UNBOXING! Rockauto Parts Haul. Did We Get Good Stuff Or Did We Get Junk (Your First Engine Job) 

The trick to Rock Auto is that you try to buy as much stuff from the same warehouse. You sometimes pay more or get a better part but it's often totally cheaper because it gets thrown in the same box for nothing more instead of paying another $10-15 to send your $2 thermostat to you from a totally separate warehouse. That $5 thermostat may end up being cheaper if it's at the same warehouse the pistons came from. They have a little cart icon to let you know what parts are at the same warehouse. I play games with the site whenever making an order to try and force as much from the same locations as possible.

This is a great series! I hope you don't leave us hanging! I'm ready to watch the reassembly!

RockAuto boxes were always synonymous with upcoming weekend pain & misery.

You don't carry a pocket knife?! I've carried one since high school when it was acceptable and it doesn't feel right if I don't have one in my pocket. No doubt, I use my pocket knife every day. Like to open packages!

I worked 46 years in machining and tool & die. It gave me shivers when Tony used those dial calipers as a box cutter. But I do love unboxing new parts for my toys!

I'm on lunch break right now but when I get back to the store I'm gonna pull a 4.0 timing set and check out the fitment.

A ton of rock auto parts come from warehouse liquidations, which means the parts were often manufactured 20 years ago, and don’t suffer from being made of chinesium. Not everything they have, but depending on the car, a good amount.

There's unboxing videos and now there's unboxing videos with a soundtrack of passing traffic on the highway. Way to up the ambiance!

I love Rock Auto! They're the Shizzle! The best thing about 'em is collecting the refrigerator magnets.

I’m lucky enough to have an independent parts store a block away from me. One woman operation, she started out 40 years ago as a counter person and bought the business when her former boss retired. She knows her stuff, she has some oddball brands you might never have heard of but she gets quality parts. She’s a bit more expensive than the chains but worth every penny. I swear she knows every farmer within an hour’s drive.

I havent laughed this hard for a long time!!!! Yes more unboxing videos please, and your blade is in the big box the water pump came in🤪

Dude.. That thermostat made in "East Boggosqueegie" had me spitting out my drink, laughing.!!😜🤣😂🤣😂

Hey Uncle Tony! Are we going to see any more in the "Your First Engine Job" series? I feel like I'm left hangin' !

Rockauto usually puts a magnet in every box they send out...as I have several 😎👍

No oil could ever escape from the valve cover of a 4.0 huh? Uncle Tony's got jokes.

The best use for rock auto is getting part numbers to fund the parts cheaper and faster somewhere else. 👍

FYI dorman/help also offers the metal heater tube that is bolted to the water pump. Common to seize/rust in the old one.

Thsts a link type chain, not a roller. As the chain stretches, its sits further down on the tooth. That timing set is perfectly fine.

It's so funny, I just got a big order from Rock, rebuilding the suspension on my '87 Diplomat police package car. Love the refrigerator stickers. BTW, the parts I got, even with the shipping costs were still less than the local parts stores.

I use rock auto more than any other parts supplier simply for the convenience and the prices are so much better even with shipping. I paid $1700 to have my 99 XJ 4.0 rebuilt with a used head (mine cracked) by an old school engine machine shop that closed about 4 years ago. Owner retired and sold all equipment and lots of old engine parts/blocks/heads at auction in 2019.

I love rockauto, but sometimes they do be wrongauto with bad parts. That's everywhere these days though. Sign of the times

First box came off wearhouse pickers forklift he found loose on the shelf!!! C/ sprocket Ford, cam sprocket Hudson with a poncho 326 chain!!! Have fun

Great Playlist! Any plans to post the assembly video?

Thank you for the unboxing. After the past couple days playing with wet nasty snow. Nice to see something that didn’t have anything to do with snow

If pinching Penny's you can sometimes buy a more expensive part from rock auto but it will come from the same warehouse as your other part/parts and end up being a cheaper total. Rock autos warehouse shipping is a scheme anyways. You can watch the "warehouse"change as you add parts to your order. The warehouse is just a way for them to tack on more money since most of it doesn't go towards actual shipping. After 5 parts on one order you'll start seeing everything coming from a different "warehouse".

