I Think This Engine Is Stuck

Time to get the transmission off the old 390 engine. In order to do that though I had to get the crankshaft to spin. Fortunately I was able to get it to move after a considerable amount of hammering on the pistons.
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[@ir8d8rads]

I'll save you guys some time: 1) It's a Cadillac 390 Ca 1960. 2) The trans does not slip off the TC. 3) He primarily wants parts from behind the engine.

[@geoffmorgan6059]

Old GM block - bore it 0.125"!

[@louisprieto8997]

@@geoffmorgan6059 I was wondering the same thing. Every transmission I've ever worked on automatic or standard has always just slipped into the tc or clutch assembly?

[@tony5535]

@@louisprieto8997 No shit. I have NEVER sen a converter NOT come out of a transmission.

[@louisvilleslugger3979]

@@geoffmorgan6059 "SHE'S REAL FINE MY .409"

[@louisvilleslugger3979]

@@tony5535 DODGE, doenst matter where the crank, cam, or ring is, it refuses to let go, oh and dont get me started on those mounting bolts....LOL

[@elizabethmackay972]

"Great engine, ran when parked, just needs a little TLC. No lowballers"

[@paullemke5915]

I know what I have!

[@subadanus6310]

"RARE"

[@franktaylor7617]

😂😂 "Ran when I parked it. I mean I drove the thing in the swamp, it should run fine" best offer. 😂

[@Patchuchan]

Ran before it was parked at the bottom of the ocean.

[@nsx1075]

@@paullemke5915 Lol they be like "I don't care if you're friend found one cheaper than this"

[@Contantq]

I would have pressure washed the whole thing before I started work on an engine like that. Makes life so much easier.

[@fifthlomat717]

Are you sure that wasn’t a lost engine from the titanic lol

[@allenmckinney9533]

Send it to mustie1. He'll get it running in 2 maybe 3 videos. Lol

[@mitchelllamb6743]

not even that long lol maybe give him 20 mins

[@modesttea7133]

Hell just give it a tickle of fuel and it will start up

[@Shane-Singleton]

Mustie will just clean the points and break out the squirt bottle with some 2-stroke fuel. Easy. :)

[@glenbo2464]

Amazing how clean the heads were inside but that block , omg.

[@pontiacgrandprix733]

Send it over to Mustie, he'll throw it in the ultrasonic cleaner, he's heating it up now,

[@pgtmr2713]

Ultrasonic cleaner, pfff, Ichiban Moto has a hack for that :-) ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGKnpYxoi9yGr7s

[@northernrednecklife6268]

I tore down a 1965 industrial 318 polysphere that was abused in an excavator. It looked as bad as that caddy engine, the intake ports were full of rust completely, cylinders were all full of crud as well, 3 bent connecting rods, the machine had sat outside for 30 years.

[@jamesb1221222]

I'm amazed the block wasn't ruined with all the crap in the chambers. Looks like there might have been a broken head gasket on the passenger side. Would be a treat if the cylinder walls were in good enough shape to have the engine rebuilt. Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend.

[@Tinman97301]

If that was parked in the 70's then the "silver" you are playing with is lead from the gas. Good times guys, good times.

[@johnhull6363]

I know it blows my mind people dont realize this. I've even had someone argue with me that I was crazy to think that piston silver color deposits were lead

[@louisvilleslugger3979]

hell back then they even put mercury in the Mercury's lol

[@Porty1119]

I wouldn't worry about it for occasional exposure; lead is occupationally rather than acutely toxic, like asbestos.

[@rustyshackleford1656]

Put some marvel mystery oil in it she’ll be good as new lol

[@BigTex8319]

Rusty Shackleford Or a couple sticks of dynamite

[@rubblejohnstone4460]

Would it not have been easier to torch the end off the crank?

[@lionreb]

For a guy who doesn't really understand what all the parts really do it was fun to watch. I'm learnin something the easy way. Thanks for sharing. great that you can salvage some parts of that drive train.

