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Abandoned Dump Truck Fires Up Two-Stroke V12 Diesel After Many Years
Motor 1 ^ | Nov 08, 2023 at 3:28am ET | By: Adrian Padeanu

Posted on 11/08/2023 7:29:10 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 11/08/2023 7:29:10 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: muleskinner; Fiddlstix; TexasTransplant; Squeako; dennisw; norwaypinesavage; 1Old Pro; weps4ret; ...

DIESEL kNoCk!..................


2 posted on 11/08/2023 7:29:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Well, cool just for the novelty of it. One never knew that such a thing existed. Obviously it would never make it past the emissions regulations today, which makes it so much even more cooler.

One will watch later.


3 posted on 11/08/2023 7:37:22 AM PST by OKSooner (Be especially sure to take extra wool socks.)
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To: Red Badger

Will they put it back to work? Put it in a museum? Wreck it in an action movie?


4 posted on 11/08/2023 7:37:33 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Red Badger
Source: Bruce in AUS / YouTube

Because of course his name is "Bruce".

If it was "Michael", that would cause a little confusion.

5 posted on 11/08/2023 7:37:37 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Red Badger

Good on someone for making it run again.


6 posted on 11/08/2023 7:38:33 AM PST by OKSooner (Be especially sure to take extra wool socks.)
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To: OKSooner

WD-40....Is there anything it can’t do?.....................


7 posted on 11/08/2023 7:40:50 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: NorthMountain
"Mind if we call you 'Bruce' just to keep it cleah?"


8 posted on 11/08/2023 7:43:21 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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My dad used to work on a person’s 12 cylinder jaguar - the thing was a beast


9 posted on 11/08/2023 7:44:03 AM PST by Bob434
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I bet it wasn’t a 852 cubic inch beast!...............


10 posted on 11/08/2023 7:45:23 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Detroit Diesel .. turning diesel fuel into noise. Glorious delicious noise!


11 posted on 11/08/2023 7:47:13 AM PST by sonova (No money? You're free to go.)
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A marvel of simplicity and how the maturation of ICE technology without electronics made massive improvements in labor productivity and income possible.

Is the performance and longevity of newer engines better? Yes, but how many "improvements" that have added costs such as improved fuel economy, emissions control, and safety have been driven by government mandate instead of market demand? What is the cumulative effect of such mandated market inefficiency over just about every product produced and sold? How is this different in the end from a planned, Soviet-style economy?

12 posted on 11/08/2023 7:50:20 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Red Badger

Helped outfit this boat:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Point_Lobos

mains were a pair of 16-92’s


13 posted on 11/08/2023 7:54:19 AM PST by sasquatch
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I used to maintain. a pair of v16-94 generators. Two turbochargers and two super chargers each. 1,000 HP debated to 750HP because of altitude.
14 posted on 11/08/2023 7:56:56 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well those that did not make it back.)
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To: Red Badger

Interesting. I didn’t realize these big diesel engines were 2-stroke.


15 posted on 11/08/2023 8:00:06 AM PST by Yardstick
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I don’t remember, but I do remember going along with him while taking the car out to “test drive it” after working on it, and letting it rip down the road lol


16 posted on 11/08/2023 8:00:34 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Red Badger

I got an old Honda 750-4 going by pouring Mystery Oil into all four cylinders and putting in a new battery.

VROOM!

I salvaged it out of my voice teacher’s back yard where it had sat for decades, obtained a Salvage Title, and got to work.

Cleaned up, it sold for $500.00.

Those were the days, my friend. I LOVE ICEs!


17 posted on 11/08/2023 8:10:16 AM PST by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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To: OKSooner

I worked on a job for a customer in Portland OR several years ago. It was a river dredge with 4 ea. 6-110 Detroit engines driving a sand and gravel pump in the Willamette river. The dredge crew partially disassembled and delivered them to us. We rebuilt all 4 and test-ran each one in the shop before sending them back out to the barge. It was the biggest hunk of iron I’ve ever rebuilt and tuned. They were configured as a quad with 1 LH blower with RH rotation , 1 RH blower with RH rotation, 1 RH blower with LH rotation, 1 LH blower with LH rotation. We took much time in marking all components. It would be extremely easy to mix up the parts otherwise.


18 posted on 11/08/2023 8:14:36 AM PST by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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“My dad used to work on a person’s 12 cylinder jaguar - the thing was a beast”

Less than 400 hp is not a beast. Base Mustang GT is now 480.


19 posted on 11/08/2023 8:59:17 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

it was to a little kid who rode around in family cars till then—


20 posted on 11/08/2023 9:00:03 AM PST by Bob434
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