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Re: Detroit Diesel Thread
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Originally Posted by greywuuf
...just beginning to clean it up, it does run, I drove it 20 miles home,
it is kind of disappointing sound wise as it has a large single muffler,
as attested to by this video..
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Sounds nice to me. You really need to be careful running those wipers in raggedy condition like that. You could end up scratching that windshield!
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Originally Posted by davischevy
In the summer of 1970 I was skidding logs near Hot Springs, AR. I had the little Detroit to the floor and a gear came off the blower. It fell down in the gears below it and stopped the engine instantly. Needless to say, it made a mess. While they were fixing my skidder, I got a job in construction, and the rest is history.
Sure sounds that way. I'm sure there were other factors, but that had to happen first.
You know, I never thought about that till now, but that blower gear probably determined my destiny.
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