“I wore that shirt just for you” cracked me right up.

Gotta Love all those fittings on the fuel line that's custom work lol

Wow I'm early, only 2 views. I hope your view count improves Jeff, you deserve it!

Shorts for the short attention spans. Thanks tictok and twitch😏

Jeff I love listening to your shows I learn alot and your a hoot to listen to keep up the great work

How the hell could people NOT-want to watch your channel? Your stuff is great 👍

You keep making the videos and I will hit the like button when I view them.

Jeff, I appreciate whatever you post up on KZread. I believe your fan base is still solid and I don’t know what to believe that comes from all the various media types.

You post I watch…..not sure what else I can do….

@jeffbyrd7976

3 жыл бұрын

Like and comment, just like we do :)

Jeff, I never did put on my Sunday best to work on my cars...

@dfross87

3 жыл бұрын

My Sunday best looks just like my "going to do an oil change" clothes.

Jeff, your videos are very helpful. I don't care what anyone else says. You know 60% of the people today have no idea what a carborator is or how it works.

You don’t need genre, you got Style !!! You’ve got more style than most creators I watch. Keep up just the way you’ve been doing for years. But then again, a little more Tony wouldn’t hurt. That’s it, use Tony for your click bait. LOL

How he kept that shirt out of a belt is amazing.

My view count is also down. I haven't tried to figure it out. It seems to be seasonal to me. Near the end of year seems to be the best time for me.

Great video thank's

I always hit the like button, I like learning from watching what you do, and I understand what you have been through in the past year thanks for doing these videos.

I had a non skip able advert for 12 seconds but no advertising in the video. The Internet is falling apart and youtube seems to be the first to disintegrate.

@sysfixr

3 жыл бұрын

the interweb is fine, it's greedy google (who own utoob) that sucks moose balls.

@bendermi

3 жыл бұрын

@@sysfixr No it's because the hackers can't let it be .

@b0b099

3 жыл бұрын

@@sysfixr If it was about the money youtube would show more ads on elderly iron .

@bendermi

3 жыл бұрын

@@b0b099 That's the obvious reason.

Rock and roll with the videos, it will come.

The Flying Dutchman is always good entertainment

Thank you!! You are the first gentleman that I have watched that made sense and made it simple enough for me to understand. You are my favorite ford mechanic!!!!

@ElderlyIron

2 жыл бұрын

Just happens to be a Ford. They're all the same!

Great video reminds me when I tuned vehicles for living .We used a propane blue bottle fixed with a hose and a 12 inch metal spigot to do vacuum leak tests your way works just as well ,without having the need to have dedicated equipment sitting in the tool crib most of the time ,then when you need it you realize that you used the hose on the last job instead of going to the parts room for some hose to replace a leaking one on the vehicle

Dejavu! I tinkered with lots of these setups back in the day when I was wrenching professionally. Thanks for the memories.

Jeff, I enjoy your videos!

Jeff you may consider making a Patreon, I bet you’ll make more money doing that than KZread’s ads. Don’t feel guilty taking the money!

Don’t get discouraged with the views Jeff! I don’t know what I would do without your videos!!!

I've unsubscribed from more channels that implemented the shorts. I"m like you are not getting my mind share for 5 minutes every time I turn around.

I love these videos Jeff! Mostly because I’m a Ford guy and we rarely get your jewels of knowledge applied to Ford. Thank you, another video that will surely help me out. Be well ❤️

Hey I got a 78 f250. Your content is ripe for me. Omg yes fast idle cam adjustments thank God I’ve been looking high and low for someone to do a video on it.

@rendanschroeder6785

Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a 73 f100 and this makes all the difference

I have a 77 Ford Highboy 3/4 ton with a 400m engine in it with a two barrel on it Motorcraft rebuilt and you are dialing me into the right Point thank you very much Gordon

Those old Ford, MOTORCRAFT carb's are some of the easiest carbs to work on. At one time there were millions of those things out there in junkyards everywhere. They all interchanged. At one time it was easy to fix one of them. If you had a good carb, but the shaft had worn out causing a vacuum leak, just go to the junkyard and find one that wasn't worn out. Take the bottom off and put it on your carb. They made these things for at least 40 years. I'm sure many have gone to scrap by now.

You will get back to where you were a couple of years ago. Thanks for the vids. You are actually the first channel I subscribed to.

They always trying to screw the man. Chin up and keep up the good work young man..

