STREET BEAST Javelin Grabs An Extra GEAR!

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Welcome back to build season. We are one week from poverty tour. This is my friend Neil's 1974 AMC Javelin, and it's going to go on the tour. We need to make a change. You've probably never seen this car on the channel before, but you have seen Neil. That's Neil. Everybody remembers him. This is a 74 AMC Javelin.

[00:00:17]It's 360 powered. It's a four-speed right now. Super T10, and it's got giant meats on the back with uh 354 gears.

[00:00:25]This car is absolutely perfect in my opinion. bodywork is there. It has it.

[00:00:34]This is a kind of a red, white, and blue lookalike car. And I absolutely love this thing. So, here's a quick shot of the engine on this thing. As you can see, uh what Neil cares about is under the hood and under the car. This thing has super trick suspension underneath.

[00:00:48]We'll cover all that later. Uh but the basics are it's a Cam 360 with an aftermarket serpentine setup and an hi.

[00:00:54]This thing is awesome as is with the four-speed, but for a 4,000 milei trip, we need to be able to go faster than 60 mph. All right, look at the interior of this thing, though. No dash. Look at the AFR gauge. Yeah, that's Red Bull, right?

[00:01:09]Big tack over here. This is again a four-speed with a Super T10. No back seat because who needs it?

[00:01:29]This freaking car is awesome. This is exactly what a muscle car should be right here.

[00:01:51]All right. So, 70 mph.

[00:01:54]We're at 3500 RPM. Now, that's not too bad, but for 4,000 mi, that could get old.

[00:02:04]Javelin's in the shop. And we have there's what, a couple of options maybe to try to get this thing to hit better highway RPM. You can put a bigger tire on there. Well, he already did that.

[00:02:14]That's a 27560. about as big as you can fit. Neil also tried you also tried to have uh different rear gears put in this thing and I guess he found out that he had multiple sets of the same gear so that doesn't help but he the one set you did have like a 30. I had a 308 and uh the shop couldn't get it in the carrier for some reason. So we're going to do the right thing and that is transmission swap. So here is literally every single piece we are going to need to put this in there. This is a TMI TKX. This is a wide ratio unit. Uh 2.87 first gear and a 68 overdrive. So cruising RPM at 80 mph with this overdrive. You calculated it >> about 2,000 2,000 RPM.

[00:02:59]>> So we were at at 80 mph, you were close to 4 grand.

[00:03:03]>> Yeah.

[00:03:03]>> So yeah, this absolutely needs to happen for this long trip. Let's get a look at this thing. This thing has one of the coolest exhaust setups I've ever seen.

[00:03:11]So long tube headers, right? Y.

[00:03:14]>> Then it comes down here to an Xpipe. And as you can see, this is where it starts to get interesting. Xpipe comes all the way back to these spin tech mufflers that are in and out on the same side.

[00:03:25]And then it wraps back around and boom tubes. Okay. I was just informed that these are not real boom tubes and that I might get roasted for that. Okay. Sorry.

[00:03:37]It's a freaking cool exhaust tip that looks good. All right. Yeah, the exhaust on this car is very interesting and probably took a long time to put together, but it's done really well. So, a couple other things that are interesting up here. Uh, suspension has been reworked. So, lower control arms been boxed and welded. There's a spherical bearing or him joint as I was told that I should reference them uh for the control or the strut rod here. And then it's got disc brakes, stainless lines, aftermarket sway bar. I mean, there's so much good stuff on this Javelin. It's basically like a pro touring car in hot rod clothing. I'd like to interrupt your video for a little bit of gratitude. I finally went and checked the dang PO box. And we have some fan mail. Fan named Andrew Richmond sent this. This is a locking air compressor attachment for my Milwaukee tire inflator. Thank you so much. I use that thing all the dang time. I apologize. It took me a while to get to the PO box. It's not something I remember to do often. In addition, we had more parts fund donators. Kurt Mass, Dowand Plumbing, and 411 Now Media.

[00:04:37]Thank you all so much. You guys know that every single parts fund donation goes right back into the cars that we're building on the channel. It keeps the lights on. It keeps cars coming in and moving out of here. Thank you so very much. Now, back to the video. So, what we're going to start with is pulling this Xpipe center section out of the exhaust here. That's what we need to get out first and then we can pull the drive shaft and get the trans out. But this has to interesting.

