Gmc Crackerbox first start in over 20 years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Today we took a 1964 crackerbox that had been sitting for over 20 years and got it to run. All 6 injectors were stuck on this 6v71. We freed them up and after a few other small issues we got it going. These Detroit diesel usually come back to life easily after they have been sitting for years. Cant wait to see the owner restore this COE.
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I cant get enough of seeing these old dogs come back to life.
It really doesn't take much work to bring them back.
I'll always remember what my dad said to me the first time I asked if an old engine would fire up. "engines love to run". So with a little tlc and fluids they'll fire right up and be ready for work again.
I’m not a mechanic but I’ve watched enough of these videos to feel confident enough to try and start one of these old diesels
Thats why we started making videos, we want to show people that with some basic tools and a little bit of knowledge you can easily work on these.
Rule #1 always check the injectors.
Restoring a old truck takes lots of time and money, but when is done it will be priceless. Keep on trucking.
They have half the top end taken apart and the injectors out in less time than it takes me to change just one spark plug on my 99 Ford V10!
I use to he a ford technician so im pretty quick at those too lol
@@Spyke383 How about the 3 on rear passenger side? Bet you could have half that diesel apart by the time you get those all swapped out. :P
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Good sir
Those old Detroits you can throw them in a swamp, 20 years later dig the mud, turtles, snakes and what ever out of them, bang on the injectors and throw some fuel and electric to turn and their ready to do a days work. One hell of a motor.
Yep you cant beat them. We've never came across one that ran when parked we couldn't get going again.
Зачем передние ступицы от КАМАЗа поставили ?
I miss the old Detroit s.
@@xswbgd5956 Они только выглядят как передние ступицы Камаза, аналогичная установка.
That engine is the single best thing gm ever built.
The first truck I learned to drive was a Crackerbox. It was a DFW-7100, with the 8V-71, 12spd, tandem single-speed rear axle. Would love to find one like the one I learned on. Something about the simplicity of these rigs...
I’m amazed at how clean that motor appears to be. Also amazed at how well you two work together
Just with your dad's video. I am impressed with how clean the top end is. even with sitting, no surface rusting or anything. great to hear it run, seems you cant kill these easily
Funny story involving starter solenoids for you tyler. When I was 11, I was backing my dad's 67 GTO back into the garage, and it stalled. The park neutral switch was out, so he had a hotwire under the hood. Well, it stalled like 3 times, I think it was running out of gas. Anyway, on the fourth and final time I jumped out to hit the starter wire, I left it in reverse, with the door open. It decided to run great that time :( backed itself into the garage and moved the wall a good 2-3 inches. Bent the door on itself, somehow didn't tweak the body at all (god saving my arse there). The car is fully restored these days, but I'll never live it down.
Total "Christine" moment there. Wow.
@@vector6977 except for it was trying to kill itself, or kill me via proxy (aka, my father). I just stood there horrified. Never before have I tried to remove a battery cable so quickly LOL
Hamilton Mechanical Great story! A few years ago a buddy of mine was working under the hood of a 70's LeSabre that he'd restored. It was a 350/350 car. Somehow while he was under the hood trying to adjust something with it running, it ended up in gear and pinned him to a picnic table which was up against a privacy fence. He said he grabbed a handful of plug wires and just pulled. Even at idle it had him nailed pretty good!
Nice job guys! open air, view angle on the 6v-71, and good camera provides a nice detailed look at what you are doing, and of course your plain and understandable description of things.
I try to make my videos able to be understood. I want people to be able to get a good idea of what we are doing so they'll go out and mess with their own projects.
Finally somebody takes her time and go through stuff and does stuff right thank you very much a mechanic myself I see so many dumb stuff on a video it was nice to see you guys taking your time and going through stuff in order to take care of a motor thank you very much you made my night
Me: opens TH-cam
TH-cam: "You wanna watch some people start a truck?"
Me: "Sure, why not."
Chris L. Lol same here this is addictive
So, you got the memo too then? lol
Love a old dirty Detroit baby and 2 stacks to boot yeah baby.
