They were kind enough to number the startup sequence for the genset with large numbers, also the notebook paper hanging on the wall in the enclosure has handwritten instructions. Thanks for the video, Wayne.
It’s almost like having a Detroit powered Porta Potty! I enjoy the longer videos. I don’t watch Hollywood so channels like yours are what I watch to learn and be entertained at the same time 👍
With the fact that they no longer offer vocational classes in school, ie: wood shop, auto mechanics, marine mechanics, home economics, you wonder what this generation will have to offer? I love You Tube University!
Like I've been always saying if there's a Motor out there YOU can make it come back to life. Can't wait until You start working on that CAT Motor You are going to start to Love those motors...
When you got it running but no power, I was thinking, what's that black knob, turn that black knob, back and forth a few times! Com'on man, the black knob!!!! Hahahaha! Great job! I knew that old 2-71 would bark back to life, with your magic touch, but the generators need to run, to keep them in good working order! Cool deal!
Those Detroit engines have a unique sound. Very nice two stroke 2-cylinder block. You got voltage, just a matter of tidying up the wiring connector block with the mouse piss on it.
Your gonna love this a good friend of mine had one that ran of all things a chicken shed down here when the power went out. Anyway he put it in his back yard in a neighborhood and low and behold we had an ice storm power was out for a week right before Christmas yes all his yard lights ups and house light decorations were on full bore in a dark neighborhood. His wife ask him to shut them off. He said no I offered them all juice they jus declined. Love that story. Hope it's back and up to snuff soon. Sounds Great
Great video Wayne a few gremlins to figure out. But the good news is it runs an has an output. When you first got it running and you could see the exhaust it was spewing all kinds of stuff. Glad to see it might work out for you stay safe Wayne.
Howdy Wayne: First of all, you oughta see the grin on my mug when you post! The new intro is spot on! Now, about the genset: I'm thinking there was enough mouse schmoo in the muffler that it slowed up the start til that crap blew out. They most likely went in through the stack. And speaking of mouse schmoo, even though that pile in the panel wasn't too big, no telling how much stuff they pissed on in there, but most likely everything. You might try hitting it all with electrical cleaner, I use CRC but I'm sure there's others. If it's still iffy after that, you're most likely going to have to unhook and clean all the connections. I'll be looking forward to finding out what's up with the non circulating coolant, and hot fuel. Oh, one last thing, when you're blow schmoo outta old junk cover up or move the f'n beer! Where's your priorities man??!!
🤣🤣🤣 hell yea Terry! I think the mice in the muffler was exactly the problem with the hard start. I feel like after a good hour of running making full power she's really gonna be shooting flame burning the rest up lol glad y'all are liking the intro I was nervous about it tbh! Don't worry about one beer down we got a lot in stock over here!
Wayne I knew you of all people could bring that old Detroit back to life sweet hope it works out enjoyed the video keep up the awsome work bud big 👍👍👍👍
Great Video, Wayne. I’m sure you know, but if you use the ball end (rounded) of the hammer to go around the gasket paper, over the surface your making the gasket for it will cut everything out perfectly, even the bolt holes. Awesome little Generator, the enclosure should make it pretty quiet. I need some two stroke power. Thanks for the videos. Might have to polarize generator on engine to get it charging battery, used to have to do that some times, especially after having a dead battery.
always good to see the old gear up and running, mice piss damage to the wiring may have to be looked at, but it looks to me to be well worth the effort, interesting .
A few years ago my uncle passed away, he had a bunch of old trucks and equipment laying around. This summer my cousin decided to see what still ran and what was junk, he worked on this ole skidder for like 2 weeks trying to get it going. 471 Detroit , using tricks i learned from your vids i went over and fired it up in like 4 hours. It was real lethargic at first, then it blew a ton of bird nest out the exhaust and started getting real snappy like it should be. Muffler caught on fire shooting flames out things got pretty interesting for a bit, good times.
Yup, unstuck 3 out 4 injectors. The emergency shutdown flap was tripped and rusted shut also, your tricks definitely made the job easier. Before I always pulled the injectors to free them up.
