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Awesome job y’all!!! The look on dad’s face watching his son torque the head bolts was pure pride.

Been down in the dumps today, but you guys always bring a smile to my face.

I'm waiting for the day Ralphie correctly advises Josh on something forgotten or done wrong. He is getting good training.

Ralphie is going to be a force to be reckoned with in a few years, that kid's knowledge is way beyond 99% of other kids his age and he constantly says things that impress me. As a father, I'd sure be proud, you guys are doing a really great job and it's going to set your kids up for success. Another great video, keep up the great work guys!

I was born 1964, what you have is not an antique, what you have is a classic it's 59 years old. Classic.

Bust out the popcorn & snickerdoodles y'all, it's time to be sleeper duded!

Awesome idea using the 302 there is something to be said about brand loyalty and parts availability.

The best hour of the my day is watching the family doing their own thing. Awesome video. Thanks

Like always, this is better than watching a movie. Thank you so much.

I wanted to say how happy I am for you and family that you're able to spend more time together and everybody can still eat after leaving the day job last year. A leap of faith that took a ton of courage on Mom n Dad's part.

You could try doing and at home electrolysis in a 55 gallon drum, I've seen youtube videos where people have use that method and seemed to clean the water passages real good.

You and your family are the BEST. Keep up the excellent work. Ralphie is learning soooo much from you.

Make sure that the 50oz balance flywheel and the 28oz have the same tooth count. I'm pretty sure that the Foxbody flywheel is 157 tooth. It will make a difference depending what starter the bellhousing uses. Love your videos especially the ford content.

I thought I saw a proud daddy watching Ralphie torque those head bolts😊

I think it is so cool that your whole family works together. It's like the old saying a family who plays together stays together. You guys do an awesome job and are very cool to watch!

Great video ! As we were watching I told my wife I thought the lifters were backwards. Glad to see you can just take it in stride. Great lesson for the kids. Great family.

302! One of my favorite engines. Congrats on the baby goats. Love them old station wagons!

Awesome Video, Don't be afraid to post longer videos, you can keep viewers watching with a 90+ minute video with no problems

I'm so glad you went full time on KZfaq I just can't get enough sleeperdude videos and please please please we need more Ralphie builds like the drift trike thank you all and keep up the great work

Am impressed with all of you, kids are obedient and doesn't have to be told to work! I laughed all the time I see this show. The goat and the animals are trying to help.

I too was feeling a bit low today so I watched this video and caught myself grinning a few times! Thank you , as always!

Ive never took off a SBF timing cover that didn't have cracks tbf. Newer 5.0 water pumps also turn opposite than the old 289 because the later model is set up for a serpentine drive belt. Don't forget the dipstick provision in the block 👍

You can take that 289 and put it in a cut down plastic barrel and then fill with vinegar and let soak for 2 weeks and vinegar eat the rust out of it.... You should give it a try for a side project. It would also to be a good science experiment for the kids to see....

Thank goodness Easy to see it Run people

Another great project. Baby goats are so cute. Can’t believe you made an Over the Top reference 😂 My dentist when I was about 17 was a retired arm wrestler and he worked on the movie as a consultant. Had a few pictures of him and Stallone on the wall.

I've cleaned up a lot of really rusty stuff with Muriatic Acid. It works very quickly. Might be a worth using that block as a test bed to see if it can clean up those crusty passages.

Just seeing the old wagon up and running will be awesome. Definitely need to keep the floor shifter, cause it's just cool.

Hello all from Siesta Key Florida

The timing cover depends on the water pump. Since it was a 64 it may have had an aluminum special pump so good luck.You may need a late model timing chain cover to make it right.

You guys are a wonderful advertisement for family who have fun together no matter what's going on. Blessings on you all .👍❤🇺🇲🇮🇪

I bought a belt from Duluth Trading the same day I bought my groove belt. Over two years later I have never worn the Duluth belt but I do wear the groove everyday. Good choice for a sponsor. Great products

Back in 1976 Dad brought home a 64 black on red wagon 289 , 3spd on the column , clean as a pin . He put chrome reverse wheels and gangster white walls , loud duals , my favorite car growing up . I was Wawa's age then .

Love your channel sleeper dude! Your very knowledgeable with your engine's and you explain your work. That's what separates your channel from the rest. Keep up the good work

Glad to see your Galaxie wagon project progressing so well. As a Ford wagon guy I appreciate the old 302 V8 as all of my cars including the 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis have this engine. Since mine are not the high output version they are rated at only 150 H.P. and 270 Ft. Lbs. of torque, but still can get up and go if you stand on it. My 1991 wagon had the engine and transmission rebuilt in 2020 since the original engine build failed at 140,000.0 while I was towing my Triton Triple Quad trailer in Massachusetts. It only has 10,000.0 miles on it since the rebuild. My 1987 wagon has 246,000.0 miles on the original engine and runs like a watch. If you change your oil frequently these engines will last a long time. I am looking forward to your next video on the Galaxie wagon.

