1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,482 This time on Roadkill, we bring Stubby Bob back from the dead 2 00:00:03,482 --> 00:00:05,724 for its most brutal road trip yet. 3 00:00:05,724 --> 00:00:06,793 Whoo! 4 00:00:06,793 --> 00:00:10,000 And we love it so much. But we killed it again. 5 00:00:11,172 --> 00:00:13,517 [engine revs] 6 00:00:15,379 --> 00:00:17,413 -[David whoops] -[Mike] Wow! 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,241 [theme music playing] 8 00:00:43,793 --> 00:00:47,310 [David] Our greatest achievement is back. 9 00:00:47,310 --> 00:00:52,068 It is Stubby Bob, our 1950 Ford F600 dump truck, 10 00:00:52,068 --> 00:00:54,275 that we turned into a wheelie machine. 11 00:00:54,275 --> 00:00:57,482 Now, it's been like ten years since I've even seen this run 12 00:00:57,482 --> 00:00:59,793 and seven years since you did an episode. 13 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:03,172 The last time I saw this vehicle, it was doing wheelies 14 00:01:03,172 --> 00:01:06,103 like just a bald eagle, and then crashing down, 15 00:01:06,103 --> 00:01:07,517 well, like roadkill. 16 00:01:24,793 --> 00:01:28,103 Splat, broke stuff, everything, bent the axle, 17 00:01:28,103 --> 00:01:31,517 motor nearly fell out of it, drive shaft did fall out of it. 18 00:01:32,275 --> 00:01:33,827 -It needs some things. [chuckles] -It does. 19 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:35,586 So, let's review the build here. 20 00:01:35,586 --> 00:01:37,206 First of all, we shortened the thing. 21 00:01:38,413 --> 00:01:40,586 See the wheelbase, how it's all dinky? 22 00:01:40,586 --> 00:01:42,206 Second of all, we decided to put 23 00:01:42,206 --> 00:01:44,793 a 454 big block Chevy in the back 24 00:01:44,793 --> 00:01:47,793 with a Weiand 871 Supercharger. 25 00:01:47,793 --> 00:01:50,620 - The transmission is a Gearstar 4L85... -[Mike] Hmm. 26 00:01:50,620 --> 00:01:52,482 [David] ...and then it's got a V-drive. 27 00:01:52,482 --> 00:01:55,103 So, the engine is pointing forward 28 00:01:55,103 --> 00:01:59,310 and then the V drive sends the power backwards to the rear tires, 29 00:01:59,310 --> 00:02:01,379 which is a stock axle. 30 00:02:01,379 --> 00:02:05,586 In the front, it's just got like, a Speedway Gasser front axle, 31 00:02:05,586 --> 00:02:07,689 - that's way too flimsy for the truck. -[Mike] Way too light for it. 32 00:02:07,689 --> 00:02:09,517 -Yeah, shouldn't be doing wheelies with that. -Yeah. 33 00:02:09,517 --> 00:02:11,000 But we're not trying to do wheelies this time. 34 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,827 -Nope. -Sand drag racing. 35 00:02:12,827 --> 00:02:16,103 We want to take it on an adventure for this Roadkill. 36 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:19,379 We are driving 300 miles to Yuma, Arizona, 37 00:02:19,379 --> 00:02:21,275 to try and sand drag this thing. 38 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:23,482 But there is some work that needs to happen first. 39 00:02:23,482 --> 00:02:25,413 It has been sitting for seven years. 40 00:02:25,413 --> 00:02:27,275 I'm guessing the carburetors are junk, 41 00:02:27,275 --> 00:02:30,103 - the fuel tank is full of crud. -[Mike] Drive shaft's dented. 42 00:02:30,103 --> 00:02:32,310 -Is it? Oh. -Yeah, oh, yeah. It's the same one, 43 00:02:32,310 --> 00:02:33,206 -that fell out. -I didn't know that. 44 00:02:33,206 --> 00:02:34,517 Yeah, it actually needs replacing. 45 00:02:34,517 --> 00:02:36,000 Maybe look at the front axle. 46 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,689 Here's a fun fact to know and tell about Stubby Bob, 47 00:02:38,689 --> 00:02:41,586 it was going to be in one of the Fast and Furious movies, 48 00:02:41,586 --> 00:02:43,827 -and we dropped it off at their shop. -[Mike] Hmm. 49 00:02:43,827 --> 00:02:45,413 And they made us a new motor plate 50 00:02:45,413 --> 00:02:47,067 so the engine wouldn't fall out of it. 51 00:02:47,067 --> 00:02:48,793 It ended up not being in the movies, 52 00:02:48,793 --> 00:02:50,793 but, there you go. 53 00:02:50,793 --> 00:02:51,862 [Mike] She's a pusher right now. 54 00:02:51,862 --> 00:02:53,413 [David] Yeah. Yeah. Ready to push it in? 55 00:02:53,413 --> 00:02:54,620 [Mike] Yes. 56 00:02:58,724 --> 00:03:00,206 There. 57 00:03:00,206 --> 00:03:02,206 I'm going to start by pulling the carburetors and rebuilding them, 58 00:03:02,206 --> 00:03:04,172 not because we know they're garbage, 59 00:03:04,172 --> 00:03:06,275 but because we know they've been messed with. 60 00:03:06,275 --> 00:03:07,896 People have borrowed parts and stuff, 61 00:03:07,896 --> 00:03:10,103 so, we just want to make sure that they're okay. 62 00:03:10,103 --> 00:03:11,482 And I'm going to drain the oil, 63 00:03:11,482 --> 00:03:12,827 and I'm going to cross my fingers 64 00:03:12,827 --> 00:03:14,620 that there's actually oil to drain. 65 00:03:16,172 --> 00:03:21,172 [David] We are working in the new and palatial Hot Rod Garage shop. 66 00:03:21,172 --> 00:03:23,793 We no longer have our old shared shop. 67 00:03:23,793 --> 00:03:25,275 And so now, we're turning this one 68 00:03:25,275 --> 00:03:27,482 into a shared shop against their will. 69 00:03:27,482 --> 00:03:28,931 [Mike] Carburetor coming off. 70 00:03:35,275 --> 00:03:38,067 So, like, eight years ago, when we built this thing, 71 00:03:38,067 --> 00:03:40,586 I bought a stainless steel beer keg, 72 00:03:40,586 --> 00:03:42,793 welded a filler neck to it and a bung on the bottom 73 00:03:42,793 --> 00:03:44,793 and turned it into our gas tank. 74 00:03:44,793 --> 00:03:47,137 Well, the filler neck has been rusting for eight years. 75 00:03:48,379 --> 00:03:50,586 Look at all this stuff on the end of that, 76 00:03:50,586 --> 00:03:51,517 that's in our gas tank. 77 00:03:51,517 --> 00:03:53,172 It's probably in our carburetors, too. 78 00:03:53,172 --> 00:03:55,206 A lot of surprises here on day one. 79 00:03:55,206 --> 00:03:57,206 Rust coming out of the fuel tank 80 00:03:57,206 --> 00:03:59,689 and oil coming out of the fuel line, 81 00:03:59,689 --> 00:04:01,103 from the electric fuel pump. 82 00:04:01,103 --> 00:04:02,896 I've seen a lot of things, right? 83 00:04:02,896 --> 00:04:04,793 Things that cannot be unseen. 84 00:04:04,793 --> 00:04:06,586 This is new to me. 85 00:04:06,586 --> 00:04:09,137 Oh, dude. Bob. 86 00:04:11,793 --> 00:04:13,310 Here's 102 Holley carburetors. 87 00:04:13,310 --> 00:04:15,275 You can see why I'm taking it apart, 88 00:04:15,275 --> 00:04:17,689 because the needle and seat was totally loose. 89 00:04:17,689 --> 00:04:19,103 I know they've been messed with. 90 00:04:21,310 --> 00:04:23,586 There's the gasket, still usable. 91 00:04:23,586 --> 00:04:25,758 Wow, there's no crud in this. 92 00:04:27,068 --> 00:04:29,793 Also no crud. 93 00:04:29,793 --> 00:04:31,793 There's really nothing wrong with this carburetor. 94 00:04:31,793 --> 00:04:34,310 As a matter of fact, I'm even going to reuse the gaskets. 95 00:04:34,310 --> 00:04:38,034 I don't know if the rear one's okay, but I'm guessing it is. 96 00:04:42,689 --> 00:04:45,482 [Mike] I took apart every fuel line in the entire fuel system 97 00:04:45,482 --> 00:04:46,793 and they're all junk. 98 00:04:46,793 --> 00:04:48,172 And when I look down in the tank, 99 00:04:48,172 --> 00:04:50,413 it's just way worse than I thought it was. 100 00:04:50,413 --> 00:04:52,172 And I tried to hose that with brake cleaner. 101 00:04:52,172 --> 00:04:53,379 It's not coming out. 102 00:04:53,379 --> 00:04:55,172 So I'm going to do what I don't want to do, 103 00:04:55,172 --> 00:04:57,379 which is remove the keg from the truck. 104 00:04:57,379 --> 00:04:59,620 Basically, I'm separating the heart of the beast, 105 00:04:59,620 --> 00:05:02,379 taking it out, going to do surgery out in the parking lot. 106 00:05:02,379 --> 00:05:04,413 Clean it as best I can, then put it back in 107 00:05:04,413 --> 00:05:07,379 and then we're going to have to build all new hoses. 108 00:05:07,379 --> 00:05:10,310 Ugh, look at the chunks coming out of there. Dude. 109 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:12,689 I always wondered when we wheelied Stubby Bob, 110 00:05:12,689 --> 00:05:14,689 whether this was ever gonna hit the ground. 111 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:17,689 And it comes really close when all six wheels are off the ground. 112 00:05:17,689 --> 00:05:21,620 If you watch the video, this comes real close, but doesn't actually hit. 113 00:05:24,482 --> 00:05:26,000 Gravity... 114 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,793 was the only thing that stopped that truck 115 00:05:27,793 --> 00:05:29,310 from rolling over backwards. 116 00:05:32,620 --> 00:05:33,793 [David] Carburetors are done. 117 00:05:33,793 --> 00:05:35,172 The only thing I found wrong was, 118 00:05:35,172 --> 00:05:39,068 the power valve gasket was slipped off the side of one of them. 119 00:05:39,068 --> 00:05:40,379 [clatters] 120 00:05:40,379 --> 00:05:43,275 Perfect. I'm starting to re-figure out the linkage here. 121 00:05:43,275 --> 00:05:45,275 I dropped a little tiny spacer, 122 00:05:45,275 --> 00:05:46,586 but watch this. 123 00:05:46,586 --> 00:05:48,482 That is stuck. 