Thank you all so much for 400,000! This wouldn’t be possible without you 👍🏻

Dylan over here cleaning out the coolant system, whereas Derek would have already driven this home. I like the different philosophies.

Bad news: The rings are stuck and it's cold. Good news: Every mosquito between Louisville and Birmingham is dead.

"You'd be surprised at what you can find on ebay." No, no - A radiator with questionable tig welds, and bolt holes that don't line up is about what I'd expect.

23:27 I'm watching this in the garage. I open the door to the house to bring in laundry from the dryer. Mrs. C is like "What's that noise?" I said "No, that's not me, that's Dylan McCool".

I have been a fan of this channel for a while now. Dylan being the only KZfaqr that has ever answered me during live chat. I entered for the demon, wish me luck brother.

"calm down, good lord" should be a shirt lmao

When a car kicks your ass. You just have to find small victories to be happy about instead of getting pissed

I've seen 4 times in my 50 years of being a mechanic that someone cranked the wrong bolt (to long ) in to the water pump and went into number 1 cylinder, seizing the engine.

Great job fighting though it without loosing your McCool!🤣 I always loved the taillights on theses cars. Ford design team on Friday afternoon: “we need taillights for this car, I know let’s take our truck taillights and turn them horizontal, done, where’s the beer”.🤣

Glad to see a Maverick restoration. I own a 76 Ford Maverick. It was my first car, and i drove it everywhere. Probably the best car i have ever owned. I pulled the motor when it had 400k miles on it, and it still runs. I am currently building a 302 for it. I cant wait to get it back on the road.

Progress is being made in bringing this old girl back. Take the little victories. Looking forward to the next episode. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I think that I would of run the old radiator to a radiator shop and had it fixed. You can also pinch off the tubes that are leaking in the radiator. Glad to see you investing the time in the old car.

Glad to see this methodical approach you have to working on these old cars. I have had Fords over the years and I have had good luck with them and I'm 70 yrs old. Don't get me wrong I have owned a 1966 dodge Dart and a 1968 Dodge charger as well as 1970 Ford Torino as well as Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs , over my 54 years of driving. Just love all cars in general glad to see you fixing up old ones.

Fun fact for you. The fan, when mounted to the front of your radiator, should be wired to push cool outside air through the radiator and not pulling hot engine bay air through the radiator.

Dylan my friend... I have a feeling you are going to watch this video and say to yourself, “man I should have done that differently.” Or, “ I should have done that.” I really don’t want to sound like one of those guys who criticize people and say “Oh you did that wrong.” It’s your car and your video. If you want to paint pink and purple polka dots, go for it!!! I’ve just watch enough of your videos to know you would approach a few things differently. But keep up the good work and enthusiasm you have for these classic cars and trucks and I’ll keep cheering you on!

With the smoke clearing up, I'd guess that your rings are getting re-seated. I'd definitely do an oil change with some Marvel Mystery Oil in it to clear out any carbon buildup from the bearings and crankcase. I know it's nice to get a brand new radiator sometimes, but for $100 - $150, you could probably get the original radiator completely rebuilt and have all the hose connectors and fittings be in the original locations and be the exact same size and thread count etc. That would save you some headaches when you're dealing with a project like this. You definitely did the right thing flushing the block out, although I would have probably just run a garden hose into the suction side and kept it running instead of going with bottles of water. That said, you're probably not near a garden hose. Nice work!

Love the progress so far, can't wait to see more plus this is my favorite year of the Maverick

Great patience Dylan! I’ve had Mustangs that fought me too, it appears to me once the cooling system straightened out and your oil change is complete the In-line 6 will show its true hand to you. If it were me and knowing how hard it is to kill an in-line 6, I personally would run the most cost effective zinc oil in that old 6 and some motor honey of your flavor and see if that helps the blow by or whatever is causing the smoking.. just my two cents but I love those old Mavericks too. Great job buddy. Thank you!

WOO-HOO!!! 400,000 subscribers! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Keep on growing, Brother! Always quality content! God bless.

iw as glued to this, your videos are the best, even better than the tv shows. keep posting! love all of your content, thank you from the UK!

