I can't believe that in America, abandoned trucks are just standing in such decent condition. Come and take them, revive them... In Russia, this is generally impossible. Homeless people would have long taken it to scrap metal. Or hooligans would have just destroyed them out of malice. I was very pleased with what you are doing. It’s nice to see that there are still normal people somewhere...

That is the SilverAero edition. Freightliner brought them out in the early 90's as a limited edition. That is some history right there. They were all equipped with a 70 inch flat top sleeper, 3406B Cat, 15 speed fuller and that light rosewood panel. We even had one here in South Africa. I was in love when I first saw it in 1993. And the unique sound of the 3406B was something I will never forget.

Not sure why vehicle rescue videos are so satisfying and fun to watch, but they just are. Vice Grip Garage, Junkyard Digs, this one here, I can’t stop watching them.

This makes me miss my grandfather. He loved his old peterbilt. Good on you for loving that Freightliner

Wow! Truck still looks in decent shape to not have moved for almost 20 years

The great old trucks no crappy DEF crap.

There’s nothing like a Cat engine waking up, especially after a 17year nap! Bring on the rest of it! 🥰 This will make such a nice rig! 🥰 Love the Cats! 😍

Beautiful truck great shape for the year, also I really love it how he is holding the child in his arms while working, I love grandparents and parents in general, that’s how to do it 😊

I've always loved the old FLD Freightliners. They did an awesome job back then of making an aerodynamic truck with good milage that still has an awesome classic look. I just love them. I'd love to have a later model one with a big high top sleeper.

397,000 miles and sitting for 17 years? Wow she hasn’t been loved in forever I’m glad your able to get the ole gurl back on the open road where she belongs :)!

FLD120s are gorgeous! Shame to see the beautiful truck rotting away. Save it quick!

I use to have a truck similar to this.Its was also an FLD120 with Detroit 60 series motor.It would haul butt.I Loved It.

That is so cool that some trucks can be sitting for so long and some people just start it and then there you go. I think that is amazing. That is one of the reasons that I want a big truck like that.

My grandfather "papa" used to drive these, blew his knees out after 20 years driving the big rigs from Lancaster CA all over the US from the early 1980's to the late 1990's. He had this exact rig when he was hauling for Swift back in the early 90's, I used to go with him on some trips. Word to the wise NEVER haul for Swift unless you are an owner-operator. A trip to see this just wasting away in the weeds, great vid!

Good clean low resistance connections on the batteries are essential to start those big diesel engines.

1991 Silveraero special edition. Manufactured in 1990 and available with 4 colors of striping. Green, red, blue and black. I pre-ordered mine in April 90 and took delivery on August 17, 1990. Sold it in 2004 with 1.3 million miles on it and the .engine was never touched other than regular maintenance. Mine had the green stripes 3406B/e with a 15 over and people would actually chase me down on the highway to get pictures.

Reminds me of Jack Burton's truck The Pork-Chop Express from Big Trouble In Little China. Like I told my last wife, I says, "Honey, I never drive faster than the eye can see. Besides that, it's all in the reflexes" 👍

KZfaq at 2:00 am: would you like to see some people starting a truck Me: why not

Interesting vid. My dad has a 1993 fld120 with a 12.7 Detroit and a 18 speed that yas been parked since 2008 due to the recession. I cant wait to get it going again.

You should make an update video on this truck. I first watched this video 3 years ago and I'm still interested on what happened to it.

Your little Ella is so cute! lucky you having such an angelic daughter!

That truck is beautiful! And needs a lot of love

A number of people talk about the freightliner fld 120 I remember when first came out in the late 1980s many people thought they the koolest and the nicest truck on the market, many people wanted one but it took a while before many drivers got their hands on one. I put many miles on fjd 120 i did like the room inside. It beat the needle nose front end trucks that had a sleeper the you had to crawl throught a hole to get into the bunk and in the winter the bunk was cold and it was hard to get back out of the bunk. The fld 120 was haven to alot people and it was a nice truck to drive

This thing was the shit when it was new. Restoring it would be worth it.16 years at a Freightliner dealiership never seen this trim level in a FLD.

It's amazing... It been a long years... Keep up the good work bro...

