Things just aren't made the same anymore. What an epic piece of machinery, can't wait to see more!

I was born and raised an hour and a half from Oshkosh. This beast makes me proud of Wisconsin. It is amazing that thing was in service until 96.

It would probably be a good idea to partially drain the engine oil to see if water is present underneath. The oil pump will definitely suck up any water and do damage.

Honestly, at this stage I wouldn't worry too much about that milky engine oil atm - change the oil and let the engine get right up to full operating temp and hold it there for an hour or so. These big old industrial gas engines are notorious for filling the oil with condensation if they do short runs/never get up to full temp - especially if they've run on fuels like propane. I'm a forklift tech and we get this issue ALL THE TIME!

I see this old iron and look at new trucks and we have taken a step back..great video..

I'm going to say that I am so happy for you all and me being a old mechanic, fabrication, body, paint, and road service mechanic of 40 years as of last August, 20th to see you guys grabbing and saving them from the scrap yard and I wish I was there to help you all because when I got tossed in the trade at 15 I started with Semi truck wheels and in the Western Pennsylvania Farm and Rust Belt country we had tons of those with split rims and widow maker wheels and after a good year and a half of that I was lucky enough to have two guys one was early 40's and the other one was in his mid 50's and the tossed me in to working on stuff like that with nothing but being told to do this and if any questions stop and ask. Luckily I had to of the best people who were able to explain to me what and how to do it and they could watch me as they did their own work. From there it was more and more as it went and as you know it is all history for us now. Thanks for sharing this with me and my family,🧐💯%! For the first 10 years of my work was 70 % big old farm, power plant, coal mines, road work. Reminder of the good old days and the only thing that I don't miss is the farmers and miners using the old Aircraft landing wheels with the 40-44 ply tires and they usually took two of us to change them especially if they got them used at the Pittsburgh, Pa. International Airport and put them on the tractors and other bigger equipment. Say after five or so years if they were used that long as the laws got updated and they were not allowed to run them as much as as they used to but the farmers and miners would run them until they were dry rotted so bad you could see the middle plies of sidewall cords and it would rub holes in the tubes. They would get almost petrified and so stiff we would have to use a bead breaker and then try to run them over with the truck and push with the back hoe to get them off. I hope that you have a great day day today and I hope you are able to get it to be a great mule and local highway runner for short hauls to town maybe 🤔. Would be the center of the world at a location car or truck show with some TLC and a great refresher of all the normal maintenance items as long as you don't have any catastrophic issues with anything. They were built so tough that the shame is if they would have done the simple maintenance and not let it go to pot in a hand basket. Great day and I hope you have a good go of getting it to where you want it to be and I don't believe that you will have a issue doing so as I have been watching you do this for a good while now.

This exact Oshkosh had been sitting at our local museum for years until it disappeared a few months back, I'm glad to see it found a good home.

I worked on a lot of those Waukeshas in cranes back in the day. They were good engines. I was good friends with the dealer in Philadelphia North American Engines on B Street. I think his son still has a lot of NOS parts. That would be Mark at Jobber's Warehouse in Philly. It really doesn't take much water in the oil to make it milky. I've had them with only a tiny bit of water and the oil looked like cappuccino after running a short time. All in all that truck looks like a winner, especially considering it's 92 years old

content like this channel is what KZfaq should be. people doing their thing and sharing it. when things become a production, the ads, the plugs, the sponsors and all the other garbage ruin it. people want that money and pander to the powers that be resulting in censorship that goes far beyond bleeping swear words. good stuff though, very cool old truck.

Your a great dad brother i always wished my dad would spend time with me like yours does with you , really made me smile when he made the suggestion "eanna see if it will run" and the truck is rad too but a dad like yhat is priceless.

