I FINALLY Have a Galaxie That Drives!

[@mikemcguire8351]

In old enough to have smelled the new in a 1963 1\2 ford galaxie, red with black interior, 427, 4 speed. What a ride it's been. Keep on keeping on, enjoy your ride around this ole world.

[@MadMayro]

Much cooler to see a galaxie getting back on the road rather than mustangs and camaros for once 👍

[@w957007]

,you can totally see the arcing on number4 at 13:00.Also there cap should be the highest point in the cooling system.your upper house will cause heating issues.

[@Thecraig909]

The light was the laser from the temp gun.

[@austencox309]

Love the car its very cool to see an original car from the 60s on the road rather than old muscle cars

[@russellnc]

Galaxies were one of the original muscle cars, look up 64 Galaxie lightweight sometime.

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

I had two 64 Galaxie %00 XLs back in the day. Here is a couple of tips: If you have an exhaust pipe or header that is running close to your starter that is one of the reasons that it is really hard to start especially after it is already warm. The heat from your exhaust is heating up your starter and the battery has to really put out a lot of amps to turn the coils that have heated up and the windings will eventually burn the starter if you don't do something to shield the heat from the exhaust. The other thing about the missing-you need to check your timing and also use ported vaccum for your carb.

[@coolfire988]

It sounds like the timing is too far advanced hence the hard starting, or sounding like battery is dead

[@f100storys8]

Could a the problem yes. Probably didn't also run long enough for the starter to get too hot, which would also result in a slow crank.

[@MikesGarageBadDecisions]

I second that the timing is off. Check all the valve clearances (preload). If the clearances or lash is off or worn the motor will not run properly and act like the way its running. Do not go tearing everything apart yet.

[@allaboutgears98]

I'm thinking either excessive wear on the cam and lifters or the valves have hammered out the seats common problem since they took the lead out of the gas I had a 390 with hammered seats didn't smoke but missed like hell

[@ervinthompson6598]

A lot of compression loss when he’s cranking on it .That thing is in bad shape.

[@DavidJones-hl5om]

Remember Craig the only one you have to make happy is yourself. Your videos remind me of the seventies my friends and Iwould work on each other's cars to get them running because nobody had any money. We got all our parts at the junkyard like you and your friends do, some things we bought new when we could afford them It's all about learning mechanics. Your doing a great job teaching yourself the Mechanical Trade

[@erneststanley4854]

I knew what was wrong with your shifter linkage. Your nail fell out.😂😂

[@michaelcuff5780]

Ernest Stanley Ha!Ha! They don't know how true that statement can be!

[@mikeycunningham2307]

Car is lookin pretty good can't wait to see the red one all together

[@markhensley1589]

A) starter going bad B) something wrong with valve train rear 2 cylinders, can hear lifter noise. Also ck distributor, is the advance working properly?

[@garrettpitt2057]

Sounds like a timing issue, wants it gets hot it doesn’t wanna start up again. I had the same issue but on a Chevy

[@parlordancer]

Garrett Pitt definitely a timing issue

[@ET-gn9ms]

Craig- its either a timing, firing order, or valvetrain issue. Have you set the engine at #1 TDC, and checked the distributor rotor is pointing at the #1 wire post on the distributor cap? Then from there, check the firing order. Is your vacuum advance to the distributor hook to ported vacuum at the carb? If this is accidently plumbed to full manifold vacuum, the distributor will fully advance the timing as soon as you start the car. ET48

[@fullthrottlekindaguy]

Congratulations! I hope to get my '62 Galaxie up and at least rolling about the neighborhood .

[@2koolchris291]

That galaxy is my dream car. The red one with red/white interior. I don’t know why but they are so cool to me.

[@raneman7415]

Youre not the only one

[@jasonmyers3847]

Now I really miss my '64 Fairlane Sports Coupe. My dad and I, picked up three '60s Econoline vans, today.

