V-8 Two Sroke
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flyinhillbilly
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what was realy bad stimpy. that two good mechs put there self in harms way so to speek to stop this beast instead of running and letting it blow!! today we took oil sampels and sent them off to be sure there was no damage.. there was a lot of meatel in the oil.. don't look so good! gary b
hmmm . metal milkshake yummy , or was more like do it yourself internal silver paint kit ???
when I started rebuilding detroits one tool that was always near me when I test fired was a big ball pein hammer to flatten the fuel line in case it tried to run away just hammer the line shut and run . but one thing I did find out in my "studies " was there is enough clearance inside a GMC blower (71/92 series) to hide a pair of gloves and they are strong enough to eat a coke can without doing much damage to the lobes (they perfer pepsi and yes I know your supposed to put the safety screen on the blower before fireup, but when you don't have any because your bosses kid uses them for sifting the litterbox ...) and the filter boxes are just more stuff to have fly when it goes boom .
the Groom that went Vroom At DLN IV
Ok, this reminds me of a little story. When I was in the Army, we had M-60 tanks, we drug the dead ones around with M-88 recovery vehicles. The M-60 used a V-12 Continental engine, air cooled, turbo'd diesel. The M-88 used virtually the same engine on gas. It had individual cylinders like a harley. The cooling fans were on top. They would ground hop the engines. Take the engine and trans, 10spd Allison automatic, out of the tank and put them on blocks and start them, look for leaks ect.. as long as the throttle linkage was hooked up to the governor box and adjusted properly all was ok. But when the linkage was off, the arm on the governor would go past center and the cam inside would flip. Instant wide open. You had to remove the cover on the box and reset it. I was coming back to the motorpool one day and they had started one of them. turboes hanging off the side of it ect... Someone grabbed the throttle and winged it. The governor went over center and away it went. I just came in the door. I watched these guys try everything, by the time they figured out to pull the quick disconnect on the fuel line, they haad tried to smother it with red rags, coats, and like you said stimpy, those turbo's were zinging, and it spit crap everywhere and just proceeded to grab some more RPM. It started sucking the oil out of the crankcase and burning it!! It was beyond help. We ran as fast as we could. When it exploded, it sent jugs pistons and pieces through the windows above the door in the motorpool, stuck chunks of metal in the door of a 5-ton wrecker, we were still finding pieces months later!! If you are gonna stop a runaway diesel, you had better do it before it gets too far, cause it will turn red and start feeding itself, on itself. They are cannibals. I didn't think a 1700cu in engine could buzz that tight. It didn't for long. 
If you think it's exciting now, wait till we start it.
yaaa but just think we are going to try it with a 283 two stroke v-8 on pop !!! 
I saw one of those engines you described we had it laying around at the shipyard came out of a boat!, always wondered what it sounded like running never had the chance to work on it , was too busy building or rebuilding stuff, like a bobcat with a turbo duetz deisel ( thing would wheelie with a load in the bucket if you weren't carefull ) and my boss down there used to remark when we tested a detroit" boys try to keep this one together... 
" after we would test one and put it in the boat or on the barge ( for pumps) my big number injectors would disapear out of the toolroom and then when the boat would come back it looked like it was a steamer burning coal .... I know .... as a mechanic you are supposed to fix things, not try to blow them up ( but its fun!!! )
I saw one of those engines you described we had it laying around at the shipyard came out of a boat!, always wondered what it sounded like running never had the chance to work on it , was too busy building or rebuilding stuff, like a bobcat with a turbo duetz deisel ( thing would wheelie with a load in the bucket if you weren't carefull ) and my boss down there used to remark when we tested a detroit" boys try to keep this one together... " after we would test one and put it in the boat or on the barge ( for pumps) my big number injectors would disapear out of the toolroom and then when the boat would come back it looked like it was a steamer burning coal .... I know .... as a mechanic you are supposed to fix things, not try to blow them up ( but its fun!!! )the Groom that went Vroom At DLN IV
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flyinhillbilly
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It started sucking the oil out of the crankcase and burning it!! It was beyond help. We ran as fast as we could. When it exploded, it sent jugs pistons and pieces through the windows above the door in the motorpool, stuck chunks of metal in the door of a 5-ton wrecker, we were still finding pieces months later!! If you are gonna stop a runaway diesel, you had better do it before it gets too far, cause it will turn red and start feeding itself, on itself. They are cannibals. I didn't think a 1700cu in engine could buzz that tight. It didn't for long.
the police never think it's as funny as i do
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