"It cost twice as much to get the job done wrong"....wise words from this dude:)

Thanks for the knowledge and information. In each episode, I come away wiser.

My very 1st engine rebuild, I did on my living room floor in late 1972. It was a street engine, not for racing. It was my 1968 GTO 400CI V8. I did send the block & crank to be cleaned, inspected, and polished. I sent the heads to a different machine shop for a valve job and they shaved .020 off the faces also. Then I completely reassembled it in my living room except for the headers and starter, wheeled it out on a dolly to my car, hoisted it up and in. The reason for the rebuild at only 70,000 miles was a bad cam. 3 lobes were almost worn round. Isky cam, cyclone headers, a 800CFM Holly double pumper, 4 speed stick, and that sucker would really go. I got shipped out to Okinawa in 1975, so I sold it. I still miss that car.

You're right on with the term Crusty✌️ It appears you have great employees. Hard to come by these days.

Granddaddy and Daddy hammered it into my head that if you do something, do it right or don’t do it at all.

I hear you, we've seen it more and more often, had to redo a 3,6 v6 pentastar that someone else 'overhaued' . When I asked what the customer paid for the job....he said over $5k. I had to overhaul the whole engine and supply 1 new head as one was actually scrap........

$3500 for a properly done 5.3 is worth every penny! Seeing how picky you are with getting everything right, the engine is more likely to exceed the quality of the original factory engine. My dad was a heavy equipment mechanic. Listening to you describe how you do things reminds me of my dad. 45 years in the business and he never had a single job come back because it wasn’t done right.

I luv your summarizations of engine wreckers, Jack Leg, Cornbread, can of coo coo..but cornbread is my fav 👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jackleg has been called!!!😂

At least with the few head studs they did provide, they didn't crank them in there. Every stud I've pulled out by someone else has been impacted in lol.

That yellow paint pen writing on the crank is from a salvage yard. They bought another one for a replacement because I would guess the original one had either spun a bearing or was worn so much that it needed to be ground. Heck its cheaper to just buy a used one and not have to wait on getting one ground. Job security my friend. Joe

What a mess. Enough to make a grown man cry.

ok I had to look up jackleg LOL thanks just added another slang to my vocabulairy, train wreck need to use this more. keep up the good work we all need you in az.

Why in the world would somebody spend that much to rebuild an iron block 5.3? Not derogatory to you at all, I love your stuff.

While the opposite is impossible, this goes to show that some people can indeed make a sow's ear out of a silk purse

Crazy what people try to get away with but it lets me learn stuff thanks for sharing.

Haha “clapped out nonsense”…….i really enjoy good phrases!!….your videos are legit!

I almost spit my coffee out when you said it had a dingle berry hone. LOL! Backwoods "rebuild" for sure.

Get this channels more subs!

Wow, it looks like it set in the woods for the past decade!!!

Awesome that customer will be able to see the quality work being done to his motor and know for any future build/rebuilds what to expect. Love the "Facebook rebuild" description, VGG calls it "Craig's list rebuild, lost the receipts". Lol

Love what you’re doing man, calling out these back wood rebuild guys. I had my aluminum 5.3 at shop for machine work, they lied to me saying they had it magaflux. Went to assemble it and found the crack right away.

Thank you for your knowledge and video's USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸

great video as always. i am always amazed that someone can call that a rebuild.

Appreciate your clear thinking and say it like it is style.

Dingle berry word of the month😂👌

Man I Love watching Your videos, It is apparent that You are up to date and study these Engines and Your Knowledge is Awesome!!

I really enjoy your videos! It is nice to see people who take pride in their work and don't cut corners!

Andrew seems like a good hand. Hope he sticks with it. Teach him all you know...good craftsmen/artists, in any trade, are a dying breed. Another good video!

Glad that you took it apart before it took itself apart.

It's your standard Backyard Mechanic Rebuild but missing important pieces!

Could have been worse, they could have left the rings and bearings out of it lol 🤣 Thanks for sharing

Jack leg is the correct term, meaning they don’t know Jack. Great video.

Absolutely amazing revelation. Exposing rip-off merchants.

I sure wish ur shop was located down here closer to us in central FLA....

America 🇺🇸💪🏼🦅🛠️

It's one thing to run the dingle hone thru a quick fix freshen up, but damnit, only if that's the bare minimum someone can afford. Or it's a derby engine ect. As a small business owner/ self employed mechanic I don't get it. Maybe people get away with this garbage quality work in bigger cities. Where I live, one bad job, and before the end of the week my name wouldnt be worth anything. Thank God for engine builders like you gentleman! Doing better work then the manufacturer every time! As always great video!

