Chevy small block that sat for 25 years gets torn down
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2022
- We just wrapped up our Jeep XJ rebuild and there's no time to sit around idle as we get right back at it with a 283 Chevy Small Block. This iconic engine last ran in 1997 and now, 25 years later, it's getting the rebuild long due it. Ben had some fun pulling it all apart, but Davin steps in to get clean everything up in our Gladiator parts washer.
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Davin, when you showed the oil filter canister it brought back a memory of me watching my Dad do the oil changes on the families '64 Chevrolet Impala with the 327 V8. My Dad would wash the canister out with kerosene and drain it dry and install a new canister filter to bolt it back on the drivers' side of the engine.
I love the smell of main bearing cap bolts pulled in the morning.
Had a 64 283 I put in a 76 Chev Nova. Loved that engine. Ran it till I through a rod. I was young and having fun.
First engine I rebuilt out of school was a 65 283 in my buddy's Biscayne. That was 1978 and it's still running on that rebuild since it's not a daily driver.
In the 1960s I helped my dad rebuild some Chevy small-blocks when they werenʻt so old. Seeing this one in pieces brought back a lot of memories of how they used to make ʻem.
Thirlbys did all my machine work, love those guys and these videos are awesome, so glad you guys are here!
Love the production quality of these videos! Top quality stuff 👌
I saw a guy here on RUclips that did an entire engine tear apart that was 28 min long and he did it in VERTICAL video from his phone ... 🤦🏽♂️ ...
Farking totally Smokin' !
Good tools in good hands.... Brilliant.
@@ACommenterOnRUclips bet that was pretty brutal to watch 😂🤦🏻♂️
I'm still not tired of seeing SB Chevy rebuilds. Looking forward to the machine shop.
The jet wash view was pretty awesome! I used to use paraffin on those plugs once they were hot, made them come out super easy
The first engine I rebuilt in Auto tech was a 283 out of a 1961 Chevy Impala that was abandoned and sat for probably 20 years. It was filled with acorns. Built back to stock and started on the engine stand and it ran well. A buddy needed the oil filter for his engine so he pulled the filter and water ran out. Never did figure out if it was a cracked block, missed freeze plug or blown head gasket. Sold the engine for parts.
LOVE....The content I can binge watch, this all day long,think God I'm watching it in the shop or I wouldn't get anything done!!!💯👍
I always enjoy all of the Hagerty rebuilds. I have a 1980 Chevy 305 that could use a freshening up. A price list of all of the parts and machining costs of this build would be very useful to a great many viewers.
Rebuilding a 305 and 350 costs the same, it may be worthwhile to buy a 350 core and then do your rebuild, if you car is not a collectable affected by being numbers matching.
@@skylinefever Yup, I was gonna say the same. The 305 is not exactly the most desirable of Chevy Small Blocks.
Learned a great deal of respect for the 283 back in the early 1980s, had one rebuilt and voted in front of us 700r4 transmission, I could not believe how much torque that little motor put out, nothing but respect!
I am from Austria and the Videostyles from rebuilding Motors are awsome. Thx 💪💪
Actually Davin, that draft tube fitting had a hose go directly to a PCV valve threaded into the base of the 2GC carburetor. It was the beginning of the PVC for Chevrolet. Judging how "clean" that 283 is inside, I'd say it only has the 67K. 283s are great. Build it Bro!
I concur. I have a 65 283 in my Suburban with the same pcv setup.
@@gregholloway2656Those caps are hard to fine nowadays. I used one of those road draft adapters on my 57 chevy to delete the road draft bottom oiler system. LOL
I have a 1964 Belair with a 283, I purchased when I was 20 in 2016. I let her sit the last 3 years, so I’m taking this video as a sign to rebuild the engine this year, and get her back on the road. Thanks for the upload!
can of quik start and go....rebuilds arent necessary for everything
Thanks for sharing Davin👍
We need a behind the scenes on the stop motion you do. I'm sure it's immensely time intensive. It's appreciated.
I've got a 283 thats been sitting for 50+ years under a shelf. ~60k miles all original.
Those old 283's were real warhorses back in the day. You could spin those up to crazy RPM's; install a better cam and better springs and a set of headers and you were on your way to some fun!
you bet...those short strokes were wild. I had a 327 that would turn 9K but it was scary to see it do that. With a .505 lift cam it breathed well and the headers let it flow.
You are one of the few youtubers who lights an acetylene torch correctly.
A timelapse of a timelapse is so
Darn cool.