124 00:05:48,482 --> 00:05:50,689 So it's going to take a little fiddling. 125 00:05:50,689 --> 00:05:52,000 [Mike] Right now, what I'm actually doing 126 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,172 is removing the drive shaft because this tried to fall out 127 00:05:56,172 --> 00:05:59,379 of the truck the last time Tony Angelo and I wheelied it. 128 00:05:59,379 --> 00:06:02,379 And, uh, this banged around in here 129 00:06:02,379 --> 00:06:03,896 and never got actually repaired. 130 00:06:03,896 --> 00:06:05,172 It just got put back in there. 131 00:06:05,172 --> 00:06:07,482 So that groove is gonna b the weak point. 132 00:06:07,482 --> 00:06:09,000 And when we go sand drag racing, 133 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,482 and we do pop a wheelie with max traction, 134 00:06:11,482 --> 00:06:13,000 that's where this is gonna break. 135 00:06:15,689 --> 00:06:18,103 Drive shaft coming up. 136 00:06:18,103 --> 00:06:20,793 [David] I'm trying to measure for the right U-joint. 137 00:06:20,793 --> 00:06:23,482 But it looks like this yoke has been ground on. 138 00:06:23,482 --> 00:06:25,103 The little tangs that hold the joint 139 00:06:25,103 --> 00:06:28,103 from sliding side to side are gone. 140 00:06:28,103 --> 00:06:30,655 So I don't know how successful this is going to be. 141 00:06:36,517 --> 00:06:38,275 [Mike] This is strange. I just took the spark plug out 142 00:06:38,275 --> 00:06:41,000 and uh, it looked great. It wasn't even rusty. 143 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,827 Bob just wants to go. Bob's ready. 144 00:06:42,827 --> 00:06:44,482 We might not even fix the bent front axle, 145 00:06:44,482 --> 00:06:46,172 so we may just hit the road here. 146 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:49,000 Bob has very sticky throttle linkage. 147 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 [Mike] Oh, well, we should probably fix that then. 148 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,137 Yeah. 149 00:06:52,724 --> 00:06:55,000 That's as far as it goes. 150 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,275 [Mike] That's not even close. 151 00:06:56,275 --> 00:06:59,034 Secondaries are just barely cracking open. 152 00:07:00,275 --> 00:07:01,896 We'll still be able to get this to run today. 153 00:07:01,896 --> 00:07:03,482 We just wouldn't have wide open throttle. 154 00:07:03,482 --> 00:07:05,827 And that's no fun for racing. 155 00:07:05,827 --> 00:07:07,827 Okay. 156 00:07:07,827 --> 00:07:10,000 It's not hitting inside the blower 157 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,310 because it would lift up. 158 00:07:11,310 --> 00:07:13,275 We would see the carburetor moving. 159 00:07:13,275 --> 00:07:15,517 -[Mike] Well... -Now we've got wide open. 160 00:07:15,517 --> 00:07:17,827 I think that a butterfly was hitting 161 00:07:17,827 --> 00:07:20,103 the inside of the carb adapter on the blower, 162 00:07:20,103 --> 00:07:22,172 and we just moved the carburetor a little bit. 163 00:07:22,172 --> 00:07:24,620 -But... -If you push hard enough, you get there. 164 00:07:24,620 --> 00:07:26,482 -But does it stick open? -Yeah. 165 00:07:26,482 --> 00:07:28,965 [David] It's hanging up on that thing pretty hard. 166 00:07:29,275 --> 00:07:31,034 What a stupid thing. 167 00:07:33,586 --> 00:07:35,137 Oh, we're still fiddling around here. 168 00:07:35,137 --> 00:07:38,206 It looks like this throttle position sensor is giving us the problem. 169 00:07:38,206 --> 00:07:40,172 So we're gonna start to modificate it. 170 00:07:40,172 --> 00:07:42,689 [Mike] This bracket that's holding our throttle position sensor 171 00:07:42,689 --> 00:07:44,172 has this little ear right here. 172 00:07:44,172 --> 00:07:46,620 And if you swing it over just enough, 173 00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:48,172 it contacts the throttle linkage 174 00:07:48,172 --> 00:07:49,103 and you can't go wide open. 175 00:07:49,103 --> 00:07:51,586 So I'm going to go cut this off. 176 00:07:51,586 --> 00:07:52,827 Baby steps. 177 00:07:55,310 --> 00:07:57,689 [David] We solved the problem with the TPS sensor 178 00:07:57,689 --> 00:07:59,793 by moving the bracket underneath another bracket. 179 00:07:59,793 --> 00:08:02,862 Uh, it's complicated, but it works now. 180 00:08:06,275 --> 00:08:09,896 Okay. It's not perfect, but it's better. 181 00:08:09,896 --> 00:08:12,724 [David] Our fuel tank is a beer keg. 182 00:08:12,724 --> 00:08:15,586 And therefore we just put the fitting in the bottom 183 00:08:15,586 --> 00:08:17,172 in order to gravity feed it. 184 00:08:17,172 --> 00:08:21,517 And the big deal is that if we run the hose up 185 00:08:21,517 --> 00:08:24,000 and come back down to go into this pump, 186 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,724 which is tempting, then it's asking the pump 187 00:08:26,724 --> 00:08:29,275 to lift fuel, which they don't like to do. 188 00:08:29,275 --> 00:08:31,310 That tends to burn them out. 189 00:08:34,172 --> 00:08:37,586 So this convoluted nightmare is our new fuel system. 190 00:08:37,586 --> 00:08:39,724 This is the outlet from our tank. 191 00:08:39,724 --> 00:08:42,379 This is a ball valve to shut the fuel on and off 192 00:08:42,379 --> 00:08:45,724 because this fuel filter is guaranteed to clog, 193 00:08:45,724 --> 00:08:50,275 I'd say within 12.7 miles of us leaving here. 194 00:08:50,275 --> 00:08:52,275 Because there's still rust and there's still junk 195 00:08:52,275 --> 00:08:53,586 and there's still stuff in that tank 196 00:08:53,586 --> 00:08:55,482 that we don't want to go into our fuel pump. 197 00:08:55,482 --> 00:08:57,482 So the plan is to shut the fuel off, 198 00:08:57,482 --> 00:08:58,517 take this apart, 199 00:08:58,517 --> 00:09:01,103 clean out that fuel filter, put it back in 200 00:09:01,103 --> 00:09:03,172 turn the fuel back on and keep driving, 201 00:09:03,172 --> 00:09:07,758 over and over and over again until we reach Nirvana. 202 00:09:09,827 --> 00:09:11,482 [David] The last hose is made. 203 00:09:11,482 --> 00:09:14,000 We just need to install it, and then we fire it up. 204 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,620 [Mike] Oh, things are humming right along. 205 00:09:15,620 --> 00:09:18,000 Gas tank is in, carbs are rebuilt. 206 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,689 Believe it or not, that Duralast battery's been in here 207 00:09:20,689 --> 00:09:23,379 for at least three or four years. 208 00:09:23,379 --> 00:09:25,793 [David] We're finally ready to crank it over. 209 00:09:25,793 --> 00:09:27,758 -Hit it. -Here we go. 210 00:09:31,172 --> 00:09:33,103 [engine spluttering] 211 00:09:33,103 --> 00:09:35,517 -Smoke coming out. -[David] That seems like no spark. 212 00:09:35,517 --> 00:09:37,206 [Mike] So right now, the truck won't start. 213 00:09:37,206 --> 00:09:38,896 It cranks, but it doesn't fire. 214 00:09:38,896 --> 00:09:40,448 Dave says we have no spark. 215 00:09:40,448 --> 00:09:45,379 So I'm trying to figure out why the MSD box is not firing the ignition. 216 00:09:45,379 --> 00:09:50,379 And also our COMPUSHIFT transmission controller is not powering up either. 217 00:09:50,379 --> 00:09:52,275 Something is stopping us 218 00:09:52,275 --> 00:09:54,034 from making noise. 219 00:09:54,586 --> 00:09:55,620 [David] No spark. 220 00:09:55,620 --> 00:09:57,275 Did you hear a squeak? 221 00:09:57,275 --> 00:09:58,931 [David] You think stuff's coming apart? 222 00:09:59,379 --> 00:10:00,586 Let's crank it really slow. 223 00:10:00,586 --> 00:10:02,379 Let me check compression at every hole. 224 00:10:02,379 --> 00:10:03,724 [Mike] Okay. 225 00:10:04,310 --> 00:10:05,517 [engine spluttering] 226 00:10:11,172 --> 00:10:12,793 Nothing here. 227 00:10:12,793 --> 00:10:18,000 Mike's cranking it and this one's barely pumping. 228 00:10:19,310 --> 00:10:20,482 Pretty weak. 229 00:10:20,482 --> 00:10:21,896 The squeaking is getting louder. 230 00:10:21,896 --> 00:10:23,103 [squeaking] 231 00:10:27,689 --> 00:10:29,793 You're guessing it might be cranking slowly 232 00:10:29,793 --> 00:10:31,103 because something inside the engine 233 00:10:31,103 --> 00:10:33,620 -is not wanting to spin? -Yeah. 234 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,517 So after a whole lot of troubleshooting, 235 00:10:36,517 --> 00:10:40,103 we have narrowed our problem down to poor wiring on my part. 236 00:10:40,103 --> 00:10:42,689 We had wires running through the floor of the truck. 237 00:10:42,689 --> 00:10:44,068 They rubbed on the sheet metal, 238 00:10:44,068 --> 00:10:46,482 rubbed the insulation off of the wires, 239 00:10:46,482 --> 00:10:48,793 which then grounded out our ignition wire, 240 00:10:48,793 --> 00:10:50,275 frying our ignition box, I think. 