Customer of this repair here. Ray, I just wanted to publicly thank you for all of your hard work on giving this engine new life. I was seriously considering just scrapping it and cutting my losses but couldn't find a replacement for anywhere near the repair cost. Just know your work is greatly appreciated!

I'm so glad you didn't "escalate" with the hammer. Good decision to draw it in. Someone send this man a damper install kit!! Love the ingenuity.

Making Specialty Tools Is SOOO satisfying when they work !!!! Thanks for sharing….

Fine example of a hard-working American who takes pride in what they do! Great job, Ray, as always!

I've been doing my own car repairs since I was in high school. I just turned 67. I am always impressed by what you do and have learned so very much from watching your vids. Thank you. AA

Even after a 3plus battery swap out day he returned to work and had a happy ending :) I love a good story!

The Rammstein soundtrack to welding. Love it.

(@3:15) Your sparkly brilliance was just too great, good sir! We couldn’t see what was going on. On the positive side, our eyeballs were spared the damage from UV! 😆

Watched the entire 4 part epic cinematic presentation, my favorite part? The chipmunk 🐿 “click” on the passenger side. You should submit the the entire production for Oscar consideration, “Best Sound Editing”.

Ray washes the engine My brain hears Ray say “REEEEEEE! You can’t do that!!!”

My heart stopped when ur tool broke! Have no fear, Ray always gets the job done!

My dad, and his 3 brothers, my brother, my two sons, and you are top notch mechanics! My dad over hauled many engines, and back in them days it was a come along that was used to hoist the engine out!! His oldest brother was a Mechanic in Alaska!! My two sons, my oldest has the Senior chief Mechanic title out of 248 people in the world!! My youngest son got his brains from my dads side for cars!! Very rare to find people who rate up with them!! You are DAM good at what you do and all the knowledge that you have about vehicles!! That to me rates you up with the best mechanics that ever lived!! That is one hell of a compliment!!

Its a bit late, but your bench is on fire!!!

Just as with any love story it ends happy ever after 😃. With all the dooo bee doos ,gravity and loud noises Ray keeps his head. You can tell in the closing moments of vid 3 that Rays a happy man. Engine sounds great under acceleration, impressive. Plus the acknowledgedment of the owner in the comments. Think this is a first for Ray as l have not seen comments from other owners. Wonderful series of vids Ray. Makes my day watching you at work. You could do with a week off after this one. Your back must be killing you. Which just leaves me to remind you to have a great day 😃😃🇬🇷

There is nothing to make the heart race as a not quite right first start . Excellent work as always 👏

You Inspire me every time I see your Mechanic Skills and the Patience you have while working on Difficult Problems in many Vehicles, I have a Tendency to throw wrenches--you are Calm, Cool and Collective on Camera-- I am sure that we All can Learn from your Practices...

No matter what you have done it is still a Ford!

I must admit I was a little concerned when I read the title of this last video. There is nothing like the trepidation that accompanies the first startup after a major repair. This was especially true with all of the gymnastics that you went through to get the job done. Sometimes it is easier to just pull the engine. Congrats on another successful repair..I really enjoyed the series. Good luck on getting your own shop, but remember; 4 o'clock is meaningless when it's your own business.

The dreaded attack of the cam phasers and guides. Glad to see your expertise kept this one around to fight another day.

I love how you could hear some Rammstein in the background during welding. The perfect welding music.

I am impressed by your technical skills and memory in putting things back together. Really cool to listen to you as you talk yourself through an assignment. Like everyone else, would love to have you work on my car. On the flip side, I would not trust your welding skills. It is more akin to Elmer's glue.

Lovely work, Ray! I was impressed that you didn't take the Ford engineers' names in vain, instead letting their design work speak for itself. A great example of "There's GOT to be a better way!"

Iron man ! The ultimate endurance adventure by none other than Rainman. Good job sir !

Great job, Ray! It really llustrated the difference between a DIYer like me and a pro like you.

no matter how many jobs I do on a vehicle, I always cross my fingers when cranking it up...i know the feeling Ray

Huge job Ray! So happy it was a success. After that first start and rough idle and pop I got a little worried! But the hidden vacuum hose did the trick! Learned a couple of lessons with this series of videos, 1) You are a awesome mechanic!!! 2) To stay far away from the Ford 5.4 L 3-valve engines they are notorious for failing and so complex to repair. Not many mechanics can or will do such a through job as you. Looking forward to the next videos!

