We Found Out Why Landon's Motor Blew Up And It's A Little Shocking!
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- Опубликовано: 5 янв 2023
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Today we did into Landon's motor on his original square body we built to see what exactly happened to the motor and the results were a little shocking!
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"This is a kid that's tired of riding the bus." It's a great motivator to get your truck on the road again. Way to go Landon!
Good to see that being a teenager is still consistent. "There I was, just minding my own business, and following the rules, because not following the rules would be bad, when..."😁
Couldn't have said it better, myself. 👍
The new fav is a rabbit ran out in front of me, that's why I shot the truck off through a fence and sunk it in the lake.
To be fair I have the sneaking suspicion that the engine may have been slightly used, not quite factory fresh if you get my meaning.
Landon, that was EPIC! I've been a mechanic, building drag engines and blowing them up for almost 50 years and I have NEVER seen an engine regurgitate piston pieces into the intake! Congratulations on a whole new definition of blown up!
Had a 350 4 bolt get a piece of the cam in the intake..the other 4 pieces were in various locations
His name is Landon,don't confuse him with "let's go Brandon"🤣
Apologies Landon. Autocorrect kicked in and I didn't catch it.
You ought to be around truck pullers!!
I picked up a center main web off a Minor Brothers Engine, off the pulling track after a feller grenaded his 14-71 blown engine!
And the crankshaft was still in the engine!
It is amazing where engine parts show up when they grenade !!
I saw it happen. A 2 liter Saab engine with foot long intake runners. Bits of valve seats found there way into the other three cylinders. And, up to 20 seconds before it seized, it was running great.
The world needs more Fathers and Uncles like yall . He is a lucky kid.
Lando couldn't have asked for a more loving and caring family! The knowledge he's gained from his family is priceless! Sometimes tough love, but always love from the heart! You really have brought up good kids with your good family values! What you give to your viewer's is what RUclips needs more of is great content like you provide. Til next time take care...
Utah values.
@@milt6208 You guys have to realize, there were probably some choice words about this occurrence, but off camera lol. I'm sure Landon got a tongue lashing
I don't think he did, Paul was raised by his parents, and like his father who taught him how to build anything with a motor and fabricate whatever it took to get the job done, like father, like son, Lando's walking is his daddy's footsteps! Paul knows kids will be kids! Paul and Michelle have a handle on their kids, and their goods kids...
Fab rats accountability. I laughed so many times in this video. Uncle Ben and his chuckle was priceless. Grand Ma Lolly is a hoot too. Jumps on Paul to say he wrecked a vehicle was classic. Hug her for us all. Thanks for sharing.
The best part about this:
Paul NEVER asks Landon what ACTUALLY happened. Just drops enough hints that he knows something isn't adding up. Grandma Lolly telling on Paul also adds in that "ya know, it's OK to mess up, but you're going to hear about it for YEARS now" factor.
Kids never quite understand that when their parents were their age, they were doing the exact same thing and telling the exact same, er, truthful tales to THEIR parents. Someday, the kids will catch on... say about the time they have kids of their own.
The look on Lando's face at the beginning when Paul says "just idling along at 25" tells the story, lol. Reminds me of some of the stories I told my dad to explain why parts were broken on my old '59 T-Bird. 😄
When I was 17 I had a 65 GTO (still have) and I idled about 7 motors to death. All I had was a chainhoist in a tree, I wasn't lucky enough to have a daddy with a shop, I had to learn to fix it by myself.
Yip my mom used to say to many RPM, S
My 66 GTO 6 engines in 4 years
Paul's two greatest child raising assets are his memory and his mom hanging out in the shop. His mom helps jog his memory keeping him straight with his Next Generation. I had an uncle like him when I was a teenager. He and I rebuilt more than one of my mechanical misadventures.
Great video, please keep them coming.
But he needs to find the guy that influenced his son to go hard on a motor!!
@@bcole4726 his father is a pretty good influence so I'm not sure he needs any others. Have you seen the burnouts that have been done on this channel? If Dad can do them so can't his kids.
I wonder if they've had a conversation about Dad buys the parts so he can do all the horsing around he wants and when you (Landon) buy the parts Landon can horse around all he wants too.
My father taught me you don't beat on your daily driver. I didn't always remember it but I did most of the time. It did cost me one daily driver though.
God bless you!
@@bcole4726 I am sure there is a mirror somewhere in his house. He will find the culprit hiding behind that mirror.
@@Northtide I've heard rumors Paul may have high revved a motor before.
Now in Landon's defense "idling" is open to interpretation. 😉 You learn from your mistakes, hopefully he learned a few lessons here. The most important is how blessed he is to have a dad and an uncle who can both fix those mistakes and teach him about vehicles in the process. Only those who have to pay $$$ to have repairs done know what a blessing this. You're raising good kids, they just didn't fall far from the tree (Paul). It took my brother a few years to realize how expensive his right foot was- rapairs, accidents, tickets and insurance. Everything's gonna be alright. Take care, stay safe and GOD bless
You know this is true.
In the Diesel engine world there is "high idle".
That is the top RPM the governor is set at,,, so ,,,, technically, hitting valve float, is idle.
Kinda.
Maybe.
I DO love my 6.0's too.
One thing Landon should know by now is to not lie to dad about an engine related failure...especially not to your dad who is the mechanic fixing the problem and is going to be looking into the causes of said failure!
I just love to see Paul's mom having fun with her family and friends , it warms my heart every time!
Good Dad and Uncle. This is what parents should be doing with their young adults. Thanks for the video and happy new year to all of you.🎉
The family that wrenches together stays together.
Landon gets to start off the new year with a new power plant in his ride.
Fab Rats Crime Scene Investigations, A new channel idea! Loved the scenario. Landon; "I was only doing 25 when it seized", Paul wanting to believe that was the case but knowing it is his son, decides to investigate and uncovers the truth! I just love postmortem engine tear downs!
He might have only been doing 25 but the tires were doing about a hundred. A motor has to "idle" before quitting. Haha!
God bless you!
Landon's idling story was crumbling down little by little hahahahaha... That was funny. This will be even funnier with time... LOL Lucky that Dad and Uncle Ben (including uncle Merlin) were able to do a family cooperation and get it back and running...
Pretty cool that you can go out to your own part’s yard and find most of the parts you need! Paul and Ben getting it done again!
Won't be much inventory left while Landon's Ghost keeps attacking his rides. Needs an exorcism, not a mechanic!! 😂
Does everyone in Utah have their own junkyard in their backyard?
@@IEchuckie Only the luck ones!!!
Every time I see a new episode posted I smile because it's like visiting some of my very best friends. And I enjoy every min.
You say it for all of us!!!!
Michelle! You weren't in this one but 'We all know' you made it happen... just wanted to say thanks... (I watch your channel every time it comes out) and laugh at the music that you put in... especially the "stories with Paul" laugh every time - cause I know its you laughing at the video when you are making it... Thank You! 👍
Reminds me of when I backed into a telephone pole in my father's pickup. It made a perfectly round shape. I told my father that someone backed into it at the grocery store. He looked at me and said, " what did they hit it with a telephone pole".
When my brother was in high school, he hit a fire hydrant and insisted that someone had hit him. Dad didn't believe it and said, "that looks like the same color of paint as a fire hydrant!" Later dad told me that he saw the tracks in the snow leading off the road to the hydrant and then down the hill to my brother's car.
@@kaptnkarl01 lol, I know how your brother felt.
Great video guy's, problem is Paul has raised his kids doing burnouts and full throttle shifts. It gets in your blood, the adrenalin rush is amazing. Until you hear the sobering sound of the engine coming apart. Good thing is Landon will be an engine rebuilder and tester.
Yup!!!
Your insight is pretty wise. You can hardly get angry at a kid who's dad is pedal to the metal 24/7.
Rod knock at 8k rpm can change a man for a min and then the next motor gets the same treatment Haha
@@gmcman355crazy UNLESS said man has to take out a loan to pay for such foolishness. Money, or lack there of, can be a game changer. In other words, how reckless can you afford to be?