241 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:52,275 And that's why we had no spark, 242 00:10:52,275 --> 00:10:53,413 and it's likely we've destroyed 243 00:10:53,413 --> 00:10:55,689 the ignition box as a result, so... 244 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:58,517 All right, now we're gonna go do troubleshooting by replacing. 245 00:10:58,517 --> 00:11:03,000 So, the Draguar next door has the same ignition box on it. 246 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,103 We're gonna go steal that, 247 00:11:05,103 --> 00:11:08,310 and cobble it in here and see if we've got spark. 248 00:11:11,275 --> 00:11:12,689 Remember the Draguar? 249 00:11:12,689 --> 00:11:14,517 This is the Roadkill project car 250 00:11:14,517 --> 00:11:17,482 that's been around almost since the beginning. 251 00:11:17,482 --> 00:11:21,068 It's an XJ12 with a 383 small block Chevy, 252 00:11:21,068 --> 00:11:23,379 and a 671 Supercharger. 253 00:11:23,379 --> 00:11:25,896 Kind of notice a theme going on here. 254 00:11:25,896 --> 00:11:29,000 This has the ignition box that we need. 255 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,517 So I'm gonna scab that off here 256 00:11:30,517 --> 00:11:33,965 and we're gonna put it on Stubby Bob, and hope that it works. 257 00:11:34,586 --> 00:11:35,758 Got it. 258 00:11:41,379 --> 00:11:42,689 I think we're ready to test. 259 00:11:42,689 --> 00:11:45,000 [Mike] Used, new to us ignition box. 260 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,172 Transferred from one car to this car, 261 00:11:47,172 --> 00:11:49,379 and I believe it is wired and... 262 00:11:49,379 --> 00:11:51,206 Let's see if we have spark. 263 00:11:51,206 --> 00:11:52,827 -Crank it. -Okay. 264 00:11:53,620 --> 00:11:54,793 [David] Nothing. 265 00:11:54,793 --> 00:11:56,275 Well, that's weird. 266 00:11:56,275 --> 00:11:58,586 [David] Either we have two dead boxes or a dead coil. 267 00:11:58,586 --> 00:12:00,103 We can try the screwdriver thing. 268 00:12:00,103 --> 00:12:01,275 [David] Okay. Ready? 269 00:12:01,275 --> 00:12:02,517 -[Mike] Yep. -[David] Here we go. 270 00:12:03,275 --> 00:12:04,413 Nothing. 271 00:12:08,172 --> 00:12:09,448 -[engine revs] -Nope. 272 00:12:14,689 --> 00:12:15,724 Crank it. 273 00:12:16,482 --> 00:12:17,655 No. 274 00:12:19,310 --> 00:12:21,413 -[engine revs] -[David] Nothing. 275 00:12:22,310 --> 00:12:24,413 -[engine revs] -[David] Still nothing. 276 00:12:26,586 --> 00:12:28,724 All that work, and we've got no spark. 277 00:12:29,586 --> 00:12:32,310 Oh, it's all coming back to me now. 278 00:12:32,310 --> 00:12:33,517 Once upon a time, 279 00:12:33,517 --> 00:12:35,724 Tony Angelo and I took a road trip in this truck 280 00:12:35,724 --> 00:12:37,275 and the battery exploded while we were driving. 281 00:12:37,275 --> 00:12:38,620 Whoa, whoa! 282 00:12:40,103 --> 00:12:42,586 [Mike] And we had to rewire it and relocate it 283 00:12:42,586 --> 00:12:44,379 at the side of the highway. 284 00:12:44,379 --> 00:12:48,206 So, we bolted one battery cable to seven others 285 00:12:48,206 --> 00:12:50,793 and one of the seven broke off, 286 00:12:50,793 --> 00:12:53,793 and it just happened to be the one for the ignition box. 287 00:12:53,793 --> 00:12:55,310 All day long, 288 00:12:55,310 --> 00:12:57,448 changing boxes, changing coils. [chuckles] 289 00:13:00,103 --> 00:13:02,379 Now we have actual hope, 290 00:13:02,379 --> 00:13:05,206 because electrical systems like a complete circuit. 291 00:13:05,206 --> 00:13:07,172 It's grounded now, and it's going to spark. 292 00:13:07,172 --> 00:13:08,517 -Ready? -[Mike] Yep. 293 00:13:08,517 --> 00:13:11,172 -[engine revs] -[David] Yes! 294 00:13:11,172 --> 00:13:12,310 -We got spark. -[Mike chuckles] 295 00:13:12,310 --> 00:13:14,793 And now, we put spark plugs in, 296 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:17,172 and we make violence happen. 297 00:13:17,172 --> 00:13:18,724 It's gonna run. 298 00:13:18,724 --> 00:13:20,310 It's definitely gonna run. 299 00:13:20,310 --> 00:13:21,586 [David] Ooh, you, watching at home, 300 00:13:21,586 --> 00:13:23,310 turn up the TV speakers, 301 00:13:23,310 --> 00:13:26,310 because the neighbors are going to be upset. 302 00:13:26,310 --> 00:13:27,793 In all the cranking, 303 00:13:27,793 --> 00:13:30,172 we no longer have the weird squeak inside the engine. 304 00:13:30,172 --> 00:13:32,413 We're ready to just fire this thing up. 305 00:13:35,620 --> 00:13:36,827 [engine revving] 306 00:14:09,586 --> 00:14:12,275 This hole has nothing going on. 307 00:14:12,275 --> 00:14:14,103 Cold air pumping out of it. 308 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:15,620 Should we take the valve cover off? 309 00:14:15,620 --> 00:14:16,793 -I mean... -Sure. 310 00:14:16,793 --> 00:14:18,206 [Mike] It's got broken valve springs or something. 311 00:14:18,206 --> 00:14:21,000 All right, let's find out if something is broken. 312 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,103 -Yes! [laughs] -[Mike] Oh, okay. 313 00:14:23,103 --> 00:14:25,896 [David] Uh, we found a bent push rod 314 00:14:25,896 --> 00:14:29,827 and a rocker arm that was completely loose. 315 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:34,586 Oh! That is record breaking right there. 316 00:14:34,586 --> 00:14:36,206 [both laughing] 317 00:14:36,689 --> 00:14:38,379 That's a keeper. 318 00:14:38,379 --> 00:14:42,068 The good news for us is I think this has a hydraulic roller cam, 319 00:14:42,068 --> 00:14:45,482 which means that the lifters are linked together in there, 320 00:14:45,482 --> 00:14:47,103 probably with a spider, I would guess 321 00:14:47,103 --> 00:14:49,793 and so it wouldn't have kicked the lifter 322 00:14:49,793 --> 00:14:52,896 out of its hole, which would be bad. 323 00:14:52,896 --> 00:14:55,068 How's that, intact? 324 00:14:55,068 --> 00:14:56,586 [Mike] Not much oil up here. 325 00:14:56,586 --> 00:14:58,275 [David] I noticed that, too. 326 00:14:58,275 --> 00:14:59,413 [Mike] Yeah, that one had nothing. 327 00:14:59,413 --> 00:15:01,827 [David] Yeah, that's weird. It ran for a while. 328 00:15:01,827 --> 00:15:04,103 So, we just have no oil at the top end. 329 00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:05,724 We can fire it up with the valve covers off. 330 00:15:06,413 --> 00:15:07,620 [engine revving] 331 00:15:12,896 --> 00:15:14,413 Might get all of them. 332 00:15:16,689 --> 00:15:19,172 [David] Oh, I just started to get some on this one. 333 00:15:19,172 --> 00:15:20,620 I think it's just taking forever 334 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:22,689 -because it's idling so low. -Yeah. 335 00:15:22,689 --> 00:15:23,827 [Mike] Oh, well, that's a relief 336 00:15:23,827 --> 00:15:25,793 because we-we did get oil up top. 337 00:15:25,793 --> 00:15:28,517 So, I think at this point, if we can find the right length push rod, 338 00:15:28,517 --> 00:15:30,931 to replace this pretzel, we're good. 339 00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:33,689 In the meantime, though, this showed up. 340 00:15:33,689 --> 00:15:35,413 I can install our drive shaft, 341 00:15:35,413 --> 00:15:37,275 and given that I've probably lost 342 00:15:37,275 --> 00:15:38,620 some of the hardware for that, 343 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:40,620 by the time this is actually in and bolted tight, 344 00:15:40,620 --> 00:15:43,206 maybe we'll have a push rod and we can keep on trucking. 345 00:15:44,517 --> 00:15:45,827 The drive shaft is in. 346 00:15:45,827 --> 00:15:47,137 But, now we gotta make sure it stays in. 347 00:15:47,137 --> 00:15:51,000 So, what I'm gonna do is take this eight inch thick strap, 348 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,275 cut a section of it about that wide, 349 00:15:53,275 --> 00:15:56,827 tack weld it to the yoke on our rear differential, 350 00:15:56,827 --> 00:15:59,517 so that the U-joint caps don't spit out the side of it 351 00:15:59,517 --> 00:16:02,482 because you can get away with just doing wheelies like that. 352 00:16:02,482 --> 00:16:06,586 But actually driving from LA to Yuma, Arizona, probably not. 353 00:16:06,586 --> 00:16:08,896 We found a local machine shop, and strangely, 354 00:16:08,896 --> 00:16:10,517 they didn't have the spaghetti push rod. 355 00:16:10,517 --> 00:16:12,206 But they did have this straight one, 356 00:16:12,206 --> 00:16:13,793 which will probably work better. 357 00:16:13,793 --> 00:16:15,275 And it's the right length. 358 00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:16,931 So, I'm going to put this thing back together. 359 00:16:16,931 --> 00:16:19,172 Here's something that weirds me out a little bit, 360 00:16:19,172 --> 00:16:21,931 is this engine has guide plates on it, 361 00:16:21,931 --> 00:16:23,586 and you're supposed to only use 362 00:16:23,586 --> 00:16:25,931 a hardened push rod with a guide plate. 363 00:16:25,931 --> 00:16:27,172 And these are not. 364 00:16:27,172 --> 00:16:29,172 But, they don't seem to be chewed up. 365 00:16:29,172 --> 00:16:32,137 So, let's just put it together and pretend we didn't see that. 366 00:16:33,379 --> 00:16:34,689 [Mike] Drive shaft is in. 367 00:16:34,689 --> 00:16:36,137 U-joints are reinforced. 