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I'm a big fan of the 283 small block, not that I love all small blocks but 283, awesome engine! Those things back in the day if maintained where bulletproof! In my opinion. In the 90's friend of mine had one completely done at a local machine shop...whole bottom end I mean he threw $ at it! Not sure if he used the original heads...nonetheless that little block took a BEATING, my pal never let up. And that 283 took everything he put at it! 8.5- 9 thousand rpm,s always! I would never believe it but I drove in that chevelle thousands of miles! He even once, showing off drove front end first down a concrete bottom boat ramp, thinking he would simply back out! Well, the water was coming in the car tailpipes under water and he just simply never was gna do what he intended. MY POINT BEING... after we were pulled out, checked oil completely over full and full of water, he drained enough to put it to full mark we drove it home the 25 miles. With more than one 8 grand shifts. He changed oil twice in 2 days, and that engine still didn't skip a beat! I know,I know ya'll are gna think I'm full of bullsh*t! That's fine, I know it happened I witnessed it all...and that made me a true believer of the small block 283! Good times and great memories! Love the channel, keep on, keeping on!
Hey Davin, great video as always. I thoroughly enjoy the older engine rebuilds and hope you can continue doing them. When I was a teenager in the early 80’s, I had a ‘67 Pontiac LeMans Sprint which was all original and had the OHC six cylinder engine, 4-bbl carb and Muncie 4 speed manual transmission. That car was crazy fun to drive and had such a unique sound! I regret to this day that I sold it, but……. It’d be awesome to see Hagerty obtain one and have you go through it and bring it back to life! Here’s another interesting story; while I was in high school, my auto shop class at Kent Skills Center had a store room that had several complete and factory new cylinder heads for that engine just sitting on the shelves. I never got up the nerve to offer to buy one or two of them, just to have. Another regret! Anyway, keep up the great work!
Jay Leno has one.
@@ldnwholesale8552 Didn’t know that, but not surprised. It’d be nice to see it!
I always loved the 283. It will run a bunch of RPM if assembled correctly.
Awesome production quality! So fun to watch and props to the editor, video team.
My 1965 Malibu had a 283 with the exact same mismatch valve covers.
I'm always happy to see a new project.
I love these. I still go back and watch the Ford 289 about once a month.
Awesome, great work. I'm glad to see the jeep got a bit more love on the underside.
283 First motor I ever took apart. And put back togother. Some 45 years ago.
My old '67 283 had the oil filter system like that '66. I kept it as it was easy to maintain and never had to worry about whether I had enough "spin" on it nor did it have sealing problems. I switched the road draft tube to a pcv system and it was easy to do.
Great engine Davin, those things are antiques now, who would ever have thought they would be "rare."
This stuff never gets old.
I've always enjoyed the Hagerty videos.
The fun thing about not having a spin on filter is not having to cut it open to look for unusual trash and abnormalities.
9:36 When you heat something up, it helps to melt wax on it.
Love this so much! Also the Camara man doesn't get enough props!
These videos are awesome. And inspiring.
My dad's '62 Bel air had a 283 but my favorite is the 327 in his '67 Impala station wagon is what I liked best most likely because of the Rochester 4 barrel carb sounds it made.
This is a work of art.
I always enjoy your videos.
Love this channel and that guy
"Don't forget, that's gonna be hot"
The most important lesson I ever learned playing with metal is that 600 degree metal looks exactly the same as room temperature metal. I may have had to learn that one the hard way.
Kinda like checking if the cig lighter in the dash. Everyone I know from the day has had fingerprints melted
Mmm. That motor is going to be a thing of beauty when it’s done.
My favorite channel ever ❤
Love your videos, always interesting . Keep seeing the Sun tester in the back ground think it would great to see it in action .
Exelente trabajo y gran edición como siempre. Espero algún día ver una reconstrucción de una Ford toploader 4 speed. Saludos desde argentina
Great video
Gotta luv those SB
I remember when you could get valve cover gaskets for these in the grocery store automotive aisle.
I'm doing something very similar right now. My 58 Chevrolet Biscayne has the original 283 in it. Ran good but started smoking and leaking oil. So decided to redo it all. It has 68,000 when I got it. Has 80,000 now. If everything goes well. I'll be on hotrod power tour in June.
i had a 283 in the '64 el camino, then pop put in a 400 blew that in a race and now its got a 327 and still running
These videos are awesome. I wish ya'll would do a 351C in the future.
We just might! 👀
Sounds like fun. 351C cores are not easy to find.
Watch out Ben, tinkering with engines is a contagious thing...
I’m a tinkerer! So it was a fun job!
-Ben
Can tell me HP that this engine would make. I'm going to do the same thing with my 283.
New project? Great!
Falken Wildpeak AT3 w’s are awesome tires!
I had this motor in a '64 Impala Wagon... what a dog in that 4000-lb-plus vehicle! But great video, thanks.
Mismatched valve covers may be because of retrofitting for a pcv retrofit? Original valve covers didn't have the oil filler cap on the cover or the vent hole.
Very familiar with the smell, took mine apart to bore it .030 over and put a 327 crank in since the old crank wasn't any good due to an improper installation of a noisy timing gear via previous owner...
good old SBC. worked on many a one
It’s so cute!