[@rompn4x]

My buddy had a 64 Galaxie he got with 60k miles and a 3 speed manual. We re wrapped the rear leafs, cut the from springs and had weld draglites with m/t street slicks and 15x3.5 skinnies up front. Looked like a 800hp drag car but only had a 289 lol.

[@tomp1612]

I like it, and cool to see these cars don't only appeal to older folks. I think the valve train noise could be worn rockers or pushrods. Easy enough to check and change and cheap too. If the pushrod end ball looks like the buildings at Red Square they are worn they should be completely round. A buck or so each for new ones. The rockers can get a worn circular groove in them from the valve, if so replace ones that are.

[@mustangguy8622]

So awesome to see her finally on the road. I drove my f100 to the gas station to fill up Saturday. I think it’s finally running in. Like you said the transmission was slipping on your galaxie. I had a problem with my trans not shifting I had to shift myself on the way back it starts to shift on its own. And I’m thinking that it was the torque converter needed to fill up. I’m guessing my mechanic didn’t fill it up before putting it in. So happy with the outcome. And she’s sounding a lot better now to. Need to take her for a long run. Well done on your galaxie I love it.

[@guillermonieri4203]

1 qt of trans fluid thru the carb "could" loosen up the valve that is sticking. Maybe?

[@parlordancer]

Guillermo Nieri if no trans fluid is available I think marvel’s mystery oil will also work.

[@lenkowalyshen9571]

Those 64 Gal's look great, lets get her running right .....and really get to enjoy it.....brings back the day's when I had my 64 X/L

[@apajohn2]

Good problem solving skills and thought process on the shifter

[@65falcon7]

Have you checked the spark plug gap

[@danielb2145]

Always start with the easy and cheap things when you try to find a miss fire, so check spark at spark plugs first, then distributor cap, then spark plugs, sometimes Aug looks fine but doesn't fire. Also check Coil easier at night to see if it throws a spark somewhere. Then after all that, then you open it up.

[@eugenesbackyardrepair4593]

Tractor supply also carry lots of different heim joints too

[@Viktorrhansen]

firirng order swap cam maybe lol awesome to see it roll!

[@huntsman5226]

Looks good going down the road

[@motomark2125]

i love the way those cars look!

[@reidbarnes9851]

I love the white Galaxie. My parents had a white 64 4 door. A fun car to drive.

[@theplace8507]

Cool its driving great job man cant wait for more updates

[@jameschilton2091]

Great Job! Yes I suspected there was some compression issues going. Love the car, reminds me of Police Interceptor version!

[@stex1985]

As with all older cars a trip is an adventure each and every time you leave the driveway. It’s emotion, it’s adrenaline, it’s a big ole question mark, but when you have the old car bug, it doesn’t matter, wouldn’t have it any other way. Good to see her rollin.👍

[@chrishorst6993]

Have always loved Galaxies they are so beautiful

[@itskarl79]

Putting together my 62 Galaxie, I can't wait! Have you done a compression test on all the cylinders?

[@gearheadtv1115]

Honestly craig I would do a leak down test or a vacuum check. I really have a strong feeling it's not a dead hole. I would really try to do a valve adjustment

[@Cobra427Veight]

We had a 428 and the starter was poling , meaning the bushes were buggered and the armature rubs . makes for difficult starting .

[@williamsanders468]

“I’m gonna let Shawn drive it” Galaxy: That’s what you think

[@probablyyourneighbororsome8412]

Galaxie*

[@todddenio3200]

It may have carbon build up on the valves. Get it up to operating temp and squirt some water into the carb until it starts to stumble then let it recover and repeat it. It often solves the problem. I've been doing it for over 30 years with great success if it is carbon. It beats tearing down the engine if it is just carboned up.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

56 year old car still around is awesome. Many much newer cars and trucks have long since met the crusher.

[@tahirusman5929]

Congrats kid!Outlook on the car is pretty good.Can be made to look and run pretty much up there.Good luck!

