What I like best about your videos is that you leave all the setbacks and human errors in there. They are a huge part of every job so it’s nice you don’t pretend that sh*t never happens. Power to you ✊

Time to test the tensile strength of everything i forgot to remove lol that's a quote for the ages 😂

Your channel is great. I'm a retired fuel injection specialist from the Isle of Wight south coast of UK. Keep up the interesting projects.

KZfaq algorithm brought me here when I ran out of Andrew Camarata videos to binge. I think I'm gonna like it here XD

"The time has come to test the tensile strength of everything I forgot to disconnect" ....... lol priceless!

Matt your’re such a good watch. So many varied things. Pouring concrete foundation. Putting down roads. Pulling trees. Swapping engines. Nothing is out of bounds. It’s a pleasure following you. Your hard work shows. It’s no pipe dream. Keep it up man. You’re nailing it. And the editing is excellent too. I’m never tempted to skip ahead. And that’s the best...😀👍👍

I was honestly expecting worse for how tight she was!

From the 460s I worked on, the block and the engine were the same regardless of vehicle. It was the same V8 in the F900, F350, E350 and super-duty RV.

You need a crane? You should consider getting one on auction.

Engine was swapped they reused the intake and valley pan that's why the valley pan was damaged from previous thrown rod

I've watched a bunch of your videos, and would like to compliment your editing. You show and explain enough then fast forward. I appreciate you don't always try to "educate " us just narrate. I also like your music interludes . Beats the dead air on others.

The 429 is a well sought after motor on the racing circuit. Hard to find. Well worth fixing. Love your channel. Keep it up.

"This rachet is on fire"... Thank you for reminding me about the realities of shade tree mechanic-ing. I get tempted to take on a project and forget sometimes.

Channel is growing because of the good content. Thanks Matt.

Why does off road diesel look so refreshing.

Good content in your video Matt and I like the hands on showing off not only your way around an engine, but being a gas and not diesel engine you're a custom to working on. I look forward to your next episode and you and yours stay healthy and safe. Cheers from this old retired coot living in Tennessee. ❤️ 👍

I first started your channel on when you bought this crane and found the engine locked up. Glad to see you're still working on it!

Engines being pulled; engines being installed; too bad we don't have, oh, a....crane?

Howdy Matt, the KZfaq algorithm must be liking you. You popped up on my screen about a week ago and I've been binge watching when I get a chance. I enjoy the variety in your content and the humor in your approach to problem solving. Looking forward to see in what you get into next. Take care from central Pa.

Great video! I sure thought that chain was going to slip off the fork; glad it didn’t. Looking forward to crane project!

Matt, you mentioned a bunch of new subscribers of late. In that case, it would appear that old boat anchor of a crane is already proving useful lifting your subscriber numbers.

We had a few of these truck with that same prob leaking water into it .. we pull the head clean everything up got a new set of rings for that one piston . put her back to gather an she ran like a champ

Matt, washing the pushrod in the coolant and then rinsing with diesel is a great way to wash parts to clean them. I really like your sense of humor. Your comical nature makes this a fun channel to watch.

i had one like that in a 3 cyl diesel tractor engine. it took a sledge hammer to get the piston out. honed the cylinder. still pitted after hone. new piston and rings in 2004. 16 years later still running strong. i'm sure not so good on that cylinder but still. cheaper than replacing. iseki japanese engine. first engine i ever tore down, and it should have been bored out, but. repaired it for $200 and like i said, 16 years, still starts and does the job just fine.

Can't wait to see the next foundation installation on the old church.

Red hot tools, mixed nuts, busted motor , some people have all the fun🤣 Still good progress today Matt👍

I found this channel the other day, I like watching people fix stuff, so keep going Matt!

i don't always comment on your channel, but i do give you a thumb up and a like . take care Matt.

Nothing like finishing an 8 hour shift at the Friers and coming to watch some automotive greatness. Edit: I know being a fry cook gets dirty, but you mechanic types take the cake. Also thanks for the Heart.