Dang! Nice one boys. If you'll take a tip from an old Cat mech who ran desert roadtrains in Aust. Do remove those ancilliaries, its totally worth it long term, new bearings, new lipped seals, clean up the shafts, especially on the running surfaces, clean out oil feed galleries. Don't be churlish about taking the head off, its simple as, clean out all lube & coolant galleries, dismount the valves & hand reface the valves & seats. Check for correct oil pressure, its only a pre-determined spring, tension pressing a (bearing) ball against its seat. Cut your own gasket out of copper sheet. The trick with head gaskets is to torque down sequentially 3 times after reassembly. Once, then run up to operating temp, cool right down, like overnight, re-torque, then re-torque for the third time after about 500 miles when everything has settled into its position proper. Its a pain because you have to remove the valve train each time, but it will never trouble you again thereafter. Needless to say, but clean mating faces if you don't want leaks. It too will be a pain if it involves removing seized in studs, but it can be done with care & forethought without snapping them. Then hand face over grit on a very flat sheet. Cat make a range of liquid gaskets, red is the universal, yellow seals up to 60 thou. Do pay close attention to shaft end floats, so shim appropriately, & cut your own. Piston rings are the life of any motor, so clean air, fuel, & oil is essential. Its well worth the trouble. While the head is off, may as well drop the crank & see, be sure to clean out the accumulated carbon in the piston lands. Never put new rings into old bores, either replace same in same, or renew both together. Ham fisted mechs always upset the float in a carb. its a delicate thing & the fuel level in the bowl determines how the jets are fed. The float level is set by simply bending the tang attaching it to the body. Correct float setting is when the engine runs its nicest with the mixture screw in the middle position +/-. A lot of folks restore, & they look great, but seldom run beautifully, just like the factory intended. If you want to convert red rust to black oxide, use vinegar on oil free surfaces. Not the salad kind (6% acidity), the cleaning kind marketed as 2x double strength. Get it from the supermarket. It will knock even heavy scale, if you leave it on long enough. Trick is to keep it from drying out, so put a soaked rag over it, tape plastic sheet over it in the case of panels, great on tools too, wrap in a rag & put it in a plastic bag. In a jar it can be re-used until its a goup. Works a treat & wash off with water when done. To avoid flash rusting prior to paint, wash of with rain water. Looks like you get plenty of that for free. Don't use soft paint. Use hard epoxy 2 part mix, best place to get it from is ship yard suppliers. You'll want 5 gallons of top coat to do the whole truck, half that in etch primer. Trick is, thin coat of primer, thick coat of colour. Do everything right, & you'll only ever do it once. Have fun.

That thing is sweet! Glad you rescued it

She is a beauty and deserves a little more TLC. :)

Раньше сталь что ли делали по другому,столько лет,а рама с виду хорошая! Сейчас машины по ходу из фольги делают. Привет из России!!!

My Dad was a lifelong truck nut. How was 2yrs old when this truck was built. He passed away in 2013. I always wished videos like these would've been around when was alive. He would have loved it!!! thanks for posting and good luck with her!

This thing is awesome and what an absolute UNIT it must have been back then.

Oshkosh is just brilliant--they're still around, they still make incredibly beefy stuff like this. Proper truck with a pedigree, this thing. LOVE that the diffs are interchangeable.

I have a 1959 military Oshkosh wrecker/crane...massive double frame 60,000 pounds...

I saw that truck for sale as well, I wanted it so bad but it was too far from me, I'm so glad you got it. I have a 1941 Oshkosh W400 with a 4-71 detroit that runs and drives, heavy and slow but great trucks to play with. I'd love to get a F-Model at some point for my collection. Look behind the right front tire on the frame, around the front spring mount, if its at all similar to mine there should be a frame stamp with a model and serial

Totally cool! We had those in Colorado forever and they were all snowplows! With big monster blades about 6-7’ tall for the highway. All orange and I couldn’t tell you the years, they all looked the same! Nice!✊

What a fantastic truck! Great save, gents. I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing this old girl get some much deserved LOVE. Thanks for sharing...keep up the great videos...and KEEP 'EM COMING!

Very cool piece of vintage machinery!! I would have been concerned about the water in the oil... Thank God this truck was saved!!

The best and most satisfying video I watched today. They just don't make vehicles that way anymore. Great folk too.

You had me at “sketchy things I do with my dad”.

That is just about the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. What a beast.

I'm very happy that You and Your Dad saved this truck. I saw it on FB Marketplace about 12 days ago and considered adding it to My Herd of Nags as it was not far from home in the PNW. But I have too many projects that need finishing. Great job guys!

