I say this with the utmost respect: You are the shop teacher that every kid needs. The way you explain what you are doing, the methods and devices you have built to make working solo possible are inspirational. You’re like an off-road Adam Savage.
Tom, one of the things that makes your videos interesting to me is the way you accomplish difficult tasks alone. It is not easy to do that. I grew up around an auto repair shop that had at least four mechanics at all times. Often, one would call on another for help. You do it alone - and that includes filming what is happening. Congratulations on making the hard jobs look less hard! 👍👍
I love your high-tech approach to getting these heavy parts in and out. Other channels all just use a few guys getting hernias, to muscle them in and out. Yours are the engineering methods that can be scaled up for working on heavy equipment.
Great reuse of Great parts! Everything does not have to be brand new, the most expensive way to go. All be it nice! Love to see you use the stuff you have collected over the years. Alit of rigs would never get finished if it was not for this kind of engineering. Thanks again Tom Tom!
Tom, I followed you from Matt’s to your own program and I’m pleased to see it is doing good. Your program improves every episode and I look forward to upcoming episodes. My background is Quality Engineering in the Vehicle Maintenance arena. I was responsible for a fleet of vehicles that traveled throughout the US with a reliability score over 99%. This amount of reliability was neither cheap nor quick. One of the areas contributing to that reliability was understanding and applying the proper torque to various types of fasteners. I picked up on your application of anti-size and remembered how application of lubricants was addressed in the torque manual. If you are interested in pursuing this matter further, I would be glad to discuss it with you. Keep up the good work! Robert
Tom, great content, as usual! I truly appreciate your balance in explaining a challenge and then talking through the problem solving with us - not too much in depth/minutia, but I truly appreciate the level of details provided vs. 'glossing over' or not showing any of that, as some channels do. Keep up the great work and content!
Dig Doug was already a great truck. By the time you're done with him, you will have an amazing time wheeling. You do great work, Tom. Can't wait for the next update.
Tom, I watched this yesterday and found my self motivated to accomplish a difficult task. I did most of the work my self then had my son help with the most dangerous part. Now the hot tub has been moved and I can start the next step in the project. Thank you Tom, I wish you and your family all the best.
Tom keep up the great work! Your channel is growing and we appreciate all the work it takes to film edit fabricate and build and countless other behind the scenes stuff that it takes to produce all these great videos for us gear heads that wait for every new video to drop. Thank you again to you and your lovely wife and family for doing this it’s amazing. God Bless🙏🏼🇺🇸
Tom sure is a thinkin' man. He takes a lot of time to put the camera where we get the best view. He also thinks about the narrative value as he works. World class story telling and we are lucky to be allowed to come along.
Great work Tom Tom! You are also one of very few RUclipsrs who understands how to talk to your viewer, as opposed to shouting “you guys” to your audience. I’m looking forward to seeing this truck go!
Watching you work on the transmissions made me remember another crazy memory. I was driving a 1968 impala. 327 turbo 400 12 bolt rear end. The girl sitting right next to me bumped the transmission into reverse at about 15 miles per hour. It made one hell of a noise. Shook to a stop. I put it in gear and drove. It survived. The skinny bias ply tires probably helped.
Decades ago a similar car passed me on a country road. One of the passengers did the same with the gearshift. The front driveshaft u-joint snapped. The driveshaft dropped to the road and caught, and the car pole vaulted over the front and landed on the roof. No damage to the front bumper. I was in a perfect position to watch and I came to a stop before a car load of passengers slithered out. Wild.
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lol similar thing happened to my brother driving Dad’s 59’ caddy. No damage!!!
My friend had a 455 HO in a lemans. He got a temp license suspension, so I would drive him to school in his car. It had a manual valve body in the transmission. You had to put it in nuetral at a stop sign, or it would creep forward. The shifter was pretty janky and easy to put in revers. It had all the tire you could fit in it. We would both laugh when I missed nuetral. That honkin engine would just spin those big tires, no prob. Like spinning on ice.
Tom got a sub boost from his work at Matt's Off-Road Recovery but he earns every sub with his attention to detail and videography. I'm glad he had the cahones to step out and do his own thing. What a guy! I'm gonna go have an orange about it.
The new lights look great. The audio and video sounded and looked good. Nice job getting everything set up. I enjoy how you show everything step by step. Keep up the good work.