368 00:16:36,137 --> 00:16:38,482 Pretty sure Freiburger is done putting a push rod in the motor. 369 00:16:38,482 --> 00:16:41,275 Which means after I tighten this switch back down, 370 00:16:41,275 --> 00:16:42,896 I think we can fire it up, 371 00:16:42,896 --> 00:16:46,103 maybe throw some water in it and see if it moves on its own power. 372 00:16:46,103 --> 00:16:47,689 Which is huge, because I have not driven 373 00:16:47,689 --> 00:16:49,827 this truck in like, seven years. 374 00:16:52,103 --> 00:16:55,310 We're gonna fire it up and attempt to put it in gear. 375 00:16:55,620 --> 00:16:56,689 This is it. 376 00:16:56,689 --> 00:16:58,413 Will it move? Come on. 377 00:16:58,413 --> 00:16:59,620 [engine revving] 378 00:17:02,724 --> 00:17:03,793 [Mike] Whoo-hoo! 379 00:17:03,793 --> 00:17:05,034 [exclaims] 380 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,655 [Mike] Reverse. 381 00:17:09,482 --> 00:17:11,723 Oh, it goes in reverse. 382 00:17:15,172 --> 00:17:16,655 Brakes work. 383 00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:20,000 And it goes in forward. 384 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,448 That's all we need. We're out of here. 385 00:17:26,310 --> 00:17:28,655 -Yes! It works! -I'm gonna shut that off. 386 00:17:29,793 --> 00:17:31,827 We get to go on a road trip with Stubby Bob. 387 00:17:32,689 --> 00:17:34,000 [David] Wow, that was great. 388 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,586 I think that cylinder works now. 389 00:17:35,586 --> 00:17:36,620 Yes, it does. 390 00:17:36,620 --> 00:17:38,827 There was hot, hot heat coming out of that. 391 00:17:38,827 --> 00:17:40,379 [David] Stubby Bob lives! 392 00:17:40,379 --> 00:17:41,827 Whoo! 393 00:17:42,379 --> 00:17:43,586 Tomorrow we ride. [claps] 394 00:17:43,586 --> 00:17:44,689 [David] We're gonna hit the road 395 00:17:44,689 --> 00:17:46,517 in this garbage tomorrow morning. 396 00:17:49,172 --> 00:17:50,241 We're outta here. 397 00:17:50,241 --> 00:17:53,275 We are driving 300 miles to Yuma, Arizona, 398 00:17:53,275 --> 00:17:55,103 to try and sand drag this thing. 399 00:17:55,103 --> 00:17:56,586 [Mike] I believe that's officially the furthest 400 00:17:56,586 --> 00:17:58,689 this truck will have ever gone on a public highway. 401 00:17:58,689 --> 00:18:00,000 -[David] Sounds right. -[Mike] Yeah. 402 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,172 -Ignition, fuel. -[Mike] Yep. 403 00:18:03,172 --> 00:18:04,724 [engine revving] 404 00:18:06,724 --> 00:18:08,862 [David] We are doing it. We're moving. 405 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,689 Well, we're out of the shop now. 406 00:18:12,689 --> 00:18:14,827 -[Mike laughs] -[David] It's official. 407 00:18:15,724 --> 00:18:17,586 [Mike] Drive. Oh, it's official now. 408 00:18:17,586 --> 00:18:18,931 We're going forward. 409 00:18:19,724 --> 00:18:21,000 [laughs] 410 00:18:24,172 --> 00:18:25,413 [David] Oh, here we go. 411 00:18:26,517 --> 00:18:27,965 [laughing] 412 00:18:32,103 --> 00:18:34,172 The trans is not shifting. 413 00:18:34,172 --> 00:18:36,379 Yeah, and the front end is uh, 414 00:18:36,379 --> 00:18:37,482 darting all over the place. 415 00:18:37,482 --> 00:18:39,413 [David] So, the toe is all out. 416 00:18:40,379 --> 00:18:42,827 Hey, it wants to pull right really badly. 417 00:18:43,586 --> 00:18:44,724 This is sketchy. 418 00:18:45,517 --> 00:18:47,689 [David] So not freeway ready, I guess. 419 00:18:47,689 --> 00:18:50,103 [Mike] Definitely not freeway ready. Okay. 420 00:18:50,103 --> 00:18:51,379 [David] We're going straight back? 421 00:18:51,379 --> 00:18:54,068 -Want to get gas first? -[David] Yeah. 422 00:18:54,068 --> 00:18:56,172 [Mike] Good news, we're out of the shop. 423 00:18:56,172 --> 00:18:57,517 Less good news, 424 00:18:57,517 --> 00:18:59,379 the truck's gonna kill us if we drive it on the highway. 425 00:18:59,379 --> 00:19:02,103 This wheel has a bunch of positive camber. 426 00:19:02,103 --> 00:19:03,517 The top of the tire is sticking out. 427 00:19:03,896 --> 00:19:05,793 Both tires are toed in, 428 00:19:05,793 --> 00:19:07,482 maybe a little more than they need to be, 429 00:19:07,482 --> 00:19:09,931 but uh, it's darting all over the place. 430 00:19:09,931 --> 00:19:12,793 It almost feels like it has a combination death wobble, 431 00:19:12,793 --> 00:19:14,103 and if you let go of the wheel, 432 00:19:14,103 --> 00:19:15,344 it wants to turn right. 433 00:19:15,344 --> 00:19:17,724 [David] It looks way worse than it did inside the shop. 434 00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:19,068 We're headed back. 435 00:19:19,068 --> 00:19:21,206 That pipe's not smoking anymore. 436 00:19:21,206 --> 00:19:23,482 Oh, good. So either, it stopped firing 437 00:19:23,482 --> 00:19:25,310 or it melted everything out. 438 00:19:31,172 --> 00:19:32,517 Uh... 439 00:19:34,793 --> 00:19:36,758 I think we clogged our fuel filter. 440 00:19:41,482 --> 00:19:42,655 [laughs] 441 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,241 -Okay. -[laughs] 442 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,896 [engine spluttering] 443 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:50,896 [David] it's running on pump shot. That's it. 444 00:19:50,896 --> 00:19:53,275 -[Mike] Yeah. -Our electric fuel pump is running, 445 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:55,689 but obviously there's no gas in the carburetors. 446 00:19:55,689 --> 00:19:58,965 We're thinking we already clogged the fuel filter. 447 00:20:01,103 --> 00:20:02,724 [Mike] Okay. Ah! 448 00:20:05,068 --> 00:20:07,793 -Oh, dude. -Oh! 449 00:20:07,793 --> 00:20:10,827 -[David laughs] -[Mike] I swear, I cleaned this tank out. 450 00:20:11,586 --> 00:20:13,379 I mean, I knew there was stuff in there, 451 00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:14,724 but I didn't expect that much stuff. 452 00:20:14,724 --> 00:20:16,000 Hey, I got an idea. 453 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,482 Why don't we just turn the ball valve 454 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:19,379 and dump this into a pan and flush 455 00:20:19,379 --> 00:20:22,103 whatever's left in here with the junk fuel that's in there? 456 00:20:22,103 --> 00:20:23,620 [David] That would be pretty good. 457 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:27,000 [Mike] Oh, so much rust coming out. 458 00:20:27,275 --> 00:20:28,793 It's Thursday. 459 00:20:28,793 --> 00:20:30,896 We're supposed to be in Yuma, Arizona, 460 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:34,586 300 miles from here tomorrow night. 461 00:20:34,586 --> 00:20:35,896 We still have to go back to the shop 462 00:20:35,896 --> 00:20:38,620 because after we get the fuel system right enough 463 00:20:38,620 --> 00:20:39,827 to drive three blocks, 464 00:20:39,827 --> 00:20:42,172 then we have to go put a new front axle in this thing 465 00:20:42,172 --> 00:20:44,793 because it won't go down the highway safely, 466 00:20:44,793 --> 00:20:46,827 let alone a sand dragstrip. 467 00:20:57,793 --> 00:20:59,586 [David laughs] 468 00:20:59,586 --> 00:21:01,413 [Mike] All right, back to the shop. 469 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,344 Three blocks. We can make it. 470 00:21:07,379 --> 00:21:08,620 And we're up. 471 00:21:14,275 --> 00:21:16,000 -Why are you swerving? -Wow! 472 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,517 -Huh? -Why are you swerving? 473 00:21:17,517 --> 00:21:18,827 It's bad. 474 00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:20,724 [Mike] Can't stop that. 475 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,413 [David] We made it. 476 00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:27,000 [Mike] Whoo-hoo. 477 00:21:33,827 --> 00:21:35,000 Perfect. 478 00:21:36,103 --> 00:21:37,482 [David] See that right there? 479 00:21:37,482 --> 00:21:39,379 There's the death wobble. 480 00:21:39,379 --> 00:21:42,000 In fact, the shaft going through the frame rail 481 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,000 is wiggling in the frame rail a little bit, I think. 482 00:21:45,931 --> 00:21:47,275 [David] It looks like we have a lot to fix. 483 00:21:47,275 --> 00:21:48,689 I want to get the thing on the lift, 484 00:21:48,689 --> 00:21:50,758 so that we can really have an eyeball at it. 485 00:21:55,586 --> 00:21:58,482 Here's our new axle from Speedway Motors. 486 00:21:58,482 --> 00:22:01,793 It is for a gasser-type solid axle conversion. 487 00:22:01,793 --> 00:22:03,172 And I didn't realize that 488 00:22:03,172 --> 00:22:04,517 it says right here on the sticker, 489 00:22:04,517 --> 00:22:06,896 it's for a "Chevy Spindle." 490 00:22:06,896 --> 00:22:10,379 We're gonna reuse our spindle and brake assembly and everything, 491 00:22:10,379 --> 00:22:12,793 and the king pin bushings are already in there, 492 00:22:12,793 --> 00:22:14,586 so we don't have to hone or anything. 