Will It Start? Abandoned Ford Flathead v8 sitting 30+ years
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2023
- In this episode we attempt to start up the v8 sidevalve ford petrol engine. It had been sitting under a tree unprotected for 19 years and possibly not run for 30 years? We recovered it and now it’s time to try it out. We will go through the fuel and ignition system and talk about this engine. Come along and see what happens here!
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No doubt about it, Steve. You've got a yard full of really cool stuff!! Great to see her burst back into life. Well done!!
Gday Pete thank you mate. There’s a few good ones here yes. Always good to have a few laying around to look at
Seen a lot in my seventyfive years. I love those cold starts and the one in a million chance it will fire up. I have done my share of the who knows if this thing will run. It is 50/50 , the excitement , the struggle and that crazy good feeling if it fires. it is a joy everyone should experience.
It sure is an excitement that I can’t get enough of mate. I was surprised that it turned over, so was very excited to see it go. Thanks for watching
Seeing this makes me a little sad, as a kid we cleaned up the farm with the old man and scrapped about 30 flatheads, along with numerous other old parts, great work. you can't help but love that sound
Hi mate thanks for watching. I’m sure it makes you sad, I’m a bit upset hearing it too but that’s how things were back then. Who knew they would be so valuable later on in life. They sure do have a unique sound too them.
This is what I love about old iron, they are simple and easy to keep going.
Yes mate absolutely. Great to play with
Can't believe how easy that engine started. Great video steve.
Hi mate yes it sure shocked me that it turned even!
Got the notification about this vid while I was at work... first thing I did when I got home was watch this, bloody glad I did! Mate, she sounds SWEEEEET! Can't wait for more 'Will it run?' vids, and to see what you do with this old girl!
It’s great to see your appreciation mate. I’m glad you enjoyed and yes it ran great and sounded great for a first start in that long
man those flatheads sound amazing
Certainly do mate
Just a pure and simple Video that I really enjoyed. Good on Ya Mate!
Hi mate thanks for watching. I try to keep them all simple like that.
Great job Steve! Nothing like the sound of a V8, especially an old one! Look forward to seeing the next will it start video.
Hi Carrie thank you. They certainly do sound great. There’s plenty more to come
Nice after market exhaust manifolds. As you probably know,the original cast iron ones were single outlet and pretty small. The Original 6 volt starter(and coil) will handle 12 volts easily. In my younger days we would even hook up a pair of batteries to give 24 volts to really spin over a sick flattie. I'd say the oiliness on the plugs is because someone had done what we used to do,get the engine running then pour oil down the carb until it stalled. This stopped the rings sticking and the valves seizing in the block.
I worked for a guy almost 50 years ago who had a collection of old Army trucks ,Fords,Chevies and GMC's. We used to be able to get parts from GT Gillies in New Zealand who had bought up hundreds of trucks and jeeps left behind by the Americans after WW2. I heard recently there were still a lot of parts left but were all scrapped .
Hi mate glad you liked it. They are home made from steam pipe those manifolds. Sounds really good out of them actually. Yes all my old 6 volt tractors handle 12 volts on the starter easily. He must of run oil in it before storing it yes because it spun over very easily after sitting for that long where it was.
It’s hard to hear all this stuff was scraped. I understand different circumstances but still sad. That’s where auctions are good if the right people by them. Great to hear from you mate. Great comment
Steve your a grave robber mate, you brought her back from the dead , good on ya mate, great to hear her breath again. Thanks for your video and time.🤙🤙
Hi Steve thanks for watching mate and it’s my pleasure
Awesome video mate
It’s good to see some Australians doing will it runs.
Thank you mate. A few people have said the same thing.
@@stevesplacedownunder you’re welcome mate. Awesome lol 😂. Not many do it. I own a few cars. But I should have done a will it run on a 1983 Mazda 323 wagon. But I didn’t sadly enough
I don't know what is more impressive, how sweet that engine runs, or how calm your dog is about a V8 with open headers firing up 😂😂
The dogs are used to me doing these sorts of things mate🤣🤣. Most of the time they don’t even turn around
Great to see it fire up. Thanks for sharing
Sure was mate my pleasure
Great old motor's, let see one of these modern motor do that after sitting around for 19 -- 20 years. Cheers.
Certainly are mate. I don’t think one could sit for that long regardless of what happens at the end. All plastic covers and sensors
Good Lord, what a Ford ! Starting up after all those years, amazing. Good one Steve.
Certainly was amazing mate. She has got potential
I like the electric golf cart idea, and use a CVT to keep the drivetrain simple and keep the V8 packaged in the golf cart... I'm gonna subscribe lol
Yes I thought about the cvt. I have one here for a 7hp Honda but that may not handle it🤣. I will have to do my research. There has to be a 90 degree drive between the engine and the rear axle also.
