FJ holden Grey motor rebuild part 9: Will it run??????
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- Опубліковано 23 лют 2023
- In today’s episode we finish fitting all the accessories, build a new stand, fill the engine with water and oil, turn the engine over add fuel some spark and …………
Very exciting.
Hearing her run is like returning to my youth. The old greys had their own distinct sounds!
Good job mate, the old 138 side plate lives again!
the brass connector between the 2 rocker shafts is around the wrong way the small hole should be pointing the other way down towards the cylinder head and you could buy a small clip that fitted over the nut and directed the oil back down along the outside of the pipe to prevent oil pooling on top the head when adjusting the tappets with the engine running. i was a tight arse and made my own(64 years ago).
Good job Peter, I enjoyed the series.
Mate I would have been flat out just knocking up that stand never mind the engine rebuild.Awesome job that would put a few professionals to shame.
I could listen to that old grey motor all day. Thanks for taking us on the journey.
Thanks Luke appreciate your kind words. Those motors do have a soothing sound that’s why I love working on them.
Thanks again and enjoy.
Cheers.
Grey video mate very good info you have made my life easier good man thank you
Hey mate, thanks for posting these videos I'm in the middle of rebuild my 138 in my shed. First time as well, cheers!!!
Great to hear maté hopefully it helps.
They are great motors.
Cheers and enjoy.
It is always a thrill when the motor starts after a rebuild. Brings back memories about how smooth those old grey motos were at idle. In standard form they didn't like high revs. I can remember Valve Bounce at 80mph in my FC. Great work. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Mike
Thanks mate yes no Mater how many you do the first start is always a buzz.
80mph a little crazy. Lol
Cheers. Enjoy.
Watched my Father work on many of the older Chevys .
Hi James, yes my dad is a car guy also.
We both still love playing with cars and always will.
Cheers and enjoy.
sounds real good
Cheers mate
I've enjoyed the series, hope to see more in the future. Keep up the great work
and watch those numbers grow!
Cheers, glad you enjoyed the series mate.
Thanks again.
Enjoy
Good that you used a torque wrench for the final tightening.
Great point!
Enjoy.
Sounds beautiful
Thanks for your kind words.
Such beautiful chevrolet engine, they are the best of the old times in my opinion. One of them like yours you can drive and drive for many years. Was, what an engine and that so familiar sound, just like in my childhood and even teen years here in Brazil, there were many thousends of them at that time. Now they are pretty rare to see. Thank you very much and congratulations foi this master work. Best regards from Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil.
Thanks for your kind words and glad you are enjoying the videos.
Cheers.
great job, that engine runs so smooth and quiet!
Cheers Andrew, they are a nice old motor that’s why I love working on them.
Thanks mate.
Nice job.
That looks a lot like the American 216 c.i. Engine.
Thanks Kenneth, I’ll have to check the American motor out.
Cheers
@@petersbackyardbuilds check the 235 Chevrolet in-line 6 it's more like the year that is
The old stove bolt 216 has a non pressure crank an gets oil from spray from the nozzles in the block aimed at the oil holes in the rods plus dippers. That engine is more like a 235 full pressure crank Chevy than the 216
Cheers mate.
The Aussies had a size of either 132 Or 138 ci
Not exactly what you would call huge
But I guess they got the job done !
None were regarded as power houses by any imagination…
But the hot up guys had a field day on them !
Hey bat man, plenty of torque and not a lot of horsepower.
Great workhorse just kept going.
Cheers mate.
Episode 9...the icing on the cake - well done to you, a fantastic result and sounds just awesome too ! 😀
Cheers mate glad you enjoyed it.
Great work as usual. Motor sounds happy and balanced. Love how you knocked that stand up in a couple of hours, too. If it was me I wouldn´t like to have the motor rocking around on that narrow perch, I'd make things more secure. But, it's not me 😀 Good on you for doing stuff your way, you've obviously got a lot of experience and I will defer to that any time.
Thanks Mike always for your kind words mate.
Definitely needs a support but as always I’m impatient and needed to hear the motor as that’s the most exciting part.
Considering the points and fuel pump were cleaned and not rebuilt it ran perfectly.
Very happy.
Thanks again and enjoy upcoming episodes.