[@hotpuppy1]

Rear distributor means it is 1959-62? 1963 and later had distributor at the front. Engine might be salvageable. Depends on whether block is cracked. Crank doesn't look too bad. The block should be fairly thick walled so it might clean up with a large overbore. Those early blocks were built stout, not like the thin wall later stuff.

[@HustleMuscleGhias]

They really need to make the bastards who design these things work on them and see all the design problems that they create.

[@boedhaspeaks]

The purpose from spare parts is that you can use them when you need too...

[@charlessmith3350]

This guys optimism is god-tier. "A set of new rings and a dingleberry hone 'n she'll be runnin' by the weekend"

[@mikegrandinette6253]

The hideousness of that engine will forever haunt my dreams lol

[@stevefranklin8052]

I have a 58 Cadillac with the 365 v8. Basically same as this, 390. Mine purrs like a kitten, my parents bought it in 1960. Good luck with this .

[@edhawk4737]

The Cadillac has a Taurus not a flex plate ! I have done the same thing. The bell housing and Taurus can be used without the transmission to start the engine with after it is rebuilt. Stock they are 325 HP a real nice engines!

[@bobw7066]

I have been a heavy diesel mechanic for almost sixty years and the first thing that I was taught was to clean it down before starting to dismantle any engine or transmission. I am always pissed off when I see people pulling things apart with grease and shit covering everything, makes the job easier and you can see what you are confronted with.

[@wesfrazier5739]

You sir, are determined! I bet beating those pistons out was a REAL chore.

[@raymondj8768]

sweet boat anchor dude hahaha

[@andrewwilson8317]

The axe makes me smile! Not actually needed one myself on an engine strip down yet,but never say never!

[@franktaylor7617]

Should have just poured a little Marvel Mystery Oil in and run it. 😳 🤣🤣

[@dougscott8161]

WOW! That reminds me of my first car, a '52 Chevy 6 cylinder. All 6 of the exhaust valves were eaten away, none would come close to sealing, and the number 1 and number 6 valves were more than half burned away. I replaced all the exhaust valves, reground the intakes, and should have pulled the oil pan and replaced the rings. It still burned a quart of oil about every 50 miles, but at least it ran fairly well, till I blew a rod bearing after going three days without adding oil.

[@simonwelch560]

There's nothing a large enough hammer can't accomplish :)

[@Porty1119]

I'd say it's at LEAST a 20lb sledge job, if not an excavator hammer!

[@christopherrisden4057]

This video and his voice makes me think of the Red Green show

[@Porty1119]

Any tool can be the right tool!

[@dustinpomeroy8817]

I run Pennzoil and use Fram filters cause that's what my dad used

[@twowheeledanimal4805]

"Oh yeah, it's fine, totally normal" -My car dealer

[@karlitron45]

I have seen blown engines come back to life this one worth it

[@jesusbarucramosromero9166]

Thr passion of a mechanic is remember when u were younger and u played with ur old pops tools and when u helped ur pops or family loved one help fix the car but u wouldnt know what to do until u knew what was it and fix it ** thats the magiv fixing all this whips *" good buisness will be fix every sold mechanical special car offered on FB or else where and get a prophete

[@bronzechicken4437]

That's a HORRID engine, I do think they blew it up though. It'd be a neat thing if the engine block was salvageable though.

[@gullreefclub]

BronzeChicken that engine block is salvageable as scrap iron all 595lbs of it

[@bronzechicken4437]

@@gullreefclub I've seen engines come from circumstances like this be salvageable, this one was not though. I work with stuff like this daily.

[@Sheehy223]

@@bronzechicken4437 Cadillac 390's are pretty worthless

[@hurt_juice2295]

i had a nightmare of a time with a Cadillac 390 a few years ago. stripped a bolt trying to put a thermostat in then broke a bolt off in the head trying pull the cross over tube off so i could fix it, was able to drill and tap it but i told the owner if he wanted me to do any work under the hood on it again it'd be to swap in an LS.