Oh my....Reminds me of Christmas '83 when I told my family "All I what is this list of parts for my '65 Impala SS" that was staining up my old man's driveway.

At 9.58 you drop the blade into the box then later throw the box on the floor😂. Love the videos Tony it's great to watch someone with real knowledge. I'm learning so much. Thanks.

Happiest Tony has ever been is when he was playing with that impressive water pump..."nice, nice." Lol

Uncle Tony. You dropped the razor blade in the box that the expansion plugs came out of. I noticed it when you did it.

Check the water pump for casting inside the inflow pipe. I bought one that looked perfect but the interior casting was never removed. It totally blocked the water flow.

Check the pitch on the timing chain set, it doesn't look like they match! Keep up the great videos!!!

Right on tony! Can't watch for the next video.

Hey Tony! I have been a HD mechanic for 10 years and have still found real value in this series! I am rebuilding an AMC v8 for the first time and wanted a refresh since I haven't built a gas engine in many years. You have provided an excellent rundown for me as well as great entertainment! Thank you!

I have enjoyed this series. I hope you continue this “rebuild your first engine” series. I’m rebuilding my first engine with my 17 year son and this has been very helpful.

If you look around when selecting parts you can cut down on the number of places they ship from and lower the shipping cost. Like one brand of gaskets come from one place and the pistons from another. But change brand on the gaskets and it could be located at the same place as the pistons. One less shipping and lower cost. After a few different orders I realized this ”trick”. I now have 20 something of those magnets 😅

I find unboxing the new arrival of Rock Auto parts to be one of the few joys left in life. Maybe I should get a dog or something.

These were the videos to give me confidence in taking my engine apart. I finally started buying all kinds of gaskets and parts for my 91 XJ. I had bought it a year ago and basically put it on the side of my house and sat there for all this time. When i started with the transmission and put everything back and checked the trans fluid, i notice a knocking sound from the valve cover. So now i gotta buy extra parts, cause i dont wanna take the engine apart twice. This playlist gave me everything to look for as my first time doing it myself. Never worked on a XJ before, and I am glad that you chose to do it with a 4.0l engine. Thank you for all the information!!! Subscribed.

Suggestion to Rock Auto: Make a batch of Uncle Tony Magnets!!! 😎

"Close enough for Government work" 🙂 That was a fun watch. Greetings from Prague, CZ

Uncle Tony you got to show the magnets that come with the package

One for the books! An Uncle Tony unboxing video. What a blessing that I could still experience this in my life. Not sure why it reminds me of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets Show.

Loved the caliper/ box opener tool

I was binge watching the videos when are the assembly series coming out. Gotta rebuild an 01 6.0 gm engine. I need all the help.

Rock Auto for the win! A year or two ago I was looking for wheel bearings, and while the specialist parts shops had them, they wanted $35 to $45 per set. Eight of those were going to set me back $280 to $360! I'd never used Rock Auto... but thought it worth a try. It turned out they had the exact same Timken bearings for $7 a set! Ordered eight, got them in a few days, they were just as advertised and I saved more than $200. ! I just checked again and see the price has doubled at Rock Auto, while the specialist has reduced their price to $22. So Rock Auto is still the better deal... around 35% lower cost for the exact same item.

Missing razor blade, check that award winning refrigerator maginet.😂😂😂

This packaging reminds me of the old Warshawsky/JC Whitney before they became all fufu stuff. For a long time if you needed old Ford/VW air cooled stuff you got it like this. Loose wrapped in paper. LoL was always fun to see what newspaper you got and from when LoL

Ive gotten many old old OEM NOS parts on closeout from rock auto! Love em

Years ago I flew model airplanes. I had just gotten a new engine from Italy I had been waiting for some time. The dealer told me, "Make sure you take it apart and clean it. The workers at the factory go on strike every other month. When they do, they throw aluminum cuttings inside during assembly. You want to clean all that out." Sure enough, not a few stray bits, it was loaded with cuttings off a mill or lathe. Had to be deliberate, as there was no way that much stuff could have just accidentally fallen into the crankcase unseen.

