I'll save you guys some time: 1) It's a Cadillac 390 Ca 1960. 2) The trans does not slip off the TC. 3) He primarily wants parts from behind the engine.

@geoffmorgan6059

5 жыл бұрын

Old GM block - bore it 0.125"!

@louisprieto8997

5 жыл бұрын

@@geoffmorgan6059 I was wondering the same thing. Every transmission I've ever worked on automatic or standard has always just slipped into the tc or clutch assembly?

@tony5535

5 жыл бұрын

@@louisprieto8997 No shit. I have NEVER sen a converter NOT come out of a transmission.

@louisvilleslugger3979

5 жыл бұрын

@@geoffmorgan6059 "SHE'S REAL FINE MY .409"

@louisvilleslugger3979

5 жыл бұрын

@@tony5535 DODGE, doenst matter where the crank, cam, or ring is, it refuses to let go, oh and dont get me started on those mounting bolts....LOL

"Great engine, ran when parked, just needs a little TLC. No lowballers"

@paullemke5915

5 жыл бұрын

I know what I have!

@subadanus6310

5 жыл бұрын

"RARE"

@franktaylor7617

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂 "Ran when I parked it. I mean I drove the thing in the swamp, it should run fine" best offer. 😂

@Patchuchan

5 жыл бұрын

Ran before it was parked at the bottom of the ocean.

@nsx1075

5 жыл бұрын

@@paullemke5915 Lol they be like "I don't care if you're friend found one cheaper than this"

I would have pressure washed the whole thing before I started work on an engine like that. Makes life so much easier.

Are you sure that wasn’t a lost engine from the titanic lol

Amazing how clean the heads were inside but that block , omg.

I tore down a 1965 industrial 318 polysphere that was abused in an excavator. It looked as bad as that caddy engine, the intake ports were full of rust completely, cylinders were all full of crud as well, 3 bent connecting rods, the machine had sat outside for 30 years.

Send it to mustie1. He'll get it running in 2 maybe 3 videos. Lol

@mitchelllamb6743

5 жыл бұрын

not even that long lol maybe give him 20 mins

@modesttea7133

5 жыл бұрын

Hell just give it a tickle of fuel and it will start up

@Shane-Singleton

5 жыл бұрын

Mustie will just clean the points and break out the squirt bottle with some 2-stroke fuel. Easy. :)

Send it over to Mustie, he'll throw it in the ultrasonic cleaner, he's heating it up now,

@pgtmr2713

5 жыл бұрын

Ultrasonic cleaner, pfff, Ichiban Moto has a hack for that :-) ... kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGV41rtrhtq5qbw.html

I'm amazed the block wasn't ruined with all the crap in the chambers. Looks like there might have been a broken head gasket on the passenger side. Would be a treat if the cylinder walls were in good enough shape to have the engine rebuilt. Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend.

For a guy who doesn't really understand what all the parts really do it was fun to watch. I'm learnin something the easy way. Thanks for sharing. great that you can salvage some parts of that drive train.

If that was parked in the 70's then the "silver" you are playing with is lead from the gas. Good times guys, good times.

@johnhull6363

5 жыл бұрын

I know it blows my mind people dont realize this. I've even had someone argue with me that I was crazy to think that piston silver color deposits were lead

@louisvilleslugger3979

5 жыл бұрын

hell back then they even put mercury in the Mercury's lol

@Porty1119

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't worry about it for occasional exposure; lead is occupationally rather than acutely toxic, like asbestos.

Put some marvel mystery oil in it she’ll be good as new lol

@scottex8370

5 жыл бұрын

Rusty Shackleford Or a couple sticks of dynamite

WOW! That reminds me of my first car, a '52 Chevy 6 cylinder. All 6 of the exhaust valves were eaten away, none would come close to sealing, and the number 1 and number 6 valves were more than half burned away. I replaced all the exhaust valves, reground the intakes, and should have pulled the oil pan and replaced the rings. It still burned a quart of oil about every 50 miles, but at least it ran fairly well, till I blew a rod bearing after going three days without adding oil.

You sir, are determined! I bet beating those pistons out was a REAL chore.

I have a 58 Cadillac with the 365 v8. Basically same as this, 390. Mine purrs like a kitten, my parents bought it in 1960. Good luck with this .

Rear distributor means it is 1959-62? 1963 and later had distributor at the front. Engine might be salvageable. Depends on whether block is cracked. Crank doesn't look too bad. The block should be fairly thick walled so it might clean up with a large overbore. Those early blocks were built stout, not like the thin wall later stuff.

The axe makes me smile! Not actually needed one myself on an engine strip down yet,but never say never!

