Ford Mustang engine rebuild! 3.8l v6 

Just stumbled across his because am rebuilding an 00 stang, but I think Toby really helped me get a better understanding of the engine bay

People forget that the V6 was detuned to make the 4.6 V8 look better. Great video by the way!

Great video , awesome editing skills & very detailed info. Thank you bro! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you very much brother I appreciate the time to record and teach how it is done. thank you so much

Amazing work, awesome job! Keep it up!

That is impressive man!!! Well done!

Best mustang video I’ve ever seen

Man you did hell of a job make me wanna get back into automotive

Beautiful work!

Excellent video, thank you.

Awesome job!!

Cool video man. The 1999-2004 Mustang's 3.8l v6 is such a good motor. It's large displacement for a v6 makes it quite torquey along with its high po. Aluminum cylinder heads.

Nothing but respect

Great job 👏

I like the waY you reseat the valves!"

Lol this was funny how did you squeeze through that 😂😂

nice effort for the video. I'm thinking about doing something similar for my car but also DIY

thank you so much.

Gave me hope thank you

Great vid. How much did it cost and how long did it take?

Can I you please tell me how I adjust the rockerarms on a 2000 3,8 V6? I have one and I need to change the lifters but the problem is I have read through many instructions, some say you can‘t adjust them because they are hydraulic and you have to torque them down and others give instructions how to adjust them with turning the push rods and tighten the rocker friction bolts until they just make the contact. Could you please tell me what‘s the best way to do here?

We’re do the long and short bolts go I went to go put mine back together and had no idea where they went

So I’m rebuilding my 01 v6 right and like I’m doing a complete over view, new gaskets and pistons and main bearings and would like to also put a nice choppy cam in it but I don’t know what to look for with cams, what type of lifters I need to put in, what do I need to do to the valve train to make sure it fits and works well, any help is helpful

Torque for the rocker arms and value cover gaskets??

How did you clean the head gasket surface of the block?

How much would I have to pay you to rebuild my 96 3.8L mustang engine

I've also got new * ding ding ding ding ding ding * "yeaaaa!" 😂

ive heard if the top end is rebuilt and not the bottom end- you can blow the rings- makes sense hey?

3:43 do you watch RC videos?! because I'm used to hearing Kevin Talbot say that!! :) edit: just finished watching this... DUDE!!! You took an engine out of a car, put it back in, and got it to start. That's literally a platinum trophy right there. I'm impressed.

Did the engine only have bad valve seats? I didn't see any head resurfacing, any piston, ring, bearing replacing.

Is it complicate to install Tha oil pump, does it has a special way too install

Cool video - had my 99 Mustang six rebuilt at about 210,000, tried to limp home with a bandaged radiator hose - kept gauge from going to hot, but electric cooling fan had died - kept getting oil in the coolant reserve bottle intermittently - one thing I was questioning was the brand of parts - I have been told that it is best to use Ford timing chains, and saw videos of cheap chains - I had the experience with a bad rebuild on a 85 Chrysler Mistubishi engine - Action Cylinder Heads in San Diego area rebuilt this engine - had timing chain go bad after about 10000 miles - had to fight with them to cover even part of the cost of the obviously cheap timing chain used. Old timing chain wasn't noisy at 100,000 plus miles -

Awesome. My brother is giving me a 2001 convertible Mustang with the 3.8 blown. Found a used motor for $930 with 100,000 miles on it. I figure I’ll go through the used motor before installing it. I’ve never done anything like this before. Only minor repairs like water pump, starters and alternators. Going to take my time. If I can keep the total under $2000, this drivable car will be cheaper than my most expensive rc car lol.

How did you learn how to do all this stuff? I wanna do this so bad

Ayoo I’m having problem putting the engine back in I still have my trans attached to the car any tips?

LOL Great Job

I was given a free mustang didnt know about this problem drove it for 2 months then the transmission broke took the whole thing out accidentally broke something while putting it back together got the part but havnt took it apart yet again to replace that one piece way at the end when everything is out basically to put it back together and hope it works

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I have 2 questions. If someone could help me out, id appreciate it. I just replaced the timing cover gasket, and water pump gasket on my 04, 3.9l mustang. Now i have to replace the lifters, bcuz I noticed (it sounds like) one of them is collapsed. If i replace the head gaskets, will that interfere with the timing cover? #2, the engine has over 250,000 miles on it. The head gaskets aren't leaking, but everything else, IS. Im thinking about replacing all the seals in the engine. Im worried, if i replace the head gaskets, and the heads are warped, then it might cause other issues, right?

My engine coolant drain plug broke so it all came out with the hoses lol. I’m sure there will be more in the heads.

Yo can you rebuild my 04 3.9 … nice video & work

Gonna Rebuild my 02 soon and wanted to get a look at the difficulty and time consumption.

what was wrong with it and did you fix it?

What’s the torque specs for the bottom intake??

where do you order your parts? I live up north and can't find mustang parts anywhere I have a 98 mustang

Can you send link to air intake?

Nice video. I have questions… You just replaced valve stem seals and lapped the valves… THATS ALL? No new springs, rockers, timing chain or tensioners? Were the pistons oversized or jot?

