Doug, I've been watching his videos for several years. He has a '36 Pickup. I think he is on a tight budget and trying to get everything done as inexpensively as possible. That's OK, I do the same thing, but sometimes a false economy. He's a nice guy. I have emailed with him, he is here on chat once in a while.
Well, applying heat to the outside of the water jacket (on a cast iron head) vs the top of the bolt head, and saying the factory crimps need to be removed in that oil overflow line, show both a misconception of how the oil system works, and how to 'put some heat to it".
Ha, if I had done a job like that, I would not put a video of it on u-tube! lol Seems like a video of how NOT to do it! Now he has 3 twisted off head bolts and why wouldn't you take the push rods out before lifting off the head?
The funny thing is you watch him diddling around for several minutes but when he ACTUALLY removes the head, he stands in the way so you can't see him removing the head which is the whole purpose of the video lol...
1938 Canadian Pontiac Business Coupe (aka a 1938 Chevy Coupe with Pontiac shaped front sheet metal - almost all Chevy!) 1975 4-speed L82 Vette
This poor fellow does not know how to work on a 207. The oil line he is talking about fix'en is not broke or modified. It was made that way from the factory to "control" oil flow. His idea of removing head bolts this way is incorrect. Do not follow this u-tube. It is incorrect.
From my point of view he doesnt know which end of the spanner to hold. He would last 5 minutes in my workshop and get a number 11 on the rear end as he disappeared out the door. Tony
This fellow is a hobbyist and maybe not the most knowledgable mechanic in the world, but he is trying, and will learn more than some that just farm the work out. The big mistake I see is he needs some proper reference material to study and some positive instruction from the forum members.