@@Rat-Builder if Mom and Dad are buying the parts you can afford to be very reckless until Mom and Dad stop buying them.
God bless you!
Hunter has such a great thing going on here. Getting to watch Paul and Ben work all day and learning all kinds of new stuff along the way.
Great lessons for the kids. Getting to repair what you broke. Priceless lessons for life. You need a Fab Rats shirt that says “We’ll figure it out.” We certainly need more people out there with that attitude. So many now throw up their hands and give up.
When I was in high school we wouldn't even buy a truck unless it was a manual. Now days everyone wants automatics and you can't hardly find a manual transmission. I wish I had all the old squarebody chevys you have they are still my favorite trucks to this day
The most important add on to make an engine last longer for a teenage driver is to bolt a two by four to the floor under the gas peddle!
Lol
😂 gotta NAIL it , so Paul can use
_his_ _hammer_
Paul can peen the ends of the bolts over so the nuts won't "accidentally"fall off and the 2*4 gets lost.
He's a teenager. Better weld metal under it or it might just accidentally come off "out of the blue." :)
🤣
Yea I remember being 17 and breaking up a couple junk yard small blocks. It was when I started building my own motors, buying parts, and paying machine shop bills I did my best to make motors last. Landon will also learn as well. Awesome content Paul and Ben!!!
Landon seems to have no luck with engines in this truck! Hopefully he is still learning. Hunter may have the giggles over the events of how to kill a engine but from previous videos it's obvious that he is still learning also. Thanks for sharing! Can't wait for the next episode of Landon's truck rebuild 2.0 or is it 3.0?
Stay safe healthy and happy 👍
16:10 "taillight warranty' - Once worked for a car dealership and our used car manager would talk about the 'two part warranty'. He explained that when you drove the car away, if it broke in half...you got to keep both parts.
That rod would be a good story as a shifter IMO. Amazing 👍👍
I'm with ya guys, I've fixed and repaired so many things. Due to castrophic failures as to no fault of my children. I've heard the "I was just idling" story. Or "it just broke by itself".
You're not alone fellas. Keep er movin
Brings back memories…Been doing engines for 30 years, never seen part of a piston in the intake. When I popped my first chevy, I had to walk, ride the bicycle to two part time jobs for the funds to fix it. Took a while but, the right foot learned to use the brain. Exspensive lesson every young man needs to learn for himself. Thanks for sharing the carnage laughing my ass off
I just love you guys - your show is real. The problems you incur, the mistakes you make are the same ones the rest of us come across. We can relate!!!!
I look forward to my Friday mornings with yours and the other s videos. Thanks Paul, Michelle and team!
Very educational. I have watched your videos for long enough to have learned enough to be a mechanic when I grow up. I have now decided that this will be my career path for a long and successful career. I’m only 73 years old so I had better get started soon, while the fire is still burning. Thanks for the inspiration.
I just turned 64 and I'm STILL trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up !!
@@haroldphipps3457 Better hurry and decide, you only have a year before you hit full retirement.
@@patbullard9276 In UK retirement has been moved back to 72 unless they move it back some more so you have few more years.
@@owen368 I’m still past the U.K. Full retirement age.
Teen Age Boys, refreshing to see they haven't changed. I guess it is a rite of passage for us gearhead types. I can say this, I am really glad there wasn't any you tube or social media back in the mid 70's when I was in this place. It was bad enough with the "grapevine" that always seemed to leak the facts back to Dad when I broke or blew something up.
I remember one afternoon when I was a senior in HS I was complaining about working full time and going to school and still being broke. Dad looked at me, walked me out to the scrap pile and pointed to a couple of grenaded blocks, a broken cast crank and a stripped ring and pinion set and said, " well, maybe if you stop adding to this pile you'll have some money"
He was right.
He usually was.
Yall need to start a "Wall of Shame" which is just a sheet of plywood with the worst riggings and/or mistakes found mounted to it. It's kind of fun to have in a shop.