[00:05:02]>> What? The exhaust wasn't tight?

[00:05:04]>> Yeah.

[00:05:04]>> I had to, you know, refound mine a little bit. Wow, that's hot. Still, >> is it a 21 and a half?

[00:05:15]>> Now it is.

[00:05:18]>> You have another strap. You got another This one there.

[00:05:21]>> Okay.

[00:05:25]Oh, this has a hanger. I see.

[00:05:29]>> You got to unbolt the hanger right here.

[00:05:31]That is all that's holding up the whole exhaust right there. So, just so we know that for future, we should put that back up there probably.

[00:05:38]>> Yeah. Get that back in.

[00:05:41]>> Awesome.

[00:05:51]>> There it goes. Okay, never mind. False alarm. I was say this thing slides in there like butter.

[00:05:59]>> All right, you're out.

[00:06:00]>> Oh. Oh, put it back in. Put it back in.

[00:06:02]>> Oh. Yeah, that's why I asked if you wanted to drain it.

[00:06:06]>> Sorry, I didn't think it was going to leak like that. You got a bag we can just zip tie around. I'm in a bag. We can just zip tie around the tail.

[00:06:13]>> Oh, I've done that before. That creates a really fun water balloon for later.

[00:06:17]>> Oh, >> when you My experiences are the same.

[00:06:20]>> Yeah. For when you forget about it and then it inevitably gets popped.

[00:06:25]>> This is a very cute drive shaft. Look how small it is.

[00:06:27]>> What?

[00:06:28]>> It's average size.

[00:06:29]>> It's average size.

[00:06:31]Did we disconnect the shifter?

[00:06:34]Yeah. All disconnected already. It's already off the transmission.

[00:06:37]>> Well, that's right. It mounts to the body, huh?

[00:06:39]>> Hell yeah. All right. Never mind.

[00:06:43]>> 58. Yeah.

[00:06:44]>> It's cuz it's not Yeah, >> we could try using that one till you find the the right one.

[00:06:48]>> Let's try this one.

[00:06:49]>> Oh my god.

[00:06:51]>> That's why you buy the red tools so they don't break.

[00:06:58]Got it. So now it's just the bell housing bolts and transmission's ready to come out.

[00:07:02]>> All right. We need crossmember.

[00:07:03]>> Yeah. After the bell housing, I think cuz then we can just do the outside.

[00:07:06]Bring it all down as one.

[00:07:08]>> Just do these.

[00:07:09]>> Oh, sure. Yeah, >> fine with me.

[00:07:14]>> Oh, I can't even reach my hand up there.

[00:07:17]Wait, wait. Yes, I can. Oh, is that is it on there? Oh, no. Something's in the way. Dang. Thought I had it.

[00:07:31]Oh yeah, she's warm. A little bit warm back there. Yeah, especially by the heater hoses.

[00:07:38]>> Just get up in there.

[00:07:40]>> Yeah, you just got to lay down. It's nice and warm anyway.

[00:07:43]>> Yeah, the back of the engine. The heads are really hot back here.

[00:07:46]>> Yeah, I imagine.

[00:07:47]>> For some reason, they don't have the best air flow. I don't know why. It's weird. I mean, I guess like running this thing at 4,000 RPM at 80 mph right before we pulled the transmission.

[00:08:12]>> Yeah, I put a little bit of upper tension on it, so that might be >> there's I mean, there's tension between these two braces anyway, so That whole shifter mechanism, >> huh?

[00:08:24]>> I guess. Can we lower this enough or that shifter?

[00:08:27]>> Oh, I got to take that out.

[00:08:28]>> The stick. Yeah, >> the actual stick. Yeah. Well, no, it should come down. Well, no, the boot and everything's on it. I forgot about that.

[00:08:34]>> Yep. I do this every time I do a transmission swap. I do this.

[00:08:39]>> That's so stupid. It's not >> I do this every time I do a transmission swap, especially on a manual car. I remember the shifter always after I get the bell housing bolts out.

[00:08:49]We'll wait till he gets that undone.

[00:08:52]All right, shifter stick is disconnected. Let's put a little bit of downward tilt on this.

[00:09:00]Okay.

[00:09:02]And then might have to have to come down quite a ways, I think.

[00:09:19]Oh, there it goes. Yep.

[00:09:24]There it is. Yep. She's coming.