Rock Auto included an automotive related fridge magnet in every order. My tool chests are covered in them.

Oh yea that's one of the cool things about Rock Auto is those magnets. Have a pretty good size collection of them on the file cabinet in my shed and the outside fridge.

UT surprised expression only after the first box is priceless!

Thank you for doing this video. You always do a good job with good info.

That what it means to be an Adult, you don't look away, you focus on the problem and don't distract yourself.

HeyTony, in my experience with ordering parts for my 1992 Isuzu Rodeo, if I ordered 3 parts , they came from 3 different warehouses and incurred 3 shipping charges. Also their jingle "All The Parts Your Car Will Ever Need." is a misnomer, because they keep closing out the parts that I need to keep my truck running.

David Vizard talked about bad timing chains.

Uncle Tony. The New York Mechanic version of the Swedish Chef. Said in the spirit of friendship.

What a master. Even if you didn't want to learn anything you will. Thanks

It's not a "gear" it's a sprocket and the chain cannot "ride" at the valley of the tooth root or it will bind.

Yes we got something out of that. For the same reason you have two pairs of glasses is the same reason you through the box on the floor with the razor blade in it!

I like watching unboxing videos of ever smaller boxes inside of other boxes.

Personally, I like that Tony comments on the parts, talking about things to watch for, things to check. That kind of incidental expertise is priceless. But someone may need to chain a utility knife to his wrist for future videos...😂

Was that one of the least expensive timing sets RockAuto offered? If so, the old adage"you get what you pay for" holds true once again.

Right on Tony! I'm now getting deliveries daily for our '65 Chevy C10 restoration project. It's like Christmas early LOL

Boxes of unbranded parts, reminds me of ordering from the old PAW catalog.

Personally. I blame Uncle Squirrel.

Ahhhhrrrr - tha's nice! LOL - Tony is like a kid on Christmas morning :D Just like me, when I'm unboxing new stuff.

love the unboxing video , lots of good info , and a very nice escape , thank you so much .

The timing of this couldn’t be better. My 2001 Grand Cherokee just broke a skirt all the way up to and including the ring land for the oil ring. This is with around 180,000 easy miles with regular maintenance. My 1997 Grand Cherokee broke a skirt on me years ago. On that one I put a Jasper engine in it. This one I’m going to do myself. I’m not sure if anyone else has mentioned this, but I read that in 1996 they changed the pistons, and from 1996-2001 they had this issue of breaking skirts. I had a couple of Comanches with 4.0 engines in the past, the one that was 2wd with the 5 speed as my first vehicle. I beat the crap out of it barking 2nd and 3rd gears a lot. It was well over 200k miles when I sold it and it still ran great. I used to say that the 4.0 engine would outlast the rest of the vehicle, but I guess that is not true with the 1996-2001 4.0

Watched the whole distraction. You crack me up Tony!

Best video!! Congratulations 🎉 🧙‍♂️

This was amazing. I must've really needed to tune out from the world

u dropped the razor in the water pump box u tossed aside. i noticed immediately. love it. i don't think Cat will tell u about it because of the limited amount of questions & comment to u in the shop

It's not roller chain, it's made to ride the flank.

Unboxing like a boss! Watch and learn other tubers. 🤘

Loving this series! I'm following along as I do the exact same thing in a Ford 460. First time engine build for me 👍

The first thing out of the first box is defective... Is that a sign of the times? I work at a large trucking company, and the parts department folks spend most of the day pulling their hair out.

With upcoming vlogs at cars and coffee, the wild Defeo is coming into full maturity...

First unboxing video where I didn't want to stab a fork in my eye and turn off the video.