This is great.
In the early 1990's my buddy and his dad went through Ford engines, from idling. I'm so fortunate to have assisted them because I learned so much, not only about engines. All you guys are doing together is gold.
From idling? More than one engine?
Engines is only one of the things the Next Generation of Coxes are learning. Ben and Paul had a great mom and dad team herding them toward manhood.
Yeah I'm sure you made alot of good memories during that part of your life lol
@@NorthtideI agree with that even tho I don't know them personally you can see it in them 🤷♂️😁😁
Your children are very lucky to have a greatDad as you.👍
My first vehicle had 130k showing when I got it, and it lasted me almost three very hard years, a timing-chain was the only thing I had to fix in that 3-yrs, but it wasn't a shitty-chevy either,😉, I did buy a Dodge for my second rig, it only had 30k showing when I got it, and less than 35k when it caught fire at a stop sign and was totaled, I haven't owned a Dodge since, thanks for sharing guys.👍
@jerrtb1234, that's one thing I can agree on Dodge/Chrysler products are junk.
Yay for Landon getting his truck worked on. Tail light warranty I may need to use that myself Paul!
Landon quietly/cautiously "I'll keep it as a trophy" HAHA !!! Gotta love kids 🤣
Most would just throw the motor away, but this is cool to see the aftermath and using CSI tactics to determine exact time and cause of death! I love to see a teen driving that ol' truck! Great job guys!
Autopsies are great!!! Might be true that the Front wheels were doing 25 ... but there was some serious RPM to grenade a piston that completely ... and to suck an oil ring back into the intake???? That's a Trophy well earned!!!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Awesome to see father and son working together.
Thanks for quality entertainment Paul .. I love how I learn always some new stuff with you...Landon is lucky to have Dad like you ... Should not lie to you lol 😂
As if the boy is going to say "Oh yeah, it was red lining, then bang"
@@seanworkman431
Pretty sure it was more like:
"then, BANG!!!" 🤣🤣
@@seanworkman431 well Sean..never underestimate the power of honesty :) ..always honesty brings the best outcome for your life :)
@@danielsanzvoice you are absolutely correct but I must admit I was not entirely honest about how I shredded my mum's gearbox.
@@seanworkman431 hahahaha Well here you go my friend! better late than never....thanks for sharing that ....u got all my respect for that ... by the way....did you fixed it for her? careful if Paul read this my go to your home and fix that gear box in a minute xD
Make sure you set the rev limiter at 4000 that way he will have that engine for a while and won't have to worry about sending rods out the side
Also have him rebuild the motor he blew up.
@@RattyFlyer blew up a 327 a little over 50 years ago and some of the spark plugs looked like the one Paul showed. I tore the heads off and a couple valves dropped and when they hit the pistons they exploded and ruined both the block and a pair of 202 heads. I hit a smalll patch ice at the top of a hill when I was pedal to the metal.
Good to see the new engine is EFI. Should help the over-speed problems.
Your kids are so lucky to have you two to learn from. My Dad could build the world's most secret Prototype Jets with his eyes closed but hated working on cars in his free time so his answer was always work overtime son so you can afford to take it to the shop. So I did. Alot. Lol
Love the story time and everybody working together that is awesome. Landon will have his truck back again
Mr Paul, you are quite the Dad. If my son had done that did something that I had to fix I would not have been a happy camper. Back in 1994-95 I bought a 1968 Ford LTD from the salvage auction it was not hurt bad at all. The reason I bought it because my first car back in 1975 with a 68 Ford LTD so my son got the one I bought 94/95 and that was his first car basically. The cool thing is he still has it today it's a four-door hardtop Factory duals original 390 with a four barrel and an automatic. It it runs like new. He has had has been in several car accidents in this car but it's been fixed every time. it still looks good. I can't be more proud of him? When he came into my life he was 8 years old he's 42 now and he still refers to me as his dad though he doesn't call me dad, I think that's pretty cool. He married well and has given us two Grandsons. He never got involved in drugs for which i am greatful! Best regards Bob from Virginia USA
Landon is a good guy and deserves the nice stuff Paul! He is living right and taking your parts lol
My dad's been gone for 11 years. But it seemed like I was always bringing my cars in for him to help me fix. You said save it for a trophy my dad did all that. All my stupid breaks were on the wall lol. One of them was chains, I broke one motor mount so I just chained it down on that side when it broke the other side I chained it down on that side. They're still hanging on the wall in the shop there's many more I can't think of any off hand LOL that's what dads are for 👍
My transportation was a motorcycle thru high school, which was all I could afford at the time. So my car engine training came from helping my friends work on their vehicles to keep them running. It was a good learning experience making sure their rides (and sometimes mine too) stayed on the road.