[00:09:27]>> Maybe bring it down a little bit.

[00:09:28]>> Yeah, right there.

[00:09:42]That should be good. Hold on. Stay on the trans jack.

[00:09:46]>> Okay. We're free to come down.

[00:09:47]>> Yep. Yeah.

[00:09:48]>> It's going to be tight between the headers, but it should come.

[00:09:50]>> Yeah.

[00:09:53]>> Careful.

[00:09:54]>> Make sure we stay on the jack. Okay.

[00:09:56]Hang on. Back up some.

[00:09:58]>> Yeah. I got the I got the [ __ ] >> All right.

[00:10:01]>> I'll come down with you.

[00:10:04]>> We don't need that right now.

[00:10:10]Easy. Tada. Just like that. Nice and easy. Neil went to work taking the pressure plate off. It's pretty easy.

[00:10:17]We're going to replace all this stuff anyway. So, it's just rip and replace.

[00:10:21]Neil didn't have this clutch on that long and he's actually selling it with the transmission.

[00:10:25]>> I know. I know. I've heard that before.

[00:10:27]>> That's just uh like a Wix bushing back there. So, feel free to push it in further if you need to.

[00:10:34]>> Just trying to get it locked in.

[00:10:38]There it is. Hell yeah. Okay, so it's time to get started installing the new transmission. You went with TMIC TKX.

[00:10:47]TKX with a 287 first and then a 68 overdrive. Okay, so very similar to the transmission that I have in the Oldsmobile over there. You guys know I broke two AR5s in a row and I switched to that TKX and it has been bulletproof ever since. He has a couple different gear ratios, but overall it's the same transmission. He's got an aluminum bell housing down here. He's got Mloud clutch and all the associated hydraulics. He's doing a hydraulic throw up bearing just like I did. And all these parts came from where?

[00:11:16]>> Uh Nick Alfano at Alfano for performance in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

[00:11:19]>> All right. So, if you guys are looking for aftermarket trans parts for your EMC, this is where to get it. I might give him a call when it comes to doing my Javelin. Um, so everything that we need is here. All of it's been speced out. There's a hydraulic clutch conversion here with a hydraulic throwout bearing. every single every single bolt you're going to need, everything. He did it all.

[00:11:39]>> So, it all comes in one big big kit.

[00:11:42]It's going to put a 5-speed transmission in this AMC and allow you to cruise at like 80 mph at like two grand. Two grand. 2100 should be great.

[00:11:56]Need something a little more horsepower.

[00:11:59]Damage your socket. Let me get that thing.

[00:12:01]>> Just scraping the sides. Man, I know what that's like. Yeah, it's terrible.

[00:12:07]All the way to the hilt there, Neil.

[00:12:09]>> You said it right up the kill.

[00:12:10]>> You'll hear it go solid.

[00:12:13]Ding.

[00:12:15]>> Okay, that was the ding. That was it.

[00:12:17]>> Fine. It's a little early with my ding.

[00:12:19]>> It was more of a You say the rear main's leaking?

[00:12:23]>> Yeah. A little seepage.

[00:12:25]>> No, no, no. That's a fluid presence indicator.

[00:12:27]>> Oh, yeah. You're right. It's there.

[00:12:31]There's a little bit of oil leaking past this cam plug back here. So, we're going to fix that by removing the cam plug and putting in a new one.

[00:12:45]Um, this is the new cam plug. I was about to say, I hope it's one of those universal cam plugs.

[00:12:50]>> This is a universal cam plug.

[00:12:52]>> Okay.

[00:12:52]>> There is now a thin layer of RTV around that rear main.

[00:12:56]>> As I mentioned before, it's a fluid presence indication. So, I'd rather know that it's there than not. All right. So, Neil is going on with the new flywheel.

[00:13:05]And per Tremix per Tremix instructions, you have to get the flywheel bolted to the engine and then put the bell housing on. You have to dial indicate the center register that the transmission locates on on the bell housing to make sure that it's concentric. So, we'll get this bolted up. Put the bell housing on.

[00:13:22]We'll show you. Not happy. Happy happy.

[00:13:24]You know what I mean?

[00:13:26]That bolt isn't happy. It's probably not happy to be removed, >> right? Probably a little upset.

[00:13:31]>> I know. If I was ran all the way into something, I wouldn't want to be pulled out either.