[@charlespeagler8010]

pull bell housing bolts, with crank pins freed and mains removed, lift crank free of the block, now you can get to every bolt.

[@davidfarmer2788]

That is some hell of a oil leak my car looks the same way except the Caked Up oil is on the exhaust lower engine and firewall!

[@bobbtodd6302]

Thats a damn fine boat anchor ya got there lmao

[@grassmann028]

I know this video is a little old but a little 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone does wonders

[@More350Power]

I thought the couple engines I tore down after setting years in the weather were bad but your engine takes the cake for sure. My grandpa always said use a hammer and if that hammer doesnt work you get a bigger hammer lol..... he is right

[@aterack833]

i mean, just drop the oil pan and take the main caps and rod caps off, no? or would the guide pins for the transmission not come out? because i would just do that and then of the engine was in fact toast, use a thin cut off wheel to cut the dowels, since they usually are part of the engine, in fact, you could even just cut the crank and only undo the rear cap if you didn't even care about salvaging parts

[@jedk9523]

this is what the 360 looks like in my 75 f250 except theres water still in the cylinders

[@louisvilleslugger3979]

but you can bore it out .125, and be like..... "SHE'S REAL FINE MY 409, 409, 409!!!"

[@idj20]

Still in a better condition than the ones in all my past cars.

[@ShawnHCorey]

@10:25 Do not mushroom your tools. The cap is very weak and small bits can fly off at high speed causing injury, especially in the eyes. As soon as the mushrooming starts, grind away the cap to prevent this.

[@randallrominski3559]

Just unbolt the bell housing and remove the transmission. It will leak transmission fluid but, it can be disassembled without engine rotation.

[@paulcornelisse9759]

Maybe someone asked before but...why didn't you just undo the bellhousing and lift it out together with the crankshaft once you had disconnected al the rods? It could have saved you two days of hammering.

[@TheeTennesseeTunaa]

What ice learned when it comes to spare parts 1 is nun 2 is 1 and 3 is comfort

[@johnmosca3655]

That engine looks more like a boat anchor to me

[@acadman4322]

Although I do not see any chance of this engine running again, I think it would be a cool project to tear it completely down and restore it to running order just to find out what you would have to do to accomplish that. Of course, such a project would be totally impractical from a time and cost point of view. But, still, it would be interesting just to see it done.

[@hdhdhdh4944]

Use the tune up in a Bottle stuff, works for me every time

[@stevekwall925]

I like your video's , Motor is toast .

[@Tybearius]

Honestly, that block doesn't look too bad. A can of degreaser, You might be able to salvage it and make some bucks off that as well.

[@danielbritschock3873]

That motor is done!

[@gaara10122]

That engine needs some milk

[@ProLogic-dr9vv]

Just the way you talk , you are a great at what you do, keep up the good work. This is just an observation.

[@TalladegaTom]

That axe handle looks like it is ready to explode too. Be careful with that.

[@5roundsrapid263]

I wonder if the silver residue is lead deposits.

[@Jaredsfarm]

This looks like one of the blocks they use in the rebuild montage videos

[@marshakrebs4348]

Hagerty ?!? The name of channel

[@mikecorleone6797]

I think it’s safe to say the head gaskets were seepin a bit...

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

how bout pressure washing the dirt from it , just for the sake of clean working and useing a vacuumcleaner to clean out the exhaust , the cylinders and the cooling paths

[@MyNameIsNotNick]

Will you do a full repair to this engine? I mean machine the cylinders etc.?

[@hualni]

This feels like death by a thousand cuts

[@drishy94303]

Wow that is the most fucked up engine condition I have ever seen

[@MichaelWest1701]

Great video

[@johnhull6363]

Yeah I'd agree with your diagnosis

[@dmaster92289]

Good grief, what the heck happened? 😕

[@chuckhawes7519]

I bet they blew a head gasket and put block and head sealer in it to try and get by.