I think Paul sees a lot of himself at Landon's age in this. There's that, been there, done that, understanding look, while mild chastising him on cam.
Message to Landon: You are blessed with caring and involved parents, and a loving family. It doesn't get any better than that.
I’m so happy to see your boy get at motor.
When your Dad's a led foot himself he can't give you grief about this, great video thank's for sharing God bless ❤😉👍
we're not saying landon did anything, we're just gonna blame him. makes our jobs easier.
It wasn't ideling he was doing the proper speed limit and and a 24 point buck ran in front and he had to mash the has to prevent from hitting it..lmao
@@jimmyhil1801 mash the has?
@@randallsmerna384 You've never truly lived until you've mashed the has
I'm going to say ol' Lando did over 9,000 RPM.
Merlin, where do I get that t shirt. The price of diesel has just about grounded me!
At 18 when my motor mysteriously came apart my mother wasn't able to disassemble it to see what happened. Bad luck for Landon having a parent with skills and knowledge. 😂
This is one of your best videos. I loved every second of it. Didn’t want it to end. But had to get back to yard work anyway.
Loved Paul and Ben working together and Landon and Hunter there doing their part. Awesome people. Waiting on the next video.
Love and blessings to you all. ❤️🙏🙏👍👍🌟🌟❤️. God bless
So nice to see Ben back in the shop!
Hey Paul, we both know it takes special skill and finesse to do that to an engine when it's just idling. I couldn't be any prouder of Landon if he was my own. He done real good. Reminds me of what I did to the 389 in the 66 GTO the day my son Nathaniel was born. Or the 2.8 l in the little z24 cavalier when I was out chasing mustangs.
Bet that GOAT haunts your dreams still!
@@michaelholden5131 I can close my eyes and see every nut,bolt and screw. There are times while I'm falling asleep I think I can hear her off of the distance. The biggest I mistake I ever made was trading her for the 1966 Harley-Davidson FLH and the dog. Still have the FLH but dog died years ago.
Paul and Ben can't say anything. They both recognize what happened to that LS based on their personal high school driving experience. It just runs (or in this case doesn't) in the family. I'm old enough to be their dad, and I recognize what happened to that LS from my own high school experience. Some things never change, they just get passed on. 🤣🤣
You guys are pretty first class and are well respected. Keep working away at what you do best. Thanks for showing the tear down.
Good video!! Looks like Landon is soon going to be on the road again! I have a 2004 F-150 with a 5.4 Triton.. mechanic replaced the passenger side exhaust manifold and gasket... on the lift idling to check for leaks... engine goes bang, bang, BANG!! Stopped dead! put two 3/8" holes in the oil pan... never got to see the inside so not sure but I suspected the roller followers failed, and dropped a valve??? Cost me $6,700 to get a new rebuilt engine installed. Landon is SO LUCKY he has you and your knowledge and shop!!!!
My Dad would have been like this. Made me take responsibility but help me fix it. I sure miss him.
That motor probably was idling at actual time of death, but that's after the burnout or redline before that lol
LOL! I think you told the whole story. That not "idling" damage but Dad is trying not to humiliate him.