2 things. You need a Lisle 23800 flywheel turner and an under the lift transmission jack, lol. As a mechanic for 42 years, I'm not crawling under to remove transmissions anymore, lol. Love your truck and videos!
The tools you learned to buy early in your career. Especially when the guy next to you loans it to you one time, then, as he loans it to you the second time, he says "you know what time it is?" And when you say no because you don't wear a watch, he says "it's time for you to buy your own because I'm not loaning this to you again."
When you said I’m going to use what I got I remembered. Around 1975 I removed a junkyard blown up small block chevy motor from my 1962 corvette. I put a 396 built big block in it with a boom on a 3 point hitch on the back of a massey ferguson tractor. The 350 broke because I didn’t know i shouldn’t rev it to 6 grand every day 😂. I was 20 years old. Another mistake was blowing up the numbers matching 327 and dumping it in the wrecking yard.
Tom you need to put that picture of you in the wrecker on the wall! I think the placement of your spare tire shows your next level thinking. And when I look at the new fender Wells on the bed of the truck I envision, A flat piece of steel bent to the shape with a little bit of hangover for a mudguard. I'm sure you've already thought of that and this is your project and design, I am glad to be watching! Thank you from the sunshine state!
Those axle brackets are amazing! Its so cool to have access to things that really smart people who have worked out all the issues with angles and just weld it to the axle!
You can always put a vice grip on the flex plate and then it will stop at the bell housing. Usually that works. Also, on the show “Fringe” Dr. Walter Bishop sings the Noble Duke of York Diddy. Good job, Tom. I’ve never seen a transmission going that easy.
Tom! Really enjoy your videos. I don’t usually comment, but, please wear a respirator or mask when grinding/cleaning. Especially when in close quarters like doing the cleaning up on the frame as you did! Your family needs you to be around!!!!
Been there, may or may not have done that. 😇 Although in my case, it was carburetors. Allegedly. "You didn't see me do it; you can't prove I did it; I didn't do it."
I love send cut send. One of the really awesome things they do is allow you to put a project together and then allow other folks to order the same parts. If you haven't already looked into it, it might be a really good way to sell your grinder mount.
Tom it looks like this was your first time removing the transmission because you always torque your bolts, and you found a few loose. Good thing the bolts didn’t back out while you were on the trails.
Great content Tom! Dig Doug is coming along well it should never an amazing wheeler. A couple thoughts, I work by myself a lot, a $12 LS flywheel holder (uses Starter mount fits into ring gear) is useful. Also, if you fab a little bracket that picks up the adapter mount you can use it to support the Trans while removing only the xfer case. Likewise could pull engine/Trans with transfer case still supported. Excited to see more progress!
My favorite trick to keep the crank from spinning - use a double box end wrench and run a bolt through one end into a a torque converter / pressure plate hole on the flywheel / flex plate, and then another bolt through the other end into a bellhousing hole. Locks it down with no prying acrobatics.
Your videos always have so much spit and polish to them, making them a pleasure to watch. Never boring, always moving at a great pace.. I always wonder; is it you or Angela that possess such remarkable editing skills?
44:20 .. Back in the 80's I had a Chevy 4X4, Step Side with 42" tires, and a transmission(s) I set up myself, with 23 Forward Speeds, and 13 reverse :)
SendCutSend is very popular with the heavyweight combat robotics scene. They're making components out of AR500 steel and precision is critical. Glad they were able to come through for you!
I’ve enjoy your videos here, got to know you over with Matt. I’ve wondered a bit your past work, then here you mentioned the Navy , I served on the USS Archerfish (SSN 678), from 70 -73. I was a Sonar Tech.
I say this with the utmost respect: You are the shop teacher that every kid needs. The way you explain what you are doing, the methods and devices you have built to make working solo possible are inspirational. You’re like an off-road Adam Savage.
Tom, one of the things that makes your videos interesting to me is the way you accomplish difficult tasks alone. It is not easy to do that. I grew up around an auto repair shop that had at least four mechanics at all times. Often, one would call on another for help. You do it alone - and that includes filming what is happening. Congratulations on making the hard jobs look less hard! 👍👍
Doing all your own work, at least allows you to do stuff your own way,with nobody in it !
with the occasional assistance of Mrs. Tom Tom
@@oldguysrule5895Isn't one of the reasons we got married?...live-in assistant?