That's one clean engine she's spotless 😊
They usually are. Advantage of a Detroit always leaking is there's always clean oil being added lol
she is big sxxy
@@Spyke383 Plus they say oil leakage helps with rust protection/prevention lol!
Wonderful documentary film. Made me feel warm inside even though it was cold up where you were. Thanks Tyler!
I've done only one time an overhaul of DD 16V92 in Poland.Yes in Poland.It was a vessel.I can only say that piston is very complicated construction with seven piston rings.Greetings from Poland.
22:16 He starts cranking it.
24:50 It starts.
Thank U so much For Saving my time 😂
Legend 💯
Some of us want to actually understand what's happening here.
@@UnitedElectric than don't skip the video, simple
Thank you lol
Tyler hello that starter solenoid is actually a series parallel switch. So the truck runs on 12V and starts on 24V Joe
At some point someone has set it up to start on 12v and use only 1 battery. I'm not sure why but thats how it is when we found it.
Nice to see this truck getting some love instead of blowing it up on purpose like others who post videos.
I really miss trucks like this. 2 stoke Detroit are awesome to listen to, and driving a cab over is something I miss.
Very cool old truck. Thanks for saving another one Scott and Tyler and Kelly.
I replaced many of these injectors back in my ARMY days
Thank you so much for your service sir
Of course you had the help from the Bus Grease Monkey - one of the last 2 cycle Detroit experts around.
Decades ago my father's business had a GMC Crakerbox day cab that I drove a few times. That screaming Detroit sounding like you were flying, but really weren't. I remember you could touch the windshield with your fingers while you still had your palm on the steering wheel. That truck never gave any problems with the engine.
The Bus Grease Monkey is my dad. We work on stuff together a few times a year.
@@Spyke383 Now that is awesome. Looks like some of no his acquired skills have rubbed off on you. Hope you follow his footsteps because as you know, the number of mechanics that know anything about the old Detroits gets smaller and smaller.
@@gregdcross about half of what i work on in my shop is 2 stroke Detroits. It's definitely getting harder to find someone who knows what their doing with them.
It looks worthy of bringing it back to usefulness.
I love watching old ass engines come to life. Earned a subscriber my good sir.
We appreciate it. Should have more coming soon.
It was a pleasure seeing someone organized before getting on a project and having to stop run for toolsare going and getting other things to finish your start the project you guys were very well-organized great job
This thing is as aerodynamic as a solid wall 😂🤙🏻
Same as all cabovers :)
@@nightsaber2272 yeah xD
You don't need aerodynamics. It's built for work, not a toy.
@@MrWolfSnack still, It's a wall.
Might be worse lol
This truck will survive an apocalypse.
Dang the inside of that truck engine is astonishingly clean
So cool to watch people bring these classics back to life. Thanks!
Would be great to take a date to the prom in!
Never thought it would be possible to smell a video 😆😆
That motor has 7.2 million miles on it, it's been to Venus and back, how the hell is it so clean
The trick is that they ethier leak or burn the crankcase oil so much that theres always new oil in them.
Not sure what I was expecting it to look like under that valve cover but I didn't think it'd look that clean
They are usually really clean inside. These are known to leak a lot of oil so the regularly get new oil lol
I also had to carry a spare throttle return spring and a gallon of engine oil. The cab never rusted out with those Detroit's but you needed oil if you were going out of state. And the throttle spring broke about twice a year. Look for a spot to tip the cab replace the spring and you were back on the road. Running wide open till you could pull the fuel shut off under the seat. Fun times...
I love watching people do *surgery* repairs on old cars and trucks. You never know what your gonna find when you crack something open
I’m not sure why vehicle rescue videos are so addictive, but they most certainly are.
Love the Crackerbox... I had a 62 that had been sitting for about 27 years when I bought it. I’ve since traded it to my brother. We have planned to get it running next summer...2020. 🧐I grew up seeing those. They had a weird sound, but were quite cool looking. 🤩So you were just working on it for the guy? Get more of it if you can...would love to see it rolling. Good job...you made it more fun to watch.
They sounded great, its the two-stroke Detroit, music to my ears, i use to drive them coast to coast, many years ago, i sure miss it.
