another great vid ,you've got a good'un in seat cover. drives the wrecker .helps to fix stuff ,now that's a lady any fella would be proud to have by his side. good on ya from mid wales in the UK,
I quit using header gaskets back in the eighties. Make sure the flanges are flat and bolt them to the heads. I put a lot of miles on them as a daily driver, never had a problem after that. Did the same on the collector.
When I used to build small block V8s, if the headers loosened up, that proved that I built the motor. To this day I have NEVER had headers seal forever on a Chevy V8.
I use (nordlock ) lock washers on header bolts and graphite gaskets at the heads and instead of gaskets at the collector I use a 3rd bolt flange. works the best of all I have tried
I think we all jumped when that line broke I was stand right when It went really gold u had the cable with thanks again guy for coming and helping us u guys really are awesome for that we froze r butts off
God I love that old square body. I'm definitely not a fan of chevy but I would take that square body in a second. Keep the towing rig I want it with a flat bed.
The snap on guy caught you real good didn’t he! Also the rope into that hook looks like it’s destined to fail, it such a tight radius around that pin! It would be a thousand times better with a nice thimble on it and re-spliced properly.
@3:21... I bet that SMELLED LOVELY!!! @4:45... the assembly you are creating with the chain link is called a Bull Nose, which are located on the Bow of Ships. @7:50... "We do it nice, because we do it twice"! (I have uttered that very phrase, many times!). @8:19... Hey Gene! (Caught ya!) 😁😁 @10:15... I see Mara has grown her fingernails and @10:23 Mara grunts in the manner of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor! (she got a bigger hammer!) 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Very informative - using that link was brilliant. I like that Mara is always right in there with you. But what is it with plastic-handled hammers? Everyone seems to be using them these days.
Still have some roads lifters in my Chevy and put some headman cerarma coat headers with thick flanges and copper gadgets and never had an exhaust leak again
Eric, when are you gonna drop a LS in that Beast and make a man out of it? This writer appreciates what you do for everybody. Good luck with your future endeavors.
On the header bolts they make special bolts with locks but personally I like to either order airplane bolts with holes made in the head or drill my own then safety wire them just like they do on airplanes and they will never come loose
Hey on those headers leaking from the heads I've solved this problem myself now over 30 years ago because of what my dad had told me put you a nice little RTV beat a cellicone around each exhaust port then put the header up in the place you tighten the header balls one time and they never come loose and they never leak and I've never had a headlight problem it's a headerly problem on multiple cars I've built Again RTV red silicone or black a little beat around each exhaust port put the headers on without smearing it you'll never have exhausted again
Great video cant wait to see how the new rope works. Question, and sorry guessing its been asked before, when you are in the bush do you charge for tow recoveries? Or by donation or ?
Looove Rhodes Lifters. In the world according to me, the lifters are really noisy, when the engine is running it sounds like a well machined engine that has the same little sound at each cylinder (valve). Rhodes is my favored lifter.
I had a truck it was quite as can be until about 1500 miles on the oil and it would always tell me when to change oil Because I would get that lifter tick It did not matter what brand of oil
i remember them lifters i hated them lifters. i dont mean to sound like a smart ass to you when you do that kind of work. but with headers i used Mr gasket metal header gasket. and the way i have always tightened my headers and i know you going to say wont work. but try it. change the gaskets tighten them i mean go over them a couple times start the truck let it get to running temp shut the truck off and come back in 4 or 5 hours when its stone cold again and tighten them again. do NOT tighten them when they are hot. i ran mud bogs and went all year and never blow them while everyone else would change them every month or two. i used Mr gasket but i guess any metal gasket will work.
Why not us a permanent, adjustable exhaust pipe up to the exhast fan that tou could attach to the truck tail pipe for better exhaust of the poisonous gases from the engine?
A word to the engaged--and already focused--- pull that damn Ramsey winch out and especially address driver side housing where undoubtedly you will need to put lubrication in the bushing on the end housing! Don't forget to check the 20 wt. in the spur gear housing for correct level, and the 140 wt. in the worm gear housing that it's correct too! You use that son-of-a-bitch a lot and I'm guessing it's probably low.
Need to teach that seat cover how to swing a BFH. As for the wrecker engine. You work for a bloody GM dealer. WHY is there not a Big Block Tonawanda in that bay? Cheap headers = exhaust leaks and backing off bolts. are lots of times due to no flex in the exhaust. But you know that. Need to let the seat cover do more fun stuff too, like pulling that winch cable out. Or using the blue tip wrench on that bolt or the opening for the boom pulley. My widow was afraid of a screwdriver when met her. Mostly because her idiot ex husband was too stupid to know how to use one right anyway so if he couldn't how could she. She has the desire same as my wife did. So, hand her the tool and you can fix anything she breaks.