Fantastic! Gave me a better understanding if I ever have to dig into my 2000 mustang 3.8. What do you think the material cost for the parts was along with how many hours? (obviously both have huge variables involved....)

This will be useful for when I blow mine up

Is this the 3.8 essex?

Aftermarket parts?

All this for a V6. I won’t lie I can see why it’s called a V and it’s beautiful

I'd say this is more of an engine refresh than a rebuild, still great content for sure, just mislead!

What was the problem of this engine?

I'm confused. So you torque the head bolts down in 3 steps just to loosen them again? Loosen them all the way again? What good does that do?

I have been driving my 2001 mustang since 2014 and it runs very well. I have 150,000 miles on it. When should I consider an overhaul? 😊

How do I get a decent engine I don't got one to help me 😅

Have you tried doing the 4.2 crank swap. I've done it on my 04 along with the 4.2 head swap bbk shorty header real actual dual exhaust and my t5 I put g-force straight cut gears. In a few months I'm putting a 6.0L turbo from a power stroke.

Howdy from down the road

I have a 05 ford f150 4.5 can i put a performance cam and which cam should I go with.?

I just did that, on my 3.8l , and it sucked. Engine runs good, but I did make a few mistakes on torque, fuel injection timing and oil pan rtv sealant. I think that if I ever did a top rebuild again, next time there would be easier, but it was my first time and it was a definite learning experience

Great vid. I have a 2001 with 133K miles, drives good but I have been thinking about rebuilding the motor, just like you did. How much money including labor and parts would you estimate will cost me?

Where is the knocks sensor on 3.8 V6 mustang I have one just like it

Can some identify which side it's left n right cylinder heads??

Link to the parts??

so this is a 2000 3.8 mustang when i pulled my engine and looked at the timing marks before i put a cam in the cam gear line was facing up on tdc

More Ford 3.8 goodness, please. How about a 3.8/4.2 stroker next time ?

Hey were you referencing a manual? If so, what’s it called?

Hey did you buy these parts in a kit? Also where did you purchase all of it.

I stayed for the music.

Where did you get that rebuild kit?

I have to rebuilt my2001 mustang 3.8 v6 OHC do you know anyone in Fla

I want to do the wind star intake mod, with Cai, tune, dual exhaust on my 3.8 04 vert stick, but I just saw someone mention a head swap... What is that expected to do, is that some thing the tune would take advantage of?

I thought when you rebuild an engine you need to add the additives so the engine doesn’t seize. At least that’s what my instructor told me in college. Ive never built and engine so I just want some clarification

Good stuff, are you going to do anything else to this car?

Fkn genius.. how the hell do u remember where everything goes.;. unreal

How many days did this take?

Man I've had a rod sling out the block, an 2 blocks locked up on me, you really should have replaced all your crank barrings while you had the motor out, I've messed up 3 motors all cause crank barrings, that's what the 99_04 v6 mustangs are the worst for! I'm in the middle of taking another mustang motor out right now an why ? Crank locked up I could only guess why bad crank barrings or a bad oil pump caused the crank barrings to not get oil, get hot an basically friction welded the crank to lock inside the block cause the crank Will Not turn at all..

I would’ve at least done the main bearings and the rod bearings.

That DNJ kit is going to fall apart in a month

you didnt replace the pistons,rods,rings or bearing not really a full over haul

Where's the f150

LS swap it

the bottom end? not a complete rebuild

Don't mess with 6 drop in a v8 6 is pointless

You can't call it a rebuild when you didn't even touch the bottom end, but ok. Lol Good job reguardless but not a rebuild.

Not a rebuild, I have no idea what you did.besides lap valves. If you are going to rebuild, do it right. Terrible

I've searched all over RU-vid I've searched the Internet the norm of course is to take out a smaller engine and put in a larger one this in fact is what I did to my 86 Cutlass the V6 was removed and I installed a three-quarter cam 455 electric kickdown trance with stall and B&M shift kit etc. etc. yes this is the norm so let me pose a question search the Internet search RU-vid search everywhere and locate someone removing a V8 and installing a V6 3.8 L 232 CU. IN. Engine my problem right now is trying to find out information regarding 94-98 or 94-04 I own a 94 3.8 convertible Mustang the engine and trans has less than 400 miles on them and numerous other new parts when I found the problem so I'm trying to find a replacement to put everything in I can't find the information regarding GTs and their electrical system (are they the same) or can the engine electrical be removed and interchanged with a GT I do not want to get into major surgery I have other projects this is just my everyday car but I don't know if the basic electrical is the same as the GT electrical or should I just stick to searching for a basic 3.8 convertible you know the old saying in for a penny in for a pound I just got too much invested to call it quits but I just can't find the answers necessary to make this easier I've even tried calling several Ford dealerships they refer me to local junkyards explaining they do a lot of engine swapping this is almost as bad as when Oldsmobile created the diesel and within one year of ownership people wanted us to put gas engines back in I guess the point of my rambling is everybody and their brother has a RU-vid video on removing a V6 and installing a V8 engine I can't find anywhere where someone has taken out a V-8 and installed a V-6 take a look you will be able to find one because it's just not the norm S.W