Love to see these old machines fire back to life! 👍 Good job!
Nice job nice to see people who know how to use tools correctly
Always nice when you can work with your dad and on this V your not in each other’s way lol
7:13 "Is there any rags?"
That's what your pants are for.
motor is very clean for setting so long
You and dad should print out a copy of the torque specs and then laminate the page and place a magnetic strip on the back so you can keep it close by during repairs.
👍
Oh my god having a torque chart works miracles
Something wrong with that engine - you can get to both heads without being intimate with an exhaust while crawling through a hole i the floor.... Oh, it's a truck.
Tyler's moving so smoothly and sooooo fast, a joy to watch
Awesome video would be cool to see it when it gets up and rolling
😳the engine very clean
Love that sound!!!
I agree its funny how a lot of youtube vids suggest a truck has been sitting for 40 years or such then they just throw clean fuel in the tank, a couple batteries on and crank it to life in a few minutes.
Either it ain't the whole story or it wasn't sitting that long.
I have yet to see a 2 stoke Detroit sitting for more than a few years without a stuck injector. If you don't free them up and just try to start it it'll run away. Never seem to see others having to fix that.
it will be difficult to restore the car. but necessary. Beautiful design. I like these cars. May you be lucky!
If a vehicle has been sitting.For more than 20+ years.It’s always good to start it.Before,you start putting more money into it!!
Amazing how he engine that was invented in the 1930s can be over a hundred times more reliable than a new diesel engine like the Ford power joke 6. Blow
Great result: Well done!
Really love these cabover videos, this one and your dads! Also if anyone likes videos like this, a guy on TH-cam named Bruce Wilson in Florida is also doing a renovation on a old cabover, it’s also been a ton of fun to watch... Although it was basically new like you said here, it had only been sitting for like fifteen years... :-)
Shame he gave up on the other project before it even got started. The motor would have been easily started if he put any effort at all into it
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I don't see that Bruce anymore I destroy a nice truck to restore, an idiot
I dont know why America ever got rid of a cab over. All other countries are still running um. I grew up in a KWhopper and a big Ford cab over. Lot of memories.
Length rules were relaxed in the early 80's and they fell out of favor.
Keep up the good work gentlemen. Well done. To those making negative comments.....you're living proof that being a smartass don't make you smart!!! These diesel mechanics are actually doing something constructive and useful.....unlike your stupid comments.
That would be a nice engine to put into a ole square body
Awesome truck it's a classic and they don't make them like anymore but good luck with your project 👍👍👍👍👍👍🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🍀🍀🍀🍀
I rebuilt a ton of 3 and 4-53 for csx in louisville in early 2000s . We used to find them for 500 to 1000 bucks. Now ive been looking for 4-53t with a jake and hell I cant even find a decent one for a project engine.
Imagining myself cruisin’ through the WalMart parking lot with that rig.... ladies piling into the cab with me...
And lots of room in the back for more
@@andyreid7274 - now THAT’s whatimtalkinbout 😜
Very rare stake box config on that.
Good eye
Rocker Box sure is clean
That motor looks like it was barely used. Very clean inside!
Grain trucks are typically used only a few months a year.
Wow so clean under there. Hope your dad is paying you well, my dad always used me for free labor, ha!
Nice old truck
Well it runs perty cool thanks for sharing.
Ha! I love that you guys are using Pittsburgh tools, maybe not quite as good as Snap On But sooo much cheaper.
Working full time on the road its hard to find a tool guy to warranty broken tools. Its a lot easier to find a lowes or harbor freight and just carry the cheaper stuff.
Some dude on another channel blew one of these up on purpose just for shits and giggles. It was a sad site to see and wasteful as hell. Glad to see someone preserve the old iron because as the old saying goes, They just don't make them like they used to.
You'll never see us blowing one up on purpose. We do everything we can to keep these old trucks on the road.
I know who you are talking about ,that kid is a spoiled brat never learned the value of anything .his channel is like watching jack ass. total stupidity to say the least.
first truck I ever drove. Mine was a day cab, so it was even uglier. I really did like that truck except that damn hydraulic clutch
GREAT JOB GUYS
Пенсионер такой брутальный!!! Выглядит truck зачотно 🙂👍
Nice work guys!
