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I'm working on my 3.4 and I'm about to install the new cam bearings. For the middle 2 bearings do you just tap them all the way through the first slot? It doesn't look like there is any other way to get them where they need to be

That's the smallest little motor I ever did see.😮

Takes me back to my 86 XJ. Had the chrome grill and side mirrors. Vent windows all harvested from the pick n pull. Miss that little 4 banger…

Thanks, will keep this in mind. Replacing a timing chain in a 1978 AMC 360 in the next few days. Never understood “why” not just start and finish with the dots facing each other? This timing chain seems to have what you mentioned as an important step (that I am sure most miss). Have a reprint of the 1978 manual but have not read the section for timing chain yet. Will before replacing. The previous owner thinks the chain is off a tooth, but seems it would run like ass if that was the case, and it isn’t doing that bad. Thanks for the video.

My new napa timing chain has way more slop then that

Thank you for the video demonstration. Please keep your targetted audience in mind; I doubt children will search for this video. There's no reason to have a chipmunk voice.

Is there a video on you starting it after rebuild?

What's up with the changing speed of the video? I guess the creator must think that sounding like a mouse or as if he has just breathed in helium is a good and professional sounding effect? BAH!! Look: Just because you can does not mean you should.

Thanks for the AMC V-8 Content COOP ...

You are a true hot rodder sir. Taki g simething as wild and off the wall stuff like a tornado and making it fit your chasis. Its not run of the mill shit like a sbc or sbf. I commend you sir

Hey could you go through and do a quick timing video of your 230 tornado on your jeep I've been struggling for months. It could be wear on my engine but could you make a video so I can see if I'm doing it right? Please

Hi, is it possible to convert power steering to manual steering gear box? Tired of leaking steering oil. (not rack & pinion)

Thanks for the video. I have got two Vegaboxes on my rods. As the looks of it the internals are pretty simular. One of my boxes has way over 70000 km under her belt. now I want to rebuild it but I cannot find partnumbers for the ballbearings, I hope you can put me in the right direction, regards from the Netherlands.

Interesting...thanks for sharing!

basically what did with the longer lower control arm was, you increased your positive caster angle, thats why it feels for comfortable driving. i have the same Zone lift on my 96 XJ cherokee, but i went a different route. i installed front control arm drop brackets and adjustable upper control arms. the drop brackets correct the control arm angles, and the adjustable uppers to add caster. stock spec for caster is around +3°-+8°. on a lifted solid axle jeep you want to be on the high side of that +7°-+10° caster.

I stumbled upon this by accident. Great video. I've always been interested in this stuff, even if I have never done this kind of work myself and even if I'll never own a vehicle that requires me to know about such things. In my quest to understand these things, though, I've come to appreciate those old-fashioned closed knuckles because of exactly what you illustrate here. Every bit of disassembly and re-assembly can be done using ordinary tools that everybody owns. In contrast, the "newer" style (dating back to the late '60s and early '70s, ha-ha) of axles with open knuckles and ball joints require special tools and massive amounts of brute force for disassembly. They are hell to take apart and are very finicky to get properly adjusted during re-assembly (for example, I learned that a whole generation of Dodge pickups were plagued with ball-joint failures while still almost new, because so many of them had the ball-joint adjustments improperly performed at the factory). And it's my understanding that after several years, the adjusting ring on the top ball joint almost always seizes into the top of the knuckle and can't be spun, and since there's very little gripping surface for the tool that turns it, this can ruin the whole knuckle. Modern open knuckles are faster to put together *the first time* using automated equipment in the factory, but nothing about the design is friendly to the truck's future owner. Everyone seems to think that these closed knuckles are more complicated than the new style, but actually they are as simple as can be. I appreciate this clip.

i just got done putting that screw back in! next the pickup tube, head, oil pump and distributor....

Hi, I have 86 2.8l cherokee... When you ported to 3.4l, where you able to install mechanical fuel pump on probably camaro engine or ported to electric pump? And are you still using original Rochester carb? Cheers, your channel is interesting for me!

