminded me of the last engine job I did with my Dad before he passed away in 1990. We rebuilt the 232 straight six engine in our 1966 Jeep J - 2000 , Dad was the instructor and I was the student. We found that three of the pistons had broken rings. Fortunately they did not mess up the bore and we were able to hone them out, but we did have to buy three new pistons due to the ring grooves being stretched out. I believe we did that rebuild in 1984 and that engine still runs fine today ( I actually ran the truck today ). It does not see much road use anymore as I keep it for winter snow plowing. Those old six's were rated at 145 horsepower - not bad compared to my 1980's era Ford 302's that are rated at only 150 horsepower and 270 foot pounds of torque. Thanks for the video and hope Ralphie feels better.
Man that was nice that you had the whole family working on the engine. I am sorry to hear that your son was sick. But I am glad to see him feeling better now. All of you did a nice job on the engine. Good video buddy thanks you for sharing it.
"Word Up" - now check iit "Brow Beatiin Heavy Leather Resurrection Shuffle" - I obviously watch all your videos multiple times.. This is a really great example of an up close, detailed process, story line and instructional video for your family and all of us. That's one of the MANY reasons we appreciate you so much.
Awesome! New video! So cool to see the whole family working together and cleaning and rebuilding an engine goes much faster and more fun when the whole family is involved!! Wow getting a saddle at the junk yard that's in good condition or still usable is amazing!! So glad to see you guys aren't Helicopter Parents at all! That chained up Saddle is Great and kids will love it! Squeezy knew what she was doing!
Hone the bores with atf, then clean with brake clean and then atf, the detergents in the atf will pull out all the grit the brake clean missed, also lube the rings and pistons with atf when assembling and it will speed up seat in time on the rings.
I love watching your family working on the cars and working together to get it done. Another awesome video here. I am looking forward to seeing you getting the RV completed, as I am sure you are looking forward to being done with it. Have a very blessed week.
I was a certified for over 20 years as a mechanic watching you teach your kids how to do this is awesome I had to figure things out on my own when my head gasket blew in my first car but I had the GM service manual as a guide
This was great to see the whole family taking part in the process. It's always fun and interesting to learn some new things about the engines. The oil pressure and compression should both be higher. I've seen a lot of bearings in my life and none that looked like those. I'm anxious to hear it fire up.
Josh, thank you for the commentary to compliment the Engine rebuild. We appreciate the inclusion of your family in the process...and of course the animals are a plus. Blessings.
All of you should be super proud of the work you guys got to accomplish! Great job, great video! It was awesome to get to see Mike again!!! I can’t wait to hear it run! Thank y’all!!
Won't say everything you did and how you did it, is the same way I would, BUT,,... For the most part, you have basically made a complete how to, to rebuild or rather refurbish an engine. I think you will get good use out of it for your RV. Thanks so much for all you do and share, and I'll give you Dad of the year award for including your family like you do!
Very helpful to me ! I have all the used parts to put together to build another good ol' 85 Turbo coupe 2.3 . This is a great refresher for me to account for everything. Getting hard to find forged pistons and a proper head with hardened valve seats. I was glad to hear you say you sent the mini Winnie trans to Curtis. I worked in Dodge service when the magnums were knew. Strong engines, poor automatic transmissions. Thanks again Josh & family !!!
The video was very informative and presented at a comfortable pace. The kids did a lot to help. Wa squared ( I got you Wawa ) deserves a bonus for all her hard work. Great stuff once again.
Great show guys, I love the way you're hole family get involved and learn more about repairing those old cars and engines, keep up the good work, an Irish fan
Kiora (hello) Sleeperdude whanau (family) i'm Barry from New Zealand you guy's are great how you all work in together on your projects. I been watching your videos for a while now & i even learn a few tip's also, especially polishing the crankshaft journals by hand in your own workshop at home instead of taking it to the reconditioners shop to get done keep up the good work ....your loyal subscriber Baz....kakite (farewell) for now 👍
Absolutely amazing work Josh we appreciate these videos and I know it's not as easy as it looks it's actually a lot of hard work,wish you all the best can't wait to hear it fire up!
