Best stuck motor concoction I know is 50/50 acetone (Fingernail polish remover) & ATF or Marvel Mystery Oil. Cheap ATF works best. I've used it on exhaust manifold bolts & it works. Keep bolts wet for 3 or 4 days then work them out. No such thing as too much. Only mix what you're gonna use that day because the acetone will evaporate out.
Acetone and transmission fluid in the cylinder, left it in for 4 days and it loosened the piston/motor.. use 2 4" inch bolts thru the harmonic balancer (out of the 3 that secures the pulley),put a bar or large pipe and turn back and forth to work it loose...(do NOT use the harmonic balancer center bolt, you will strip it out or snap it.)
I don't know if this helps anyone or not, but it sure helped me and was fairly simple. I was able to get my engine "unstuck" quite easily, and in a very reasonable time span (it was pretty much instantaneous) and with hardly any cost...about 3 dollars and fifty cents. Anyways, I simply applied just over 15,000 ft lbs of pressure using a 660 grain 50 caliber bullet directly into engine block. I pretty much free'd everything up. And I gotta tell you, I slept pretty damn good that night. If anyone needs any work done on their vehicle, just let me know. Thanks, and have nice day.
I just started a ford f250 that had sat for twenty two years. I used Marvel Mystery Oil and a mineral spirits in the spark plug holes and also removed the valve covers and shot the mix on top of the lifters and rockers. The mixture was about 50/50 and I put about two ounces in each cylinder. Sat a week, then turned it over with socket and breaker bar. Don't use the starter to turn it as there will be the chance of sticking valves and bending pushrods. You may want to pull the intake and spray the inside of the valves with wd40 especially if you live in a wet climate. That will also give you a chance to see condition of inside motor. Anyways ford engine ran great after wires, plugs, coil, cap, rotor, rebuilt carb, new fuel pump etc...in most cases your valve seals will be bad and need replace if vehicle is old and sat awhile.
eric cm hey i have a 59 jeep cj engine is froze. just put marvel oil.in the cylinders all but one seemd to leak down the 2nd cyl is holding fluid im.thinking that may be the one thats stuck it has been sitting for a day tried a socket and bar on it no luck. so you think it needs to sit for a few days
They nicknamed the Roto-Hydramatic transmission the "Slim Jim" and when they worked they were fine. They were very sensitive to fluid level, more than the Dual Coupling or Turbo Hydramatic so they would fail easier but the '60 and '62 Olds I had ran great with them. Part of history so don't be too quick to junk it.
I had a 350 rocket that was a great running car. I also have a 63 ford that has set since 1985. I haven't checked it jet, but I have heard of putting diesel fuel in carb and filler up till comes out some were and let it set awhile. Thanks for the video
Hey, i got a 65 buick lesabre and im having issues with throttle linkage being stuck. Did this work for you? So far in the few videos iv seen im susposed to use a mixture of trans fluid, diesel and oil
I would try Kroil Oil sold by the Kano Oil Company. I think it's got rust attacking chemicals, some kind of acid, anyway I would put it in there to a level to cover the rings all around and wait at least several weeks.
Diesel fuel alone will do the trick if anything will. No need to add anything else. Love getting old engines (especially bikes) running again after so many years of no life. Good luck
My auto mechanic teacher says that transmission fluid can be used to clean gunk from the engine like valve covers and intake valley. He says it has detergent in it. He says water in the carb. can clean the pistons and combustion chamber. Transmission fluid in the carb. can be used to find exhaust leaks. An engine can sit for years and STILL start!
Good luck. I had a 283 that was locked up from sitting since 82. Some one had pulled the plugs and let it sit a while with them out. the rust was not horrible inside the bores at all but it never freeded up. I pulled the heads and soaked it real good. Its just one of those things sometimes your lucky sometimes not.
That looks like an early NGK logo on the plugs. Also, I've used a mixture of acetone & ATF on seized engines, but your potion will likely be just as effective.
@@johnweisinger7390 And just because it smells like wintergreen It doesn't mean it is wintergreen Right? I don't know where you came from. STP is 90 Wt gear oil and zinc. Keep it simple stupid. It doesn't always need to be rocket science.
@@dougsmith4999 of course you don't know where I came from. Yes MMO and ATF have similar chemicals, but good luck getting your transmission to function long on straight MMO. You said they are the same thing when they clearly are not since MMO has a different viscosity and doesn't contain the additives that atf has that gives it the ability to be used in a transmission. It's like comparing diesel and gasoline. Yes they're similar in composition, but you can't substitute one for the other.....unless you have a GMC CCKW.
