How To Revive Abandoned Cars and Trucks! 1974 F350 First Start 

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If I wasn’t broke, I’d support you guys.

Hi Kevin love your videos

Great video

Well now we know why you wear a hat. Now if we could get you to wear a mask 😷.

Couldn't possibly be anything else.

Lol yea, my dad has a 88 F350 crew cab with big ol bull horns on the hood

I would like to have a set of those to stick on my truck project

I always think of boss Hoggs white Cadillac from dukes of hazard when I see them

Being it was most likely a fire truck, it was probably a siren, not a hood ornament.

He’s not 75 years old he’s 40 years old

Is that really what that was? I'm from the south (Florida) ain't ever seen anything like that before!

My brother had a hat holder in his ‘74 F100.

@@LynxStarAuto yessir alot of these ole farmers out here have em

Back in the day I had a hat Stetson, felt like I couldn’t wear until I got my truck.

For sure, right now it's a "HOLY CROW". Ha ha. It needs an old 460 EH. This is a great video and revival as well. A job well done.

Do a vid

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Is it in Vermont on a farm?

please make a vid!

@@theobsoleteman7935 No I am in Oklahoma, red dirt town. The Mustang is a 390 Auto 1967 Fastback

Did you say bored and out of videos........ Clearly you need to pay us a visit my friend!!! Let us know if you're bored after that!!!

*BOOM* 10 miles away ---- what was that

@@nopegaming2117 helped tear an engine down with "a perfect block" The cylinder was cracked through to the coolant passage. They heard my boss's yell F 4 blocks over.

That’s what they all said on the car that I found parked for 10 years. Just a fuel pump. No. It was the entire damn fuel system along with multiple sensors.

hopped in my truck 8 months ago, didn’t start, that was my intuition, still hasn’t moved lol

Ikr

@@codyelliott6837 I’m glad somebody beat me to it.

Edited the comment and still didn't get it right

Who is dail and why should he be praised in lieu of the obviously better Dale?

We're still waiting on the Roanoke and Junkyard Digs crossover Bronco Demolition Race

@@ae86hachi no its right

Where do you live?😂

@@oldmanuncle1237 was wondering the same 🤔

Same cause it was 7:52 when I clicked and I live in Wyoming

@@mcd2277 9:05 for me. Upstate arkansas

9:57 And I live in Maryland, also are we just going to start naming our states and saying times....lol 😂

Ik the timing order of my 400sb by heart 1843572

@@timtorgerson2216its got a misfire?! 😂

361 302 429 and 460 timing by memory

LS is the Sbf firing order, and bore spacing, and exhaust spacing... And... Hmmmm 👀😎

@@timtorgerson2216 might wanna check plug/wires on cylinder 6 lol

Hey don't look at me look at RU-vids slow upload times!

Hope your back has healed up well.

Those 300s were torque monsters!

I'm thinking that's why they've left the sparkulator loose, to avoid building compression

I didn't know that having sloppy tolerances meant having a good engine.

@what nite First, a small correction that's a RELIABLE engine. That's only one of the things that make an engine good. Second, this is not a truck, it's a family car. So wouldn't call exactly a "work" car. Lastly I was to referring to things like having a 5L beast of an engine that only makes a bit more than 200 HP.

@what nite Oh shit I didn't look at the thumbnail. I had a 1978 Thunderbird in mind when I wrote that.

my dads 05 f250 has been running on seven for the past 200,000 miles. it has the "junk" 2 valve 5.4 that everyone loves to hate. i think it just crossed 620k last month

Yeah i was like what the heck lol

Community guys

@@stevelangston2359 Yes sir! 100%

I love dodges too, I have 2003 dodge ram 1500 4.7L 4x4 and it purrs with 150,000 mi on it!

@@roxanneabbott8424 Be sure to check out our channel then!

I don't think it really matter what kind of truck guy you are, all these old trucks are super awesome and worth admiring.

On GM 3.1 & 3.4L engines. The push rods don't go through the intake per day, BUT you do still have to remove them to properly replace lower intake gaskets that are notorious for leaking both coolant and oil....