I legit didn't think anyone could sound more country than my neck of the woods here in TX and way out in the middle of BFE. I just stumbled across your channel and it was refreshing to see all of you working on this as a family. These days kids just wanna play video games all day and has no desire to even look out the window.. I was born in 87 so Im not that old but growing up we was outside riding bikes from sunset and didn't go in until it turned dark out. Not because we had to or because we was to it's just simply what we wanted to do because we couldn't stand to be closed up in the house all day Sometimes our parents had to track us down to get us to go inside.
Dear Brian Newby 👍👌👏 Yes, that usually and definitely the best way to clean the grooves. 2) I was astounded that they didn't simply put the pistons in the ultrasonic cleaner. These things work fantastic. Best regards, luck and health in particular.
I am 49 years old and I just discovered your channel. It really brought me back to my time in the garage with my dad when I was a kid. I can’t tell you how many small block Chevys we rebuilt! We built drag cars, and I loved every minute of it. My dad will be 80 this year and is STILL rebuilding engines! I’m too busy taking my daughter back and forth to swim practice!!! But I did buy an old RV last year and am getting reacquainted with my old garage skills! I love watching your family, especially the garage interactions. Really made me tear up, seriously! Kudos to you and your awesome family!!
love the videos . Love your family . Nice to see a lovely family that does things together . The animals are great . My Mom bought a 1978 Zephyr sw , dark green . It was ordered from the factory , only options radio and heated rear window. It was a 2.3 with a 4 speed . I drove it for a while after they got a new car . They drove it 10 years , no rust , always dependable. God Bless you all. More videos please . thanks
So many babies! I mean, everywhere! Great video and good times. Good to see Ralph on the mend. I miss RC Cola. I'm also excited to see the RV coming together.
Very impressive. Sleeperdude knows what he is doing. Great family and good camera work too. It's good you include the kids in everything....they are learning things that will stay with them the rest of their lives, whether they work on cars or not.
I noticed the "oil" pronunciation as well Tosh. LOL! Sorry Ralphie was sick. Hoping he's well by now. Glad Squeezie got her saddle project completed. YeeeHaw! So much other great stuff to comment on, but I'd would be book-thick. Love the video. Such talent and new skills learned, proud of you all!
You can make a hottank pretty cheap. Go to lowes get one of the metal trash cans, fill with whatever cleaning solution you choose, get a hot water heater element. And lower your block into the trash can with engine hoist.
While you don't need me to say, everyone did a great job on this rebuild, I can't imagine any other family taking part in this sort of project, wonderful content
This may be one of the healthiest and well connected families I’ve ever seen! Props to Mom and Dad.
Lol, ain't that the truth...
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💯. This guy is a great role model for his kids.
Great, im rebuilding a 302 right now, and trying to teach my 7 year old nephew how a piston engine works.
Y'all are blessed to have a neighbor like BIG MIKE he is the best friendly kind of people that you can get as a neighbor
As a mechanic I have built maybe a hundred engines, you have done it just the way I would have! Great job and yet another great video. Thanks guys, Ya'll awesome!
Thank you I really appreciate it
@@Sleeperdudeyou and him are really smart, I bet you two could help each other, if you need help on something, love you all, he's really humble like you as well👍
@@Sleeperdude awesome you teaching your kids mechanic skills but please tell me where did you get that toy goat and what is the name of it. I want to buy 3 of them , 2 for my nieces, and one for me😅that yell is too much.
You would use the same lifters and pushrods and cam after going thru all that work and money?? I wouldn't admit that my friend if you depend on engine rebuilds for a living. Not many customers will want to spend the mo ey on labor and not spend the few bucks extra to do it right , especially on a 250k mile engine
I love watching y'all's videos, I remember when I was a kid my parents and I built a 283 in our living room. The only machine work was the boring 40 over. I remember dad polished the crank shaft with a leather strap semilar to what you doing with the sand paper. The next day I came home from school and mom and dad were adjusting the lifters while it was running, Dad was old school. Anyway by that evening it was running good and we drove it to the gas station and jumped on I 75 north and drove it 1200 miles it's maiden voyage from FL to Ohio. Change oil and filter and Drove home. Love that it's a family thing. My new favorite show
Mr and Mrs sleeperdude, y'all should write a parenting book. Getting kids to do what your kids do in this day and age is nothing short of a miracle. Or maybe they're just great kids.