[@bigbow62]

This is what guys & cars / trucks are all about ! Forget the new junk thats floating around these days stay old school cool ! Good ole American muscle 50's,60's & 70's cars & trucks 😆 I had the same deal as you but with 2 Chevelle's & the one I was left with was a sweet 66' SS ✌😎 Nothing like blasting around town in a classic muscle car , good luck with the Galaxy man... just one thing drop a 4 or 5 speed Trans in that mother so you can grab & bang some gears as you roam around town ! Keep the great vids coming man 😎🤘

[@michaelpeery4826]

Sounds like your 180 out on your distributor.

[@Jon_2218]

Poor Sean, he got jipped out of his drive, he ended being the cameraman on some old truck, Lol Thank you for these vids, much appreciated and enjoyed. Galaxy rocks as does Craig and his crew.

[@oldgeezer3269]

The Galaxie looks real nice going down the road shifter fixed 👌 i cant wait to hear her running sweet

[@russellnc]

hey Craig, I am impressed you like these old 64s, I have been in love with them since I was 16, the cars were only 8 years old then, I have have owned 4 and currently own 2, here is some advise on your engine...sounds like you definitely have a bad cylinder, I don't know what has been done to the engine currently in the car or the mileage on it, probably over 100,000 miles, these engines were built for a 100,000 mile use life, they had a 50,000 mile warranty from the factory or 3 years, which was excellent at the time. The cars ran on leaded gas, so the engine you have probably has not had the heads modified yet. There are things that need to be done to engine to make it run well on unleaded gas, first make sure you have stellite valve seats installed when you have the heads off, if you don't get that done, pump gas is just going to destroy the engine, also make sure the valve guides are up to spec, loose valve guides will give you all kinds of grief if they are not right, the valves will shift on the seats and you will have backfires at higher rpms, you may be not be able to exceed 40 mph if they are really bad from the blow back. Also use some good valve guide seals when you reassemble the engine, hopefully your bottom end is okay, but as many years as the car has on it, I am afraid there will be a pretty good ring ridge in the engine, these old engine used really thick stiff iron rings and they were hard on the cylinder walls, new engines use skinny little compression rings and run really lightweight oil because of it, less drag, better mileage, so if you can catch your finger nail on the ring ridge, it needs to be bored and new pistons..I would not go over 040. as FE blocks are little thin on iron, and end up with a block that runs hot, it is a lot of work...if you are not really into restoring it to a numbers correct car you can get a rebuilt crate 390 with warranty for $2,200.00, I just spent $1500 have just the heads rebuilt on my last one, but I wanted those heads....so if you just want to drive the car and it be dependable this is what is probably the best, as this galaxie is not an XL or police interceptor, it could be a nice car but I noticed the quarter panels are going to need some love too, good luck with it, I am glad you like 64 Fords, they were really special...

[@jakegregg7153]

My eyes kept going back to those wheels constantly and then it hit me that I have the same wheels on my truck only they were rattle canned black! Funny to see two very different generations of Ford running the same wheels that fit the style of the vehicle.

[@georgeborrero2783]

Nice dude got the car working oooooo yea

[@xmcx7021]

Check timing and I don't know if the valves could be adjusted on that engine.

[@mikegucciardo3306]

Hell yeah man! I dig the big cars. I own a 63 409 4 speed impala and love it!

[@nicknichols2136]

My 64 Galaxie had the same starter issues I ended up replacing the brushes in the starter and it work great afterwards

[@jimmykeith7542]

Throw a 289 in it. I have a 64 Wimbledon no rust! Just rebuilt motor and trans! I get nothing but thumbs up when driving it.

[@johncovert447]

Hey! At around 13:00 you can see ignition spark at the spark plug/head/plug wire area at the rear two cylinders

[@bing4332]

That is the laser from temp gun.

[@willardway3037]

Check the cam. by observing no.7 and no8 cylinders. either you have a bad cam or bad valves on those two cylinders. older Fords are notorious for starving the back side of the motor from oil.