[00:13:36]Look at this. Hey, that's fancy. So, this is an AMC V8 to trim bell housing.

[00:13:44]Look at this. Mating service for the transmission is machined and so is the center register really nicely.

[00:13:51]The guy from Alano Performance said that he's done several of these. And usually you do not need offset dowels. And the offset dowel is to basically register or move the bell housing around so that the center register of the transmission is directly concentric with the crank. In this case, I'm hoping that we just shove this thing on here, bolt it up, and it's fine. This is this is we're just about ready to dial indicate the bell housing so that we could double check and make sure everything's going to be dead concentric, which you need to do with a TMIC trans. And uh I dropped my dial indicator on the ground like twice and broke it. Uh Sam and Ben are going to the store to get a new dial indicator. So we got the bell housing mounted on the back of the block. We have a dial indicator magneted to the flywheel. No clutch in there. Now, all we're going to check is the run out on the center register of the flex or of the the bell housing here. So, what we're looking for is less than 5000 runout, which is Tremik's spec for this.

[00:14:51]And if you don't achieve that, then you need offset dowels. We're going to just run this around. Make sure that we're within 5,000 of nice and concentric. Go ahead and rotate. Well, I'm trying.

[00:15:03]Yeah.

[00:15:09]Oh, she's got she's got compression.

[00:15:12]>> Yeah, it's got a little bit of compression. It's a healthy motor.

[00:15:20]That's I realize I have that dial indicator in there in a way that makes it really hard to read up top. Keep going.

[00:15:28]Okay, keep going. You should be back to zero right there. All right. So, I think at one point I did see 15 thou. So, we might be seven thou out. So, I think it was somewhere up here. Let me get the marker. So, we're going to try this again. I didn't have the upper two bell housing bolts all the way tight. And that definitely changed our measurement.

[00:15:48]So, let's run it around one more time.

[00:15:50]So, now we're at zero.

[00:15:57]All right. Good. All right. So, we got to turn all the way up to basically almost noon. And then that's where we're going to rezero, right? Because that should be our high spot. That's actually 15,000 low. So, where we just were was our high spot.

[00:16:14]But go ahead. Yeah. Go ahead to there.

[00:16:16]We'll go to our furthest variance. Uh right there. Basically right there.

[00:16:21][ __ ] >> All right. So, yeah, we are 15,000.

[00:16:24]>> I need a paint.

[00:16:25]>> Let me see that paint. So, we might need the 7,000 stalls on this. We went around the register here for the transmission.

[00:16:33]We found our highest reading, which was plus 8,000 here at the bottom. We're going to zero this again. And now we're going to turn 180°, which will be like, you know, we're going from 6 to midnight. All right.

[00:16:47]So, let's go to midnight. Yeah. Right there, we are at minus 16 or 17 thou.

[00:16:55]Neil did purchase some 7000 offset dowels. We put those in and our measurements were way better.

[00:17:00]>> So zero down here, 4,000 up top.

[00:17:03]>> That's looking bad.

[00:17:04]>> All right, >> so now we got to check this way. Right.

[00:17:08]>> Yeah, it was zero before.

[00:17:11]So turn it so we hit 90.

[00:17:13]>> Stop.

[00:17:14]>> Okay.

[00:17:16]>> One and a half.

[00:17:17]>> All right. Nothing.

[00:17:20]>> That's zero.

[00:17:23]That's stop. That's three and a half.

[00:17:27]So, within 4 th000 all the way around.

[00:17:30]>> Yeah.

[00:17:30]>> Perfect. All right. We're ready to put this damn transmission in. Straight facts. You know what I'm saying? We're going to assemble this like ass and it's going to be perfect.

[00:17:40]>> Hell yeah.

[00:17:41]>> We have a dual friction clutch here, which means that one side of the clutch is a different material than the organic material that's up against flywheel.

[00:17:47]Flex plate. Pressure plate. Third times a charm. Nailed it. Ooh, fancy cloud clutch.

[00:17:55]Oops. Oh. Oh, there lock washers on these.

[00:17:58]>> Yeah, interesting. First I've seen that.

[00:18:03]Maybe not. Maybe that is normal.

[00:18:14]Just finishing tightening the clutch up down here to about 35 foot-pounds. And then we're going to check our put our transmission in there and then check out our uh throw out bearing. Before we could install the transmission and mock it up so we could check the throwout bearing, we had to enlarge the shifter hole in the trans tunnel so that the new shifter location would clear and we could actually fully install the transmission.

