When I worked in my uncles junk yard back in the late 70’s we used a quart of ATF down the carb and it would free up sticking valves and lubricate the cylinder walls worked great although it would smoke the neighborhood out, you can use some two stroke oil in the gas too. Love seeing this old Chevy coming back to life👍
Yes sir and one can also mix in some transmission fluid in with the gas and also run a quart of transmission fluid in with the oil to help clean out sludge in the engine. Friend of mine that had a repair shop used to pour transmission fluid down into the carburetor to help with sticking valves and he claimed that it also helped break up carbon buildup on the pistons that was a result of short low speed trips that people would take in intown usage and contributed to the vehicle running bad. Of course, one has to get the revs up as the transmission fluid would stall the engine and you are right it does smoke things up quite a bit. People who did not drive their cars much would have the malady of gas starting to gum up and of course intake valves get stuck so the transmission fluid would relieve that.
This one had quite a concoction of fluids poured down it at some point. It had a combination of Marvel, Kroil, PB Blaster, ATF, and I believe kerosene all in it at one point or another. It smoked pretty heavy in the first startup (on the other video), but has cleared up pretty well since.
I run a quart of ATF in my 1988 Ford F250 diesel truck's fuel filter when I change it. It's also good for diesel fuel injectors and pumps. It cleans and lubricates them, but as you said, it smokes something fierce until you burn it all up.
@@kman-mi7su Yes sir you can also add a quart when fueling up the truck and it will work just fine. I sold a 283 Chevrolet engine to a friend of mine and it had around 80,000 miles on it. Well he cleaned it up and put a new timing chain set on it and my friend who had the repair shop suggested that he add a quart of ATF to help clean the internals. The drag racing legend Don Garlits when he had a auto repair column said that he always added a quart of ATF to his gas on his Dodge tow truck he used for transporting his top fuel car to the races.
Enjoyed the vids on this car so far, i fixed up the rear fender wells on a 70 chevelle for a roommate in 96 , had some wind reduction issues, loved working on that car, built so well with thick metal, have wanted one ever since, would love to see more vids on this car
Oh the memories! Back in 1976 I traded my 68 Impala SS for a 71 Chevelle SS with a 350. 6 months later it was getting 30 miles to a quart of oil. So I drove it home from college and the 120 miles and added 2 quarts at 60. Next morning at 8AM went to the salvage yard looking for an engine. He had a rebuilt 350 truck engine that was for his son’s Vet. But he totaled it out. Got it for $500. My father helped me take the hood off at 9AM. At 2:00 pm next day, I was test driving it. Got my dad to help put the hood on and left at 3:00. It started popping and backfiring on the trip back. Figured out that the spark plugs had paint on them. Changed them and it ran great. I truly miss that car! It was my favorite.
It's always an interesting dynamic when you're using more oil than gas... Thanks for the share, I love hearing all of the old stories these cars bring up.
You better check on that fuel tank, I work for csx railroad and we have a lot of container trains broken into in Memphis and some are Amazon containers.
I gave up and cancelled the order after Amazon couldn't give me any idea on when it would be delivered. Got a cheap one from JEGs with free shipping and it showed up the next day.
That's what it felt like inside... With both rear quarters blown out right at the trunk extensions, all of that smoke came right into the trunk and because I had removed the rear seat, made it's way right into the cabin in a hurry.
I sure hope you are going to treat the lady well, no resto mod crap. Just a nice factory ish driver with a few mods here and there to make her yours. I'd love to have it as it sits,70 is my wife's dream car and it would be a dream to build it together
Your a good man James I had a70 ss454 with cowl functional hood n a 4 banger Hurst from the factory dark blue white stripes n blue interior buckets locks n windows paid 3000 or so used in 1974 boy I wish I had that car now not many miles second owner in 67 know n I respect what you do n your very informative n calm about your work can tell you've been doing this a while,pleasure watching you I'm a new follower great work🎉
There have certainly been a few not so calm moments while working on this thing as of late. Hopefully will have some more Chevelle content out shortly.
My OCD kicked in after you pulled the engine and did not put a paint job on it before throwing it back inside the engine compartment, I was almost gasping for air, LOL. Great job in getting it back up and running.
What i did with my engine hoist puller was I had some 7/8th water pipe that I cut to 16 inch length then welded the pipe to the back of the engine hoist and put a set of motorcycle grips on so it makes it easier to pull the engine out and it also makes it easier to manuver the engine hoist around in the shop .
