That is most perfect sketchy run stand ever. Fantastic

Dunno how I stumbled across this channel, but man I'm glad I did Mouse in the oil pan...🤣 yep thats a first for me!

If you put your timing mark on the firing point wheather it be 10 degrease or whatever, then turn the distributor until the points just click or spark then your ignition timing will be set. Ive been around this sort of ignition since the mid 80s

The engine has already killed something, that's how you know its good.

Nice old motor!! A really good buy at $50. Man i love that fleet you have!!

50 bucks for a running motor. Can't go wrong there. Hope to see that crew cab get some love. Cool vid and keep them on the road.👍🤘

I really enjoy your vids. I’m a GM six cylinder man myself. Oh, when I find top dead center, I use a plastic drinking straw instead of a screw driver. There is less a chance of breaking something. I’m looking forward to your next vid. Thanks

Great job saving that old 270.

Grey oil to me means water in the oil. Coolant. This might not apply here. Great video. Just seeing your surroundings relaxes me.

What a sweet looking old girl that power plant is !! Made to last , was half expecting it to go dancing across the flood when it fired ? .

23:27 The flywheel is contacting the pallet while turning over. Or so it looks.

I have a 270 in my 1961 GMC Junior stepvan. I just got mine running after 4 years of sitting. They're a great engine. If you need parts I find most everything I need at RockAuto. Their located in Madison, WI and they ship to me in Vancouver, BC, so I would think they would also ship to Alaska. I just bought a starter, fuel pump, carb kit and complete gasket set for my 270 from them. I really enjoyed your video.

That sounds amazing!

I've done that 180 out with the distributor. I battled for hours with my junkyard engine, fueled by ignorance, until on the advice of a better mechanic, I pulled the plug and felt for the stronger compression stroke when it turned over by remote starter button. Fixed the distributor alignment. What a relief when it fired right up! Your videos are great! Thanks!

That's the exact motor in my 1954 GMC that I'm working on right now how awesome is this

Money well spent. Really enjoy watching your videos .

Enjoyed your naration when starting the 270 THNX

Good result there. Thanks for sharing.🇬🇧

Great content bringing it back to life.

50 for a running engine great deal. I had a old mud truck I needed an engine for. Happened to get a 300 six for 20. My buddies landlord had a e150 van that sat for 5 years he used as storage. The guy told me if it ran give him 20 for the engine. If it didn't run I could have it for free. Checked it the engine was free so pulled it out of the van. The oil pan was shot but had another one for it. Pulled the oil pan off and it looked like new inside. Got it in my mud truck got it all hooked up and it fired right up. Ran it for over a year with no problems at all. Even daily drove it to work. The thing that sucked was getting 160 miles to a tank of gas. Had a t-18 4 speed in it, lockers with 4.11 gears, 3 inch lift with 36" tires on it. Thing was a beast in the mud. Ended up selling it back to my buddy who I bought it from. Now I wish I never sold it I so miss that truck. Oh it was a 82 f150. Yes I did pay the guy 20 for the engine.

Very good that you put oil in the cylinders and use oil in the fuel to prime the engine Excellent video

Good deal👍 just be sure to add a zink additive to the oil and pack the grease cup on distributor, and give it a twist once and while to grease the distributor shaft.

Good for you rebuilding that old Chevy.

You're doing important work.

It's great to see you save and use this stuff. Not letting it go to waste!!

My Dad drove a GMC 6x in ww2 he said they were great trucks I always enjoy your videos

50 Bucks well spent. That just propelled the Chevy into forward motion. Congrats !!! Thumbs Up !

Good job on that 270 it sure does sound good

Somebody needs to set you up with a case of Brake Clean to help you clean off the old grease on some of these things when you get them open lol

thats great and the price is right ,,,,great job ,,

Awsome!!! Love the sound of those old gm 6 bangers

I had 1 for a long time, it was in a milatary 6x6. It ran 24 volt and used this complicated multi fuel carb that was the worst of it. I had it running n moving about ran good. I wish I kept the motor at least. I'll follow if you post I enjoy stuff like this .

Look forward to seeing the next one. Every time I check back in, there's a new addition to the fleet. Keep it up.👍

Was waiting for this one; great video!

Sounds good. Glad some of this old stuff is still out there.

