Oh The Pain, Bought The Cheapest Bucket On The Internet.
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- Опубликовано: 22 янв 2022
- Because l love working on junk so much I bought this pile of a clapped out bucket truck. you would of thought I would have learned my lesson but NO.
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The truck is for fibre optic line work. The little flap on the back door is to feed the fibre line into the truck in winter so that the technician can work on splicing or repairing the loop. Once it’s repaired, they open the larger hatch to release the loop in the small hole and then they re-attach the loop back on main line.
i want a video of this
No its not, it was to sell WEED DERRRR!!!!
First I thought it was a Breaking Bad transporter that you bought the finished product fresh out of the van from the tiny rear hatch.
32 years in the cable industry, you are correct.
Yes I have seen these type of vans in operation. The amount of swearing that used come from the insides while they were splicing and testing was quite impressive.
Mustie, I gotta say thank you for getting us into all those tight spaces so we can see what’s going on. I’m sure we’re a pain the butt sometimes, but we sure appreciate it.
love your comment, and agree 100%
One word springs to mind... Nope
No way you'd get me up in that bucket with that much frame damage and compromised suspension. You are a braver man than I, hats off
I'm not sure braver is the right word
How many shots and beers? Then "watch this".
Extent the outriggers first...!
The comment I was going to make.
Even if I wasn't on the north end of 230 lbs, you would not get me 30' up in a Solo cup mounted on a paperweight.
You are eh... chickener?!
Just an FYI from experience. I've been operating bucket trucks for 21 yrs. engine hours average out to be really close to half of the mileage. So 164,000 miles roughly gives an average of 82,000 hours. I've operated 5 Brand new Trucks and that is about what I have encountered. Just a tidbit of my experience anyway. Back window setup is for passing Phone or Fiber lines into "Desk " area for splicing wires then passing the enclosure back out to rehang. The Inverter is DC to AC and should be able to handle about 12 -13 Amp Max without much issue. Some of the Bucket Vehicles have a safety switch on the E Brake. The Top Controls may not work without the E Brake Set.
It's a lesson us men have to learn. Even if we love having junk, it's sometimes just junk and not someone else's gold.
I was waiting for Mustie to open 1 of the kitchen cabinet doors and a boat load of adult magazines to fall out. Maybe next project. 👍
Who says they didn't pre-editing? LOL
I have the same problem. My place is littered with "future projects" LOL!
Thanks Mustie1,
Great Sunday entertainment.
Central California Watching
Woo hoo, (Sunday night, 11:03pm in Sydney Australia) I will be late for work tomorrow, but who cares! I’m watching!!
God bless 🇦🇺
I found this video rather uplifting. 😁
Bruce Berry was a workin' man, he used to load that Econoline van....
Sing a song in a shakey voice that was real as the day is long …..tonight’s the night…….
I am glad to have seen the beginnings of the Rusty Bucket Truck of America Museum.
My wife looks over from her book and says “I hope that man had a tetanus shot!” I so appreciate her practical sense of humor.
Very funny 😄
lol. I started working on a rusted out riding mower. I had a physical around the same time and got my tetanus booster because of that project.
I was thinking the same thing. Lol
why? do you expect him to get deep puncture wounds? Or do you believe that old wives tale that rust alone causes tetanus?
@@AllenKll Probably neither, as it was a joke that the commenter himself didn't even make. I think I've even heard mustie make the joke on his channel before. Rusty grimy crap usually gets a tetanus joke.
1st Impression we all see; Ford solenoid problem, spare bolt and nut laying in door arm rest, paper wedged in the vent. No brakes.
Mustie1 project for sure. 😊 Looking forward to this project !
Man, I love seeing that beautiful Cougar in the background! Todd Konoske the retired trucker.
Dang Mustie, I would leave that thing in an empty parking lot and cut your losses!
Happy Sunday Mustie! I bet renting a bucket woulda been cheaper. And less hassle. But hey, this is why we love ya! Lol! Good luck and happy wrenching!
But this is more fun and he's making money off RUclips from this video ( series) renting he would lose money lol
Right, Mustie think about fans 1st, wrenching rust showers 2nd.
My thoughts and safer too 😅
When will you get back on the red Ford Econoline? I really love that project ...
He's got a sickness of buying projects and never finishing them. There has to be over 10 other vehicles in his shop that suffered the same fate
@@jsciarri We love Mustie1.
1st class videoto watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth👈💖💖💖👍
If it’s not mice it’s rust we’re dealing with. Nice job Mustie getting the pulley off.
