Brent Ackley and George Vondriska continue going through the motor assembly process by installing the intake and the valve covers on the motor of a 1986 Chevy pickup that they’ll put into a 1956 Chevrolet 150. They teach you all of the important classic car maintenance tips and techniques that you’ll need, including how to properly mount, tighten and torque gaskets, intake covers and valve covers onto the motor head.
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0:59Aligning Valve Cover Gaskets With Bolt Holes
Very rarely do the gasket holes line up with bolt holes when you are replacing valve cover gaskets. Brent Ackley teaches a helpful trick to properly align these holes. Use this method to make sure you have a good seal.
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5:33Classic Car Distributor Cap Inspection
George Vondriska visually inspects each part of the distributor cap – the cap itself, the router, and the points. He shows what corrosion on the inside of a used cap looks like compared to a new, working one, discusses the different types of routers and teaches you how to set the point cap with a…
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3:17The Shade Tree Mechanic: Engine Repair
George Vondriska pops the hood on Brent Ackley’s 1966 Buick Skylark to take a look at its 225 V6 engine and talk about what it means to be a shade tree mechanic, or someone who can learn to fix some of the problems in a car’s engine with the basic tools they have lying around…
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1:01Tips for Timing the Engine of a Classic Car
Brent Ackley teaches you how to time an engine for a classic car. He explains that all you need is ordinary chalk to mark the timing marks between the harmonic balancer and timing grid.
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