I'm really enjoying these videos feeling like just hanging out in the garage with you while wrenching!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

We are totally hanging out Jason!

@Nevermind_Im_Lost

3 ай бұрын

That's what it's like watching yours too, Jason! Love your channel and pup!

@toddcovell7288

3 ай бұрын

That truck is coming along great hope you have fun Whelan👍👍👍

@mazevx2451

3 ай бұрын

Woa Jason, you're here 😮 looks like we're all just a big community in some way

@CLGravy

3 ай бұрын

Did we just become best friends?

I have total respect for someone who truly does it their way. Putting a 70's metal flake steering wheel on a bad ass home built dirt rocket??? And that's just one reason why your channel rocks.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate the support!

Dave your personality cracks me up. I don’t mean that in a bad way I truly enjoy watching your videos.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate it .

Love this truck. Glad you keep taking the time to work out issues that make you not completely happy with it.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

As I get older I am realizing it’s easier to fix them than to start over

Just passed you on the freeway in the gold TJ!! Highlight of my day to see mom’s spaghetti and ya in the flesh!!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Ha! Nice!

People who do nothing will never know the feeling of ACCOMPLISHMENT !

Man I remember when you first showed us mom’s spaghetti on Dirt Everyday and now it’s going to EJS. They grow up so fast 😢

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Yep. Pretty soon it’ll be all grown up

No matter what you are working on, I learn something new.

Love the video! Its always so nice to eliminate the annoying noises... great little truck!

That's what a truck SHOULD look like !! 😅😅😊

@thedirtheadshed

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

I know you're a huge truck guy but I have never owned a really cool lowered car and I just want to see you finish up the mustang....... I'm 53 years young and I respect the knowledge and skill that you have.

It’s a miracle that there are hot rod shops still around and actually have parts in stock. Those places should really be celebrated

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree

Your videos are getting better. better sound, more camera angles.. just better production in general .... really good stuff Dave!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I’m trying to work on that side of things more

Vomit on my sweater! Who doesn't love Mom's Spaghetti!!!👍👍👍

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Exactly!

Keep truckin' you are gonna clear 100k subs soon!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Heck yeah! I’m excited to see where it goes

So much good content.

@thedirtheadshed

11 күн бұрын

Glad you’re digging it

It is always an awesome feeling when you fix something that has been bothering you for awhile. Rad to see the truck coming along!

I love Mom's Spaghetti and what you have done with it over the years Dave . It has to be one of my favorite builds of all time. Keep up the great work brother.

I want to try out those Holley Retrobrites. I wish more companies would make their LED's look more like sealbeams. Hate the look of most LED's on older rigs.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I can’t stand most of the LED lights out there either

This is my favorite truck on the internet.

Taking care of the little things, good to get them crossed off the list and one step closer to Moab.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

One bite at a time

Love this truck, great video as always

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Someone protect this man at all costs.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Hahah. I appreciate that

Who the heck is this dude??? I’m an immediate fan!!! Subscribed 🫡

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Hey… it’s me. And I appreciate the subscription

I tend to over change my oil. When I write it down only then do I see I was early. Glad I'm not the only one that hates random noises....

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

We are in the same boat

Looks like it will be so fun in the rocks at Moab!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I can’t wait

seeing the travel on that rear suspension when you let all the air out was impressive! awesome setup!

The dash lyrics. Perfect

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Details

I like the flare side

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Mom spaghetti is such a great name

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

It’s a good one!

That sweet sweet vindication of fixing something that's annoyed you for far too long. Love Mom's Spaghetti!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I still haven’t driven it yet… it still has time to let me down

The bags are so darn awesome!!!!!!! Way cool

This is such a cool truck.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! It gets even better in the next video

No clunks for the win!

See you soon here in Moab!!!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Right oh. Come by that kickoff party on Monday

I love it nothing like fixing irritating noises! Dave Rocks!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

You can do anything you set your mind to.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I believe you’re right

Fun video as always

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

Your videos are getting better.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I’m trying to make them entertaining and not drag on too long

Dave, you should get an AWD Ford Maverick and do an air bag set up on that. Something that would be fun and doable but not kill the pocketbook.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

That would be a good cruiser

I dig it! Makes me want to cannonball the 29 hrs to Moab this week to see it in action.