She's coming along. It's definitely gonna take some time to make her safe for the street. She sat for a long time and has plenty of "cobwebs" to blow off.
They had a recall on those early motor mounts. It was just a bracket that mounted to the exhaust with a cable strap going to the upper a-arm. Much like hot rodders were already doing with a chain bolted on the drivers side of the engine to stop the torque twist.
Just a little info, I sold both my harleys, my 63 ss Impala, and my 68 camaro convertible when I got my 70 chevelle ss. And don't regret selling anything yet, maybe camaro a little because it was my first car many years ago but it needed a lot of work.
I was just looking at their rear kit, as I need the sway bar as well. Will probably pick that up and possibly the fronts as well once I dig into those a bit further, as I am quite suspect that something is not right in that drivers front.
@@JamesSorenson I would definitely go with their a arms over the junk set of tubular one's I got from jegs. Stay away from all the cheap ones and spend a little extra on a arms, you won't regret that.
I read a lot of conflicting info on whether it was possible on the big block cars and it looked like it would be an absolute nightmare, especially working without a lift. It wasn't too bad to just pull it.
Don't know how many engines I pulled as a kid. The last heavy duty thing I did was a clutch on my jeep, I was 59yrs old. I'm done with the heavy duty things. It's only plugs,oil etc. I'm getting to old for the hard things.
A stand/clamp for your camera would make it a lot easier for you. Great videos nonetheless. Just shows what can be done in a ordinary garage without a pit or a lift.
Thanks! I do need to get a standalone tripod, as I'm often using the small grip tripod, which ends up being in odd locations due to its limited height. I do actually have a pit, but the Impala is parked over it. Due to the shop layout and things being an absolute mess with no space at the moment, the logistics of pulling the cars out to make use of it outweighs the advantage it provides at the moment.
I bought the car because I already had an L78 engine that needed a home, so I was in the market for a roller and found this with the seized up motor. The fact that this 402 ran was just an added bonus. I'll be replacing it and have started the L78 build already.
Those Delco filters are Chinese junk. Start using a Wix filter. Once the old GM AC Delco PF35 long truck filters were no longer available, that’s when I went with Wix in my 70 Z/28.
Unfortunately not, it was an option that had to be chosen, similar to the analog gauges and a few other things that you would think would come standard with the SS package.
The goal for now was to just get the car running and driving with as little effort as possible. It's far too often that people pick things up and let it snow ball with always trying to do one more thing and then suddenly years have gone by without ever putting a mile on the car. In this particular case, I wanted to see if the car could actually run and drive in its original condition, much in the same way it was parked decades ago. I have plans to drop in an L78 that I've had for a while, and I'll likely start restoring things at that time.
I'll give it a try on the frame the next time I clean it up. I'd watched a few comparison videos online and the Super Clean usually did an "ok" job so I gave that a try. Didn't come out too bad.
@@JamesSorenson Ok, very Cool! Look forward to seeing what you do with this Chevelle SS. I bought a '68 Chevelle SS once with a '71 Chevelle SS 402 in it. I bored it out .125", installed some swap meet find L72 427 forged pistons and a set of swap meet rebuilt '68 model closed chamber heads. It ran great with a mild performance cam, an Edelbrock C396 intake, accel dual point distributor, headers, and a Holley 3310 780cfm carb.
There's not much mystery to this car. I have the build sheet and original invoice that goes along with it. It's an original Chevelle SS 396, painted in Forest Green with black bench interior. The cowl tag reads as follows: 70-13637 - 1970 Chevelle 2dr Sport Coupe, A - Atlanta, 755 - Black Interior (Bench), B80 - Roof Drip, B90 - Window Frame Molding, 48 - Forest Green Metallic, 2nd week of October.
@@JamesSorenson Great video good job and cool car, fyi 10W30 the W stands for winter not weight. It’s the difference in viscosity compared to temperature differences. 👍😁
People will find something to complain about no matter what is done. If I had worn a head cam, I would have an endless stream of complaints from people with motion sickness. I find it's easier to be more deliberate and careful over the camera movement keeping it in hand where appropriate than trying to wear it.