[@gregfoster4541]

Cool video , and know that feeling well when you work on it and finally get to drive,, great feeling 😁 thanks for sharing and as always "Howdy from Texas" now let's see the red one going! Can't wait to see it, stay safe

[@marcovangiesen8036]

Great work like to see old ford thanks for the video stay safe greetings from the netherlands

[@garrettpitt2057]

Also my 351m was just running about the same level of crap. I changed the plugs even though they were only a couple months old and it cleared up the weird idle

[@jordanwiley4582]

Hardstarting like when Sean(?) was gonna drive usually is too much initial timing, bad starter, bad battery cables (or loose/dirty).

[@samuelburton175]

when you use a used cam the lifters have to be marked when you took them so they can go back to same cam lobe they were in the old engine.you have lifter and cam lobe damage i believe

[@denniscox9277]

You can use a center punch to create the bulge on the shaft instead of a weld,, we didn't have welders back in the day,,

[@donnyprinnell5625]

So cool young man. Love your car's.best of luck.

[@jamesbeard7153]

This is James Beard from Arkansas, love the Galaxys that is my dream car had one when I was 16 years old in the 80s . But let it get away from me and I'm Ford all the way. Have two 69 Ford trucks both long bases.

[@MarkSmith-vb7ym]

352-360-390 pushrods on them could be a different length you might have a little bit too long keeping one of the valves open a little bit so after you do your compression test you were probably know make sure the wires aren't crossed make sure there's not a crack in the distributor cap between them to back cylinders

[@2003cobramustang]

Good to see the old girl run and drive just hope it’s a easy fix!

[@vettegreaser6590]

Love to see more of the five window pickup

[@jesseduke694]

I'm interested in what the cylinder pressures were. If u showed I must have missed it. Also a vacuum guage will tell u alot about a engine. If u have one, try doing a leak down test.

[@lowest.tier.garage]

Awesome video man. Happy to finally see you drive a galaxie. Excited for future content on this car!

[@BigSalP]

You didn't have to weld those washers on the shift linkage like you did. You can purchase reproduction bushings for it. But I guess it's too late now. As far as the engine goes, don't rush it, take your time. The last thing you want to do is rush it and overlook something and have to tear it down again.

[@alpinehs]

Hi guys,, the sparkplug rear passenger side Sparks a lot. Check your video again. Can be the wire too.

[@clappdout24v]

Check the distributor cap and plug wires if you hadn’t already

[@G31mR]

That car is beautiful, just like my buddy's '65 Galaxie when we were in high school..... On the linkage: do NOT use a cotter pin. Use a roll pin! Next, on the other end, that was not for a C-clip, it was a swedge that's designed to keep the washer and arm captured. Put a spot of weld on it right there. EDIT: I now see you discovered the swedge! Good on ya'!

[@farmhand6524]

While running, put a dollar bill at the end of the tailpipe. If it sucks the bill to the pipe it likely has a valve issue.

[@karenclifton2960]

Make sure to check body to frame grounding strap , they are notorious for fail or poor attachment - also timing sounds OFF ! You guys are going to learn so much from these Hard Knocks as you proceed to find and fix them , also get you an extra heavy-duty oil pump shaft-the stock ones twist like a pretzel when the clogged pickup allows bits and pieces of broken/deteriorated valve seals to be sucked into the oil pump gears -it has killed many crank/bearing assemblies on the "Ole Boat Anchor FE's". You need 15 inch steel FORD wheels and "330 spinners " to be badass period correct Grasshopper !

[@chuckhawes7519]

Take the valve covers off and take a wooden or hard rubber mallet and hammer each valve to see if they are sticking.

[@bobbydsautorama2154]

I used a vacuum gauge to set the timing on the fe

[@adamblue7441]

Craig check the vavles they may be bent.way it sounds could be bent valves

[@alanwhite3280]

Glad to see Yankee ingenuity at work. Wish U guys had cranked over the motor w/ the vavle covers off to see if you are getting lift at all the vavles. Al

[@willardway3037]

I'd bet on the timing chain or bottom sprocket on distributor as to why it is a pain to start.