Paul my son was cruising down the road after hitting a deer in a 86 dodge d 350 flatbed. He called me at 1am to come get him and his truck because it overheated. We went to install new head gaskets and found out he dropped the valves in #8 which took out the piston. He too said it didn't make any noise! My uncle was always able to inform me how I destroyed something weather I told him or not! It must be a dad's gift or reliving our own B.S. I have some knocking 360 mopar engines but none have ever come apart. At least Landon is learning how things work. Great channel and I enjoy the family aspect of it.
Some of the best training I ever had was when my parent vw bug that i was allowed to occasionally drive broke down and my dad gave me a Chilton manual and obtained permission from the mechanic next door for me to push it in and use his shop and tools after hours. He said if you wanna drive you're gonna have to fix it yourself. Took us 2 hours to pull the motor the first time on the 1969 automatic stick shift. We got pretty good and we're able to pull it in about 10 minutes on about the 5th time. Ended up converting it to a real manual eventually when the tranny went on it. My son had a civic that spun one of the crank bearings and although it cost him a bit of money in parts (new crank, etc) he did all the labour himself (with some supervisory help from his dad) and learned a lot about engines in the process. Priceless. The best way to learn is to do, might reduce the heavy foot in the future too, maybe...
Landon is lucky to have a dad like you Paul. 🙂
That is an interesting dissection and analysis of an engine "failure" caused by being led footed. No! We may see that block in another episode of "Great Motor Rebuildings" by FabRats.
Comming soon to a theater near you.
Ben, "You're not supposed to rebuild it thru the top side". Reminds me of the story about a Gynecologist who got bored and changed careers. He went to school to become a mechanic. He learned quickly and when it came time for his final, he aced it. The instructors called him into the office and praised him for the top score ever. Then they asked, why did you do it thru the tailpipe?
Landon ain't no dummy...... started the tear down with dad and then ran out of time.... that's ok, dad needs the space in the shop so he and uncle Ben will finish it! Hehehe.... it's fantastic to watch you with your kids working on stuff. That's how I learned, with my dad on the floor of the garage or in the dirt. That's how I'll teach my kids as they get older too! Keep it up, God bless!
Idling down the rd at 25mph hahaha you guys are awesome 😎
Been interesting watching you parent those young studdlies. I raised 2 boys on my own most of their lives and had rules about cars, you can't borrow what you can't replace, THEY can have any car they can afford, THEY pay their own insurance, THEY repair their own cars, I'll be glad to help, and poor planning on THEIR part doesn't mean an emergency on my part.. Glad to see they carried that thinking forward with their own. Everyone gets way more sleep.
I'm a son too and dad.. You are not moving cause it's in the way. You all are moving it cause you all are dadddddsss.... I mean yes gotta get it out of the way... You all are truly A+ dadds
With Paul and Ben's knowledge on mechanics combined with being a father, they were able to do an autopsy and forensic research on that engine. And they painted a pretty accurate picture of the events that happened to that engine from minute clues. Landon was grinning as their theory of events matched what he probably already knew. Hard to get stuff past dads, they've been there and done that. But it was a combination of things, like Ben said.
Damn Lando send it. Know we know why it took so long to get motivated. Fortunately you have the best dad for this kind of learning experience. Live and learn bud and hug your dad.
Honest Dad, I was just idling in the parking lot when all of a sudden the engine when kablooey.
😂😂🤣
Don’t you worry Landon we’ve all been there, hopefully you learned a valuable lesson from this. If you’re gonna send it we expect to see a hole in the block and the crank and cam so warped they’ll never come out. 😏
" I was just idling and it made a noise when I shut it off at the Barber Shop". Check the Clutch Disc. Nice job on the broken stud. I know of no kid that that kind of back up by his Father and Uncle. I had to save up for a bicycle seat.
Great video working on Landon’s “grenaded” LS all good family fun. Love to see Mom there in the shop with the boys. I’ll bet in her younger days she would get in there and wrench 🔧 with Dad and the boys👍, God Bless her.
My dad always gave me the 50/50 warranty - If it breaks in half you own both pieces.
Poor Lando gets a rough ride around that shop! That transfer case speedo mod was pretty impressive!