Quadricep in the 2nd Paramount is in commencement with the Rouge. Use Cornish Hen from Bluegrass,and watch Hider In The House to learn the right thigh turbo tap while looking for the Closet Flange.
I am currently going to try and revive a 65 ford custom with 289 that has sat since 1978. Does not turn so I pulled intake and heads. Two cylinders had minor rust so freed them up with wd40, socket and breaker bar. Valve seals shot so bad that they dried up and broke so I replaced them, heads look great otherwise. Caked sludge in valley pan and had to scoop it out with tools. Then wiped out rest with mineral spirits and rags. Will change out all lifters because of this and also now will drop oil pan to clean. All a pain in the butt but should work and save a little money. At bare minimum go the extra distance with time and patience. Many guys go to quickly and bend pushrods. Don't use the starter to turn engine.
After reading the comments below I see someone else recommended it. I heard about it from the millworkers union people at an electric power plant rebuilding job. I took from from the job and put it on some rusty looking bolts I had around the battery or my car. A few days later, heard a noise, looked and the bolts had shaken loose. Buy a gallon for about $35 or $40 and cover everything you can.
KROIL You Use It, You'll swear by it! Also there is some Marvel in that Mystery Oil, And don't think plain ol Antifreeze can't handle the job either. It will surprise you sometimes!
That would be sears and roebuck sparkplugs. You sound so depressed, you should drink some of that potion to knock some excitement loose... you have an Olds rocket... get pumped!
I do remember having to deal with a suzuki samurai engine that was locked tight, no starter pops with a strong battery or weeks of lubing down the cylinders worked, when i tried a breaker bar there was no go, until i tried using a remote button to activate the starter while i was pulling as hard as i could on the breaker bar. It acted sort of like a impact gun did and popped the engine loose enough to roll it back and forth to get it spinning again.
Tyler's Neighborhood Garage oh and I forgot to tell ya that sears logo was used in the 70's maybe really early 80's at the latest. The logo is a stylized SR you can guess what for. Good call saving them!
Hey whats up with your Olds Rocket? I have a stuck engine that I've been working on for a week, pouring ATF/Acetone mix into the spark plug holes. I check everyday to see if I get any movement none so far.
ATF and acetone don't mix. This is the potion that everybody uses but it's dumb, acetone floats on ATF and then evaporates in about 20 minutes. Then all you have is ATF. But if you mix acetone with brake fluid, they do mix. Acetone by itself would do the job if it didn't dry up so fast. But acetone and ATF mix is the dumbest hoax in all of automotive world. You need to know, is the engine stuck by carbon or rust. Acetone softens carbon but does nothing to rust. ATF does nothing to anything, it's just a lubricant. If it's rust you need to take the engine apart. If it's carbon, use acetone/toluene mix like you find in carb cleaner. Or just use carb cleaner.
I thought they had it running? I have had good luck using brake fluid to break bolts and small engines free. I sometimes mixed it with engine oil. Hopefully you can get that engine unstuck...
U forgot to tell about your grandmother and the dog next dor and the guy U met last week and the snow that fall last winter and .................................................
Fill the cylinders with diesel and make an spark plug adapter for a grease gun. Some grease guns can create enough pressure to crack the piston. The cheap grease gun from Harbor Freight claims to be capable of 6,000 PSI. Be patient and this method will break it loose.
I read about it on a forum. People have been doing it to remove frozen caliper pistons, one guy thought to try it on a engine. They backed off the rockers, filled the cylinder with trans oil to fill most of the space, then hooked up the grease gun with some weird fitting they made. They also had a pressure gauge rigged to it. Pumped the grease gun but did exceed the pressure the motor would normally make from compression. After a few cylinders, they found were it was stuck, and it started to turn. Didn't find out if they got it running, but heck, getting it to turn again is usually the hard part.
Best stuck motor concoction I know is 50/50 acetone (Fingernail polish remover) & ATF or Marvel Mystery Oil. Cheap ATF works best. I've used it on exhaust manifold bolts & it works. Keep bolts wet for 3 or 4 days then work them out. No such thing as too much. Only mix what you're gonna use that day because the acetone will evaporate out.
Acetone and transmission fluid in the cylinder, left it in for 4 days and it loosened the piston/motor..
use 2 4" inch bolts thru the harmonic balancer (out of the 3 that secures the pulley),put a bar or large pipe and turn back and forth to work it loose...(do NOT use the harmonic balancer center bolt, you will strip it out or snap it.)