I wouldn't worry about if it is the correct way of doing it, as long as the end result is that it works. I had an instructor ask a question to the class "what tool is the right one for this job?" And the class responded with different ideas, and his answer was "the correct tool is the one that gets the job done".
You are right indeed Allen. Sometimes mate you need to improvise to get it done
Love the start of your blog all those trucks in your yard, jelly as.
There are some good ones there mate yes
Hey up Steve sounds good and seems to be in good condition nice work mate
Thanks as always John
Great job my friend.
Thank you mate
Greetings from Florida, USA! The flatheads are hard to kill. Even after all that time. Great job Steve, and I look forward to watching more if your vids.
Hi Rod thanks for watching. It sure seems like it mate. My experience with these is very little but I was certainly surprised when it spun over after sitting there like that, more impressed when it started. There’s plenty to come still
Another great video - love your work.
Thank you mate
Steve's place down Under Love That Ford Flathead V8 Hope you Can get it Up and Going Billy Lizza Uniontown pa USA
Hi Billy thanks as always mate. I will do something with it
Hey Steve! Good to see those old engines run again. When I was a kid I remember there was one of those bolted to an old generator/welder on the family farm. It had two straight through pipes on it. I loved hearing it running.
Hi mate yes they were used in a lot of different applications back then from what I’ve seen and I can imagine how good it sounded
@@stevesplacedownunder yes it was about 40 years ago but from what I can remember it sat on probably about 2 and a half to three grand while someone was welding.
Looking forward to watching this later with some ‘cold snacks’. 👍🏻
It’s how it needs to happen mate
Amazing for sitting out.seemed to be a gas mizer too. Im 72 when was kid 13 or so.had a wrecked 48 ford with flathead field car.
Hi mate yes it certainly amazed me. I thought it would be seized. There were a lot around in those days I believe. Getting hard to find a good original one now here where I am
Thanks great video.
Thank you mate
Another interesting video Steve, the starter jumps about when you energised it.
It does mate and I did mention I was going to tighten it but I didn’t for whatever reason
Well done mate 👍
Hi mate and thanks for watching and reaching out. It’s an honour to have you watching as I love your programme. There’s plenty more to come too mate so stay tuned. Thanks Fletch
I love oil Ford flathead engines the best thing is seeing one came to life after sitting for meney of years . But i would like to say Hi i just came over from Bruce in Aus he machine your channel and ask people to come over and check out your channel out so i did and i have SUBSCRIBED to your channeli did for get to tell you I am from the USA Michigan
Hi mate thank you for coming and having a look. Bruce is flying along very nicely. Nice bloke too as we speak on the phone. I hope I get as successful as him. Yes the Fords are a unique engine mate. They certainly get my interest. I have 5 at my place, most have been on my channel, 3 I’ve never had running as of yet. Thanks again and for the subscription also
Runs good
Quite amazing Steve ! I'd have bet on a stuck valve or 2 !
They usually have mate. I didn’t think it would even turn over
She's like a bought one Steve, good one mate.
Cheers Michael
I’m very happy with it thanks Michael. Cheers mate
😊good show
Thank you mate
Gday Steve. As always, how good is it to see these old fellas come back to life? Good to see, mate.
I was wrapped mate with this result. I couldn’t believe it even turned over
@@stevesplacedownunder yeah. We could hear how happy you were.
Straight to Facebook market place for a side valve to put in one of me AU falcons
Great video as always mate
Mate you could take 3 plug leads off your AU and it would still have more power I’d imagine 🤣🤣. Thanks as always mate
@@stevesplacedownunder true but the noise mate, the fkn noise ❤❤
Great video Steve, Fords never die, they just age with their owners hahaha
Gday mate. My partner and myself only said the other day, what happened to our regular viewer, Aussieintheohillippines! Fantastic mate as long as your alright. No mate that’s right they never die and never will they! Being a Ford bloke myself I’m going to make sure I do my bit to prevent that. I’m going to collect as much as I can. But, I do like Chevrolet and Holden too, I just prefer Ford!
Bet if we sat one of today's motors under a tree for 20 odd years, it wouldn't fire up easy like that one did...
I agree mate. I can’t believe it wasn’t stuck even
Well done someone how nones that a spark plug is electrical cleans the contacts and in my day being a English mechanic i used a champion plug cleaner and tester good kit old now I only know points and condenser good to see what you do old school
Hi Stuart thank you mate. Yes they are a great old system. It’s why all this old stuff keeps on going. Very simple stuff but effective
She appears to have truck pumps on it. Great work. I have an 8BA in my 32 that came out of a 54 Customline. I put 8RT pumps on it for ease of mounting. Great find Steve.