As tight as rod bolts were, I might do the abnormal: check bolt stretch in reverse order. I'm guessing it went together with a battery operated impact.

Ol Jackleg saying is good,in man....what the ol timers use to say alot....and it is what it is!

It's a rusty pan of cornbread, But I love me some pinto's and cornbread raised on it

Done right should be more common than it is these days.

Why do they lie about their engines?! That block looked like it had been sitting out in the weather ☁️🌡️ for at least a year. Awesome video. The owner must have tightened the main caps to 200 pounds 😮

Sometimes I think " you were too busy so I took it to another shop " really means " I thought I'd save some money and do it myself " . Apparently , home builders have forgotten there's a library nearby that will loan you an actual manual . A manual and careful attention to detail will usually get it better than that one .

That ( mechanic) should go back to the key board and tell people what they are doing wrong.

Seems like since the LS engine craz started......so did LS engine builders,Like you said the Google/youtube builders,seen and Know a couple hear around East Tn. .....wearing the flat bill ball cap talking crap....and usually only in there 20,s early 30,s. Love your videos man.

👏👏👏 let's hear it for a junkyard builder! Complete garbage! Touching "everything" is the only way to build a reliable unit. They'll learn the hardway....oh yeah they'll learn. Good video.

He done out-slopped the Sloppy Mechanics.

Great information.

I've seen engines in better shape coming out of a scrap yard. There's definitely a difference between rering and rebuild.

I'm swapping a Ls3 and I had my block fully machined and Def new cam bearings installed. Yea that don't look their not bad. I'm not taking a chance lol

What a mess people that do that crappie should be ashamed of themselves

Nice job in calling out this done in ya mommas living room rebuild. Maybe if it gets pointed out more,some of the half assers will go back to tending registers at McDonald’s.

Keeps you busy Shame he didn't wait Cost him but he gets a good job

I ran into a similar issue with a “core” engine I picked up out of a Yukon. Total hack job. I feel bad for the people that pay for this kind of work that don’t know any better. Enjoy the videos keep up the good work Powell Family!

Rust increases compression !!

That’s a hot mess! I’m a stickler for cleanliness when building in my garage. And for the cheap repl cost of front and rear covers, I don’t even bother with the old ones. 😂

Are these Hack LS Assemblers new? I don't remember seeing this in the Gen 1 era. I'm amazed at the level of insanity you found in this engine. Great knowledge and build standards there!!! Thanks for the vids.

That timing chain looks loose as all get out. I can't believe it's new.

Great video to watch while I’m home sick from our shop, can’t tell you how many people blame us for block plug issues, whether it is not putting the dumbbell back in the LS or the hidden press in plug or ball on a small block Chevy underneath the number five cap or even the screw in plug underneath the cylinder head on a small block. And it’s all from instances of someone bringing in a block to be cleaned or cleaned and machined and opting to assemble themselves, and when we tell a customer it’s an hour or hour and a half to install cam bearings and block plugs they squirm and want to do it themselves. Often happens when it’s a garage that wants to save the money.

You might as well buy your heart medicine from the carnival parking lot. Thank you for the insight.

Unbelievable

I can't wait for this video to get around back to the "builder" of this engine. Big oofs my guy!

Save me 4 rods/pistons! I want to build a table.

Used to call these tailgate rebuilds.

nice vid guys.

I bet you stay very busy. If us customers would just ask around there are good shops such as yours in most towns. I'm enjoying your videos and learning quite a bit about the machining of engine parts. Nice work!

You can have a cheap overhaul done and have to take to someone reputable and get it done again.

Sweet! We could seriously watch these teardown videos daily if you posted them, LoL. Really interested in this one. I like the honest and down-to-earth facts. Keep up the videos. I'm sure guys are learning the correct procedure on rebuilding engines and honestly, sometimes it's better to leave some things to the Pros! Cheers!

I've been a tech in a GM dealership for 22 years. The amount of hack repairs that come in the shop have tripled in the past 4 years. More often then not the vehicles are mechanically totaled. The cost for me the fix it right ends up being not worth it at that point because not only do I have to still fix the original problem, now I got to fix all the BS the asshat superhero destroyed in the process. People can never afford to fix it right the first time but seems they can always seem to afford to fix it wrong multiple times.

These Facebook engine builders are probably the owners attempting the build themselves.

I just wish you weren't 4 hours away from me.

