My dad worked for a construction company. Heavy equipment and they had trucks like this old gmc diesel and the mid 80s ford f700 or 800? Diesels. With a kenworth haul truck and a GMC General dump truck. I spent all of my youth out on the job with him being taught how to run equipment backhoes dozers and how to drive these trucks. Its been in my blood since i was born and thats why i am a CDL otr driver now. This brought back so many memories. That smooth diesel purr is the sweetest sound ever

Perfect! This morning I saw a picture of one and thought how I wanted to see a video more in depth on one. Come home from work and boom! You’ve gone and done one!!

Thanks so much for these two videos Jon I worked on these engines for a guy who was also my dads boss my dad wasn’t ever patient enough to turn wrenches full time so he just held the steering wheel haha but me and dad did work on some of these can’t be killed engines together when driving was slow and he needed hours good times…

Your videos bring back old times that i spent with my dad. I really enjoy them. I try and get my son involved in old stuff and he would go to a old junk yard every day but tbey are geting few and far between. If you do find one they want let smaller kids in even though he probably no's more than most of the people working there. We enjoy tbem ke et p them up. I no we watch them over and over so keep it up by

I saw 7 dislikes who could dislike anything you do I enjoy every video and look forward to the next one .thanks for what you do.

Man you make it look so easy You always know how to get it done Thanks Jonathan

I just picked up a 1980 c5000. Has a 350 in it. Allison automatic. Military truck. I'm excited to start working on it. It's been converted to propane too.

And it fires right up. Love diesels. I've been looking recently at people who turn these into big pickups. I think that's kind of neat. Maybe it could be a one day rat rod build. That would be fun to see. As always, thanks!

That truck would make a nice rotator I really like that cab and Hood style! Reminds me of the old Georgia Power trucks I use to drive!

We had an 8.2 non turbo . That motor sounds really great. Good on fuel but not a lot of power . Great video.

Would love to buy the truck, especially if it comes with the camouflage. Thanks for the great videos.

wish I was closer ,I live in southern Illinois ,would be cool to meet you and check out all your cool stuff !!!!

Ide love to have that truck an great video as always plz keep them coming

I like your video's!!! Amazing start after all the years, thanks for the video

Man that thing almost started right up , amazing !

Good engine for your sons old truck. Thanks for sharing.

Incredible Started right up sounds great!

Ok, nobody made a comment about something hitting the fan? These were pretty good engines-sounds good, buddy!

I could say so much about what went on in this video like very well said and explained about just owning one engine also when I had one runaway on me it was my fault and I was green as they come getting my feet wet running overhead and adjusting the injectors my boss at the time new it and told me to have a phone book or 2x6 on standby this is getting long but one other thing I wish a truck box door latch would make those noises up here after sitting for years… I just got done putting POR 15 on my pickup to help stay the rust…

Simon from the uk here.... That was an easy cold start,not much of a challenge 😉. The road outside of yours is a busy one,normally don’t hear it much. Perhaps one day you could do a guided tour of all your property as I think it would be interesting and also the other holding compound. How is your son doing and his new house, as I’ve not seen any videos lately. Has he stopped making them.? Thank you for taking time out of your day to do these videos for us 😃

Just got one in a f600, seems to run good, fired right up with a set of batteries, drove it home slow about 10 miles, cuz it sat along time. Has no turbo either.

Clicked on this so fast!!!!! I love the first starts.

even with that old dead diesel fuel is really isnt smoking much. sounds really good. i have never had one with head gasket problems. looks like a good donor for one of your truck projects. i just bought a 96 ih 4700 with a mechanical dt466 and a spicer 6+1 w/ overdrive. it is just like this truck...needs too much work to be a cost effective good reliable truck but it has a great engine and trans. i think the transmission is worth what i gave for it.

Engine sounds amazing!! Would love to put it in my '89 Burb lol

Well that certainly seemed to be an --easy first start. Engine sounded great--very healthy--and a good candidate to find a home in some other project you will come up with.

Motor sounds good a keeper for sure 👍🏻

I used to have a 87 (maybe 86 I cant remember exactly) chevy c70, 8.2 turbo diesel, 5 speed with a 2 speed rearend. That motor had no glow plugs in it but would start on a cold winter day like nothing I have ever seen!

Not a bad truck even with the bad diesel fuel it runs good love those Detroit's. For me this is the best channel on the web. Rather watch this then tv . Show me more J W

Thumbs up! Newk from Kentucky

I got a chuckle from "Shroud Hitting the Fan" :) I bet you could contact the City of Sanford NC and get Maintenance Records on that truck.

Nice. Gotta love it when it fires right up.

Engine sounds good. Can’t wait to see what you put it in.

Awesome! Love the 70s trucks.

Damn that old Detroit sounds good !

Before the fuel pincher, they had the 4-53t Detroit. I have one out of a ‘77 GMC garbage truck. Those had turbos.

Put the hardware store box on it, and make house calls! I'm sure you will come up with a good idea, even if it's parting it out to keep other trucks running and working. Linda and I send our best.

That truck would look good with a dually box from the same year ther one here in Canada we’re I live a little north east of Toronto they are awesome looking with the dually back box

Cool truck. I love these.

I think the truck is worth fixing up GREAT VIDEO

Definitely got a nice pile of Parts there

I like how you explain things

Those old diesels can sit for 100yrs and still start amazing

Engine sounds great.