When Ralphie told you to weld the backside of the nut to get the stud out. Y’all should be proud. He’s picking up your skill and noticing solutions to problems.
Josh and wa wa killed the lower end. Ralphie and Josh nailed the heads.
The secret to ring groove cleaning (at least in the compresson grooves) is to take an old ring and break it in half, then use the sharp edge to scrape out the carbon in the groove. Works VERY well!
old school trick that works well and free!
That’s what I have always dun a old timer showed me the trick
It’s called a ridge reamer . Special ppl.
@@Angelo-fo8de no... a ridge reamer is a tool that cuts the ridge out of the cylinder. I was talking about removing carbon from the ring grooves.
I agree the handiest way to do it
Josh, you are a very lucky man to have such a great family who are not afraid to get their hand dirty and help you on all your projects. Bill
Bill well said👍
He's not lucky..its just great parenting skills...keep them interested in other things instead of play on phones..
I have never posted a comment on anything, but I had to. Now. I love your channel and I love this family. Wow it just makes me happy. Bless you and continued success. You guys are terrific.
Thank you so much !!!!
Josh, you’ve become so entertaining on UA-cam. Started out a little dryer, and more serious, but now……..best personality on UA-cam!
Its awesome to see you all working together to get this thing back to life!
Thank you I am blessed
Wa Wa is so proud and happy to be working with her Daddy. Cool
Honestly, I have forgotten more about the "old school" knee deep rebuilding of engines than I can think of from back in the day of spending time out in the garage with my grandpa as a kid of 5-6 years old and on. This channel brings back so many memories of good ole times.
That large ultrasonic cleaner is great!
For sure
Impossible not to smile and feel genuine happiness watching you and the family in all your adventures! Thanks for posting another awesome video!
Wow, that was some of the best content on UA-cam right now.
Thank you
Beautiful and creative family, we love you
Thank you
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Didn't know about the different hone grits for diff type of rings. Might rebuild another 360 . The value your kids are receiving is gold.
To clean the rain grooves you cut one of the rings 1/2 with an angle cut so that it works like a chisel the same size as the ring
Ok thanks
That's some productive family time!
The you and the family cleaned up and rebuilt the engine for the Minnie Winnie was amazing. I just love how the whole family gets into it.
Thanks so much
I saw the pick up with Shawn cross his car was amazing!!!!
I hope those kids realize how special, patient and special their dad is.
Growing up my dad, uncle and grandpa were always overhauling an engine out of something and by the time I had finished high school I had overhauled many on my own. I'm 71 now and I love watching y'all doing something like this!👍👏😁
That’s awesome
The best part about never having rebuilt an engine. It always looks 100% correct!
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Wow thank you
I injoy your family video. I had five younger brothers. We took a 58 ford school bus to California and back to Charleston SC . Dad worked hard and he reinvented himself and fixed tvs then appliances. And I came back to work on HVAC . When he past I took over the business and also became a paid firefighter for 18 years. My boys fix everything from TVs to blumbing. And every car or truck they have. I like you show without all the drama.
Dear Sleeperdude family.
😁😁😁 Only 2.33 min in and I already had to grin from ear to ear. Dad Sleeperdude is explaining all the technical stuff and WaWa finds all this waffling so extremely interesting that she is yawning (but of course tries to hide it a bit). I absolutely love it. What a sweet family you are.
Now let's watch the video...
Thank you
I usually do not comment, but what you do with your kids and being together is wonderful. Your kids will remember this forever. Plus, the life skills they will have will be second to none.
Oh! I forgot to wish Ralphie to get better soon! He wasn’t himself so he must not feel well, for sure! I love that Squeazie marches to her own drum. I get her. Tosh has the best laugh and puts up with allot! And Josh, we appreciate your patience and support for your family in teaching them and us in what you do. Fun stuff!
I agree with you about Squeazie Carole. She is very individual. A true artist in the making.
I'm grateful that my multi-select sprayer has words on each setting. 😍
I tell you what, mate. After watching this video, I don't feel daunted about tearing into an engine again. Last one I did was 30 years ago and when I was faced with doing work on one of mine recently, I chickened out, letting a mate of mine do it all for me. Body work, welding, panelbeating - no problem, but an engine? Nope. After seeing this (and remembering back to what I'd done many years ago), I almost find myself looking forward to tearing down and rebuilding the engine on a project car I'll be taking on in a couple of months. The engine is an unknown that "ran wen parked" and I was tossing up about just dropping it in and seeing how it went.....when really what I WANTED to do is pull it down and check it first....so I'm gonna have a go!
