Part stores are not mechanics or technicians they just work the computer. If you thought a a store clerk was a mechanic then then u not too bright realistically if your so smart you would send them the right part number
@@jackdaniels2657 Your missing the point. Its not to rag on the clerks, The issue is that over 30+ years later the part database / interchange is still wrong and will continue to be wrong unless someone fixes it.
@@CamaroRick it will never ve right cus too manny different parts models makes nd too many different options. Id like to see u work the parts store. As a mechanic its impossible to know every part on every car. Theres cars i aint never seen or worked on before. Nd new cars and new technology keep coming out how is any one gonna keep up? People are humans we not robots. If u dont like the part store then go somewhere else. Its a business thing if u want a specific part today u go to the parts stores if u can wait u go to the internet. If u broke u go to the junkyard. Otherwise maybe sense u know bout parts u should get a job working the parts counter
When you look up an Alternator for a 80's car, most catalogs inform you may have to swap the pulley. Reman outfits will supply an alt that fits 50 applications with a pulley swap.
@@jeffreyssvtproductions1986 The point is Make sure the replacement Alt has the Correct Pulley & Fan for YOUR vehicle before turning in your old one. Once they send that core back, you will have fun finding the correct stuff. It's not like 25 years ago where every junkyard would have the stuff.
Chem dip is what was carburetor soak solvent for carb overhauls. It dissolves anything. If you get it on a rag and stuff it in your back pocket it will dissolve your butt. I know that first hand
At first I went sure about the firebird build, but now I'm loving it and looking forward to more videos! Cool idea with switching the plates in the carb. the remote start on the Tahoe sounds cool too. But yeah I like this trqns am build!!
That stuff is great love it. Top tip always keep the lid on it so the chemicals don't evaporate so it will stay full strength. Also a crankshaft can bend if not set on it's end for real look it up.
Are you going to put in piston cooling jets like ones from GET'M GARAGE, to mimic factory design as I would love to see you do it before I order them for mine in Oz,
Those cheap distributors don't index for shit and will eat your cam gear teeth. Buy a Mallory or use the trigger on the stock one with an ignition box.
I am the parts manager for a Mercedes-Benz , Volvo Cars and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter dealership. We have had a few motors with major oil consumption issues and one of the motors has a factory authorized repair consisting of replacing the piston rings, but using the existing pistons; therefore, we had to clean them. I came across a video showing Chemdip being used to remove all the carbon deposits from the pistons by simply letting them soak. I bought a four gallon can of Chemdip from our local auto parts store and we let them soak overnight. Our technician put the pistons in a large catering pan, filled the pan until the pistons were completely submerged and checked on them the following morning. The Chemdip did barely anything. We ended up using acetone. After spending $100+ I was very disappointed. I don't understand why I see all these videos on how great Chemdip works but we didn't see it in the real world at ALL...now is it possible that our can is really old or something I don't know.
Hi Matt, if you don't want to wait that long, use CRC gasket remover it will remove the carbon , your rods tightened up because all the oil from the pin hole has been removed ,they only have approx 4 tenths of a thou clearance , warm up piston and rod a little ,with butane and oil the wrist pin . Cheers .
Nice piston and rod design great for a street car engine with no valve clearance issues because of excessive cam lift. The dish in the piston could be slightly smaller otherwise pretty good.
This new engine looks awesome. I couldn't do my own & paid to have a used one swapped in. ASE mechanics really don't treat others people's car as good. As their own. Left everything a mess.
Don't forget to let some oil soak into the Piston and Piston pin face....that dip took all the lube....I have been guilty of doing a first fire off and hear a chirp in the first minute or less......the chirp was the Piston swelling for the first time hot and biting into the pin because the hole was dry.....from a ol skool salty, never ever put yer pin in a dry hole and never beat the balls on a bearing because you could not handle your balls being assulted either....
Love the idea for soaking the rods and pistons in the chem dip! Don’t forget to re-lubricate the rod, pin, and piston generously before re-installation... Currently doing exactly the same thing with a replacement 5.3 that had the top ring seized in the groove! Worked out really well. Only problem I’ve run into is the combination of that chem dip and brake clean to remove the chemo dip when done, is softens up and eats the coating on the piston side skirts.
