(upbeat music)
(old-time music)
- [David]Okay, stuff's going to happen.
Last night stuff happened.
I started by gutting all the wiring out
from under the engine compartment.
I gutted every scrap of wire out from underneath the dash,
and then I cleaned up everything
and actually spray painted it which was pretty good.
I also got some fiddling around on the engine
putting some more accessories on the front
and all that stuff.
But this morning, the big challenge was going to be
the fly wheel.
This is our brand new blue print engine 3D3,
and it's got what's called a one-piece rear main seal.
When they went to this, in what, 1985 I think,
something like that,
they changed the design of the back of the crank shaft
which meant that they also needed to change the balance.
And so that means that it also takes a different fly wheel
which was the problem,
and I panic-ordered a bunch of fly wheels last night
and ended up getting, actually, the right one.
And here it is right here.
The pattern is going to be different here
whether it's one-piece or a two-piece,
but also, it takes a special, extra bolt on weight.
So, I ordered that separate McCloud package
of weights on here,
and I'm going through their hieroglyphics,
trying to figure out which weight goes in what bolt holes,
so that we can slam this on the back of the engine
and then get this thing into the jeep.
(dinging)
- [Steve]It's time to put in the pilot bushing.
That's this little bushing that supports the input shaft
of the transmission.
Now, I made a simple tool
just using a bolt, a nut, a washer,
and then I used tape to shim it out
so that it's a pretty good fit.
So, I'm going to line this up at the back of the crank
and hopefully a couple of mallet strikes (clanking),
and I'm done.
I think that's good (clanking).
- Let's see.
- Oh man, that's excellent.
Let's put the clutch on.
(upbeat music)
(croaking)
- [David Freiburger]I am going to fix this crack in the frame right here.
First, I went in and cleaned all the paint off of it.
Next, I'm going to find the very end of this crack,
and I'm going to drill a hole right where the crack ends.
That will tend to help the crack stop continuing.
And then, I'm going to take the carbide bit,
and I'm going to grind a little bit of a V in the crack
where it's not actually separated,
so that I've got some welding surface.
And then I'm going to burger weld the thing to death,
and it'll look terrible,
but it'll be way more functional than it is right now.
Okay, Fred's calling me.
Apparently, he's going to like FaceTime us.
- [Steve]Really, FaceTime? - [David]It's Fred and Dave.
- [Fred Williams]Hey guys! - [David Freiburger]Oh, we're supposed
to go sideways.
I didn't know that was a thing.
- Uh.
-[Fred Williams] How's your jeep project?
- [David Freibuger]It looks like this.
-[Steve Dulcich]It was a perfectly running vehicle when we started.
- [Dave Chappelle]Ah, it looks good.
- [David Freiburger]Yeah, it ran and drove great.
It had SM420.
It had like everything that you would see in 1985
on the Rubicon Trail.
How about you?
- [Fred Williams]We have like three different
Chevy performance crate engines
that we're tryna pick from.
And then we have like, some super,
it's about a 12,000 horsepower
equipped transmission that we're probably going to run.
- [Dave Chappelle]We pulled this decoy jeep into the shop,
so that you wouldn't see how far ahead we are, actually.
- [David Freiburger]I see not stock flat thunder frame.
- [Dave Chappelle]What are you talking about?
- [Fred Williams]What, what, what, there's nothing to see there (whistles).
(laughing)
Are you ready to play in the rain and the mud?
- [David Freiburger]I am glad that we have rain and mud, yes.
- [Dave Chappelle]Good. - [Fred Williams]Good.
-[Dave Chappelle]We are too.
-[Steve Dulcich]Okay, let me just, let me just put it to you straight, Dave.
Prepare for the worst,
(laughing)
because we are gunning for you, bro.
-[Dave Chappelle]You're gunning, you're coming with your guns blazing.
- [Steve]We mean business, pal.
- [David Freiburger]Dulcich woke up with attitude the other morning.
I told him this was all for fun.
He didn't believe me.
- [Steve Dulcich]We mean business.
- [Fred Williams]We'll see you guys in the mudbog, ‘Dul-burger’.
-[David Freibuger] Not if we see you first.
- [Dave Chappelle]Yeah. - [Fred Williams]Yeah.
- [Dave Chappelle]Yeah, jeep guys.
-[Fred Williams] Yeah.
You're going down.
Oop, battery's almost dead.
- [Dave Chappelle]Yeah we gotta go. - [David Freiburger]Okay, bye.
-[Fred Williams]Okay, bye.
(laughing)
- [Steve]Man, we've got to beat those guys or we might
lose the shop. - [David Freibuger]Well, not that you told them
that we're winning.
- [Steve]We might lose the shop.
- [David](chuckles) Oh, that's right.
We're a full day behind right now.
- Oh, I know, yeah.
-[Steve]I realize that.
(calm music)
(upbeat music)
- [David]Are you ready to hack, Steve?
- [Steve]I am prepared.
You want to buck it up from the inside?
- Oh yeah.
I can buck.
(revving)
One down.
(revving)
Okay, ready to install.
(upbeat music)
- Do you see where the steering chap is
on this operator?
- Yeah, get a saws on and cut this out.
Rig it right there.
Fsh, done.
(revving)
- Now, the transmission needs to come down.
- Okay, so, we are lightly rested on the ears now.
- Yeah. - And this transmission
needs to be pushed towards the passenger side.
So, I'm going to attempt to do that, okay.
- Mhm.
- Oh, there we go.
Ah man.
Okay.
(upbeat music)