Support

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Nice! Always a good time sorting out those "smaller" annoying problems, noises etc. Thanks for sharing. cheers

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

They just make the right more fun to drive

Always love your videos man. I totally understand always doing things by yourself as sometimes a helping hand isn't always available. also working in my garage on my mini truck I have to be half contortionist to work on stuff but love your stuff and keep on being awesome.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Haha. It’s a struggle sometimes

Another great vid Dave! It’s hard to duplicate those clunks when you’re by yourself. I had my to have my wife jump up and down on the JKU while I laid underneath to find a loose bolt on the suspension. It was driving me nuts for weeks beforehand.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Teamwork makes the dream work

I forgot how cool the suspension on this “Jeep” was. It’s a really awesome truck! Almost as manly as Louisvitten 🥰

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

That truck is cool too… but not sure it’ll ever be Spaghetti Cool

Been running redline mtl in my zf5 for years zero issues. I fill 4 quarts through the top then reinstall the shifter. No more noise and quiet down the shifting.

I like the step up idea for welding without weld sitting on top. Super cool

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Glad you caught that. Works great

My 95 F-150 had the same noisy transmission and it was only an M5OD. Makes me curious because I didn't think that transmission and the ZF shared a single thing in common. But appears they did; noisy in neutral. Also always feels so good to get rid of a noise like that!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure the trans will always be louder than i would like

"grinds between 2nd and 3rd" It's a Ford!🎉

We were at that Moab food truck circle a year or so ago, had coffee early morning with the director of a Costner movie project, on an 84 VW Westfalia cross country trip. Yep, a Grant style steering wheel installed on that one too. Electric power steering next.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Nice! Sounds like you’re doing it right

Nice work finding the clunk! You’re the man Dave!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I’m trying!!

That Gold flake steering wheel is so 60's. Love it! 😎 I had one in my 67 Camaro with MoonEye tach back in the day.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

That’s great. Mooneyes has been such a great company

That truck is getting better and better, great job!

Love the truck. Waiting to see you paint it flat black. Like that rc truck from the 80s

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Blackfoot! What a great RC. I had on as a kid

Great job!!!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

Love Mom's spaghetti such a beast but I'm going to keep bothering you for more slammed mustang content... please. I really really love the mustang and how you have it looking.

I've had a '97 F250HD 351w ZF-5 S47 and I have a '94 F250 393w ZF-5 S42 now. The 351 with just bolt ons, true duals, smog delete, UDPs, electric fan, ecthad 220k with he original S47 and it still shifted perfect up till the day the truck was totalled. The 393w stroker with AFR 175 heads, lightning lower, explorer upper intakes, 70mm TB, Cobra MAF, Doug's long tubes, 5.0 HO camshaft, converted to SMPFI makes crazy tq, the HP is gone by 5k, the S42 has been rebuilt and it's shifting a little hard when you try to shift it fast so it's probably that you have the S42.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

It definitely doesn’t want to shift fast

Dave, you mentioned wanting to paint Moms spaghetti… I think that would elevate this build. It plenty capable and cool, it just needs a single color to set it off. That MT-90 is good stuff, I run that in all my Toyotas. I buy it from FCP euro, who offers a lifetime replacement on all parts/fluid they sell. Sounds crazy, but I haven’t bought an fluids/filters in 5 years.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

That’s pretty wild. I’ll look them up

Ive had two zf5s, seems like the sycros kinda get shitty after 100k. Some shops didnt want to work on them for some reason to I found. The small block verson is aslo kind of hard to find, f100 guys love em.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

All things I’ve found as well!

@grahamgeiger3206

3 ай бұрын

I love the close ratio diesel ones. I just wish they had removable bellhousings.

@samuelnoller1565

3 ай бұрын

Small block ZFs are the most desired because bronco and f150 guys want em. Just gotta watch the junkyard inventories and jump on one when it shows up. And yeah, the 2-3 synchro especially likes to wear out.

love the truck it’s perfect

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

It’s kinda junk, kinda great

I really hope you can go back to doing this full time. I will do whatever I can to support this channel to make that happen 🤘

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

So awesome that the redline and the missing bolt fixed that transmission; love Mom’s Spaghetti

I seem to have the best luck with Pennzoil Synchromesh for reducing noise in my NV3500, which is just old school dino oil.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Good to know. Heard about it, but never used it

I learn so much stuff from you Dave. Thanks for sharing the goods.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Tell your friends

Thanks Dave! Mom’s Spaghetti has a special place in my heart!

awesomeness

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

“I gotta work on the drivability” proceeds to install a gold flake steering wheel.😂😂😂 I like your style!! I almost put an old school budnick billet wheel on my crawler.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Ooohhh. That would be a nice touch in the Mazda

Shoulda put the hiem joints in the vice and pivot the arms so that you could verify the source of the noise.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

They don’t make the same noise in the vice. Need all the other pressures on it.

Good diagnosis, Great fixes. Very satisfying to see the step by step stuff. Spagetti yum. Tom Byrne

When you were putting on the tire, you used the jack to do something…curious what you did? I have a hard time putting my big wheels back on my rig and always looking for tips. Mom’s spaghetti is a rad truck!! You the MAN Dave!!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Usually I’ll sit down, pinch it with my legs and lift. This time I just lowered the axle to the right height and lucked out of rotation

@1320Jason

3 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed …thanks Dave. I do same

Dave, i agree, the steering wheel is rad. :) keep up the good work!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Wait till you see the next round of mods!