It was interesting to watch you and how you trouble shoot the issues...good luck

It was the silver aero that brought us the classic xl. Freightliner stopped the 90s square hood for one year and launched the silver aero . There was a backlash and in 92 the classic xl made her debut. The silver aero was a beautiful truck inside. Amazing how a manufacturer can go from rosewood dash beautiful leather classics to the Columbia and mass production . Rip freightliner

I like the way the sleeper is ,,grown" into the cab

You just went viral. The youtube algorithm is gonna make you famous

This was a limited edition to celebrate Mercedes buying Freightliner , Mine had the purple stripe, 425 cat 13 deep reduction, 750 watts alpine stereo leather seats and real rose wood dash, she would 94 at 1900, I never took it to 2300.

for some reason that model and style of truck is really growing on me i like em

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That looks just like the FLD I drove back in the mid 90's for a company called DTI out of South Dakota.

How's it guys? from Zambia Africa. I came across your video by accident and had to watch. Please make another video, cause I loved your patience trying to start that baby. I love American trucks and the sweet sound of the Jake brake. Hope it has one. I drive truck in Australia and always admired American trucks when the passed me. I hope your toddler will appreciate trucks as he gets older. Good luck with the freightliner.

Back in the day this was the coolest looking truck out there.

SilverAero edition with the funky two piece fairing. I had a 94 just like it.

Comments were stuck on triple 6’s, so I had to comment...I used to own a 2005 freight liner classic with the condo sleeper.

If it has 379,000 original miles, it’s definitely a keeper. These old FLDs with the Pre EGR 60 Series are the definition of reliability and low cost of ownership. Definitely an Owner Operator truck.

The sound, chico... It never lies...

Exelente! Saludos desde Tegucigalpa Honduras Centroamérica!

Amazing how clean the interior is for sitting that long. No mice nests in the electrical, just some dusty gauges and probably a wet carpet smell

Doubtful to call it the first start after 17 years, the first start attempt after 17 years is better. Really looking forward to the future and hope for success. Thanks so much.

Greetings to you from Syria and thank you,

Definately gonna buy one. Pretty famous and rare here in the Philippines these old FLDs.

Hope you can still save it😉👍

Should have put new fuel filters on and drain the tanks and put new fuel in it. Probably it would have started a hole lot quicker

Love the sound of a 3406!

Good video guys you’re a better mechanic than my guy who works on my truck lol beers always make the job better

I miss my papa and my daddy may they rest in peace you have a beautiful family

That could be a nice truck, dont hurt the engine. Need to prime the fuel system and have good batteries with charger/jumper cables.

I waiting the next episode. I hope will run again 👍👍👍 cool video

Great Truck. take care guys. God bless you.

Change the fuel filters !!

Say goodbye to the starter if keep cranking like that, I'd definitely took off the fuel filters to be sure even had fuel in them & have some FRESH fuel there to top them off with.

Not a bad looking Rig considering the amount of time it sat,bet a cleaned up Ole Faithful would look pretty good,hell I'd drive it

That’s a gorgeous truck extremely rare take care of the old girl

If meinberg owned it I drove it passed it one day coming out of Lansing mich.luv to have it fixed up

I'm not sure why KZfaq wanted me to watch this video but I'm happy I did

amazing how that truck still works .. waooo I love those video thanks already have one more fan

I was watching and I couldn't help but notice, is your wife a filipina too? Working on a truck with the family it just don't get any better than that. Those kids will have some good memories when they are older 👍👍👍

The first thing you need to do is change the fuel and air filters. Second, check the fuel pump and put fresh diesel in tank. If it has been sitting for 17 years the diesel is all gummed up

Now put it to work🙌🏾 we wanna see that workhorse do what it was made to do 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

It was hard watching him do all the wrong things. And I love these types of videos. And this is my first time in 37 years seeing a motor r u n n o f t.

I drove a 91 the stripes were a red and black, 425 cat, 15 spd direct. it wasnt fast but man did it pull..turned up to 500 hp .loved that truck but drove for a small company it got close to 500,000 on it ,it was gone

What an adorable little thing. Ur baby put a huge smile on my face.