I got a preroll ad before this video and the two I watched earlier today

That shirt would drive my wife CRAZY, I love it.;-}}

Hi Jeff, regarding the KZread stats, while your feet are Nailed to the perch of life I will still be around to be a Nuisance 😁 and I imagine all your old regulars still remain loyal I know that won't bring in the same income as gaining more subscribers, and more income particularly but at least you can be assured your loyal bunch of misfits appreciate you, your wife, and your content. (and the rooster) oh how can I forget TONY! Keep well Jeff Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺

I enjoy your vids. the way they are.

Always look forward to your next video coming out can't wait to get that boot off permanently and you're up and running around well maybe not running just walking a lot better

Well people are all over the map with this summers lockdowns etc. so maybe things will settle back down as we move on and open up. But when I see you put up a video, I watch it.

I never get tired of watching Jeff do stuff... xCop

Thank you very much for your Video of Much Help to Restore the carburetor of my powerful Ford Fairmont 78, 302, hero of a thousand battles 😁

I enjoy the nuts and bolt's of repair video's , etc myself.

Good stuff. Happy Motoring.

We love the KZread algorithm

You dress better than I do, well warmer anyway. Keep the vids coming.

I have a 1978 f250 and your advice is helpful thank you!

I don't like the shorts, I skip them, but I like your show.

Wow. You're a Gem. All that old school knowledge. I wish I knew half of what u know. ALL THUMBS UP! GREAT VIDEO

@ElderlyIron

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 'cane!

KZread takes time. Things change as you level up as well. You are getting closer to the 100,000 subs mark. That is when things start clicking for most people but its still going to take time.

i shared a channel to your email, they've got almost 500k subscribers and get great viewership - whats the catch? Its fast paced and mostly nonesense with just a sprinkling of actual knowledge sharing. I'd say "MORE GOATS" is the answer. :D

Just keep making good content. I’ll keep watching. Start them all before you tighten any!

this is by far the best explanation for the carb. adjustment. has help me with my truck (almost identical)

@ElderlyIron

Жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help!

Genre? What's a Genre? I like your videos, you show us what you're doing. I'm trying to do the same type of format, on my channel; just showing folks what I'm doing. I think KZread put out the new Directive, to really mess up views etc... By the way; I love that quilted shirt, you can never get rid of it!

I think your content is amazing Jeff and I've been sub'd, and with few exceptions I've watched every video you've made start to finish for the last 5+ years. If I can make a suggestion of things that you can do to help your view count, I'd suggest you engage with your commenters more. Case in point I did a quick check and in just 3 of your most recent videos you had 300 comments to which you replied to only 8 of them. People like KZread creators who engage with them, and they are more likely to come back and view and comment if they feel they're being responded to. You don't even need to actually reply you can even just hit the little heart symbol to acknowledge and show appreciation for their comments. This is just my opinion so take it for what it's worth.

Good stuff. Learned some stuff

I first set the choke to adjust the stat, this sets the upper choke blade for the rich fast idle and leave it a bit open, do not close all the way, it will not want to start fully shut, and open a bit more. Then I set the fast idle around 1100 or 1200 rpm. My 400 2V is smooth with the idle mixture screws adjusted at 2.5 turns at low idle and warmed up at 750.

Thank you very much. i just install a new carb and will be trying out this method for tuning it.

Nice looking old truck, thanks for the carb lesson.

I heard someone else mention that his views were down, and he also said it is usual for views to go down in nicer weather, cause people get out of the house more and don't spend as much time watching other people work. 😁

Getting well over 3k views on the second day of a posting surely seems pretty good to me. I'm happy to get 250 these days. But then, you have 25 times more subscribers than I do as well.

Greetings from east TN… your about half way thru your video i liked n subscribed … Ive worked on those old fords with the same carb hundreds of times in my 50 years on planet earth i still have a few of those old trucks n broncos now … to this day all but 2 of my vehicles are carburated … once i v8 swap my ranger that will leave me with just 1 fuel injected vehicle .. its a 94 toyota 4 runner off road buggy .. if it gives me problems i may v8 it or i may junk it who knows !!!lol

@ElderlyIron

9 ай бұрын

East TN is a nice place to be! I have a couple Ford resurrections playlists on the main channel page!

i love your videos jeff you remind me alot of me i really hope your channel keeps expanding and im glad your making a good recovery, take care

@ElderlyIron

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

Lol, I remember the comments about what you're wearing.

Working with carburetors is a lost art, todays up and coming automotive mechanics would be what is that? How do I plug my scanner in to diagnose it. I think I would rather be working on a Motorcraft carburetor than a Rochester. I've wafted propane to find vacuum leaks not the safest, I've seen acetylene used engines like that lol. If you've got a leaky ignition system you might be in for a surprise using those methods LOL.

