11,000 HP BLOCK REPAIR WITH USING ONLY HAND TOOLS!

Follow along as I repair this 11,000 hp, torched, billet engine block with only using hand tools instead of a big CNC machine! Great instructional information on welding, hand machining and grinding. Trick and tips from a guy who has done this at the track and even in the car!

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

Why would anyone complain about you being chatty? Hearing you explain and share your knowledge is the best part.

[@jeffpickett9730]

There are men paying 10’s of thousands of dollars to learn what you just taught for free. Your amazing man!!

[@TheMrMused]

You've got a TON of GREAT things to say, Rob! The breadth & depth of your knowledge is a rarity. That you're freely sharing it is beyond wonderful. Super content .. as usual, but definitely not taken for granted.

[@joannehart9624]

Love the "behind the scenes" information. It's so interesting to see how these beasts are put together.

[@mikesavoy8861]

You’d be a great person to work with, a person would learn so much. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Greatly appreciated

[@alloutspeedsmashed]

I stumbled across your channel and in the past 24 hours I've watched nothing but your videos. I've learned more about nitro burning engines than I knew in the previous 53 years I've been alive. This is a great legacy you have made for yourself. Absolutely awesome that you are sharing your wisdom. As us old people know the difference between knowledge and wisdom it's apparent that you truly enjoy what you do with everything and confidently narrate. And the best part is (and I'll say rarely) when you draw a blank about the correct nomenclature, you still chose the best words that anyone could to explain what your doing. Bravo. If you ever need a hand I would work for free if you can provide food each day

[@tjwonder8157]

I love the chatty part. The knowledge transfer on your work is amazing and appreciated.

[@theoldbigmoose]

Who would have thunk such a repair was possible with hand tools and a wood router and wood carbide bits? ... but you sir have been blessed with "golden hands!"

[@bryanschwitzke8966]

I like it, hell….I LOVE it ! ! ! Very fun to watch a Confident Master Craftsman Toolin’ with his toys. Your an excellent teacher.

[@crazypict]

I like the old 4: 3 aspect ratio. It is like watching an old movie. No widescreen format here! Nice job with the engine

[@kristinabrown4951]

I'm very impressed by your attention to detail and basic logic in repairing these aluminum blocks, people need to pay attention to your talent/trade.

[@paulboone44444]

Free education from one of the Goats.. I'm in every time... thank you for the opportunity to learn.. Please keep doing exactly what you want to do...

[@bobjons7]

Rob, your so easy to listen to! I enjoy your videos and the amazing expertise you have and share! Beautiful job! From Saskatchewan, Canada, have an awesome evening Rob🙂

[@fmerkl]

I've used Darton Sleeves in all my motor for over 35 years ! Hell !1 time about 25 yeas ago ,they put them on Sale For an A/R 12" deck Big Block Ford sleeves for $36 each !( Ductile Iron) I bought 100 of them! lol I'd buy a New Ford Motorsport A460 Block and spend a couple days with my old Van Norman 777 and bore in for a .002" press fit with a receiver stop at the bottom and put 8 in them ! that way on Nitrous when I'd burn up a piston and wreck the cylinder wall , 3 passes with the mig welded the sleeve comes out , freeze the new sleeve with liquid propane , drop it in and seat it with an aluminum block and hammer , let it normalize back to room temp , rebore to the correct ID and it would never push the adjoining cylinder bores out of round !! I have 5 Carol Carter 11.200 Deck blocks now , never scared to change a sleeve ! Frank

[@HappyHarryHardon]

That’s a great simple and straight forward repair. I used run dc with 100% helium on our aluminum hydro blocks. It would really push the heat into it.

[@waynebeasley8700]

I like that your comments are voice over, rather than trying to talk while working in a noisy environment like most you tubers…….

[@markwatkins4416]

This is rapidly becoming a master class in automotive/racing machining. Thank you. and....continued best wishes for a rapid and complete recovery. The racing world is better if you are fully participating. and...how about young Bobby Bode driving and tuning his way to the final in Houston. Very cool that TS loves his helmet and glove throwing skills

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Excellent work love your attention to detail!!!

[@_TheBreaker_]

Ditch the cheap hammers. Buy yourself a decent steel mallet to beat on. Aluminium is fantastic to work with. I build custom ally chassis and bullbars and roof baskets and anything anybody wants for their offroad vehicles Great video and great work and thanks for passing on your years worth of knowledge Please keep the videos coming

[@abitoffcenter383]

Great stuff Rob!! Thank You Sir for bringing us along!

[@rossp446]

Love you’re content dude keep up doing what you’re doing 😎

[@thomasbelcher6469]

Thanks for another great video Rob

[@TheRealBillyPatterson]

Pretty damn amazing! Please keep making videos. It's pretty cool to see how creative you are!

[@gregschultz2029]

Nice Job As Usual ,Thank You !!!

[@vehdynam]

Great information once again. Very much appreciated, thank you.

[@efrainromero4024]

Like always, great job Rob. GOD BLESS YOU

[@andyb9767]

Great video thanks Rob!