Hello my frnd.im here to wacth ur video til the end. Its ur daugther very cute🥰

hello my friend, Brazilian greetings ... as time is ungrateful with our trucks .. I'm a truck driver here in Brazil .. nice video, thanks for posting this rarity ... infinite blessings from God for this beautiful family ... a hug, Marcelo Luiz Medeiros JOAÇABA, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

👍🏻 I'm waiting for the next video...

That truck HAD one really nice interior, sweet if it could be restored as it was a show truck from the factory!

So, I'm a trucker now, and I have a 2014 Peterbilt 367 day cab winch truck and I first drove a truck back when I was 14 years old when my buddy's dad in Allentown hauled 80k lbs of tin scrap from Allentown to Baltimore and I went on a run with him. God bless him, he let me drive his truck on the highway with an empty trailer and I've been wanting to get a CDL-A ever since. I was 31 when I got my current job and I first started pursuing my career as a truck driver, and my current company helped me to get my license. The truck that I have now has less than 50k miles on it, because my company bought it and only had one guy to drive it, so he didn't put hardly any miles on it. I've put 26k miles on it the past year and that's not alot either, but I also drive a 550 and a 750 with a gooseneck trailer for the smaller loads because my winch truck and 48' trailer is longer than all of the sand cans and most of the wellsites that I deliver to are very small and tight. Regardless, I love seeing older trucks like this revived and used because no truck deserves to sit and be deserted.

Those kids are beautiful, truck is awesome 👍👍

The CDL school I go to has two of them. One is parked (needs a belt tensioner) and the other one is used for parallel parking. It seems like everyone even the instructors HATE that truck. I even told the one instructor it's not bad on e you get used to the clutch....he walks away. 🤣🤣

Good way to train yur truck on starting fluid.

hi sis ... great upload

Omg this baby girl is gorgeous wow little cute angel 😇 God bless this baby

Searching for and watching the movie Dual caused me some good recommendations 😀.

All I can say is WOW!

Ive always loved the FLD

That's a good old SilverAero edition FLD120. They're fairly sought after if your friend wanted to sell it.

I believe if you get some new lugs for the cables and solder them on good and get all the air bled out it should start and run!😎🇺🇸

You have no idea what you are doing.... Drop the old fuel, then change fuel filters. Then fill takes with fresh fuel, purge the filters, then START IT.

Sir just be careful starting these old diesel trucks around your young ones. Sometimes these old diesel engines that have been sitting around for years can run away from you if the rod is stuck in full power mode. And if they blow it will send shrapnel everywhere. Not trying to tell ya what to do. But their is some dangers to this. Great vid though I def subscribed.

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I would use silicone spray to start that truck given the warm temperatures where your at and starting fluid if it was cold

More vids like this will get u more subs n viewers ...

It's got a good engine in it, but I was kind of upset to see that it didn't have a Series 60 in it. I have good memories of riding with my uncle in his FLD120 that was powered by a Series 60. He could out-pull nearly every truck on the road with that truck. It was a well-tuned machine.

Cant believe it even turns over... Wow!

I love trucks and my Dad was a truck driver and my Dad passed away about 3 years ago

That rattling noise when the battery was low is what blows engines up with ether. It sounds like it lived through the close call but that is extremely dangerous when not cranking fast enough. Just telling folks dont do that.

Missing some jumpers on them batteries, looks like.

Looks like an former DTI (Direct Transit Inc.) truck which was bought out by Swift in the mid 90's

i love the old school freightliners ima buy one of my own with its own trailer one day and travel the world

Almost sounds like the fuel shut off isn’t moving, the solenoids clicking but it might not be pulling the rack to the run position, just a guess

Dang...perfectly good semi wasting away for 17 years.

They had a Highway 700 model of these after The Trucking Bozo from WLW 700 in Cincinnati.Very rare.

Neqie, I would be afraid of snakes too! I know people that have gotten into their vehicle after it being parked for some time and while going down the road out slithered a snake. I'm afraid I'd be hopping out the door.

Where is part 2!?!?

In its day that was a nice rig.

Can’t wait to see the next video 👍🏻

Amazing! Thanks for channel.