Thanks for another entertaining video, Matt. Back in the day, as the prices for video equipment started dropping to the level that the average person could afford it, the theory was that ordinary folks would start making videos that would rival those put out by the industry. You are proof that they are right. I know that it is a lot of work. Thanks for being willing to do that for us.

Thanks Matt for taking the time and trouble to share with us. So there was some iron underneath that pile of hoses. About messy, we have put crank bearings in a tractor in the middle of 1000 acres of plowed field. Central California watching

I like your way of doing things. Very similar to how I approach my projects. Other channels with their very expensive garages and tools make good content, but they just make me feel bad. You're more relatable. I like that

Farmers put a make shift gutter under the hoods to channel the water away from engine

If you ever need to brake a seized engine again automatic transmission fluid works good for that. Also the best penetrating fluid is 50 50 atf and acetone

I love at 9:24 when you go back and forth with 4 different wrenches to get the correct size. The bane of my existence, I'm terrible at estimating sizes = many trips back and forth to the toolbox haha

My grandfather always said that diesel is a great way to loosen up seized gas engines if you have lots of time. We had an engine that was solid, pulled the plugs out and drained the oil, filled the plug holes with diesel and checked on it every few days. A couple pints of diesel later and a bit of a breaker bar got it turning again. Wish it would have worked for you. We've only done it on 4 cyl engines or smaller

In no particular order Mustie 1, Weston Champlin and Diesel Creek, who else subs.

Every video makes this feel like the real life version of Snow Runner. Intro music and landscape included.

“Crane would be handy …”. Friggin’ hilarious … 😅

as you typed during the video; "a crane would real handy right now", you could disconnect the hydraulics from the truck and run it off the skiddy or tractor or something and the the crane would work to hep disassemble itself. 16:55, you need to frill a hole thru the end of a fork so that you can poke a long bolt thru it, and thru your chain, to keep it from sliding off the end. OK, you have the holes, but use a 3/8 bolt or so right thru the chain link.

I see your work attire looks a lot mine after a day of wrenching on old vehicles! If your going to do it you might as well get totally immersed in your project!

The only difference between a 429 & 460 was the stoke length. Both engines used the same 3.85" bore. (Hence the 385 Series name)

Don't you just love working by yourself . It makes the day just last soooo much longer

I love this channel! Matt’s sense of humor scratches right where I itch. All the projects are so interesting and I’m so impressed with the use of logic & deductive reasoning to figure things out! I’m making my way through every video. Thank you, Matt (and Meatball & Roscoe)!

I am Brazilian may be too patriotic but I believe that the Ford diesel engine is almost indestructible! These engines run thousands of miles without fail.

Try putting some evaporust in that cylinder, that stuff works magic. I'm willing to bet that if you let it sit in there for a few days and clean up the mess it leaves behind the that engine would spin over.

Great video! I have a '79 F600 dump sitting in my yard with a stuck 370. After dragging it here I managed to get it running for a minute then it seized. From what I understand from 2 months of research the 370 and 429 truck engines have a larger crank snout than the pickup engines. So I'm in the same boat you are, only I'm 60 and don't have a quarter of your energy! I'm looking for a running 370/429 too. Pretty sure it's the bottom end in mine. Great job!

diesel conversion, remove plugs, install 14mm bolts, fill block with diesel fuel, done! One cheap tool you might find handy, USB cell phone mini camera, like a cheep boroscope on a 10-12' cable. That rust doesn't look bad, you could tap the piston down a bit more, scrape the rust and blow it out, remove the piston and ball hone it. Might need new rings but should be dandy. The 429 4V and and the 460 share the same lineage and should share the same bellhousing, the blocks may be a bit different whereas it runs side engine mounts instead of mounting on the snout. That buckled splash shield might have been from a crankcase vapor backfire. but that looks a lot more like something hit it.