[@donhendy493]

That's the c4 type transmission . Instead of going through all the trouble of freeing up the engine , you could have easily disconnected the transmission from the block and separated it leaving the torque converter attached to the flex plate , then proceeded removing the converter from the flex plate with very little difficulty , that's if you even wanted to converter in the first place

[@bah53]

Jetaway 315 not C4. It dosen't work that way.

[@zaneturner4478]

Worked on many of the old 315 back in the day it's to bad that about 99 out of a 100 people don't have a clue what they are looking at or how to even begin to work on one. I have seen several of them torn up beyond repair because of lack of knowledge.

[@3713msg]

Wow! That is no fun, and a dirty job, but your efforts have paid off. I would replace the front seal if I were you. It is not really that hard at this point. I did many back in the 1970's, and it was something I would always do, if I had to pull one of these. Heavy transmissions....

[@bigredc222]

I'd be willing to bet he'll do a little more than just replace the front seal.

[@3713msg]

@@bigredc222 Hope so, it is not the 1970's anymore, and these are now antique transmissions.

[@gullreefclub]

3713msg I rebuilt a couple “JetAWay and SlimJim Transgressions in the 1980’s and back then parts were pretty much next to impossible to find especially “hard parts.” I understand they make adapter kits for TH350 and couple others transmissions unless this gentleman is restoring a car back to a concourse show car that Transmission would assume its natural best use a boat anchor.

[@3713msg]

@@gullreefclub Those transmissions were not efficient, were sluggish, and heavy, but they were original to the cars of the era. Therefor I have kept my collector cars original. (61 Olds and 55 Cadillac) I do not drive them as every day cars, so it is ok. Even kind of fun, that LOOOONG drawn out 1 to 2 shift in the Roto hydramatic…. Just nothing like it!! LOL!!

[@davidk6271]

Good work.

[@steveboyer4137]

If you had the crank loose, you could have removed the bell housing bolts and the crank and trans would have been easier to separate.

[@billyjackson5799]

its a chevy engine and transmission you could have simply pulled the bellhousing bolts out and slid the transmission off and left the tourqconverter on the engine

[@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

It's an early '60s Cadillac 390, totally different than a SBC.

[@mysock351C]

Better option would be to torch thru the crank. Nothing there is salvageable in the motor. Maybe the block but the sleeves looked severely rusted. But maybe he wants to try and save some of the rotating assembly.

[@999torino]

Thanks for the advice Billy, didn't watch the video, did you?

[@assymcgee2835]

Yeah definitely a 59-62? Caddy 390 and the torus cover HAS to be unbolted to pull the heavy monster called the jetaway 315. I changed too damn many of those in my 60 laying on my back in the dirt with a floor jack. That trans is beyond heavy. Fun fact, reverse is all the way down instead of below park and it was a four speed auto

[@williamstuples339]

Cut the crank shaft with Sawzall it had blow head gaskets tryed stop leak is the silver stuff

[@inforobertklein]

Hello. The engine block is very corroded. The engine block will be sandblasted? I'm sorry, I'm using a google translator. Witam. Blok silnika jest bardzo skorodowany. Blok silnika będzie poddany piaskowaniu ? Przepraszam, korzystam z tłumacza google.

[@theogdirkdiggler]

Just a question, couldnt the transmission be unmounted from the block and the converter still attached?

[@joepatton1766]

soaking rubbing alcohol in cylinders for 24 hours will break down the rust and make it free up.

[@Membrane556]

That is the grungiest engine I ever seen.

[@RedfishCarolina]

What was all the crap in the cylinder bores? Oxidation?

[@amberanderson8990]

It's fine Sunday driver only hardly used.