[00:18:38]Good morning. We're out here again and for obvious reasons, we quit last night.

[00:18:44]I think number of cans that started to tip uh kind of decreased our motivation to finish this. But this morning, we're getting the bell housing finalized, bolted up to the block. We're going in with the transmission holes already cut and then we'll get the car down and we can do the pedal. Bell housing is mounted to the engine. We're all good there. Neil had to trim some bolts or whatever. Um but now we need to figure out the concentric slave or the hydraulic slave cylinder that comes with the TKX. And specifically, we need to check out the the clearance between the bearing and the clutch fingers, right?

[00:19:18]>> Yep.

[00:19:18]>> And there's a spec for that that comes in the instructions, >> I believe. So, >> so what we're talking about here is when this bearing is pushed on by hydraulic pressure, it's going to move out and depress the clutch fingers. But Tremik, any of these installs that use a hydraulic slave here, it's very, very important that the clearance between the bearing and the clutch fingers be dialed in perfectly so that the clutch or so that the hydraulic throwup bearing can pull all the way and release the clutch.

[00:19:44]So, this kit comes with four shims like that. Where do those go, Neil? They goes behind, right? Yeah, they go behind the throw out on the cone and then they would bring it away whatever whatever distance you needed or whatever distance is desired.

[00:20:02]>> Okay. To create the correct clearance between the bearing and the fingers.

[00:20:05]>> Correct.

[00:20:06]>> My puny little trans jack get this thing up high enough. It's adequate size.

[00:20:10]Okay. American average.

[00:20:13]There it is. Okay. Oh yeah. Other side.

[00:20:19]According to the specs we could find on the bearing, the magic number that they're looking for is a 200,000 air gap. So that's the distance between the bearing on the right and the clutch fingers on the left. And we look pretty darn close to that. So we're going to throw the crossmember up in here. We have to drill new holes for the trans mount cuz it's a different mount than the AMC trans. And then we need to run to town for all the stuff that we need that didn't come in the kit.

[00:20:53]All right, it's been a little bit. We ran into a snag. So, the kit that Neil got with this transmission and all the parts is missing one very important piece, and that is the clutch line from the master to the concentric slave. So, we can't actually put this together and finish it today. We need that line before anything. We ordered one. It should be here tomorrow. So instead, he's now working on retrofitting the hydraulic pedal under the dash. And this comes from a company called Under Dash Hydraulics. It's kind of included. It is included, right?

[00:21:26]>> Malwood.

[00:21:26]>> Yeah.

[00:21:27]>> Malwood.

[00:21:28]So if you guys are looking to do this yourself, you can get an Underdash hydraulic pedal assembly just like this that'll go in your Javelin. While Neil and Ben were working on retrofitting the pedal to the car, Sam and I worked on swapping out the U-jint on the drive shaft to a conversion joint to work with the transmission. We're going to do one side at a time here, but we bought the Spicer U-jints with the little retaining cap on there for the needle bearings so that when you inevitably drop those, you got a chance at least for your needle bearings to stay in place.

[00:22:11]Now, if you see this here, you have a U-jint that's a little bit tight, right?

[00:22:16]It's because you've collapsed the ears of the drive shaft yolk. So, what I understand, I think you can give the yolk a little bit of a hit right here underneath the ear.

[00:22:28]That'll relax it.

[00:22:30]Just a little bit.

[00:22:48]>> What are you working on here?

[00:22:49]>> I'm putting the uh this in >> the new clutch pedal assembly.

[00:22:54]>> Clutch pedal assembly may take a little longer now. And it's master Uh removal of the old one was removing a snap ring. Two bushings pulled right out. Uh mine the wiring and uh the holes for those bolts you saw fall on the ground. Yeah.

[00:23:10]>> Are already in the bracing in there. So I don't even have to drill any.

[00:23:13]>> No drill. Boltin insulation. Pretty sweet. That's not too bad to go under, right Neil?

[00:23:19]>> No, it's tons of room under there.

[00:23:21]>> Tons of tons of room.

[00:23:24]>> Neil's like 6'5 and he's crammed himself under the dash of this thing. Looks really comfortable. I'm glad you know what you're doing. Hey, wait.