I had a inline small pump for a car with 2 hoses 1 to attach to the 8v71 fuel system the other end in a fuel tank hook up leads from pump to a battery or a hot and a ground let the pump run to pressurize the fuel system, start the truck let it run a few to get the air out of the system remove pump put plug back in, restart engine this method worked well when engine lost it's prime
Set the gen set at the end of your drive and have a Tesla charge station on it.These tree huggers today don't think past there charging cord. AOC might give you a award for saving the earth for it to. Lol Great videos,watched them all,thanks
Yeah I bet those mice did a real number on all those connections as well and did you clean the terminals before you did your test. Damn it has been a while since I heard that sound and it still sounds sweet
I like the diagnostics aspect of the camera watching the moving bits of that beautiful Detroit green machine 🤣🤣🤣3:44 I LOVE IT ....so jealous about now. Glad to see her in good hands ... I guess the weight on the rack is probably an engineers answer to the 2-71s harmonics A shame it's not 3ph I Think MACHINE TOOL You ought to be able to power shop & a favoured neighbor's as well. 🧒🙏👍 ... As an aside ... I like a storage tank filter as a precaution against the crap coming out of an old fuel tank, the transparent kind with petcock on bottom. An 80 SS screen and the volume do wonders. The supplied paper filter WILL clog necessitating a change
It's just cool to see these old Detroit's come to life . It pisses me off to watch guys just ruin a perfectly good Detroit for you tube views. My pops was a Detroit doctor , I can work on one and make it run but I wish I wld have paid more attention when we use to rebuild them cuz all my dad's buddies that I knew have all passed away . Good job man keep um alive there's not many left out there.
Doing enough injector lines in and out like you have now I'm sure it doesn't take anything for you to feel a decent torque on all those nuts!! Good for you. All the best from Canada
The fuel gets warm because it circulates thru the cylinder head...part of the fuel's job is to pull heat from the cylinder head and cool the injectors. Most of the time you don't notice warm fuel so quickly because it returns to a larger tank and takes a long time to heat up.
100% John I guess it just caught me off guard with how hot it got but I think it was my own doing because I was using a container that sheds zero heat plus it was such a small container. I know full well how Detroit's circulate a ton of fuel for cooling injectors etc but I guess I didn't think it'd make that much heat being only 2cyl.
Love you show mate, looks like you're having a win with this one too,you can see you're excited about it. Please show more on this set. Love to come to your country and meet you and have a beer or 3. Thanks a shit load for your time, see you on the next show.
Good shit Wayno never had a doubt you’d get it singing, I do my best work with a few beers it steadies the panic of will i die if I use a couple of extensions sticking out of a gen set outlet... NAAA it’s just fine 😂👍👍👍
Only other I reason I would go cat, in the middle of a zombie apocalypse they're gonna hear that thing screaming across your field, good work as always Wayne 💯✌️
Glad you got it up and running. That rheostat wiper arm was probably oxidized from not being moved for years. I’m guessing that controls the field windings in the rotor and is set to proper voltage under no load condition and the weighted rack I’m guessing is supposed to act quicker on load detection. Now that you actually have output voltage I bet it will load up just fine. Here where I’m located a generator is a requirement. Power fails often and may be out for days so I’m sure you’ll enjoy having things run when everyone else is dark! Might have to add a fuel cooler if the big tank don’t pan out and you have to use a plastic tank. Wayne here too😊
Hey Wayne. Great video on the gen set 35 years ago in the 80’s when I was an apprentice electrician for golden circle in Australia we had 6 massive cat powered gen sets to run the factory with all the power outages we had (unions) and we would service the generator parts of the machines They sounded good up in the revs but still nothing like my Detroit in my White!!👍
it's cool you got a running engine hope somebody gets back to you on getting the generator running right and something different i was going to see a friend if mine and this nice semi passed me and i was wanted to get around him i was passing him an noticed the name on the truck was my cousin in his new truck he fixed up a 90's model kenworth all black and this his other truck he is in his 80's an this is his other truck he has drove a truck since he was 15 or sixteen both his trucks are both really sharp i think the are both cat powered but he has run some detroit powered trucks too
LOL LOL a couple months back I was like man you need a Detroit generator LOL. I'm so glad you got one man I think everybody needs one and I need a Detroit generator too
Congrats on the genny. Great video, learn alot from them. I'm no genny guru, but without anyone around to test, would hook up some old heaters &/or old wall/window A/C units to see if she would run stuff you do not care about ruining in case of a malfunction. Just watch the voltage during such, I had an old 240V single phase gas 2cyl Onan 10KW that was turned up high(voltage) to compensate for approx 150' of cable and fortunately did some repairable damage such as pc power supply and blown bulbs after a hurricane(a capacitor blew out of the power supply like a 22 cal.) Of course the guy I got genny from mentions this(the need for the long cables) a week later.
Oh nooooo lol. At least it was repairable shit but still. Yea the idea isn't to hurt any of my stuff lol. I've been thinking of making a load bank myself....