I completely agree with you about auto transmissions though. Even my Dad with 30 years of building performance engines for family and race vehicles would not touch one. Manual gearboxes - yep, no problem, but autos, nope. He described their internals as witchcraft and couldn't get his head around how they do what they do.....and having seen the auto box on one of my vehicles in pieces on the workbench of the rebuild shop, I completely agree with him. Even though the bloke talked me through how it worked, with the solenoids, pressure through certain passages doing one thing and valves doing others, it still seemed like witchcraft to me!
Looking forward to hearing this baby fire up when she's in place and everything is hooked up. I bet all three of your young 'uns will get a huge kick in their confidence when she fires too, considering they've all had a hand in rebuilding the beast. That old camper won't know itself when she gets back on the road!
All the best
Thank you I’m glad you want to build one now. I really enjoy it
When my car is my fun toy not a daily it will have all the work it needs done. The engine is on the list.
Nice
Now this is the kind of budget build I like to see
Cheap as I could do it
i love that your teaching your kids this stuff i was born in 62 when we were kids everybody was building their own cars most kids today cant even change a tire 20 years from now i see your girls fixing the car while their hubby stays in the house playing video games and ralphie is going to be that guy that can squeeze in a next day valve job not 6 months out
Can't wait to hear it run
Me too
Time to unwind and boom the greatest family on UA-cam,has notified me of a new gem
Knock them out and put the new ones in the freezer. You can do it Josh. Your viewers believe in you.
👍👍👍👍
Man wish my daughter had an interest in motors like yours, you are so lucky. I love your show very entertaining, thank you, Gerald Ingram. New Zealand.
@@geraldingram9351 - Hey Gerald! Great to see a fellow Kiwi likes this channel too! I'm with you on the daughter thing and all - both of mine expressed an interest but neither will go near the garage when I'm working on a vehicle. However, they both love classics and enjoy going to the shows with me - even if they leave the hard graft under the bonnet to me alone! All the best!
Awesome build done a lot of those rebuilds in my 36 years of being a mechanic👏🏻👏🏻
I hope the baby cow gets to stay with you, to adorable and y’all are so good to your babies, hate to see him in the freezer 🥶. WaWa, where did you find all those babies, if I lived closer I’d sure take one, you remind me of myself, raising kittens, puppies, birds, rabbits, y’all are just an a one in a million family, ones like y’all are rare. Love, hugs and prayers♥️🥰♥️🙏🏼♥️❣️❣️
Happy to watch another good video I bought a 05 explorer to fix up for my 14 year old daughter to drive hart warming to see the entire family working on a project keep up the good work
I am also a retired mechanic and I wouldn't have done anything different. Good job guys and good luck with the rest of the build. Until the next time. Good luck. Love you're videos.
Thank you I appreciate that
Watching you and the fam makes me happy. I was born 50 years too early sometimes I think and fifty years too late other times. 59 years ago when I was working on old iron Chevy small blocks and a British 4 banger all we had were books. You make me believe I could do this. Thank you. Back then there was too much learning on the job, shop manuals, and no real mentor, so it just did not work out that great at times. I built a very smoky four cylinder and a 327 with 202 heads, crane comp cam, new lifters and valve springs and push rods that lasted about a year before she blew. (I was a little hard on her though). It was so much fun but so stressful. Thanks for making feel like I need a shop again.
We all did something like that to good times 🍺👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎
Ralphie you better step it up, wawa is getting in there and getting after it!! Once that lefty Lucy righty tighty sunk in she’s been on it! And squeeze well she just does her on thang! Love it! Great family, y’all teaching this work ethic to these kids is going to be priceless!
Your right
Awesome family. These children will be successful in there life.
You know that you really enjoy the content of someone’s channel when you happily wait for the next video. Keep up the awesome work sleeperdude family. You all make the best content
Thanks so much
Thank you SO MUCH for being a sponsor of Puddin's truck resurrection/giveaway! So good to see what is happening in both of your builds!!!