You can't beat that for a good start!

That trucks too cool to part out

8.2 had head bolt issues. Otherwise ok We had these in marine industrial use. I had a 6500 with a 453T Detroit screamer motor back in the 1980s. Also had giant v6 478 gas motor. Rare find today . GM made huge 60° V6 motors even a V12!

A local freight company I deal with has a few straight trucks with the 8.2’s. I’m not sure what year they are but they look similar to your GMC there and those trucks still make deliveries every day. Good analogy with your 350.

We had a few of the 8.2 in trucks we had good service out of them.

Don’t worry about the haters, if you were a baker making apple pies, there would be some asshole hating on that too!!! Thanks for the content!!!

I like the toolbox in the truck

You have acquired a damned good service truck right there. A gas engine powering the compressor, some tools, could possibly generate a decent income on its own. Mike

Click like before even watching. Really like this channel a lot

The whole cab looks really solid and straight. It would be a nice replacement for a rusty cab on a short bed half ton.

sounds really good.

we have a ford dump truck with that engine in it cranks right up no matter how cold

Sounds healthy !

Looks too good to part out. Interesting truck, maybe a tire service truck. I have a similar one that was. Might be a nice project for Noah's first work truck.

the very first medium duty truck i got to drive was a 1987 GMC 7500 bucket truck with an 8.2L. Not sure if it was a turbo or not, but i do know that turbos were optional in that era.

We had trouble with the 60 series Detroit. Where we had truck serviced. They wasn't changing the water filter. Does that one of yours have a filter.

Id love to buy those tool boxes Jonathan.

Nice video. Question for you I have a international 4700 wrecker with juice brakes and a holmes 552 12 ton wrecker body .I'm curious how would it handle a school bus have you ever towed one ?

I love old trucks!

I run one every day with a turbo. 88 gmc tandem dump truck 8.2 detroit 15 speed. Run all day on 80 bucks. I haul 17 ton of gravel a load with it. Smooth running engine. Biggest problem I have is bolts breaking off that bolt the alternator and air compressor brackets on front the engine. Rough pavement cause most that I believe. That 8.2 will run all day holding 4000 rpm.

Seems like a good motor to me, don't know anything about them but please put it to good use!

Give the tool boxes to Noah.

I know I'm a little late,but put a 20,000# pto winch and some long poles and a air pump on the motor plumbed to the air tank and Noah has a really good yard truck.

Ol truck dont sound bad

I love the 8.2 i just dont get in to that large. A pole trk showed up early summer had 8.2 w turbo. Wore out though. Busses used a vast of the 8.2 manufactured. Exelant engine. Id prefer non turbo myself.

That’s such a solid truck, would be a shame to scrap it out.... Would never see one that age with a cab that solid around here!

I must have missed it but what type of frame that was in the beginning of the video?

Sounds good

i want that cab i wish i lived closer

Jonathan, do you have a title for this truck? And, what would it take to drive back here to Texas to finish it up?

whats the power out put ? 180 hp about, and 400 ftlbs of torque ?

I’d love to clean it up fresh paint and turn it into a welding rig

Runs nice, I wish it was in my 62 Bus.

Good engine to put in the old international cab and chassis project

That's a sweet sounding engine. Be useful for something, especially if it's a low mileage rebuild like you said. By the way, where's the video startup music? I liked that intro music. Maybe it's a pain to include. But anyway, good video, as always.

8.2L Detroit "Fuel Pincher" Very rare nice!! Keep the motor in the truck and sell it. they where really good motors even back then i heard really good reviews and somewhat bad. but good fuel mileage and decent power (slow) but nice...

I'm thinking if you don't want it contact classic truck rescue. They're into GMC's of that vintage and older!

One of your easier first starts, nice old parts truck. Im still trying to figure out whick gasser block GM started out with.

You have the strangest growths on your vehicles that sit for a long time

Hello, my dad had a 1983 GMC turbo diesel truck. The horsepower is 210 hp with turbo an180 or close to that without. Just free information.

What'll ya' take for the red tool boxes?

Brakes are a real truck killer, no matter how good the engine runs.

Do you still have it? What did you do with this one?

Gotta be one of the quickest first starts so far! Not a bad thing at all, the engine looks jammed up in there tight, they must be a bit of a pain to work on.

Old Girl fired right off can’t beat that. Lot of good parts

Looks like oil or something on the frame under the alternator, Is that some kind of pump running off the back of it? Engine sure sounds good, I could use a truck like that and I have a crane I could put back on the bed as well lol. I've found several 1980's medium duty GM trucks that I could make a heavy welding/work truck out of, but they're all too far away.

Sweet man

how much you want for the emblems off this truck?

nice radio in the wrecker

What kind of money is that 8.2 and trans worth I would like to try it in a rat rod truck maybe?

She fired right up good Diesel engine anyway What's going on with the Whippet have you had any time to work on it some more

I love how underwhelmed you are at what I find brilliant lol.

You should do a video on all of the stuff in the truck and in the bed

Do you still have this truck?

Noah still needs to some gardening on this truck. Those are lichens on the truck.

Good video 👍🏿💯

started very quickly!!! one good clean check oil carter ,oil gearbox,fuel tank (is neccesary) but wheels,mmmm-