Used ATF and a solvent myself, works well.
Arlin Adler
That mixture is great and recommended by the machinists society which has published a study on its effectiveness
Wow...I'm testing it today it should work😎
I don't know if this helps anyone or not, but it sure helped me and was fairly simple. I was able to get my engine "unstuck" quite easily, and in a very reasonable time span (it was pretty much instantaneous) and with hardly any cost...about 3 dollars and fifty cents. Anyways, I simply applied just over 15,000 ft lbs of pressure using a 660 grain 50 caliber bullet directly into engine block. I pretty much free'd everything up. And I gotta tell you, I slept pretty damn good that night. If anyone needs any work done on their vehicle, just let me know. Thanks, and have nice day.
Joseph Casey Air Force proud!!
Joseph Casey will this work on a new model car 2011
Melissa Tave r/woooosh
I just started a ford f250 that had sat for twenty two years. I used Marvel Mystery Oil and a mineral spirits in the spark plug holes and also removed the valve covers and shot the mix on top of the lifters and rockers. The mixture was about 50/50 and I put about two ounces in each cylinder. Sat a week, then turned it over with socket and breaker bar. Don't use the starter to turn it as there will be the chance of sticking valves and bending pushrods. You may want to pull the intake and spray the inside of the valves with wd40 especially if you live in a wet climate. That will also give you a chance to see condition of inside motor. Anyways ford engine ran great after wires, plugs, coil, cap, rotor, rebuilt carb, new fuel pump etc...in most cases your valve seals will be bad and need replace if vehicle is old and sat awhile.
eric cm hey i have a 59 jeep cj engine is froze. just put marvel oil.in the cylinders all but one seemd to leak down the 2nd cyl is holding fluid im.thinking that may be the one thats stuck it has been sitting for a day tried a socket and bar on it no luck. so you think it needs to sit for a few days
They nicknamed the Roto-Hydramatic transmission the "Slim Jim"
and when they worked they were fine. They were very sensitive to
fluid level, more than the Dual Coupling or Turbo Hydramatic so
they would fail easier but the '60 and '62 Olds I had ran great
with them. Part of history so don't be too quick to junk it.
I had a 350 rocket that was a great running car. I also have a 63 ford that has set since 1985. I haven't checked it jet, but I have heard of putting diesel fuel in carb and filler up till comes out some were and let it set awhile. Thanks for the video
Hey, i got a 65 buick lesabre and im having issues with throttle linkage being stuck. Did this work for you? So far in the few videos iv seen im susposed to use a mixture of trans fluid, diesel and oil
I would try Kroil Oil sold by the Kano Oil Company. I think it's got rust attacking chemicals, some kind of acid, anyway I would put it in there to a level to cover the rings all around and wait at least several weeks.
Diesel fuel alone will do the trick if anything will. No need to add anything else. Love getting old engines (especially bikes) running again after so many years of no life. Good luck
My auto mechanic teacher says that transmission fluid can be used to clean gunk from the engine like valve covers and intake valley. He says it has detergent in it. He says water in the carb. can clean the pistons and combustion chamber. Transmission fluid in the carb. can be used to find exhaust leaks. An engine can sit for years and STILL start!
i jut tried your witches brew and within an hour my motor broke loose thank you so much
+Bryan Mosley Awesome!
+WhoSaidTyler never mind i got ahead of myself I'll find out tomorrow
Bryan Mosley
what is it that you use?
Good luck. I had a 283 that was locked up from sitting since 82. Some one had pulled the plugs and let it sit a while with them out. the rust was not horrible inside the bores at all but it never freeded up. I pulled the heads and soaked it real good. Its just one of those things sometimes your lucky sometimes not.
That looks like an early NGK logo on the plugs. Also, I've used a mixture of acetone & ATF on seized engines, but your potion will likely be just as effective.
50/50 type F transmission fluid and Marvel Mystery Oil works very well.
marvel mystery oil is trani fluid wintergreen
Just because it's red doesn't mean it's transmission fluid. That's like saying pink synthetic grease is the same as bubble gum.
@@johnweisinger7390 And just because it smells like wintergreen It doesn't mean it is wintergreen Right? I don't know where you came from. STP is 90 Wt gear oil and zinc. Keep it simple stupid. It doesn't always need to be rocket science.
@@dougsmith4999 of course you don't know where I came from. Yes MMO and ATF have similar chemicals, but good luck getting your transmission to function long on straight MMO.