493 00:22:14,586 --> 00:22:16,275 It's gonna fit pretty good. 494 00:22:16,275 --> 00:22:17,827 This is the king pin, 495 00:22:17,827 --> 00:22:20,379 and it goes in the end of the axle like this. 496 00:22:20,379 --> 00:22:24,793 And it is the pivot upon which the spindle rotates, 497 00:22:24,793 --> 00:22:26,413 so that you can steer. 498 00:22:29,586 --> 00:22:31,068 [Mike] I feel pretty good about this actually. 499 00:22:31,068 --> 00:22:32,896 Uh, the front end came apart easily. 500 00:22:32,896 --> 00:22:34,689 We might just reweld new tabs 501 00:22:34,689 --> 00:22:36,896 to go with our new axle mounts, 502 00:22:36,896 --> 00:22:38,620 and, uh, we'll be back in business. 503 00:22:52,482 --> 00:22:54,000 [David] Okay, measuring. 504 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,517 We're about to measure the toe angle of the front tires. 505 00:22:57,517 --> 00:22:59,000 Sixty and an eighth. 506 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,827 [Mike] Okay, let's check the front one. I think we're there. 507 00:23:01,827 --> 00:23:05,000 Three-sixteenth shy of 60. 508 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,310 -Good enough. -Yeah. 509 00:23:06,310 --> 00:23:08,896 [Mike laughs] Done! 510 00:23:08,896 --> 00:23:11,068 We are so close to hitting the road again. 511 00:23:11,068 --> 00:23:12,724 And I don't know if we'll be successful, 512 00:23:12,724 --> 00:23:15,103 but we're gonna put some ATF in the trans, 513 00:23:15,103 --> 00:23:16,655 and go outside and find out. 514 00:23:17,517 --> 00:23:18,931 [engine starts] 515 00:23:24,482 --> 00:23:26,000 [engine sputtering] 516 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,482 -[engine roars] -[David] Whoa! 517 00:23:31,482 --> 00:23:33,586 -It does wheelies, too. -[Mike] Yeah. 518 00:23:33,586 --> 00:23:36,655 -The front end's a lot lighter now. -[laughing] I can tell. 519 00:23:38,827 --> 00:23:40,724 On first gear! 520 00:23:41,482 --> 00:23:43,551 Suspension's already better. 521 00:23:48,931 --> 00:23:50,620 That's not shifting. 522 00:23:51,413 --> 00:23:52,724 [indistinct] 523 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,586 -Whoa! -[laughs] 524 00:23:55,586 --> 00:23:57,137 All right, that's second. Going good. 525 00:23:58,103 --> 00:23:59,137 That's third. 526 00:24:01,517 --> 00:24:03,379 That is fourth. 527 00:24:03,379 --> 00:24:05,758 I wonder if the rear end is a bit low. 528 00:24:06,172 --> 00:24:07,724 It must be. 529 00:24:08,931 --> 00:24:10,931 What's happening here is that, 530 00:24:10,931 --> 00:24:13,896 it's driving at 3,000 rpm on the street 531 00:24:13,896 --> 00:24:16,482 at like... 35 miles an hour. 532 00:24:16,482 --> 00:24:19,172 This has two-speed rear end. 533 00:24:19,172 --> 00:24:22,034 And so, we're gonna try and shift it to a higher ratio. 534 00:24:22,482 --> 00:24:23,827 [Mike] It's puking. 535 00:24:23,827 --> 00:24:25,793 I bet we have an air pocket in this thing. 536 00:24:25,793 --> 00:24:26,896 [David] Yeah, me too. 537 00:24:26,896 --> 00:24:28,482 So, drive up and down the street 538 00:24:28,482 --> 00:24:29,827 and see if you can put it in high gear? 539 00:24:29,827 --> 00:24:31,310 I might've put it in neutral. I don't even know. 540 00:24:31,310 --> 00:24:33,482 So, yeah, if you wanna jump in, I'll... 541 00:24:33,482 --> 00:24:35,000 -[engine starts] -[Mike] ...stand back here. 542 00:24:36,517 --> 00:24:38,103 [engine roaring] 543 00:24:38,689 --> 00:24:39,758 [spluttering] 544 00:24:39,758 --> 00:24:41,586 [Mike] The carburetors might not be happy now. 545 00:24:41,586 --> 00:24:43,482 We clogged the fuel filter already. 546 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:46,551 [Mike] 299 and three-quarters miles to go. 547 00:24:48,517 --> 00:24:49,931 [engine starts] 548 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:54,206 Apparently, I started it in here. 549 00:24:54,206 --> 00:24:56,724 [Mike] It's like a phoenix, just rising. 550 00:24:57,275 --> 00:24:59,068 Look at that thing. 551 00:24:59,068 --> 00:25:00,620 -It looks incredible. -[engine roars] 552 00:25:00,620 --> 00:25:03,103 [Mike laughing] Whoa! He did it. He did it. 553 00:25:03,103 --> 00:25:04,931 [David laughing] 554 00:25:06,931 --> 00:25:09,206 -[laughing] -[engine sputtering] 555 00:25:09,206 --> 00:25:11,931 -That was epic. -[laughing] 556 00:25:11,931 --> 00:25:13,000 Little baby wheelie. 557 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,068 And you think it's in high gear? 558 00:25:14,068 --> 00:25:16,000 -[David] It's in low. -Still low. 559 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,344 -Yeah. -[Mike] Okay. 560 00:25:17,344 --> 00:25:19,000 [David] First of all, we thought the two-speed rear end 561 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,206 was in the wrong gear. 562 00:25:20,206 --> 00:25:22,000 I took it for it's test drive. 563 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,724 The thing is still dying. Like, the fuel filter is clogged again. 564 00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:27,413 But none of that matters 565 00:25:27,413 --> 00:25:29,000 because I popped a little wheelie. 566 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,517 -[laughs] -That big. 567 00:25:34,413 --> 00:25:35,862 -That'll help! -[Mike chuckles softly] 568 00:25:39,517 --> 00:25:41,724 -It did. -Oh! It did work. 569 00:25:41,724 --> 00:25:45,000 -Thank you. -[laughs heartily] 570 00:25:46,206 --> 00:25:48,310 I'm just gonna take my bow right now. 571 00:25:50,793 --> 00:25:52,310 Whatever is in the bottom of that tank, 572 00:25:52,310 --> 00:25:55,379 -it's settling on that pickup and just clogging it. -[David] Right. 573 00:25:55,379 --> 00:25:57,103 We need to take it out one more time, 574 00:25:57,103 --> 00:25:58,586 and clean it one more time. 575 00:25:58,586 --> 00:26:00,379 [David] It needs the chain trick. 576 00:26:00,379 --> 00:26:02,758 7:30. We've got an hour. 577 00:26:03,310 --> 00:26:04,206 Let's do it. 578 00:26:04,206 --> 00:26:05,758 [engine starts] 579 00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:10,689 -[David] That already went to second gear. -[David] It did. 580 00:26:10,689 --> 00:26:14,551 That's because the rear end is about an eight-eighteenth, the ratio. 581 00:26:15,517 --> 00:26:17,689 Well, we've driven it half a mile, and I got to say 582 00:26:17,689 --> 00:26:19,172 the steering is way better 583 00:26:19,172 --> 00:26:20,793 than it was the first time we drove it, 584 00:26:20,793 --> 00:26:21,862 so that's a win. 585 00:26:21,862 --> 00:26:23,689 We went shopping, then they broke the news 586 00:26:23,689 --> 00:26:26,517 that they are gating off the parking lot in, like, 20 minutes. 587 00:26:26,517 --> 00:26:28,103 So, we got to get out of here. 588 00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:31,275 I'm thinking that we're gonna hit a hotel somewhere locally, 589 00:26:31,275 --> 00:26:33,413 -and probably fix this junk in the morning. -[engine starts] 590 00:26:35,896 --> 00:26:38,586 [David] Yeah, right now we're at 2,500 rpm, 591 00:26:38,586 --> 00:26:40,000 and we're in fourth gear. 592 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,275 [Mike] Oh, it's not right. I think we're going 60. 593 00:26:43,275 --> 00:26:45,482 Well, I think we can get to the hotel like this. 594 00:26:45,482 --> 00:26:46,724 [Mike] Okay. 595 00:26:49,103 --> 00:26:50,482 Uh-oh. 596 00:26:50,482 --> 00:26:52,000 -[David] Surging. -[Mike] Yeah. 597 00:26:52,482 --> 00:26:53,517 We're running out of gas. 598 00:26:53,517 --> 00:26:55,310 -Oh. -[engine whirring] 599 00:26:57,103 --> 00:26:58,620 [spluttering] 600 00:26:59,827 --> 00:27:02,000 [David] Uh... I guess, we roll through. 601 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,275 [Mike] I'm trying. [chuckles] 602 00:27:03,275 --> 00:27:06,068 [David] Yeah, come on. Come on. 603 00:27:06,068 --> 00:27:08,586 It tastes very much like antifreeze right now. 604 00:27:08,586 --> 00:27:10,724 And we're out of gas. 605 00:27:10,724 --> 00:27:14,206 And the transmission doesn't shift properly. 606 00:27:14,206 --> 00:27:16,206 It's a rare moment on Roadkill. 607 00:27:16,206 --> 00:27:17,931 We're admitting defeat. 608 00:27:17,931 --> 00:27:20,310 We are one mile from our hotel. 609 00:27:20,310 --> 00:27:23,413 And instead of wrenching here at the side of this busy road, 610 00:27:23,413 --> 00:27:25,896 we're gonna have producer, Taylor, 611 00:27:25,896 --> 00:27:28,517 haul us home with his rental junk. 612 00:27:28,517 --> 00:27:30,103 See the yank strap? 613 00:27:30,103 --> 00:27:32,310 [Mike] We'll fix it in the morning, you know. 614 00:27:36,413 --> 00:27:38,827 Stubby Bob! Whoo! 615 00:27:41,275 --> 00:27:44,620 I wonder if we're hurting the transmission by flat towing it in neutral. 