Looks like a carpenter hammer to me

Your video would be a lot more helpful if you use the proper name of tools, instead of "tool like this," It's an impact driver, dude.

its called an impact driver, we all had them back in the day in our tool boxes. not to be confused with an impact wrench, which you now find in everyones tool boxes as well.

yes i have used those tools, and they can be a prodject saver

That’s a real truck 👍🏼

Te sugiero que contactes con gente de Argentina por que viendo tu video tu motor tiene el problema de lubricación que tenian en Argentina se soluciono haciendole dos orificios de salida de aceite por cada leva aparte de eso en argentina tienen un múltiple de admicion diferente (mas grande)que le daba mejor admisión y mejoras en la tapa de cilindros , trata de conectar con el club argentino del torino y te daran muchas de las mejoras que se hizieron en el tornado 230 de 4 bancadas, hazlo y no te arrepentiras pero sobre todo lograras un motor mucho mas equilibrado y confiable .

This is why you don't throw away batteries

Hola, este no es el 2500 VM de culatines verdad?saludos.

Can you give a guess at what’s wrong with my 2.5L? When the engine is cold, I have a dull tick when I rev the motor and it turns onto more like a knock if I drive it. Once the engine gets warm the sound goes away. When cold, no sound when idling. It needs load make the sound.

These boots are dope bro .

It's kind of hard to tell the difference in the video- what did you think of it hearing it in person? Is it louder? Deeper? Or about the same?

Which bellhousing/trans bolt pattern did this engine use?

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En Argentina se uso en el torino y luego de rediseño a 7bancadas

where did you buy a tensioner

Did you get the swap completed and how does it run compared to the 2.8

great to see a tornado 230 being brought to life again. very rare and not common to find.

Nice and slow on each step we’ll done. Thanks

Just bought 2 of these today, not know anything about them because they looked cool. This video confirm my suspension.

Nice old Jeep. Very clean body ,must be from California or the desert southwest area. I have a 1966 J-2000 7'-0" body pickup with 7'-6" Meyer snowplow which is still my plow truck in winter. It looks like yours has the Tornado Six engine and 3 speed transmission. Mine has the AMC 232 Six and three speed transmission. Rebuilt mine from the cab back in 1993 with all new frame, springs, gas tank and pickup body from a 1977 Jeep and made my own tailgate. Good luck with your project and hope you get it back on the road soon!

He looks to be too cold. They won't eat until the weather warms up so he can digest his food. In the summer the dark brown color on his back is almost bleached out to white of a light tan color. I hope you put him back into his hole.

Did it come with the bell housing dust cover? Mine’s missing and I can’t find one anywhere

Its going to rely on the oil pump at the other end for stability. Its important that little to no slop is noted at the rotor end otherwise the point gap will be inconsistent and noticeable on a dwell meter.

Can the king pins be replaced without taking everything apart?

Sweet. I ended up getting a chromed one from one of the local parts stores. I think it was for a Big Block Chevy if I recall

thanks lot of

I'm about to do this on my comanche

Buen trabajo amigo,yo tengo un'65 Gladiator Tornado 230,estoy en Argentina,aquí fue un gran motor y muy potente.el mio tiene 207 hp. Yo me dedico a reconstruir los motores Tornado. Saludos.

I see you got the swap finished. We need a walk around video of it running to hear that cam.

Love the truck, I think removing the vin tag is a federal crime...I may be wrong

Dude i feel like this all the time im about to crawl under my Jeeps... im 36 now... and god... im getting sore from the constant work. I did my rear main on my grand wagoneer recently... only for it to keep leaking.. learning that fel pro rear mains are defective.. and SCE rear mains are the only true to size ones.. Wish i knew before i did all that work.. uhg... and i gatta do the exhaust manifold gaskets next... Yeaaaa i jist sit in my shop and stare at it... and go.. damn