Wow! Its a monster!!!!!
Es mismo senati. Lima Perú. Adoro los motores.. saludos cordiales en la distancia desde Lima Perú..
Did you back the buffer screw off first on the Governor lol? Good ole Green Leaker. The 451 on the landing crafts used to have a Battle Position that would over ride the rack to full fuel to get off the beach, was pretty much “Running Away”
Split Rim Wheels scare the crap out of me. I had a buddy in the Army who drove a Deuce and a Half truck.
He needed to air up the spare which was mounted horizontally under the truck. SOP ( Standing Operating Procedure ) was to
put the wheel in a tire cage to air ir up but he was lazy and reached across the rim with his arm and the Split Rim Blew off.
It nearly severed his forearm in two. He needed steel pins in both arm bones.
In the Army we would say he suffered from improper operator headspace.
Yes......It's Standing and NOT Standard Operating Procedure.
The trucking company I am lease to has,a,tire room in The ceiling you can see all the holes from old spilt rims .I don't like, them either.
Killer rims - one of my brother's workmates was splatted by a rim that escaped its cage and slammed him into the shop wall.
I’d love to have that old cracker box!!
Фарсунки внутри спрятаны под крышкой клапонов, а так грузовик класс обожаю классику ))))
This is the first 4-valve Detroit Diesel I have watch you working on! It looks like the cylinder heads are quite a bit wider than the 2 valve heads--or does the 6V engine just have wider heads than the inline 6?
The heads are the same inline heads are used on v's. Just much more room to work.
Looks like whoever had it kept up on changing the oil. Nice
I love and welcome seeing these videos of actually getting these things to run again hopefully back on the road a little while ago I watched a jackass!!!!! bring home on a flatbed an old Chevy with a V8 Detroit .it was missing the passenger side tire. Because the bearing had seized because the original owner did not take care of it.propped it up and with very little effort and had been sitting a long long time this motor fired right up and ran great. then in horror I watched him wire it wide open and let it sit for 20 minutes screaming with no water and bake itself to death and he thought that was funny to me watching an over-privileged little punk destroy a perfectly good piece of equipment that I would love to own is not funny. I like these videos a lot better thank you.
I've stumbled across the channel of which you speak.
Yeah he is a punk.
Four valve heads. Runs like a top.
4v heads and n65 injectors. Should run pretty good
I just resubscribed to your channel. Because I have a new tablet.
Keep us posted about this truck!
G'day Kevin from Australia.
Good video Tyler.
You will have to get your own camera person. Your dad has your mum Its only fair you have someone. ✌Peace.
Lol I'd have to find someone to put up with me first
The beast is alive:)
Que lindo debe ser restaurado! ,,!!!!!!!
I happened to see a lorry never seen before its awesome
Вот что значит американская техника!🙂👍 такая ржавчина старая и завелась!!!🙂
if it's been sat for 20 years why haven't those vertical exhausts collected lots of rain down into engine?
Looks to me like heads were pulled never saw a detriot that clean n my life been fuckin with them since the 70s looks machine shop fresh ?
Most of the ones i work on are that clean inside
Damn that's clean!
объясните, как работает эта топливная система и почему впускной и выпускной клапаны открываются и закрываются одновременно, если я правильно понял???
Esa película ya la he visto muuuchas veces aquí en TH-cam
My dad had a cracker box tractor trailer when I was a kid. When I was 18, I went with him on a trip from PA to FL and back. Uncomfortable and LOUD. Couldn’t hear a thing he said when he talked to me.
Serious question: what size "lawnmower engine" do you think could get one of these engines turning via the belts?
An old timer in my home town was always strapping one motor up to another to get things turning.
Would it at least be something a gal could look in to?
Tyler you need one of these after you get your bus.
I'm looking for a cab over. Want a 12v71.
@@Spyke383 that will be cool
Only time I did any 6V71 work was in 37' Bertrams with 6V71TAs putting out 435 HP. Not common in boats.
Common in work boats.
Haha. The storm from the stack!