Ralphie said paint it Chevy orange. That kid is smart!

I gasped when I saw you install the lifters, SO glad you caught it

Love you guys! Can’t wait to be at this point in my life to have a loving family like yours. You are living the dream josh!

The family that builds together stays together.

Ha....I've put the engine together, put it in the car....bolted everything up....started it.... couldn't figure out why I was burning so much oil?? I never did install the valve Seals 😐 I've been there Josh! Glad you caught it BEFORE you put it in the car! Can't wait to see it run!! 👍

Just cant beat seening the sleeperdude whole family doing these videos great engine build cant wait to see it in the car and start to run thanks guys

I run the hydraulic flat tappet version of that camshaft in my 390 in my 64 4 door. I like it. Decent idle, makes great torque right off idle and has a great mid and high range. Glad to see that car closer to getting back on the road.

Always respect that you show your mistakes and don't just edit the video so it looks perfect. Keep being real! Congratulations on the babies!

Awesome video of the whole family cleaning and repairing the engine from the Galaxie wagon.

My day just got better what a wonderful family you sir are truly Blessed thank you so much for making this CHANNEL 😁💟

Nice work sir! I would go with the T5. I enjoy watching the whole family being involved.

Should of painted the motor bright red 😁. You are right. The Valve covers do look good with finns.

Found your channel last week and have been bingeing the video catalog ever since. Love the channel and your hour + content format.

Hey Josh and family, you guys always brighten up the day! Sorry the original 289 did not work out but It was a wise thing to go with the 302. Sure don't want overheating problems.

That would make a sweet power tour rig. All it needs is to be painted gunmetal gray with wine red stripes. Atleast, that's how I would do it.

Leave the riser on the carb and cut an air scoop, nice job on the engine, my wife loves that little baby goat. We want to sell our house and buy land and get some critters, maybe move to Tennessee 😀 God bless all of you, it scares me to see you work in sandals 😯

Ralphy's first head torquing !Kinda gets to ya a little. You know .Proud papa . I can tell . A nother goat ? Sure is special . Great family. Keep on keeping on .👍👍👍👍👍☮✝✝☮👍👍👍👍👍🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

The hump in the front of the oil pan is to clear the oil pump. Make sure the damper and flywheel are the correct balance factor (50 oz) for that engine. They make both 157 and 164 tooth flywheels with 50 oz balance, so which ever you need. Your bell housing will determine which one.

I might have hooked up the water pump (with heads and intake) and used a washing machine motor to push Evaporust through that block for a few days. With the bad bore the rust probably pushed it over the edge, but I’m not convinced that the rust made it unsalvageable…

I just wanted to share this with you. I watched a professional restorer do this. He mixed Kerosene and motor oil together to make a solvent to loosen nuts and bolts...better than liquid wrench..works exceptionally well. For gas tank cleaning he put Citric acid in a glass, a whole granulated packet...poured it in the tank after it dissolved and then filled the tank with water and let it sit. Rinsed it out with water then poured Acetone in the tank, swished it around and the tank was beautiful, as if it was never rusted at all. Thought you might like to know how the Old timers restore without buying much.

Hey guys good luck see y'all soon

Another great episode guys....can't wait to see it up n runnin ( hopefully in the next year 😄) have fun n keep going.... much live from the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️ 💙 💜 💖

Just have to be careful using the hammer and socket technique cuz if you don't get it on there straight you can have the retainer gouge into the side of the valve stem and wreck the valve You're really better off to use a valve spring compressor every time

So proud of Ralphie with his knowledge now!

Reminds me of Building and changing over my 58 Ford Fairlane to a Police Interceptor 427 with 2 4bbl carbs when I was a Kid and changing the 3 speed to a floor shift 4 speed. It has everything and still runs good. I went in the Army at 17 and I still have it. Red and White looks new. Did the complete Route 66 about 10 years ago with it. Now an Old Man but it has a few engine Mods 20 over bore a nice cam. I have that with my full restored M151A1 1966 Ford Mutt with every option on it including the Artic Package it too looks Battle Ready with the Trailer. I love your video's. My career was Insurance Claims and a Cargo 747 Pilot Contractor. I used to be a Engine Inspector for NASCAR. Been Busy. You have a wonderful Family. God Bless all of you.

best Part of My Day! Just got home from the hospital and the new video dropped right at the right moment! Bless You Josh and Tosh and All!

I just discovered y’all. Cool show. Baby goats are the cutest of all.

have not used a belt for years, but started handyman work around new property and a belt is the next thing. useful tool.

