- Hey, this is Davin with Hagerty
and our red line rebuild updates.
We are back again here with our 1950 Chevy pickup truck.
And today the goal is to have the heater core coming out
these little holes right here and then be able
to put the engine back in.
But to do that, I need to reassemble...
The heater core.
I pulled it all apart, the heater box and core.
I pulled it all apart.
Just basically to understand what kind of condition
this heater core is in.
Now, externally, it does not look all that grand.
Internally, so far, it doesn't have any leaks.
So, we're gonna wing it and throw back in there.
If it leaks, we'll redo it, not a big deal.
You'll see, it's pretty simple.
We did go through
and we tested the six volt squirrel cage fan
and it works phenomenally.
And also the heater door to defrost door is working well,
so that will divert are from the floor,
up to these two outlets, which go to the defrost unit
above the windshield.
Now, granted, I'm not driving that in the winter,
but I know cooler mornings or evenings, when the dew starts
to set, it is nice to be able to put a little heat up
on the windshield if it starts to get foggy
because that gets a little dicey.
All right, with that, we're gonna get rolling
and get that part done.
(upbeat bass music)
We have the heater core in.
We even got one of the lines hooked up.
We're waiting for the engine to put the rest of it in,
but that's where we're headed next is getting the engine out
of hibernation over here.
I'm sure you remember it from the...
From the time-lapse.
I'm sure you remember from the time lapse, but here it is
in all its glory.
We're gonna mate it to the transmission,
slide it into the pickup truck
and then start putting everything around it.
I didn't want to take them off of there and I had to.
(hydraulic hissing)
Hardest part of this is them.
(upbeat bass music)
So the plan was to put the transmission on the back
of the engine and then slip everything into the truck,
but I quickly realized that there was not enough space
between the cross member and the top of the bottom
of the body for the transmission to slide in
with it attached, so we had to put the transmission in
after the motor was in.
So now at this point with the engine and transmission in,
we're gonna go through and attach all the electrical
and all the mechanical devices to that that we can
before we put the front clip on.
(upbeat bass music)
So, engine, transmission, clutch.
This is all back together.
It's all back in the truck.
We started some of our stuff here to wire up
as far as like distributor and the coil's wired,
the starter's wired.
The connections made to the generator.
I need two screws for the horn and I can't mess with any
of the lights yet because I need to set that front clip on
and then I can wire the lights up, obviously.
And of course, mount our oil filter.
And then get our hood and everything tidied up up top,
so we made pretty good progress today.
We started off with no motor in here,
now we have a motor back in and some wearing,
so we're all right.
So hey, hopefully you enjoyed our little update here today.
We got a lot of little things to tidy up.
It's gonna get a little tedious here from here on out
as everyone's gonna be well aware of
if you ever done one of these.
They'll be little things here and there,
but we'll get those tidied up, get this truck back
on the road and put it to work.
So hey, thanks for tuning in.
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There's a lot more coming
and we have some new projects down the road here,
so soon, very soon.
Hey, with that, get in the shop, get your work done.
Go enjoy the day, see ya.