You said they are the same thing when they clearly are not since MMO has a different viscosity and doesn't contain the additives that atf has that gives it the ability to be used in a transmission.
It's like comparing diesel and gasoline. Yes they're similar in composition, but you can't substitute one for the other.....unless you have a GMC CCKW.
@@dougsmith4999 from Jim Smith, ur long lost um... nevermind... U told THE secret !!! The MMO "men in black" will probably be payin ya a visit!
Should rename this video something like "My OLDS Rocket find". You talked about your "Magic Potion for less than 2 minutes on a 9 minute video !
Quadricep in the 2nd Paramount is in commencement with the Rouge. Use Cornish Hen from Bluegrass,and watch Hider In The House to learn the right thigh turbo tap while looking for the Closet Flange.
I am currently going to try and revive a 65 ford custom with 289 that has sat since 1978. Does not turn so I pulled intake and heads. Two cylinders had minor rust so freed them up with wd40, socket and breaker bar. Valve seals shot so bad that they dried up and broke so I replaced them, heads look great otherwise. Caked sludge in valley pan and had to scoop it out with tools. Then wiped out rest with mineral spirits and rags. Will change out all lifters because of this and also now will drop oil pan to clean. All a pain in the butt but should work and save a little money. At bare minimum go the extra distance with time and patience. Many guys go to quickly and bend pushrods. Don't use the starter to turn engine.
After reading the comments below I see someone else recommended it.
I heard about it from the millworkers union people at an electric power plant rebuilding job. I took from from the job and put it on some rusty looking bolts I had around the battery or my car. A few days later, heard a noise, looked and the bolts had shaken loose. Buy a gallon for about $35 or $40 and cover everything you can.
KROIL You Use It, You'll swear by it! Also there is some Marvel in that Mystery Oil, And don't think plain ol Antifreeze can't handle the job either. It will surprise you sometimes!
My dad give me his 1975 mustang everything was working on it before he parked it in like 1983. Can i bring it back?
Jonathan Figueroa yes
Anything parked in 83 can be brought back.
I watched the whole commercial it was effin funny lmao I knew you were stubble taylor perry was my commercial lmao
That would be sears and roebuck sparkplugs. You sound so depressed, you should drink some of that potion to knock some excitement loose... you have an Olds rocket... get pumped!
I know Im really late to the party, but the plug logo is "SB". That was Sears store brand of plugs. The actual name was "Sears Best".
Thank you, that makes sense because the car was serviced at their local Sears.
I do remember having to deal with a suzuki samurai engine that was locked tight, no starter pops with a strong battery or weeks of lubing down the cylinders worked, when i tried a breaker bar there was no go, until i tried using a remote button to activate the starter while i was pulling as hard as i could on the breaker bar. It acted sort of like a impact gun did and popped the engine loose enough to roll it back and forth to get it spinning again.
Those are "sears" branded plugs. I knew sears house branded tune up parts back in the day but never saw one in person. Those are real rare man
Thanks for the info. I am going to hang onto them as keepsakes.
Tyler's Neighborhood Garage oh and I forgot to tell ya that sears logo was used in the 70's maybe really early 80's at the latest. The logo is a stylized SR you can guess what for. Good call saving them!
3:15 talks about his mixture.
It's a dumb mixture, just use Blaster.
wrist pins on pistons are dried out from sitting and seized...had it happen on a 383 mopar that been sittin for 30 yrs
I scrolled back thru 10 years worth of videos to find a update.. did it come unstuck?
The SR on the plugs is for Sears & Roebuck
i second this, is the same 'sr' on the front of an old sears-roebuck floor fan i have
Thanks, that solves that mystery.
72 olds cutlass had a 350 rocket, it was gold color.
Correct. 455's were metallic blue that year. 350's changed to metallic blue '74-76, then corporate blue from then on.
Rocket was Oldsmobile high performance engine. Yes they would move.
sometimes it seems letting an engine sit does worse than high mileage cars..
Absolutely
Billy Bob Thornton giving a tutorial. Lol.
The southern drawl jokes never get old, do they.
More like Slingblade. " I kin hep you tote dat warsh if ya want...hmm hmm".
try a 50/50 mix of atf & acetone,used to be referred to as the mechanic's friend :)
This one is stuck pretty good...so far.
Plugs are probably old Sears Roebuck. Quit manufacturing car parts in about 1980. used to be able to buy crate/Re-Man. engines from Sears,back then.