Guessing u haven't watched diesel creek then 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@billbillinger2491Sometimes.
You're killing it with your channel. Dig Dug is gonna rock.
Thank you...for actually taking things apart and not sawing/ torching through everything.
His method is preferred, but come work on vehicles in Michigan! The torch gets way too much use out this way lol.
@@MJBclassics It can't still be suck if it's a liquid.
Your work is impeccable Tom. Great teacher also.
Dig your channel. More methodical work than most channels
You doing things on your own. Inspires others to get out and build their own projects. Thanks and great job.
I love your high-tech approach to getting these heavy parts in and out. Other channels all just use a few guys getting hernias, to muscle them in and out. Yours are the engineering methods that can be scaled up for working on heavy equipment.
Great reuse of Great parts! Everything does not have to be brand new, the most expensive way to go. All be it nice!
Love to see you use the stuff you have collected over the years. Alit of rigs would never get finished if it was not for this kind of engineering.
Thanks again Tom Tom!
Tom I'd just like to take a moment to thank you. Informative, entertaining, and wholesome as always. I'm proud to be a fan of your channel!
Loving the drivetrain build and your complete explanation of what and howvto do it.
Tom, I followed you from Matt’s to your own program and I’m pleased to see it is doing good. Your program improves every episode and I look forward to upcoming episodes.
My background is Quality Engineering in the Vehicle Maintenance arena. I was responsible for a fleet of vehicles that traveled throughout the US with a reliability score over 99%.
This amount of reliability was neither cheap nor quick.
One of the areas contributing to that reliability was understanding and applying the proper torque to various types of fasteners. I picked up on your application of anti-size and remembered how application of lubricants was addressed in the torque manual. If you are interested in pursuing this matter further, I would be glad to discuss it with you.
Keep up the good work! Robert
Dig Dug is looking good. I love the precision work you do.
Tom, great content, as usual! I truly appreciate your balance in explaining a challenge and then talking through the problem solving with us - not too much in depth/minutia, but I truly appreciate the level of details provided vs. 'glossing over' or not showing any of that, as some channels do. Keep up the great work and content!
Dig Doug was already a great truck. By the time you're done with him, you will have an amazing time wheeling. You do great work, Tom. Can't wait for the next update.
Tom, I watched this yesterday and found my self motivated to accomplish a difficult task. I did most of the work my self then had my son help with the most dangerous part. Now the hot tub has been moved and I can start the next step in the project. Thank you Tom, I wish you and your family all the best.
Tom keep up the great work! Your channel is growing and we appreciate all the work it takes to film edit fabricate and build and countless other behind the scenes stuff that it takes to produce all these great videos for us gear heads that wait for every new video to drop. Thank you again to you and your lovely wife and family for doing this it’s amazing. God Bless🙏🏼🇺🇸
I really like the way Tom makes hard jobs look simple , with clean clear explaination , less fuss , and zero drama . well done Tom thank you sir .
Once again a combination of engineering expertise, craftsmanship, and hard work. Tom, you're the MAN.
I learn so much watching your channel and I can’t wait to see Dig Dug in action..
Thats one sweet hook up on the drive train. All those new shiny parts under there sure are S W E E T !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for bringing us along. I know it takes a lot longer to get things done, but we appreciate it.
That Yaw, Pitch, and Roll graphic was super useful when it came time to actually mate the the components together. 27:33
Thoroughly enjoying this build, Tom. Thanks for all your effort in documenting your project!
Tippage is a very technical term. I use it often. You're a pleasure to watch.
Respect to ya Tom.
No shop full of people.
No cringy jokes.
Just a man and his work.
Awesome video
Tom sure is a thinkin' man. He takes a lot of time to put the camera where we get the best view. He also thinks about the narrative value as he works. World class story telling and we are lucky to be allowed to come along.
Another fantastic video, thank you for all your great work and for letting us come along for the ride!
Great work Tom Tom! You are also one of very few RUclipsrs who understands how to talk to your viewer, as opposed to shouting “you guys” to your audience. I’m looking forward to seeing this truck go!