Josh and family the engine looks GREAT! The old wagon s going to run like a CHAMP! As always, such a beautiful family and a fantastic video. The baby goats being born and bottle fed was such a nice bonus.

There's a lot more new stuff out there for engines since I was a kid. You have great help with your wife going from cleaning parts to tending the new younguns in the barn. Great video always checking your own work.

Rocky must be a proud grandpa. 🥰 Nice to see them right after being born. ❤

She's pretty darn Stout and very handy

I was an engineering student in 1969 thru 1973. The school was General Motorss Institute, now Kettering. It was a coop education, with alternating 6 week sessions working and at school. My work sponsor was Chevrolet Engineering Center at the GM Tech CEnter. One of the technicians there had what I hav always thought was the ultimate sleeper, a 67 Chevelle wagon with a typical grandma turquise paint job and a 327 logo on the front corner. However, this was the 327, 365 HP with a 4 speed "rock crusher" close ratio and a 4:11 posi rear end. It also had headers and exhaust cutouts. He would open these once in a while leaving the Tech Center going out onto Van Dyke in Warren. What a sweet sound, that high compression small block just screaming! He happened to be the uncle of one of my college buddies who was equally as crazy. I love sleepers, expecially wagons.

Glad I watched this video today. I ordered a belt and watch from Groove Life. With your discount code, I got more discount than I would have by using my military discount. That's a WIN all the way around! Thank you!

You have to be proud of your youngins. Great job sleeper dad.

I think you forgot the oil slinger , between the timing chain cover , and crank gear. I vote for the T5 . Great content , Thanks.

Got the Jerusalem Cruisers on like Frieburger does when he's wrenchin! Gonna be a ripper for sure!

I'm watching your video about you're rebuilding the engine for the 64 wagon, I've had a couple 64 Fords, the first one I bought I bought it out of Auto heaven junkyard here in Bloomington, it had a 289 in it and it sounded cool as hell with duals on it, I had a lot of fun in that car. I just sent it's really cool you see you guys rebuilding a Ford motor, as I said before I grew up on Fords, when I was fourteen my step dad brought home a 69 Mach 1, 428 SCJ, a shaker hood scoop, GT Wheels, it has an automatic with a factory stall converter, this car was badass, I remember getting my mom to take me to school in it, we lived out in the country and of course I had to make her wait until the bus came so that we can pass the bus on the way to school.... I was cheesing ear-to-ear when we passed the bus going to school..... Anyhow I really love what you guys do keep up the cool videos they're great to watch 💯💯👀

Those little goat babies are the cutest. It looks like Mama got her a replacement for Puddin', I love it.

Nice video about the new engine and modification in your 64 Ford Galaxy. Its 80's V8 engine. Sleeperdude Family❤❤❤. Excited about next video in your Galaxy running.👍😍

T5. It’s looking good !! What a wonderful family.

Can't wait to hear it run! Put that T5 in it, nobody wants a 3 on the floor.

Love watching you guys fix the old girls up

Family enjoying working together and being together !!!! I love it !!!! Makes for great content !!! Thank you all !!!! God bless each one of you, in Jesus Name !!!! Eddy

Josh. The rule of thumb on the 302HO with stock pistons, camshaft lift should not be over .500 the F303 Ford motor sport cam what is a 512 lift and even with the proper springs would cause piston to valve interference but usually not till you got them up over about 4000 RPM. .498 lift such a a F303 cam might be more desirable simply because of not having piston to valve interference. Good luck I enjoy your show and really like that you involve the entire family my best to you and God bless.

Keep those wagons alive! Awesome job.

Ford blue came out I think in 1966 and up , love your show with no cussing with the family involved, bless you !😃

Interesting seeing the similar parts that will interchange in these motors. Good video with family as always.

T-5 would be cool and give you a little better fuel economy for family road-trips! Sure enjoyed watching the family help you build a ford 302. My Wife loves the baby goats too!

I can't get enough of your videos, I wish you would make them everyday

Very clear this motor rebuilding, and a funny way was done; thanks family...