Those are Sears Roebuck spark plugs....
+Sid Vicious thanks for the info
Sid Vicious back when you could order anything from sears!!
I have a 2007 pt cruiser ,seized engine
i use atf let set 3-4 days. works on small 2 cycle motors seised from running no oil.
i have used pure vinegar in the past and had some luck with it
I need help. I have a kawasaki lakota sport. that the engine is siezed up. from not running in a while. what can I use to unseize it
Those plugs are from sears ,I remember them.
Thanks, the OG owners were big Sears fans evidently. Lincoln Park Sears in Michigan
Yaddy yaddy yaddy
Hey whats up with your Olds Rocket? I have a stuck engine that I've been working on for a week, pouring ATF/Acetone mix into the spark plug holes. I check everyday to see if I get any movement none so far.
ATF and acetone don't mix. This is the potion that everybody uses but it's dumb, acetone floats on ATF and then evaporates in about 20 minutes. Then all you have is ATF. But if you mix acetone with brake fluid, they do mix. Acetone by itself would do the job if it didn't dry up so fast. But acetone and ATF mix is the dumbest hoax in all of automotive world. You need to know, is the engine stuck by carbon or rust. Acetone softens carbon but does nothing to rust. ATF does nothing to anything, it's just a lubricant. If it's rust you need to take the engine apart. If it's carbon, use acetone/toluene mix like you find in carb cleaner. Or just use carb cleaner.
@@hyzercreek they'll mix if you stir. don't use brake fluid, it's chlorinated, so manage it carefully from cradle to grave.
@@0x00zero Nonsense. They don't mix at all, totally separate out immediately.
Sears and Roebuck spark plugs.
I thought they had it running?
I have had good luck using brake fluid to break bolts and small engines free. I sometimes mixed it with engine oil.
Hopefully you can get that engine unstuck...
It'll be nice if you can keep her all original. Good luck with the un-seize!
SR Sears and roebuck sparkplugs
@clubcar98 You don't think they could have LIED do you? lol...
There's no way that engine has run in years. No way.
Yes you do go on and on and on...
Good luck with that one.
Didn’t that also make a 260 rocket
It's coming.
I'm in a strange part of youtube
Where's part two?
You sound like an East Tenn boy. Am I right or am I right?
You gonna turn it over or tell us your life story?
Watch this video over and over and maybe you'll find out. Dick.
394 was a pretty good engine.
Apple Cider Vinegar for a week... spin it over and change the oil
U forgot to tell about your grandmother and the dog next dor and the guy U met last week and the snow that fall last winter and .................................................
I’ve got a ford 400 big block tighter than a nuns cunt. Will not turn at ALL. What’s the best and quickest way to free it?
lmaol refreshing drink
Where is part 2
Coming one of these days.
I'll FUCKIN ReUse Em.... Awesome
Hey did it work?
more WHAT? TALKING? HEARD ENOUGH OF THAT!
I should start speaking in Spanish. Then not only would you still have to hear me talking, you couldn't understand any of it.
Speak in ANY language you want to, I won't be listening to you.
I don't really believe that.
Diesel fuel in the cylinders and work back and forth for about a week everyday adding diesel. Will come loose.
Fill the cylinders with diesel and make an spark plug adapter for a grease gun. Some grease guns can create enough pressure to crack the piston. The cheap grease gun from Harbor Freight claims to be capable of 6,000 PSI. Be patient and this method will break it loose.
gawd... all talk, and 99% of it has nothing to do with your magic potion.
The next magic potion I develop will be something to make complainers forget what they were going to say.
I'm starting to hear about people using a grease gun to free up engines.
giberish9 where do you get it from and do you know if it works
I read about it on a forum. People have been doing it to remove frozen caliper pistons, one guy thought to try it on a engine. They backed off the rockers, filled the cylinder with trans oil to fill most of the space, then hooked up the grease gun with some weird fitting they made. They also had a pressure gauge rigged to it. Pumped the grease gun but did exceed the pressure the motor would normally make from compression. After a few cylinders, they found were it was stuck, and it started to turn. Didn't find out if they got it running, but heck, getting it to turn again is usually the hard part.
You sound like a good 'ole Tennessee boy.
close...
Wd 40
I had a old massey and the bugger took friggin 5 big can and about 4 months to get her unstuck so wd40 don't work so good
wayyyyyy to much talking.....
Well that's the way we humans communicate, what am i gonna do?
This car is trash😅😅😅
Maybe, but it's collectable trash.