Love your channel and i LOVE how the whole family is involved
Thank you I am blessed
Awesome to have your kids helping you n learn from you, God bless you n your family
I am blessed
Omg! Wawa is awesome! I love that she’s involved in your builds. She reminds me of myself at her age but my dad wasn’t so fun in the garage. It was all about getting the work done and not teaching. I still learned along the way. We enjoy all your videos, but Wawa shined on this one. Good job, girl!
Well, another great family show. I know nothing about cars and such, but I found our visit excited and I just might remember something you all were trying to teach us. Here is hoping you all will have a safe and enjoyable trip in this old beast with a new motor.
Our chihuahua Chippy does the same thing when he’s excited as scooter does
That’s funny
You are making me a Mopar fan! So many features that these motors had. Love the master class on engine rebuilding! Pay attention kids! Your family is epic!! ❤
Thank you
Thier is a tool to clean ring grooves but a old tip is use a piece of the old ring . Use a 55 gallon drum and block it up for a hot tank.
What lucky kids! I taught myself everything, and I would have loved to have a dad like you. Great video and I love your family (including all the critters!). Michael from Champaign, Illinois.
Wow, thank you!
I was going to get a haircut before going to work, but felt I needed to be here for the engine assembly!😊
Love your channel Josh. Love that it’s all about your family. Also love that you got your interest in cars and learned from your dad. I too am a auto tech by trade and learned so much from my dad. He recently passed a month ago at the young age of 65. Your content has helped me take my mind off him from time to time. Keep up the good work!
Wow sorry to hear that
You have my condolences sir .🙏✝️
I'm a life-long Mopar fan, and I can remember helping to rebuild my 340 Cubic-inch Plymouth motor for my 'cuda in our house's garage; I remember my room-mate hand-honing the cylinder walls and doing LOTS of cleaning. He had micrometer guages - no Plasti-gage for US!LOL! I think we would've been thrilled to have all these goodies to help with the cleaning and stuff. Air tools are a life-saver. That 340 engine was a screamer; the speedometer would go up to the "P" in "MPH" on the dial(about 135 mph); I never had the nerve to ask a "friendly policeman" to clock me with his radar-gun.
Great memories, this video has brought back - Thanks for posting this! Good to see that you're sharing your skills with your family; I think that EVERY child should be exposed to this stuff, to see if they like it. It used to be that EVERY boy helped his dad change the oil and tires and stuff; Jiffy-lube made us into a nation of lazy men. When I went to college for electronics in the 1980s, there was a girl in my class who used to restore old Harley motors.
I just KNOW that there's girls out there who work as bank clerks, who would be just as happy turning wrenches. It's too bad our society brainwashes and segregates them; the STEM classes are a step, but we're badly mis-using a National resource; a large number of potential mechanics and machinists, because of prejudiced school administrators(actually, they're STUPID, but they got their prejudice from church, in a lot of cases, and I don't wanna argue with anybody).
Thanks for your videos; keep up the good work!
Wow..those cam bearings were completely shot...never seen any that bad before. You all did an amazing job on this engine... it will be good for another at least 300k ....Hope Ralphie feels better soon!
Thank you they were so crazy
❤@@Sleeperdude
I forgot about the shoe string bearing polish trick. Also, lapping the valves with the drill is priceless. I thought I had the corner on that trick.. pure gold.
That’s awesome
I finished watching y'all while they were unloading stop one. It was absolutely incredible how WaWa deeply involved and I like the saddle you're cowgirl cleaning up and painting and was happy seeing Ralph feeling better. Y'all are the new Brady Bunch on UA-cam. Thank y'all.
You know it’s a good day when sleepersude uploads!
Thank you
This one feels like a masterclass on engine rebuilding. Tearing this one down and doing all the work on it, there's no way not to learn something. One of the best learning opportunities in this one is how to be the best dad and not go off on your daughter when she swings the hammer too early and almost creates a situation. Dad's restraint and keeping himself together in that one second is priceless. Granted, no one knows if there might have been some editing involved after that second, but keeping it together in that second is everything. Huge dad points on that one, for sure!
This old Minnie Winnie is getting closer to that road trip and the incredible footage that will follow. Hopefully it continues to go well and this engine is fit back into that van by now. Seeing the floors being put back in is the vid that's been worth waiting for. Looking forward to that happening soon!!
