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IrelandDriveway Finds puts engine rescues and everyday repairs together
Five new uploads range from a stored big block to an overheating Land Cruiser, with the Camaro-bound rebuild drawing the largest audience.
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Camshafts don’t work when they are going flat! #classiccar #cars #oldcar #mechanic #engine #diy
How much work can hide inside an engine supposedly ready to install? For Driveway Finds, enough to turn a stored big block into the centerpiece of a busy five-upload week.
The rebuild has reached roughly 750,000 views. As we reported here, the worn camshaft needed a replacement with a custom-machined groove, but that was only part of the job: stuck valves, replacement cylinder heads, new seals and gaskets all came before the orange-painted engine ran in a white-and-blue Camaro pace car convertible. The compact video fits a substantial rescue between its first diagnosis and that running-engine finish.
Viewers are finding their own talking points along the way. Several question how much the stated mileage really tells you about an old engine; others focus on the dropped component and the decision to use different heads. It's a comments section as interested in the workshop mishap as the machining.
Elsewhere, the week's repairs came closer to daily-driver territory, with an overheating Land Cruiser belonging to the host's wife. A fuel-trading upload and a car left sitting for decades rounded out the mechanical adventures. The Land Cruiser repair remains among the channel's strongest sources of daily views, alongside the big-block rebuild and an older Shelby-themed rejection of in-car screens.
Driveway Finds added about 2,000 subscribers over the week, while daily views are now running at three times their usual level. Among nearby motoring channels, My Mobile Mechanic 978 also had a substantial viewing week; Driveway Finds had the largest weekly view gain in that group.
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What viewers say
That head made some damage on that floor for sure.
@NanukSystemsSee it on YouTube"We ended up going with different heads" lol
@starquest4gSee it on YouTubeThing is about 60k on an old engine,it's not that low of mileage.
It probably needed a valve job by then anyway.@MrTheHillfolkSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- Driveway Finds
- Subscribers
- 163,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 5,629,080
- Videos published this week
- 5
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 751,713
- Views on its first day
- 508,881
The numbers
Here is how the week of rescues and repairs added up for Driveway Finds.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which manufacturer makes the Land Cruiser repaired in this week's uploads?
The Land Cruiser is Toyota's long-running four-wheel-drive model line.