Fix her / him up good Jeffrey goodness your having fun hopefully you'll get happiness from projects complete

Great content Jeff. My clothes are criticized also but I ignore them. 👍👍✌

Although we all wear them,that shirt was our shop teachers worst nightmare 😆

Thanks Jeff

That EGR plate and valve, vacuum temp switch and carb port crack you know

I had a Kraco stereo in my 1969 el Camino too

its only +11 colder in garage but im going out there to get started .

Thank you 🙏, another good video. Very entertaining.

And the young guy said where do you plug in the scan tool????? Take me back to the simpler times, yes!

I always look forward to your videos bud

Advertisers? Hellooooo Harbor Freight? Tractor Supply? you should at least be one of them, there are others who should be on Jeff's channel.

Thank you for this video!! Life saver !!!

I have a 76 F250 and same problem worn throttle shaft!

I've noticed that on my 64 Galaxie I get the maximum idle speed and vacuum at about 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 turns on my autolite 4100. Turning past three does not increase idle. I'm confused as why it does not start to stumble from running too rich?????

I mostly do 20 minute videos, but I have recently done some short ones, well under 8 minutes and advertisements run on my channel. I think the person at KZread is not accurately informed on that front. The question of advertisers in your genre - well nothing you can do for that. On this video there was no pre-roll advertisement and nothing during either, I'll come back and change this if there is a post-roll advertisement.

Hey Jeff, I've been a sub of yours for years now. Just thought I'd let you know that youtube has stopped promoting your videos to me a long time ago. I have to come looking for you to find your stuff. I even have the bell rang. For a while I had thought you had stopped making new vids only to find out your channel just hadn't been being promoted to me any more. I would say that is a good reason for your declining views. KZread is screwing you over like many others. I'm not sure the fix or if there is one, but might be something to look into if you haven't already. Love your vids and hope to see you stick around, but would completely understand if you chose not to. Take care!

Great explanation. Thanks

Hahaha I love making the trolls mad two

As my father would have said "I wouldn't mind a pup outta that shirt".

Well done,

is there a intake bolt missing? see hole in manifold rear left side.

I have a shirt like that. Collar is falling off. Missing buttons. Most comfy shirt I own.

Great info, thanks for sharing.

In my experience... a little hissing is partially ok... but a hissing fit... Not so good.

Hey look in my eyes your videos are fine You might be in for other reasons and it fine by all means. Now next I have a refurbished 300 I did on my own. I'm having a few different issues all are minor. The one that pertains is a yfa carb. The set for the mixture doesn't really do much. But it eighter too rich to run or lean enough to struggle to over come getting going. It only has 2 mixture screw or setting. I'm stuck to these yfa carbs there junk.

That’s a really nice shirt. Too bad it’s the wrong color

Bravo!!

Are these old trucks a novelty in Europe?

She runs good, she antiuqe!

I have the 390 and same carb in my F-350. I don’t have the anti-knock solenoid. It wants to backfire intermittently as it idles. What causes this?

@ElderlyIron

Жыл бұрын

Little short on info. The anti-knock you mention is an anti-dieseling solenoid, so it doesn't enter the equation in the question you're asking. As to backfiring, is it ONLY at idle? Does it matter if it's cold or hot? Does it come through the carburetor, or only the exhaust? Is it hitting on all 8? Does it pop and bang on deceleration? IF it's an exhaust only backfiring, chances are you're running an over-rich mixture, or you have an ignition misfire. If you have a misfire, it sends the fresh air/fuel charge into the exhaust stream where it gets lit by the hot exhaust gasses. If you're running over-rich, it does the same thing, only to a lesser degree. Lastly, check the distributor shaft for play in the shaft both vertically and laterally, and see if you can tell if there is any slack to be taken up in the drive and driven gear. Put a timing light to it. If it bounces all over, then it's time to dig deeper. (While you have the cap off, hand roll the engine forward and then backward and check to see if the timing chain has a lot of slack in it. If it does, you'll roll the engine and the distributor won't move when you change directions) At low RPM, loose timing components can go all over the road (so to speak). At higher RPM they tend to be under tension and only on one end of the slack.

@flowerstone

Жыл бұрын

@@ElderlyIron You gave me a lot of helpful info. I thank you for that. Seems to be running on all 8 cylinders. Leaned out the carb. It was running rich. Pops at idle and revving it up just through the exhaust. Timing light held steady but I’ll look into timing chain and distributer.