Only channel that can have a video 1:34:37 duration and capture one’s attention for the whole video. Love family oriented content
Thank you so much
Surely, that was a fun, entertaining and educational video. What an amazing talented family. Seem like no task is too big for the fam. Thank you all!
Some really good shadetree engine rebuilding 101 in this episode 👍
Great video ! Reminded me of the last engine job I did with my Dad before he passed away in 1990. We rebuilt the 232 straight six engine in our 1966 Jeep J - 2000 , Dad was the instructor and I was the student. We found that three of the pistons had broken rings. Fortunately they did not mess up the bore and we were able to hone them out, but we did have to buy three new pistons due to the ring grooves being stretched out. I believe we did that rebuild in 1984 and that engine still runs fine today ( I actually ran the truck today ). It does not see much road use anymore as I keep it for winter snow plowing. Those old six's were rated at 145 horsepower - not bad compared to my 1980's era Ford 302's that are rated at only 150 horsepower and 270 foot pounds of torque. Thanks for the video and hope Ralphie feels better.
This is the first video I've seen of yours. This is my goal in life with my soon to be wife and my 3 children! I look up to your family! Love it!
Comment for the algorithm: Thank you all for more wonderful content!
Thank you
Good Teacher Follow Along Folks Who Never Understood How Engines Are Made Can Learn! Good Job!
Man that was nice that you had the whole family working on the engine. I am sorry to hear that your son was sick. But I am glad to see him feeling better now. All of you did a nice job on the engine. Good video buddy thanks you for sharing it.
Thank you buddy
"Word Up" - now check iit "Brow Beatiin Heavy Leather Resurrection Shuffle" - I obviously watch all your videos multiple times.. This is a really great example of an up close, detailed process, story line and instructional video for your family and all of us. That's one of the MANY reasons we appreciate you so much.
Thank you
Awesome! New video! So cool to see the whole family working together and cleaning and rebuilding an engine goes much faster and more fun when the whole family is involved!! Wow getting a saddle at the junk yard that's in good condition or still usable is amazing!! So glad to see you guys aren't Helicopter Parents at all! That chained up Saddle is Great and kids will love it! Squeezy knew what she was doing!
Thank you
The absolute sign of love or trust, holding something small while someone else swings a hammer at it. You seem to be blessed with a wonderful family.
The secret to cleaning piston ring lands is to put them in the ultrasonic cleaner. They will look like brand new when they come out.
Hone the bores with atf, then clean with brake clean and then atf, the detergents in the atf will pull out all the grit the brake clean missed, also lube the rings and pistons with atf when assembling and it will speed up seat in time on the rings.
every time u guys say shirley i think of my mom and make me smile
keep up the great work
Amazed how knowledgeable you are Josh
Best channel on UA-cam
I love watching your family working on the cars and working together to get it done. Another awesome video here. I am looking forward to seeing you getting the RV completed, as I am sure you are looking forward to being done with it. Have a very blessed week.
Thank you. I am ready for it to be done for sure
I was a certified for over 20 years as a mechanic watching you teach your kids how to do this is awesome I had to figure things out on my own when my head gasket blew in my first car but I had the GM service manual as a guide
This was great to see the whole family taking part in the process. It's always fun and interesting to learn some new things about the engines. The oil pressure and compression should both be higher. I've seen a lot of bearings in my life and none that looked like those. I'm anxious to hear it fire up.
Josh, thank you for the commentary to compliment the Engine rebuild. We appreciate the inclusion of your family in the process...and of course the animals are a plus. Blessings.
All of you should be super proud of the work you guys got to accomplish! Great job, great video! It was awesome to get to see Mike again!!! I can’t wait to hear it run! Thank y’all!!
Won't say everything you did and how you did it, is the same way I would, BUT,,... For the most part, you have basically made a complete how to, to rebuild or rather refurbish an engine. I think you will get good use out of it for your RV.
Thanks so much for all you do and share, and I'll give you Dad of the year award for including your family like you do!
Very helpful to me ! I have all the used parts to put together to build another good ol' 85 Turbo coupe 2.3 . This is a great refresher for me to account for everything. Getting hard to find forged pistons and a proper head with hardened valve seats. I was glad to hear you say you sent the mini Winnie trans to Curtis. I worked in Dodge service when the magnums were knew. Strong engines, poor automatic transmissions. Thanks again Josh & family !!!