Nice video
If I️ could ask Santa (respectfully) for one thing, it would be for the time to take apart an engine in time lapse.
And time to take a time lapse of taking a time lapse!!
Very good 🔥🔥🔥
However it was done, the video of the block washing was damn cool.😎
HEY! What about Snowb....Squirrel! Nice project guys!
Awesome
Old school cartridge filter reminds me of the farm truck growing up. Instead of getting a filter we would take the cardboard roll out of the center of a roll of toleit paper and use that. Replace it after you stop finding bits on the dipstick, also why change the oil we were dumping 2 qts a week in it and seldom left the property.
Great engine to build. It would have had a PCV valve though. I believe just about all US makes did away with the road draft tubes from about 1960 on.
I think GM started using PCV valves in 1961 in California, and then in all engines in 1962. My 1961 Pontiac has a draft tube, 1962 Pontiacs have PCV. Maybe if this is a truck engine they could have still been using draft tubes but that's just a guess.
@@stuartstephens Nope. 1967 was the last year for road draft, at least on Chevy cars.
Great engine, comes stock with a forged steel crankshaft. I wish Chevrolet never changed the canister oil filter to the "convenient" screw on style.
A coolant filter once it's running will go a long ways in catching all the crud in water jackets. No need to spend a time of time cleaning insides, I use a standard cheap Ford oil filter and remote base in line with water heater hose for few hundred miles.
Be shocked at the amount of sand and rust it catches. Cost me 40$ with base, filter, barbs and clamps.
I'm a bit older than you but not by much. I remember owning and rebuilding many 283 and 327 and getting a 150-160000 miles is very doubtful. I remember 70-80000 mile motors back then smoking like a chimney going down the road
You are doing very good on this project but hey can u do some diesel projects so we can understand it also very clearly like this one plz do it if u can , love from kathiyavad
I hated those oil filters. There was always some jerk that wanted to make sure his seal ring got changed and you never could get the damn things sealed again with the motor in the car. If you just gave the can a twisty before you tightened it down the old seal worked fine.
You should definitely put one of these animations to the music: Mickey Mouse - The Sorcerer's Apprentice :)
The errrrrly heads had staggered bolt holes for the valve covers
The 66 engine was low compression engine
Wonderful smog times
Real sad we didn't get to see the xj on the dyno
Damn that stop motion has to take about 25 years to film
4/71 blower, roller lifters and rockers, etc..... Hot Rod 283 vette engine. 😀😃🙂🙃
Chevy thunder!
Luckily my project is done. I just restored some Ford valve covers from a 460 and I’ve put over 20 hours worth of work and sweat into them and just got them done yesterday. But i do now have another project, it’s an old craftsman engine from the early 70’s and has been sitting for about as long as that 283 if not longer. My plan is to get it running and then do a custom paint job on it. Yellow and black to be exact. I’ll post an update next week to let you guys know if I get it running or not.
What’s up with the Closed Caption?!?! I don’t hear well and really need to use CC.
I’d love to see a W motor done so I can see what to do on mine… 348 or 409.
take it apart,assess the wear....measure the crank ,bores,rod ends and assess the damage etc......send the block out,buy new bearings,pistons etc to suit the machining requires,reassemble and enjoy
Good👍
Love the small block chevys. Do you have something in mind to put it in?
Them ole oxy - amphetamine torches sure come in handy.
Wasn’t the pointy heads 283 power pack?
I was thinking the 2 bll 283 were just flat on end
Maybe by then they all used the pointy heads
PF-141 filter, need I say more? Sold thousands of them in the 1970s while in the wholesale parts business.
Good maszeh 👏👏
You really need to take a vacation bro I'm worried about you!🏝😓
does not have a road draft tube. a hose with an inline pcv connects to the adapter.
Did you disconnect/disable the upshift lamp found on 4.0's with a manual transmission?
The next rebuild should be a Dodge 340 6 pack engine.
That looks like an original 283 with around 68k on it.
I'd love to get my project out but its still at the body shop getting re-sprayed. Hopefully I'll be tearing up the roads soon.
Thought it was a hemi engine, because of the orange
Paint, i stand corrected
so Davin, with the old school hot tank cleaning method with all plugs and passages filled with the cleaning liquid you could reasonably clean the water passages but how can these passages get cleaned by just baking the parts... it doesnt seem that heat alone could get the rust removed. or am i mistaken.. how would you clean these passages ?
long spiral wire brushes,you can order them specifically for this task
does NOT have a draft tube. the fitting goes to a hose/pc valve/intake vacuum. good old engine.
How the film the scenes where the bolts move with no hands or tools showing? I guess hands and tools are removed digitally after filming?
that's called "stop motion" photography. It's the same thing they used for Gumby or Mr Bill cartoons. Basically, they move something just a bit and capture a few frames then do it again. After 5 minutes you have enough pictures to play back 10 seconds at normal speed and it looks like what you see here.