Hey Jeff. Are you familiar with the story of the "rural purge" that CBS instigated at the end of the 1970-71 television season? CBS had several popular "rural themed" shows like Mayberry RFD, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, and Hee Haw. Critics began referring to CBS as the "Country Broadcasting System" or the "Hillbilly Network". The shows were still strong in the ratings right up until "rural purge" when the network abruptly canceled all of them simultaneously. Why? Because popularity and Nielsen ratings mean absolutely nothing if your shows are not attracting the demographic that your advertisers need to sell their products. I've recently seen several KZreadrs complaining that entire genres have suddenly been demonetized simply because the content isn't attractive to KZread's advertisers. This all sounds very much like KZread's equivalent of the "rural purge". I say all of this as a fan of your channel and I don't have a solution for you, but maybe this information will help you to understand the problem and work through or around it. You're a smart man (with dirty fingernails). 😁

Jeff, thank you for your video. I actually have a 78 Lincoln mark v w/the 6.6L. and I am have issues with it idling high. After going through damn near everything, I found the issue being with the "A/C step-up solenoid". My problem is, finding a replacement part using that name for the part. Is there a different name for the part besides "anti-diesling senoid" that could help me find a replacement for mine that is sticking and not allowing idle to lower when car is running? Thank you! 👍🏽

@ElderlyIron

2 жыл бұрын

Idle stop solenoid. www.ebay.com/itm/142868074795?epid=10017919336&hash=item214399d12b:g:VsQAAOSwnspbSqAb www.ebay.com/itm/392208606901?hash=item5b517466b5:i:392208606901

I'm restoring a 1977 F250 351, 5.8L......is there any tips your willing to give me. This is my first and only starting out. All the help is appreciated. Thank you.

@ElderlyIron

Жыл бұрын

First define "restoration" for yourself. Full on restoration is going to cost you around $30,000 and up, and then you'll be afraid to drive it anywhere! If you want to keep driving it and enjoy it while "restoring" it, start with the brakes, steering and wheel and axle bearings. When you buy restoration parts ahead of time, open the boxes and inspect the parts right away for quality and fit, especially if you don't plane to install them a long time down the road. Only you can decide which part is the most important to you. Perhaps you would like the interior to look nice while you drive it. If the transmission decides to fail on you, then you know what you have to do next, as it already made the decision for you! As far as common issues for that particular truck, the exhaust manifolds crack and/or someone has broken the exhaust bolts off in the head. The drivers window regulator goes bad, the windshield usually cracks, starting at the right side defroster vent. Power steering pumps generally get noisy and weak, and the EGR plate under the carburetor erodes and creates a vacuum leak. Wiper switches are generally worn out by now too. Steering components are likely loose and unless you found a pristine truck, the horn pad is missing from the badly cracked steering wheel, both of which are quite spendy indeed. Again, the first thing to determine is how far you want to go with your restoration. If your hard components are in good condition and you want to start cosmetics, do that. If you have any steering or brake issues, they are at the top of the priority list. Don't do paint until your mechanicals are completed. Even then, you can repaint by taping off all the chrome, or you can remove all the chrome. Here again, we have to find what your definition of "restoration" is. You can ask me anything at any time! Jeff

@melissakrauss2234

Жыл бұрын

@ElderlyIron Thank you so very much for your advice. That's exactly what I'm doing. My plan is to have her fully restored to her original, with some minor or major changes in about 10 years. I'm getting parts replaced one at a time just to get her drivable again. After sitting in a field for over 20 years, I didn't think she would turn over. However, she did!!!! I couldn't believe it! My biggest hurdle right now is the floor pans. They are rust through, I plan on buying new ones to lay over the old ones and weld in......what ate your thoughts, is that a good plan?? Thank you again, sir, for all of your help and support. Your friend, Melissa K.

@ElderlyIron

Жыл бұрын

Laying new on old is never a good idea. Your new pans will likely be close, but not an exact fit. Poking through rust reveals more rust. Poke and reveal before you line up your ducks. Get a couple cans of Amsoil MP. (WD40 is useless) I've tried a lot over the years. The MP works great! Spray every nut, bolt and screw you can find. Do it all now. Don't wait until you're ready for that next step. Learn how to use a torch for heating nuts, bolts and screws, and for cutting. Get one of those old 2 gallon pressurized water fire extinguishers. always, always ALWAYS have a fire extinguisher on hand and at the ready. Do NOT rely on dry chem extinguishers. I may be getting locked out of my account soon. Long story. Technical issue that I can't get past India in order to repair the problem. Use my email, thestaff at elderlyiron, and don't forget the dot com.

@ElderlyIron JEFF THE MAGIC SECRET IS START USING KZread POSTS

But we love ya Jeff

Great vid

Easy fix unbolt it throw in trash. Replace with Holley