Grease caps were very common on vehicle water pumps before we had neoprene sealed bearings. I remember working on AEC, Leyland, and Foden double deck buses from the early 1950's that all had them. A very tuff Truck that reminds me of the trucks I have seen in very early photos of the initial earth works at the beginning of the Snowy mountains Hydroelectric and Irrigation scheme built in Australia from 1948 to 1972. An American company was one of the major contractors. It is legend that when a machine had reached its end of life it was parked at what would be the deepest part of the dam excavation site and submerged when it filled because dragging it back out of the remote sites was difficult and cost money. If true I wonder how many machines including trucks similar to this one are in a watery grave.

Love these old trucks. Keep em on the road! Subscribed.

Dude I absolutely love that thing. Please keep the series going!

😊 would love to see that all cleaned up and refreshed.

What a beast. It will be interesting to see what happens next.

I love that truck. I’m glad you guys are gonna save it would’ve brought tears to my eyes. If it went to scrap I’m from Washington State originally.

Very cool. Never seen one of those engines before. Thanks for sharing.

A lot of highway departments used these as well as FWD and even Walter trucks as snow plows here in Wisconsin. Great video!👍

I stumbled onto your channel by accident. Watched this video and subscribed immediately! Love it

Just join your channel Steve from Annapolis Maryland this is so cool what you guys are doing and you got your father helping you it's good to see family working together and everybody getting along everything's positive and looks like a really cool place where you live too

Fine piece of history ❤ Great Video

Great truck. Cooling system; Dad was a fleet diesel mechanic, he used to put a gallon od diesel fuel in the clean system to keep it clean. I know it works just remember it's there and not a head gasket.

You are a fortunate man indeed. Super Schweet Truck!

One of the coolest trucks ive ever seen, she's a diamond 👌, that engine looks similar to AEC 7.7ltr 🤔, thanks for sharing 👍💨💨

The Oshkosh is super cool when I was a kid in the 60s about 12 years old my neighbor had Oshkosh his name was Kenny Krall he had a lot of cool crap have a great day thanks to the video keeps me inspired I can't build cars anymore but I enjoy this thanks

That truck is a real beauty! I would love to be the proud owner of something like that someday.

At 37 minutes, I was looking at the rear axle, and wondering how many turns the driveshaft is before the tire rotates once. Maybe 10 rotations? You need to put some string on the driveshaft, and drive forward until the tires rotate once, and see what it is. Love the sound of that huge gas engine! Oshkosh made trucks that last! I wonder if a museum would like to see it fixed up?

From what I know, this is an FB model. Now, this is just what I remember from the air force museum in Dayton, OH. But the FC models were duallies and the FB models had a single rear tire on an oversized hub. But, they were the same truck essentially, just the FC model came later and had some minor upgrades done. I just remember trying to figure it out from the pictures they had up on the display and that was all I could come up with.

My ‘54 fwd fire truck has the same engine, and the water pump had the same issue last year. There’s a couple of places I found that had rebuild kits available. Now it holds coolant great

Will it run...... Yes. You drove it around. Love these ol beasts.

Your dads excitement actually pulled me in lol.

That's an awesome find, congratulations.

Wow that truck runs real quiet down the hill. We all wish things could last that long today.

What a Beast! Awesome video!

That trailer loading evolution was some sketchy shit! I liked it!

what a beast 😍 hopefully the water just entered through some opening as it sat and there is no coolant leak 🤞

No Way 😃 That's absolutely amazing

Freaking awesome truck, amazing find, you's deserve to be very proud of that machine.

I have a set of very decent grade/quality old military 14x20 tires that’d look awesome on that! Toss in some plexiglass, fab up some doors & GO! That’d look absolutely incredible if u could find/score an early ‘30’s heavy duty wrecker wench/boom setup on chassis back there!

I recognize those retreads. They were done at a shop called northwest retreaders in Portland Oregon. I used to work there.

And I thought my '52 Studebaker was old. Good stuff guys!

Freakin' Amazin' fun video to watch! inspirational. Bringing something like that back to life is a good feeling

that mouse thought that was never gonna run again

Now that's what you call a TRUCK.