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it
The video was very informative and presented at a comfortable pace. The kids did a lot to help. Wa squared ( I got you Wawa ) deserves a bonus for all her hard work. Great stuff once again.
Great show guys, I love the way you're hole family get involved and learn more about repairing those old cars and engines, keep up the good work, an Irish fan
Thank you
Kiora (hello) Sleeperdude whanau (family) i'm Barry from New Zealand you guy's are great how you all work in together on your projects. I been watching your videos for a while now & i even learn a few tip's also, especially polishing the crankshaft journals by hand in your own workshop at home instead of taking it to the reconditioners shop to get done keep up the good work ....your loyal subscriber Baz....kakite (farewell) for now 👍
Thank you so much
You guys are awesome… and the video is a good refresher for me, inspirational to see the kids involved and knowledgeable…great work ethic…!!!…
Thank you
Absolutely amazing work Josh we appreciate these videos and I know it's not as easy as it looks it's actually a lot of hard work,wish you all the best can't wait to hear it fire up!
Thank you
I legit didn't think anyone could sound more country than my neck of the woods here in TX and way out in the middle of BFE.
I just stumbled across your channel and it was refreshing to see all of you working on this as a family. These days kids just wanna play video games all day and has no desire to even look out the window..
I was born in 87 so Im not that old but growing up we was outside riding bikes from sunset and didn't go in until it turned dark out.
Not because we had to or because we was to it's just simply what we wanted to do because we couldn't stand to be closed up in the house all day
Sometimes our parents had to track us down to get us to go inside.
Great video! 👍 I always used to snap off a section of piston ring and use that to clean the carbon out of the piston grooves - worked a treat
Ok thanks
Dear Brian Newby
👍👌👏 Yes, that usually and definitely the best way to clean the grooves. 2) I was astounded that they didn't simply put the pistons in the ultrasonic cleaner. These things work fantastic.
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
I am 49 years old and I just discovered your channel. It really brought me back to my time in the garage with my dad when I was a kid. I can’t tell you how many small block Chevys we rebuilt! We built drag cars, and I loved every minute of it. My dad will be 80 this year and is STILL rebuilding engines! I’m too busy taking my daughter back and forth to swim practice!!! But I did buy an old RV last year and am getting reacquainted with my old garage skills! I love watching your family, especially the garage interactions. Really made me tear up, seriously! Kudos to you and your awesome family!!
Great job everyone!! Love how you work together!!!
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love the videos . Love your family . Nice to see a lovely family that does things together . The animals are great . My Mom bought a 1978 Zephyr sw , dark green . It was ordered from the factory , only options radio and heated rear window. It was a 2.3 with a 4 speed . I drove it for a while after they got a new car . They drove it 10 years , no rust , always dependable. God Bless you all. More videos please . thanks
Great video guys. Absolutely love how everyone in the family has a part in every video. I did learn a lot. Hope one day our families can meet!!
Thank you I appreciate it
@@Sleeperdude Maybe you can meetup in South Dakota.
Good job y'all! Also I think that's possibly the prettiest calf I've ever seen
We need a Google translate Tash to English 😂😂
For sure
Love the video! I'll be doing this with a tired 84 Chevy inline 6, hopefully soon
So many babies! I mean, everywhere! Great video and good times. Good to see Ralph on the mend. I miss RC Cola. I'm also excited to see the RV coming together.
Very impressive. Sleeperdude knows what he is doing. Great family and good camera work too. It's good you include the kids in everything....they are learning things that will stay with them the rest of their lives, whether they work on cars or not.
great to see your daughter interested in car maintenance.. well done the rest of the family...
I noticed the "oil" pronunciation as well Tosh. LOL! Sorry Ralphie was sick. Hoping he's well by now. Glad Squeezie got her saddle project completed. YeeeHaw! So much other great stuff to comment on, but I'd would be book-thick. Love the video. Such talent and new skills learned, proud of you all!
You can make a hottank pretty cheap. Go to lowes get one of the metal trash cans, fill with whatever cleaning solution you choose, get a hot water heater element. And lower your block into the trash can with engine hoist.
While you don't need me to say, everyone did a great job on this rebuild, I can't imagine any other family taking part in this sort of project, wonderful content