Nothing like 2 people that don't know what there doing!

Yank the valve covers and make sure the rack moves freely. It only takes one stuck injector to hold them all wide open. Common problem, especially after sitting for a long time

a comon issue with detroits is when it sits for many years the fuel rail seizes up and when moving the trottle pedal it gets stuck wide open till you pull the valve cover off to free it up

I hate to see a Detroit get destroyed because people are to dumb to check the rack those engines are starting to be hard to find

This is hard to watch. If you don't know what you are doing then DONT!!!! It's common knowledge that if a Detroit Two stroke sits for a while that the injectors may be stuck........like I said.........this is basic common knowledge.

Had an old mechanic tell me that after 30 years he never saw a diesel run away. He did see a lot of mechanics run away from one when it took off.

Pull the valve covers, put a pair of vise-grips on the rack so you have control of the rack while starting. A Detroit of this vintage will have the older style rack (2 screws), even one hung injector will hold all the others at full fuel. Ditch the ether. Prime the fuel system by filling it thru the top of the secodary fuel filter (gravity) pr by using a small pump.

When you go to start it after a while, take the valve covers off and make sure all 8 of the injectors racks move freely. These work just like the governor on the engine of a lawn mower. They are in full fuel when it's off and then move back to idle or full throttle when running. (Depending on the position of the throttle lever) The injectors can get stuck in full fuel. Leading to a runaway. Even if it's just one injector. If that engine ran like that for say about 5 minutes, it would seize up prematurely or worse, throw something out of the crankcase. So always make sure that the racks are free before starting if it's been sitting for a long time.

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg bless your heart my girl!! Lol I needed a good laugh!!🤣🤣🤣 I thought it was gunna blow up! Lol🤣

Holy grail cow that's quite something else,and the cussing Diane was doing with excitement 😊😊

Man she's the shit am still laughing 😝😝😝😝😝

It's a 8V71 and the one or more injectors are stuck causing the fuel rack to not move. When a Detroit shuts down the Gov. goes to full fuel. Pull the valve cover and free up the rack. Nice old Ford TGP

The first thing you do on these is make sure the racks are free. Too many of these have bit the dust because of inexperienced people trying to get them running.

Take that can away from her!!! Ya better check that rack. You answered you own problem with the accelerator being stuck

yep, thatull wake ya up faster then a cup of foldgers lol...

i think we need more check the rack comments not enough yet

Great video looking forward to the next one would’ve done the same thing ran away on me turn and run The old Ford came to life Grumpy for sure, but still fired up👍

Most louisville have 8v71N 318hp the old screw knobs on the rocker covers are a give away, 8v92 have circlip on the water pump, 8v71 have bolts on front cover of the water pump 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

I dont know how far you are fron new York state but you should try to get " Old 2 Stroker " over to check out your starting issues. He is one hell of a mechanic. regards from Ody Slim

I hate when that happens! I puckered, and I wasn't even there! lol! You gotta do a walking tour of trucks & trailers on the property. Like is that a concrete mixer, or a boat on that trailer? What with the 4 door sitting next to this one?

Berks Products. One of my Sonotube customers. The way it's knocking it's definitely running on the either. Where are these beauties? You jinxed it by saying "" Let's hope it doesn't run away ""! Bahah haha! Good video. You two make a great team. Safe travels and God bless

Your intros to the videos are the best on KZfaq. CONVOY all the way...Rubber Duck...quack quack...lol.

What's up trucker Joe great video my friend, boy you guy's sure can wake up the dead with that old Detroit. What size for is it? I just bought me a fixer upper a 1985 single axle with the Ford engine in it, has a 5 speed with a 2speed rear end. Nice little dump truck for for a back up. Needs some cab repairs and doors, but over nice project, runs great. Stay safe out there my friend and keep the videos coming and always travel safely catch you on the next one.

Awesome video. When I was working for a Equipment Co. back in the early 80’s. We got a IH cab over with a 8V92. One day the driver was bringing it in the yard and we was just thought he was showing off in reality it was running away. He had a hard time getting it out of gear with the sloppy linkage and thrust against the gears. We tried putting hard cardboard over the air intake, but there was to many leaks in the piping. Lol!! She finally stopped. We think she was running on the oil buildup in the air box. We tore her down only thing we found was she stretched her conecting rods. Put her back together and she ran good till we sold her!! Good luck with that one!! Thank you for sharing!!

Now that was a HOOT LOL

I ran an 8V92 and its always been a great engine! Its always just a little funny when its someone elses engine, sad end for the olf girl!

what a laugh! seeing watching you two fuck off out of the way quickly, The bloke coving his ears and bailing had me ill with laughter!

Hey ahhhh..the fuel rail is stuck..😂😂

Detroits don't prime themselves well. Most of the guys that worked on a lot of them back in the day had either a little electric fuel pump to hook into the line or else a bulb pump like on an outboard motor. Cook use to have one he carried in his truck. McHugh brothers had an electric one.

You have to know what you are doing first grab the shit down lever make sure it’s free work the throttle make sure it’s free too make sure the emergency stop flap is there and operating as a lot say not a bad idea to pull the rocker covers and operate the rack tubes. The biggest thing fooling with these engines is to have a big CO2 fire extinguisher disconnect the air intake on the supercharger you can if you get a runaway stick that horn into that intake and discharge it till it dies ! The safest way to deal with one . I have ones from 2-53 all the way to 16-71s at my shop saving them for my older age .

