1963 Chevrolet C10 Abandoned for 37 years in a field! Will it run?!?

I picked up this 1963 Chevrolet C10 longbed 2WD pickup from a pasture where it had been sitting for many years. It was last tagged in 1984. Let's see if this 230 cubic inch inline 6 cylinder engine and 3 speed manual transmission will live on again! If you're interested in purchasing the pickup I do have a clear ND title in my name. I'm asking $1500 for it in the as shown condition you see here in this video. Thanks for watching everyone!
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[@toddhayes9955]

Capacitor shop tricks. Charge one up, wad it up in a dry paper towel and leave it in the urinal. No man alive can resist peeing on something in the urinal.

[@MortskeRepair]

Bahaha that's brilliant!!

[@drilledithotmail]

That's evil, I love it...

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Oh Jesus..... I'm getting tingley just thinking about it, LOL....

[@chuckstith838]

I remember my uncle had a dog piss on his trash cans every week. He hooked 120 volts hot to the can and a metal plate with neutral wire next to it. Around midnight I heard a dog blood curling cry and my uncle chuckle. Ouch

[@kimjaniszeski498]

@@chuckstith838 my Oldman used to park pickup against electric fence to get dogs to stop passing on tires..

[@bobbeachler5521]

I had a dog like Duff when I was a kid. Loved to hunt but would point grasshoppers and chase helicopters. He was oddly terrified of hot air balloons. His name was "Goofy"

[@orange72mc71]

Mortske made a movie on this one. And I watched the whole thing. I keep doing this and I really will lose the shop.

[@jockmchaggis6797]

The full mortske experience with this one, not just one dead starter but two.. and a stuck engine to boot The amount of water that came out of the pan, I thought there's absolutely no chance.. gotta love GM I suppose 🤣

[@tom-ehill2713]

Hey Mortske and Duffer's!!! This is the exact same kind of truck and year that I learned how to drive a stick when I was 13!! Got to drive down fire Lanes,, bow hunting season,,ect. Good memories of my late Dad.

[@vintagedashboard6810]

When I was a young boy my dad’s friend had a really nice c10 short bed with a mean 409. That truck was so freaking scary for a kid but my dad loved riding in with me and I can tell you I didn’t care much for it. Boy I wonder what one of those trucks are worth today.

[@MortskeRepair]

Man I'd love to get a hold of a 409!

[@holgerwittmann6376]

This is why i like your Channel, you dont give up! That was a hard workout and i first had a feeling that you will make it, even with that totally flooded boat anchor. So it was exciting til the end! Thanks!

[@DennisMurphey]

Just Love the "Valve Adjustor" and we all laugh no matter how many times we heard it.

[@DavidSmith-fs4nt]

"Gotta start, it's a Chevy." At least you can sell the glass out of it. That 230 was a solid motor for GM for years. We had that motor in a 2o ft. inboard outboard boat as a Mercury Mercruiser for 42 years. I was going to rebuild the motor but I couldn't get seals for the sterndrive from Mercury so the boat got donated to Goodwill. It was a solid motor in its day with a ton of torque and frugal on the gas. It could pull 2 slalom skiers easily in its day.

[@JamesCouch777]

Kroil is amazing stuff, a machinist friend of mine introduced me to it some years ago and I've been using it ever since. Best penetrating oil I've ever used.👍 Marvel Mystery oil is great stuff too.

[@eddiekerbo]

I got excited when I saw those pistons move!! Right on!

[@markarrivi298]

Thats one of the reasons MORTSKE IS LOVED he always has a battery at avail

[@humphre7160]

I think Duff is a breed called Britany Spaniel,they are very smart dogs.

[@FeArhsma21]

Yep, that's correct!

[@danssmokintreasures]

For sure. I had one just like him.

[@MortskeRepair]

Great dogs!

[@tonyfriend7413]

@@MortskeRepair Mine is A Cockerspaniel and yes they IS!

[@79tazman]

Yeah I had one as a kid that I saved from the dog pound someone left him tied up to a pole I guess and I got him named him king and he was my shadow use to follow me everywhere and loved to swim I lived on lake Erie one of the great lakes and he use to jump off the dock with us he was a great dog

[@rikbaxter1740]

best of U tube. Coolest rigs , funny , learned a lot . I can now watch some of hacks on here and think '' this guy is doing it wrong ". Thanks for the videos , I look for them every day. Rock on . Hi Duff

[@AWL1977]

Love the videos , Duff is truly an awesome dog 🐕. I'd like to make a suggestion, in the video it sounded like it was cranking to slow to start, wouldn't hurt to put a jumper pack or charger with boost on it.. an I'd bet it would fire right up ..

