Chevrolet Blue Flame Stovebolt Six, Test Run!
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2022
- I needed an engine for the double dually mutt truck, and I wanted to stay with the original style chevy stovebolt 6. There aren't too many around here, actually I found only one and it was over 5 hours of driving time to retrieve. I'm glad I got it though, its seems like a good one!
I was given some boots, and I'm pretty happy with them. The side zipper makes installation easy, and helped me escape from the pallet while making this video. www.amazon.com/ANDANDA-Punctu... 
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love your sense of humour, I get so frustrated when things constantly go wrong for me while working on stuff , but watching you overcome the hurdles that are thrown at you is is a joy.
*@**26:56** Aletutian Islands tracked JEEP?*
"gravel instead of ball bearings that's not right" Your humor and delivery is such a great part of the channel. I love your ability to work on and fix anything.
Thank you very much!
Probably the best running engine you got at your place. Sounds sweet to me.
Good on you for actually caring that your trailer lights function.
Noting more inportant than to be seen
Came for the wrenching, stayed for the humour. 😁👍
100%
There's something about piecing a project together and making it run that I love. The struggle makes it that much more special
Your foot getting caught was fitting considering all the nonsense to get that bell housing off 🤣. Murphy was after you! Great video.
Great idea on the coolant flush. Toss a white rag in the sink to filter and catch chunks.
What a great video. Loved the reenactment of your trip up and down the mountain! You’re brilliant.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I love those stovebolts. They're no speed demons, but they're reliable as hell and easy to work on.
Unless you want to remove the bell housing and flywheel lol
Very enjoyable to watch. No idea how you keep up your enthusiasm, every bolt I struggle with makes me rethink my life choices.
Those were very reliable engines. I owned and worked on quite a few. That higher compression model was much better than the older ones.
Another great video knocked out the park! And can we just stop for a minute and soak in the awesome sound of that motor and how smooth it runs!! A big thank you to whomever had this motor previously! Blessings and respect my man!
Thank you very much!
Unbelieveable! Put on some essentials, instantly starts, runs like new. Could somebody ask for more.
I bet derek from vice grip garage could drink beer with this guy ,they got the same attitude to getting stuff to work alongside each other ..❤❤
*- God, what a long frustrating chore to remove that bell housing, James.*
*- But I did learn a lot from you getting it done.*
Can't believe that engine revved with no vibration?? Really really impressed with the sink cooling system!!! Great video!!!
I recently discovered your channel, and I’m so glad I did.
A sink for a radiator. Ingenius!
KNOW THIS. The 235 cu in motors had hydraulic lifters in the cars and solid lifters in trucks, including pickups. A very common mistake, even on new or rebuilt engines was to look up the specs for a generic 235. set the lash to zero, and burn the valves the first time they drive it. DON'T do that. If you don't know for sure, set the lash for solids... Before you run it much...JE. Damn good engine....When cranked, it is indicating a low cylinder. Might be a valve pushed down. If the compression doesn't even out quickly, check that lash. Best to check it anyway.
Thanks for the tip! I didn't try adjusting them yet, but I wiggled the rockers and there was some lash. It probably is a solid lifter motor.
Sounds good mate, looking fwd to seeing you install this ...and the sink idea is absolutely brilliant and an excellent use what would most likely end up in a land fill . Cheers
Thank you. Your videos get better every time!
Beautiful engines back then...What a Gem...Great Video
Thanks!
I love the color combination on that engine. Sounds good too👌
Thank you!
That is a wonderful running engine, and a treasure chest of parts to boot! It is very common to see a lot of sludge in old engines with road draft tubes like this engine has. This is not as noticeable in cars that are driven for distances at higher speeds, but if the car is driven around town at slower speeds, the road draft tube can't pull enough air through the engine to pull blow-by out. One of the best things that can be done for an old engine is to add a PCV system, and make sure that the system will pull air through the valve train along with the crank case. When PCV systems were added to engines in the 1960's, and the bugs were worked out, engines were staying clean enough that oil change intervals were extended from 2000 miles to 3000 miles. Engines also lasted a lot longer. I put one on my 1959 Ford Fairlane, and the engine is staying very clean.