Typing in from Brantford, Ontario My question is: What was the brand of the liquid u had in the one gallon tin to clean the pistons and rods. Brand or name of the liquid. It cleaned and softened the carbon deposits nicely. Mk My 2nd question is: On external engine aluminum parts like; alternator housing, intake manifolds, thermostat housing, aluminum engine brackets, etc. What chemical solution could I use to clean the aluminum. I would have pre-cleaned the aluminum by scraping, using paint remover, washing in paint thinner and polishing and sanding. Now I'm ready just to use a solution to nicely give a overall clean finish. I know there is vapour blasting using silica, water and air. Presently not set up for that. But is there a solution that can give a finished clean look to aluminum?
Great vid, thanks! Def will be getting some of that for all rebuilds... But why does everyone hate on seafoam? Theres a difference when u can use something inside the engine and when u have time to tear it apart and dip all parts into it.
Thanks, I know what you mean but there are way too many products out there promising miracles with carbon removal just by sipping some liquid through a vacuum line. Nothing will ever come close or imo is worth it, other than cleaning everything by hand if it needed to come apart. I would just save my money and let the carbon be!
So what this video have to do with seafoam??? You don't think if you would soak the pistons in sea foam you wouldn't get the same results???? You will it basically the same stuff
Im referring to “seafoaming” where you’re suppose to suck some through a vacuum hose and magically clean up your combustion chambers. Sure it will work as a solvent like anything else, but chem dip doesn’t claim to clean through a mere vaccum hose and running engine.
Um yea sea foam is used on engines that are still an assembly, not a solvent for specific engine parts to be soaked in. That’s like comparing wd40 to epoxy resin.
DEFINITELY AN AUTO, THAT WAY GRANDMA CAN DRIVE IT ! WTF ! WHY PUT ALL THAT EFFORT INTO A SWAP AND PUT IN A N AUTO TRANS ? IF IT WILL BE A DRAG RACER I WOULD UNDERSTAND, BUT IF IT IS GOING TO BE ENJOYED A STICK SHIFT IS A MUST ! THE STICK SHIFT IS QUIETLY SLIPPING AWAY INTO HISTORY AND WE ARE LETTING IT 1 THE NEW VETTE.... NO MANUAL TRANS ! EVERYONE SHOULD HOLD OFF AND SAY I WILL WAIT FOR THE STICK ! CHEVY WILL GET THE MESSAGE QUICK !
Really it's the older generation to blame not the newer, the newer generation doesn't buy manuals cause the biggest majority doesn't know how to drive one because they were never taught. Older generation always likes to talk about how fun a manual is to drive while explaining to their kids they don't have one because it's so much more convenient not having to worry about a clutch and shifter while driving in town. I plan on teaching my kids how to drive a manual, I was never taught by my parents cause all they ever had was autos. I learned due to my profession of truck driving and enjoying it. Have both a 86 Nissan 300zx and a 96 f150 that are both 5 speeds that my girls will have to learn to drive on. And I'm going to tell them the same thing my truck driving school told me, you can go wherever you want and drive a auto if you want to but here you're learning a manual.
I taught my son to drive stick. He ruined my 1999 Saturn SL1 in the process. < Constantly killing the engine. Taking off at the green light in 3rd gear.. Took him 6 tries to pass the DMV driver's test! Finally at 22 years old!
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Almost 40 years later and part stores still are not sure on what parts fit on the car lol gotta love it
Parts guys can't figure the style of alternator
Part stores are not mechanics or technicians they just work the computer. If you thought a a store clerk was a mechanic then then u not too bright realistically if your so smart you would send them the right part number
@@jackdaniels2657 Your missing the point. Its not to rag on the clerks, The issue is that over 30+ years later the part database / interchange is still wrong and will continue to be wrong unless someone fixes it.
@@CamaroRick it will never ve right cus too manny different parts models makes nd too many different options. Id like to see u work the parts store. As a mechanic its impossible to know every part on every car. Theres cars i aint never seen or worked on before. Nd new cars and new technology keep coming out how is any one gonna keep up? People are humans we not robots. If u dont like the part store then go somewhere else. Its a business thing if u want a specific part today u go to the parts stores if u can wait u go to the internet. If u broke u go to the junkyard. Otherwise maybe sense u know bout parts u should get a job working the parts counter
@@CamaroRick if you really want a specific park go to the dealer give them your vin number and see what happens
I had no idea that chem dip worked that well. I'm buying me some of that. Thanks.