Should change the lettering on the hood to FEEP. Love your videos

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Haha. Thanks

Thanks Dave. Still watching, just not commenting.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Hey. You commented here. I appreciate it

You've got a lot of travel in the rear-end. That's pretty cool. It is pretty rad when we can fix things that have been annoying for a long while. Great work Dave.

Nice work!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

YOU CHANGED THE STEARING WHEEL?!!! That was my favorite part.... great video Dave.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

You can’t be serious…. Thanks!

great stuff! Moms spaghetti is your best rig!! bull nose grille tops it off nicely!! keep it up!!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

It’s a good one! Toss up between this and the Mazda though

Dave, that’s awesome you figured out that darn cluck, must feel so good. Also hey if you sold ALL you tucks/cars you might be able to afford one Gladiator 😂

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I know. That one is probably pushing 110k

@Fparrish

3 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed must have tons as well. Crazy how expensive those gladiators can get.

Love that truck. Kinda old school cool, combined with cool fab work. I love it too, when I find a problem and actually fix it. It's an awesome feeling. Funny how a simple steering wheel can make a truck or Jeep fun. I did the same thing on a '77 Jeep Honcho pickup once..

As a dodge guy it's common to put gear oil in g56 transmissions to reduce noise instead of the atf as recommended

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Yep! That is one of the reasons I didn’t hesitate putting gear oil in this one

I’m really glad you fixed that suspension noise! It was driving me nuts too. I know how hard it is to try and find that kind of stuff by yourself. When I worked at the ford dealer years ago, we used to put gm synchromesh fluid in those zf 5 speeds to make them shift better and try to quiet them down. There’s a needle bearing on the reverse idler shaft that goes bad and makes a bit of a racket. They’re really not that bad to work on but if you don’t have the special tools to pull the sychronizer hubs off you end up ruining them. They also have stout little coil springs with little ball bearings in those sychronizers that fly out never to be seen again when you move the collars a little too far. I used to hang onto the springs and balls I took out because you’re always losing them.

Always great to see new videos from you!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, and commenting

love it when you fix a repair...good day in the shop❤

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Nobody likes doing work twice!

Good Video Dave! glad you were able to chase down and eliminate those annoying noises. and the metalflake wheel is just plain cool!

Great vids. Awesome truck.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

With my trans fresh out of the trans shop, with zero miles on the rebuild, i couldn't & still can't downshift my Zf5 from 3rd back to 2nd without grinding. Sooo frustrating. The only way i could do it without grinding was to be barely rolling. Sweet truck Dave. Also, i really enjoy the intro to your vidya's. 🍻

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

So frustrating! I wonder what the solution is.

Another great video 👍👍

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Rad stuff! I love Mom's Spaghetti.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! It just keeps getting better

these two fords take some serious cake in my book

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

I keep forgetting I have the super duty…

Problem Solved!!!!👍👍👍👍👍 Cool steering wheel. Good job Dave!

I’ve got a F150 cab in excellent shape. 100% new interior. 1985. Strait front fenders and straight side beds…

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

There ya go. Winning combination

@johngeary8534

3 ай бұрын

@@thedirtheadshed Frame is strait also. Would you be interested? Amazing price for you!

Torque king 4x4 carries these bad ass coolers that go on where pto covers are and also contain a filter aswell, i have that same zf5s42 trans in my eddie baure f150...its got some upgrades and has killed many m5odr2 transmissions

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Hmm. I’ll check that out. Thanks

I swapped out all the hiems for enduro joints from my 2 rigs over the last year

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Some reason my Mazda is on heims and it’s quiet. This one I have had nothing but problems with

Cool truck, hope my 86 F150 can be one day be this capable!

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

Just gotta put in the work

Good job Dave it's so satisfying to track down annoying noises I've been trying to find a rattle in my tj for ever I can't duplicate it and find it at the same time so annoying but you gave me hope lol!

I love this truck. I think it’s my favorite truck.

@thedirtheadshed

3 ай бұрын

It’s one of my favorites too

Just watched ur episode of roadworthy rescue. Then went amd watched you and Fred on dirt every day. You guys had great chemistry together. So disappointed in motortrend cancelling ur show! Hoping ur channel blows up!

Dude!!! I love when you work on the rear suspension!!! The trailing arms are so cool with the air suspension!!! The yellow wheel ain't bad either!!!✌️

Love your channel Dave, used to watch you and Fred on Dirt Every Day and you guys inspired me on your budget build episode to get an 80 Cherokee Chief which I’ve been workin on ever since!