Just rolled in from hospital. Mom been there for 9 days. Why mention that? Our lives. Mine and yours and theirs, lord knows can be hard for so many reasons. But right this moment I'm sipping some pumpkin spice coffee, talking with my puppy dog while we watch this. Moments. Enjoy and appreciate the moments, people. Thanks for friday video, guys. And all the enthusiasts out there keep the wheels rolling ahead.
Man, I hope your Mom gets better soon! Totally agree, when you have a good moment in this crazy life, soak it up. Thanks for watching, I hope for lots more good moments for you, bud.
@StayTunedTA you preach in all your videos to enjoy the ride. Th r Destination is the cherry, but the ride is the sundae. With ya in automotive spirit. Hope my post was a positive as intended. Thanks for kind words. And remember everyone - life is short but cool is eternal!!
I hope your mom gets better my friend. I lost mine when I was 24 and it was one of the things that taught me to enjoy the moments. The good ones are life.
@layzboy2545 epic thanks. A moment to spectate a road trip. Hear a lumpy cam. Pup is tail wagging. My coffee is hot. It's a darn good moment. Health and wellness for you and yours
It's why the Drag Week ep is one of the best ones they've ever done. We've seen how many times Mike has gotten it wrong with Blasphemi (park bench hemi rebuild at Roadkill Nights, anyone?) so being able to see them finally drag that thing to victory feels even better.
Tony, your sense of humor is F'ing awesome! Makes me laugh every video! Plus I love the music you play in your videos! Every time you say "We're Gonna Lose the Shop!" has me cracking up! Keep up the great content dude! #electronics
Built a mopar 383 big block a couple years ago. Could NOT for the life of me get those rear main cap end seals in! What a TERRIBLE design!! Ended up not even putting them in. Just used the Right Stuff, using a metal rod to pack it inside the recesses until it started to visably squeeze out. Worked like a charm with zero leaks. CANNOT believe you guys managed to install them flatbacking it in the vehicle!! 😵 I had luxury of doing it on an engine stand and it still sucked ballz. My hats off to you guys!! Mad respect. Keep up the good work!
Watching this brings back memories of replacing a rear main in my '56 Ford 272, in my apartment parking lot. It used one of the old "rope" seals, and the replacement kit had the wire puller that allowed you to pull the top half around the crank. What a job!
As a PA guy it’s funny to watch y’all drive through areas I recognize. I used to live in Middletown and have driven 322 along the susky hundreds of times love the car and the content keep it coming guys!
I watch this with a stereo and a subwoofer, and that Dodge on idle hits a fat low bass note when the camera is behind the exhaust. I don't understand how this channel hasn't blown up to millions of subscribers yet.
Just wait.. Tony's channel is so awesome it will blow up with subscribers.Always great content with a lot of humor and a little education thrown in is a winning deal.Remember when Charlie Sheen went off the deep end? WINNING!!!😂😂😂
Bringin’ back the memories! My 1rst car was my Grandfathers 64 Dodge 330 with the push button transmission and a 318 that got great gas mileage & was like a tank. I learned so much about that car with Gramps showing me how to rebuild the master cylinder by hand, doing drum brakes, u joints, exhaust systems, fuel pumps, points - everything on that old car - then doing gas mileage with a slide rule!
Wow, imagine that, changing a main seal in a parking lot with a fully assembled engine and trans. So much for today’s engineering lol. I wish we could back to the old days when sanity and reason was prevalent.
Wow, such, get it done, work ethic! I can't decide if I'm thoroughly enjoying watching someone else do parking lot repairs or if I'm really stressed remembering what it's like to be in that position. Either way you guys are great.
I bought a 67' Pontiac Catalina four door sedan back in 2014. It ran ok but had a slight miss at higher rpms. Added a Petronix ignition system and it got rid of the miss. Then the front brakes started making terrible noise. Ended up doing a front disc conversion. Went pretty smooth until I went to hook up the lines. Hard lines were rusted and needed replacing. Car sat for four years cause I suck at bending lines. Discovered Inline Tube and bought the pre-bent lines I needed. Car stops on a dime now. Right now I am replacing the blower motor which needs to have the fender removed to do. I have a new aluminium radiator, silicone hoses and belts to do next. Then I need to replace the exhaust then some of the rusted body panels. I salute you for doing this roadtrip fixing the car as you go. I am going to fix all my problems first then roadtrip it.
FINALLY SOMEONE HAS GREAT MUSIC IN THEIR VIDEOS!!!!🤘🏽 love the content but, also on the edge of my seat waiting for back ground music. Keep it coming! 😎
I learned to drive on a '64 Dodge 440, 4-door, wide 318 with push button tranny. First car I bought was '64 Polara, same configuration. Drove it a year and traded for a "67 Coronet 500, 2-dr with 383 4-bbl. Old Mopars bring back some good memories.
I love the sound of the engine at idle with that hot cam. It oozes muscularity 👍🏻 (unfortunately you’re oozing a lot of oil too!). Epic road repair R&Ring the rear main oil seal.
