I Finally Fixed My Abandoned Project Car 

My parents said if I hit 20k they'd buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging..

@@Tiger10002I’ll unsubscribe

My sugar daddys said if I hit 20 likes they'd buy me a PS2 begging you guys literally begging..

@@Tiger10002 I will buy your parents a professional camera if they ban you from the internet forever.

Why do I suddenly feel like I'm not actually hot, it's just humid?

i was thinking the same thing 😅

😂

Came down here to comment about that too 😄

Those muscles ain't for show; they're for go.

Came to say this lol

What an awesome story man. I'm sure he's proud of you now. From a fellow AZ Motorhead, I salute you. My dad is all the way in TX, so we don't get to do stuff like that. But, I just became a father myself, and I can't wait to see what kinds of projects he gets into. Whatever they are, I want to be there to help him out with them.

Ferraris are boring and the company is toxic trash, but otherwise wholesome story

@@cenciende9401 speaking of toxic.

My dad's not a drag racer, but also got me into cars. My whole life, my earliest memory has been being 3 y.o. & crying when he sold his C4 Corvette in '98 and bought an F150 & a Nissan Altima when my little sister was born. He had many more cool, modded cars while I was growing up, and now drives a C8 Vette. I had kids young and even though I should be thinking about buying a house probably, my #1 goal is to get a nice car and mod it and road trip somewhere or track day with him before he gets too old, or worse. ❤

Thanks for sharing your story man, those are beautiful memories!

Not as cool as james dad.

Seeing that mile wide smile on Nolan’s face made my day! Made he hope my boys are that happy to see me visit their job

I agree, glad to see him be included on what his son is passionate about. Dads are the greatest

@@jhonda1956his dad died not cool to make jokes about it. James hasn’t made a joke about it in a while.

​@@willham1427 he's talking about Matt from Matt's offroad recovery. The joke is they look similar so they call him his dad.

Probably his next paycheck🤣 he might as well have swapped it all at once

Or a nice v8 one from a xj

Or put a bit of cash into rebuilding the original hemi with a four barrel and take the thing drag racing like god intended 💪

Without the Hemi, its no longer a Chrysler.

There is no "nicer" V8 than the mighty Hemi, even in 331 form. With a cam and two four barrels, it will haul ass!

Well let's just say now, Dad is gonna be at that show and all the rest of them I go to.. RIP Dad

I'm so sorry for your loss man :'(

I agree

My parents said if I hit 20k they'd buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging..

Next... Zacks S14!

Or you could get a real job, and buy it yourself!@@Tiger10002

Here here! Best serious they've made (besides up2 speed and bumper to bumper) was the samurai build.

Nolan has always been my favorite. Back in the day I basically skipped the James videos(he can still be Slightly annoying, but he used to be So annoying it was unwatchable) and watched All of the Nolan videos.

What a dude! He’s never looked so fit and healthy, get it Nolan! A str8 beast on the podcasts too

Don’t worry it’ll look like those builds when they’re done. They just go more in depth. 5 30 minute vids show a lot more than 1 20 minute vid.

They won't. Nolan likes the patina, and this is his personal car; not Donut's.

Well put. I love the donut gang, and it is especially awesome to see them doing a down-to-earth build on a classic American car.

That's why people love Roadkill. What's it take to make it run? That'll do.

100% cuz Nolan is obsessed with the patina

What time?

4:04​@@drodo3420

04:06

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Idk if this is insult or complement

Why? Because he is literally hopeless as a mechanic?😂

@@goclunkeri think terry prachet said it best. “This is the place where fallen angel meets ascending ape”

Even if it looked fine, I would've replaced it. The couple dollars spent on the rear main seal vs. the headache of having to re pull the transmission again now because of a leak. Do it right the first time. Now you have to bite the bullet. Sweet ride, though. I would love to see the car get a new motor and a nice wrap to go with them fresh wheels.

These kinds of antiques have not a conventional full-circle seal, but a seal made of two halves. Not sure about this Imperial, but on the older trucks and 1950-1970 sedans that were made in Soviet times there's a main rear seal made of an asbestos cord (graphite impregnated). This is called "сальниковая набивка", which is literally translated as sealing stuffing, and this is also a pain in the ass. It's fitted into the groove in the block that goes around the rear crank journal, and in the cap that goes beneath it. This type of seal is also used on some Mercedes engines (it's interchangeable with the original in some soviet motors, so we prefer to use it). There's also usually an oil drain thread on the journal that keeps pushing the oil back into the engine when the crank spins. All in all, my point is that replacement of this seal would require a pan to come off, and the crank to be separated from the block, that means at least the rods caps have to be taken off. Sure you can keep the cylinder heads on, but the struggle that waits when the crank will need to be put back (into all of the eight rods at once) is quite serious. Overall it would require a proper engine stand, something like a five pair of fellow mechanics' hands and a couple of hours. But this is not a quick and easy job

@@UnceasingZeus Same thing with a clutch ain’t it? You’ve got the trans open anyway, might as well swap seals and clutches. Especially on your own car

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. The motor was out!

These have 2 piece rear main seals, so you can just do it from the oil pan, gotta take the rear main cap off. In fact you don't need to take the transmission off at all.