When you look up an Alternator for a 80's car, most catalogs inform you may have to swap the pulley. Reman outfits will supply an alt that fits 50 applications with a pulley swap.
Whats your point?
@@jeffreyssvtproductions1986 The point is Make sure the replacement Alt has the Correct Pulley & Fan for YOUR vehicle before turning in your old one. Once they send that core back, you will have fun finding the correct stuff. It's not like 25 years ago where every junkyard would have the stuff.
Chem dip is what was carburetor soak solvent for carb overhauls. It dissolves anything. If you get it on a rag and stuff it in your back pocket it will dissolve your butt. I know that first hand
Lol, I cleaned everything in carb acid back in the 90s.
At first I went sure about the firebird build, but now I'm loving it and looking forward to more videos! Cool idea with switching the plates in the carb.
the remote start on the Tahoe sounds cool too. But yeah I like this trqns am build!!
but did you soak the flux capacitor
That stuff is great love it. Top tip always keep the lid on it so the chemicals don't evaporate so it will stay full strength. Also a crankshaft can bend if not set on it's end for real look it up.
@Lassi Kinnunen click the arrow to page 39
www.slideserve.com/drake-vincent/chapter-31-crankshafts-balance-shafts-and-bearings
Love the video's, America runs on Dunkin!
Same company makes B12 witch is a fuel additive one of the oldest products out there
All you had to do was swap the pulleys on the alternators lol. Done that 100 times lol.
Flatlandproductionz, Right
Stupid question. You cant add into your intake or fuel like seafoam. Its really just a cleaner degreaser.
Yes I seen other videos and they say even Water work better than sea foam , and read other comments where they did it back in the 70
What remote start did you end up going with? Compustar, or DEI's Viper?????
Or are you going to make me wait for the video? lol
Haha yea I haven’t installed it yet. I’m hoping to do it very soon! I did end up going with a Compustar.
that was a great watch! your car is great
That whole highway dead car side of the road thing gave me ptsd.
is that garage you work in at your house or elsewhere?
Are you going to put in piston cooling jets like ones from GET'M GARAGE, to mimic factory design as I would love to see you do it before I order them for mine in Oz,
Next video lsx mat has a stinking cold😷😳 🤣😎💪💪💪
Hey Matt, looking forward to some more great videos! Stay warm and have a Happy New Year.
How long did you let the potions soak?
See if the alternator for the vette has the correct pully on it
Those cheap distributors don't index for shit and will eat your cam gear teeth. Buy a Mallory or use the trigger on the stock one with an ignition box.
Where can i buy that liquid in that can at.
Autozone has it
@@lsxmatt if you dont mind what is it called so i know what to ask for.
What's that soak stuff called ?
Chem dip
Swap the TA. It isn't even a tpi
Why don’t you just get eight cans and put them all in there🤔
Its a little pricey. I think I paid 25 bucks for the can.
LsxMatt ooooo dang good reason . Great video 👍👍🏁
Pistons look like new money yes indeed matt
A much needed update! See everyone next year...
I clean my pistons all the time with this product. Works well,but make sure you put some type of lubrication on them or they will rust.
Pee-yew! I can smell that stuff up here (Montana) 😆
Just swap pulley for the alternator
Run a dehumidifier to keep moisture content down. Add heat... raise indoor temp run that space heater. Keep oiled up Should help prevent rusting.
Quick tip: break one of your old rings and use it to clean the ring grooves, instead of just pitching them in the trash first.
I am the parts manager for a Mercedes-Benz , Volvo Cars and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter dealership. We have had a few motors with major oil consumption issues and one of the motors has a factory authorized repair consisting of replacing the piston rings, but using the existing pistons; therefore, we had to clean them. I came across a video showing Chemdip being used to remove all the carbon deposits from the pistons by simply letting them soak. I bought a four gallon can of Chemdip from our local auto parts store and we let them soak overnight. Our technician put the pistons in a large catering pan, filled the pan until the pistons were completely submerged and checked on them the following morning. The Chemdip did barely anything. We ended up using acetone. After spending $100+ I was very disappointed. I don't understand why I see all these videos on how great Chemdip works but we didn't see it in the real world at ALL...now is it possible that our can is really old or something I don't know.
Where’s that alarm video on Tahiti 👀 just bought the Viper 5305V.
