RTV is for corners..."GASKA CINCH" ALL GASKETS AND MATING SURFACES...GASKETS STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU PUT THEM...AND CAN BE MOVED IF NEED BE...GREAT STUFF...GOOD JOB HOWEVER...!!!
I was a student at NDSSS in Wahpeton , North Dakota. I spent 2 years in small engine school 1979 and 1980. Johnathan W would make a fantastic instructor in a Tech School. I watch all his videos as a refresher course for my lifetime of turning wrenches. I am retired now and I tinker on an old car to give me something to keep me occupied. Great work Johnathan W !!!
Those old larger cubic inch Packard engines were capable of being some eye opening monsters with the right bore, piston/valve/cam combo having 200 mph capabilities.
IF these Young Kid's of today want to learn some Auto Mechanics. You Young'n's SHOULD Follow this man & his lil' Helper (Noah) and Learn the old school way's of old car's and how they were put together. This Man, KNOW's HIS STUFF👍🏼On These Old Car's, Truck's, Trcator's, and Anything Back for Quite-Few-Years. YES, Jonathan IS your man to watch.
When i was a kid, I put together a plastic model of this car, and i remember i used the full-race parts that came in the kit. Included a double blower manifold (vee-shaped left and right) and the clear plastic hood (bonnet😉) with cutouts for the blowers. I spray-painted the body metallic maroon.
Normal Excellent video. Good common sense rebuild. Things built in 1956 seem to stay together better then things built in 2023. ColdWarMotors appreciates ya Jonathan.
I'm impressed by the quality in the Packard engine. Lot of high quality stuff and machining in there. Jesse Vincents last engine design. Thanks for taking us on a on a "I'm fixing it, not restoring it" voyage.
Takes me back to the late seventies , rebuilding engines full bare block to complete finish . Exactly same way we were taught , squirty oil can at the ready for the ring compressor pistons and journals . Had oil running through our veins back then . Those were the days for sure . Keep up the excellent work jonathon . Top man .
Nice work and great tips for folks that might not know those details that you pointed out. I haven't assembled an engine on a stand in about 20 years. Even longer for an in frame. You're giving me the itch, sir. Stop it! Lol. That engine is in really nice shape internally. I wonder if it wasn't rebuilt or refreshed shortly before being taken off the road. The lack of sludge from oils of that time period makes me think it has definitely been apart at some point in the fairly recent past. Thanks for taking the time to record, edit and share all of the cool stuff that you do.
Pretty much the same way I install pistons in anything. The only thing I do different is, I use a dedicated clean container to put oil in so that I can dip the pistons up past the rings to coat them before I put them in the ring compressor. (Usually get hollered at for using a good Tupperware container..... LOL)
Is there any data on this engine you can post ? As to year cubic inches, horsepower & torque, bore & stoke, two or four barrels, looks like a strong and well designed engine, they may have copied the 55 Chevrolet design
This is one of the most aesteticly alluring automobiles Studebaker ever built, and hands down the most power packed and fastest assemblies they produced. For a that year modle car, it was wicked scary!!!
Moving right along Jonathan. Great how-to on the piston install. Thanks for taking the time to video - sorry for the mess underneath. Hug the wife and tell her we appreciate her hard work, behind the scenes. Chuck in NE Kansas
I continue to enjoy your videos! There is just something so calming to listen to you as you bring these old vehicles back to life. Keep up your good work!
His calm demeanor is due to the fact that he is not working for someone else and under the gun to produce. Johnathan's main job is towing automobiles. I worked my whole life under the gun ( as a trouble shooter )to produce day in day out very little time to just relax.
I love to watch people rebuild engines. Thanks for the video. I guess it relaxes me like when I use to lay under the truck with my dad when he worked on them and I really liked it.
Jonathan, I'm glad you removed that valley cover and found that mouse! If didn't, it would have gone bad..This reminds me of when I was young, helping my father replace a detonated piston in the family car back in the day! We were on vacation, 400 miles from home when it blew! No time to pull the engine, so we did it with the engine in the car like you are doing! Only needed one piston. Years later, I detonatated a piston in my 1980 Chevy Citation, Iron Duke. ALL 4 pistons had debris damage to all the pistons!! I know the Stude will be up and running just fine real soon!!!
I have never,in my 45 years of driving and working on cars ever found or seen found inside a car engine a RAT,my goodness Jonathan,if anything unusual can happen,it will happen to you,GREAT video sir,and,waiting to see Noah's first solo start,wouldn't miss it for nothing.
Ive got a 454 in about that same condition, need to get it back together someday, just need a few extra hours off work. Not gonna hsppen soon. Love watching you bring these old beasts back to life.
Jonathan you're good man. Thanks for saving the the past and keeping the cars in the future. Have a good day buddy be safe you and your family from Florida
So the tube coming out of the valley pan along with the straight up breather was crankcase ventilation in 1956...good thing you removed that valley pan - that po' critter didn't need to be in there...are you going to show the wrist pins for the 2 pistons you had to replace...also, l'm not seeing a whole lot of miles/hours on this motor...& as always l like how you take the extra steps so it gets done right the 1st time...good video
Thanks for cleaning off the crud from the valley cover. Not my engine but got to say it bugged me! This is one of your best videos yet. When I was a kid (68 years old now) my family knew a man who was a real Stude fan. That's all he ever drove. Even his go to work rat was a clapped out old Stude. The first vehicle I ever drove (at 12, you could get away with that back then) was an early 50's Stude 1/2 ton with a three on the tree. Still remember the thrill of teaching myself to get the clutch and gas to work together with the gearshift...
Damn Jonathan! You are becoming a master at suspense! I can't wait to see what Noah has learned from you! Are you gonna let him shoot his own video too?
I have had three hawks over the years and I can tell you when this one is running it will be very easy to sell. This model golden hawk is very desirable. Just love your mechanical tips. Good going mate 🇦🇺
What size is the bore in this engine? The bore spacing looks massive. It looks like some massive Darton wet MID sleeves could be installed in this block. It would be really neat to see someone build a performance engine out of one of these to be different. I don't know how rigid the block is or how good the oiling system is though. I'm also sure the head air flow would hold you back. Just an fyi for everyone. If you have a block "plateau" honed at a shop and run a newer style of rings (ie not chrome rings) don't put oil on the rings. They may not seat and break in. Just put oil on the skirts. Also a cheap orange dead blow hammer from harbor freight works great as a piston installer.
Yeah be nice to hear it run again, a guy I went to school with had a lark I thing was 64 or 65 had 327 Chev. motor in it was beautiful red conv, very fast car, the owner was born without any thumbs he wasn't the least bit handicapped. My favorite year was the 1953 same body style as your Hawk that car was so far ahead of any other car built that year
You live in a sandy environment leaving it open all night It would be dangerous because of blowing sand can contaminate the engine with all the oil you put on that piston .like the videos keep them coming.
Well, the beginning of this video just Sucked! lol Very educational Jonathan! It's the little tips and tricks that go the longest way. Cheers my Friend! Zip~
Introducing the World Famous Studebaker "Better Rat Trap" This is the original Rat Rod. You need a picture of that rat on a front tag. Ha! Ha! Sorry, no pun intended. This car is awesome and so looking forward to start up. A cool factor of eleven.
Good video. That's how we have always did it, on the ranch, in the pits at the strip, where-ever ... Thing that gets me is mice will eat all sorts of modern wiring and destroy electronics function. Old wiring - won't hardly touch it. I want old wiring in everything I do :D
Since it has been determined that the front brakes do 75% of the brake work in normal operation, that would account for the discrepancy in front/rear cylinder sizes on vehicles w/o proportioning valves.
It is advisable to remove the engine from its place in order to facilitate you to maintain with the highest thanks and appreciation channel Ahmed Al-Anbari from Iraq
It is too bad that the Packard V8s didn't have a longer life span. Additional development time would have probably resulted in some wild horsepower ratings in the 1960s. As it was , they were briefly popular in front-engine dragsters, but after Packard went under, they faded away quickly. It is also great to hear that the Lancer and Nash are still going to get attention. I like the steam engine content, and admire your dedication to them, but the cars are just more relatable to me.