[@atonicassassin]

I only watched to see how you took the pistons out tbh I'm trynna see if I can rebuild my 318 for my truck (it's not in this bad of condition but its stuck)

[@waterlesstea9056]

Ditto

[@samweems5310]

*reads title* *looks at thumbnail* Pretty safe assumption bro

[@chrisrhudy2000]

dont think i have ever seen a motor that fucked up that didnt have a hole in the side lol

[@FloorItDuh]

That's pretty brutal.

[@bruces12]

Under what dirt pile did you find the engine buried?

[@trapperbill4962]

preblown done by dumping some stuff down the carb to seize the engine

[@hyzercreek]

If you drop an oil pan and find water, you are in serious trouble.

[@benjaminkline4855]

I thought it was a amc327/bw12 with that oil filter adapter, valley pan, rear distributor, and rocker arm asembley. Untill I saw the front timing cover

[@nathandean1687]

evapo rust . would be awe for this project.

[@RevRandyGarage]

I'm interested to know if that crank could be cleaned and Polish enough to run again lol

[@sundstrom193]

Craigslist be like "ran good when last parked, 500 OBO"

[@onhawaii]

Next time try to just take a hole saw and drill out the center of the piston to free the piston rod from the piston. With the right tool it is a minute or two per piston.

[@ASPCOT]

onhawaii ... That is an interesting idea... I just wondered if the saw would cut the wrist pin. I am currently faced with that situation but I don't want to hammer on it, I'm afraid of cracking the cylinder wall. But I do like the idea of a large round hole in the piston, l could cut a slot down the skirt to relieve the pressure.

[@onhawaii]

Good point! ASPCOT. that is why I said with the right tool. So you need a hole saw that will cut the wrist pin. If it only cuts the piston it might help to free some tension or help to break the wrist pin out of the piston. If not you could just drill a few 1/4" holes around it to break the piston rings and get some WD40 or so down the sides to get a better penetration. The main problem would be solved and the tension is released. What always works is a plasma cutter. Worst case you have to get cylinder liners. Does not work on all engines... but the is a solution you might want to consider. Heat up the block and cool down the liner and press them in. After that you bore and hone it to the size required. Make sure that the liner can't slide all the way down so don't bore it all the way to the bottom or have a rim on the top. And the head will hold it down. Ask your local machine shop that do things like that. Yes it isn't cheap to do so. You could ask them to get the pistons out for you. That is the best solution to it the most times. They will bore and hone them then too if the engine is worth it. I think that is the best solution if you don't have the right tools.

[@trapperbill4962]

are you sure that wasn't fill pre blown one of the byback cars

[@davidhenderson3400]

I hope that transmission was worth it.

[@merlemorrison482]

what did you do to this poor beast???

[@XDin4D]

ACE certified in axe assisted transmission removal

[@PatrickBaptist]

You just need to pull the engine and trans, flip them upside down, remove engine oil pan, remove rod nuts and caps, remove crank bearing caps and there you go, you can rotate the crank, you may have to take the trans bolts out and separate it with the crank hanging on but that is alot easier than going through the top of the engine to free it up. LOL I shouldn't have wasted my time, later I see thats what thou didest.

[@therealtjb6328]

Grind down that mushroomed bar. Had a friend puncture his lung from a mushroomed piece coming off.

[@txrick4879]

Very Correct the chips break off sharp and will cause damage to your body.

[@knutakseth4625]

You could just have: 1) Unscrewed the bell hosing; 2) Removed the old pan; 3) Removed the main and rod caps (if accessible). The crank would then have been free from the block with the flex-plate attached. Then just unscrewed the flex-plate from the torque converter. No need to take heads off and do all that extra work. If some of the rod caps were not accessible, cut the crank with a torch at the rear main. The whole job should take about 1/2 hour with proper tools and equipment. BTW, pressure clean before doing anything.

[@lawrencegoralski3029]

Knut Akseth that wouldn't have been as fun as looking inside the cylinders

[@davidhenderson3400]

1:59 What kind of flashlight mod is that?

[@125southernnh2]

Never seen a caddie 390. Thought it looked weird for a Ford!