Thanks for the info! This truck is going to spend most of its time off-road, so I definitely will not have much air flow.
That's a good color combination on the engine.
Imagine how much better it would run with the correct carb.
You hooked up to a good one there.
Thanks! I'll be tackling the carb issue pretty soon, once I get the fuel supply straightened out. Pouring fuel in the bowl with a can does not help with getting the mixture right!
@@LowBuckGarage that was a great idea to use your pedestal sink for the cooling system. Eliminating the radiator.
Maybe you inadvertently just invented something.
Congratulations James on the Blue Flame 6. That entire combo that the seller set up will do wonders for the G-506. I can't wait to see you discover just how slowly that truck will roll in 1st. gear, low range. Great video BTW.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to taking it for a (very slow) spin. That'll probably be the right speed, because I doubt the brakes work...
The single long lifter/push rod cover on the side of the block was your first clue to it being a pressure oiled engine, it covers hydraulic lifters which, as you can imagine why, weren't ever provided on splash oilers. The Blue Flame 140 cover would indicate 56/7 because the rest of the series were decaled with either 135 or145 on them. 1956 - 1957 with 1 Barrel Carb
Max Brake Horsepower: 140 @ 4200 rpm
Max Torque: 210 @ 2400 rpm
Stroke: 3.94
Bore: 3.5625
Compression: 8.0
Firing Order: 153624 Hundreds of Stovebolt's due to their longevity and strength found themselves back in the days doing replacement duty for diesel engines in fishing boats, large trucks and even some series of Cat Bulldozers. As a general machinist, our shop on the west coast of Canada specialized on marine diesel engine repair & replacement with it often happening that on a very tight budget, touring the local salvage yards, finding a used Chevy, Pontiac six of the pressure oiled years, doing some run-up oil pressure & compression leak down tests resulted in a commercial guy getting back out on the water at a fraction of the cost of a Cat/Wakesha/Perkins reman.
The bathroom sink when running it is hilarious, its a solution to a problem we never knew we needed!
HUGE tip I learned the hard way . .. paint on alignment marks over the edge and into the middle. Then I don’t find I accidentally scraped them off :o) (also a fan of dot punch and chisel) * I have dot punch marks on my lathe chuck. I drilled a lifting hole on the chuck. I didn’t pay enough attention. When the lifting eye is at the top the marks are at the bottom where I can’t see them. So if I can’t see any dot marks at all I know it’s right :D
I used a blue flame in my '46, ran beautifully.
I particularly appreciated the way that he hooked up the water to the sink tap to fill the cooling system. It's those Easter eggs that make these video so enjoyable...
Really enjoy that beautiful desert scenery drive at the start, the thing countless westerns are made of!
Great running engine, nice too see this project getting done 👍
That Truck 🚚 is going to look 👀 👌 🔥 Cool 😎 With that Sink Mounted on the Front Bumper.....
That's what that little pedestal is for "hold the sink"
Like these videos! I enjoy your approach, it’s fun to watch. Keep it up👍
Thanks, will do!
that's a good sounding engine. nice that you got a metric crap ton of spare parts to boot. since you have the old engine freed up, you can always remove the piston from the holey cylinder, drill and tap some bolt holes around the gaping maw of that unneeded auxiliary coolant passage for a cover plate to keep the coolant where it belongs, and make it a 5 cylinder engine just to prove it can be done. be a conversation piece if nothing else. or connect it to a treadmill motor or an old genny head unit and make it a cheap generator for S's&G's. heck, you even have the accessories to run it on propane, i'll tell you what. lol!
Love those old blue flame Motors, she sounds real good man. Also this is a first for me I have never seen a sink used like this but it's a damn good idea I can tell you that. You're right why would you want to keep filling up brand new radiators with junk! Anyhow my friend I'd like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving, and many blessings.
Thank you very much!
Awesome project engine. Might even be healthy enough for some crazy weird mods
Loved the sediment trap hookup, genius!
Thanks!
Straight 6s are the ultimate pallet running engine. They don't bounce around.
Here’s how you get that engine free.
.5 take the oil pan and oil pickup off.
1. Get a 55 gallon barrel, cut it down, and slot the side so that engine fits in the barrel.
Have a drain, so you can save your vinegar. Have it setting high enough so that you can drain out your vinegar and save it…one of those drain cocks would be nice.
2. Fill the barrel with coarse gravel…right to the top. Make sure it gets everywhere….yes, in the engine…not going to matter.
3. Get about 10 gallons of vinegar, and fill that barrel up…shake it around…cover it up. At least up to the last cylinder. Because that’s what’s stuck.
And walk away for a month. You can use muriatic acid also….but not for so long. And vinegar is cheaper.
4. Pull the engine out with a cherry picker.
5. The gravel displaces the vinegar, so you don’t have to use so much. Drain the vinegar, put it back into the gallon jugs….use it again, and again.
6. Leave the gravel in the 55 gallon drum. Use it for next time.
7. Spray those cylinders with lube…whack the pistons a couple times, and it will turn.
8. If your so inclined, hone the cylinders, so it will rotate easier.
9. Have pie and coffee….😀
Thats a good idea.
B to
Your pilot bushings are different size you might want to check that out and locating dowels on crankshaft one is offset for putting on flywheel for timing purposes,
Dang that ole blueflame 6 sounds great, Your def having more momentum on your projects then I am on mine seems im stacking up things in the slot waiting on parts.
Great episode, looking forward to the next adventure👍
54 and 55 had solid lifters with a manual trans and hydraulics with an auto. 56 all had hydraulics. The rocker shafts like to wear to the point where the flat on the bottom for oil across the bottom of the rocker bearings to spread is gone. Doesn't even have to be that high milage an engine. I used to cheat and grind a little groove across almost across the worn areas to help lubrication. Also the oil passage to the rocker shafts sometimes gets clogged and you used to get a kit with hose and fittings to bypass this problem.
Thanks for the info! I'm just learning about these engines, this truck is my first one.
Looks like you struck lucky with that motor she sounds mint (and no smoke)
Love your style of making these videos. It's all the frustration of building things but all the humor in the situation wrapped in a burrito.
That motor is sweeet. Honestly it sounds beautifully assembled on video. Upon hearing it going, I was envious. If only some or even one of my vehicles ran so well, so smooth!
Please that motor will only keep you from walking ..there'll be no fun to get out of that little weak son of a bitch.. I can understand vintage and keeping things simple.. come on the old stove bolts were so inferior.. making less than 150 horsepower.. when you could have opted for a Chevy small block from the mid-60s to easily make 300 horsepower
@@stevemitchell9848 yea but it's smooth.
@@jackrichards1863 any gas engine can be smooth as silk if running right
Nice touch with the sink and a running tap (faucet) :-)
Really great illustrating the cliff with the child’s description. Kids are great!
Score, nice running engine!
It's refreshing to see a man who knows how to fix things correctly, but then doesn't do it and fixes them the way most people with limited resources would. Saving things, not trashing them. Just good old JB Weld, scrap metal, and creative welding. No brand new crate engines just because the old one developed a valve tick. And on top of that, you know how to start a vehicle with a carburetor. What more could a person want in a RUclips channel?
“I’ve got a few carburettors here that could work. This is the one that was closest to me so I’m going to install it.” I expect only this here. Lego reconstruction was a massive win also ❤
Thank you, I'll let my kids know that they did a good job!
Using the bearing Buddy caps tends to blow out the inner grease seal in my experience.
Awesome video buddy I really enjoyed the way you do things that engine sounds great thank you for sharing
The Poop that Took a Pee
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
Best automotive show on RUclips. Love your stuff!!
Thank you, I sure appreciate that!
I love listening to this guy I wish I had a father like this growing up. Keep creating great content brother. 😊
Those blu flames were very well balanced and very smooth engines
You need to rig that pedestal sink up on the front of a car, with a rigged up refrigeration system to keep the water cold. Make this a project! You're awesome Sir!!
