One thing that usually isn’t addressed with a revival program that most people film is the coolant system. They are so hung up on getting the engine to start and idle, and for the vehicle to move, that the coolant system is forgotten about entirely. Ask anybody who knows…that’s not a good program for long-term care. Idle coolant will wreak hell and havoc on just about everything within the coolant flow system. Would you trust a radiator that’s been sitting in the woods for thirty years? Bet that the thermostat will open? Are you absolutely, without a doubt convinced that if you opened a hose that half of the Mississippi Delta tideflats wouldn’t come pouring out? I’ve been there and done that…trust me, I don’t care one ounce if the car is a $1,500 runner or the worst thing to be dragged out of the woods in one piece, you will see garbage pour out of the pipes.
Dylan’s Ford Maverick lost cause has somehow started to look worse than when he first got it, and the engine…woof. It ain’t pretty. It runs, we saw that the first episode, but now the question turns to just how well the engine will run. Normally, I consider Dylan to be level-headed. Today, you are going to see him endure the worst of the worst. First, it’s a sludge fest from the Maverick’s six-cylinder. Then, it’s the joy of drilling out and re-tapping the hole. And finally, it’s the absolute magic of retrieving that chunk of the tap that broke off IN THE FREAKING BLOCK.
You want to know why this guy is one of our favorites? Not one swear word in all of that. Not even a raised tone of voice. There’s no way in hell we’d be as kind. Never.