Wayne you are the man!!!! I new you could get it to run but i never thought you would get it to make power. She is sweet. We have 8 Cat, Olympian, and Onan units ranging from 350 down to 35 kw. It is hard enough to keep them making power and damn expensive too.
if you got the books an paper work on it and it has low hours it was sealed up in that box , its a good machine like it was turned off an put away, now your use it again, just clean it out real good an check everything ok , its a good heavy duty machine, i had to start one that was on a roof of a building in open elements no covers on it an it ran awesome,..you found a good deal on a big genny
Fuel as you know on these good engines lubricates and cools the injectors that temp does not surprise me. On the 149s I worked on in the Navy we had return fuel coolers.
Great job Wayne on getting it running, and seeing it showing power. I am sure somebody out there can help you with the electrical end of thing’s. Good luck and a great video. Livin the life in Plattsburgh
Hey Wayne 🙂 Loving the gen-set stuff. I live in a typical British semi-detached house with about 400 sq ft of garden and closely-packed neighbours. The time between me installing Detroit back-up power and being tarred, feathered and rode out on a rail would be best measured in seconds so it’s cool to see someone else doing it instead 😆🤟🏼
Hey Wayne I have a couple old military gen sets and some times the regulators don’t come on and a trick is to plug a corded drill in to the power and spin by hand most the time will fire the regulator up to make a field
@@Ol2Stroker Funny thing, I was after the 30kw one you won from Cairo Highway Department. Unfortunately got home that evening and realized it was going off in like a minute and couldn't sign in on time. Saved you some cash! Glad it went to a good home. Love your channel. Keep on keeping on.
@@SpectrumRob I was just gonna ask if you ended up with the one in Whitehall? I take it you did? The same viewer who sent me the one I have sent me that one and I was gonna bid but decided against it because I just don't need 2. So I guess we both saved each other some cash without even knowing! Ha! It's also off they went for like identical money almost I think yours bid up 200 more.
@@Ol2Stroker Yes, that's the one. I think I'll add wood skids before the flatbed picks it up. If you want good content, you can stop over and help me get her running, lol.
Definitely would be nice to have a backup generator that big. You'll be glad you have it this winter (but you guys have winters with a temperature similar to Barbados, right? :P)
James Condon would be the person to ask about generators he has a you tube channel and also The Small Engine Mechanic he does a lot of those big commercial generators
Sweet Lil Gen set. Ole 2 SMOKER...You should Paint the Box Cammo colors, Put a nice chrome stack/flapper on it instead of that wonky shit pipe and Put your Logo on it... Great Find , Bueno Wayno!!
Oh man that's a great idea. I was gonna paint it Alpine Green (is there even any other colors) but I'm kinda diggin camo. It def needs a chrome straight with a flapper that'd be too cool
@@Ol2Stroker You can wrap it too. Wrap only lasts 5 years in the weather though. I'm loving that gen set. I always wanted a 1/71 to put in my garage. Just to get the perfume O de DD. lol.
I have dual 12V71 TI's on my boat which has been sitting for a couple of years. I am both old and old school and love the 2 strokes. I am a physicist working on large hydrogen generators and massive 200 kW Fuel Cells. I would love to find some old 30 kW gen sets to experiment with hydrogen fuel supplementation to the diesel, 2 strokes love a little hydrogen to clean them up. I also use boron compounds to help with the cylinder lubricity. Enjoy your hard earned knowledge y share through these videos. I'm signed up....
@@Ol2Stroker With the generator you are half-way there. Make hydrogen by electrolysis then make an alcohol from the hydrogen. Alcohol is a convenient way to feed hydrogen to a diesel engine. It mixes well with diesel, remains stable and in small portions is relatively harmless to the injectors and other parts. I'm doing similar to my boat (some people call it a 91' yacht). I will let you know how it works on my DD's. Cheers....
That knob on the throttle there is for a manually keeping the fall stuck in where you put it when you're working on otherwise it's got to be out so the runs off the gym set and the reason it's smoking is for that all that old fuel in the filters want to Fresh fuel got to it you notice it quit fueling and probably why it's not working properly as all those old school contacts on the generator need to be cleaned and get the rat poop out good luck on it sounds good love Detroit bye
They were kind enough to number the startup sequence for the genset with large numbers, also the notebook paper hanging on the wall in the enclosure has handwritten instructions. Thanks for the video, Wayne.
It's a super cool old u it. The hand written instructions are my favorite part
It's a literal fucking power house!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 indeed!!!
Love the intro Smokey and the Bandit tribute
Thanks man I was hoping it'd go over well
Took some heat to get both injectors going. It blew out some junk when she started!! Nice job!!!!