[@MortskeRepair]

It was just so stiff it wouldn't spin fast plus it didn't have much compression.

[@mdouglaswray]

@@MortskeRepair Your starter pack doesn't have an 11 setting?

[@MortskeRepair]

@@mdouglaswray shoot, it ain't got no settings!

[@JDLarge]

That engine sounds like it’s fighting you saying “nah nah/nah nah nah… I don’t/wanna start… I don’t/wanna start!” We’ll, no one can say you didn’t go above and beyond trying, but when she’s loose she’s loose, and unfortunately that’s not the kind of girls I go out with. You’ve brought more dead and all but scrapped rusty steel back to life than imaginable and you make it fun… It is what it is. If you can’t make a doghouse out of it for Duff then off it should go… It’s onto bigger, better rustier, rotted metal, battery less, seized solid, bad starter, mice motels snatched at the crushers doorstep! Dude this channel is pure gold, You’ll get the next one… 👍🏼👍🏼

[@MortskeRepair]

Thanks much JD!

[@TheDecguy]

Could have done a rebuild in that amount of time. Pull it and freshen it up. Who needs to see another 350 drop in (I’ve got nothing against 350’s). An old 230 is at least a little more fun. My first set of wheels was a 61 step side that my father bought for me. It was radio delete and heater delete. I drove it until November when the snow started.

[@garycrawford6912]

Agreed,alot of work to reuse gaskets and stuff. Could have freshened her up in the time and money waisted.

[@garycrawford6912]

If you have to valves adjusted in correctly it will be hard to turn plus it not opening the valves enough. Zero lash , just tighten until the slack is gone and you can still spin the push rod.

[@billdavidson9350]

Derek and melisa just to let you guys know I think you’re lovely love the way you work gives me a lot of joy in these hard times wishing you all the best. Regards from Scotland Bill

[@TheBlazer1983]

That look when the cylinder spits oil....

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Oh come on, the hoods on the '60 and '61 were not obnoxious, LOL. I think they're cool. I have a restored '60 Chevy pickup, all original. It's a beauty !!

[@MortskeRepair]

To each their own! haha

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

@@MortskeRepair -- LOL. Those hoods are harder to clean though. So many nooks and crannies.....

[@DudesWithWrenches]

I saw the thumbnail and here we go again 60s chevy pickup but I still couldn't turn away...you need to find one of these Rigs with a big V6 in it.. Keep up the good work 👍

[@dansherrell6803]

I have a ‘61 4000 dump but it runs already (and I’m way the hell up in NY) so you won’t see it here lol.

[@dansherrell6803]

@@pookysdad4884 yeah those engines are wild. No speed demon, but sure as hell make some low end torque.

[@docsmallblock6584]

@@pookysdad4884 I seen an old chevy dump, no clue what year it was but it had a V-6 in it but it had "hemi" heads on it!? Any idea what that was? I mean plug wires going in the valve covers, "hemi" style? Never seen one before or after but looked like a V-6 hemi to me in an old chevy dump. Would really like to know if anyone knows what I seen!

[@andrewnardo1021]

I’m a welder in a shop that builds annealing Furnaces and we have these massive fixture tables that we use to build the roofs. Whenever a guys boots start to wear and the steel toe shows through you sneak up while he’s on that table with his toes down and tack the toes of his boots down to the table real quick. We’ve also welded some tool boxes shut before (not nice boxes, just cheap carry boxes).

[@xanderwhipple8067]

Welcome to Starter Wars: Revenge of the Napa

[@MortskeRepair]

Haha that's a good one!

[@fried-chicken420]

Thank you so much for making my Mondays better once again amazing work brother really digging the truck series .......give duff dog some rubs ❤

[@easttexastramps]

it's a good day when puddin' and mortske release videos an hour apart! haven't watch either yet, busy watching fitzee!

[@arevee9429]

Puddin' does videos? Who knew? He can't possibly be as entertaining as Mortske.

[@keithharden7844]

@@arevee9429 Actually, he is very entertaining.

[@angelitoedwards4495]

Kinda reminds me of vice grip garage with all the fancy saying he has. 😆 glad I found this guy, and the 🐕 is awesome. I had a dog that loved to ride in everyone's car.

[@MortskeRepair]

Thanks 👍

[@dereksimon3437]

I've been sticking with you through this whole thing! I want it to start too!