If you can get seals thar are the right diameter for the Nash rear wheel cylinders you can modify your existing pistons to fit the new seals. The other possibility it to turn new pistons for the seals. The geometry of the pistons is generally very simple.
Dear Jonathan W. Aah, now I see! That's what happened to the two pistons: You found a petrified mouse that crawled through the pipe just to see what's behind. So it is clear that this mouse was a very curious one. This proves that it was a female rodent! So the little things that hammered on the pistons must have been "her" jewellery (necklace, bracelet, rings, piercings etc.p.p.) for sure! Those items were sucked in as the mouse shrunk while becoming petrified. Maybe even her handbag and purse caused a little damage earlier!? ;-) ;-) Best regards luck and health. Postscriptum: Great vid again.
Oh dear, Mickey had a bad day. I love the design of that engine, you can see that the design engineers really though about the fact that it would need to be worked on and they designed it to make that as easy as possible and to make sure that parts that need checking are as easy as possible to see. Modern designers could learn an awful lot from this...
The designer of this engine Col. Jesse Vincent had designed the Packard Twin-Six engine, the Liberty engine (WW 1 Airplane engine), the Packard Super-Eight engine in about 5 different manifestations, the 215 HP flathead straight eight of 1954, and this series of V-8's.
engine is looking awesome!!!!! thats gonna be a hot rod there!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think that mouses name was vavoline!!!!!!! and now hes full synthetic!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!!!!!!! take care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely!! The larger cubic inch Packard engines with bigger bore and the right piston/valve/cam combo were known to produce 200 mph top speed monsters!!
Thank you for vacuuming the top of that motor! It was driving me nuts! LOL
No now,hold up a minute,the nuts belong in the air cleaner housing just outside the nut filter.
RTV is for corners..."GASKA CINCH" ALL GASKETS AND MATING SURFACES...GASKETS STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU PUT THEM...AND CAN BE MOVED IF NEED BE...GREAT STUFF...GOOD JOB HOWEVER...!!!
I was a student at NDSSS in Wahpeton , North Dakota. I spent 2 years in small engine school 1979 and 1980. Johnathan W would make a fantastic instructor in a Tech School. I watch all his videos as a refresher course for my lifetime of turning wrenches. I am retired now and I tinker on an old car to give me something to keep me occupied. Great work Johnathan W !!!
It's right nice seeing you pass your ways to the young ones... and the public people
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Internals look very good, Packard certainly knew how to build engines.
Nice work, great tutorial, many thanks JW.
Those old larger cubic inch Packard engines were capable of being some eye opening monsters with the right bore, piston/valve/cam combo having 200 mph capabilities.
@@scottie1038 really?
Learn a bit with every single video you make. Thank you.
It's always such a satisfying feeling when the pieces begin to go back into place... especially when you don't have to fight them.
Jonathan, she’s coming together nicely. Thanks for posting boss
Yup, I always vacuum my engine every Sunday after church, makes it run better....
IF these Young Kid's of today want to learn some Auto Mechanics. You Young'n's SHOULD Follow this man & his lil' Helper (Noah) and Learn the old school way's of old car's and how they were put together. This Man, KNOW's HIS STUFF👍🏼On These Old Car's, Truck's, Trcator's, and Anything Back for Quite-Few-Years. YES, Jonathan IS your man to watch.
How satisfying to just watch someone vacuum the top of an engine. :)
does he do windows too?
When i was a kid, I put together a plastic model of this car, and i remember i used the full-race parts that came in the kit. Included a double blower manifold (vee-shaped left and right) and the clear plastic hood (bonnet😉) with cutouts for the blowers. I spray-painted the body metallic maroon.
That Stude would look really good , if it was parked in my driveway . Seriously
When he gets it going he'll probably be happy to sell it to you.
looking great Jonathan , That mouse has seen better days !! ..ENJOYED
Normal Excellent video. Good common sense rebuild. Things built in 1956 seem to stay together better then things built in 2023. ColdWarMotors appreciates ya Jonathan.
