Removing The Rusted Solid Engine In My 1972 Corvette & Installing A Good Used One!
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2021
- With the used engine deemed as good enough, It is time to remove the old rusted together one. Hoping to hear this Corvette run soon!
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You could make vids that are twice as long and I would not mind at all. I love your revival content. 👍😁
I guess I've been watching you a long time. I remember your videos as a college kid in your parents driveway. Still enjoying the content all these centuries later....
After seeing all the rust and water coming out of that engine, I can’t see why anyone would go to the expense and effort to save it. You did the smart thing regardless of what the armchair mechanics tell you. On the plus side, it would make interesting content to see someone tear it down and try to rebuild it.
I've rebuilt a lot worse than that. I look at it from the perspective of the type of parts fitted. Heads alone are worth money and a little bit of rust isn't going to write them off. Just thnk of the cost involved in buying those bits?
Possible future content? Does rust like that usually eat away so much iron that the cylinder walls get too thin, intake runners chewed away so much that a port job couldn’t clean them up? There are guys out there removing rust by electrolysis and saving old blocks. It’s a ton of work but it’d make awesome content!
Good video don’t let the arm chair experts. Your educating others to try repairing vehicles. I’m a former GM tech and enjoy seeing you do what I have done for years.
Love that you care about these classics.
Ben never think that your videos are too long. I greatly enjoy every one of them. Keep the content coming!
Kind of surprised you did not give the old engine a quick clean and paint before install.. That's something I always did.
agree..a quick power wash and a rattle can or two says a thousand words
Enjoying the 1972 Corvette Project videos. Thank you Ben.
An extreme Boat anchor coming out. Who ever say they can rebuild it give it to them. Great video can’t wait to hear it run.✌🏽
Looking at the heads and under the engine, I bet that engine had some power and it could be rebuilt.
Someone put a lot of money into that engine at one point. Sure it looks like a boat anchor but given the push rod guides, the valve retainers, the valley pan it has to be an original LT1. Sleeve it, rebuild it or sell it to someone who will. I have a 73 vette that would love to have it
Same, that engine in that corvette could be number matching and even if it wasn’t it still can be rebuilt. Don’t get rid of it, keep it on the side and use oil and wd40 to loosen the pistons and get it apart bore it out and get the heads done. There is money sitting there, you just have to spend a little time. Never get rid of your old parts because stuff is getting really hard to find for cheap
An engine which creates this much engagement from the viewers stands a good chance to make a rebuild more or less worth it. Probably not from YT income, but from expanding viewer-base, and total future revenue... A title like "Can I save this rusted up V8 after 15 years in the rain" could probably cause quite a stir!
OMG The amount of water. Loved the video.
I’m loving the chill time lapses!
I find it amazing that so many of the car folks on YT that find parts that have the brand of the car on them immediately assume they are from the time of the cars build date. As if no one ever bought OEM aftermarket parts which used to be the norm for most shops and when you were looking for the part to replace on that vehicle you bought the ones from the maker as that's all that was available unless you were making after market changes to it. Most of the repairs done to the car in it's time would have been GM parts.
Who knew it would hold so much water? And the "rebuild it" comments are valid, if expense is not a consideration. These blocks could be messed with almost until your heart's content with it. Your fans appear to want you to machine this thing until it's unrecognizable. And yes, I, too, kind of miss the days your father helped with getting engines out. It's a thumbs-up from me. And, yes, if the content is consistent and good, time is really not a factor.
Another great video from a young expert. Thanks for all you do, Ben. I see your sticker every time I drive mine in the rear view.
Whoa that thing is toast.. very burnt toast
Good work sir
great video, i’m sure it took lots of time to put together, thanks I enjoyed the heck out of it.
Like watching an archaeologist work on restoring a relic. Excellent vid series.
Yes if you have a boat load of money you could rebuild that old boat anchored 350. But why Ben is doing the correct thing build the car on a budget after all the motor was not the original anyway.and know it will live another day to cruise the America mile.Nice job as usual Ben.
Yeeeaa that thing is a literal boat anchor my god
Great video glad you posted keep them coming thanks
Now I'm def looking forward to the next one! ☺ Good job!
Liked the “previously” segment at the beginning. Raw engine power.
The fast speed segments with that music were great.
Also liked someone else draining so much water from an oil pan. 😂
You did good and with no easy effort.
Dude! Production value! Cool!
Great video.
Ben, I am guy you sent the XL wheelcover to in Omaha (thank you!) Yes, you COULD rebuild the engine...I had one like it in a '56 Chevy Belair I sold this week, BUT at what cost!!!! WAY CHEAPER to go the route you are going and faster too. You make LOTS of good decisions. Great to watch you work...
the 30 on the oil filter is the date 1930! 🤣👍
I hope we get a vette and can build one man love these rides
Yup, Agree with Bob. Always enjoy your projects.