He runs pretty damn good
I loved watching all the shit blow out of it lol
It’s almost like having a Detroit powered Porta Potty! I enjoy the longer videos. I don’t watch Hollywood so channels like yours are what I watch to learn and be entertained at the same time 👍
Badass man and I sure appreciate y'all watching. I love that I can teach people shit from their couch 🤟🤟
With the fact that they no longer offer vocational classes in school, ie: wood shop, auto mechanics, marine mechanics, home economics, you wonder what this generation will have to offer? I love You Tube University!
@@Soldierboy1986 the only downside is no hands on!
Like I've been always saying if there's a Motor out there YOU can make it come back to life. Can't wait until You start working on that CAT Motor You are going to start to Love those motors...
I can't either Kenny!
Hi bud you probably know this 2 clean turmals on Battries tip boiling hot water on that will make them spotless reagards Les 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸
Along with baking soda sprinkled over them 1st
I genuinely did not know that thank you Leslie!
The new intro is F@cking Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Yesssss thanks man! So pumped y'all like it
When you got it running but no power, I was thinking, what's that black knob, turn that black knob, back and forth a few times! Com'on man, the black knob!!!! Hahahaha! Great job! I knew that old 2-71 would bark back to life, with your magic touch, but the generators need to run, to keep them in good working order! Cool deal!
Hahaha Stanley I love when that kinda thing happens and then they grab the black knob and it works and you were right. It's so satisfying lol
Awesome generator! I was yelling at the screen to turn the black knob! Voltage regulator. Lol. Love your videos man. Keep it up!
Lol! Thanks man!
That is a damn fine piece of equipment! Best of luck with it. Too bad Small engine Mechanic hasn't gotten back to you. He is legit.
Yea I was really hoping to make that happen. NBD.
Ok that was a flashback from shop class in high school...gasket making...u getting out the torches soon to do some brazing..lol
Fuck I dunno how to braze lol.
Found your channel by accident, stayed on purpose! cool content. Going back to older videos now thanks for your time and effort
Badass Geoff thank you and welcome! I hope you like what you see cuz there's no changing me now 🤣🤣🤣
Great start to the video, Mossybroke in all it's glory. Persistence finally paid off. I haven't heard one of those in many, many years.
I'm too stubborn to let stuff die!
Listening to that 8V92 PETE never gets old
I love the sound of it!
lovin that new intro! And man that little 2-lunger sounds damn good once you finally got er goin!
Hell yea I'm pumped about this little ripper! Glad y'all are digging the intro!
The wrong coolant is better then no coolant
Accurate!
Those Detroit engines have a unique sound. Very nice two stroke 2-cylinder block. You got voltage, just a matter of tidying up the wiring connector block with the mouse piss on it.
The sound of that truck reminds me of gremlin truck from maximum overdrive sweat gen set
Thanks Matt same engine between my truck and the goblin.
I got the intro reference, was just waiting for Jerry Reed to start singing!
Man I sure wish he would! Thanks!
Yep exhaust blocked with mouse nests will inhibit starting. Well more interesting than I expected. Love the safety issue test probes. Thanks Wayne.
Safety first cuz seconds too late 🤣🤣🤣
Fortunately he isn't farther south. Then the mud wasps build elaborate forms of clay and cement in manifolds
Oh man that would really suck
Hell yeah! Enjoyed it! That was freaking sweet, it didn't need much to run, it was awesome hearing and seeing that Detroit come to life. Thank ya bud!
Really happy she's a runner hopefully she'll take a load!
Your gonna love this a good friend of mine had one that ran of all things a chicken shed down here when the power went out. Anyway he put it in his back yard in a neighborhood and low and behold we had an ice storm power was out for a week right before Christmas yes all his yard lights ups and house light decorations were on full bore in a dark neighborhood. His wife ask him to shut them off. He said no I offered them all juice they jus declined. Love that story. Hope it's back and up to snuff soon. Sounds Great
He bought it at an auction when he lived in the country where all the chicken shed were near N. Wilkesboro!!!!
Hahahah man that is awesome! That's gonna be us hopefully!
They usually hook up heaters to test the generator under load
If I was this good with fixing shit I’d be so happy with myself
Lol thanks bro
Bad conditions..... wow. Good news. Can not kill old school. Get some sleep. God bless. Yes enjoyed. )) eat. ......
One of our gensets we had too small a fuel tank, we had to put an oil cooler on it lol. get a bunch of base board heaters / construction heaters.
Great video Wayne a few gremlins to figure out. But the good news is it runs an has an output. When you first got it running and you could see the exhaust it was spewing all kinds of stuff. Glad to see it might work out for you stay safe Wayne.
Thanks Richard I can't wait to get it under a good hard load for a few hours and see the flame out the stack. Friggin mice deserve it
They are awesome,a friend of mine has one for back up power at their farm and it runs amazing.