I don't know how all winches work but I do know the ones I ran that is a sheer bolt that is designed to break if you overload your winch instead of snapping your cable and it comes flying back and hitting somebody it shares that boat and on spools off the Bell and keeps from damaging your winch or snapping your cable if you put two big old load that's more than what the winch is capable of handling I've shared them many a times they're just a little aluminum bolts they're not steel Some winches actually come with an extra sheer bolt
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Yep that chain link is a great fair lead. Thanks for showing the details on the operation. That adds so much!
another great vid ,you've got a good'un in seat cover. drives the wrecker .helps to fix stuff ,now that's a lady any fella would be proud to have by his side. good on ya from mid wales in the UK,
Mara is certainly more than a seat cover, she is a real asset to Eric,
a bloke would definitely be proud of her!
The chain link was genius. Great video
Using the chainlink like that was brilliant!
Looking good Eric! Slowly creepin into the future, smart phone and all🤣
The old Squarebody Wrecker is coming along nicely. Shes a Tank..Great Video.
Using that link of chain is brilliant! I will put that in my memory banks for later use. Thanks for the idea.
I run crower cam savers in my truck and they make the same noise. Hopefully you get your parts soon and get back in the woods👍🏻
Good call on the gloves! I've been burned more times than I can count spooling back in my winch. Great upgrade video for your winch! :)
Yeah Eric.....FIRE IS YOUR FRIEND SOMETIMES 🤣🤣🤣🤣Can't wait to see HOOKER back at work again!!!!
A little bit of well deserved love for the wrecker, nice.
Thank you for explaining that ragged old exhaust leak!
Love listening to your welder, sounds like a bag of marbles
I quit using header gaskets back in the eighties. Make sure the flanges are flat and bolt them to the heads. I put a lot of miles on them as a daily driver, never had a problem after that. Did the same on the collector.
When I used to build small block V8s, if the headers loosened up, that proved that I built the motor. To this day I have NEVER had headers seal forever on a Chevy V8.
Super design on the chain link end, Enjoy the rope, Awaiting the action
Love your content keep up the good work 👍
Great video as usual Eric....
And that is the way it is if you use a small hammer use a bigger one. Great video Eric.
Great job !! from massachusetts/ New Hampsire border. 😎😎
Good job, guys!
Great to see your nearly ready for some more action all the best to you all
Great idea using the chain link
I use (nordlock ) lock washers on header bolts and graphite gaskets at the heads and instead of gaskets at the collector I use a 3rd bolt flange. works the best of all I have tried
Great video guys
SOUNDS FINE FROM MY TV !! THUMBS 👍
Enjoy your videos!! Thanks for sharing
Great video. Great help meet you have there as well. The chain link was genius. Love you guys.
God Bless.
Awesome you guys and girls great video deal putting new rope on
I miss having a wrecker! Such satisfying work and I never had a bad ass jacked up wrecker but I will one day! Thanks for the content!!
Great job team
I think we all jumped when that line broke I was stand right when It went really gold u had the cable with thanks again guy for coming and helping us u guys really are awesome for that we froze r butts off
Thanks for sharing.
looking forward to u r next video
That's a smart idea with the chain link got to remember that
A buddy of mine that raced alcohol sprint car always used red high temp silicone to keep header bolts from backing out.
God I love that old square body. I'm definitely not a fan of chevy but I would take that square body in a second. Keep the towing rig I want it with a flat bed.
The snap on guy caught you real good didn’t he!
Also the rope into that hook looks like it’s destined to fail, it such a tight radius around that pin!
It would be a thousand times better with a nice thimble on it and re-spliced properly.
I use mechanics wire on header bolts. Which helps to keep them from becoming loose. I heard the stage 8 locking header bolts are good too.
all this youtube 4x4 tow truck stuff is a bad influence on me haha
@3:21... I bet that SMELLED LOVELY!!! @4:45... the assembly you are creating with the chain link is called a Bull Nose, which are located on the Bow of Ships. @7:50... "We do it nice, because we do it twice"! (I have uttered that very phrase, many times!). @8:19... Hey Gene! (Caught ya!) 😁😁 @10:15... I see Mara has grown her fingernails and @10:23 Mara grunts in the manner of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor! (she got a bigger hammer!) 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Awesome cool 🆒️ 😎 👍
I love that noise lol just old school
I have the same lifters as well
Very informative - using that link was brilliant. I like that Mara is always right in there with you. But what is it with plastic-handled hammers? Everyone seems to be using them these days.
Roads lifters the best in my opinion still using them after 45 year’s.
Paint the hook a neon pink 👍🏻👍🏻
Still have some roads lifters in my Chevy and put some headman cerarma coat headers with thick flanges and copper gadgets and never had an exhaust leak again
Eric y'all are Awesome.
Eric I need some help with my 2001 Chevy S10 ex-cab 4×4 wide track
I forgot the 2 most important words in that conversation--don't sssume!
Glad you taught "seat cover" not to use Force just get a bigger Hammer when it comes to whacking things.
Eric, when are you gonna drop a LS in that Beast and make a man out of it? This writer appreciates what you do for everybody. Good luck with your future endeavors.
On the header bolts they make special bolts with locks but personally I like to either order airplane bolts with holes made in the head or drill my own then safety wire them just like they do on airplanes and they will never come loose
Old trucks make old noises. Lol
Why am I thinking you have manifolds instead of headers on that truck?, thanks for sharing.