616 00:27:45,482 --> 00:27:47,586 -Nah! Everything's all right. -[chuckles softly] 617 00:27:47,586 --> 00:27:49,275 We're not going that fast. 618 00:27:49,275 --> 00:27:51,137 It can run dry a little bit. 619 00:27:51,586 --> 00:27:53,000 [engine whirring] 620 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,103 [whirring stops] 621 00:27:54,103 --> 00:27:55,655 -Oh. -Ooh! 622 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,241 What was that? 623 00:27:58,482 --> 00:28:01,310 -[Mike] Gear "nirvana"? -What just happened? 624 00:28:01,620 --> 00:28:02,586 I don't know, dude. 625 00:28:02,586 --> 00:28:04,689 I'm afraid to even look down. 626 00:28:04,689 --> 00:28:07,517 [David] This thing was making a gnarly noise rolling along, 627 00:28:07,517 --> 00:28:09,103 and it just stopped. 628 00:28:09,103 --> 00:28:11,482 [Mike] That was the V-drive that stopped making noise. 629 00:28:11,482 --> 00:28:12,620 -[David] Really? -[Mike] Yeah. 630 00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:14,793 It's not spinning. 631 00:28:14,793 --> 00:28:17,275 [Mike] It's dead quiet, like right before a tornado hits. 632 00:28:17,275 --> 00:28:18,103 [David] Yeah. 633 00:28:18,103 --> 00:28:19,551 -[loud thud] -Oh! 634 00:28:21,206 --> 00:28:23,413 -[laughs] -Did we just blow up our V-drive? 635 00:28:23,413 --> 00:28:24,931 [David] Did we blow a drive shaft? 636 00:28:24,931 --> 00:28:26,931 -[Mike] I know. -[David] Do you see where we're going? 637 00:28:26,931 --> 00:28:28,482 -To the sheriff? -Yes. 638 00:28:28,482 --> 00:28:31,793 -[chuckling] -We're directly in front of the sheriff's station. 639 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:35,275 Ace job bringing us right here, Taylor. [chuckles] 640 00:28:35,275 --> 00:28:38,379 -[thudding] -[David] Oh, oh, oh. Easy on the bumper, Kojak. 641 00:28:38,379 --> 00:28:39,827 Well, that happened. 642 00:28:39,827 --> 00:28:42,379 We've got a lot of work to do tomorrow. 643 00:28:42,379 --> 00:28:45,206 But for now, we're walking away. 644 00:28:45,413 --> 00:28:46,620 We made it. 645 00:28:47,689 --> 00:28:49,000 [David laughing] 646 00:28:56,896 --> 00:28:58,000 [Mike] Good morning, Bob. 647 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,275 [chuckles] Good morning, Bob! 648 00:29:00,275 --> 00:29:02,620 Great. We got some wrenching to do. 649 00:29:02,620 --> 00:29:06,172 We're in the vacation wonderland of Carson, California. 650 00:29:06,172 --> 00:29:10,275 -Last night, we had multiple problems with Stubby Bob. -Mmm-hmm. 651 00:29:10,275 --> 00:29:12,275 So I think what we're gonna do first is 652 00:29:12,275 --> 00:29:15,172 take our beer keg out of it, 653 00:29:15,172 --> 00:29:17,724 and try and clean it out with that chain right there. 654 00:29:17,724 --> 00:29:19,620 [Mike] So what the chain is gonna do is, 655 00:29:19,620 --> 00:29:22,310 once it's in there, we'll take the keg, 656 00:29:22,310 --> 00:29:24,103 put it on the lawn, roll it all over the place, 657 00:29:24,103 --> 00:29:26,000 and the chain should slide around 658 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,000 and break up the rust. 659 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,241 Then hopefully, we can fill the thing with water and get all of it out. 660 00:29:34,103 --> 00:29:35,310 -See. -[David] Ooh. 661 00:29:35,310 --> 00:29:36,862 Look at that! 662 00:29:37,206 --> 00:29:38,620 That is nasty. 663 00:29:44,517 --> 00:29:46,206 It's getting better. 664 00:29:46,206 --> 00:29:48,172 Good thing these guys let us use their hose. 665 00:29:48,172 --> 00:29:49,206 This is key. 666 00:29:49,206 --> 00:29:51,586 All of that work paid off. 667 00:29:51,586 --> 00:29:53,482 It's really clean inside now, 668 00:29:53,482 --> 00:29:55,379 which I say until we drive it, 669 00:29:55,379 --> 00:29:57,275 and it loads the filter with crud again. 670 00:29:57,275 --> 00:29:59,310 -But for right now, it's an upswing. -Dude, that is... 671 00:29:59,310 --> 00:30:00,482 Wait till you guys see inside there. 672 00:30:00,482 --> 00:30:01,551 We've got some cool camera 673 00:30:01,551 --> 00:30:03,379 that'll put you right in there with us. 674 00:30:03,379 --> 00:30:05,793 -And, uh... it's beautiful. - [David] Yeah. 675 00:30:05,793 --> 00:30:08,206 -Absolutely beautiful. The chain, mmm, money. -[David] Good. 676 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:10,793 We're about to put the fuel system back together, 677 00:30:10,793 --> 00:30:13,310 and then we've got a few more things to do. And remember, 678 00:30:13,310 --> 00:30:17,310 we wanted to be in Yuma, Arizona... tonight. 679 00:30:17,310 --> 00:30:19,827 And it's 295 miles from here. 680 00:30:19,827 --> 00:30:21,379 We've accomplished about five miles, 681 00:30:21,379 --> 00:30:23,241 and I think I'm actually being generous. 682 00:30:27,310 --> 00:30:29,034 Ta-da! 683 00:30:29,034 --> 00:30:31,379 Remember, last night, this thing was puking coolant all over the ground. 684 00:30:31,379 --> 00:30:33,517 We weren't sure why. We didn't even troubleshoot it. 685 00:30:33,517 --> 00:30:36,206 And right now, the radiator is about half empty. 686 00:30:36,206 --> 00:30:38,517 There's probably air in the cylinder heads 687 00:30:38,517 --> 00:30:41,379 that you can't displace just by filling the radiator. 688 00:30:41,379 --> 00:30:43,517 And what happens then is it gets hot 689 00:30:43,517 --> 00:30:45,379 because there's no coolant flowing across the metal. 690 00:30:45,379 --> 00:30:46,827 - [engine sputtering] - [David] So, what we're gonna do 691 00:30:46,827 --> 00:30:49,586 is park up on a hill, and fill the radiator. 692 00:30:49,586 --> 00:30:52,413 And the theory is, with the radiator higher than the engine, 693 00:30:52,413 --> 00:30:54,379 the bubble will work its way forward. 694 00:30:54,379 --> 00:30:55,827 [engine sputtering] 695 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,482 -[David] I think we're good! -[Mike] How much went in? 696 00:31:01,482 --> 00:31:02,724 -A lot. -[Mike] Oh. 697 00:31:02,724 --> 00:31:04,103 Nice. 698 00:31:09,310 --> 00:31:10,827 Now we're rocking. 699 00:31:17,586 --> 00:31:19,517 -Much better. -I think so. 700 00:31:21,517 --> 00:31:23,724 -That's still revving a lot. -Yeah. 701 00:31:23,724 --> 00:31:25,137 You know what? 702 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,482 I think it would default to first or second 703 00:31:28,482 --> 00:31:29,724 if there's something wrong. 704 00:31:30,379 --> 00:31:32,517 So, maybe we're in second gear. 705 00:31:33,724 --> 00:31:35,000 Maybe. 706 00:31:37,931 --> 00:31:40,068 Maybe the shifter is not adjusted right either, 707 00:31:40,068 --> 00:31:41,724 because it doesn't seem to go to park. 708 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:43,310 Maybe. 709 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,241 You smell it? 710 00:31:48,896 --> 00:31:49,758 Yeah. 711 00:31:51,172 --> 00:31:53,413 [David] I wonder if the fans are on. 712 00:31:55,517 --> 00:31:57,724 Hey, our fuel system hasn't clogged up. 713 00:31:57,724 --> 00:31:59,620 -Hey! -There you go! 714 00:31:59,620 --> 00:32:01,482 -All right. -Just when I was starting 715 00:32:01,482 --> 00:32:04,206 to worry about overheating the transmission, 716 00:32:04,482 --> 00:32:05,689 and gears. 717 00:32:05,689 --> 00:32:07,000 We fixed one thing. 718 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000 That's 25 percent of our problems. 719 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,620 Look what we did. 720 00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:15,413 Well, we overheated. But the good news is we know exactly why. 721 00:32:15,413 --> 00:32:18,310 The thermostatic switch, which is gonna send the ground pulse 722 00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:20,689 to our relays for electric fans and trigger them, 723 00:32:20,689 --> 00:32:22,103 is not actually functioning. 724 00:32:22,103 --> 00:32:23,275 How I know this is, 725 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:25,310 I took the wire off the thermostatic switch, 726 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:27,724 and I just touched it right there to that bolt. 727 00:32:27,724 --> 00:32:29,620 Yep, I hear the fans running. 728 00:32:29,620 --> 00:32:32,413 So, all I'm gonna do is bypass the crappy switch, 729 00:32:32,413 --> 00:32:35,586 and, uh, we'll have full-time fans. We'll be fine. 730 00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:37,103 [engine sputtering] 731 00:32:38,689 --> 00:32:41,310 [Mike] Well, so far, we're not overheating. That's good news. 732 00:32:41,310 --> 00:32:42,586 [David] As far as we know. 733 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:43,896 [Mike] I can see through the hole in the floor. 734 00:32:43,896 --> 00:32:45,931 -Nothing's leaking yet. -[David] Okay, good. 735 00:32:48,379 --> 00:32:50,103 That's already fourth gear. 736 00:32:50,103 --> 00:32:51,827 Yeah, it's shifting fast, 737 00:32:51,827 --> 00:32:54,241 and we're not even doing 20 miles an hour. 738 00:32:57,103 --> 00:32:58,827 Yeah, this is wrong. 739 00:32:58,827 --> 00:33:01,724 2,700 rpm, and what are we doing? 30? 