Thank you for making these videos. Always entertaining.
I'm impressed by the quality in the Packard engine. Lot of high quality stuff and machining in there. Jesse Vincents last engine design. Thanks for taking us on a on a "I'm fixing it, not restoring it" voyage.
I don't know how you keep it all straight, love all these cars.
You have the best videos on RUclips thank you so much for sharing
Except for the grizzly mouse death scene...
Love watching your videos we don't see cars like that in Michigan. They are rusted alot more
Wow that's one thick walled V8 block 😳
Great video 👍
Jonathan all I can say is A+video, would like tooo see more of this rebuild thxs again..
Jonathan, you are fun to watch! It’s a great learning experience.
Takes me back to the late seventies , rebuilding engines full bare block to complete finish . Exactly same way we were taught , squirty oil can at the ready for the ring compressor pistons and journals . Had oil running through our veins back then . Those were the days for sure . Keep up the excellent work jonathon . Top man .
Michigan ,,You are the man ,thanks . 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😎😎😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nice work and great tips for folks that might not know those details that you pointed out. I haven't assembled an engine on a stand in about 20 years. Even longer for an in frame. You're giving me the itch, sir. Stop it! Lol.
That engine is in really nice shape internally. I wonder if it wasn't rebuilt or refreshed shortly before being taken off the road. The lack of sludge from oils of that time period makes me think it has definitely been apart at some point in the fairly recent past.
Thanks for taking the time to record, edit and share all of the cool stuff that you do.
Pretty much the same way I install pistons in anything. The only thing I do different is, I use a dedicated clean container to put oil in so that I can dip the pistons up past the rings to coat them before I put them in the ring compressor. (Usually get hollered at for using a good Tupperware container..... LOL)
Thanks for bringing these treasures back to life. What a hoot it must be to drive them.
And it's on it's way!
Yay!
Can't wait to hear it fire up.
Thanks.
Is there any data on this engine you can post ? As to year cubic inches, horsepower & torque, bore & stoke, two or four barrels, looks like a strong and well designed engine, they may have copied the 55 Chevrolet design
This is one of the most aesteticly alluring automobiles Studebaker ever built, and hands down the most power packed and fastest assemblies they produced. For a that year modle car, it was wicked scary!!!
Moving right along Jonathan. Great how-to on the piston install. Thanks for taking the time to video - sorry for the mess underneath. Hug the wife and tell her we appreciate her hard work, behind the scenes. Chuck in NE Kansas
J. W. WORKS LIKE AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR SAVES THEM AND PASSES THEM ON SO COOL !!!
Nice hearing more of that awesome instrumental intro tune, all the way to 1:13 !
I continue to enjoy your videos! There is just something so calming to listen to you as you bring these old vehicles back to life. Keep up your good work!
His calm demeanor is due to the fact that he is not working for someone else and under the gun to produce. Johnathan's main job is towing automobiles. I worked my whole life under the gun ( as a trouble shooter )to produce day in day out very little time to just relax.
I love to watch people rebuild engines. Thanks for the video. I guess it relaxes me like when I use to lay under the truck with my dad when he worked on them and I really liked it.
Thanks Jonathan that's some good shop vac
Jonathan, I'm glad you removed that valley cover and found that mouse! If didn't, it would have gone bad..This reminds me of when I was young, helping my father replace a detonated piston in the family car back in the day! We were on vacation, 400 miles from home when it blew! No time to pull the engine, so we did it with the engine in the car like you are doing!
Only needed one piston.
Years later, I detonatated a piston in my 1980 Chevy Citation, Iron Duke. ALL 4 pistons had debris damage to all the pistons!!
I know the Stude will be up and running just fine real soon!!!
I remember seeing a Studebaker, same model in my home town in North Dakota in 1962, it was a daily driver, I thought it was a great car, I was 14.
I have never,in my 45 years of driving and working on cars ever found or seen found inside a car engine a RAT,my goodness Jonathan,if anything unusual can happen,it will happen to you,GREAT video sir,and,waiting to see Noah's first solo start,wouldn't miss it for nothing.
It was a mouse. Just saying.