Watching you work on the transmissions made me remember another crazy memory. I was driving a 1968 impala. 327 turbo 400 12 bolt rear end. The girl sitting right next to me bumped the transmission into reverse at about 15 miles per hour. It made one hell of a noise. Shook to a stop. I put it in gear and drove. It survived. The skinny bias ply tires probably helped.
Decades ago a similar car passed me on a country road. One of the passengers did the same with the gearshift. The front driveshaft u-joint snapped. The driveshaft dropped to the road and caught, and the car pole vaulted over the front and landed on the roof. No damage to the front bumper. I was in a perfect position to watch and I came to a stop before a car load of passengers slithered out. Wild.
lol similar thing happened to my brother driving Dad’s 59’ caddy.
No damage!!!
My friend had a 455 HO in a lemans. He got a temp license suspension, so I would drive him to school in his car. It had a manual valve body in the transmission. You had to put it in nuetral at a stop sign, or it would creep forward. The shifter was pretty janky and easy to put in revers. It had all the tire you could fit in it. We would both laugh when I missed nuetral. That honkin engine would just spin those big tires, no prob. Like spinning on ice.
Wow ! Your Eyecrometer is almost as valuable as the software that runs it ;) Great video, with allot of good info again Tom. Thank you.
Another great video Tom. Working safer and smarter.
Tom got a sub boost from his work at Matt's Off-Road Recovery but he earns every sub with his attention to detail and videography. I'm glad he had the cahones to step out and do his own thing. What a guy! I'm gonna go have an orange about it.
Tom you are a one man show, you explain things so we can all understand clearly.
Always giving us a clear explanation of what you're doing and that's why we love watching your channel ✓
The new lights look great. The audio and video sounded and looked good. Nice job getting everything set up. I enjoy how you show everything step by step. Keep up the good work.
2 things. You need a Lisle 23800 flywheel turner and an under the lift transmission jack, lol. As a mechanic for 42 years, I'm not crawling under to remove transmissions anymore, lol. Love your truck and videos!
The tools you learned to buy early in your career. Especially when the guy next to you loans it to you one time, then, as he loans it to you the second time, he says "you know what time it is?" And when you say no because you don't wear a watch, he says "it's time for you to buy your own because I'm not loaning this to you again."
When you said I’m going to use what I got I remembered. Around 1975 I removed a junkyard blown up small block chevy motor from my 1962 corvette. I put a 396 built big block in it with a boom on a 3 point hitch on the back of a massey ferguson tractor. The 350 broke because I didn’t know i shouldn’t rev it to 6 grand every day 😂. I was 20 years old. Another mistake was blowing up the numbers matching 327 and dumping it in the wrecking yard.
Yea man dig dug is gonna be a beast Tom Tom looking great
"hey neighbor, whatcha doin?"... "oh just winching my truck into the shop" lol Love it!!!
Tom you need to put that picture of you in the wrecker on the wall!
I think the placement of your spare tire shows your next level thinking.
And when I look at the new fender Wells on the bed of the truck I envision,
A flat piece of steel bent to the shape with a little bit of hangover for a mudguard.
I'm sure you've already thought of that and this is your project and design,
I am glad to be watching!
Thank you from the sunshine state!
A wooden wedge or a rubber doorstop works great to stop the flywheel.
Those axle brackets are amazing! Its so cool to have access to things that really smart people who have worked out all the issues with angles and just weld it to the axle!
yep. like the look of them 👍
I’m so glad you started your own channel
You can always put a vice grip on the flex plate and then it will stop at the bell housing. Usually that works. Also, on the show “Fringe” Dr. Walter Bishop sings the Noble Duke of York Diddy. Good job, Tom. I’ve never seen a transmission going that easy.
Appreciate the step-by-step detail!!!!
Great work!
Dig dug is coming along really nice
That's going to be one awesome truck!!
Nice work Tom.
Man I been trying to watch this all day. Finally I get to finish it. Dig dug looking great
Tom! Really enjoy your videos. I don’t usually comment, but, please wear a respirator or mask when grinding/cleaning. Especially when in close quarters like doing the cleaning up on the frame as you did! Your family needs you to be around!!!!
The sink evidence mention was hilarious! I’m assuming it was the kitchen sink? Haha.
Been there, may or may not have done that. 😇
Although in my case, it was carburetors. Allegedly.