Now just waiting to see if you buy a similar alarm.
Put a 140 amp 96 Cadillac Alternator on it!!!! that 90 amp BS will never hold up! at the Least put a 105 Amp on it from later 90's GM's
Nice results. I just did a vid on my method of cleaning them, but I planned on using chem-dip also on mine.
You should always store your crankshaft stand up unless it's in the block. Just an FYI.....
Please explain?
Phillip Aubin lol what is the table doing? But hey folks believe funnier things...
does that chem dip affect the coating on the skirt of the piston?
Dude why couldn't you be in my neighborhood I'd pay you to clean up my 87 iroc-z
Do you think you would get the same affect if you dumped the chem dip in a tub and put all them in the same tub at once?
Yea I don’t see why not. Only reason I didn’t was because I’d need a lot to cover the wrist pins.
So hold up you are putting a blower on the tahoe
I want to, but it belongs to the Camaro! Tahiti will get her own. Someday....
You are lsx matt = time to ls swap that trans am and ditch the carb and distributor nightmares
I see you've been dealing with the same sh*tty rain that we have been in Toronto.
Damn I wish I could build my base model '00 camaro.
Hi Matt, if you don't want to wait that long, use CRC gasket remover it will remove the carbon , your rods tightened up because all the oil from the pin hole has been removed ,they only have approx 4 tenths of a thou clearance , warm up piston and rod a little ,with butane and oil the wrist pin . Cheers .
Nice piston and rod design great for a street car engine with no valve clearance issues because of excessive cam lift.
The dish in the piston could be slightly smaller otherwise pretty good.
Hi great channel cant you just swap out the alternator pulleys ? if there the same amp alternator.
This new engine looks awesome.
I couldn't do my own & paid to have a used one swapped in.
ASE mechanics really don't treat others people's car as good. As their own.
Left everything a mess.
It doesn't matter what brand it is. When they get older the fun never ends! Lol!
I soaked my pistons in chem dip on a 4.6 2v mustang rebuild. I was amazed at the change. I soaked them overnight.
Can Chem Dip be used as a piston soak ?
Piston soak as in during a tune up I pour some chem dip through spark plug hole and leave soak overnight ...
Hajile Serpud during a rebuild.
@@Vulneravariable ok got it
You use Marvel mystery oil; during tune and, before oil change.
Those are just minor carboned up, I wiss off the top 1st , spray carb spray works too
Aftermarket remote start. What a great way to run down your battery
Cool if you know how to take your engine apart. I never got that deep into it.
I always clean my pistons with Chem Dip. it works great.
I can't wait for the 3rd gens to start making progress towards a swap 😩
Set the Advance Curve Kit before the Dyno 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Don't forget to let some oil soak into the Piston and Piston pin face....that dip took all the lube....I have been guilty of doing a first fire off and hear a chirp in the first minute or less......the chirp was the Piston swelling for the first time hot and biting into the pin because the hole was dry.....from a ol skool salty, never ever put yer pin in a dry hole and never beat the balls on a bearing because you could not handle your balls being assulted either....
Stay with manual
Also I have that same $45 distributor in my 86 Trans Am and have had no issues with it. Shame that happened to you.
just have a busted head gasket that coolant gonna clean the fuck out of that shit ez
We used to have to swap the pulleys all the time
God damn, every time I watch one of these videos I regret selling my trans am
8deg adv will help with power in that old trans
Love the content, keep it coming!
buy a new module. it is cheap insurance and peace of mind so you don’t get stuck on the side of the road
Hey Matt I'm also Matt...lol. Heard you mention just over the bridge in Jersey. Are you in NY ?
Yea I’m in Ny!
@@lsxmatt Yeah I never realized that. I'm in Westchester you know where that is?
Yea that a good ways away from me though. I’m over in the 5 boroughs
Love the idea for soaking the rods and pistons in the chem dip! Don’t forget to re-lubricate the rod, pin, and piston generously before re-installation...
Currently doing exactly the same thing with a replacement 5.3 that had the top ring seized in the groove! Worked out really well.
Only problem I’ve run into is the combination of that chem dip and brake clean to remove the chemo dip when done, is softens up and eats the coating on the piston side skirts.
