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Starting the Diesel Engine

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Abandoned Truck Buried in the BUSHES for 15 years! And we drove it home!!

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What happens here

To start the diesel engine, first raise the engine hood. Locate the electrical solenoid for the diesel fuel. Connect a wire from the vehicle's battery (or a booster pack) to the hot side of the solenoid to activate the fuel flow. Then, get inside the cab and attempt to start the engine. If the battery is dead, as was the case in the video, attempt to jump-start or charge the battery before trying again. Once the engine cranks over, it should start, producing some initial smoke.

Goal: Start the long-dormant diesel engine.

Tools and materials

  • Electrical Solenoid — Activating diesel fuel flow
  • GoPro Camera GoPro — Recording engine operation inside the compartment
  • Vehicle Battery — Providing power for engine starting
  • Wire — Connecting battery power to the fuel solenoid

What they say

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afraid of all right guys this is cousin gene cousin G would shake hands with the craziness going on yeah so what we got here is a old Ford dump truck is that right yeah it's a 32 8 caterpillar engine in it and yeah we bought this a long time ago and it was locked up where they had run it hot and shoot I poured some diesel fuel and let it set for a couple years and then pulled it off and she went to running man it's got air brakes is that right yeah okay so we got air brakes off it will stop that's good got some I hope it goes we got some old tires on here that's kind of what I'm up here for he said man ID I don't feel comfortable sending you with this machine with the tires all dry rotted like that especially the front he said well tell me what you said about the back tire in the front tire oh they'll be good long as you don't you you got to so you can have a flat and keep on going he said if you got a flat on the front you can't keep going but if you got one on the back you just keep right on trucking that's right that's good stuff guys stick around to the end of the video there is a goldmine of awesome stuff down here and we'll be coming back here to this place so stick around to the end we're gonna walk down here and just kind of give you a glimpse of all the cool stuff there's a solar generator right here this guy is into some stuff he's like the mad sign just up here in the mountains all right we're gonna put cousin G underneath the hood here guys and he's got a little trick he's gonna show us how to get it started just a little I guess again the mad scientist so without further ado cousin G got to grab this hood and pulling it up then you got to come over here come on around this side John you gotta grab this wire right here which works it electrical solenoids for the diesel fuel and you hook it to the hot side and the solenoid and shoot we ready to rock and roll and hope for the best make sure it's in you before you crank it parking brakes on we get ready to hit the starter oh it's not a good sign [Music] matter it might be dead

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