Hell yeah! can't wait to see her back together
Grandpa had straight pipes on his Studebaker 50 some years ago as i remember it was loud indeed .
Well done! You are a good teacher!
Hi Jonathan nice video as normal and nice job as normal. Keep videos coming and I will keep watching. From Andy in UK
Pistons look like almost zero deck, with the quenches in the chambers this should be a good runner!
Amazing in the compartment overhaul!
Ive got a 454 in about that same condition, need to get it back together someday, just need a few extra hours off work. Not gonna hsppen soon. Love watching you bring these old beasts back to life.
I enjoy you videos I worked on cars for over 50 years.first job i did was on 56 Buick replace piston.
Jonathan you're good man. Thanks for saving the the past and keeping the cars in the future. Have a good day buddy be safe you and your family from Florida
Cant imagine you are out in this heat.. My son lives in Asheboro and he decided to move back over to Newland up in the mountains for Summer.
Dear Johnathan, I thought that one of the cylinders was blown out along with a piston? Love the vids mate, please keep them coming. Paul.
So the tube coming out of the valley pan along with the straight up breather was crankcase ventilation in 1956...good thing you removed that valley pan - that po' critter didn't need to be in there...are you going to show the wrist pins for the 2 pistons you had to replace...also, l'm not seeing a whole lot of miles/hours on this motor...& as always l like how you take the extra steps so it gets done right the 1st time...good video
Thanks for cleaning off the crud from the valley cover. Not my engine but got to say it bugged me! This is one of your best videos yet. When I was a kid (68 years old now) my family knew a man who was a real Stude fan. That's all he ever drove. Even his go to work rat was a clapped out old Stude.
The first vehicle I ever drove (at 12, you could get away with that back then) was an early 50's Stude 1/2 ton with a three on the tree. Still remember the thrill of teaching myself to get the clutch and gas to work together with the gearshift...
Damn Jonathan! You are becoming a master at suspense! I can't wait to see what Noah has learned from you! Are you gonna let him shoot his own video too?
Hi I have a Volvo 444 from 1956 and the brake have 1" in the front and 7/8" in the back. Nils-Ivar
I have had three hawks over the years and I can tell you when this one is running it will be very easy to sell. This model golden hawk is very desirable. Just love your mechanical tips. Good going mate 🇦🇺
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!
lookin forward to you finishing this one, still very interested in it when its for sale!!
All good under the hood !
Thamks for the update 👍
Not sure why, but nothing sounds better than a Studebaker V-8.
great way to start the day with my morning coffee
I’ve been subbed for a long time now and at the end of all your videos you got me sayen MERACA
This reminds me, I need a new shop vac. It was lost in a move some years ago... Hone job looks good.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Oops I mean rat.
What size is the bore in this engine? The bore spacing looks massive. It looks like some massive Darton wet MID sleeves could be installed in this block. It would be really neat to see someone build a performance engine out of one of these to be different. I don't know how rigid the block is or how good the oiling system is though. I'm also sure the head air flow would hold you back.
Just an fyi for everyone. If you have a block "plateau" honed at a shop and run a newer style of rings (ie not chrome rings) don't put oil on the rings. They may not seat and break in. Just put oil on the skirts.
Also a cheap orange dead blow hammer from harbor freight works great as a piston installer.
Yeah be nice to hear it run again, a guy I went to school with had a lark I thing was 64 or 65 had 327 Chev. motor in it was beautiful red conv, very fast car, the owner was born without any thumbs he wasn't the least bit handicapped. My favorite year was the 1953 same body style as your Hawk that car was so far ahead of any other car built that year
You live in a sandy environment leaving it open all night It would be dangerous because of blowing sand can contaminate the engine with all the oil you put on that piston .like the videos keep them coming.
I was cleaning out an old movie theater once and found a petrified Mouse in an ashtray I had that thing for years on my mantle then mom threw it away
Can't wate to hear this one run good stuff
That car certainly found the right owner.
Well, the beginning of this video just Sucked! lol Very educational Jonathan! It's the little tips and tricks that go the longest way. Cheers my Friend! Zip~
Your making great headway on the Golden hawk!
