Thanks for taking care of, as Elijah says, "Kevins Girl" in my absence, Allen. Got a lot of personal crap happening right now. Hope to be back out soon!
Watching you pull and beat on that injector with the vice grips definitely reminds me of something that Scott the Bus Grease Monkey or Wayne of the Ol 2-Stroker youtube channels would do. I love the old Detroit, EMD, Cleveland 2-stroke diesel engines.
Gotta love self load. Hopefully you'll figure out the low oil pressure when you got into Notch 8 loaded. Low idle? Is this unit suppose to have low idle? I know some CSX SD45-2's had low idle while others did not. Very curious how you can change that. Thank you for all the great work on this beautiful unit!
Being able to put it in self load and work the engine for a while is the best thing for it. Gets the combustion temperatures up, burns off any excess fuel and helps prevent "wet stacking". Plus, it sounds awesome!😁
I don't have too much experience with these 567's or 645's, but I can tell you for absolute certainty that 71-series and 92-series Detroits do NOT like extended periods of low idle. If not working them, you need to idle them up to keep them happy. In fact, bare idle for more than 5 minutes isn't ideal for any diesel engine, but certainly not for the older Detroit's. You want to keep oil pressure up, and keep piston speed at a good clip to avoid cylinder walls from drying (or washing down, if the injector stops atomizing). What happens at bare idle (for extended periods) is that the oil film on the cylinder walls tends to burn with the combustion, which leads to a drying of the liner walls, which may accelerate liner, piston, and ring wear. Keep the engine revving high enough that the oil film on the cylinder walls does not get a chance to burn off before the piston comes back up.
Taylor spotted it right away. No problem. On the first stuck injector I did, one fell out, but I didn’t see it fall. Something wasn’t right when I mounted the rocker assembly. That’s when I discovered it existed, but was missing. Took a while to find that one. We learn as we go.
Tellya what, next major ice storm y'all are all prepared to power most of North Gwinnett County with that thing. A nice running 20-645 is a major league powerplant!
Thanks for taking care of, as Elijah says, "Kevins Girl" in my absence, Allen.
Got a lot of personal crap happening right now.
Hope to be back out soon!
Awesome video thanks for sharing
Great video Nothing like those old GM Engines !!
Working on The Rock in the 70's had to be something!
Watching you pull and beat on that injector with the vice grips definitely reminds me of something that Scott the Bus Grease Monkey or Wayne of the Ol 2-Stroker youtube channels would do. I love the old Detroit, EMD, Cleveland 2-stroke diesel engines.
Another really enjoyable video! Hi to Karen. Smeds
Another great video, Allen!
Charles Kettering is smiling upon you!
Gotta love self load. Hopefully you'll figure out the low oil pressure when you got into Notch 8 loaded. Low idle? Is this unit suppose to have low idle? I know some CSX SD45-2's had low idle while others did not. Very curious how you can change that. Thank you for all the great work on this beautiful unit!
Being able to put it in self load and work the engine for a while is the best thing for it. Gets the combustion temperatures up, burns off any excess fuel and helps prevent "wet stacking". Plus, it sounds awesome!😁
I don't have too much experience with these 567's or 645's, but I can tell you for absolute certainty that 71-series and 92-series Detroits do NOT like extended periods of low idle. If not working them, you need to idle them up to keep them happy. In fact, bare idle for more than 5 minutes isn't ideal for any diesel engine, but certainly not for the older Detroit's. You want to keep oil pressure up, and keep piston speed at a good clip to avoid cylinder walls from drying (or washing down, if the injector stops atomizing).
What happens at bare idle (for extended periods) is that the oil film on the cylinder walls tends to burn with the combustion, which leads to a drying of the liner walls, which may accelerate liner, piston, and ring wear. Keep the engine revving high enough that the oil film on the cylinder walls does not get a chance to burn off before the piston comes back up.
He can fix anything............
I assume you savaged the part you dropped into in the sump? At my age, I don't postpone tasks
I was thinking the same thing… get it before I forget about it
Yes. Easy find.
Plenty of work for #8954. But it'll all be worth it in the end.
When in doubt…..give it a clout!
Didn’t see you retrieve the part that fell out of the rocker arm and landed in the pan.🤫
Taylor spotted it right away. No problem. On the first stuck injector I did, one fell out, but I didn’t see it fall. Something wasn’t right when I mounted the rocker assembly. That’s when I discovered it existed, but was missing. Took a while to find that one. We learn as we go.
EMD recommends the use of alcohol to free stuck injectors ?? Myself, I thought maybe a touch of violence.... but hey... to each, his own.
Tellya what, next major ice storm y'all are all prepared to power most of North Gwinnett County with that thing.
A nice running 20-645 is a major league powerplant!