@lsxmatt you said the t/a was always reliable . THat was your first mistake ! Good luck with it now
Great stuff on the build pistons look like new. Can’t wait to hear it fire up. Nice diagnostic on the distributed. 👍
I've been following this project and just now realized that my 86 t/a has a different steering wheel
Awesome degreaser from DG and a ultrasonic cleaner will clean them just same in about 25 minutes or so
Definitely need to get a ultra sonic cleaner but I hate that crap cleaner
Time to show those sissy drift cars who’s boss.
Typing in from Brantford, Ontario
My question is:
What was the brand of the liquid u had in the one gallon tin to clean the pistons and rods.
Brand or name of the liquid.
It cleaned and softened the carbon deposits nicely.
Mk
My 2nd question is:
On external engine aluminum parts like; alternator housing, intake manifolds, thermostat housing, aluminum engine brackets, etc. What chemical solution could I use to clean the aluminum.
I would have pre-cleaned the aluminum by scraping, using paint remover, washing in paint thinner and polishing and sanding. Now I'm ready just to use a solution to nicely give a overall clean finish.
I know there is vapour blasting using silica, water and air. Presently not set up for that.
But is there a solution that can give a finished clean look to aluminum?
Its legit called Chem-dip
Great vid, thanks! Def will be getting some of that for all rebuilds... But why does everyone hate on seafoam? Theres a difference when u can use something inside the engine and when u have time to tear it apart and dip all parts into it.
Thanks, I know what you mean but there are way too many products out there promising miracles with carbon removal just by sipping some liquid through a vacuum line. Nothing will ever come close or imo is worth it, other than cleaning everything by hand if it needed to come apart. I would just save my money and let the carbon be!
Looks like the 1986 wide belt setup.
So what this video have to do with seafoam??? You don't think if you would soak the pistons in sea foam you wouldn't get the same results???? You will it basically the same stuff
Im referring to “seafoaming” where you’re suppose to suck some through a vacuum hose and magically clean up your combustion chambers. Sure it will work as a solvent like anything else, but chem dip doesn’t claim to clean through a mere vaccum hose and running engine.
Great content man, useful info too
Um yea sea foam is used on engines that are still an assembly, not a solvent for specific engine parts to be soaked in. That’s like comparing wd40 to epoxy resin.
I’m referring to “seafoaming” where people put some through a vacuum line expecting to clean carbon out of the combustion chamber.
whats good mane 😳💯
DEFINITELY AN AUTO, THAT WAY GRANDMA CAN DRIVE IT !
WTF !
WHY PUT ALL THAT EFFORT INTO A SWAP AND PUT IN A N AUTO TRANS ?
IF IT WILL BE A DRAG RACER I WOULD UNDERSTAND, BUT IF IT IS GOING TO BE ENJOYED
A STICK SHIFT IS A MUST !
THE STICK SHIFT IS QUIETLY SLIPPING AWAY INTO HISTORY AND WE ARE LETTING IT 1
THE NEW VETTE.... NO MANUAL TRANS !
EVERYONE SHOULD HOLD OFF AND SAY I WILL WAIT FOR THE STICK !
CHEVY WILL GET THE MESSAGE QUICK !
Really it's the older generation to blame not the newer, the newer generation doesn't buy manuals cause the biggest majority doesn't know how to drive one because they were never taught. Older generation always likes to talk about how fun a manual is to drive while explaining to their kids they don't have one because it's so much more convenient not having to worry about a clutch and shifter while driving in town. I plan on teaching my kids how to drive a manual, I was never taught by my parents cause all they ever had was autos. I learned due to my profession of truck driving and enjoying it. Have both a 86 Nissan 300zx and a 96 f150 that are both 5 speeds that my girls will have to learn to drive on. And I'm going to tell them the same thing my truck driving school told me, you can go wherever you want and drive a auto if you want to but here you're learning a manual.
I taught my son to drive stick. He ruined my 1999 Saturn SL1 in the process. < Constantly killing the engine. Taking off at the green light in 3rd gear..
Took him 6 tries to pass the DMV driver's test! Finally at 22 years old!
Hey Matt, what type of camera are you filming with? Thanks!
An iphone 11 pro
Wow, powerful stuff! How do you dispose of used product responsibly?
In your neighbor's yard
@@ufarkingicehole lol!
Most cities have a disposal for solvents at their hazardous disposal places. My local dump has a spot just for stuff like this.
@@ShadowOppsRC Good on you!👍👍👍
You should just sale the TA