I had a 49 dodge Panel I dragged home back in the 70s,It was used for a dog house at a farm for a St Benard dog.Sat with the hood open for 20 years,was missing 2 spark plugs..The engine was covered with pine needles.Had it running and was driving it around the field the same day! Miss those old day,Was so much fun!!
this is right down my alley,, I like to make something old work again, my brother and I used to drag in old cars and lots of the times the engines were ok.. sometimes we got lucky and was able to drive them home by attaching an outside gas can and bypass the old rotten fuel in the tank and we always had one of the 100 # propane tanks converted to an air tank so we could see if the tires held air and if all was ok, we'd drive it home.
I use to do that when I was a teen and didn't have a way of hauling them. It's nice to get them running great, but the joy is to hear them run again. It's still up in the air as to the engines actual condition, but We will both know in a couple days.
Hey man love all these videos.. got a ,74 regal I’ve been fixing up.. I see you do a little metal detecting like me.. what would you say your best find metal detecting is so far sir?
Great video! Never boring and next time don't even bother speeding it up! For those watchers that are in a hurry, they can fast forward. For the rest of us, we like watching the engine try to come to life...naturally.
I love those old engines. They're hard to find these days but properly built they make good power and aren't too bad on gas. Sounds like one of those straight drive starters.
that was great Jonathan nothing better than hearing a motor come back to life one cylinder at a time. still needs some tlc but should be fine. had a 350 a few years back that sounded like it had no spark plugs in it that took 15 mins of steady cranking to get to go. i have always got a motor to run so long as will turn. cant wait to see how many bent push rods you find. keep up the great videos
Before starting an engine that has sat for a long while. It is advantageous to pour some oil in the spark plug holes, and turn the engine over by hand a few times. It makes the whole starting process much easier, I think.
Speed Racer That is so true. A lot of the videos that I see on you tube of these old vehicles being started for the first time, they get rate in them and start cranking them. It helps lube the cylinder walls so you don't do damage on a dry start. Thank you for giving that info.
Old 318 I suppose? My Dad had one in 1960 that thing was quite a beast with just a two barrel carb..While driving it I often wished it had a four barrel carb with the three on the tree...
Those old Polysphere 318s were cold natured as all get out. My first car was a 65 fury 3 with one in it and she didn't want to wake up in the mornings for anything.
my daily driver is a 63 dodge 440 sedan with the 318 poly. mine has been reliable and starts on our cold winter days with no problem at 30 degrees below zero.
Hello Jonathan, enjoyin' your videos. Remove that oil cap off the valve cover and listen closely. I suspect you have a pushrod that is not seated into the rocker arm, AND a stuck intake valve (or 2) on that or another cylinder.
those old 318 poly head engines were bad for back popping through the carb when they were cold, damn good engine when they run , lots of torque, and with that stromberg 2 bbl carb they were actually pretty good on fuel
On those 2 Bbl. Carbs You can squirt 2 stroke gas through I n oil can around the accelerator lift-rod and pre fill the bowl, (so you won't have to grind it over dry for long) AND hopefully soften up the pump's leather at the same time.., assuming no one has touched the gas pedal first and damaged the cup. It is a cool old Dodge.
when i have worked on a vehicle that appears to be dead, but stll turns over, some of the first that i do is remove the plugs check for spark from all spark plug leads then check all plugs for spark, if no spark, it is either the coil or the condenser playing up or the points are bad. The next is do some cleaning up of the plugs and points, replace the coil & condenser, the next thing that i do is spin the motor over a few times whilst listening for any noise, i always rip the carby apart then give it a good clean up making sure that the jets are clear, after that, i put it all back together, wack it back on connect it all up, give it fuel then crank it over to see if it will start
when i first got my skidloader it had been sitting in a field for 8 years. had the same issues as this. it would fire but wouldnt have the power to spin ifself. i knew if i could get two out oc the 4 cylinders firing and get it to run for a couple seconds on.its own it would go. believe it or not the old wisconsin caughed to life once again at the expence of a starter
14:51 stuck lifter, back fires, nuts to roast on a fire, and chipmunk voice...I couldn't help but get a laugh here. lol Amazing how severely a stuck lifter impacted this engine.
I know it's gas in the bottle. Didn't you notice the smiley face at the end of my comment? Just trying to make some light humor and not to be taken seriously.
Nice! I was hoping you were gonna crank it more to try to suck the flames in and put the fire out. Always liked how that works... Most of the time. :) Thing is pretty awesome. What engine is that? haha, and yeah man. Good advice on putting the fire out, instead of panicking and throwing it, and possibly lighting something else on fire.
Don't forget to check for moths in the bowl... I worked on a 48 flat head plymouth... that sat for 30 years... Also clean the dickens out of all the passages in the carb. I've found bugs every where in a carb.
Coming right along. If the fuel pump is still hooked up to the gas tank, it's probably pulling a lot of crap out of it----I usually just have a hose going from the fuel pump inlet to a gas can to get it running.
Had a 73 coupe de ville with a 472 4 bbl th400 been sittin for about 3 yrs before we gave it to my aunt it had a dead miss and rattle slowly poured 2 it's of trans fluid thru the carb it got worse as it burned the fluid but after about 45 mins it cleared up and ran like a top it loosened all the carbon off the valves and unstuck a few rings that were stuck wouldn't hardly pull its self out of it's own tracks before , afterwards it would lite up the back tires
well i must say you are about as tenacious as a bull dog when it comes to getting those engines running I would have given up after 10 minutes lol. Well I would have pulled the valve covers and checked those out next i would have checked the plugs and wires all the normal stuff before I even attempted to start it. But like you said you were just trying to find out if the engine would fire at all. It did finally after you kept loosening it up a bit too much blow by through the breather but hey you will get it eventually i'm sure.
i use a squirt of starter fluid at least it tells you that its firing after 25 yrs a good idea to check for water in fuel drain carb in a clear glass to see the water if so start at the tank drain and refill
i am trying to get a 79 continental running that has been sitting for 5 years if not more the V8 and everything is in good condition so i hope i can save it
Hey Jonathan, I got a question for you, my grandpa has an old McCormick international 400 gas/diesel tractor that's been sitting for the last 3 decades. I've gotten it to fire up and run good on gas but I can't get it to switch to diesel it'll only run on 1 or 2 cylinders of 4 when I switch it over to run on diesel. All the cylinders are getting fuel as well. Do you know what could be wrong?
That is a u d style engine. It has an extra valve that opens to make the chamber bigger to run on gas my guess is when you close the chamber to run on diesel it's still leaking compression past that valve into the gasoline chamber.
Okay interesting. So say some of those valves are maybe just sticking open or not seating well how hard is it to access them and trying to get them unstuck? I'm not super familiar with these motors
You will probably have to pull the head the third valve works on the linkage from the lever you push to change it to diesel. Marvel Mystery Oil in the engine may help free them up. Take the valve cover off pour some in the top.