Badass!
Howdy Wayne: First of all, you oughta see the grin on my mug when you post! The new intro is spot on! Now, about the genset: I'm thinking there was enough mouse schmoo in the muffler that it slowed up the start til that crap blew out. They most likely went in through the stack. And speaking of mouse schmoo, even though that pile in the panel wasn't too big, no telling how much stuff they pissed on in there, but most likely everything. You might try hitting it all with electrical cleaner, I use CRC but I'm sure there's others. If it's still iffy after that, you're most likely going to have to unhook and clean all the connections. I'll be looking forward to finding out what's up with the non circulating coolant, and hot fuel. Oh, one last thing, when you're blow schmoo outta old junk cover up or move the f'n beer! Where's your priorities man??!!
🤣🤣🤣 hell yea Terry! I think the mice in the muffler was exactly the problem with the hard start. I feel like after a good hour of running making full power she's really gonna be shooting flame burning the rest up lol glad y'all are liking the intro I was nervous about it tbh! Don't worry about one beer down we got a lot in stock over here!
@@Ol2Stroker Praise the Lord and pass the Natty Lite!
@@terrystewart2070 fuck yea bro 🤟🤟
Wayne I knew you of all people could bring that old Detroit back to life sweet hope it works out enjoyed the video keep up the awsome work bud big 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Jesse we will for sure keep em goin
Great Video, Wayne. I’m sure you know, but if you use the ball end (rounded) of the hammer to go around the gasket paper, over the surface your making the gasket for it will cut everything out perfectly, even the bolt holes. Awesome little Generator, the enclosure should make it pretty quiet. I need some two stroke power. Thanks for the videos.
Might have to polarize generator on engine to get it charging battery, used to have to do that some times, especially after having a dead battery.
Thanks Doug! Yea the hammer is the best trick ever I didn't cut out them holes on purpose since they're not used
always good to see the old gear up and running, mice piss damage to the wiring may have to be looked at, but it looks to me to be well worth the effort, interesting .
Yea it's a super sweet little unit I'm not gonna lie I'll be heartbroken if it ends up not working now
I have a 2-53 in a John Deere track loader…gonna overhaul it soon…I’m leaning all I can..lol..
A few years ago my uncle passed away, he had a bunch of old trucks and equipment laying around. This summer my cousin decided to see what still ran and what was junk, he worked on this ole skidder for like 2 weeks trying to get it going. 471 Detroit , using tricks i learned from your vids i went over and fired it up in like 4 hours. It was real lethargic at first, then it blew a ton of bird nest out the exhaust and started getting real snappy like it should be. Muffler caught on fire shooting flames out things got pretty interesting for a bit, good times.
Man that's awesome y'all were able to put some of my rambling to use!
Yup, unstuck 3 out 4 injectors. The emergency shutdown flap was tripped and rusted shut also, your tricks definitely made the job easier. Before I always pulled the injectors to free them up.
@@ivanferguson2509 man that's awesome! They're really good engines just misunderstood
Totally agree, drove quite a few of em when I first started trucking.
@@ivanferguson2509 seems like everyone's first experience either made it or broke it for em
What a Great Day. Happy for ya!
Hell yea I was pumped!
I hope to see more of that sweet gen set, hope to see it hooked to the house for a test run !
Absolutely Tim! We're working on just that soon!
@@Ol2Stroker hell yea !!
Fuckin mouse houses usually cause me and my buddy's a lot of aggravation I'm glad your feeling the pain as well "cause where all in those together"
Fuckin mice man
She works excellent, good deal man.
Pumped about it!
I had a inline small pump for a car with 2 hoses 1 to attach to the 8v71 fuel system the other end in a fuel tank hook up leads from pump to a battery or a hot and a ground let the pump run to pressurize the fuel system, start the truck let it run a few to get the air out of the system remove pump put plug back in, restart engine this method worked well when engine lost it's prime
Yup that's a great way to do it!
All Hail the Detroit King , WAYNE
Lol maybe that's a stretch.
Set the gen set at the end of your drive and have a Tesla charge station on it.These tree huggers today don't think past there charging cord. AOC might give you a award for saving the earth for it to. Lol
Great videos,watched them all,thanks
I'd rather watch those clowns walk.
Hell YEAH Brother l really like how You are starting out your videos now it's awesome...
Badass thanks Kenny!
Agree! Hope for a bit of the COE I call 12 pack Pete to be included though...
@@goratgo1970 funny you mention that because I have a few ideas there
Yeah I bet those mice did a real number on all those connections as well and did you clean the terminals before you did your test. Damn it has been a while since I heard that sound and it still sounds sweet
Naw I didn't prolly should've but it ripped so I ain't mad
I like the diagnostics aspect of the camera watching the moving bits of that beautiful Detroit green machine
🤣🤣🤣3:44
I LOVE IT ....so jealous about now.
