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..

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!

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.