I really don't know where you get your energy from! but I wish I had some of what ever you take :)

I've been a subscriber for a while now and i enjoy your content ,,something new every week ,,,you were wondering about the differences between a 429 and a 460 ,, I don't think there is much of one , the 429 being an industrial engine i believe has a forged crankshaft and it might be thicker too ,,,thinking of a way to find a good used engine ,, an old school bus most of the F600 and 700 school buses from the 70s and 80s had a 429 in them i confess i don't know a lot about FORD engines ,, if that was a Chevrolet i could tell you anything about it you wanna know ,,ANY chevy engine would bolt to the transmission and work small block or big block cause GM only has 1 bell housing bolt pattern

An old timer friend of mine used to use to rebuild hot or miss engines. Most all were rusted tight. He modified a sparkplug and connected it to a grease gun, he would then fill with light oil/ diesel. Everything he got near that motor he would give it a couple of pumps. Before you know it he had the piston backed up. You could do the same to get engines unstuck.

I enjoyed watching the engine removal from the truck! Well done, Matt!

Ya should put a trailer ball in the fork that stop the chain from popping off when pulling and returning moters but anyways great vid and I subed a couple weeks ago .so ya anyways godbless

Any automotive schools in the area you can hand it over to for them to do the rebuild on it for you? Sure you would need to pay for parts but that is cheaper then a newer engine.

That cylinder doesn't look all that bad. Some of the cross hatching is still visible. If that's the only problem cylinder, you may still be able to free it up. Put an inch of your preferred penetrant in that cylinder, let it soak another day or three. Then put a bar across the flywheel/clutch assembly and see if it'll turn. You've got a lot more leverage back there than on the dampener bolt.

I can't believe that in less than 10 days I went from checking out an abandoned church to watching some guy pull a motor out of a crane truck. LOL Love your sense of humor.

Cold war Motors/straight 8 challenge: He used hydraulic oil w/ a mini pump to un-stick a piston that was much worse than yours. Also check out Ave on youtube for forklift and/or fork upgrades.

2 things after it's running and operational you should run it on at least one job. After that I'll buy it

I just love old school trucks

Im from Australia and watch all your stuff keep it up mate doing good !!

How many were waiting for the crash when he pulled th truck ahead?

Alot easier to hone one cylinder then to source a motor. Your this far just go a little farther . The existing motor can run with little effort. stay with it.

Flip that motor over and disconnect that rod and beat it out with a pvc pipe that fits the hole. Once out dingle berry hone that cylinder and maybe do a ring refresh on that piston and it should be good to go. If the pitting is too bad just sleeve that cylinder and it should be good alright. I'm almost certain you can buy a sleeve that will match the diameter of the bore for that piston.

Aaaaah the youthful enthusiasm, nothing scares you off Matt, great work as usualy bud.

just pull that one piston, hone the bore and slam it back together

I’d keep the crane truck, that thing is a $ maker

I worked at a truck repair shop and we had a homemade plate to bolt on the intake for lifting worked great

As a mechanic i agree engineer's always have yo put something in the path of the oil as it's being drained ford is notorious for The Tie Rods And Panhard Bar Locations in the path of oil I don't belive I have worked on a single vehicle in the last 40 plus years that hasn't been a mess to clean After a oil Drain event Lol 😂 Matt 13:00 @Diesel Creek

Need an iPhone bore scope.

The 370 was an unbored version of the 429, the 391 was an unbored version of the 460. The 429 intake would probably fit on either engine. Personal experience: Once these old engines seize, nothing short of oxy-acetelyne is loosening anything.

I love your fluid catch pan it will keep the enviro mentalists happy

The commercial truck engine has a heavier crankshaft and thicker cylinder walls to handle pulling hard all the time. Excellent video keep up the great videos 👍👍👍👍

"A crane would be handy here." Uhhhh...

It's too bad the crane wont run independent of the engine.