Glad to see her in good hands ...
I guess the weight on the rack is probably an engineers answer to the 2-71s harmonics
A shame it's not 3ph
I Think MACHINE TOOL
You ought to be able to power shop & a favoured neighbor's as well.
🧒🙏👍
... As an aside ... I like a storage tank filter as a precaution against the crap coming out of an old fuel tank, the transparent kind with petcock on bottom. An 80 SS screen and the volume do wonders. The supplied paper filter WILL clog necessitating a change
It's just cool to see these old Detroit's come to life . It pisses me off to watch guys just ruin a perfectly good Detroit for you tube views. My pops was a Detroit doctor , I can work on one and make it run but I wish I wld have paid more attention when we use to rebuild them cuz all my dad's buddies that I knew have all passed away . Good job man keep um alive there's not many left out there.
Thanks Kevin I like to revive way more than killing. Although I do absolutely adore kt3406e's videos.
Doing enough injector lines in and out like you have now I'm sure it doesn't take anything for you to feel a decent torque on all those nuts!! Good for you. All the best from Canada
Oh yeah I've got that torque setting dialed lol
The fuel gets warm because it circulates thru the cylinder head...part of the fuel's job is to pull heat from the cylinder head and cool the injectors. Most of the time you don't notice warm fuel so quickly because it returns to a larger tank and takes a long time to heat up.
100% John I guess it just caught me off guard with how hot it got but I think it was my own doing because I was using a container that sheds zero heat plus it was such a small container. I know full well how Detroit's circulate a ton of fuel for cooling injectors etc but I guess I didn't think it'd make that much heat being only 2cyl.
Love you show mate, looks like you're having a win with this one too,you can see you're excited about it. Please show more on this set. Love to come to your country and meet you and have a beer or 3. Thanks a shit load for your time, see you on the next show.
Sounds good to me Brad, thanks for watching!
Good to see you again good luck hope you an family have a great weekend buddy
You too bro!
Crack beers and watch Wayne work on junk…perfect Friday night!
For me it's crack beers and actually work so y'all will have something to watch next Friday but it's worth it when y'all enjoy it!
Love the Wayne-calibrated torque wrench! 😆
Lol hell yea Jason!
Good shit Wayno never had a doubt you’d get it singing, I do my best work with a few beers it steadies the panic of will i die if I use a couple of extensions sticking out of a gen set outlet... NAAA it’s just fine 😂👍👍👍
Dieing is so overrated!
Awesome intro just watched Smokey and the bandit because of it
Badass!
Only other I reason I would go cat, in the middle of a zombie apocalypse they're gonna hear that thing screaming across your field, good work as always Wayne 💯✌️
I hope there's a cheat code in the zombie apocalypse for unlimited ammo I'm gonna need it 🤟
Nice job getting it running,sounds good
Thanks David I'm really happy with it so far
Glad you got it up and running. That rheostat wiper arm was probably oxidized from not being moved for years. I’m guessing that controls the field windings in the rotor and is set to proper voltage under no load condition and the weighted rack I’m guessing is supposed to act quicker on load detection. Now that you actually have output voltage I bet it will load up just fine. Here where I’m located a generator is a requirement. Power fails often and may be out for days so I’m sure you’ll enjoy having things run when everyone else is dark! Might have to add a fuel cooler if the big tank don’t pan out and you have to use a plastic tank. Wayne here too😊
Thanks Wayne! We don't lose power much but I've wanted one of these little units for years. I think it'll come in handy! Love the name 🤟🤟
Hey Wayne. Great video on the gen set 35 years ago in the 80’s when I was an apprentice electrician for golden circle in Australia we had 6 massive cat powered gen sets to run the factory with all the power outages we had (unions) and we would service the generator parts of the machines They sounded good up in the revs but still nothing like my Detroit in my White!!👍
Thanks Steve I've wanted one of these forever. Bet them cats were screamers too making power all day!
WTG Wayne!! Your mechanical skills are phenomenal!! Especially on two-stroke Detroits. Great video!!
Thanks Joey!
it's cool you got a running engine hope somebody gets back to you on getting the generator running right and something different i was going to see a friend if mine and this nice semi passed me and i was wanted to get around him i was passing him an noticed the name on the truck was my cousin in his new truck he fixed up a 90's model kenworth all black and this his other truck he is in his 80's an this is his other truck he has drove a truck since he was 15 or sixteen both his trucks are both really sharp i think the are both cat powered but he has run some detroit powered trucks too
That's badass Matt!