[@cdnaudioguy]

That was so cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@FranktheDachshund]

I love to watch you work, always a masterclass.

[@danmccurley466]

Outstanding workmanship...great job.

[@RobertsChannell]

brilliant ,well done rob .

[@EasyLiving8]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING JOB!!! Thanks for much for sharing this.

[@richardlincoln8438]

Lots of good information, thanks for the time and effort to share it with us.

[@specforged5651]

I notice you use Kimball Midwest products. I’m a rep for them. Sure wish I had your account, I could watch, gain knowledge and listen to you do this stuff all day! Keep up the great work!

[@gnmatsu]

More awesome, fun stuff! Thanks! Keep um coming! Aloha!

[@RandomAuto12]

That was great. I learned a few thing with this for my own small stuff to help prevent problems for sure. And it looks so good too

[@zigwil153]

You're an artist

[@lorenmorelli9249]

Yes!! The Right Man for the Job.. Very Nice**

[@mikeyoussef5672]

I love your videos!

[@hanley7707]

That was awesome. I had my doubts but daum you make that thing look amazing!

[@juansimon5802]

yes u have a lot of good things to say. awesome work man

[@danielsmith-ze3wy]

Thanks for the video and the commentary

[@colehara]

I'm glad to hear the play by play description of what you're doing and why. Very interesting to see how these blocks are repaired. 👍

[@nitroracer-rollingthunderm9033]

Outstanding video Brother, keep 'em coming ... Hutch

[@dmlsr01]

Your work is amazing

[@Airman..]

Beautiful job man

[@williamhanna2613]

You are the man.

[@maxthomson2096]

Mate you are a master ,, keep the vids coming ,,,

[@TomChame]

Excellent, thanks.

[@nitrofreddy4786]

Wish I been one of your crew members, you really are a true talent. Thank you for all these videos 👌🏽

[@BIBSTERSrepairshop]

Neat to see something that is able to make so much power be able to be fixed with just simple tools great video

[@Avelyn172]

Awesome video like always 👍

[@ces188charles6]

Man, that was slick Rob!

[@johnfry9010]

Keep on chatting , I am all ears . Beautiful repair !

[@jaxnaturals]

I have sleeve problems on the Lamborghini murcielago v12 I'm working on. During disassembly I was pushing out the piston and the sleeve came right out with it. Might have to order a custom sleeve from Darton. Great work as always!

[@wizardshome9686]

I really love the Tig-Talk - how to set the machine - what type of gas to use specially aluminum - maybe you could do a entire vlog on Tig-Talk - Thanks

[@143247143]

Mad skills much respect ✊

[@groushkolb]

Great timing, I hurt out block and head at Ennis! Thanks!!!!

[@robwendland]

Right on! Get it done brother!

[@adambergendorff2702]

Really enjoyed and always looking for ways to tune my aluminum welding , I also use a helium mix. 75% argon 25% helium. I purchased 3 bad tanks of argon in a row, I've never had a dirty tank of the mixed gas. Have you ever run into that problem, I was pulling my hair out looking for leaks, messing with settings, then finally just swapped tanks no more problem. I then switched back and all the problems came back.

[@aimzantonio70]

Like the talk on the detail you speak on cleaning before you weld & rest of details just subscribed cool content

[@patofdubois1]

Love watching your videos! Take good care of the Mercier racing team, I know those guys !!! Hopefully we'll meet some time.

[@zmotorsports62]

Excellent repair as usual Rob. As for the talking, I don't think it's being chatty, I feel it is sharing knowledge and experience both of which I am glad you are sharing. I enjoy your videos as they are. Just not enough of them. Hint, hint....... Mike

[@kh40yr]

Get better soon Champ, we need ya!. I still remember that Rapid unscheduled disassembly on Terry's motor that year. Doug Herbert back in the day with Snap-On,,split one epic style, right down the center of the lifter valley, coming out of the water box. Buster Couch was taking cover, and giving doug'y the birdie as shit wizzed by.

[@JoeRocket-sf6qs]

Pretty cool ,buddy.

[@Daniel-S1]

Thanks.

[@konkon7767]

Great Video; Rob. Nice Work. Think of the "Peening" you're doing as tamping the ground before you pour concrete. You want a dense, solid surface without porous pockets.

[@mossranchoutdoors7249]

This can't be beat

[@dmeemd7787]

That turned out amazing..! It's almost like you worked w/ Austin Coil and are super dedicated or something.. lol Awesome stuff Rob!!

[@Mikehoncho84]

I love the “Chatty Cathy” lol. Your a man with a lot of knowledge why not spread it around?!

[@richardmorton1310]

So much to unpack. Helium! Way back when I was in high school heart was only spoken about in a hushed tone and never was seen and only practiced by the elite few... Magical. Your prep before welding is impressive too. What do you see when welding that alerts you to the contamination?

[@AdrianFernandez-vr1ik]

Love all the true hand skill operation of the repair would love to work with you sometime if you weren’t so far away.