The engineer _purposefully_ designed the oil to drain onto the tie rod to keep it from rusting :)

3208 Cat. Still a boat-ish anchor but... common and easy for parts. plus a nice kitty cat V8 sound.

Me: no don’t My brain: *coments ls swap

Wait a minute...late '80s Fords are a discombobulated mess of standard and metric? That can't be right:)

Polish the crank...$100 Rod and main bearings...$125 Piston rings...$100 Gasket set...$150 Prices are all a guess but should be close. But for around $500 it could be a cheap budget rebuild and would work great around the farm for years

I am commenting on your first video when you went to the auction and picked up the crane truck I think that you should keep it on the farm cuz I think it would do you a lot of good that's my opinion so you do what you want to Matt

Don't put any of the pollution crap back on . It is all a scam anyway

Matt really like your channel. Worked for Con Edison in New York for 36 years. This truck sure looks like a Con Ed boom truck like the ones I worked with. That blue on the front looks like the company color.

Howdyyawl from the land down under. Bit of a dilemma. Taking donk from other truck, left with one with no engine. Toss a coin, have to make a call. Sometimes you hafta cut your losses. I feel your pain.😢😊😊

Love the old American trucks, I am from England we have nothing this cool in my eyes.

I love that you made the same crane joke I'm sure several of us were thinking👍

That reminds me so much of my father grate work

I believe the blocks are the same but a smaller bore. Crankshaft has a larger front snout for the big truck accessories.

I had an old 455 Olds engine locked up, heads off, one cylinder had water in it. dried it out, oiled, 24D, rust cutter, etc. took a torch and dried it out. poured in a can of coke, let it sit 30 minutes and it rolled over. ran good after that.

Thanks for the video! You could still see the cross hatch in that cylinder! Not worn too bad.

Them Brazilian diesel's brand new from 1989-90 were some torquey babies with that cute diesel sound. We ran those in our Ford LTS-8000's setup as tri-axle dumps until Cummin's came out with the L10-300's which were put in the 90-91's, both paired with the Eaton 8LL transmissions. We also bought some Kenworth T800's with the Detroit Diesel S60 11.1L which I also liked. For that project boat you are working on there, I'd go with a Detroit Diesel Series 50 4-cylinder which were commonly found in city transit buses. If you found a citybus with that engine, take the 5-speed Allison automatic and rearend with it to put under that Ford F800 and you'd have a kuel ride. A gas engine option for that truck could also be the Ford 300-L6 as those are torquey as well.

What's more, the 429 and 460 are completely interchangeable engines with their 4.36- inch bores. The only difference is stroke. The quickest path to displacement is the stock 460 crank. Drop a 460 crank into the 429 block and you have a 460.

8.2K+👍's up guys thanks again for taking us all along with you for the great show 😊

Love the content. A pennsylvanian myself. No gear head, but burned metal for years. Keep the good content comming. 88g member, and a fan!

Thanks for getting rid of the mid-video commercials that so many other creators are forcing us to endure.

Well as Wes wold say on his channel. Here's your problem lady. That was cool watching you pull that motor. I would think a big block is a big block. But then I'm mechanic. Great video Matt. Let's see a different motor in there and make it run.

One thing for sure, you don't let go easily, and I like that.

Thanks 😊

hey! there's a big block under all them dang hoses lol. just pull the pistons and use a ball hone to remove rust, then put it back together and itll work just fine. id just put new piston rings and thats about it, you could do the crankshaft bearings but i wouldnt bother. polish the valves and do a homebrew valve lap and youll be fine. them 7.5s are oil burners anyways lol. a 460 will fit they got the same bolt pattern. and the block is same so it will bolt right into your truck. whats killing your fuel economy is the carb/intake.

Put melted butter in it and wait a week and every day take a torch to melt the butter so it can continue soaking and freeing up the pistons because sometimes the pistons get stuck

Great channel!!!! Keep up the great work. Can’t wait for you to start back on the Autocar