When I worked in my uncles junk yard back in the late 70’s we used a quart of ATF down the carb and it would free up sticking valves and lubricate the cylinder walls worked great although it would smoke the neighborhood out, you can use some two stroke oil in the gas too. Love seeing this old Chevy coming back to life👍
Yes sir and one can also mix in some transmission fluid in with the gas and also run a quart of transmission fluid in with the oil to help clean out sludge in the engine. Friend of mine that had a repair shop used to pour transmission fluid down into the carburetor to help with sticking valves and he claimed that it also helped break up carbon buildup on the pistons that was a result of short low speed trips that people would take in intown usage and contributed to the vehicle running bad. Of course, one has to get the revs up as the transmission fluid would stall the engine and you are right it does smoke things up quite a bit. People who did not drive their cars much would have the malady of gas starting to gum up and of course intake valves get stuck so the transmission fluid would relieve that.
This one had quite a concoction of fluids poured down it at some point. It had a combination of Marvel, Kroil, PB Blaster, ATF, and I believe kerosene all in it at one point or another. It smoked pretty heavy in the first startup (on the other video), but has cleared up pretty well since.
Don't put atf in your oil it will wash the bearings
I run a quart of ATF in my 1988 Ford F250 diesel truck's fuel filter when I change it. It's also good for diesel fuel injectors and pumps. It cleans and lubricates them, but as you said, it smokes something fierce until you burn it all up.
@@kman-mi7su Yes sir you can also add a quart when fueling up the truck and it will work just fine. I sold a 283 Chevrolet engine to a friend of mine and it had around 80,000 miles on it. Well he cleaned it up and put a new timing chain set on it and my friend who had the repair shop suggested that he add a quart of ATF to help clean the internals. The drag racing legend Don Garlits when he had a auto repair column said that he always added a quart of ATF to his gas on his Dodge tow truck he used for transporting his top fuel car to the races.
Im really enjoying this revival. Well done
Bloody fantastic video with concise commentary,weldone,could watch your videos all day long👏👏👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🍺🍺
That is so SICK the drain is the shit Bra love it ❤🎉🎉🎉
Nice one mate from Australia! Really enjoyed the video, would like to see more on this car.
Enjoyed the vids on this car so far, i fixed up the rear fender wells on a 70 chevelle for a roommate in 96 , had some wind reduction issues, loved working on that car, built so well with thick metal, have wanted one ever since, would love to see more vids on this car
Loving it mate- can't wait to see how far you take the build. Greetings from New Zealand.
Look forward to your updates on this project. Very good content I look forward to in classic car resurrections 😊
Oh the memories! Back in 1976 I traded my 68 Impala SS for a 71 Chevelle SS with a 350. 6 months later it was getting 30 miles to a quart of oil. So I drove it home from college and the 120 miles and added 2 quarts at 60. Next morning at 8AM went to the salvage yard looking for an engine. He had a rebuilt 350 truck engine that was for his son’s Vet. But he totaled it out. Got it for $500. My father helped me take the hood off at 9AM. At 2:00 pm next day, I was test driving it. Got my dad to help put the hood on and left at 3:00. It started popping and backfiring on the trip back. Figured out that the spark plugs had paint on them. Changed them and it ran great. I truly miss that car! It was my favorite.
It's always an interesting dynamic when you're using more oil than gas... Thanks for the share, I love hearing all of the old stories these cars bring up.
Dont forget to check or replace the rear end gear lube. You don't need it launching
You better check on that fuel tank, I work for csx railroad and we have a lot of container trains broken into in Memphis and some are Amazon containers.
I gave up and cancelled the order after Amazon couldn't give me any idea on when it would be delivered. Got a cheap one from JEGs with free shipping and it showed up the next day.
Hoodies at work as usual should have armed people watching over the trains.
@@terrencegiordan9812 they won't even arm the train crews or allow us to arm ourselves.
@@wesbelew4275 liberal communist bullshit
@wesbelew4275 that is why you don't live in liberal communist Australia everyone has guns here.
Looked like a Cheech and Chong movie there at the end.
That's what it felt like inside... With both rear quarters blown out right at the trunk extensions, all of that smoke came right into the trunk and because I had removed the rear seat, made it's way right into the cabin in a hurry.
That ole girl has some life left in her. That was great 👍.
I sure hope you are going to treat the lady well, no resto mod crap. Just a nice factory ish driver with a few mods here and there to make her yours.