[00:23:33]Okay, good. You got your leg crossed.

[00:23:35]Never mind. We're good. Bud.

[00:23:51]Oh, dude.

[00:23:55]Brother, >> I want to pretend like I didn't just spill like half of this all over the workbench. I didn't. I did. And I do it again. Dang it.

[00:24:09]It's really good to condition the wood of your workbench with gear oil. You know, it also has a really pleasant aroma. Smells really good. If you really want to attract the ladies, this is the beard oil you need right here. 8090.

[00:24:23]Mhm. That's right. They'll flock to you like flies to [ __ ] Trust me.

[00:24:29]So, I've done this a few times. Uh I actually just go to Menard's and buy the cheapest weed sprayer I can find and cut the end off of it. So, you just have a hose on there. You can use this, pressurize it, and you can fill transmissions, rear ends, anything with this. It'll move gear oil, it'll move ATF, and it's a lot easier than one of those bottle pump things, and it lasts a lot longer. So yeah, get yourself a cheap garden sprayer. You can also use this to prelube an engine on my Dodson.

[00:24:58]I threaded a fitting into the oil pump and I used this to prelude the whole motor. Do with an LS if you want to.

[00:25:05]Look at that. Just like you said, dude.

[00:25:07]3/4 of an inch out from completely buried in the trans. It's like perfect for a drive shaft. Yeah, this looks really good.

[00:25:16]Cool.

[00:25:17]>> I told you these [ __ ] TK Whoops.

[00:25:19]These TKXs, man, they fit in old cars so nice because the case is so small like you were saying.

[00:25:25]>> Yeah.

[00:25:26]>> Hug it. My hands are interlocked on top.

[00:25:29]>> Yeah. It's so nice. You don't have to freaking smash your trans tunnel anymore. And you get a really strong 5-speed. So, this is where the genius of the weed sprayer comes in cuz you shove that up in there, pressurize this bad boy, and walk away, and it'll fill by itself. You have to come back and give it a pump once in a while, but ATF, it'll fill this really fast. Look at that. It's literally pressurized flowing out of there. This is so much faster than going bottle by bottle.

[00:26:01]There you go. 15 bucks at Menard's.

[00:26:05]Yep. And we're out.

[00:26:10]The exhaust Xpipe is back in place. We basically just have to tighten up the clamps and that's it.

[00:26:18]>> Yep. Couple minor other things and then uh >> wait for the clutch line.

[00:26:22]>> I forgot. I don't know if I explained this on camera. We don't have the clutch line that we need, but the shop that Neil got all these parts from does have it. And on a Sunday on Memorial Day weekend, they are putting the parts in an accessible location. So Sam ripped down there to Kenosha to go get them.

[00:26:40]Very impressed. Very happy we get to get this car on the road yet today.

[00:26:46]>> Doing some body work.

[00:26:48]>> Yeah, got my break bar.

[00:26:51]>> So, you had a little spot here that was tearing. So, shot some uh weld in there with the MIG gun and good enough.

[00:26:57]Obviously, right, body work on this thing is really good.

[00:27:02]Now, what I really like about this car is how it's put together. I said this earlier in the video, but all the money is spent in all the right places. It's got a good motor in it. Cam 360. Now it has a TKX. Almost >> almost >> minus one clutch line.

[00:27:16]>> Yeah.

[00:27:16]>> Yeah.

[00:27:17]>> It's got the CVF drive assembly, aftermarket tree row, aluminum radiator, uh funnel performance valve covers, extra clearance, uh the AMC torquer intake. It's got the American Racing headers on it, inch and 7/8 to 3in collector downpipe, and then 3in exhaust throughout the whole car. Uh it's got a whole bunch of trick suspension. I think we already went over that, but it's got Jib Kana front sway bar. It's got competition engineering shocks. It's got some Swedish springs under it, >> and then all everything's welded up in trust.

[00:27:48]>> So, basically, this is like a restood and sheep's clothing, right?

[00:27:53]>> I would like to be able to take it to Road America and feel comfortable on the track.

[00:27:57]>> Nice. I really like the way this car is put together. It's similar to the way I put my cars together. We have good drivetrain, good suspension, and who gives a crap about bodywork, right? This car is in the general shape of a 74 Javelin, and that's pretty much all that matters. It's badass. So, Sam just got back. Hey, Sam.