[@klint-jq5eg]

So wierd watching someone work on something I used to own lol

[@richardphelan8414]

This one was a killer ,this one would have been a push start guaranteed it would have run

[@wormstuff7810]

I love these trucks wish I could find one I could afford have pictures of me under the hood of my Dad's at 5yrs old 😊love 62-66

[@warrentinsley5490]

Ya know...as I was sitting here watching you'se guys struggling with a stuck valve...I was thinking to myself...what I need is this vid interrupted with an advertisement for meerkats.....now my evening is complete

[@MortskeRepair]

Bahahaha

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Pull it down the road with it in gear. That's how we started our '54 Chevy truck most of the time.

[@MortskeRepair]

The engine was too stiff, tires would just slide.

[@deanstuder1775]

Did you try it or just give up because because of what you thought about it. I think you still should try it. I would bet a dollar I could do it and I never bet. If it skids the tires you just grab a higher gear.

[@lochnessfox3441]

Great effort and we love it all! Thanks for the entertainment!

[@matthewshaw9078]

Happy to see coldwarmotors got a small mention! Gotta love watching Scott and the guys work on some beaters

[@phillacy5545]

How did I miss this video? I wondered why you posted again on a Thursday and no snow. 😂 We still have plenty I'm Maine. Keep the good content coming Mortske

[@MortskeRepair]

Welcome back!

[@maddoxlogging2303]

Love the gmt400 crew cab. I was born in 91 so I can’t own enough of them. I’ve got 3 so far😬😆

[@jontrudell7529]

Idk how you are able to find all these old Trucks. Where im from they hard to find & if you do, they want 6 to $8000 for a rusted up junker!

[@MortskeRepair]

I put a lot of miles on finding them!

[@dan-o9746]

Lap the valves and seats. Open the timing cover, check the marks. the fiber gear may have jumped a tooth or two.

[@jasontucher7011]

I went through the same rodeo with a C40 years ago. The oil sprayed me in the face though. That was a long walk to the house lol.

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

i Like you man. You have a good way of explaining what's-what. You're one of these great channels that has made me the realisation that I enoy watching this stuff -at all. Now I look forward to these challenging new projects with Excitement ! Good Goinng Mr Mortske, It's very interesting to see how it's all done.. Cheers

[@MortskeRepair]

Thanks for watching and for the kind words!

[@jayceec3539]

You are very thourough when breaking down the vehicles, nitty gritty of the issues..puddin would never ,even if he could. The best video ,we think..eould be if you put your camera onto a tri pod ,then do some brodies in the 1959 grain truck!! That eould be a sweet video,that we would share repeatedly with everyone we know!! I do br odies in me car regularly,especially when mud puddles are involved!! Such a stress reducer!! I put so much mud on my car that no one knew what color it was,so much fun!! Really hoping & willing your chevy to start allready!! You did all you could sir!@!!

[@MaxNafeHorsemanship]

That's the same Snap-On that I have. Same problem too. Just change the Shrader valve in the adapter (the part you screw in the plug hole). Trivia, you can also get short adapters about the length of a plug. Compression reads higher with them.

[@nicknackdaddyack]

True you can’t win em all……but you do win most of the time!

[@Jgspeedshop]

respect that year of C10 because i own one that my dad left to me

[@SpeedandChromeTV]

Nice, working on a 63 C10 short bed right now.

[@applefordguy76]

Bolt on battery clamps. Wes is a big fan of those as well 😊

[@MortskeRepair]

The best!

[@1Corinthians15-1-4-J]

hey at least you tryed. but truck itself is not bad at all. still good to watch

[@jamesshonk565]

You gave that ol girl a heck of a lot more time than I would have.

[@vettemaniac2237]

Puddin doesn't use no stinkin torch ... he just lights the whole engine bay on fire.

[@vorhese]

I had to verify your cab corner tech tip. Some are smooth but looks like they DO make the bump on the cab corners.

[@MortskeRepair]

Do they?!? Who makes those ones?

[@vorhese]

@@MortskeRepair Brothers does and they have a great video on doing them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKLbhaifjcuabas

[@mickeymch876]

Back in the '70s I picked up a few '60s Chevys with 6 cyl and the old 2 speed powerglide for around $50 a piece. Did a wet and dry compression test, if pass I would spend $20 on points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap and a carb rebuild kit at PeP Boys (parts were much cheaper and better then). A timing light and dwell meter/tach and you were good. I would run them for about 20K and get another one. I would drive down the street in drive doing about 50 mph and throw them into reverse. I couldn't kill those things!!!

