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In this video, I fully remove the cab from SVT Lightning to reveal its gigantic and very broke engine. I pushed this Lightning a little too far knowing it had weak head gaskets and here’s what happened. Now the good news is while taking the engine apart I found a nice surprise that the previous owner or Ford dealer replaced for me! Enjoy!
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What should I do for performance while I'm in there?
I know this is a 2 year old vid, but I have always loved the Gen2 lightnings and one day I will get one, but i have to say, the gauges in the lightening and svt cobra are hands down the best backlit gauges in the game…I said what i said lol. Im living vicariously through you working on your lightning. I hope to see some newer content with it soon 🙂
it looks like its one head
I don't think you are supposed to use an impact removing body mount bolts. I believe i heard it can cause the thread lock to bind. The passenger side you did with a ratchet and it came out clean
Trust in the lord, but not in a ford
I never liked Saturday night Live too stupid
good old hot shock trick works
its fun making the mess not so fun cleaning stuff up.
Lol watching youre own youtube video thats okay that helsp to refer
Después del coyote ese es el 2do mejor motor de Ford 💪🏼🔥
Cawffee Tawk from SNL with Mike Meyers! Great reference! Love your channel! You have great taste in vehicles!
The problem with relying on the temp gauge to tell when the engine is overheated, is that it REQUIRES coolant to be in contact with the sensor to get a reading even the far side of accurate. If you don't have coolant at the sensor, you could have a normal looking temp on the gauge, meanwhile the engine is melting.
I know it's been a while since you did all this but I myself just bought a '02 true blue lightning and after it's been at the mechanic shop found out that it is burning oil… The mechanic thinks that the piston rings are bad… Regardless on what is wrong, the engine needs to be rebuilt anyway so I was wondering what I should have them replace (other than the bad parts). I am thinking about maybe ported heads, ported blower but I don't know what else would be good to replace. I'm not looking to modify this truck too much, it's going to just be a fun truck and I'm looking to get at most 500-550hp. Any recommendations?
First Uhaul guy…."I told you so"
The ending just gets you right in the feels, someone was cutting onions.
Bro —it easier to take out the fan and shroud at same time… putting back in same way makes it easier..
Catching up on the videos in the playlist and finally got to the lightning ❤ this truck in this color is badass.
Love the w211 poster and shirt, any plans to make a s211 version too? Would definitely buy it as a s211 e500 owner 😉
On the 2v, I would have just junked the heads and put a set of Trickflow heads in.
https://youtu.be/arbJKT7BQtU
Be glad it wasn't as rusty as this Range Rover……👍
You chose to tow a car with a truck that had a blown head gasket. Not a great idea lol
Wouldn't have been easier just to pull the motor out instead of taking the whole truck apart
I just randomly bumped into your videos and I must say I love this channel been watching videos non stop. Love the positive energy
Well the lightning isn't meant to haul anything. I mean it's a truck but it wasn't meant to do truck things
lol, that was a very unexpected laugh with you… the stud, then the smile. Mate, golden.
Definitely looked like someone had pulled the heads before. Those studs 100% were replaced
Why not clean everything? It’s a valuable truck, might as well keep it that way.
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My experience. Ford's are garbage
The purpose of a lift or hoist is to determine what you forgot to, or didn’t disconnect.
Any interest in helping me with a 1992VW Passat GL wagon? Need some tlc and a 100k engine service…. Funds for us are tight and it’s our only car to use for our kids…..
Any chance you would be interested in restoring a 1992 VW Passat gl wagon??? Needs some engine toss and some minor bodywork/paint. Funds for us are extremely low and it’s our only car for our family…. PM me and let me know
The guy with a 4th gen f-body complaining about access to the heads. At least the windshield doesn't cove half of the engine.
God I hate modern cars. Removing the cab is easier than taking the heads off from the top? Unbelievable.
Yep, I like Peter…
And thank you Alex for doing what you do at best!
This looks impossible to remember how to get everything back together. I think I would set the world profanity record if I attempted all this.
See how much easier it is to remove the EGR valve tube when you have the combination wrench oriented in the OFF direction, instead of the ON direction?
When you find a rusty bolt like those body bolts, when you replace them do you use something like nickle anti-seize on the threads to prevent them from rusting/seizing again?
9:23,,,,I was doing something similar to an air compressor. And that's when the plastic fan blade broke off.
And the 5 inch diameter replacement fan for this no longer manufactured air compressor costs more than I paid for the whole compressor.
sorry but thats what you get for driving it in the salt LOL
Hey guys I am bit late to the party but one of those heads has a heat tab on the back which shows if you over heat it the center melts out so I'd say that head has been replaced or at least the gasket
I would definitely blank the egr
Pretty sure your right about the heads being replaced. My 99 came stock with ZERO exhaust manifold gaskets. When I ejected 2 plugs I had the head removed and "Timecert" incerts put in all the plug valleys holes.
I had a 01 L, loved it, switched to an electric fan and the relay failed one day, the truck overheated blew off all the freon and pumped coolant out. The temp gauge never went above half way, I was told by the tech that worked on it for me (I worked at at dealership) that the gauges don't go much past 1/2 way no mater what, be careful.
Barrel of fun….
I'll be pulling the head on my Crown Vic, ' cause I done dinged a valve, while doing an intake replacement video… The camera makes ya do all sorts of STUPID stuff…