What a joy to watch. Thanks for making and sharing. Greetings from the UK!

Good to see some Ford stuff. Change the oil and add a “tin of rings” and she’ll be apples 🇦🇺🤙🏼

I was a really young “car crazy” kid (when I say young, I mean under age 10) when these cars were around on the road as both new and used cars. People younger than me might not appreciate just how disposable these cars were back in the day. They were the Ford Focus/Chevy Cobalt of their day. Other than the rather rare 2 door, V8 “Grabber” small bumper models, these car got very little respect! Most of the nicer examples around by the mid 1980s had been elderly owned but those were typically the 4 door models that nobody wanted other than basic transportation. Any comparison to a Mustang was dead by the time I was in high school in the late 1980s. The only thing worse than a Maverick on the small Ford “coolness scale” back then was a Mustang II. In retrospect, it really wasn’t that they were such bad cars, it was just that they had fallen so far out of style and they were not old enough to be considered anything but the very oldest, cheapest, most common of used cars at the time. I can still remember locating a solid but slightly sad 1975 Maverick Stallion on my neighbor’s used car lot in 1990. I could have owned it for all of $450.00 and drove it home. I remember thinking it was probably the smartest looking new Maverick on the Ford lot in 1975; black with silver accents/stallion horse decals and a black bucket seat interior and sport wheels ... 302 and automatic, ps, bdb, a/c. I actually considered it for a split second before I walked away. As solid as it was, it wasn’t worth the cost of a repaint, new tires, and whatever mechanical repairs it required. 30 years on, I wish I had it now.

My folks had a 73 Maverick when I was growing up. Mom's dad worked at the local small town Ford dealership. It was a pretty neat car, same motor as yours. Seems like Dad worked on it all the time, but it was nice inside. Ours had the brown vinyl interior with the western themed embossing which was pretty fancy. Keep up the good work, looking forward to more videos on this ol' car!

Use some oil to lubricate the tap to help it cut the threads,same thing for a drill bit.They both need oil to do the job

I love these amazing projects! You did an incredible job on the previous one!, theres nothing to beat that moment when an engine (whether it's a car or bike!) First explodes back to life!........

That water going in clear and coming out brown reminds me of my colonoscopy pre-prep...

Cant wait to see what you do with it! My Uncle, who was an Army mechanic had an early Maverick Grabber in these colors back in the day, so I have a soft spot for these...I also owned an early Yellow Pinto... Both fun cars!

You are an enterprising and resourceful young man. Keep doing what you're doing!

Great video as always

Awesome video Dylan I love the Maverick everyone forgets about them keep up the great content

This Maverick has been one heck of a Journey she just fought you ever step of the way nice work @Dylan McCool

Huge Fan Dylan!! thanks for the great videos!! I also follow Thunderhead 289 and Junkyard digs!! Hoping for more videos of you three saving a barn find in the weeds!! You three are the best and keep em coming Dylan!!!

The geese at the end, belly laugh.We just love your videos and you. Smart kid, young man. All the best

Congratulations on 400,000 man looking forward to you saving another one

12 rounds and more to come! Great job. 😀

Love these videos

Dylan-Your style has won me over, Your a breath of fresh air in the convoluted world of you tubers who work on old relics. Subbed and liked and look forward to you getting Old Smoky moving. 2 👍👍 up.

Bro... $3 Prestone flush kit and a garden hose will flush the whole system out real nice... it's super easy, safe and fun for ALL ur vehicles! (This comment not sponsored by Prestone Chemical Corporation of North America nor any of it's affiliate conglomerated federated partnerships) Blue smoke = Oil White Smoke=Water Black smoke=Gas

Dylan teleported from 1950's IBM.

I had a 70 maverick grabber best car i ever owned it was indestructible and fun to drive wish i still had it keep up the great work it brings back memories cheers from Jacksonville Florida

Love the video Dylan

Nice work. Looks like a lot of fun to wrench around with it

This was easily one of the most interesting videos I've seen this year!