Great job. You made it ! FYI (from an old mechanic), It is completely unnecessary to connect the PCV for the engine to run well. (Most cars before 1968 still had NO PCV). Just plug the vacuum source (carb, intake etc.) & let the valve covers vent to the atmosphere. My guess is that you had a stuck or broken ring that pressurized the crankcase, causing exhaust gases to escape the valve covers etc. When you first attempted to plug ALL orifices to the PCV those gases had to escape somewhere & the well worn rear main seal was convenient.
Looks like someone modded the heck out of the engine compartment, but didn't bother with the things that really matter. A little money spent and that will be a nice car. Mopars of that era are pretty awesome.
My favourite things to watch used to be Roadkill and Hotrod Garage but as I live in Australia we are no longer able to view these programs, this episode was much like these shows and Stay Tuned is becoming the best content to watch. Thank you Tony and all involved.
That Challenger reminds me of an old bracket racer at Milan; it was also an E-body with a 'cuda front clip mated to a Challenger back-half and was named "Identity Crisis."
Love some wire nuts! Installed every car stereo in every vehicle over last 20 years, never any issues. Makes it super easy to swap units or back to stock.
I was working on the electrical system on one of my POS cars, just before watching this show... Man I love hate love hate love hate cars and Foxtrot Mike Lima... love the show!
I know they've been around a while, but we found The Chats about a year ago. They've got some bangers! Australian punk band, some younger fellas. It has a good feel for sure. My favorites are Pub Feed, Smoko, and The Clap. (No particular order)
flashing tape will temporarily (permanently) fix holes in sheetmetal that you dont want...and peels off clean later for welding. thank you Tony for another video, it's been a really hard week. love the show.
You guys are friggin heros. I did this on a 383 a year ago helping a friend and we used a 1 piece seal that you can kinda spiral into place. I bought 2 bolts about an inch longer that the 2 that hold the seal in place and cut the heads off and used them as a locator. that seemed to help. 383 is a great engine.
Passing along an oil blow by tip: Ran into similar issues in my ‘64 Comet. PCV/catch cans helped a tiny but but the issue was hole placement in the valve cover and NO BAFFLE. Went ahead and installed baffle plates and it drastically reduced the smoke screen. I think the combination of old motor, aftermarket valve covers, roller rockers led to oil just ejecting out of the valve covers. Try a baffle and it could help (part) of your problem.
I've found it's easier to put the cap in first, then squirt some rtv over the hole for the side seals, then shove the side seals in. That's how I build my old Y block Fords.
I've replaced many a rear main and bearings without dropping the crank etc. on everything from a Ford 841 Diesel tractor to a Pontiac GTO 389 and 400 Cummins engines it's truly a religious experience. But, it can be done. On the bearing you can grind down the head of a brass screw and insert in the crank oil hole and turn the crank and it will hit the bearing and spin it right out and grease the new one up and slide it in the same way.
I traveled the route you're on in Kentucky 71 to 75 traveling back and forth to Chattanooga, Tennessee for 4 yrs when we lived in Chattanooga. We drove back to Carnegie Pa. every summer. That's where we were born!!👍👍
"50 thousand, I MISSED IT!" that was great. Totally awesome old school hotrodding roadtrip using what ya got (laserdisc 727 inspection cover) and repair what you can (bottom half of the rear main). Love this ELECTRONICS!
Always enjoy the channel, but replacing a rear main seal in a hotel car park in the dark? Legend status right there. The oil diverter scores points as well, very ambitious!
When you're using a hacksaw, it should look like you'r playing a violin, not like you're having an epileptic fit, haha! I absolutely LOVE this old Dodge. If this old 440 blows up, I want a 383!
Congratulations on your milestone of 200k subscribers, keep up the good work and the killer builds ! Don't forget to keep us all posted when you do start your next build!
Thanks for letting us tag along on the adventure...all the fun with zero risk as a viewer...but many of us have similar tales..."Keep on Truckin', Bro-Stein"
Love the old road trip in a dubious vehicle, great to watch Tony. Just got home from a 2300km trip with my 10 yr old daughter in a 25 year old sprinter van with 390 thousand kms on the clock that I picked up sight unseen from the Auctions, it’s what life is all about, peace Bro!
My first car was a 1964 440, 383 with the push button torque flight trans, Sedan though. My dad bought it for me. I loved that car. Don't see too many of them anymore. Wish I still had it, but i sold it to a guy who used it for demo derby because the trans was slipping and I bashed I the right rear wheel well. We didn't have the internet back then, so I didn't know where to get a transmission.
Finnegan and Frieberger would be proud. Glad the ol' Dodge had the stamina to make the trip. Never doubted the Mopar drivetrain...it's bulletproof....it's all the stuff attached to it that ya gotta stress about. I had a '71 Barracuda that would run forever, but I had to replace the voltage regulator regularly.