[@mfree80286]

FO's 15426378, but it looks ( 11:20 ) like it's correct. Did this engine sit for a while? The rear two cylinders are lowest, over years maybe condensation managed to drip down and wash through remnant oil enough to roughen up the valve stems. Was timing set with the vacuum advance connected, and is the vacuum advance connected to the proper port on the carb and all the other ports sealed off? EDIT: Was thinking... were 4 and 8 reading low or just 7 and 8? if it's 7-8 then check the wires aren't swapped. And presuming you're talking to the cam using the Ford number system where passenger front is 1 and it runs back to 4, then the driver's bank is front to back 5-8 (and let all hands helping know too if they're GM guys).

[@jerrygarner8115]

Enjoy your Galaxie videos,kind of reminds me of my self when i was a lot younger. But,that motor isn't hitting on all 8 cylinders,probably bad valves,or possibly cam & lifters. You'll figure it out sooner or later.

[@dannyplanck6498]

Be sure to ck the installed valve stem height,if ok consider shorter push rods.

[@tmav351]

Timing Hydraulic lifters adjusted?

[@russellnc]

64 galaxies have non adjustable hydraulic lifiters in the standard 352 and 390 engines, the P code 390 , R and Q code 427 cars had solid lifter cams, and could be adjusted.

[@pm270100]

head work and a good batt be a start

[@gasratzcustoms]

Looking really good!!!!!!

[@chasecraiger1046]

seems like your starter is getting heat soaked. common ford issue. you can get thermal starter covers or a new starter might fix it. happened to me in my 302 in my f150 all the time

[@kmnremtp]

Sweeeeet! I’m looking forward to it largely!!! We probably shouldn’t discuss how many laws were broken in this video though?!

[@mikeypl1957]

If the valves did stick a little at first could be bent pushrods, they bend real easy.

[@jamieround2072]

so the white one here is now taking place of the red one..... i'm wondering.......

[@grouprocox]

Can't believe you haven't popped off your valve covers yet lol nice work man, keep the suspense going

[@darensamuels5208]

No smoke or crankcase blow-by usually means the bottom end is ok. The 352/390 engines are pretty stout. I’d bet you have a cam, lifter and/or pushrod issue. Go through the heads and put a new cam, lifters and pushrods in and you are likely good to go. Rebuild it if you want but I’d bet the short block is good to go. Hard to kill a Ford FE!

[@pmodd]

Interested to see how you go tapping the valves with a mallet.

[@Venturemaster_Nate]

pmodd wait until you see people remove valve springs with a mallet and socket.

[@ghettosanta2786]

It sounds like its cross fireing my mustang fireing order got mixed up did the same thing engine ran hard likd that fixed the fireing order runs like a champ now

[@timemerson4162]

My dad had one of these.bought for 35 bucks from a local church.it had a blown motor,he had a 289 installed for 150 bucks drove that car for a while.

[@mikeycunningham2307]

Take care and stay safe and stay blessed see you in the next one

[@averybryant]

Glad to see it finally on the road haha

[@larrysutton6530]

It might not run great and it is not a show car but how many people can say that they have driven one that are currently your age. That in itself is really cool and I know you are going to make it run right which just adds to the cool factor 😎

[@radders50]

Swap the wheels with the truck ? Just for fun 👍😎

[@MrShobar]

You have a couple of dead cylinders. The rhythmic sound when cranking tells you that.

[@michaelyeaple8468]

Keep them both.

[@guillermonieri4203]

It is a beautiful car.

[@claraengl9471]

Shades of No. 28 Fred Lorenzen. This year Ford ruled the superspeedways. I always wanted to get a white 64 and make a tribute.

[@chriswilson9248]

Is the oil bolt in the proper spot on your rocker shafts? Kinda squeaky sounding

[@kingfox2673]

Just saw the galaxy the red galaxy because the white one looks a little bit more nicer and you could probably fix it up to like a racecar standard