That’s what we used to do when we were kids & needed an engine for our junk! Pull them apart, clean, measure, dingle ball hone, new rings, bearings, timing chain, oil pump, touch the heads up in shop at school! Our teacher used to say, don’t you dare sell that as a freshened up engine! It’s for your junk only! We also had to at least assemble it properly, or he would let it leave! They worked until we could do a real engine build! But whoever touched that engine, knew nothing but KZfaq 🙄🙄🙄🙄! #Enginebutcher 😂😂😂😂

Thanks for the video!!!

That motor would never have built ANY oil pressure. The owner needs to get his money back from the first builder.

I got a crusty 5.3 that needs built

Dude expose all the idiots that you can

New subscriber and a like🔥🔥🔥

I can see leaving plugs out as an oversight (doesn’t make it right, but I can see it as a mistake). The missing button on the cam gear is blatant. That’s either a complete moron or equivalent to fraud. Given the missing ARP studs, I’m leaning toward fraud.

I was almost expecting you to say time for a new donor core to start over!

What a mess! Great channel bud, big fan from 🇨🇦

It would have failed prob on startup. No oil pressure, timing FKD lol.

Shameful! I would be pissed if I was the owner. Too many brokanics out there ripping people off.

The previous engine work must have been done at Jeffs Machine Shop in Statesville NC. That is actually some of Ashleys better work. Im kidding but this is the type of work that jeffs does.

Not, only did the engine "assembler" have any knowledge. He, also had no conscience. Probably, sleeps like a baby. Sounds like, the main caps were put on with an uga-duga!

It's the terminology that confuses me. When I was learning the trade in the late 1960's, it seemed to be standardised. The term "rebuilt" actually meant nothing as it covered everything from a head gasket replacement to a complete recondition to 'as new' condition. So, everything less that a "minor overhaul" was regarded as a 'repair' A minor overhaul covered a basic ring & valve job with a clean up hone & replacement of parts found broken or unserviceable as required. A major overhaul involved engine dismantling & measure. If the bore & crank were within permitted limits, then just rings & bearings, then timing chain if close to, or outside service limits. Cylinder head, ... major overhaul & replacement of any parts found worn outside limits. Naturally all seals & gaskets replaced. If the bore & crank were borderline or outside limits, the next step was .. Reconditioned, or sometimes, remanufactured. Completely remanufactured to factory, or custom specs. Once the work is done, these are essentially brand new engines using pre loved blocks, cranks & heads & not much else from the core engine. These engines were classified as short block, long block, engine assembly & running engine assembly, or complete engine From this, we all knew what we were dealing with, but 'rebuilt', well it meant diddly squat back then & it means even less, to me, now. Many was the time I performed a minor overhaul on an engine in good basic condition that just needed a 'freshen up' to provide many more years of boring & mundane service at a very economical cost. Could this be regarded as 'rebuilt'?

I build my own engines and only once did I do a half-ass build where I didn't have the block and heads decked and I reused the same pistons - just cleaned them up and new rings. But that was because it was my daughter's car and she just wanted to get rid of it for a cheap price. So I did a bare minimum rebuild, but other than that, that's the only time I just threw an engine back together with little investment. And other than that one, probably the cheapest I have rebuilt an engine for is $2,200 in parts and maybe $600 machine shop work. So $2,800 which doesn't account for any labor.

Facebook rebuild for sure😂. If you’re gonna be dumb then you better be tough.

They must have dropped it out of a truck during transport and let it roll into the river 😂😂

That things was almost cornbread colored!!

I WOULD hate for someone to build a motor, and can't remember the concept of the of why he is building this motor.

If you do not have enough money to fix it right the first time you surely are not going to have the money to fix it right the 2nd or 3rd time. I'm working on a Subaru with bent valves thanks to a botched water pump job. Almost 4k to get a 100k mile used engine installed. They used cheap Dayco timing belt kit and the tensioner fucked up

mainbolts sounded lime they were dry

It’s sad I build allot here in Phoenix Arizona , I don’t have any machining equipment but I work with a local shop and do all the measurement , assembly , and combinations . I get engines from some local machine shops who have the equipment and do a terrible job . Full machine work with remachined crank rods new parts and valvetrain upgrades usually comes to about 4500-5500.

340 stroker I hope 😂

So are these "So-called builders" operating on Face Book selling their services like as to a HooKer ? I promise when I need a "job" done I'm gonna take it straight to the Hen House & not gonna entertain the streetwalkers on-line? I've learned that much here today. Good lesson..... be safe guys

Wow

they are flippers..... send it right to POWELL machine

Dangleberry 😂😂😂😂

That crankshaft wasn't even balanced for those rods and pistons.

new bolts and rod bolts torque them up are they round