I told my 14 yr old son and his 16 yr old cousin (wants to be a mechanic) they can take the v-6 apart and put it back together for fun .They said they will do it. I told them it doesn't have to run I am getting rid of it.Does any body need any parts when they are finnished? 81 regal 3.8 v-6 80,000 orig. miles was running when I took it out,the car needed a v-8 everytime I hit the gas pedal it spoke to me (get me out of here):TU:
Cork, when it's time, the right forum for selling is "parts for sale". There are some rules stuck at the top of that page. Devon
Get them a book with specs over how much to torque everything, and everything else they need to know. Tell them to tear it down, rebuild it, and make it run. My father did that with me when I was 14yrs old with a junkyard 350 chevrolet. I'll never forget that. That engine ended up going in my first vehicle.:TU:
I think they should see it run, so they know they did it right. That might not be possible, I realize. Is it? Great project.
One of the great feelings in the world is hearing your first overhauled engine come to life. Mine was a 264 Nailhead.
Cool project for those boys. When I was 15 I wanted to learn everything about cars. My dad had taught me a lot by then but I wanted more so I enrolled in the local Votech school and took night classes. I didn't have a DL yet so I also had to talk some friends into going so they could drive. What the heck, they probably learned something from it as well. In the engine rebuilding class we had to have our own project so dad gave me a flathead out of a `36 Ford he had out back. Fortunately the instructor knew about these things but I think he was the only one in the shop who did. BTW, this was in 1969. The I did the rebuild and dad sold the engine to a friend of his for his `36 Ford coupe so I got to hear it run and the guy was very happy with it for many years. That gave me a great deal of pride in myself. Hopefully these boys will get the same amount of pride out of their experience. Bill
Mine was a 1971 Lawnboy (commercial version) - took it away from someones' trash, bought LawnBoy's service manual, Dad paid for the rebuild parts ... and ended up cutting 15-20 lawns per summer for 5 years with it. When I went to college, it got put in the shed as Mom and Dad hired a lawn service, but 5 years later my sister got married and I "Loaned" it to them - it was glad to be back at its job. That went on for 5 or 6 years until their divorce where again it went back into Dad's shed. ... 12 years later I got married and bought a house. A little Marvel Mystery oil and it was back in action again. This year was its eighth season of its 4th life :beers2:
