1973 Kenworth W900a Rescued After Sitting For 20 Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Welcome to the channel everyone, if you're new here my name's Jake and in this episode I drag a 1973 Kenworth W925 out from the corner of a shed where it sat for 20 years with a blown 6v92 Detroit, watch me drag it home and wash all the barn dust off of it in preparation for a new engine to go in and prepare the truck to get ready for the road again.
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Spent alot of my youth going to Footscray market in this truck . Thats my grandfather's name on the door.
Great to see it being taken care of👍👍
That’s awesome mate! They are great memories to have I will take good care of it, once I’ve got it back up and running your more than welcome to come have a look and take it for a steer I’m sure it would bring back a lot of memories for you👌🏻
Great job mate good to see a young Bloke so passionate and enthusiastic about the old bangers. Good work bringing it back to life. Can't wait to see how she ends up. 👍
Thanks mate I enjoy the old gear it has much more character than some of the newer stuff and it’s good to keep the history alive, thanks again🤙🏻
Looks great. I can see a keen model maker doing a replica of this truck “as found”.
Now that would be cool
Just after a bath the old girl looked ready to roll mate bloody good job 😎👍🍻
Cheers thanks mate if it had an engine in it I have no doubt it would have drove like it was never parked!
Hi there it's Ray here it is good to see someone restoring a good old girl you got yourself something good there and a tip for your tanks soapy steel wool come up like a merry in your face so I will follow this I'm 62 I've been around some good old girls so I cannot wait to see it finish thank you Ray you got a good old truck😊😮
Hey Ray thanks for watching, I’ll have to give that a go on the tanks and see how they come up! Thanks for watching there will be plenty more to come
Howdy from Canada, nice rig you found there, I'd love to get my hands on a project like that. Makes me smile when I see people appreciate the old iron and put it back on the road. Best of luck with it.
Thanks mate appreciate it, you’d have some nice trucks laying out in the weeds and in truck wrecking yards around you I’m sure, they are good fun to work on
What a great find! Thats a sweet old rig! Amazing how much of a difference it makes just knock'n the dust off her does..
It sure is, amazing what being kept in a shed does👌🏻
Keep it Detroit!
Lots of noise!
Don’t worry about that it will be staying Detroit for now a 6v but if I find an 8v92 in a few years I’d swap it out then!
@@dieseldownunder.
Awesome!
This is the stuff dreams are made of. This and a SAR would be my dream trucks to own.
I agree mate I’m always on the lookout for an sar!
You've done good fella. That old girl would be loving the TLC.
Truck on.
🤟😎👍🚛🚛🚛
Cheers thanks mate 👌🏻
G,day Jake , great old banger in camera vision looks be complete and no major damage, well bumper is little bent , needs high rise stainless air cleaner tube, and a 3408 cat be nice choice, great bones for a great classic build
Thanks mate! That bumper has to go it’s too skinny and not from a kenworth, yes it will get high rise intakes, the 3408 will have to wait for another truck I think, being a narrow hood the radiator wouldn’t be big enough to cool an engine of that size!
Just found your channel. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this thing.
Thanks mate there will be plenty more of it don’t worry!
she is a good looker wish you all the best in getting her back on the black stuff
Cheers thanks mate!
Hi from France, i'm an Australian who lives and works here in France.
Those "W-models" were fantastic to drive,you could even wind down (or wind up) the passenger window from the driver's seat. I was never a big fan of the old 6V92TTA,but i never broke down with one.Nice find.
Hey mate thanks for watching, the cabs are quite narrow I prefer them over a cabover with the wide cab and modern trucks! I havnt driven a truck with one in it yet so I’ll have to see what I think but it won’t be working everyday so should be ok for what I want it’s more of a novelty to have one now
You are doing a great job it will come up a treat what a treasure
Thanks mate can’t wait to bring it back to its former glory!
Goodonya Mate! Great to see this beauty being brought back! Top Stuff 👍👍🇦🇺
Thanks for watching mate! Believe me I’m just as excited to get it back on the road👌🏻
Just came across your channel, nice score.... Like and subscribed... looking forward to seeing this old Girl back on the road.... 😃
Thanks for the support mate hopefully it’s back up and going early next year so I can get out and enjoy some truck shows in the sunshine ☀️
That's Phat! Love it. I Just subscribed and look forward to its progress. Nice work mate.
Cheers thanks for watching mate!
Mate your subs are going to go through the roof with this old girl
Thanks mate this video has done great! I never expected to get this far but I’m enjoying the progress. I’ve got a lot of people waiting to see it back on the road now
Wow a right steering Kenworth, i'm from Indonesia anyway almost never knew such a thing in US. Keep a good work.
There are plenty in Australia, thanks for watching mate
@@dieseldownunder. Australia I see, I hardly heard your accent since it's pouring rain so bad last nigth haha
Watching From over the ditch, great video mate, beautiful ole rig.
Keep it up
Cheers thanks mate!
Loving seeing your passion to bring back old truck to life again keep up the good work . Will definitely be watch you more all the way from Scotland .
Thanks for watching mate, appreciate it! That’s awesome glad to hear I’ve reached the other side of the world👌🏻
I am a mechanic in oil industry and love the distinctive roar these Detroits have but never had the pleasure of driving a truck with one as in Scotland these were not installed in trucks to my knowledge, My passion is trucks and I drive 44 ton Scania in my 5 weeks off rotation from oilfield so loving your content. My dream would be to drive & fix trucks in your Australia or even just come for a vacation one day thank you for your reply buddy 👍
Looking forward to the rebirth of the "Dust-Master". Hoping your channel gains a big following as this is the type of content that is popular
instead of the usual "will it start" video.
Thanks mate! I hope it does too I’m happy with progress it’s already a lot better than I thought it would ever be so no complaints here! I like will it start videos but I’m always left wanting more and they are just usually a one off so trying to be different and do series after the will it start! Thankyou for watching!
G,day just found your channel ,what a great find I'll be following you now to watch this beauty come back to life keep up the great content ,stay safe
Thanks mate appreciate it,hopefully I can do it justice… I’ll aim to have a new vid out each week so keep an eye out
Cheers
One heck of find
That’s a good find.. you’d be surprised what you find in people’s sheds barns.. there’s a bloke just up the road from where I am here in Perth WA he’s got an old W model been sitting outside his house for years but won’t sell.
Yep it’s amazing what’s hiding around the place and most of the time it’s just a matter of being in the right place at the right time! And then there’s some people like you say that will never sell and just let it sit there…
@@dieseldownunder. yeh mate.. there’s another bloke over home NZ he’s got an Ultraliner 500, Cruise liner & a Superliner 500 & apparently he wont budge for nothing, sad really cos the gears just sitting there out in the elements.
That is a good find think that may carted potatoes at some stage
Yep that’s the one carted from boundry bend to the markets
Awesome job mate just found your videos love item. Looking forward to seeing this awesome rig come to life👍
Thanks mate hopefully a few episodes and we should have a running truck! Thanks for watching.
Unusual for a 1973 model to have front brakes!
All the Australian models came with brakes as far as I know unlike the US/Canada where a lot of models never came with brakes we just had a switch on the dash to turn them off
I’m sure you’ll make a great truck out of it , great project there’s a green one running the hyway still working earning its keep Great channel thanks for taking the time to make these vids appreciated
Thanks for the support mate as long as someone is enjoying it that’s all that matters! I love seeing them still out working they are few and far between these days, can’t wait to have this one back out there!
Cheers
What an Awesome find it's Beautiful , I would not have put that strap over the hood , when you hit bumps it mite damage it , I love your trailer , I all so love what you are doing , saving old trucks like I use too drive .
Thanks mate, yes I agree I should have held it down differently luckily it didn’t do too much damage the brown marks almost washed off so with a quick cut and polish it will come up like new again👌🏻
Good on ya Jake cool ol girl.👍👍👌👌
Thanks mate can’t wait to get it on the road 💪🏻
GREAT save mate and in top condition considering.. keen to see your progress down the track (amazing what a quick wash can do :) )
Thanks mate, keen an eye out I’ll have more vids up soon! Yep the barn dust did a good job preserving it
Looks good yeah, after a wash. So by the time you finished, it should look brilliant
Yep I’m surprised how good it looks after a quick wash so it can only get better from here
Wow what a find that is, that came up really well after a clean,
Look forward to seeing it run and what it turns out.
From kiwi land.
Thanks mate it’s amazing how things last when they are left in a shed and not outside in the elements! Thanks for watching I will be pushing hard to get it running asap!
Awesome find man, such a gem
It really is!
Love ya work bloke👍
Good luck for the build mate.
Thanks mate 👍
Another awesome video mate excited to see the next part of this trucks life its been hiding away for to long now at least the previous owner did the truck justice to leave it inside 👍
I agree it’s too good to be parked up, yep the owner did great 99% of people would just park it outside and leave it
Cool truck mate, good luck with the build.
Thanks for watching mate 👍🏻
Bloody Rippa look like Louisville bumper bloody oath good for you neva got enough toys CHEERS
Ah maybe! The bumper is the right style but too narrow so I need to get a proper kenworth gull wing bumper and it will look just right, that’s it always got room for more
SUPER SAFE 👌 😂
Nice find !!
I'm guessing the "will it start" video will not be on by tomorrow 🤔😅
I'm hoping those Detroit Diesel badges will stay 😉
Cheers, Ard
Thanks Ard, I could maybe do a “will it roll“ video by tomorrow 😂
He could put a 14 ltr 60 series Detroit in it
@@lornperkins4270 good engines but they sound pretty meh compared to a two stroke diesel !
fark,
cool find, amazing condition, so lucky it was kept undercover !!,
chuck a 12 or 16V92TT in it :), Bandag Bullet part 3 :)
Thanks mate it is lucky it was looked after, about time I brought somthing that hasn’t sat in a paddock for half its life😂 12v92 is a definite future project I have a truck in mind to put one in!
@@dieseldownunder. fck yeah, sounds like fun :), I'll keep an eye out :),
used to drive the Euclid R60s with the twin turbo 16V71s, sounded great :), especially down the ramp !!
That is a very nice old truck thankfully he kept it inside all that time
Did he tell you what was wrong with the old Detroit
The inside just looks like it needs a vacuum and some armorall and it will be like new
Looking forward to you progressing with it 👍👍
Yep he did a great job leaving it in the shed for all those years!
He wasn’t 100% sure what happened he reckons it has a crack in the block somewhere and had a mechanic take a look, both heads are just sitting on there so I’ll lift them off and take a look and see if I can see anything obvious.
The inside is in great shape just needs the small rip in the seat repaired and a new roof lining which hopefully I can get from kenworth and it should look a million bucks!
Yes
Add a single lazy axle in front of the drive, hitch a tri axle trailer full of steel out of Adelaide to/from Newcastle and off they went
Oh and F86 Volvos set up the same way- a tough gig
Yep would have been hard work that’s for sure we have it easy these days
Great work buddy, new channel for me and happy to support Aussie content. They always look better with a wash. The green is the old GM Detroit colour so maybe she had an 8/71 prior to the 6/92?
Thanks for the sub mate! I reckon there needs to be more aussies in the mix….
I actually got photos of the truck the other day when it was green I’ll post them up here so you can have a look, originally it was a 290 Cummins
The 92 series came out in 1974. Not sure if that was the original engine. The 6V92TTA was a "fuel squeezer" model set at 270 hp @ 1950 RPM. The TAs were 350@ 2100.
What a good project. To fit a Cummins or Cat in that engine bay would require extra work.
Thanks for the info! This truck was a 290 Cummins from the factory and sometime in the 80s it was converted to 6v92, so it could be put back but someone did all the hard work converting it to Detroit with kenworth spec parts so that’s why I’ve decided to leave it like that.
Cheers
Clean or replace the air box drain check valves mate. They shouldn’t pass oil at idle.
Thanks mate I’d never thought of that I’ll check it out!
Good score mate. Sort of partial to some Detroit power but any of the big three will be ok by me. They all have their pros n cons. As long as it from the good ole USA im a fan. Remember its only original once. Apart from the repower will make a great rig. Get it back working. 600hp and youll be pulling doubles or more in no time. Will have the boys swarming around it at the truck stops for sure. Nu sub.
Thanks for watching mate! This one will stay Detroit and just pull lighter loads as it is only single chassis rail and can only be rated up to 42.5 ton but I have another future project which will be able to be double rated so that should be a fun build!
Cheers
After some decades, the braided airlines get corrosion in them, get very stiff and break. lots of work, but very worth it. Doubt Kenworth will ever make trucks as good as they were from the 1970's to the late 1980's.
My Dad had chassis number 400351,wide nose and six rod from the factory
Awesome mate that’s quite an early one do you have any pics of it?
Cheers
Yep,he owned it for thirty years
Is makina🙏💯🚚
I recon at one point when it was newer she had a Cummins under the hood? If not that sticker on the dash doesn’t make much sense LOL. If it was a Turbo 903 I can sure understand why they’d go to a 6V92TA….the same power with twice the reliability and 20% better fuel economy. Now if she had an 855 swapping over to a V92 would be a bit more of a surprise to me but I can still understand why one would do it if they had a fleet of mostly Detroit’s.
Hey mate yes from factory it was a 290 Cummins, I have no idea why that was removed and the Detroit fitted as we arnt sure who fitted it, somthing must have happened to the engine and I reckon they had this Detroit on hand with all the bolt on’s already or they had a wrecked truck with this engine ready to go. Hopefully as time progresses I can price together more history about it
Your should put a 3408 CAT in it
I’d love too but they are quite hard to find here and the limiting factor for this truck is the narrow hood/radiator it wouldn’t be able to cool a big engine like a 3408 or c15, I have a wide hood kenworth I will fit a big engine too one day though!
Wow! What an amazing find! I assume you'll be putting in a 6V92 Detroit, right? Would love an ASMR style driving video of it once it's roadworthy! What truck were you using to haul it home? I thought I heard you driving a truck with a Cummins ISX - I love the sound of the ISX engines! If possible, can you please do a super long uncut ASMR style video of the truck with the ISX, with engine startup at the beginning and engine shutdown at the end? Please make it as long as possible, more than 2 hours long, so I can fall asleep to the sounds of the ISX engine running up and down through the gears, cruising, etc. Please let me know ASAP.
Hey mate yes this truck will be getting a 6v92 back in it and I can definitely do that once it’s up and running! Yep good ear the k108 has a isx egr in it set at 550hp, next time I do a load in it I’ll set the phone up somewhere to get clean audio or might invest in a GoPro as I’m sure that would produce better sound quality. I don’t drive that truck every day but when I’m in it next I’ll put somthing together for you👍🏻
@@dieseldownunder. sounds like a plan mate, can’t wait for both ASMR’s, especially on the K108!!!
If it was originally Orange it may have been a Kalari transport truck
Possible mate the build sheets says they were dealer stock so anyone could have gone in a brought them
*oh no. the truck is a **_Russian sympathizer_** w/ the Z (pronounced ZEE, not ZED) on the side of the cab :O lol*
Ya buddy score
Did you get a look at that 1418 sitting int he shed too?
I did have a quick look mate! I posted a photo of it on here today👍🏻
I like it awesome find mate old produce express truck that one
Thanks mate I’m very happy with it, couldn’t believe it when I was picking it up! Yep spud carter it used to come down to Drysdale aswell! You’ll have to take it for a spin once it’s driving again!
@@dieseldownunder. Bloody oath mate can't wait to see it I'll be over in a week or two for a service enyway mate
Stainless smooth skin guards on drive wheels , I know mate money money money
I’ve already got 4x smooth stainless guards in the shed so that won’t be a problem!
Chuck a big cam 400 in it
Have you been able to locate a set of Jake brakes for my VT903 Cummins?
Hey mate sorry about the delay I’m still looking for you! Do you want to send me an email with your budget for them? I was hoping I had a set but they are all the early style! There is a few vt903 a couple hours from me I could buy a complete engine to pull them off of but I just need to know your budget
Cheers
Great work brother. Work on any old mercs? Saw one at the around the 4 min mark so thought I’d ask.
Thanks mate! No I’ve never worked on a 1418 benz but i have worked on plenty of the old v series benzs mainly v6 and v8 NA powered trucks as concrete agitators, they were bullet proof
@@dieseldownunder. good trucks in their day the 1418. Love a good Benz. Looking forward to more content brother great work. From vic myself so hopefully I get to see the old W900 getting around one day.
needs an 8V92!
I’ll get the 6v92 in it for now to get the truck up and running and if I come across an 8v92 or something else cool on my travels I would definitly swap it in
and an old 1418 too....
Good eye! It is in good shape aswell I’ll post up a pic, it is also for sale
I ran a few of them back in the day, hard to believe they were vastly superior to the others- eg Commer Perkins etc
They made a lot of people a lot of money in their day, the Germans knew what they were doing compared to some of the British stuff out there at the time
Looks like a S2 W9. Wonder who changed the rear end from Torsion bars (925)
Hey Geof, The narrow grill does make it look very similar to an s2 but the bonnet is the same length as a w model, the previous owner put the. Air bags under the rear fitted the bunk and painted it, but it already had the 6v92 in it when they brought it in the 90s
*y'all are some brave souls. 1: buying/using a **_piece of shit_** Detroit. 2: using a chain to pull on **_anything._*
It's a *CAT 3508b LIFE FOR US!*
There are still a few 2 stroke Detroits working local to me, but they are more a collectors item these days! I will work the truck a little bit but it won’t be full time so it will be fine for that, I was using a 10mm chain so it was pretty safe the winch didn’t have much tension on it👌🏻
we don’t have many v8 cats in our road trucks sadly
Get a new seat kaarrnt ! That seats farked
The cabover isn’t my truck😂 it’s probably cause I’m short so I’ve got it aired down to reach the pedals
Or you could put a C15 6NZ CAT in it
I’d go a c16
@@user-dk8rw5lw7qfuck both of those and go with a 3408 like god intended.
Why put an electronic engine in a classic truck already set up for a good old mechanical Detroit? Plus if you went to that CAT you’d have to upgrade the trans, radiator and driveline….that’s a lot of money. Those C15’s in their weakest form still put out nearly 2,000 lb-ft and the stronger rated ones actually put out more than that….this truck would have a 125xx or 146/147xx series transmission in it and you’d have to go to at least a 209 series 13 or 18 speed if not a 229 series, that’s a $6-8,000 difference in price not including buying the clutch or stronger driveline, yokes and joints. Even the strongest 500hp military spec 8V92TA’s didn’t make over 1,500 lb-ft, heck even the KTA-600 Cummins and 3408 CAT didn’t make any more than 1,600 lb-ft when they were putting them in trucks. these 2k ft-lb plus engines are something that’s only really been around for the last 25 years or so, the Signature 600 ISX Cummins and 3406E CAT were the first of their kind in that regard and a lot of these older trucks just don’t have the drivetrain components or cooking system to keep up with that kind of stress. The 38k and higher rated Rockwell and Eaton rears will generally take the higher torque engines OK although a 44 or 46k rated tandem set is ideal for big power. It’s just everything else that isn’t really up to the task. Heck a lot of the 70’s model trucks only came with 14” clutches but that was considered plenty back then and the 15” was overkill. If you go and talk to guys with the big torque producing modern engines in their older trucks at shows they’ll be the first to tell you what all needs done to get the things to last if you’re actually going to work them. If they’re just going to be bobtail only show trucks or trailered around then it’s no big deal but I talked to a fellow with a BUILT C18 in an A-model 78’ ex-hood W900 that was still running the 6x4 twin sticks the truck came with when it was a 3406A and he said the first time he took it out loaded he blew the main transmission on the first big hill…it sheared all the teeth off 4th gear. He said it takes a light foot and early downshifts to keep those old transmissions alive and if you wanted to get all you could out of an engine like his that makes 700+ hp and well over 2,500 lb-ft you really need an 18 speed and rears geared 3.73 or higher….his still had 4.63’s in it and the electronic engines make all their power so low in the RPM’s any gear slower than 4:1 in the rears is just a waste.
Nice find. Is it a S2 ?
Thankyou, no it’s a w model as the bonnet is longer than an s2 it just looks like an s2 because of the narrow grill
@@dieseldownunder. I really enjoy your videos. I love older equipment. I have a 89 LTL. Cool old truck. Fun to drive. Good job mate.
Hi mate i have just found your channel , i noticed a Morbark chipper in the back ground . I was wondering if its the same one Bonum Sawmil in Barham use to own ?
Hey mate good eye, this was owned from new by muskett logging in Tasmania and they sold it to my old boss in Geelong and then I brought it from him so I don’t think this is the same one, but there was one in central Victoria on marketplace for a while that was the same so that could be the one your thinking of
Ok thanks mate , yeah Bonum Sawmill imported one from the states about 1984 , had a v12 cummins 800 hp , i use to cart red gum chips off it and operate it a bit for 3 yrs , wasn’t many of then in Australia .
Same spec as mine it’s 800hp v12 Cummins, I can imagine there wouldn’t have been many here, I think the one your talking about was on marketplace I’ll see if it’s still there, hopefully I can get mine going again one day too
Optimus Prime?
Green chassis, might have been ex turners at some stage.
Thanks for the info mate where were they based?
Don turners interstate transport. Pretty sure they were from Brisbane.
You should give the tranny a good look over while the motor is out. Would be cool to see a 12 71 detroit, lol. Good luck
I will check it over before the engine goes in! Man I know how cool would that be, maybe one day if I find a 12v71 laying around
I can see why it won't run, the sterring wheel is on the wrong side, :)
Looks like it's on the "right" side to me ;)
Put the Detroit engine in it
Yep that’s the plan
Needs a 901 windscreen sunvisor, in stainless
Same music as johnathan w
bro aint even old enough to have a truck licence yet 😂
I’ll take it as a compliment😂👍🏻