[@Alex-ue2sv]

Wow spoiling us with this one, starter and valve content!

[@nitewatch2.027]

Love to have this,,,, grandpa taught me to drive in one of these

[@mikewhite1040]

Hubert's tech tip o the day - buy a shitty 60something jeep willys FC, somehow magically paste in a subaru 2.0 drivetrain from a banged up wrx that a guy found at the auction, getcha some sweet street tires and polished up rims, plug in some angled stacks just behind the cab, tint all the glass red, slam that mother to the ground and melt tires all around town until the grandma from down the block calls the fuzz on ya. Air, spark and mouse poop. All a guy needs. F for finished and E for enough? Yea..? Much thanks ferda great content! Keep up the good work!

[@gman9035]

I hope you don't lose the shop

[@DennisMurphey]

Agree now is the time to try the starter again 49 minutes in.

[@michaelcarmack4731]

You work so hard on those trucks

[@andyperrine9987]

Pure dedication on this one brother!

[@MortskeRepair]

Thanks Andy!

[@tjsides1983]

Got one of these sitting down here in florida with amazing looking patina on her. I'm afraid to stop and ask if they wanna sell it because its actually under a roof. Its solid af tho. And just sitting.

[@j.walker3498]

"Abandoned" "will it run" worn out as much as that engine is.

[@robertmack7116]

When the posted question is ‘Will it run?’, the answer must always be YES. Who wants to go this long when the answer is no?

[@jerryriggan]

My brother and I ran a roofing business out of a Chevy like that in the early to mid seventies.You could buy them back then for around six hundred I think we went through or at least four of them. We put so many shingles in the bed that the leaf springs would bend down instead of up.

[@terrywill4103]

Acetone paint thinner straight down the carb, no gas. Hot explosions will loosen those rings.

[@nainoswad2725]

I hear Trini Lopez at 22.32 - blaming his tools.... Chin wouldn't stoop so low! ... the 'noodle' hose description made me spill my red ale. Apologies for being late on this one.... Had to go travelling and got a touch of the Duff DT's... as WiFi and interwebs were scarce... many thanks. Ian.

[@mattbrown5511]

Beautiful old truck. I hope you found her a good home. I'd love to have her, but my finances forbid that.

[@MortskeRepair]

Sorry to hear that

[@mattbrown5511]

@@MortskeRepair Life happens friend. I'd serve my country again knowing I'd go through all the same stuff. Be well and keep having fun.

[@brohon8788]

Nice work/try, way to stick with it till the end. I still learned a lot👍

[@MortskeRepair]

Glad to hear it!

[@tracymcdougal6381]

Interesting procedure for taking off the drums😎

[@MortskeRepair]

works well!

[@steventangney1367]

Just bought the Depstech bore scope, works pretty good.

[@MortskeRepair]

Yeah, super handy tool for the price!

[@paxtonpickett3456]

I did like how you used a better way to take off the hub but I can't believe you didn't put any brakes back I guess you really don't need them

[@ShaneLewis-n2o]

Really like your will it runs good job

[@kimjaniszeski498]

Just picked up a 65 mustang out of a barn its been in since 83. Little to no rust Sd car..

[@adamtrombino106]

I'm just here for the laughs.. This was an especially funny episode :) Oh the follies. We had a 230 in a 69 Nova. Outlasted the car with no trouble.

[@peterjames2004]

here is a good tip heat some motor oil over a fire or on a cooker till its as hot as you wish to go and poor it into each cylinder and it will free up as easy as anything

[@captainexcabier]

Would soaking a stuck engine with Seafoam help get it unstuck maybe?

[@topaz123212]

I remember working on the spring shop, they had taken an airbag out of a newer international, and set it up to blow up when we were on break under our sitting palllets, never found the culprit -dirty shop tricks 101 On another note "cue Spanish flea theme song whilst performing compression test

[@MortskeRepair]

I bet that made a bang!

[@terryezzell7376]

Man, you really need that battery sponsor

[@stevenwithanS]

That tool is for spinning tie wire around the ol rebar. You want Bosch for a starter sponsor. Those little buggers sure spin a Chevy over quick. My 62 C50 Bus had one of those 230's. Replaced all the plugs and wires the way they were. Got about 300 miles and burned a 3/4 inch hole in the top of #3 piston. I replaced the piston and got another 100 miles or so. A mechanic friend of my dads found out the wires between 2 and 4 were crossed. Ran good after they were swapped. Tough little motors. 350 in him now. I buy JB Weld in the big tubes. Love that stuff. Scott got a new parts cleaner, did you see that? Pretty nice of Tim. A new word for things that dont work any more? Sfukt.