Hello from Australia. I my younger days ( I am now 78 years old) I worked on many of these engines, and to set the timing watch for the inlet valve to close on #1 cylinder then watch for the valve rockers on #6 cylinder and as the pistons (#1 and#6) are coming to TDC watch for the overlap (exhaust closing, inlet opening) once these are balanced you have top dead centre. the next step is to put a mark on the harmonic balancer and rotate it backwards about 1/2", make sure that the rotor button is lined up with #1 plug lead on the dizzy cap and set the points gap to 0.015 thou, retard the dizzy and place a strip of cellophane off of a cigarette packet and advance the dizzy until the cellophane just slips out your timing is now set in the basic position to start, fine tune later on. this system works for most engines'

Good job can't wait to see it in your truck driving down the road .

Great video, with lots of ‘old school ‘ knowledge. You are exactly right. My dad was a U.S. Army trained mechanic in World War Two. . This is exactly how he taught me to change an Army truck distributor !....... Gary in Michigan.

Hello my friend I am so happy to see another one of your videos, I can't believe that a young guy like yourself is bringing back all this old mostly military iron. That tongue and a half is going to be a beast. I can tell you I've always liked 6-cylinder Motors weather it be a Chevy a GM a Ford or the Slant six of Chrysler they are all bulletproof Motors definitely worth the recognition that they should be getting. I've seen a slant 6 in 67 Barracuda that was built up unbelievable six one barrel carburetor strong now I'm telling you I'm going by what this man told me that was a 10 second car I almost bought it but I didn't want to buy something that had already been messed with if you know what I mean. But I can tell you the way that thing sounded was scary scary strong motor. I'm sure I wouldn't have never had a problem with it it had been professionally built this man that was selling it was a Certified mechanic 4 Chrysler so but still I wanted a project that I could do myself so I did. Anyway my friend so glad you're sharing this video with us. Stay safe stay well and as always God bless

Hey Brother, So cool to see you using ole reliable 'Ethel' with the fresh rebuilt carb to get 'er done! Love that truck! You got that 270 to spring to life. Sounds good. American history and auto mechanics class rolled into one!

Awesome vid as always, thanks for the updates. Keep it up dude 👍

Hell yeah! I love your collection!

These are the vids I like where there's a pay-off at the end.

Excellent !great narration! thanks for sharing

Great job !! Thank you for taking the time to share !!! Keep enjoying your journey !!!! God bless you !!!!! Eddy

Best vid you ever made dude, informative, we got to see the whole process, and we got to see it run! Thanks for the time and effort you put into these!!

Should be a vent tube from the float bowl , if you fill the float bowl with gas you won't have to keep squirting down the throat .

Really enjoyed the process of getting it started. Good job!👍

You're very knowledgeable for a young man . I know guys that are two or three times your age and don't know as much as you do. Keep up the good work and the cool videos coming.👍

This is basass. I dont know where else I could find someone who works on machines like this!

Hey i like that distributor with the grease pack on the side thats cool cheers from Jacksonville Florida

Awesome job it sounds great

That engine has a nice mellow tone to it. Please put a strait pipe on it for the exhaust so we can hear it🍺🏁👍

Another job well done.

This is very wild. I’m currently working on a Chevy 235 (1958 though but still close). The story on why I’m working on it is because a speed shop rebuilt it and with less than an hour of runtime it spun a bearing among many other issues they caused. They charged my friend $6,800 and now I’m the one fixing it. The moral to my story is that the mechanics today do not understand these old motors but here you are firing them up on your garage floor with used parts you have lying around. Keep up the good work friend! Always good to save the old iron,

Looks good Austin. If you sand off the distributor deck, on the block, the first three numbers should be one of the following 228, 236, 248, 256, 270 or 302. On the GMC engines the first three numbers of the serial number, on the distributor deck, were the displacement of the engine (GMC only) The 302 was built in a civilian model and also a Military version, the Military version had a blocked off fuel pump port and front webbing to accommodate an air compressor. Make it work, man!

Hi, Newguy subscriber this morning. Just binged all of your military truck videos. Nice work! Glad to see a few more come back to life. I drove an M37 como Truck when I was in Germany in the 60’s. The winch rigging is ingenious.

This video went really well with my Saturday morning coffee. That six wants to get back to work.

Cool. Can't wait to see it in the truck.

these videos are amazing,,,i love the collection of old "functioning" trucks. amazing to see that many

Great job, enjoy your channel. Looking forward to more on the M37...I'm a Dodge guy, but love all your trucks.

This is such useful information thank you so much.

Great detail in explaining the start up.

I salute you young gent! You have found a popular niche here with excellent and interesting content. best of luck for your future, don't change, you are doing just fine---from a geriatric rustaholic in Ireland.

That's really cool man that motor sounds healthy too!