Love the new Smokey inspired opening and I love the Trailer Park Boys reference 😂
Thanks man!
LOL LOL a couple months back I was like man you need a Detroit generator LOL. I'm so glad you got one man I think everybody needs one and I need a Detroit generator too
If everyone owned a Detroit the world would be a better place
Old school. Tolit paper filter. 👍
Awesome genny and beautiful caddy in the garage! Love to see more of both!
Awesome little find. I'd like to find a old 253T to drop on a homemade pontoon boat.
Yessss!
@@Ol2Stroker
It's finding the time and hiding some money from my money manager/shoe collector.
@@benhawke7231 not always as easy as it sounds! Ha!
Congrats on the genny. Great video, learn alot from them. I'm no genny guru, but without anyone around to test, would hook up some old heaters &/or old wall/window A/C units to see if she would run stuff you do not care about ruining in case of a malfunction. Just watch the voltage during such, I had an old 240V single phase gas 2cyl Onan 10KW that was turned up high(voltage) to compensate for approx 150' of cable and fortunately did some repairable damage such as pc power supply and blown bulbs after a hurricane(a capacitor blew out of the power supply like a 22 cal.) Of course the guy I got genny from mentions this(the need for the long cables) a week later.
Oh nooooo lol. At least it was repairable shit but still. Yea the idea isn't to hurt any of my stuff lol. I've been thinking of making a load bank myself....
hey Wayne
I gotta the hero 7 blk and it too gets hot but I think it's the higher settings for better quality that would get it hotter
Fuckin GoPro junk
Great to see that it was running so it didn't actually turn out to be a POS now if it works like you said I guess you got a good investment 🙊🙉🙈
I'm happy so far Curt!
Definitely wanna see more videos on it Wayno!
Thanks Drew! There will be more!
Other outstanding job thanks for the entertainment 👍🇺🇸
Thanks Elmer glad you enjoyed it!
Wayne you are the man!!!! I new you could get it to run but i never thought you would get it to make power. She is sweet. We have 8 Cat, Olympian, and Onan units ranging from 350 down to 35 kw. It is hard enough to keep them making power and damn expensive too.
Thanks man I'm so stoked on this stupid thing I can't explain it but I've always wanted one 😁
We guna sandblast and paint it. White or Detroit green. Or caterpillar yellow lol
ALPINE GREEN THE WORLD 🌎🌎🌎
if you got the books an paper work on it and it has low hours it was sealed up in that box , its a good machine like it was turned off an put away, now your use it again, just clean it out real good an check everything ok , its a good heavy duty machine, i had to start one that was on a roof of a building in open elements no covers on it an it ran awesome,..you found a good deal on a big genny
I'm really excited this worked out as well as it did. I can't wait to load test it and see exactly what I got.
Tech tip for gasket making use a sprits of spray paint to make an outline to follow
That's a great tip thanks!
Nice! She's a screamer, man!
Runs pretty good!
Nice score
What a surprise win!
She's a runner. Great job!
If they turn they burn baby!
Love the intro remake of smokey and the bandit but the old 2 stroker channel version
Thanks Chris was really hoping y'all would like it!
Fuel as you know on these good engines lubricates and cools the injectors that temp does not surprise me. On the 149s I worked on in the Navy we had return fuel coolers.
Yessir Ron I think a lot of my issue was such a small container and also a container that doesn't transfer heat. Normally I think it'd be a lot cooler
@@Ol2Stroker YEP, small container recycling really quick. Great video Wayno!
@@djpar3492 thanks DJ!
Sassy ol genny. I love the sound of the ol 2 stroke anything
She is a sassy ol unit for sure!
Great job Wayne on getting it running, and seeing it showing power. I am sure somebody out there can help you with the electrical end of thing’s. Good luck and a great video. Livin the life in Plattsburgh
Thanks Steve we're sure trying!
Hey Wayne 🙂 Loving the gen-set stuff. I live in a typical British semi-detached house with about 400 sq ft of garden and closely-packed neighbours. The time between me installing Detroit back-up power and being tarred, feathered and rode out on a rail would be best measured in seconds so it’s cool to see someone else doing it instead 😆🤟🏼
Lol well turn your speakers up all the way and watch these videos late at night or early in the morning 🤟🤟
I don't believe that's insurmountable...Ever think about putting it under the garden?
Surely you know someone with a civil engineers bent ...
Love the intro. Awesome call on pulling the intake.
Hey Wayne I have a couple old military gen sets and some times the regulators don’t come on and a trick is to plug a corded drill in to the power and spin by hand most the time will fire the regulator up to make a field
Man that's a great idea... Problem is there's no outlets on the damn thing just that big honking triangle thing
This is a great project!