The banter between every generation here is the best!
Look at Paul go! Just manhandling that t-case like a boss! Keep that up and youll have abs by summer! 🤣😂
This truck is one of my favorite projects, ,mainly because Landon earned it, but when the front clip needed installing, Paul said "we needed some muscle so we called Grampa Sherm."
I was passing a car and inadvertently downshifted from 3rd to 2nd, instead of 4th and dropped a valve in a Jeep. That valve put 2 windows into the soul of that motor. It was amazing how much carnage there was in that block. It seemed like I took forever for that engine to spool down. Our best guess was a quick trip to 7,200 RPM did not sit well with the number 2 exhaust valve.
I have a Wrangler with a 2.5 in it and when I bought it the guy said it has a knock at about 3000 RPM but it will stay together forever if you keep it below 3000. It was a play toy for me and I had plans of putting a 6 liter in it so I didn't care.
I was wheeling one day and revved it way over 3 grand and it started knocking real bad. When I got home I decided to drive it over to a friend's garage to look it over and going down a big hill it quit running so I tried starting it with the starter and it wouldn't turn over. Knowing the engine was junk and not caring, at about 40 mph I let the clutch out and it locked the tires up for a second then freed up but didn't start. After letting the clutch out again it started running very rough and knocking bad with a lot of lights flashing on the dash. It was barely running and smoking really bad, I couldn't see the vehicle lights behind me at times due to the smoke, but I made it another 3ish miles to his house after it quit many times. It was a good thing most of the way was down hill or I would've needed a tow.
When I got to his garage we looked through the fender well and there was a hole in the block the size of my fist and the wrist pin and half of the connecting rod was sitting on the frame. The goo, a mix of oil and anti freeze I assume, that was running out from under that Jeep was nasty. I was surprised it ran as good as it did, for short amounts of time, after the hole was knocked in the block and it freed itself of the part of the connecting rod that was hitting. That was the last ride for that Jeep and I replaced it with an 86 short bed Chevrolet.
I hope you liked my story and God bless you!
I'm in my late 60s and been around auto shops most of my life. I don't remember seeing an engine grenade that much and remain rebuildable. Gotta love LS engines. Thanks guys, very interesting episode. Cheers from West Jordan.
That green looks like the color I used to paint all my engines. It brought back memories.
Sure hope Landon is shoveling snow and getting his lawn mower ready for this spring.
Love the look of the short stepside beds
My dad didn't own any wrenches, tools. He didn't know a thing about mechanics, but he drove like a wild man every day. When something blew up he'd go to a shop for repair, but he would also think about getting a new car/truck.If my rig had a problem he couldn't care less. Paul helps his son even when his son tells a little fib.
The longer y'all work together, the better y'all are. Y'all are awesome.
Congratulations on the continued growth of your channel. You're almost to 500k subscribers! 👏👏👏
More great content here. Love the tear down and the family dynamic!
I wanted to see the bores, especially the one with the invisible piston. how the parts we saw looked as clean as they did is truly amazing.
That was an incredible teardown!! That piston just disintegrated!!! Unbelievable!
Lead foot Landon. When you hit the red line it's on the verge of shucking parts at you.
We Love when Grandma Lolly steals the show❤️❤️❤️😯👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 "Almost looks like you know what you're doing" 😘🤣❤️
Just a heads up that back cover for the Tcase is EXTREMELY valuable and hard to find. Those Np241C passenger drops are highly sought after. Especially if the have the electrical Speed sensor
Not saying that Landon has a Heavy foot but a good rule of thumb is once the valves start a bouncin back it of just a little, and you will get to have another go !! Great to see the boys taking an interest in getting their hands greasy and turning wrenches it’s truly a dying trade these days over here all the lads want to do is sit down with a video game on line with the same lads they saw 20 mins earlier. Love the video and the channel. I have also had a few of those tail light warranties with some of my customers parts too lol 😂
Landon's blown motor is like some sort of automotive piñata with all of the prizes and surprises found in it after they cracked it open👍‼️