Hears Rob Zombie in the background pictures Chucky waving his hand saying "That's more like it" 😂🤣😂 great video Ray love it

I follow a lot of youtubers and you are gaining subs by leaps and bounds, I am so happy! You are a great person and maintainer!

Hey Rainman, there are crank pulley installer kits available, US stock, on eBay, chaep and nasty but they do the job and ship within a day or two, multiple thread sizes and pitches, order a kit and put it in your toolbox for that time you need it.

As for the special tool: it needed a deep V groove between the 2 bolts before welding. It probably would have been strong enough. Very good video!

Rays not just a great mechanic he's also a great human being.

K&N Intake sounds great I bet the customer is happy to have there vehicle back as well as it having a new Lease on life for that engine @Rainman Ray's Repairs

We finally get to see Peter. I was beginning to think he was like Charlie from Charlie’s Angels.

love watching you dig into these repairs, and this one was one of the best.

I like at the end where an ad for another video covered the speedo - just as you floored it 😁

Ray, This series gets definately gets a thumbs up, infact it gets a DOUBLE thumbs up. Well done Ray and hope your ribs and belly are now bruise free!

Ray, as an old mechanic myself, I'm impressed by your skills. Thank you for these interesting videos on this vehicle. Sincerely, 'Ole Geezer Gearhead'.

First start after major work is always a bit nerve wracking for me, it's like my hearing gets super sensitive and picks up every little noise that was likely there before but didn't notice.

I started listening to Z105 on iHeart radio while watching your videos to make it feel like I am there in the shop looking over your shoulder while you work...lol

A bit of oil on the exhaust manifold and a vacuum line off on a job of that magnitude, you're gold. Thanks for posting.

It has to be an awesome feeling taking that truck for a ride after completing that repair, good job Ray!

Hello Ray Sir. When welding up the bolt you vee out the join before welding and build it up then you can grind it back and won’t have that issue. Don’t be afraid of turning up those amps or wire feed speed as well. Good to see some inginuity

I'm liking whoever has control of the radio today!

Ray and Ford boss me are awesome dudes and top notch mechanics 👍

Hey Ray, that was quite a marathon you ran with this one. Always enjoy watching your videos to see the level of pride you take in your work. Also, it was really nice to see the customer's appreciation of your work as well. That has to make you feel really good!

You've past 300K subs! Congrats! Oh how I despise those engines! Sucks when they are in an SUV, and even worse in the vans. For the trucks, I remove the cab. Yeah, it takes a little bit of time, but saves time in the long run. Excellent work as always, Ray! Have a great day! o7

Good thing the customer caught this. Otherwise it would have proved what FORD means "Found On Road Dead". Good job Customer..... Good job Ray.

Watched from part one to 3. Damn so much work! Your patience is astounding. Really great work!

This was a great series, your efforts in contortion to get to all those cam followers is truly impressive. Keep it up

I'm impressed Ray,a difficult job really well done and a real pleasure to watch,thanks for the upload.

Awesome work and running very smooth and quiet. You the man and hard to find someone like yourself anymore these days.

Bravo on the tool making, Ray. I’ve done that myself several times and know the feeling of satisfaction when it works.

Beautiful work Ray 👍 Well done!

You need to grind each bolt to a point(ish) so that you have a valley to weld them together or you will never get enough penetration.

Ray, your patience is astonishing.

The great thing about these high quality videos is that when the little ones get older, they can see pops work!

As always, entertaining, interesting and informative!! Always learn something in your videos. I saw the bolt twisting off coming. LOL!!! If you have to do that again, grind the bolts down to shaft size before welding. then put a bevel on each piece to form a "V" groove. This will allow more penetration when welding, the more V groove the better😁 Thanks again Ray for the great videos!!!

Excellent repair. You maintained your cool and got the job done 👍

Super job again Ray. This one really show your superior skills. You would have been bored working on cars from the 60's. Now it takes a day to find the engine and a day to put everything back after rebuilding it. I'm not sure I could deal with all the junk but I'm glad we have people like you that will work on them.

Success!!!! You figured out how to make it work. That's when it gets fun! Good job Ray!

Thank you for doing this job. I have a 2013 Expedition with 170000 miles runs great. But it’s a job I’ll pay for it being done by a professional. My 70 Yeats of age doesn’t take the gyrations like you experienced anymore. Until next job, auf Wiedersehen!

Great series, can say without any hesitation, a couple parts I felt the tension you were going through!