740 00:33:01,724 --> 00:33:04,137 [Mike] We're gonna blow this up, if we keep driving like this. 741 00:33:06,689 --> 00:33:08,793 [David] What we're doing here is attempting to count 742 00:33:08,793 --> 00:33:10,172 the number of pinion rotations 743 00:33:10,172 --> 00:33:11,724 versus the number of tire rotations, 744 00:33:11,724 --> 00:33:13,689 so we can estimate the gear ratio. 745 00:33:13,689 --> 00:33:16,448 The problem is it has an open differential, so... 746 00:33:17,103 --> 00:33:19,103 This is folly. 747 00:33:19,103 --> 00:33:21,896 -That means-- -Oh! Dude! 748 00:33:21,896 --> 00:33:23,517 [mimicking Mike's drawl] What, dude? 749 00:33:23,517 --> 00:33:27,034 [in normal voice] Tony and I didn't drive to Eagle Field with this V-drive. 750 00:33:27,896 --> 00:33:29,517 We drove with another V-drive. 751 00:33:29,517 --> 00:33:32,310 [David] That maybe had overdrive, and this one doesn't? 752 00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:33,931 -[Mike] Yeah. -[David] Oh, that's right. You changed it. 753 00:33:33,931 --> 00:33:36,517 [Mike] We broke it there. Put the other one in. 754 00:33:36,517 --> 00:33:39,931 -This could, in fact, have a low gear in it, right? -[Mike] Yeah. 755 00:33:39,931 --> 00:33:41,896 -[David] Okay? -Okay, I'm watching. 756 00:33:41,896 --> 00:33:44,000 [David] So stop when you see one turn. 757 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,517 -[Mike] Okay. -Go. 758 00:33:47,689 --> 00:33:49,103 [Mike] Stop. 759 00:33:49,103 --> 00:33:51,793 What we just discovered is that the V-drive that we have in it 760 00:33:51,793 --> 00:33:53,379 to reverse the direction of power 761 00:33:53,379 --> 00:33:54,827 'cause the engine is in backwards, 762 00:33:54,827 --> 00:33:57,931 has a gear ratio in it that we think is two-to-one. 763 00:33:57,931 --> 00:33:59,586 And if the rear axle ratio is, 764 00:33:59,586 --> 00:34:02,379 let's say, 6.3-to-one in high range, 765 00:34:02,379 --> 00:34:05,896 that means it's effectively more than 12-to-one. 766 00:34:05,896 --> 00:34:08,585 So, putting it in terms of a rear axle ratio gear, 767 00:34:08,585 --> 00:34:11,620 you can see that we have way more rpm, 768 00:34:11,620 --> 00:34:13,068 and not much road speed. 769 00:34:13,068 --> 00:34:15,275 [Mike] We have the wrong gears in that V-drive, 770 00:34:15,275 --> 00:34:17,379 and they're so wrong that there's no hope of us 771 00:34:17,379 --> 00:34:20,585 ever getting on the freeway unless we can find other gears 772 00:34:20,585 --> 00:34:23,585 or flip the big gear and the little gear, the other direction. 773 00:34:23,585 --> 00:34:28,172 So, we're off to Balto Performance to take the V-drive apart. 774 00:34:28,172 --> 00:34:29,516 I still think we can get to Yuma. 775 00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:32,516 We're off to fix the V-drive! 776 00:34:41,688 --> 00:34:43,482 Well, we made it another few miles. 777 00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:45,482 This is Balto Performance. 778 00:34:45,482 --> 00:34:47,103 We're gonna use their parking lot, 779 00:34:47,103 --> 00:34:48,585 and probably put fluids all over it, 780 00:34:48,585 --> 00:34:51,068 and try and get the V-drive out of this thing. 781 00:34:51,068 --> 00:34:53,068 There's a couple different types of V-drives. 782 00:34:53,068 --> 00:34:54,585 This one is what they call "parallel," 783 00:34:54,585 --> 00:34:58,931 which means the input and output yokes are parallel with each other. 784 00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:02,482 A true V-drive is because the lower one 785 00:35:02,482 --> 00:35:05,724 can have ten or 12 degrees of output, 786 00:35:05,724 --> 00:35:08,379 and basically, that's designed to go on a boat, 787 00:35:08,379 --> 00:35:10,689 and drive the propeller shaft. 788 00:35:10,689 --> 00:35:12,482 Look at the gears inside our V-drive. 789 00:35:12,482 --> 00:35:15,310 Very, very tiny one here and huge one here. 790 00:35:15,310 --> 00:35:16,793 We're going to swap the two, 791 00:35:16,793 --> 00:35:18,689 and it's gonna go from two-to-one 792 00:35:18,689 --> 00:35:21,068 to 0.5-to-one. 793 00:35:21,068 --> 00:35:23,517 Oh, is this gear even gonna fit up here? 794 00:35:25,689 --> 00:35:26,931 [Mike] Oh, the shaft is wrong. 795 00:35:27,689 --> 00:35:30,482 -Yeah. -Is it? Yep. That's not gonna work. 796 00:35:30,482 --> 00:35:32,103 That's two different shafts. 797 00:35:32,103 --> 00:35:34,689 See how this one has larger diameter, and has a bunch of splines. 798 00:35:34,689 --> 00:35:37,827 This one's smaller diameter with a few splines. So, you can't do that. 799 00:35:37,827 --> 00:35:39,344 So we're gonna need gears. 800 00:35:39,344 --> 00:35:42,275 That's gonna be tough to do at 06:00 p.m. on a Friday night. 801 00:35:42,275 --> 00:35:43,689 But we shall overcome. 802 00:35:43,689 --> 00:35:46,103 [Mike] We have some leads and hopefully tomorrow morning 803 00:35:46,103 --> 00:35:47,482 we will have a new set of gears 804 00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:48,793 that we can put that back together, 805 00:35:48,793 --> 00:35:51,724 and make this a freeway flyer again. 806 00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:57,000 [David] Good morning from not-in-Yuma, Arizona, 807 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,896 where we're supposed to be right now, 808 00:35:58,896 --> 00:36:00,379 sand-dragging Stubby Bob, 809 00:36:00,379 --> 00:36:02,310 and instead, we've got our V-drive 810 00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:04,000 scattered all over the ground. 811 00:36:05,068 --> 00:36:06,896 [Mike] We can't re-gear this thing. 812 00:36:06,896 --> 00:36:08,517 At least, not today in the parking lot. 813 00:36:08,517 --> 00:36:11,000 So now we're gonna attempt to flip it upside down. 814 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,620 [David] This is two-to-one, 815 00:36:12,620 --> 00:36:14,310 so if you flip it upside down, 816 00:36:14,310 --> 00:36:16,000 it becomes 0.5-to-one. 817 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,586 So, we're gonna have a lot of overdrive. 818 00:36:18,586 --> 00:36:20,586 As long as the U-joints fit, 819 00:36:20,586 --> 00:36:22,068 as long as the drive shaft doesn't hit 820 00:36:22,068 --> 00:36:24,068 -our quarter-inch, thick transmission tunnel... -Yeah. 821 00:36:24,068 --> 00:36:26,275 [Mike] ...and then we don't end up with any weird driveline angles, 822 00:36:26,275 --> 00:36:27,793 when all this moves up. 823 00:36:27,793 --> 00:36:30,586 We're gonna take the whole V-drive 824 00:36:30,586 --> 00:36:32,862 and flip it upside down. 825 00:36:34,103 --> 00:36:36,689 [Mike] Four new holes, two of which didn't even exist. 826 00:36:36,689 --> 00:36:38,689 We had to weld tabs on there to get them to go. 827 00:36:38,689 --> 00:36:41,724 But I think... we are now ready. 828 00:36:41,724 --> 00:36:44,827 We can put our V-drive back together, and install it upside down. 829 00:36:48,103 --> 00:36:49,586 [David] This is gonna be us guess-timating 830 00:36:49,586 --> 00:36:51,896 how much fluid goes in this thing, 831 00:36:51,896 --> 00:36:54,620 Because remember, the drain plug is now... 832 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,620 inverted, upside down. 833 00:36:59,379 --> 00:37:01,758 [Mike] Okay, it's resting on the cross member... 834 00:37:02,586 --> 00:37:04,137 Back. 835 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,827 All right, V-drive is in, upside down even. 836 00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:11,586 Now, all we've got to do is connect the drive shafts, 837 00:37:11,586 --> 00:37:14,206 and with those bolts up, we can test drive. 838 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,137 Nope. 839 00:37:19,586 --> 00:37:20,655 Uh... 840 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:24,172 The lower drive shaft is currently too short, 841 00:37:24,172 --> 00:37:26,103 and the upper one is too long. 842 00:37:26,103 --> 00:37:30,034 The, uh, drive shaft won't go into the yoke, 843 00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:32,103 but I think it will 844 00:37:32,103 --> 00:37:33,827 if you can just loosen the bolts 845 00:37:33,827 --> 00:37:35,482 that hold in the V-drive. 846 00:37:35,482 --> 00:37:36,655 [Mike] Okay. 847 00:37:39,793 --> 00:37:40,827 [David] Okay. 848 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,206 Tilt again. 849 00:37:44,103 --> 00:37:46,896 [straining] And... now put it back in. 850 00:37:46,896 --> 00:37:48,000 Yes. 851 00:37:48,379 --> 00:37:49,482 Uh, no. 852 00:37:49,482 --> 00:37:51,793 Top drive shaft isn't gonna make it. 853 00:37:51,793 --> 00:37:55,413 The problem is that the rear drive shaft is now too short. 854 00:37:55,413 --> 00:37:57,310 You can see that I've pulled it apart, 855 00:37:57,310 --> 00:38:01,379 and it's completely out of its travel on the slip and spline. 856 00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:05,275 Conversely, the upper one is now too long. 857 00:38:05,275 --> 00:38:09,413 It is ramrodded in between the V-drive and the transmission, 858 00:38:09,413 --> 00:38:12,103 meaning this slip yoke is crammed 859 00:38:12,103 --> 00:38:13,827 all the way into the trans. 