Just the way you talk , you are a great at what you do, keep up the good work. This is just an observation.

Great video

I like your video's , Motor is toast .

The hideousness of that engine will forever haunt my dreams lol

This guys optimism is god-tier. "A set of new rings and a dingleberry hone 'n she'll be runnin' by the weekend"

sweet boat anchor dude hahaha

Good work.

I thought the couple engines I tore down after setting years in the weather were bad but your engine takes the cake for sure. My grandpa always said use a hammer and if that hammer doesnt work you get a bigger hammer lol..... he is right

I have seen blown engines come back to life this one worth it

Thats a damn fine boat anchor ya got there lmao

Would it not have been easier to torch the end off the crank?

The purpose from spare parts is that you can use them when you need too...

Yeah I'd agree with your diagnosis

I know this video is a little old but a little 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone does wonders

Use the tune up in a Bottle stuff, works for me every time

Thr passion of a mechanic is remember when u were younger and u played with ur old pops tools and when u helped ur pops or family loved one help fix the car but u wouldnt know what to do until u knew what was it and fix it ** thats the magiv fixing all this whips *" good buisness will be fix every sold mechanical special car offered on FB or else where and get a prophete

The Cadillac has a Taurus not a flex plate ! I have done the same thing. The bell housing and Taurus can be used without the transmission to start the engine with after it is rebuilt. Stock they are 325 HP a real nice engines!

That is some hell of a oil leak my car looks the same way except the Caked Up oil is on the exhaust lower engine and firewall!

This video and his voice makes me think of the Red Green show

@Porty1119

4 жыл бұрын

Any tool can be the right tool!

Still in a better condition than the ones in all my past cars.

I have been a heavy diesel mechanic for almost sixty years and the first thing that I was taught was to clean it down before starting to dismantle any engine or transmission. I am always pissed off when I see people pulling things apart with grease and shit covering everything, makes the job easier and you can see what you are confronted with.

pull bell housing bolts, with crank pins freed and mains removed, lift crank free of the block, now you can get to every bolt.

"Oh yeah, it's fine, totally normal" -My car dealer

There's nothing a large enough hammer can't accomplish :)

@Porty1119

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's at LEAST a 20lb sledge job, if not an excavator hammer!

THANK YOU FOR VIDEO

I run Pennzoil and use Fram filters cause that's what my dad used

i had a nightmare of a time with a Cadillac 390 a few years ago. stripped a bolt trying to put a thermostat in then broke a bolt off in the head trying pull the cross over tube off so i could fix it, was able to drill and tap it but i told the owner if he wanted me to do any work under the hood on it again it'd be to swap in an LS.

I'm interested to know if that crank could be cleaned and Polish enough to run again lol

That's pretty brutal.

I wonder if the silver residue is lead deposits.

Will you do a full repair to this engine? I mean machine the cylinders etc.?

Cut the crank shaft with Sawzall it had blow head gaskets tryed stop leak is the silver stuff

I thought it was a amc327/bw12 with that oil filter adapter, valley pan, rear distributor, and rocker arm asembley. Untill I saw the front timing cover

Just a question, couldnt the transmission be unmounted from the block and the converter still attached?

This looks like one of the blocks they use in the rebuild montage videos

@marshakrebs4348

5 жыл бұрын

Hagerty ?!? The name of channel

What was all the crap in the cylinder bores? Oxidation?

That motor is done!

this is what the 360 looks like in my 75 f250 except theres water still in the cylinders

Should have just poured a little Marvel Mystery Oil in and run it. 😳 🤣🤣

evapo rust . would be awe for this project.

Wow! That is no fun, and a dirty job, but your efforts have paid off. I would replace the front seal if I were you. It is not really that hard at this point. I did many back in the 1970's, and it was something I would always do, if I had to pull one of these. Heavy transmissions....

@bigredc222

5 жыл бұрын

I'd be willing to bet he'll do a little more than just replace the front seal.

@3713msg

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigredc222 Hope so, it is not the 1970's anymore, and these are now antique transmissions.

@gullreefclub

5 жыл бұрын

3713msg I rebuilt a couple “JetAWay and SlimJim Transgressions in the 1980’s and back then parts were pretty much next to impossible to find especially “hard parts.” I understand they make adapter kits for TH350 and couple others transmissions unless this gentleman is restoring a car back to a concourse show car that Transmission would assume its natural best use a boat anchor.

@3713msg

5 жыл бұрын

@@gullreefclub Those transmissions were not efficient, were sluggish, and heavy, but they were original to the cars of the era. Therefor I have kept my collector cars original. (61 Olds and 55 Cadillac) I do not drive them as every day cars, so it is ok. Even kind of fun, that LOOOONG drawn out 1 to 2 shift in the Roto hydramatic…. Just nothing like it!! LOL!!