Looking good 👍
The Wix oil filters for my 84 Vette are still made in the U.S.
Ben that engine has some good parts in it. I hope you are going to try to salvage it
Wow, so much water, more than some cooling systems. Clearly today we not white t shirt day in the shop.such a shame they let the engine get into that state. Hopefully you can salvage some bits for the future
Ben my man I will say this from an engine builders standpoint... That was a nice built engine at one time & whomever left it outside without the hood should be shot..... With THAT much water in the block and with that nasty coldnsap y'all had down there in Texas this last winter the odds that block has no interior cracks and cam valley or oil valley cracks is very very slim.. IT could possibly be saved, But the entire block would need to be finish stripped and then dunked in a hot acid tank for at least 6 to 8 hours to loosen and dissolve all of the rust and gunk builtup on the inside... Then if it is finish stripped all the way down and magnafluxed for cracks and cameout clear a LOT of machining and decking would need to be done to rebuilt it back to its former glory... What your doing now is the best course of action for this vehicle
another great video Ben i really enjoyed it 👍
Must have used that new weight of oil ''10W - H20"
As Jiminy Cricket said, you've got Sticktoitivity! Kudos as ever.
Great example of a true car guy with determination to save a derelict classic.
Ben, I see high compression pistons, likely forged. I also see Bowtie head and high spring pressure valve springs. Very likely 2.02 1.600 valves. I couldn't make out the casting numbers though. You should film a tear down video. I bet it would get views.
Do yourself a favor and take that thing to a machine shop to clean it up to see exactly what you have.
Digging the Steven Segal martial arts training music while you dropped that engine in.😆
It could be rebuilt but the time and money involved in that boat anchor of a engine you did the right thing
Wow, im watching all of that water coming out of the oil pan and wondering how many of your viewers had to pee, lol! Good video though. I've pulled quite a few engines/transmissions over the years but im glad i never had to do a Corvette, i had a 1974 with a 454 and happily never had to do an engine pull on it.
I enjoy your videos even thou I’m not a big Vette enthusiast.
Ben, I see that and remember when we stopped and looked at that car from the road. You told me the story and how you spent so much time trying to rescue that car from the field. What a shame they just let it sit there in that field.
Tried for six years
Wow, it's like a river coming out of that engine, it's still a rebuildable engine, gonna need .030 over bore. Ben, show us the bottom of the motor you pulled.
Before I fully understood motors, I told my machine shop to bore it .030 over and he explained he would bore it enough to clean it up which turned out to be .020 and that extends the life of the motor and pistons and rings are easy to get no mater the bore.
Great video buddy i thought it was the f n concert for Bangladesh.
You did the right thing. Yes, the old engine could be rebuilt. But, by the time you have all the work done to make that block usable again, you're gonna spend a lot of money. Good, used small block Chevy's are still out there. Just a month ago I bought a 74 Impala 4 door that runs smooth as silk. But, it's completely rotted. So badly I had to trailer it home. I was shocked to find out that it only had around 64 thousand miles on it. It lived its whole life in Miami Florida. Right down where all that salty air is. Even the oil pan had rot in it. I snatched that engine out, put an oil pan on it because the other was so thin. And fired it up on the floor. No smoke. Nothing. I paid 300 bucks for the whole thing. All I've done to this engine is clean it up, put an oil pan on it, re-sealed everything, and put new head gaskets on it just to be on the safe side and repainted it. So, all in all, I've got about 400 dollars in the engine and it's already in a pickup that needed an engine. Runs good and doesn't burn oil. I would rather use my head than too many of my hard-earned dollars.
That old engine was built with some good parts. Be nice to be able to save it. Obviously was well built. Shame it was neglected like that.
Say what you will about keeping original lower rad hose, but you can't deny it held water 😉
Ben, as I mentioned before, if the engine was not in a cold climate & froze, I still think it could be rebuilt, looks like it was built to produce some power. I guess $$ to rebuild would be expensive. So, maybe use it for a boat anchor.
Texas got down to the negatives for a week straight last winter. This car was outside with all that water inside
Hails ben, nice work! Wow I have never seen that level of water come out of an engine, it just would not stop, amazing!
Its ok to make your videos go longer. By the way, it might help if you had some extra lighting when filming under the car. Always good to watch these videos. Be nice to see another Caddi video.
I, too, really like these longer videos..and your editing is much better too..thx for the efforts ben..btw..How is Mrs. Ben enjoying her car?
It doesn't seem like much but I roughly did the calculation for the PSI of the water that got you in the pit. It works out to roughly 6 PSI. Enough to over shoot the pan.
was that a numbers matching engine?it defenintly was a high performance engine.the reason to rebuild with the old parts is value.
straight up, that motor wasn't frozen from rust, it was hydro-locked.....
