@niles.lee: Fixing a bad camshaft! I just picked up this 1968 Chevy El Camino with a 496 big block Chevy under the hood! But got it for a decent deal considering the cam had wiped a lobe! So checkout how much you have to disassemble to get a new cam in here! #hotrod #restoration #engines #chevy #carmechanictiktokcontest
That. Teal is I. The engine. It’s not a collapsed lifter. Rebuild.
2026-08-30 03:05:01
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RD speed & fab :
Please don’t take this as a how to. That engine still has metal in the bearings. It will have a short life. The correct way is to pull the engine and replace all the bearings and inspect cylinder walls and rings etc.
2026-08-19 20:38:53
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Deathstar77 :
I would like to do what you do but I lack funding. 🤣😂
2026-08-19 16:40:57
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felix :
couldnt it also in theory be a slightly bent pushrod?
2026-08-19 18:31:29
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Jackdavis1969 :
I’m in awe of that el Camino bro
2026-08-20 04:16:54
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wickedelco :
Big block cheby
2026-08-19 16:33:37
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Shemus Derringer :
NOBODY Gives this Guy Credit! When he replaced the Rear-End in his Yota Truck with a Stout one, I knew he KNOWS EVERYTHING He needs to do Correctly! Niles is the GOAT! Bravo Sir!
2026-08-19 21:12:57
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matcheuse :
what did you do about the metal shavings from the wiped lobe
2026-08-19 20:12:49
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The Older Genxer :
you showed how to take it out, not fix it.
2026-08-19 19:58:46
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Josh Brown :
We just going to skip over all the lifter material in the rest of the oil galleys and bearings?
2026-08-19 19:41:20
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kayak_fisherman67 :
Don’t use the same push rods 😳
2026-08-19 19:54:16
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tacoking :
hopefully it's just a lifter. if a cam lobe has worn down that much, all that metal has gone through that engine.
2026-08-20 19:45:15
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kenny :
how does the old one look
2026-08-24 18:32:03
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JesusJustBeEating :
What about 2010 Chevy hhr has all new parts but still stutters when idle or works for a little and when I come to stop sign is just idles rough
2026-08-22 17:40:46
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jovas_11 :
first car that isn't burn down
2026-08-24 10:59:58
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📦 :
Infinite money 😭✌️
2026-08-19 21:43:47
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Frank Villarreal :
are you related to the lockpicking lawyer?
2026-08-19 21:03:41
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Patrick Buckner109 :
all the metal from lifter in engine....bearings...
2026-08-19 18:49:04
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Nivekreveel17 :
Nice
2026-08-20 10:24:41
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weldonsavoie4 :
Maybe a 396
2026-08-20 09:56:21
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Whitetrashjoe2500 :
Cams don’t just stop workin, bro told you in the comments there’s metal in the motor and there 1000% is
2026-08-27 11:58:43
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ELcarmona510 :
where is the Oldsmobile?
2026-08-20 03:28:27
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Derek Geesler :
That don’t seem like a terrible job tbh
2026-08-19 19:35:08
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Gish :
Well take a great quality cam that’s for a stroker to a cheap ass summit racing. Yeah that’ll make a shit ton of hp
2026-08-19 20:11:07
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