Although I do not see any chance of this engine running again, I think it would be a cool project to tear it completely down and restore it to running order just to find out what you would have to do to accomplish that. Of course, such a project would be totally impractical from a time and cost point of view. But, still, it would be interesting just to see it done.

That axe handle looks like it is ready to explode too. Be careful with that.

Oh So nice engine 😂 Thank u gr8 vid

This feels like death by a thousand cuts

That's a HORRID engine, I do think they blew it up though. It'd be a neat thing if the engine block was salvageable though.

@gullreefclub

5 жыл бұрын

BronzeChicken that engine block is salvageable as scrap iron all 595lbs of it

@bronzechicken4437

5 жыл бұрын

@@gullreefclub I've seen engines come from circumstances like this be salvageable, this one was not though. I work with stuff like this daily.

@Sheehy223

5 жыл бұрын

@@bronzechicken4437 Cadillac 390's are pretty worthless

preblown done by dumping some stuff down the carb to seize the engine

They really need to make the bastards who design these things work on them and see all the design problems that they create.

are you sure that wasn't fill pre blown one of the byback cars

Some degreeser good as new

Just unbolt the bell housing and remove the transmission. It will leak transmission fluid but, it can be disassembled without engine rotation.

That is the grungiest engine I ever seen.

What ice learned when it comes to spare parts 1 is nun 2 is 1 and 3 is comfort

It's fine Sunday driver only hardly used.

Good grief, what the heck happened? 😕

That engine looks more like a boat anchor to me

I think it’s safe to say the head gaskets were seepin a bit...

@10:25 Do not mushroom your tools. The cap is very weak and small bits can fly off at high speed causing injury, especially in the eyes. As soon as the mushrooming starts, grind away the cap to prevent this.

Wow

1:59 What kind of flashlight mod is that?

Maybe someone asked before but...why didn't you just undo the bellhousing and lift it out together with the crankshaft once you had disconnected al the rods? It could have saved you two days of hammering.

ACE certified in axe assisted transmission removal

Under what dirt pile did you find the engine buried?

Never seen a caddie 390. Thought it looked weird for a Ford!

If you had the crank loose, you could have removed the bell housing bolts and the crank and trans would have been easier to separate.

i mean, just drop the oil pan and take the main caps and rod caps off, no? or would the guide pins for the transmission not come out? because i would just do that and then of the engine was in fact toast, use a thin cut off wheel to cut the dowels, since they usually are part of the engine, in fact, you could even just cut the crank and only undo the rear cap if you didn't even care about salvaging parts

how bout pressure washing the dirt from it , just for the sake of clean working and useing a vacuumcleaner to clean out the exhaust , the cylinders and the cooling paths

*reads title* *looks at thumbnail* Pretty safe assumption bro

I hope that transmission was worth it.

but you can bore it out .125, and be like..... "SHE'S REAL FINE MY 409, 409, 409!!!"

I only watched to see how you took the pistons out tbh I'm trynna see if I can rebuild my 318 for my truck (it's not in this bad of condition but its stuck)

@waterlesstea9056

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto

Looks like it was submerged in water or mud for a year or 20

Honestly, that block doesn't look too bad. A can of degreaser, You might be able to salvage it and make some bucks off that as well.

Probably just needs a good tune up.

8:08 Oh how I very much would like to have been there .

That’s a shame they left the hood off and carb uncovered. May could have been saved if covered.

I bet they blew a head gasket and put block and head sealer in it to try and get by.

What car was it from

That's the c4 type transmission . Instead of going through all the trouble of freeing up the engine , you could have easily disconnected the transmission from the block and separated it leaving the torque converter attached to the flex plate , then proceeded removing the converter from the flex plate with very little difficulty , that's if you even wanted to converter in the first place

@bah53

5 жыл бұрын

Jetaway 315 not C4. It dosen't work that way.

@zaneturner4478

5 жыл бұрын

Worked on many of the old 315 back in the day it's to bad that about 99 out of a 100 people don't have a clue what they are looking at or how to even begin to work on one. I have seen several of them torn up beyond repair because of lack of knowledge.

Caustic dip and and pressure wash see what your really working with check for cracks in the cylinder walls if so it may be salvageable with a good port and polish and sleveing, looks like tons of calcium build up from water build up you see the same hard scale build up on engines that run just water in the radiator instead of coolant and distilled water.

Is that a Buick nailhead engine

Just use a little KY it'll get it movin again

Craigslist be like "ran good when last parked, 500 OBO"