Never start an unknown old diesel without some CO2 gas fire extinguishers that you can empty in the intake!!! (No foam extinguishers and no powder extinguishers!)

There's no other SOS like saving ourselves

She knows all 😅😅😅

Love the old 2 strokes 👍

Well it started......😂😂😂😂

Why are runaway deisels always so damn funny 😂

That was a teaching moment

Been around one in my life when it took off everyone but me and my grandfather ran and me and him scattered for a 2x4 to block the intake, iv never been so scared but knew what needed to be done because we needed the truck to haul hay so couldn't afford to let it blow.

You were so scared!)))😂 Keep on truckin!🤙

Detroit’s are known for this.

Love the vid. Who ever the lady is she makes the it with her comments hahahahahhaha

😂😂😂😂 made my day

I fired up a Big gen-set 12V92 and she ran away on me, you should have seen those old guys move 😆 after a big drag off a fire extinguisher I got her shut down but it’s something if you’ve never seen one do it.

I see that truck says berks on the door. is that berks county pa? if so, small world.

Well we know who the Boss is...😂

Looked like roy orbison standing there.

Man she took off like a hen chased by a fox😅😅😅😅😅😅

When you lower the hose and funnel the fuel is going to come up to the funnel. The engine did not pump the fuel back to your funnel.

Good Learning Video!

Good job, two knuckleheads wrecking another “unkilllabke” Detroit. It WAS an 8v-92, Brilliant.

These 2 are not two Brite up young Der up stairs

The rack is stuck, Never crank a 2 stroke Detroit that's sat any time without checking that first, Unless you don't want or like the engine..lol

Para que no pase eso tienes que quitar el cover de valvulas y ahi controlas la varilla de aceleración

With all thsoe ford trucks u have there sitting. Whats the price

What's on the back of that?

Where is this,any parts for sale. I know a fleet that still uses these. Had a LTL 9000 only trucks but Mack could survive Chicago roads

:D diesel runs away are scary

I think she's a runner!

About that first Ford, what the hell is on that trailer? Is it a generator or locomotive engine?

The engine simply overspeeds from an unintended fuel sorce...the mechanic is the one who runs away😅

Keep the content coming. Maybe some merch soon?

“keep it running” “throttle” “what!? turn it off?”

CHECKKKKKKKKKKKKK THE FUEL RACKKKKKKKKKKKKK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where's this at we have a few Berks trucks

That’s a 318 well an 8v71 could be 265 to 318 it a 70s engine cause it has round corner valve covers. Should be a red T knob in the cab for emergency shut down

Take the vavle cover off and the rack to see if it is moving freely

Gotta make sure the rack is free on a detroit

That was painful to watch. The most common cause of a runaway 2 stroke Detroit is a stuck injector, as many commenters have already said. But also a bad turbocharger with a leaky seal can cause an engine to runaway on crankcase oil leaking out of the turbo. On these Detroit engines a bad end seal in the blower rotors can also leak enough engine oil to cause a runaway, but that is very rare.

Who is this gal, she’s awesome?!?!

throoootttalllll

several shop cloths to throw in the air intake

But did you check oil/fuel 1st???😆😆😆👍

Detroit's are one diesel you always check the rack it's just something you always do

I'm runnin' free... Yeah... I'm runnin' free!

Screaming Detroit, That’s the shit

They were lucky it didn't seize up or blow up lol. Definitely different lol.😅🤷🏾‍♂️

You can clearly hear it running on either or fuel

if one doesn't understand gravity...all is lost.

I've never personally seen a Detroit diesel run away but I seen a chipped infamous 6.0 powerstroke diesel do it

That's why i love those engine's, sounds like it's chasing ya and gonna run you over. Lol

You managed to half destroy it.

Were the hell do they find these people

Detroit's overspeed......the mechanic runs away!!!!

Detroits can run at ridiculously high RPMs, so you probably didn’t damage it. I would yank the injectors and get them rebuilt. I’ve seen runaways before, and they are scary!

That video stressed me out… don’t try to start that again till you pull BOTH valve covers and make sure the fuel rack is free, and no injectors are stuck… that is your problem. You will destroy that engine if you keep trying to run it with stuck injectors/rack. When you free everthing up it will start and run fine.

Just cover the intake next time. LOL

With these old Detroits gotta have the air cleaner pipe off and a wood block ready to choke it out

How come all that equipment was jus parked and forgotten??? I would love that old dump truck @ 9:25 in the corner for my farm. She'd be perfect

That was 😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

You know I believe some of the early 8v92s looked like an 8v71 they didn't have a turbo charger they were more powerful than 8v71.

Is it supposed to sound like rod knock?

Why does your phone cut off the sides of the video?

Why was it parked loaded?

It's a Detroit. And you DONT have a piece of plywood or even bath towels to choke the intake air supply? BTW, if you open the passenger door, you don't have to scream at him.

As much as I enjoy Detroit’s self destructing, I couldn’t watch this and listen to the mouth on this old girl. Living with her, it’s no wonder some guys don’t come home.

😅😅😅you 2 ran like sheep 😂😂😂😂......and the cussing!!....I know smaller diesels you put something over the intake and choke it. It can't run away with no air. I imagine the intake is pretty huge on this so maybe have the lady holler into the intake and the engine will be choked from the Co2 she's emitting....just my thoughts 😅😅😅

injecter is stuck.

If the fuel system looses prime,must be reprimed. Will not prime on ether Sound ofsharp knock is ether not fuel

😊

She’s very pleasant