I'd love to have it as it sits,70 is my wife's dream car and it would be a dream to build it together
Your a good man James I had a70 ss454 with cowl functional hood n a 4 banger Hurst from the factory dark blue white stripes n blue interior buckets locks n windows paid 3000 or so used in 1974 boy I wish I had that car now not many miles second owner in 67 know n I respect what you do n your very informative n calm about your work can tell you've been doing this a while,pleasure watching you I'm a new follower great work🎉
There have certainly been a few not so calm moments while working on this thing as of late. Hopefully will have some more Chevelle content out shortly.
Has the early 70 hood. Love the factory color. Neat car
My OCD kicked in after you pulled the engine and did not put a paint job on it before throwing it back inside the engine compartment, I was almost gasping for air, LOL. Great job in getting it back up and running.
Hah, it was lucky it even got cleaned off! I wanted to do as little as possible just to see if I could get it running and driving again.
Wherever you go with the SS green bean,ill follow.my favorite year.
Keep the updates coming bro👍👍👍👍
Great video...I have a 72. Learned a lot
Take some break cleaner after the engine bay and clean it up. Oven cleaner works best for grease
Very nice👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 can't wait for the next video 💪🏼💪🏼
What i did with my engine hoist puller was I had some 7/8th water pipe that I cut to 16 inch length then welded the pipe to the back of the engine hoist and put a set of motorcycle grips on so it makes it easier to pull the engine out and it also makes it easier to manuver the engine hoist around in the shop .
She's coming along. It's definitely gonna take some time to make her safe for the street. She sat for a long time and has plenty of "cobwebs" to blow off.
They had a recall on those early motor mounts. It was just a bracket that mounted to the exhaust with a cable strap going to the upper a-arm. Much like hot rodders were already doing with a chain bolted on the drivers side of the engine to stop the torque twist.
Just a little info, I sold both my harleys, my 63 ss Impala, and my 68 camaro convertible when I got my 70 chevelle ss. And don't regret selling anything yet, maybe camaro a little because it was my first car many years ago but it needed a lot of work.
Just found your channel and subscribed.
Cant wait to see what else you Do it Id deff go ahead and fix that Sway bar lol
I'm waiting on a large order of parts to arrive to try to get this thing road worthy once more.
Looking good ..
The boxed trailing arms are factory on ss cars
Thanks -- didn't know that was part of the SS suspension package and the weld quality made me think for sure someone did it themselves.
@@JamesSorenson I replaced mine with double adjustable from UMI.
I was just looking at their rear kit, as I need the sway bar as well. Will probably pick that up and possibly the fronts as well once I dig into those a bit further, as I am quite suspect that something is not right in that drivers front.
@@JamesSorenson I would definitely go with their a arms over the junk set of tubular one's I got from jegs. Stay away from all the cheap ones and spend a little extra on a arms, you won't regret that.
Makes you wonder why it was parked! 😊
Nice burnout😊
33:03 Technically I believe it pushed the oil around the outside of the gears :)
You could just remove the motor mount bolts & jack up the engine to get the oil pan off, no need to pull the whole engine, done it plenty of times.
I read a lot of conflicting info on whether it was possible on the big block cars and it looked like it would be an absolute nightmare, especially working without a lift. It wasn't too bad to just pull it.
Be cool if you turned it into a 4 speed 😂 man im so jealous of your Car it is my dream car.
Don't know how many engines I pulled as a kid. The last heavy duty thing I did was a clutch on my jeep, I was 59yrs old. I'm done with the heavy duty things. It's only plugs,oil etc. I'm getting to old for the hard things.
Things definitely did seem easier to do a few years ago... I'm only in my early 40s, but I definitely feel it more than I used to!
AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
A stand/clamp for your camera would make it a lot easier for you.
Great videos nonetheless. Just shows what can be done in a ordinary garage without a pit or a lift.
Thanks! I do need to get a standalone tripod, as I'm often using the small grip tripod, which ends up being in odd locations due to its limited height.
I do actually have a pit, but the Impala is parked over it. Due to the shop layout and things being an absolute mess with no space at the moment, the logistics of pulling the cars out to make use of it outweighs the advantage it provides at the moment.
I would have not put the oil pan back on without replacing the rearmain seal.Any way thumbs up
You might want to fix the hose with the kink
You had it out.
Why not just REBULD??
I bought the car because I already had an L78 engine that needed a home, so I was in the market for a roller and found this with the seized up motor. The fact that this 402 ran was just an added bonus. I'll be replacing it and have started the L78 build already.