Hey on those headers leaking from the heads I've solved this problem myself now over 30 years ago because of what my dad had told me put you a nice little RTV beat a cellicone around each exhaust port then put the header up in the place you tighten the header balls one time and they never come loose and they never leak and I've never had a headlight problem it's a headerly problem on multiple cars I've built Again RTV red silicone or black a little beat around each exhaust port put the headers on without smearing it you'll never have exhausted again
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Have you tried locking fasteners for the headers?🤔🤔
Put some Ulta copper silicone on the header gasket. And fix the banging fan on the welder
Great video cant wait to see how the new rope works. Question, and sorry guessing its been asked before, when you are in the bush do you charge for tow recoveries? Or by donation or ?
No charge when we are at an event.
Looove Rhodes Lifters.
In the world according to me, the lifters are really noisy, when the engine is running it sounds like a well machined engine that has the same little sound at each cylinder (valve).
Rhodes is my favored lifter.
That welders got a rod going out in it. 😋
What about studs for the exhaust manifold
Yeah I remember the Rhodes lifters 🙉
I use Remflex Header Gaskets on my SBC and they never leak or get blown out
Remflex gaskets will fix the exhaust leak
Any particular reason you changed out wire rope for rope? I hope you're going to keep the cable to make a choker cable. Good video,, thanks!
My headers leak too wouldn't trust a set that didn't lol !!!!!!!
You would think by 2022 someone would make aftermarket headers that don't leak or losing up and leak.
Just out of curiosity, is that sound in the background when you are welding the fan in the welder? If so, mine used to do that to.
Yes it is, will look at it next time we need to change the gas cylinder.
What's the name of the brush you used at 3:50?
I had a truck it was quite as can be until about 1500 miles on the oil and it would always tell me when to change oil Because I would get that lifter tick It did not matter what brand of oil
so why dont you use anti seize on the bolts you take and fix like on the winch
i remember them lifters i hated them lifters. i dont mean to sound like a smart ass to you when you do that kind of work. but with headers i used Mr gasket metal header gasket. and the way i have always tightened my headers and i know you going to say wont work. but try it. change the gaskets tighten them i mean go over them a couple times start the truck let it get to running temp shut the truck off and come back in 4 or 5 hours when its stone cold again and tighten them again. do NOT tighten them when they are hot. i ran mud bogs and went all year and never blow them while everyone else would change them every month or two. i used Mr gasket but i guess any metal gasket will work.
Who is gonna be first on the hook with the new Yankum winch line? My bet is on Clifford!
The header leak don't bother me mine do the same thing
That should definitely NOT be a common question...
6:10 what is that background noise?? Someone drumming on an oil barrel??
funky fan in the welder I think
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never know what the future holds maybe a ls swap on the wrecker or something that would solve all them noises once and for good
Why not us a permanent, adjustable exhaust pipe up to the exhast fan that tou could attach to the truck tail pipe for better exhaust of the poisonous gases from the engine?
A word to the engaged--and already focused--- pull that damn Ramsey winch out and especially address driver side housing where undoubtedly you will need to put lubrication in the bushing on the end housing! Don't forget to check the 20 wt. in the spur gear housing for correct level, and the 140 wt. in the worm gear housing that it's correct too! You use that son-of-a-bitch a lot and I'm guessing it's probably low.
Why mess with headers leaking. Cast iron manifolds Will dove the leak for good. Quieter too.
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Need to teach that seat cover how to swing a BFH. As for the wrecker engine. You work for a bloody GM dealer. WHY is there not a Big Block Tonawanda in that bay? Cheap headers = exhaust leaks and backing off bolts. are lots of times due to no flex in the exhaust. But you know that.
Need to let the seat cover do more fun stuff too, like pulling that winch cable out. Or using the blue tip wrench on that bolt or the opening for the boom pulley.
My widow was afraid of a screwdriver when met her. Mostly because her idiot ex husband was too stupid to know how to use one right anyway so if he couldn't how could she.
She has the desire same as my wife did. So, hand her the tool and you can fix anything she breaks.
Think you need a haircut and a good shave. You own a company you should look professional. Lol haha awesome build.
Why does somebody not fix the blades on the cooling fan for that welder
That must be a hydraulic winch. If it isn't I want a electric winch with a infinite duty cycle!
yup, rear winch is hydraulic, they do make some front mounted winches that are run off the power steering pump but they don't seem too popular
Nah paint the tip a more contrasting color … neon green
Your not really getting anything out of those headers, put the manifolds back on.
Can’t be tight if it’s liquid 🤷🏻♂️
I don't know how all winches work but I do know the ones I ran that is a sheer bolt that is designed to break if you overload your winch instead of snapping your cable and it comes flying back and hitting somebody it shares that boat and on spools off the Bell and keeps from damaging your winch or snapping your cable if you put two big old load that's more than what the winch is capable of handling I've shared them many a times they're just a little aluminum bolts they're not steel Some winches actually come with an extra sheer bolt
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