As a dad of adult sons, the feeling is 100% mutual. No car project, whether theirs or mine, is nearly as fun as it is when we get together and wrench. I depend on my youngest son far more than I probably should, but he always comes through and provides that muscle I need and yes- the know-how I might not have. He's the one that got me interested in rotary engines and I owe the fun of driving my FC RX-7 to him. My oldest is a Jeep guy through and through, and we have spent many hours wrenching to his '01 TJ. Sadly it was killed in a near- headon collision recently (son's ok), but we found a needy '03 TJ and are busy swapping parts over to make a running, driving Wrangler once again. My life is great, and I thoroughly enjoyed this video!

fr i got a 91 GSX600F and needed a new gasket for the fuel level sensor and it was either wait 2 weeks for it to come in or rig something up and my dad figured it out in 5 minutes lmao

The Patina!!!

Damn you sound older than you are.

Holy shit i think you’re right

@@josiahamaze I’m 18

You got it man, same story here except a 66 mustang. I'm still in the beginning stages and getting her sandblasted soon. Should be cool

I couldn’t agree with you more! I grew up on hot rods and classics with my dad. So watching Nolan and his dad wrenching together was one of the best things I’ve seen on here in a while. And I love this freakin channel!

Happy this is finally a video, I had a stroke reading your comment bro😂

@user-bk2ig8bf6o just realized how bad I wrote it lol. I'll fix it so others won't have a stroke

Someone to be proud of! Hats off to Nolan's dad!! General great guy and is a mechanic to boot, and passed his knowledge off to his son. That's the dad thing to do.

Don't let him fool ya, he's flexing on the Kentucky Cobra.

James is seething in the office 😂

Did it save you?

@@aw_shucks17 Yes! I used a carbide dremel burr to rough up the casing and cleaned everything super well. Then I crammed half a tube of JB steel stick in and let it cure for 3 days. The fitting supposedly gets to 300 psi and its held so far

From my udnerstanding it's really not getting the same thing though. One was a full restoration of OEM parts, the other one is a modern restomod-y product (which I think is pretty cool and better anyway). All in all probably close in cost though, I'll give you that.

They definitely spent more on the 4L80e. Gearstar will give them a discount for promoting their product but they aren't going to give away a $10,000 transmission for promotion in one video

@@Berm_Blasterthe transmission in this video is about a 3,600 dollar transmission so Nolan definitely made off like a bandit with this one. Quick aside though, why not put a more modern mopar trans in this thing and not a gm? I bet Nolan could have put a 727 in this thing for less than a grand if he shortened the driveshaft

3500$ to fix it and keep it original pfffff hell nah, 15k to hop up that sh**

They paid for the trans I'd bet. He got the labor for free technically, but not really since viewership of the video is what pays the men to work on it.

such a pleasant surprise right? 😂

You just found Donut? That’s a failure on your end

@@James-on6pr way to screw up a good moment lol, great job

Pole Barn garage and junkyard digs do a lot of old crusty cars

I was here like “YOUR DAD?!?! I thought……” 😂

Bro stop

I died inside when they never mentioned it, and then of course it was leaking later in the video.

Its literally a 10 dollar part more times than not. It should just be a automatic swap it item when you pull the trans unless its already been done.

​@iskanque I got this $3500 transmission for free, but that $10 gasket will put me over budget... I do appreciate them showing their mistakes though. Probably trolling us. 😂

I feel like Jobe falls into that category too, or at least the vibe from he and Eddie hanging out doing Money Pit Miata in his yard

He lives in socal, I think rust is the least of his worries lol

@@liamflynn6929 You're right its less significant than Michigan or any other snowy & wet area, but you'd be surprised how bad that salty sea spray can eat away metal.

Is a California car, that's just more than fine...

explain like im 5 years old, please.

Rear main seal is under flexplate/flywheel, the trans has to be removed to access.@@liamyates5544

@@liamyates5544 If you take the transmission off and torque converter/clutch (on this weird car), then you have a shaft that goes through the whole bottom end of the engine that is called a crankshaft that controls all the pistons poisitions (up and down), oil, and engine balancing. The crankshaft comes out of the back of the engine splined (google search photos), and that's what drives the whole thing. The engine makes power which is then output through the splined crankshaft to the transmission. Well when you have all that taken apart (because this is an OOOOOLD girl), so much weight and old equipment and contact points, you want to make sure after 52 years (fitting since it's a '52 Imperial) that it's not going to leak, so you install a new seal around that output shaft to stop oil from being spit out of the engine directly onto the clutch/torque converter and ground. It's a big rubber/nylon ring seal that goes around the shaft and fits into the back (rear main) of the engine block, but you can't access it without taking all this equipment out of the way. The other end of that shaft comes out of the front of the engine at the bottom and usually has a harmonic balancer or something attached to it, and drives the belts for all the accessories on the front of the engine. For a seal that's not been touched in 52 years it needs replaced or it's going to be brittle or gummy. Depends on what the oil has done to it over time. Anyway, I hope that helps.

@@liamyates5544 the rear main seal (referred to by some as RMS) is the seal that installs with the rear cover of the engine where the drive shaft pokes out to mate with the transmission. It is a common place where oil leaks out after some time of vehicle usage. if the engine/trans are ever out of the car, it's a good idea to replace the RMS so that it prevents future oil leakage. That way you mitigate the risk of having to redo all the work to get everything in and out of the car.

I thought this too. All of these guys there with all of that experience and not one suggested that?

Dads add +20 to time completion on project cars.

This is one of the major reasons I probably won't buy an AMC

RIP brother, you are in it now!

That's one of the strangest things I've ever heard

yeah that is an awesome shot! they should print it out, frame it, and put it by his desk

Cars had beautiful lines once upon a time. I grew up in the 70!s man that was a great time for cars. Classics were EVERYWHERE. Modern auto designers have completely lost their way.