The thermostat housings always break on these old ford straight sixes. I’m super surprised this one didn’t! Maybe you just have the magic touch. Also, be careful with these 200s the remanufactured water pumps occasionally need a few paper gaskets to prevent the impeller from hitting the number one cylinder wall.

I really wish more young people were like you. You are a really good young man keep up the good work

Good to see ya get 400k Brother you deserve it ! Y’all don’t forget to help us get to 50 k!

I want to see this car running, it's going to be awesome! Nice video Dylan thanks

Great vid and I love that car. Don’t see a lot of them around on the streets today. Not sure what you plan on doing with it but if it’s going to be rebuilt and restored to a clean running video and not a full restore from frame on up and safe to drive then I’m here waiting for the next vids TIL it’s complete. Like your channel

You can buy a direct fit Maverick rad, and the proper rad hoses. Rock Auto usually stocks them. Loads of Maverick parts available, which will make it so much easier.

Man did you get lucky on that tap deal great job though thank you for your hard work and time ,very entertaining

We are always rooting for you Dylan!

Clear water in. Brown gunk out. Has to be one of the most satisfying things I've seen all week!

I sincerely admire your patience and diligence, I was pulling my hair out just watching this

Great video, I had a 71 Maverick with 170 CID inline 6, My mom had a 77 with 250CID inline 6 nice cars

Keep it going. Good show

Love this car Looking forward for more videos coning up God Bless you

You probably felt that you have gone to church with all the praying I did watching you lol. I love your personality and I will be looking for your next video and your Maverick will be in my prayers lol 😊

Need to get some tap cutting fluid makes a big difference to the quality of the cut thread. Got a lot of practice on my 1953 Chevy 3100 restoration.

Amazing this little maverick was sitting that long and you got it running!!

Maverick is very cool, looking forward to the next vid

Loved your waterpump bypass idea! Next time maybe you should use your pressure washer as your water supply and seal it to the hose and really blow the crud out of the motor! 😂😂😂😂

Need some more VIDEOS! DYLAN! Come on MAN!

I have owned many of those little ford 6 cylinder engines including a maverick just like yours and they are tough little motors. The head gasket is fine, I have personally overheated two of these to the point of dying several times and didn't hurt the gasket. I have seen one blow but it blew from the cylinder to the outside and not to a coolant passage and that was after running it wide open with it overheating on the highway until it stopped. Your core support is bent on the bottom and that is causing a lot of your radiator fitment problems. Those radiators are great, I have 5 of them and they sometimes take a little modding to fit right but I have never had a leak out of any of them. I agree with the others that you might have a ring stuck but a lot of it might also be the valve stem seals and the oil is almost certainly some of it too. When it comes time to move it, you can just loop a hose across the transmission lines and clamp them but don't run it too long with the transmission low on fluid because it will burn the pump up. Before you mess with the timing or adjusting the carb, fix all the vacuum leaks, that will throw everything off if you don't. It's cool that you're bringing this maverick back from the dead, these poor guys just don't get the credit they deserve.

I’ve been waiting for another video 👍

I can't wait to see this drive!

Drain oil..refill and add some stp oil treatment to it. See how it does then. Just to move it up to shop connect trans cooling lines together..

Longest it probably run in this Century let alone decade lol, great content Dylan McCool!!!

Hey Dylan thank you for the video

Wow.. I had a 70 Maverick with the 250 six in high school.. A great car... It was absolutely bulletproof.. I could NOT kill that engine.. the distributor was worn out, and I had to set the points like every 2k.. This video took me back to those days.. I replaced the radiator, the water pump, & the starter every year... brakes, and greased the wheel bearings.. I really learned to love Ford, and how to work on cars... It was always something.. but my Maverick was very clean.. I worked on it all the time.. If it was rusty, I wire brushed it, and painted it.. The smoke in the exhaust on mine, turned out to be the rubber valve seals... Oil would run down the valves in to the cylinders.. It smoked the worst on idle, and there would be a "puff" if I stomped on it.. It had the grabber stripes and actually had a piece on the trunk lid that looked kinda like a spoiler.. I had a water temp and oil pressure gauges in a pod under the dash.. The A/C really sapped the power of that 250.. But it had a great radio, and I loved it.. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!

hey for the tap problem try using cutting oil any type of oil and try going forward a small amount then back a little, then forward, then back etc...