Good stuff.

thank God for awesome friends , Great job!👍👍

Awesome job brother

Very nice!! It’s great that you take the time to do some videoing while you work. We’re horrible about that

Love seeing old motors firing up.. reminds me many years ago, i bet a workmate I could run a Bedford CA camper van without a carb on it, the engine access is from inside the cab between the front seats, so carb off, thumb over petrol pipe but just a slight squirt from under the thumb down the inlet manifold and fired it up, ran like a diesel would, the more you let it squirt in (petrol) the faster it ran..lol/ won my bet but the guy thought I was mad..BUT I proved my point.. Thanks for the video. More to watch soon I hope - Ian - UK.

I would of just pulled number 1 plug and turned it over with my thumb over the plug hole and waited for compression stroke then just turn it until the piston is at highest point. No need to take rocker cover off. Good video.

for starter engagement, grind angles on the ends of the sprocket teeth the opposite direction from the angles that wear on them over time. that way the teeth stop bouncing off each other when they try to engage. Also lube the engagement mechanism with silicone lube.

I like you. And your choice of stuff.

There are techniques where you can break loose that seized piston without damaging the cylinder. Do a complete overhaul including polishing the cylinder bores. Nice video.

Really interesting.

Pretty cool video

forged crank good stuff

Right on.. sounds good!

Keep them coming.

I had a Chevrolet 1.5 ton with a GMC 270 in it, a K43 Telephone Truck. They hooked it up to the original Chevrolet four speed and winch drive.

Nice work!

I have a 270 in my 1/2ton 57 GMC 100 but I’ve never driven it. Seems like it’s going to be a pretty tough strong engine based upon what I keep seeing bc I keep seeing it in 2 ton trucks or even larger. Great video

In my Teens in New Zealand we played a lot with Jimmy 270's and 302's. They were pretty common thanks to the American government gifting us several thousand war damaged trucks. I knew a few different guys running them in 37-38 Chevy coupes and nearly bought a 54 Belair with one ,but my Dad said "no way,was a 15 yr old going to have a weapon like that!" One of the guys I knocked around with, known on the HAM

great job buddy

At the end I just wanted to see how much the flywheel sawed through the pallet. I'm impressed by that starter.

Good job buddy those gmc motors are tuff I gut one in 211 had an automatic behind it now it s 5speed thats a 302 that i have my boys gut a m37 we just gut havet work on it yet . buy up all you can of that old stuff before it is all gone!

What ya needs is a supercharged gmc 302 i6 like the old hot rodders done. That would be killer in one of them trucks. Maybe even good for the highway with enough power.

My guess is that your 270 was rode hard after the rebuild and didn't have the oil changed often. The gray color in the oil is metal. They are tough and well designed. Several people are making full pressure conversions for the "Babbitt Beater" Chevy's. These work very well. Patrick's in Casa Grande Az. is one. I think you will have to change the radiator support to a GMC and possibly reverse the header (mount) on the radiator to get clearance. We put a 302 GMC in one years ago. My 1943 Yellow Coach Div. CCKW (2,700 miles) starts on 6v like yours did in 12. Good ground and thick cables. I enjoy your videos so keep 'em coming.

Once I know I am on top dead center, I take that plug wire and hold it to something that is grounded and just rotate the distributor till I get spark.... My best luck for a just start and run is just a skosh back and just a hair.. not very much... and it will fire and run.... of course you know that I am sure but for this video, trying to make it look easy an it never is as the fuel is wrong or the wire falls off or you miss catching that spot... you get it. I know that they made cam's for the 270's and a tri power as well but for my best luck, took a while but made a two "two barrel" carb set up and that rig ran at arlington speed way for about five years in the winners lane. I also got a mag from a company called JC Whitney as they sold a little of everything back then. Kinda a big junk store for the most part but you did get what you were paying for/LOL

That was sweet good shit

Word of advice make up remote can to feed the carburetor have gas going to it

Great deal put friend on Christmas list.

Hi, could the grey muck be the lead separating from the petrol due to light/cold running, I had that in an old U.K. Bedford truck. Cheers love your work.

Good thing you used color coded factory vacuum caps to avoid confusion.

Well... can’t say I ever seen a mouse in a oil pan lol.

Need to put some Joe Gibbs racing additive to your oil has a lot of zinc in it and will keep your lifters happy. zinc for old engines you have to add yourself other companies have it also. That why you cannot use regular oil in chainsaws and must use 2 cycle oil. When I was a kid zinc was in all oils. But it stops up catallic converators so no zinc in new oils. So new type oils for newer cars will kill your old engine.

Nice, very Nice.

Love to see an old motor come to life.

Cool deal, a few gaskets and some paint and it’s ready to put in the truck. Are you going to put the deep oil pan on it?

The older engines require a zink additive in fresh built engine. Zink is Grey in color so possibly that's what was in it