Wow! I hope I never take out the oil pan bolt and see that come out!!
that sucker would run again. i had a amc 360 that sat with gallons of water in it for years and i got it to fire after pulling the heads and beating it with a 2x4
That's to bad that engine was not looked after as it appears to have been very well built!!!!!
I'm pretty sure you could get this block re-sleeved.
It depends on how bad the wall are pitted if it could be rebuilt
Not trying to be a keyboard mechanic, Ben. Not at all. Just observations. It looks to me from your video of the process, the damage is confined to the combustion chambers. The rest of the engine doesn't appear in bad shape. Rather clean, actually. Someone put money in that engine. My 2 cents, pull the bottom end, clean and dry the tops of the pistons. soak them in either light oil or whatever would dissolve any rust bond with the cylinder. Try and remove them from the bottom. Inspect the cylinder walls for any serious damage that would eliminate any possibility of honing them. If they can be honed smooth enough to handle ring "traffic" on them, then do so. If the pistons are savable, and the rings are free and usable, and overall condition is good, if the heads can be cleaned, move towards reassembly without putting a lot of replacement parts if that's possible. Just to see if she'll fire. If she does and runs decently, you've got a usable motor. Not a long living one, but a usable one. A saved one. Guess I'm just not one to give up on rusty combustion chambers if the rest looks ok. Gotta try!
No machine shop would touch that old motor to far gone
wow someone actually painted the carbuerator orange lol
Ben, show them the light... soak the crap out of it with pb blaster, let it sit for days, then hook up a battery and pour the coals to the srater. It will either run or prove it needs to be rebuilt!
IT'S ALIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!! Too bad rust isn't worth money... haha
In this case the words "Oh Icky Poo" are really quite appropriate
Thats a nice moroso oil pan.
Go Ben Go.... or as they say in Cajun land Geaux Ben Geaux... you can do it... ALL Night Long.... water boy.
Clean valley
Dingle ball 5000 and you have your self a great boat anchor.
That original engine was more of a water storage tank than an engine. Wonder what the codes on the Block say of its history.
The engine you removed may make a good boat anchor.
So ive watched enough mustie1's videos to think that engine being full of water might actually have saved it for the most part.
Now that you have drained it and air can get at it and rust it further will you do a teardown or is it too late and this was weeks ago?
Truth^^
Yes...if the crankshaft/camshaft was fully submerged in rainwater, then this is very much a viable engine.
Ben, you did put the torque converter back in correct? Just trying to help out. Keep up the good work.
Ben I was surprised that you put the new balancer on without replacing the front crank seal. Maybe it had be already replaced and we didn't know it.
Replaced when the timing chain went on
@@TheCorvetteBen I figured it was something we didn't see you do in the video, not like you to miss something that obvious. Can't wait to hear it running in the car.
Did you put the torque converter on the transmission before installing the new engine?
Never seen so much water in a engine
I want to find a C3 so bad. I rarely see them around my area for sale :(
I’m sure all the threads are shot once you start to tighten up on them they probably strip right out
Water was so clear you could have drank it 😂😂
WOW THAT'S A LOT OFF WATER !!!
that was just insane, the amount of water in that engine. looked like a 7 quart Moroso pan, but I don't know how it could have held that much water. crazy...why did the previous owner want to kill his car??
Looks like he's got an enlarged prostate.
It is always a bit different when you are looking at this on a monitor as opposed to being there first hand. That being said, I can't really see that old engine being rebuilt. There is just way too much water damage. You also risk even more damage were you to attempt to take the pistons out of the block. In the end this is your project and your car so you should do what you feel is right.
That is to bad about the other motor. It was a built motor. Higher compression than normal. Well at least you have all the aftermarket goodies that are not hurt by the water.
With all seriousness you need to tune that engine up with a fresh chain and gears, a new oil pan and a true corvette camshaft lifters and good push rods,
super clean water lol
Make a good display motor coffee table
Love the videos. I thought you would have pressure wash it before you put the motor back in but I guess being it’s not a brand new motor going in your going to do it after you get it running. Enjoying all of your videos keep it up.
Maybe that engine could be rebuilt or maybe not but it’s not like the car is some collectors item where an original engine would be important. Put a runner in it and get the car back on the road.
Keep the old motor and use WD40!and oil to take it apart and get the engine bored out and Machine work done to it and get the heads machined a little bit a time on the side while your other engine is in your car because that could be the matching numbers engine. Don’t get rid of the engin that you pulled out because it has some good parts on it and in the long run you could save money by just spending a little bit of time on it.
water got the best of that 350
Make s great boat anchor, or alot of tin cans. Paper weight???
Paint the engine and clean up the engine bay
Should have painted the block, but good job anyways.
Please, please, PLEASE teardown the seized motor!!! If it's just rusty bores / wrecked pistons it could be a great standby skeleton for a rebuild.
you work on lots of c3. I'm in