Nicely done thanks for sharing
That ended is so clean
Introducing the World Famous Studebaker "Better Rat Trap" This is the original Rat Rod. You need a picture of that rat on a front tag. Ha! Ha! Sorry, no pun intended. This car is awesome and so looking forward to start up. A cool factor of eleven.
A Studebaker is NOT a mouses natural habitat.
but it does have a MOUSE MOTOR in it giving a SBC a run for it's money
Good video. That's how we have always did it, on the ranch, in the pits at the strip, where-ever ...
Thing that gets me is mice will eat all sorts of modern wiring and destroy electronics function. Old wiring - won't hardly touch it. I want old wiring in everything I do :D
Gosh dang it I love your videos
Since it has been determined that the front brakes do 75% of the brake work in normal operation, that would account for the discrepancy in front/rear cylinder sizes on vehicles w/o proportioning valves.
Awesome, like it to watch engine assembly video's
It is advisable to remove the engine from its place in order to facilitate you to maintain with the highest thanks and appreciation channel Ahmed Al-Anbari from Iraq
It is too bad that the Packard V8s didn't have a longer life span. Additional development time would have probably resulted in some wild horsepower ratings in the 1960s. As it was , they were briefly popular in front-engine dragsters, but after Packard went under, they faded away quickly. It is also great to hear that the Lancer and Nash are still going to get attention. I like the steam engine content, and admire your dedication to them, but the cars are just more relatable to me.
Thanks Jonathan
If you can get seals thar are the right diameter for the Nash rear wheel cylinders you can modify your existing pistons to fit the new seals. The other possibility it to turn new pistons for the seals. The geometry of the pistons is generally very simple.
One option for the Nash is to sleeve the original cylinders. I've just done some.
Ask the man who owns one
Cheers
Nick Jervis UK 🇬🇧
Looks good, on the Nash could you add a proportioning valve and use the 1” rear cylinder? I don’t know, just wondering.
RIP Steamboat Willie :)
Reestablish the 45° crosshatch pattern in cylinder bore .
Dear Jonathan W.
Aah, now I see! That's what happened to the two pistons: You found a petrified mouse that crawled through the pipe just to see what's behind. So it is clear that this mouse was a very curious one. This proves that it was a female rodent! So the little things that hammered on the pistons must have been "her" jewellery (necklace, bracelet, rings, piercings etc.p.p.) for sure! Those items were sucked in as the mouse shrunk while becoming petrified. Maybe even her handbag and purse caused a little damage earlier!? ;-) ;-)
Best regards luck and health.
Postscriptum: Great vid again.
You ever ha NASCAR mode on your vaccumm how cool is that.
1inch wheel cyl on back will make the rear brakes react slower but apply more power throw off balance between front and back
Oh dear, Mickey had a bad day. I love the design of that engine, you can see that the design engineers really though about the fact that it would need to be worked on and they designed it to make that as easy as possible and to make sure that parts that need checking are as easy as possible to see. Modern designers could learn an awful lot from this...
The designer of this engine Col. Jesse Vincent had designed the Packard Twin-Six engine, the Liberty engine (WW 1 Airplane engine), the Packard Super-Eight engine in about 5 different manifestations, the 215 HP flathead straight eight of 1954, and this series of V-8's.
Do you have any footage of the honing process?
I was just a yellin' "Assembly lube Assembly lube!" LOL
I didn't hear you!!
@@jonathanw4942 That's jus it... you don't listen to me!!! LOL
Cam you rebuild the wheel cylinders on the Nash? Even if they need to be sleeved
engine is looking awesome!!!!! thats gonna be a hot rod there!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think that mouses name was vavoline!!!!!!! and now hes full synthetic!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!!!!!!! take care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The REAL mouse motor
One mouse-power.
So Packard built a better mouse trap. Who knew? ;-)
Absolutely!! The larger cubic inch Packard engines with bigger bore and the right piston/valve/cam combo were known to produce 200 mph top speed monsters!!
Thank you
Are you going to pull some main caps just to check the bearing?
Awesome work.