Remove radiator and switch on pipes to each other. Pour water with lemon acid and let him work 30 min. Acid remove all rust inside engine. Repeat till water wil transporent.

Maannn this brings back memories. And yep, once you get started on these Mavericks It's like one thing leads to another and another. Solenoid, voltage regulater, harness, gaskets, differnatal...

Amazing that thing runs. Are you going to rebuild the engine? I hope you will continue this series. thanks for sharing.

Great video awesome job

More on the maverick please Dylan would love to see a rebuild on it

This is one of the most hilarious videos you have produced.

Still love the videos on this vehicle!!

I always use a ratchet when I tap ralley wheel centers , when I Helicoil them , it a lot faster. I have been known to sit at the shows in the swap spots and do them. Most used centers don't have any threads in them.

I had a maverick with the grabber package. Had a 302 a spoiler and a hood scoop. Also had an automatic transmission with a floor shifter and a tachometer down by the shifter and that was all factory. Cool car wish I still had her.

Back in the '80s my friend had a monster powerful Maverick, that car was fast! Anytime I see a Maverick I think about the time he lunched the rear end with a hot backroad launch and we had to tow it back to his house with me driving the Maverick trying to balance the tow-rope distance so the bumpers wouldn't touch heh. The Maverick is a cool ride for sure.

Loved my old man’s 1972 maverick. Only car he ever owned. Bought it new in 72, and when he passed away in 1988, it had just a touch over 74,000 miles on it. That little straight six was great, you couldn’t kill it! The sad part was that when I had been out partying too hard some nights, I would call in to work and blame the car, saying it broke down. But karma came back to me, later I sold the car to buy a used 1980 thunderbird. Thought I was pooping in the high cotton since the thunderbird had A.C. And other things the little maverick didn’t have. As it turned out the only thing the thunderbird didn’t have was the Maverick’s reliability, it was a total dog, always breaking down for real! 😂 So even though that little maverick was simple, I learned to miss that little, dependable car….

7:38, I had a XE Ford Falcon that I bought sitting in someones yard for a decade with a rotten out crap in the neck of the thermostat housing. I didn't think to check it until I nearly overheated on the freeway though. After clearing that out it ran nice and cool luckily and no debris anywhere else since it built up a solid wall upon itself!

Thank you. For giving life to the lifeless. God Bless you Mr. McCool.

you posibly get this for EVERY car you make a video on, but I would love to see this car become a regular proyect, I feel like its unique, and you have history with it.

There will be people from Brazil watching you because the maverick is a classic here!

Great content! I enjoy your demeanor and cool approach to what must be a challenging project. The Bible verses are an awesome part of your channel!

I’m just sitting here like, “warm enough to finally pull that spark plug.... still got more to do, ok ._.” “FRAM filter and running for 15 minutes, you must want it to die for good” haha.

i think your problem is valve stem seals for the smoke out of the tail pipe

Great video, reminds me of growing up!

I do know that that stud is not factory. I have a 63 falcon with a 170. Different displacement but same exact block. I love seeing this old maverick coming back to life. Hope the next video goes well.

I've had 6 mavericks one is my profile picture on here its nice to see you working on something different

Love these old original cars, especially rare over here in the UK. Did you get the spark plug out?

Muito bom meu amigo, parabéns pelo 400k de inscritos.

Congratulations on hitting 400k

35:00 yes, it matters which way the fan pull or push the air... when you run, because the air is pushed from front to back naturally so the fan will counter the natural flowing... but of course, not at a stop

I’ve got a 1960 mercury comet with a 144 inline 6. Replacing the water pump on mine was an absolute pleasure. 3 bolts for everything

I see some great potential in this old maverick! Looking forward to seeing her move annnnnd see how locked up those breaks are lol

if you oil your taps they cut easier as well. always good to back all the way aback out some too so you can help clear shavings. Ive seen shavings bind and break a tap.