[@MortskeRepair]

Haha that's good stuff!

[@johnpitts9836]

Need one of the new sticks.👍

[@ericmarsteller587]

Keep up the great work.

[@donnie2533]

Great video my friend glad you posted keep them coming.

[@MortskeRepair]

Thanks, will do!

[@timhanson2080]

Can't say you didn't try. Some just need too much love. Better luck next time. Sure glad we don't have mud dobbers here in North Minnesota.

[@fordfandiecast]

Sounded like it just wasn't turning over fast enough. Need to hook a 24 volt setup in her to try turning over faster. Other than that I agree with you.

[@jesterr7133]

Maybe you should drive out to Oklahoma and check out some of those yards that Puddin gets his cars from. Maybe you'll get lucky. Of course, with your luck, you'll probably pick the one car on that lot with a bad starter and stuck engine, lol.

[@MortskeRepair]

No doubt!

[@davidlilly3514]

Hi my friend duff. The dog. Nice old truck love it.

[@robertbiggs4934]

We'll...no success on this one. However, it wasn't for lack of effort! You wore me out...but I hung in there till the end. Some are just beyond being resuscitated! Enjoyed the video though. Thanks!

[@MortskeRepair]

Thanks for suffering through with us!

[@johnmichalke7645]

a valiant effort!

[@MrCJF75]

My buddy had a 63 with a 283 and 3 on the tree. Even that colour

[@larryschreiner2485]

Sanford and son had the truck. But the song is the Jefferson's lol moving on up to the top.

[@richaddulieu1967]

So you do watch Scott at cold War motors nice one 👍👌👏

[@michaelpung4121]

I'm gonna hear that thing cranking in my sleep tonight. Thanks for that lol.

[@Sawyer2121]

I have a 60 with the 235. I thought it was stuck. Well it wasn’t. The clutch and flywheel ended up being stuck together and made it basically stuck in gear.

[@MortskeRepair]

I should still turn over just fine so long as it's not in gear. We get them running with stuck clutches all the time.

[@Sawyer2121]

@@MortskeRepair my trans may be stuck between gears then. I removed the driveshaft and got it to turn over Fine that way. Doing a frame swap, so I figured I’d diagnose better when I can pull it apart easier.

[@MortskeRepair]

@@Sawyer2121 Yeah, sounds like your trans is stuck

[@tfindley007]

Soooo close! Great episode. I think it might have went with a new battery or boost….

[@MortskeRepair]

Maybe with 24V, she was pretty stiff!

[@deeharris8221]

My favorite kind of truck

[@Telephony954]

Thank you.

[@davidsantos8206]

No! Say it ain't so Mortske. A Chevy motor that you could not get to start. Well this has got to be a historical first. Personally I will have to just blame that silly Rochester carburetor. Lmao Thanks for entertaining us. Looking forward to the next one.

[@MortskeRepair]

It wasn't for lack of effort!

[@davidsantos8206]

@@MortskeRepair you ain't joking. You really busted your hump on this one

[@leestevenson1920]

Totally gutted for you after trying so hard. Respect....

[@stephenhorbatiuk2811]

Good try: can’t win em all. But you are above average! At one point I thought she may kick in. Oh well on to the next one! Cheers

[@MortskeRepair]

It was close!

[@glennbokma6182]

Hello. I believe the squeak was an Engine bearing, as the water was probably up to the bearings. I believe that's why it was spinning slow. I might have over filled the engine oil up to the bearings to stop the squeak. (Did that once before). Maybe pushing the truck then letting the clutch out in gear, it may have started. Needed to spin faster. Best wishes. I enjoy your KZbin videos.

[@deanstuder1775]

Totally agree with you. Never saw a voltage test on that old battery. But I would have push started it before giving up on it. That's such a bummer for me just watching it. For you devastating . Confidence killer. I know . Watch some VGG Get some pointers there . Do more like he does. Vroom vrooom

[@gabrielvieira6529]

Try to shake the oil spray in can orange white thingy, maybe it works better

[@jeffniznik2963]

Great try! On to the next one!

[@nukesploder]

hey! the best car channel on youtube uploads! time to watch :D

[@MortskeRepair]

Thanks much as always Nuke!