One of the coolest things I've seen on utube

Fantastic old truck ! 👍

That thing was a workhorse for sixty years and it still runs? What a beast

Great video! This is Oshkosh's largest of the day, either a BG or GD, originally with a Hercules HX engine. The model and serial number are stamped on the passenger side frame rail right above the front spring hanger. Very rare truck, I think they were first made in 1933.

Would you just look at that. That exhaust manifold is amazing. Good work guys.

Awesome. I've always liked the big Oshkosh trucks. Most of the ones I see are former snow plows.

what a find bud!!!!! great job

Those look like Timken design double reduction differentials, possibly built by Timken for Oshkosh. Those type third members were common on 5 ton and up class trucks into the 1940's By the mid 1920's, electric starting was pretty much the standard, that hand crank was for emergencies!! Carburetor would have originally been updraft, somebody flipped things around to use different carb. Hood latches are identical to my 1927 Hudson super six !! What a sweet truck !!

Amazing , i wouldnt have taken that bet !

Cross flow head that's impressive. What a beast

The water can be just condensate and not a leak, I would run Rotella in it even though it's a gasser.

What a great find..that would take a 14 ft v plow...I know someone that made a homade wood skidder out of one but it was a 1950 cement truck..had a 30 ton winch..thing was unstoppable.. enjoy that Father and son time ..

Wow that is amazingly impressive

Only think I know about OshKosh trucks is they “B’Gosh” darn cool lookin’!

Congratulations, it is a very nice truck.

Nice piece of old machinery I enjoyed listening to the winch grown😂😂😂😂

Looks like I have to stick around to see where this truck goes!

dud it looks as if it was from the 70s the condition for where it was is spectacular

This thing is amazing! I never thought this old of a truck would run and drive like this. Maybe this truck was outside and water ran inside of the motor somehow, say if someone was working on it and left the hood open for a period of time. Anyhow great video!

L-D-O = low direct overdrive . An early version of the later "brownie" that most trucks . The Roadranger trans took over in the 70s 👍

COOL OLD TRUCK! I know you were anxious to start it but I would much rather you took more time. Took plugs out and got oil into the cylinders. Changed oil. Cranked it way more to insure oil pressure. Maybe even took oil pan off.

Cool Even still has the semaphore turn signal.

I would throw an engine flush in the crankcase and refill it with old used oil and see what happens. If it comes back okay put some new oil in and go with it. I would expect pretty much everything to leak shortly

I recognize those two levers by the handbrake, the inner one is for engage/ disengage on the PTO, and the outer one would have controlled whatever the PTO was running, most likely a dump box from when it was a plow truck. The levers themselves are near identical to the ones in my '47 Ford dump truck, so I'm going to hazard a guess that it has a Chelsea PTO.

That's frig'n awesome fellas, you should never be sorry you picked that one up. Can you send it over to Australia for me 😉

Nice Truck. Greetings from Germany Peter

She's a keeper ❤

This is a time when trucks were built to work and not be pretty , I love these old beasts they were real road warriors

What a beast! Awesome! Are you sure that was a mouse? Looked pretty big... thanks for sharing, greetings from the UK!

Nice save!

overkill and absolutely wonderful‼️ 👊🔥 🪖

Try driving one of those with a huge rollover plow, plowing huge airfields.

From what I can see of it, that engine looks like a 145 Waukesha. The water in oil on the ones I worked on usually came from cylinder sleeves leaking past the wet sleeve o-rings. The ones I worked on drove gas compressors and were surplus engines from WW II tanks.

That is one cool truck 1 of my favorites

My parents and older bros moved from Oshkosh to So.Calif in '47 I was born in '49 . Dad worked at the factory . They are still going , building specialty veh's . Take care 👍

thats a nice not so little piece of history you found.

That Waukesha engine was built about five miles from my home. Waukesha has always been a leader in the ICE industry and built the official engine in which the "horse power" was established. Still a leader!

Got to see this truck in person it’s incredible

What a KOOL OLD RIG! Man you could jerk submarines up by the para scopes with that gearing! LOL! SWEET!

I seen this thing in Washington last weekend and it is definitely Big and bad ass . It must have been a off road log truck ? Can you imagine the o shit moments in its hay day that old girl has seen. I bet that milkshake is simply from years of setting around. She's cool guys 😎👍