Another great video bro. Love seeing the whole family getting in on the fun and learning along the way. Now let's talk camshafts. You always hear people say that roller cams are always better than flat tappet cams. This is largely uninformed opinion. The fact is that in applications such as street performance, drag and drive/more entry level drags where you're launching at relatively lower RPM, shot track/autocross, low speed off road, and towing/RV applications, you're almost always far better off with a flat tappet cam than you are with a roller. Here's why. The more gradual entry and exit ramps, and the much higher valve velocity over the nose of the lobe tends to make much better utilization of the inertia of the air columns in the intake and exhaust tracts, thus providing much better cylinder scavenging, and increased cylinder pressures at lower RPM ranges. And that's what makes much better torque and horsepower in that range. If you watch a lot of Richard Holdner videos, where he tests various roller cams in, for example, LS engines, you'll notice that in comparing 2 rollers of wildly different lift and duration figures, there's not a whole hell of a big difference in low RPM figures. The more major differences tend to be in the range over 5000 RPM. This is largely because in the lower RPM ranges, cylinder scavenging is vital. Once an engine passes 5000 RPM, the effects of the inertia of the pulses in the engine is far less. Now let's talk about frictional losses, which is the #2 reason we only see significant gains at upper RPM ranges with the roller. While there is less friction between the cam and the foot of the lifter, because of the much steeper entry and exit ramps of the roller cam, you have much higher side load on the lifter body, and bores at lower ranges. And if you think about it, the area of contact is far more on the body of the lifter than the foot. So at the end of the day, you're only seeing the benefits of those roller lifters, and rocker arms to for that matter, at those higher RPM ranges where things are happening much faster. Of course it's nice that rollers hace virtually no break in requirements, bear in mind that most cam companies offer case hardening, which is always a good idea, and which makes a flat tappet cams require virtually no break in time either, almost no danger of flattening lobes, and significantly decreases friction. So you can have the benefit of the flat tappet lobe design, and better scavenging, with the reduced friction, and reliability of the roller A little more on scavenging. A while back I did an intake/carb swap on my 74 Lincoln, and now I'm having to do a cam swap on my sister's GMC Envoy with the 5.3 LS. Of course we can't post pictures in the comments here, but if I could show you a comparison of the intake ports between the 460 in my Lincoln and the LS, you'd notice that there's absolutely no carbon buildup in the 460, but the carbon deposits go clear up the intake manifold on the LS. This is because the lobe design of a roller cam operates the valves more like a light switch. It opens them quickly, and holds them at virtually full lift for almost the entire duration. This makes the intake and exhaust valves to be all the way open for a significant amount of the time, allowing exhaust gasses to reverberate back into the engine and up the intake tract at low RPM which is where tis engine spends virtually all its time.

I am taking care of my mom and have waited all day to kick back and watch your video, thank you for sharing your beautiful family your videos are a highlight of my days❣️❣️Love, hugs and prayers♥️🥰♥️🙏🏼❣️❣️❣️❣️

Another great video from my favorite family on KZfaq. You guys always make my day 💓 💕.

the 289 rocked in the day

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Looks sharp, can't wait to see the wagon on the road. Great video. Love the beginning of each of one you do a great job editing. Thanks for sharing, God Bless

First off I love your videos. As someone who has worked on 1960s and 70s cars since I was 15 years old in 1972 I can really relate to the old classics. That being said when you started working on the engine I noticed a couple of signs that whoever worked on it before didn't have a clue about what they were doing. I'm sure you will fix any screw ups you find along the way. Good luck and keep up the good work. Say hi to all the family love seeing the kids get in on the fun.

Excited to that wagon running and yet lookin like a sleeper.

I was going to drop this suggestion before you said that this wagon was going to get painted, but my first impulse was to do an affordable restoration on the Galaxie wagon. Pull out some dents. Cut out some rust. Fill and sand it level.

I would DEFINITELY run the T5! It will have a better selection of ratios plus an overdrive. The thing to remember though is that the old 3 and 4 speed manual transmissions usually had their shifters of the side while the T5 will have it right down the center of the trans. It may require some interesting engineering to get a shifter that works properly with a bench seat since I believe it will be farther rearward than the old 3 speed shifter. However, it will make the question of what starter to use easier to answer since the bellhousing and flywheel will be a matched set. Also, I believe the Ford 5.0 uses a starter that is more like a GM product with an integrated solenoid. The major issue you will run into when using the T5 is that it uses a cable style pull clutch rather than a linkage or hydraulic push clutch. The pedal requires a bellcrank shaped piece called a Quadrant that bolts to the top of the pedal at the pivot point. This will require a hole in the firewall that will need to be reinforced or else it will pull right through. Even on the 5.0 Mustangs, it was not unheard of for them to crack the firewall and pull through with a high performance clutch.

Always a good day when there’s a new sleeperdude video!!

I had an 89' Is Mercury Grand Marquis. It being the 5.0 with that same oil pan! The upper right side water pump bolt usually snaps off when you remove the pump. The outer housing can be drilled into with a 1/16 bit. Drill about 3 or 4 holes in a row on it. Spray with a lubricant, and use broad square tip vice grips in the bolt that snapped, and slowly move it back and forth while repeatedly spraying it down with lube. No heat either. It will back out after a few minutes. The same bolt snaps on all of them when the pump goes bad.

Can't wait to hear that thing run!

i like the build videos the best. There a ton of videos of people getting them out of a field and not enough of the builds. keep up the good work yall.