Keep the videos comeing
Clean it up, then put it back together !!!!
Those Delco filters are Chinese junk. Start using a Wix filter. Once the old GM AC Delco PF35 long truck filters were no longer available, that’s when I went with Wix in my 70 Z/28.
That's what I usually run but I couldn't find any local and had a bunch of the PF454 laying around.
Get ride of distributor and put a electronic distributor in it. Points are junk easy to do
Body mount 😂 motor mount buddy 😂
You should have just unbolted the manifolds. Those 3 bolts break most of the time
I would have thought the SS would have come with a Posi Trac or some type of LSD with the package ffor an SS. Hmmm.
Unfortunately not, it was an option that had to be chosen, similar to the analog gauges and a few other things that you would think would come standard with the SS package.
What brand of boroscope were you using? Do you have a part number? Thanks
It was a Teslong dual lens setup -- can be found by its Amazon ID: B09N8HSSW1
@@JamesSorenson thanks a lot. It shows very well inside the cylinder.
I'm disappointed you didn't clean and paint the engine and bay.
The goal for now was to just get the car running and driving with as little effort as possible. It's far too often that people pick things up and let it snow ball with always trying to do one more thing and then suddenly years have gone by without ever putting a mile on the car. In this particular case, I wanted to see if the car could actually run and drive in its original condition, much in the same way it was parked decades ago. I have plans to drop in an L78 that I've had for a while, and I'll likely start restoring things at that time.
What is original color from cowl tag, or build sheet?
48 - Forest Green with 755 black interior
Would it be a good idea next time to buy a tripod so you can have two hands available😂
Nice 🇺🇲
Foaming oven cleaner from the dollar store , thank me later ! 👍
I'll give it a try on the frame the next time I clean it up. I'd watched a few comparison videos online and the Super Clean usually did an "ok" job so I gave that a try. Didn't come out too bad.
Why didn't you paint the engine after you degreased it while it was out of the car?
I'll be replacing the engine in the car with an L78 396 that I am building, so the fact that this engine ran was just a temporary bonus.
@@JamesSorenson Ok, very Cool! Look forward to seeing what you do with this Chevelle SS. I bought a '68 Chevelle SS once with a '71 Chevelle SS 402 in it. I bored it out .125", installed some swap meet find L72 427 forged pistons and a set of swap meet rebuilt '68 model closed chamber heads. It ran great with a mild performance cam, an Edelbrock C396 intake, accel dual point distributor, headers, and a Holley 3310 780cfm carb.
Contact Patrick Glenn Nichols and have him decode the cowl tag.
There's not much mystery to this car. I have the build sheet and original invoice that goes along with it. It's an original Chevelle SS 396, painted in Forest Green with black bench interior. The cowl tag reads as follows:
70-13637 - 1970 Chevelle 2dr Sport Coupe, A - Atlanta, 755 - Black Interior (Bench), B80 - Roof Drip, B90 - Window Frame Molding, 48 - Forest Green Metallic, 2nd week of October.
use oven cleaner.
You mean to tell
Me you had the motor out of the car and it looks worst now then it did before you pulled it 😂😂😂😂 i don’t get it
The engine will be replaced, so there wasn't any reason to do anything more to it than necessary to get it running again.
@@JamesSorenson
Great video good job and cool car, fyi 10W30 the W stands for winter not weight.
It’s the difference in viscosity compared to temperature differences. 👍😁
Take some of that UA-cam and buy some rachet wrenches 🔧
That's cheating... 🤣
What is this fetish that people in the USA have with burning rubber from the rear tyres. Seems like more money than sense.
If you think we're bad, you should see when the Australians do it... They're next level. 🤣
@@JamesSorenson I suppose that is some sort of excuse!
@@grahamepigney8565
It’s called American muscle 💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 that’s what we do across the pond ya wanka…🤷♂️😂
Why don’t you guys get a head mounted go pro? So sick of watching guys struggling with one hand to do mechanic work
People will find something to complain about no matter what is done. If I had worn a head cam, I would have an endless stream of complaints from people with motion sickness. I find it's easier to be more deliberate and careful over the camera movement keeping it in hand where appropriate than trying to wear it.
pull the motor and Transmission. And scrap the rest of the car.
I hear ya 396 ss
Please invest in a cordless ratchet