Thanks man I thought so!
Just got a 20kw pre 1965. Excited to pick it up and get her running.
Badass!!!
@@Ol2Stroker Funny thing, I was after the 30kw one you won from Cairo Highway Department.
Unfortunately got home that evening and realized it was going off in like a minute and couldn't sign in on time. Saved you some cash!
Glad it went to a good home. Love your channel. Keep on keeping on.
@@SpectrumRob I was just gonna ask if you ended up with the one in Whitehall? I take it you did? The same viewer who sent me the one I have sent me that one and I was gonna bid but decided against it because I just don't need 2. So I guess we both saved each other some cash without even knowing! Ha! It's also off they went for like identical money almost I think yours bid up 200 more.
@@Ol2Stroker Yes, that's the one. I think I'll add wood skids before the flatbed picks it up.
If you want good content, you can stop over and help me get her running, lol.
@@SpectrumRob lol I'll come get it running but it's expensive for me to leave the compound here lol
Definitely would be nice to have a backup generator that big. You'll be glad you have it this winter (but you guys have winters with a temperature similar to Barbados, right? :P)
Lol yea....
On some of these the slip rins may be dirty or brushes may be bad. Ck for bad capacitors also.good luck
Thanks Michael!
NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GREEN NEW LIBERAL IDEA! GREAT VIDEO WAYNE!!!
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Fuck the green new deal
What a sham.
James Condon would be the person to ask about generators he has a you tube channel and also The Small Engine Mechanic he does a lot of those big commercial generators
I'll look up James Condon thanks man
Love the sound of a 2 stroke Detroit!
Me too!
Sweet Lil Gen set. Ole 2 SMOKER...You should Paint the Box Cammo colors, Put a nice chrome stack/flapper on it instead of that wonky shit pipe and Put your Logo on it... Great Find , Bueno Wayno!!
Oh man that's a great idea. I was gonna paint it Alpine Green (is there even any other colors) but I'm kinda diggin camo. It def needs a chrome straight with a flapper that'd be too cool
@@Ol2Stroker You can wrap it too. Wrap only lasts 5 years in the weather though. I'm loving that gen set. I always wanted a 1/71 to put in my garage. Just to get the perfume
O de DD. lol.
@@VitaminC440 uuuuuuuuuugh 171 is REALLY what I wanted but they're unobtainable for reasonable money
Hell yea she's a runner can't wait to see more on it
Hell yea Brad there will for sure be more!
WELL DONE ‼️ Cool video Wayne
Thanks Anton!
Oh that cutout socket deal for the lines looks great. I could use that on my Mercedes diesel lines.
It's super helpful!
Love the smokey and the bandit intro .
Thanks man!
Add diesel fuel alittle where you sprayed either to see if your tank diesel is bad or contaminated
I have dual 12V71 TI's on my boat which has been sitting for a couple of years. I am both old and old school and love the 2 strokes. I am a physicist working on large hydrogen generators and massive 200 kW Fuel Cells. I would love to find some old 30 kW gen sets to experiment with hydrogen fuel supplementation to the diesel, 2 strokes love a little hydrogen to clean them up. I also use boron compounds to help with the cylinder lubricity. Enjoy your hard earned knowledge y share through these videos. I'm signed up....
Thanks man! I'd love to try a little hydrogen in one!
@@Ol2Stroker With the generator you are half-way there. Make hydrogen by electrolysis then make an alcohol from the hydrogen. Alcohol is a convenient way to feed hydrogen to a diesel engine. It mixes well with diesel, remains stable and in small portions is relatively harmless to the injectors and other parts. I'm doing similar to my boat (some people call it a 91' yacht). I will let you know how it works on my DD's. Cheers....
@@BluesDoctor thanks man! What's in the yacht for Detroit's? I'm assuming twin 12v92s or 149s?
@@Ol2Stroker 12V71 TI's at 675 hp each. 4,800 gallons diesel capacity. A fill-up will melt the credit card, lol...
@@BluesDoctor holy shit. How many nautical miles does 4800 gallons get you?
That knob on the throttle there is for a manually keeping the fall stuck in where you put it when you're working on otherwise it's got to be out so the runs off the gym set and the reason it's smoking is for that all that old fuel in the filters want to Fresh fuel got to it you notice it quit fueling and probably why it's not working properly as all those old school contacts on the generator need to be cleaned and get the rat poop out good luck on it sounds good love Detroit bye
Thanks Dave!
Nice job getting it going, sweet little unit .👍👍👍✌️
Thanks Ken I love this little thing