Rock auto are great for parts. Even deliver to me in Ireland

It's like Christmas 🎄 at Uncle Tony's shop

Nice content, that intake, and exhaust gasket reminds me of the Victor gasket Co. I haven't heard of them in years, but I don't work on cars like I used to. Really injoying this segment of videos.

I'm near Summit in Dallas and the shipping is pricey and what a wait time. Rock Auto arrives quickly. Wish they had an App.

The thing I like about the online parts buying is I get to go through the catalogs (usually on the toilet at work) and make up a cart of everything that I'll need. Although the parts store trips are inevitable, it saves a few trips. Part cross reference is much easier and as long as I get what I actually ordered I'm the only one accountable if it's the wrong part.

Hay this was FUN yes an unboxing Video you need to save money and watch those Glasses then you will find the blade that you put the box on and yes YOU TUBE in inserting TOO MANY ADDs

That timing chain looks like a "Wholesaler Closeout." When Rock uses that term, they really mean "already broken."

THAT'S NOT A RAT TAIL FILE!

Tony, the razor blade was between your fingers when you threw the packing paper from the box with the water pump and the expansion plugs over your shoulder! So it either fell in that box or is on the floor behind your right shoulder! I like stabbing the tape with a flat-blade screwdriver, and then working the resulting tear across the cardboard joint. I noticed that the new pistons aren't skirted as deep as the originals. And ALWAYS push the blade AWAY from you - never toward yourself! That's one aspect of safety which I'm actually into...

Awesome

Looking forward to the next installation of this series, especially since I'm doing my first rebuild at the moment (and it's a 258, so the focus on the 4.0L makes me feel right at home).

I've found that you have to over everything Rockauto sends you with a fine tooth comb. Sometimes their part descriptions are off. Sometimes, their order picker is off, and you get the wrong part. Sometimes, the supplier sends them the wrong part, and they just pass it along. Ever since the pandemic, it seems to have become worse.

If the cylinder head has a quench pad or pads then it probably would be worth it to get flat top pistons and arrange a proper quench clearance, allows for better throttle responce, power, efficiency and ability to run higher compression without detection.

That's the one issue with Rock auto is the shipping, try to get the items from the same shipping location otherwise price will be high.

Heehee, I got those cheap little Rock Auto magnets all over stuff in the garage here. :) I just stick em on tool boxes, circuit breakers, frames of the garage doors, whatever. :) (Also, hey, Zero, my sister *finally* re-found that Direct Connection head gasket for a 225 I left on a wall in the folks' basement in the 80s, I guess let me know if you or anyone needs it :) )

10/10 Best unboxing video I've seen! The brass freeze plugs were the best, oooo! Haha!

Will you be finishing the series? I remain interested.

Hey some people can't even afford to buy the thing in the box so watching someone unbox, is The closest they might get

There's nothing more gratifying than assembling an engine with new parts that's all nice and clean and on an engine stand in a nice clean environment with clean clean clean everything when you stand back and look at what youve accomplished it's very gratifying then it's the nervousness of the first start but as long as that goes well and your not replacing the cam and for good reason that sir was a very good decision and would have been my decision as well for obvious reasons I'm sure she's going to run like a champ and give you a half a million trouble free miles hell they did that from the factory nevermind being put together with love she will be better than stock w out a doubt and you got a new head for it too right ? Even a reman head will be just fine but I'm sure your going to go over it with a fine tooth comb checking valve guide clearances and any other things that can be checked and I agree on the timing set it sure looks an awful lot like the same one as a small block Chevy takes lol why not a double roller tony the price can't be that much different and it's piece of mind that if one side is weak or defective the other side won't be and then there's stretch a double roller will stretch a lot less don't you think? Your kids kids when that jeep hits 300 thousand miles will be giving you hell when it needs to be replaced lmfao good unboxing brother lmao

Your the man uncle !!!!!!!!! I love unboxing videos of car parts

When you started asking where your razor blade was, it was in the last box you tossed away to the side. Lol

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