860 00:38:14,413 --> 00:38:16,172 Mmm. 861 00:38:16,172 --> 00:38:17,620 [Mike] Our short one is not the problem. 862 00:38:17,620 --> 00:38:19,620 We can space the V-drive forward. 863 00:38:20,068 --> 00:38:21,310 [David] Yeah. 864 00:38:21,310 --> 00:38:23,482 Man, it's been like an hour lying under the truck, 865 00:38:23,482 --> 00:38:25,482 trying to figure out what to do about the problem 866 00:38:25,482 --> 00:38:27,413 we created with the drive shaft lengths. 867 00:38:27,413 --> 00:38:29,827 We now have a brand new drive shaft. 868 00:38:29,827 --> 00:38:32,172 A friend of Balto's was able to come in on a Saturday, 869 00:38:32,172 --> 00:38:33,758 and make this happen for us. 870 00:38:35,206 --> 00:38:36,689 Uh-huh. 871 00:38:36,689 --> 00:38:38,310 And this is gonna fit, 872 00:38:38,310 --> 00:38:41,586 even though these caps need to be squeezed together more. 873 00:38:41,586 --> 00:38:44,000 Driveshaft is installed, but not tightened. 874 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,137 We're gonna be good. 875 00:38:45,896 --> 00:38:47,103 It's fixed! 876 00:38:47,103 --> 00:38:49,620 Well, we're leaving anyway. [laughs] 877 00:38:49,620 --> 00:38:51,068 Yeah, it's fixed. Let's go. 878 00:38:51,068 --> 00:38:52,172 It's totally fixed. 879 00:38:52,172 --> 00:38:54,103 300 miles. No problem. 880 00:38:55,068 --> 00:38:56,517 [engine starts] 881 00:38:57,931 --> 00:39:00,931 [David] Let's see how our new half-to-one V-drive works. 882 00:39:02,413 --> 00:39:04,275 It's probably not gonna be as snappy. 883 00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:06,275 It hasn't shifted yet. That's a good sign. 884 00:39:06,275 --> 00:39:07,379 [David] Yeah. 885 00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:08,551 [engine accelerating] 886 00:39:10,620 --> 00:39:12,137 First gear! 887 00:39:12,482 --> 00:39:13,862 Second gear! 888 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,275 -Third gear. -This is much better, bro. 889 00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:21,379 [David] Way better. 890 00:39:21,379 --> 00:39:25,586 It is as if we have 308 rear gears, 891 00:39:25,586 --> 00:39:28,172 -and 38-inch-tall tires. -I love it. 892 00:39:28,172 --> 00:39:29,724 Oh, we're going straight to the highway. 893 00:39:29,724 --> 00:39:31,103 We're not messing around, baby! 894 00:39:31,103 --> 00:39:33,931 -405 South! -Let's go! 895 00:39:38,896 --> 00:39:40,482 I do smell oil now. 896 00:39:40,482 --> 00:39:42,827 I think it's coming out of the front seal. 897 00:39:44,827 --> 00:39:47,620 It's leaking out the water coolant line. 898 00:39:47,620 --> 00:39:50,827 We must have an internal leak. Argh, that hurts. 899 00:39:51,482 --> 00:39:52,896 [engine spluttering] 900 00:39:52,896 --> 00:39:55,000 The problem is, I'm just getting sprinkled 901 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,517 with boiling hot gear oil out of the V-drive 902 00:39:57,517 --> 00:39:59,275 out of this vent over here. 903 00:39:59,275 --> 00:40:01,000 Instead of fixing that problem, 904 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,482 I'm going to shield that problem. 905 00:40:03,482 --> 00:40:06,000 I dug this cardboard out of the trash. 906 00:40:06,275 --> 00:40:08,000 Right there. 907 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,586 That's quality. Fixed. 908 00:40:10,586 --> 00:40:12,172 [Mike] Thanks to cardboard and some tape, 909 00:40:12,172 --> 00:40:13,586 and... we're back on the road. 910 00:40:13,586 --> 00:40:16,275 I feel like there's no reason why we can't get to Yuma. 911 00:40:16,275 --> 00:40:17,827 We're gonna make it. 912 00:40:20,379 --> 00:40:22,517 Ah, man. We're on a roll. 913 00:40:24,689 --> 00:40:25,931 Uh-oh. 914 00:40:26,620 --> 00:40:28,827 Rear end came out of gear. Pull over. 915 00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:31,724 Stubby Bob has problems. 916 00:40:31,724 --> 00:40:33,413 Not only does it pop out of gear, 917 00:40:33,413 --> 00:40:35,103 but, uh, it drives sketchy. 918 00:40:35,103 --> 00:40:37,413 We've got a ratchet strap that I'm gonna use 919 00:40:37,413 --> 00:40:39,896 to try and hold the lever back on the two-speed rear end, 920 00:40:39,896 --> 00:40:42,586 so it doesn't pop out of gear all the time. 921 00:40:42,586 --> 00:40:45,413 We've still got 260 miles to go. That's not good. 922 00:40:45,413 --> 00:40:47,655 -But we're doing it. -Oh, we're not quitters. 923 00:40:48,172 --> 00:40:49,344 Let's drive. 924 00:40:52,896 --> 00:40:54,000 [David] We're cruising now. 925 00:40:54,689 --> 00:40:56,137 Sixteen hundred. 926 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,551 Sixty miles an hour. 927 00:41:02,103 --> 00:41:03,896 Is that the fuel system? 928 00:41:03,896 --> 00:41:05,344 No, I think that's the converter. 929 00:41:07,689 --> 00:41:09,103 Something went wrong. 930 00:41:10,517 --> 00:41:12,000 [Mike] We're shaking a lot. 931 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,827 Yeah. I think we should get off. 932 00:41:13,827 --> 00:41:15,034 [Mike] Okay. 933 00:41:15,793 --> 00:41:17,896 [David] The, uh, U-joint 934 00:41:17,896 --> 00:41:19,689 could be coming apart. 935 00:41:19,689 --> 00:41:21,206 Oh. Yeah. 936 00:41:21,206 --> 00:41:23,103 -[David] This is convenient. -[Mike] Yeah. 937 00:41:23,103 --> 00:41:24,827 -[engine sputtering] -[Mike] Just in case. 938 00:41:25,793 --> 00:41:27,689 [David] All right. More problems. 939 00:41:27,689 --> 00:41:29,000 It's shaking. It's leaking. 940 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,448 It smells like burning. 941 00:41:31,068 --> 00:41:32,689 Can you roll the car? 942 00:41:32,689 --> 00:41:33,896 [David] Oh, yeah, look at that. 943 00:41:33,896 --> 00:41:35,000 [Mike] Oh, the pinions are moving. 944 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,068 [David] Pinion bearing is wasted. Oh-ho! 945 00:41:38,068 --> 00:41:41,275 [Mike] Oh, that explains all the grease and stuff coming out of it. 946 00:41:41,275 --> 00:41:44,482 [David] Yeah, it does. Look at it right there when it moves. 947 00:41:44,482 --> 00:41:46,482 That's the showstopper right there. 948 00:41:46,482 --> 00:41:48,482 -You see that? -[Mike] Yeah. 949 00:41:48,482 --> 00:41:51,517 [David] This thing is now just shaking so bad. 950 00:41:51,517 --> 00:41:54,310 We're trying to figure out if it's the pinion bearing 951 00:41:54,310 --> 00:41:55,827 which is wobbling around, 952 00:41:55,827 --> 00:41:58,793 or if something's gone wrong with the V-drive, 953 00:41:58,793 --> 00:42:00,517 or one of these other drive shafts. 954 00:42:00,517 --> 00:42:01,586 And as you can see, 955 00:42:01,586 --> 00:42:04,275 it's just gushing ATF everywhere. 956 00:42:04,275 --> 00:42:06,206 [sighs wearily] I gotta be honest. 957 00:42:06,206 --> 00:42:07,724 This is the moment of defeat. 958 00:42:12,827 --> 00:42:15,793 [Mike] It's a new day, which means we have new opportunities 959 00:42:15,793 --> 00:42:18,379 to craft an entirely new plan for this episode. 960 00:42:18,379 --> 00:42:20,620 If you recall, on Friday, we were supposed to be in Yuma. 961 00:42:20,620 --> 00:42:22,310 Sunday, which is today, 962 00:42:22,310 --> 00:42:24,275 we could still be in Yuma, except we're not. 963 00:42:24,275 --> 00:42:26,172 We're in Huntington Beach, California, 964 00:42:26,172 --> 00:42:28,068 270-ish miles away, 965 00:42:28,068 --> 00:42:30,482 with no hope of getting there before the track closes. 966 00:42:30,482 --> 00:42:33,413 And so, what we're gonna do 967 00:42:33,413 --> 00:42:35,586 is something that seems damn-near impossible at this point, 968 00:42:35,586 --> 00:42:37,793 which is, cover the same amount of miles 969 00:42:37,793 --> 00:42:40,586 that we barely covered in three days in just one day, 970 00:42:40,586 --> 00:42:42,586 so that we can get back to the MotorTrend headquarters. 971 00:42:42,586 --> 00:42:44,827 -We're gonna double our miles today. -[Mike] I know. 972 00:42:44,827 --> 00:42:47,310 Yeah. That's another 26, right back to the office. 973 00:42:47,310 --> 00:42:50,172 It turns out Stubby Bob has issues 974 00:42:50,172 --> 00:42:51,931 that we don't really have the ability 975 00:42:51,931 --> 00:42:54,000 to overcome anymore this week. 976 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,827 It's got a lot of problems. It's not really worth... 977 00:42:56,827 --> 00:42:58,000 I'm gonna drive. 978 00:42:58,896 --> 00:43:00,586 [Mike] I didn't see that coming. Okay. 979 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,172 [David] So there's another chapter in the life of Stubby Bob, 980 00:43:06,172 --> 00:43:07,586 but the story's not over. 981 00:43:07,586 --> 00:43:09,275 Finnegan and I have plans 982 00:43:09,275 --> 00:43:11,000 to get this thing back together 983 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,310 and back to Yuma for the sand drags. 984 00:43:13,310 --> 00:43:16,103 You will see it in an upcoming episode of Roadkill.