Ya no kidding

Lol Right , same here, just subbed a couple days ago loving this channel

@@DSMerkonmyface watch some of the older videos from when him and thunderhead made videos together, they're what got me hooked a couple years ago

Amen

It really depends on what your working with and how valuable/rare the engine your working with is. If it's just a generic 305 chevy or 302 ford or a 318 Chrysler just send it and fire it up, what's the worst that could happen you blow a $50 engine lol. Now if it's something rare like a 427 big block chevy or something of equal rarity or value then yes, soak the engine, change the fluids and pre prime the oiling system before the first fire up but I think its overkill for your average run of the mill engine like a 305.

Your right . That also helps to free up the rings too .

This right here is what it's all about! Keep on learning and doing and I'm sure you're going to have a ton of fun

Do it bud, I'm just about to start on that journey with a bit if experience myself. If you like doing it, do it

Oh god ....

Internationals are weird. Great, tough engines, but weird as hell. I own an old 345 in a '69 truck. Slow as dirt, but strong as an ox. Timing it was.... An adventure. I grew up and learned on small block Fords. Confused the crap out of me for a while. I love it cuz it's weird. But the 302 in my F150 is much easier to mess with, and get parts for.

Why the binder engineers did that will always be a mystery to me.

K seal is the brand that changed my mind on coolant fixes in a bottle. Coincidentally when I first saw it work magic on a few rads/head gasket/heater core, Roadkill featured it saving a couple of their cars

Just did my 88' 460 with a liquid head gasket sealer. Works like a charm.

EA, EB, ED had it built in, every 100000kms do a head lol

Unlike a lot of men in my family I still have all my hair at 60. The good Lord decided it should start turning gray at 40 and a hell of a lot more salt than pepper by the time I hit 50 and full out gray 2 years later.

I wonder if they had a falling out or something.

@@thecynic807 luke is a full time engineer also him and his wife bought their first house together so id imagine downtime is a little hard for him to come by.

@@friedpistonrings8533 awww so his wife has a leash on the dog. Lol

@@thecynic807 I thought the same thing cuz he just dropped off.

To make the mileage a little better? This is a Ford F350 flatbed. If you're looking for a gas sipper, you're looking at the wrong vehicle. These FE 390s will pass anything but a gas station. People that buy these trucks aren't worried about gas mileage - these trucks haul loads all day long and the owners aren't worried about the appetite for fuel. An engine swap on this vehicle to "improve gas mileage" is complete waste of time and money and completely defeats the purpose of a vehicle weighing around three tons. This truck is NEVER going to be a Prius no matter what you put under the hood. I doubt a fuel sipping four cylinder toting a three ton truck is going to be worth the labor of your engine swap.

@@houseofno heh. My 390 in a 75 F100 got 11mpg. Loaded or empty. We flogged that old girl.....wasn't unusual to have a cord of firewood in the bed while towing a trailer with 2 cords. Had a 4 spd with a granny low gear. Didn't like going faster than 60mph....

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That f350 might have a 428 in it. Been looking for one but after surgery I'm gonna be saving again

Hell yeah!

This kid reminds me of myself 50 yrs ago...I loved the junkyard near us ...I was a fixture there..the old state trooper that owned it used to trade me parts for my projects.for getting stuff off cars in the lot for his customers....I've restored several over the yrs..at 63 I'm looking for the next one....I find myself talking to Kevin making suggestions usually as he thinks of them...just like the old days

This kid reminds me of myself 50 yrs ago...I loved the junkyard near us ...I was a fixture there..the old state trooper that owned it used to trade me parts for my projects.for getting stuff off cars in the lot for his customers....I've restored several over the yrs..at 63 I'm looking for the next one....I find myself talking to Kevin making suggestions usually as he thinks of them...just like the old days

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XpQAXyNueNA.html You're in luck. Kevin released a 2 hour long blooper video back in February ...

@@pistonrepublic1992 thanks for letting me know. Great to see more bloopers video!!!

My business partner thinks (note the word THINKS) he's a mechanic and gets pissed when I double check his work!! I've found more stuff wrong that he did and that's worse!!

You got a briefcase full of cash to send them? They should work on Tri-Five Chevys too but those aren't sitting around cheap ready to be revived in junkyards. Maybe they can find a 7th gen SS, otherwise the only cheap Impalas are boring modern ones

Me after reading this...=☠️from🤣😂