This was an excellent series! I have a 09 F150 with this engine at 135,000 miles. I have been good about oil changes and mine runs quietly and has no rattle on start up. I always wondered what I would do if it needed this repair, this may be a bit beyond what my aging body and lack of agility can take! I learned a lot watching this and that's why I am here and keep coming back. I really don't give a rip what Car Wizard says, I believe that if you get to the repair early on you can save the engine. Even putting a new engine in is a gamble, you could drive out of the shop and blow a transmission or some other major component. It's all a calculated risk, so choose wisely.

Ich Will playing while you weld up that bolt is perfect LOL

Having done that balancer install on this model motor, (2014) I can tell you a 30mm 1/2 drive impact socket and about 5 seconds with the air hammer on the face of the socket , slides it on more than half way and then the bolt snugs it the rest of the way. I mind F’d it for about 10 minutes before I did mine and after I decided to do it that way, it literally took 10 seconds . Other than that, great stuff man.

Good job Ray. After doing a couple of these they get easier as any engine. In my opinion, I would rather have a solid 5.4 than the new 5.0. Bought my 04 F150 FX4 for 1500.00 and rebuilt it with new pistons and all and I have less than 5k in it compared to a new truck thats 50k+. I would rather have a rebuild I own than have an 8 year payment lol.

Highly approve of the music choice in the garage today!

Choice of garage music is highly approved. 👌

That was intense! Valve almost falling into the combustion chamber, and you saved it, performed a surgery with oil pickup tube successfully, and last but not least you made it run as designed. Thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

It is great seeing something like this being repaired (even nicer when someone else is doing the hard work!) 😄👍🏼

Nice job! Always feels good when they start and run as desired, especially when they don't at first and you quickly discover why and BINGO! All is good!

Nice Timing Job glad it's got a new life and was caught by the customer before catastrophic Devistation @Rainman Ray's Repairs

Great job! I love the fact that you don't skimp on the little things, like the drain plug that others might not replace. You briefly mentioned in passing that you probably should have pulled the engine. I wondered that as well. Would you do that if you got another one? I don't know what other issues you would run into pulling the engine. Hmm... Either way, terrific series and you may see me in the near future for a job (not so rigorous).

Love your work as always Ray. This was a good series. Just a thought for consideration when you need to weld something thick like that bolt turn the amps up a bit more to get better penetration buddy, your weld appeared to break because you'd not got into the core metal enough. Keep up the awesomeness.

Nothing like a little Rammstein during a repair. Engel is a great song.

Congratulations my friend you are a true Mcanic. That is what we call a good mechanic in Canada. Job well done.

Ideally you would use a harmonic balancer pulley installer. Air hammer with light pressure will rattle it on. Controversial, yes.

Love the longer series of videos, thanks for showing the details.

Excellent job Ray I watch this whole series and you didn’t awesome job. I’ve been doing mechanical work since I was a kid with my dad and I appreciate all your comments and all your talking things through.

The little fire was funny. Most of my “special” tools are ghetto made and work great including the special tool that engineered and made them haha. Top work Ray ! Cheers

You really should to vee out the weld joint, trust me im a keyboard welding expert

Remember when "The Car Wizard" said this couldn't be done, you have to replace the engine?? Me neither

Great series of videos. Live confidently and peacefully

This customer is very lucky to have someone like you. All they went through now the issue is repaired by. We are all lucky to have mechanics like you. 👍👍

Thanks for doing this video. It was awesome. I'm happy that pros sometimes get as frustrated as I do doing these repairs

Thanks for all the GREAT Video's you post!

Ray, your a great mechanic, and fixing this Found On Road Dead shows why you and I both drive GM trucks!

Love the music in the background ... Ramstein, Metalica, Godsmack and more!! 🤘🤘

Thank you for letting us watch your work!

GREAT job Ray much patience is a virtue!!

I approve of the background music choice for this video.

Ray doesn't mind taking on any job presented to him! Great vid good work!

I did a lot of welding when I was in the navy and I loved it. Just hearing the sound of welding makes me happy.

All 4 videos on a row. I don't know why but I've started picking up non working mowers and feel more confident after watching your videos. Even making some pocket change

This is LD's husband. I am amazed at how you don't get rattled, and you calmly figure out how to do the seemingly impossible. Welding those bolts together is genius! I have a past brother in law who was quite like you. Amazing

A great Series! Thank you for the valiant Conclusion! Always look forward to your videos!!!

Metallica playing while you weld. Heavy metal. Respect to you from UK 🇬🇧. Thanks.

Rammstein in the background 👍

Exceptional devotion to yer werk and amazing tenacity no matter what !!

Loving all the Rammstein in the background