Cheers
excellent
Thank you! Cheers!
it happens frequently that after an engine rebuild, the carburetor needs a complete readjustment..
good job on that engine.
Thanks mate, yes also need to change points etc as who knows how old they are.
Quite impressed how she ran considering I only cleaned fuel pump and dizzy.
Cheers glad you enjoyed it.
Looks just like the old Chevy Stovebolt engines except for distributor placement. The Chevy engine distributor was in the middle and I believe the GMC was towards the front of the engine. My 1960 Chevy pickup has a 235 I6 stovebolt engine. It runs perfect. These are my favorite engines of all time.
Never seen the Chevy stove bolt engine, send through a picture would love to compare.
Quite a few people have commented from the USA regarding this.
Cheers and enjoy.
@@petersbackyardbuilds -- I'm not sure how to link a picture here. If you search "Chevy Stovebolt Engine" or "Chevy straight 6 engines" you should be directed to Wikipedia. They have a fairly good article along with pictures. "Stovebolt" was a nickname applied because some of the bolts resembled bolts used on wood stoves. The Stovebolt straight 6 engine was used from the early 1930's until 1963, at which time Chevy came out with a slightly different straight 6. The 216, 235, among others are considered Stovebolts.
Cheers mate.
It is only 130ci on early motors and 138ci on newer big engines !
This is the first of what I have seen of this series. It looks/sounds like the 216 CU that came in my 1940 Chevy Special Deluxe. I replaced it with a 230 from the mid-60's. It has 3-1's w/ headers from 6=8, and a balance job. It sounds much like a 60's Jag.
Hi Fritz, sounds like the GM version of our holden motor we’re almost the same.
Good strong engines that just kept going.
Hopefully you enjoy my other episodes.
Cheers.
The whole GM Chevrolet Vauxhall Bedford Holden straight six family of engines was an immensely important influence on engine designs worldwide much more so than than Ford's sidevalve V8
Cheers mate
Great job, the distributor needs to come out and the drive turned a tooth (don't forget the oil pump as well) so the vacuum advance is more centralised. The main distributor screw (not the bolt) can be assessed with the drivers wheel wheel on full lock with a long screwdriver. Cannot remember how many of these I worked on. Pretty indestructible biggest problem was oil leaks from the 'rope' crankshaft seal and side cover. They went very well with twyn carburettors but that is getting away from the original design. Brought back a lot of memories thank you.
Cheers mate yes they are a great motor to work on.
Thank you for the distributor advise I will definitely do that.
Cheers.
You can't really get much tuning stuff for the old Grey Motor performance wise, contrary to what I had thought, - no one offers an aftermarket head, and the aftermarket items that were made in the day change hands now for big $ . Whereas with the Red Motor, you can get various aftermarket heads like the JZed, the old reliable Yella Terra and the long awaited and finally available again HSD Irving head
Yes a pity as these are good strong low Erving motors that could probably produce good torque.
Enjoy and thanks.
One thing I hate is bell housings and transmissions that can't be separated from the outside.
Yes that’s a pain in the backside.
22:42 beautiful sound
Sure is enjoy mate.
That is just sweet.
Thanks mate.
Awesome checked your channel out sweet Aussie content We subscribed 😊
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Fantastic, thanks for your kind words.
Hope you enjoy future episodes.
Cheers buddy.
when you mounted flywheel, bolt lock plates should have gone across locating dowels so they don't vibrate out
Thanks Gary, will be fine.
Cheers
lovely work, sounds great. Are the wrist pins/ small ends pressure fed in this motor? All the later greys, or ones with blocked pressure feeds seem to make a bit of small end noise. I see you kept the wide belt, but with a lucas 12v generator? I didn't know the gen pulley was interchangeable. I converted mine back to 6v a couple of years ago. What an effort, but part of my 20-year back-to-stock mission. Looking forward to seeing your car on the road
Awesome. Will you be doing episodes on dropping it into the car and all that?
Hi Levi, yes mate eventually.
The body needs some work first than it will get fitted prior the paint.
Cheers.
Did someone say KFC??
Okay sounds good, looking forward to seeing that.
I think someone did!
Is that motor based on the Chevy Stovebolt 6?
Very similar. Think yours are called the blue flame?
@@petersbackyardbuilds These old 6 cylinders were the work horses back in the day.
They sure were.