[@user-of6kr8jm3l]

Love it you da man

[@SuperNarion123]

I don’t know why I find it hilarious when your hammers just fall apart every time you use them

[@robwendland]

Brother I hear you. Same here🤣

[@rixogtr]

Finally I see somebody peening on youtube :D Haha. Good on you Rob! Guys and the manager at my work laugh at me and tell me how waste of a time that pointless hammering is but I deal with old intercoolers with cast aluminium tanks/flutes and that material is simply a nightmare to work with and sometimes, those pockets in casting are filled with oil, junk and other dirt that floats up on surface as soon as I light up my arc. So weld, let most of it burn off, lightly grind that surface dirt, then peen it down under tollerance, weld again, grind off, peen, etc until the bead is clean, then one last peen and that usually works and unfortunately sometimes it's the only way how to deal with this material. I'm glad you educate people about this. I wish more people understand this.

[@ncradock2007]

Love it

[@bcbloc02]

Would be cool to go over the evoluiton of hoops in the sealing of these heads. You did a great job salvaging that block.

[@reinierwelgemoed8171]

Awesome videos love the content. What grade filler rod do You use?

[@PaulSongas]

Another great vid! Question- I notice that failure on the top is where the studs come out the back of the head VS. the studs in the block that hold the head down. Is the head gasket more prone to fail in that spot more than the other?

[@doityourselfifitcoststwice7037]

Rob your so smart and informative, love to watch you. But man, you can break hammers.

[@robwendland]

I can do that!! Thanks for watching!

[@caesar1295]

In 1983 I worked for Grumman Aerospace and was required to take a shot peening course to be qualified to work in fatigue critical areas, the person who said that you hammering the welds or a reworked area of aluminum it does realign the molecules of the aluminum and removes unnatural stress caused by the welding. I was skeptical of this until I completed the course and it really does work and works well, there’s a little more to it than just hammering wildly but it is amazing. I wonder who the first guy was that initially discovered shot peening and how he proved it worked.

[@H3110NU]

Damn that’s neat.

[@MiscRocketVideos]

Wow. I would have assumed it was mostly re-machined, not hand fit. I am impressed and also slightly depressed, as the skill is amazing for sure, but I wonder if some of the 'randomness' that happens in top fuel is due to the varying tolerances. You're the expert, not me for sure, so I imagine it all works as intended but I'm surprised. Always great to learn something new! Cool video!

[@kennethbode2017]

do you find much counterbore wear on used blocks? Can you shim them up if needed? enjoy your work

[@chadhardwick9214]

Keep the videos coming.... Best channel going man.🤘 Also did you figure out what happened to cause the motor to disassemble itself in such a manner?

[@rescobar8572]

Dam Rob!! MacGyver doesn't have shit on you!! Yeah, most of us remember him, lol. Great improvisation!! Hell, I made a water pump gasket out of kleenex box. ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!! 🤗🥰🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@seantoomey1514]

P.s. Kick ass video!

[@SolveigDeux]

As a french kid in the 70th, I learned lot more english in Hot Rod than at school.

[@digitald5851]

You have a ton of good things to say. Never shut up!

[@johnmorgan4017]

Pretty cool! These modern eco engines have no tolerance to have heads resurfaced. So to fix minor overheats we have (don’t tell the manufacturers) been using round whet stones, oil, and steady hand. Lol

[@fredygump5578]

You should check out my favorite hammer--Groz. They claim to be indestructible, and they've been working out well for me. Probably cheaper than the tool truck too.

[@claysmoker1]

There's nothing better than watching a craftsman at work!

[@paul8638]

What do you use for filler rod?

[@seantoomey1514]

As an interesting side note on the topic of peening and cold working metal, metal aircraft propellers are actually shot peened to create compressive stress on the surface of the material, so that during operation the internal compressive stress counteracts the tensile stresses of centrifugal forces.

[@eamh2002]

Helium and argon sounds like some $$$ but the blocks are way more :)

[@MrADVANCEDTEK]

My Mac hammer did the same thing. I was told it was solvents inside the handle. When you've had a tool in your box long enough with that style hard handle you'll find a small puddle under it. Stinks to.

[@strykerjones8842]

Do you have any concerns with the peening introducing contamination to the weld prepped area? Or is that hammer used only for welding and peening applications?

[@leyderness3553]

More great tips to watch and listen to🤔

[@robwendland]

Sure appreciate it!

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

No school like old school. Make aluminum rod handles for your disentegrating hammers and thread them on with epoxy. Lifetime Guarantee. ✌

[@BustedWalletGarage]

Can you do a run through on the N/A nitro motors ran in Top Alcohol ? How often do they have to be gone through and any advantage over the blown cars ?

[@robwendland]

I think I know the guy for this! I’m on it!

[@BustedWalletGarage]

@@robwendland cool beans. Thanks.

[@cdnbluesdriver]

I'd be into this as well!

[@edwardchascsa4191]

I thought I was the only one using a router for this kinda thing. lol. great job

[@robwendland]

It’s a handheld CNC🤣

[@edwardchascsa4191]

@@robwendland great for roughing out match porting too. Lol