[00:28:16]>> Did you enjoy your drive to Kosha and back?

[00:28:20]>> So, Sam went to get this right here, the clutch line that we need to get the Javelin done and on the road now. Yeah.

[00:28:28]Okay, tease you a little bit. We're working on the Malibu at the same time.

[00:28:30]Not a big deal. Anyway, we're going to bleed this up and get this car on the damn road.

[00:28:41]All right.

[00:28:59]Just try to protect those valve covers.

[00:29:03]>> Now you got her.

[00:29:04]>> She's cold. Perfect.

[00:29:29]That'd be really cool if I had a hose for that bleeder.

[00:29:33]Oh yes. And we have a bleeder line.

[00:29:37]>> Hell yeah.

[00:29:38]>> Did not make a big mess. We have already made a big mess. Not in this car. You saw the Malibu last episode.

[00:29:52]>> Oh yeah.

[00:29:56]All right. Cool. Now we just need to get somebody up there. Oh yeah. There we go.

[00:30:00]Oh, look at that. Cool. Look at that action. Oo.

[00:30:05]>> Oo. Hell yeah.

[00:30:06]>> My aim's off, too. Don't worry about it.

[00:30:08]Nobody cares in the dark.

[00:30:09]>> It's the curve. Curve will get you every time.

[00:30:11]>> If it's a little curved, that's totally normal to let anybody tell you that's weird. All right.

[00:30:15]>> You should get your medical advice from this channel.

[00:30:19]>> Here, I'm going to go check the BRZ.

[00:30:21]>> Sounds good.

[00:30:22]>> All right, let's make a mess. Okay, I'm opening. Pointed right at my face.

[00:30:30]All right, let the clutch up.

[00:30:33]>> All right, you want to pump it a couple times and then hold.

[00:30:38]There it goes.

[00:30:40]Okay, let up. I can already hear the clutch working. One more.

[00:30:46]>> Is it feeling pretty good at the clutch?

[00:30:48]>> I can tell the effort it's taking to push the pedal now. Pure fluid out of that bad boy. Dude, ain't no in there.

[00:30:56]We got to cut that out.

[00:30:58]I apologize for my stupid speech. We still have time. I don't have brake fluid in my armpit yet. To test if this is working, he's going to put the car in gear. We're going to try to turn the tires. And we shouldn't be able to until he pushes the clutch in. Okay. Trying to turn.

[00:31:16]Push the clutch.

[00:31:19]Oh yeah.

[00:31:19]>> Oh yeah.

[00:31:21]>> We have a clutch.

[00:31:34]Yeah.

[00:31:46]Heat.

[00:31:59]Dude, transmission's working.

[00:32:02]>> Hell yeah, dude.

[00:32:03]>> Oh. Oh, man. Have you guys seen the AFR gauge, dude? If I didn't already show that.

[00:32:10]>> Also moved the stick way away from my leg, dude. I got so much room in here for activities. I >> was going to say Neil's 65.

[00:32:17]>> Yeah. Yeah. He needs a little bit of room in this jablin.

[00:32:21]All right, man. Here we go.

[00:32:35]>> Baby, let's go.

[00:32:37]Yes.

[00:32:39]Yes.

[00:32:41]Yeah.

[00:32:43]That's cruising for poverty tour, bud.

[00:32:54]Drop it 10,000.

[00:32:56]>> Oh yeah, this thing is so good. This is the best transmission I've ever had.

[00:33:04]Oh my god, it's so good.

[00:33:24]Oh man, >> dude.

[00:33:33]>> This is a proper muscle car.

[00:33:36]>> This is a proper muscle car.

[00:33:37]>> Wow.

[00:33:47]Yeah, devil.

[00:34:16]Heat.

[00:34:20]Heat.

[00:34:38]Look at that, man. Neil's Javelin 5-speed swapped just in time for Poverty Tour. We took I mean, we put in a ton of work on this car and on the Malibu, and we still have to work on the dart tomorrow. We're trying to get all three cars ready. We leave in 6 days, right?

[00:34:53]>> Yeah. Tons of work has been put into all these cars and this thing absolutely rips. If you're thinking about a 5-speed, try the TKX. You're looking for merch, check out the link in the description below. Remember to like, comment, and subscribe if you could. It really helps the channel. Thank you all you guys. Seriously, so huge. We will see you on poverty tour and we'll see you in the next