Hi mate yes you are possibly right. Your knowledge would exceed mine if you have already been playing with them. I’m fairly new to the flathead scene but interested in learning more as I go. Thanks for the comment mate
@@stevesplacedownunder I'm still learning my friend. Great video 👍
Morske garage knows A lot about those engines. On RUclips channel you could ask him. about them he works on them lot in his videos
You got a nice flathead 8 there Steve! great runner. I was riding with my Grandfather in a Ford farm truck with one when I was a lad. It was getting low on gas and I asked him "how much gas does this thing use?" He said "about a pint every turn of the crank!" 8^) it did go like stink though. Liked the video, and the muffler delete on the safari buggy! The kids were having fun in that. Cheers!
Hi Jeff. Yes I don’t think they were really economical mate, even as a standard unit. But that’s how they all were I guess.
That was an electric buggy that I put a Honda into because the battery was in excess of $2000. I got an eBay Honda for $160
@@stevesplacedownunder Re the gas costs, I guess if gas was about 10 cents a gallon as it was in the US in the 1930's, no one worried about using a bit. I like the buggy conversion economics!
That’s right mate. Everyone here in the early days drive big gas guzzling cars and trucks because it didn’t matter.
good video flatheads forever
Thank you mate
It's called mortske repair on the RUclips channel Steve.
Hi mate yes I’m subscribed to him. Have been watching for some time now
2nd car was a 53 Cuso with one of these in it. Didn't go hard but pulled like a tractor
Hi mate I’m sure it pulled well for an old car indeed
Built to last, not like the quality of engines today !!
Sure were mate
Tighten that starter!!
This is the biggest problem it has. How silly of me🤦🏻♂️. Thanks for watching
Sounds like a one mate haha 👍
Sure does mate😁
It's a Ford say no more cant kill em bloody rippa
That’s right Ron indeed mate
Only a side wacker. Don't you love 'em
I love them mate
@@stevesplacedownunder Back in my young boy days my brother used to race old fords against Norm Beechey in his FJ's at all the now closed country raceways. When I was old enough, about 8 I got hold of a '48 model Merc motor and put it into one of my brothers old Ford cut down race cars. We used to run around the hills of Eldorado back when fun was fun, you and your mates had a great time floggin' the gut's out of the old side wacker and straight out of the pipes. The hills would ring for hours Shit it was good fun. That was 60 years ago.
Put that flathead in the truck sounds healthy.
I thought about it but we want to rebuild one to a reliable driver mate. Even though it does run and sounds great, the condition is unknown.
With the aluminum intake and coolant inlet in the center of the heads it's a 1934, but the distributor says later.
Hi mate , I’m not exactly sure. You seem to know them more than I do so if that’s what your saying I will go with you. I have a 42 one also and it’s identical to this so maybe it could be around that era.
Have you thought about replacing the 6 cylender motor in the Blitz for a v8 flat head? A relative had a crane Blitz and it had the v8 in it, which i think really suited the Blitz.
Gday Jifty partner. Yes mate but you know what that Ford actually produced these trucks as well as Chevrolet. They were the same looking machines but with different drivetrains. The Chevrolet had a 216 cubic inch inline 6 cylinder and the Ford had the Sidevalve V8. The transmission and diffs were different between manufacturers but the cabin design was the same. I do happen to have a Ford V8 model here that hasn’t featured on the channel yet mate. The Ford that I have is locked up but hopefully will be doing an episode on finding out why that is. Thanks for reaching out mate and for your interest
@stevesplacedownunder Thanks mate, you learn something new every day.
I'll be keeping an eye out to see the Ford the noise the old 8's have just has the perfect note to them.
You could make one run a water pump on back of truck rather than a honda pump
I know what you’re saying mate but in all honesty I’d rather start a Honda if something’s burning that one of these I think
@@stevesplacedownunder didn’t these old motors get used for fire pump engines I swear I’ve seen it somewhere
Yes mate and generator’s, welders and air compressor’s. Fairly common in the early days I believe mate running different stuff other than cars and trucks
@@stevesplacedownunder they’re pretty reliable like a honda and simple too aren’t they
When they got lot oil on plugs ust tip upside down fill em wid Metho light em burn oil out ,,, much betta for ya health than drinking it YEP YEP
I’ve actually used a small torch before mate to do that but never have I tried like you said
Yeah with you on gettin zapped, those leads are bullshit just gotta look at em at night when it’s raining.
Yeah they certainly throw a blue line down them in the dark when they are wet
Thats a truck engine with the long gear stick and oil filler tube
Yes mate it probably is
fix the loose starter first
Yes that would help greatly. How silly of me
You like giving things a rub don’t ya mate?
I do indeed mate yes, most blokes do 😅
Hey mate how's it going
Going good mate how are you
@@stevesplacedownunder besides a 7k repair on my semi I'm doing ok
Geez mate that’s no good. Not making much money I can’t imagine spending that kind of money
@@stevesplacedownunder it sucks especially with bill's piling up
Is it a Ford or a Merc
That one is a ford. The 54 beside it is a Merc I believe
camera tecnique is in need of a tripod. Too shakey. Brings on a headache watching it. Otherwise very good for a novice, content and voice over tops. Please take my criticism positively.
Thanks