"You didn't see me do it; you can't prove I did it; I didn't do it."
Love all the stickers and shirt. The personal thank you was the best!!
I learn a lot from your videos. Thanks for taking the time to film and explain the steps you are taking.
Tom, good for you for always taking the time to wear proper welding gear.
Glad to see your attention to detail, everything is looking great ! Keep it up your on a roll :)
I love send cut send. One of the really awesome things they do is allow you to put a project together and then allow other folks to order the same parts. If you haven't already looked into it, it might be a really good way to sell your grinder mount.
Tom it looks like this was your first time removing the transmission because you always torque your bolts, and you found a few loose. Good thing the bolts didn’t back out while you were on the trails.
Outstanding video. Thanks.
Outstanding audio and. video...a pleasure to view and listen to.
Great job. Thank you 😊
Offroad Designs is awesome & so cool seeing them on multiple channels lately
That was a lot of work, but you make it look easy! Another great video!
Every time I think you're getting too out there, you remind me that you're human by referencing the holy PBJ. Love this channel!
Another great video.... Thanks Tom Tom!
Nice tech stuff!! (And as a Navy guy, I LOVE the micrometer-chalk-ax analogy!! SO VERY TRUE!!
Great content Tom! Dig Doug is coming along well it should never an amazing wheeler. A couple thoughts, I work by myself a lot, a $12 LS flywheel holder (uses Starter mount fits into ring gear) is useful. Also, if you fab a little bracket that picks up the adapter mount you can use it to support the Trans while removing only the xfer case. Likewise could pull engine/Trans with transfer case still supported.
Excited to see more progress!
My favorite trick to keep the crank from spinning - use a double box end wrench and run a bolt through one end into a a torque converter / pressure plate hole on the flywheel / flex plate, and then another bolt through the other end into a bellhousing hole. Locks it down with no prying acrobatics.
Very good progress ! Thanks for sharing !
Your videos always have so much spit and polish to them, making them a pleasure to watch. Never boring, always moving at a great pace.. I always wonder; is it you or Angela that possess such remarkable editing skills?
Nice work Tom, it looks great.
Great channel Tom, I enjoy your work. Thanks
Tippage! Great word! I’m using that.
You do nice work Tom and explain your projects very well , it makes a very interesting video even better.
fab skills - top notch! excellent video, Tom. thank you.
Can't wait to see Dig Dug's first rock crawl!
I think you are doing an amazing job with your projects and RUclips videos! Keep being awesome!!
Ole dig Dub is going to be strong and tuff...I see you and your girl pulling out one of the boys soon
I agree with the other comments, you would be a great teacher
44:20 .. Back in the 80's I had a Chevy 4X4, Step Side with 42" tires, and a transmission(s) I set up myself, with 23 Forward Speeds, and 13 reverse :)
“These two identical transmissions have some differences”
I can’t believe you said that with a straight face.
Looking good , great job
Absolutely excellent!
You rock Tom Tom!! Keep up the great work!!
funny i have four post lifts i put winchs on both they work great we who work alone have great ideas to help us i enjoy watching your channel
That Matt clip was hilarious. I've never seen him use a gas can!
SendCutSend is very popular with the heavyweight combat robotics scene. They're making components out of AR500 steel and precision is critical. Glad they were able to come through for you!
Ahhh yes, Cub camp songs! Lol! Thanx !
Tom you are one heck of a welder they look superior, a great fabricator. Love your videos very well explained 👍
I like see what you have to do.
Good job.
Tom - I really enjoy your videos. I am going to enjoy watching your channel grow and the projects you dream up.
SendCutSend is also great for little 1/10th scale Rock Crawlers! Great Video, Tom!
Great educational video
I agree about the flex plant bolts. I found a quick snap pull will losen them. As to a slow steady pull.
I'll give you much respect if you rebuilt a 700R4 ( MD8) and it worked. Not a easy thing to do ( for anybody).
Awesome 👏🏻
I’ve enjoy your videos here, got to know you over with Matt. I’ve wondered a bit your past work, then here you mentioned the Navy , I served on the USS Archerfish (SSN 678), from 70 -73. I was a Sonar Tech.
That truck is going to be awesome 🤘
Great work Tom
I wish you were my neighbor.
Tom can get it done with a smile and a quick PB&J