I recognized sone of the landmarks you showed on your trip to the mountains: the Running Indian store and the Giant Pistachio, among others. My wife and I have family who live just outside Tularosa, and we are familiar with that highway. The Mutt Truck videos are what drew me to your channel in the first place, and it amazes me what you do with what you have to work with.
This channel just keeps getting better and better!!!!
That valve cover looks brand new
You have much the same outlook as me when working on this old rusty iron. It ain;t got to be perfect. It just has to work. May as well enjoy yourself
It sound soooo good 👍 And the ruck is already the right colour for a heavy plant truck :o)
Your channel came up on suggestions feed and now I’m hooked! Great approach and content.
Thank you, I'm glad you like it!
That clutch/bellhousing arrangement is STOOPUD!!!
UTG channel did a bit with a map gas torch to sweat the oil out of the pores in the metal and followed up with primar and brush on tractor paint. i don't always agree with UTG but, that bit was pretty good.
Mystic Aquarium! That's right up the street from me! (You already know that! 🤣👍)
112K and climbing! Congrats, Sir! 🙂
The Blue Flame has a certain sound, and yours sounds good, my man.
Btw, 6 volt starters work very well w/ 12volt system conversion - spins my 54 - 235 nicely
- 55 and later were 12 volt systems with different flywheel and gears.
Thanks for the info! I bet that other starter and flywheel I got with the engine is the 55 and later version.
The lug bolt trick gained my subscription
Thank you for adding the re-enactment of the last part of the trip to pick up the engine and the accessories. It really helped me understand, what you will go through to acquire an engine at the right price. The belhousing is a PITA to remove and install. I remember us doing the job with only hand tools. It was hard on the knuckles. Fun video.
This channel is a gem! I love your style and humor!
Nice work love the sink idea ….
Looking at the starter, the engine and the previous video on the truck with all the dirt washed in to everywhere, I'll be willing to bet that truck had been flooded at some point
My 62 Bel Air came with the 235 "Blue Flame". Plenty of torque.
You are my favorite! I love that you fix it if ya can instead of replacing it...talent!
"Release The Boot!" Best line in any video I've seen today! Love your content and humor! HeeHee!
I've seen maybe 3 of your videos (so far) and I'm impressed with the number of unique mechanics tips and problem solving you're sharing. I didn't know I already owned a lathe using a drill, diff, floor jack and a grinder. You'll find me in my garage.
I had a Blue Flame in a '47 Fleetmaster.
Fairly certain it wasn't original, but that sucker had some stump-pulling torque.
Your videos feel like a home I never thought I had. Real things, real dude.
Nice video. You should try to install an engine coolant filter
As David Frieburger would say: "that's mint!"
The oil pressure hole is for canister bypass oil filter
You could make a living as a comic.. it's off the cuff too .. great natural wit. Your channel is so fun. I love your fixes on the fly..awesome content ..
Thank you!
Enjoying catching up on this series.
I have just discovered this chanel, i have seen many of your films allready and i have to say they are funny and also educating sometimes. I truly likes easy solutions. This project is so far the most enjoyable i have seen so far. I hope to see much more off it in the times tom come. Keep up the good work, you are inspiring.
Ahh, the Chevy inline 6 stove bolt, my favorite engine of all time!! The 235 in my 1960 Chevy pickup runs like a fine Swiss watch. One thing about these engines though, they like to be choked upon a cold start. Every Chevy I6 that I've ever owned needed the choke closed to start, even on a warm day. Love the sink setup, LOL.......
I used to align bore those early blocks to get rid of shims and use standard bearing inserts. It made rebuilding them fool proof for my customers.
Great sounding Engine.
the beginning there is so accurate and has some really good tricks
Great video! Really enjoyed.
Very nice, classic engine, sounds fantastic. Inspirational work, thank you.
awesome work.
I love the sounds of the old stovebolts.
I can't wait to own one
Build is coming along nicely
tastefully done ...everything! ....quality work !
I had the same struggle with the bell housing on my 47 GMC. I a huge fan of your channel.
Best channel on the internet, thank you. Cheers.
Love the idea of the sink!
Gotta love that sink.