Methinks that it'd be easier to remove the van part and attach the lift assembly to a trailer that's in better condition with a generator attached onboard, cos it's pretty crusty underneath, wouldn't want that going crunch while you're up in the air... :P
Might want the mass of the van as a counterweight for the boom system. Just sayin…
I was thinking about something along those lines myself. That van is so far gone Darren may have just bought a boom. A boom for what he paid it's a good deal. The rest of that van needs to return to the earth though.
@@chrisprovan4896 Outriggers can provide the stability needed to stop it falling over, kind of surprised the van didn't have any really...
@@twocvbloke if it doesn’t have any outriggers it’s a torsion bar setup all the little frontier f550 trucks use them they’re called squirt boom surprisingly stable and a lot quicker than outriggers and you can’t remove it from the van everything that comes from factory are ran on different slopes and that truck probably has counterweights Underneath to prevent it from rolling
@@1pcfred Return to the earth? It's half way there now! [lol]
Hey mustie1, you can remove the AC compressor and replace it with a compressor elimination kit. It's just a bracket with a pulley that allows you to reinstall the serpentine belt. If your shifter handle is flopping around , there are two torx bits bolts up underneath the dash that always loosen up on Fords. The bolts are located on the steering column. I believe it's a number 7 torx bits. With a quarter wrench ratchet and little extension. She's a peach! LOL
Cut the bolt heads for the compressor, break it free and work it down to the crossmember, then cut the compressor bolts close to the front cover. The two bolts for the non-a/c tensioner mustie1 already got are sitting there staring in your face. Cheaper, easier, and he’s already got the part.
Darren, an A/C eliminator is probably the best bet, as it replicates the pulley in it's original location, and bolts into the compressor mounting holes like the factory unit fit.
@@ronaldduck7567 Old off roaders trick. I remember seeing articles about that in Four Wheel and Off Road back in the day.
The compressor would have to be removed from the engine in order to get an eliminator bracket on. The compressor bolts are seized into the aluminum body of the ac compressor.
Easiest fix I see, heat up the compressor pulley bearing with a torch. This will slightly expand the bearing, then use the puller on it. Its an aluminum to steel corrosion bond he is fighting against to get the pulley off.
@@mph5896 Glad to see someone else listened when Mustie explained why he didn't want to go that route. Of course, I've got a cutting torch and ....
Coffee/Hot Cocoa. Spilled into the steering column. These trucks were woken up in the cold A.M.. The techs needed some way to take the edge off. But then the commute. Stop and go traffic. Slosh/Splash (I don't really think that is why the shifter is sticky). New Hampshire doesn't have S/G traffic. Usually. Not like NYC. Be careful. The steering column could be sticky because of the Mast Support. Wear gloves. AKA (All Kidding Aside) You are my favorite RUclips artist.
Strap Wrench, Your so Funny. I'm 65 and I think your Vids are Awesome, been watching you for Years.
Others had said...but the sway bars and suspension are different on a bucket than a regular e350. To stabilize the bucket when up
My work used to have a carpet cleaning truck with over 700,000 km on the odometer and 9958 hours of run time on high idle since it runs off a PTO off the engine and uses the coolant to heat up the water. It was completely rusted out underneath because of Canadian weather.
And I thought we had rusty vehicles, here in Chicago. Man, every time he touches the underside, it rains rust. Good luck, Mustie! Be careful.
She's returning to the earth.
@@1pcfred LOL!
seeing that beautiful VW bus with that NH plate always makes me happy as someone from New Hampshire
Mustie you should take the lift out of the van and mount it on a trailer powered by a small gas engine .
Trailer would get away from that nasty rotted old van. Even if the van all worked good, can see it getting stuck often. My thought was to mount the boom rig on a tractor or as a tractor three point attachment.
He'd have to add outriggers and a crap ton of weight to the trailer to stabilize it. It would be easier to just find a cheap flat bed truck to mount it on.
Yes my thoughts as well. I would have a hard time trusting that rusty, rotted frame when I'm up in the air in that bucket. Also yes I thought Mustie forgot the fitting on the brake line haha
@TakeDeadAim Yeah he got flat out robbed paying $2500 for the first one with the amount of issues it had. This one could be just as troublesome and an absolute money pit to get going. He should have just rented the equipment for a few days to do what he needs done and not have to go through all this trouble now.
@20:00 The emergency power switch on the boom controls is only used to lower and/or retract the boom in the event your engine dies. This allows a person to get to the ground instead of being stuck up in the air all day until someone comes along to get the engine restarted.
Not all trucks have them sometimes you have to lower people from the air by cracking open holding valves that why if you look on just about any bucket truck rotation there a head on the side to put a ratchet so you can rotate the boom
Been there and did that. Luckily it's telescopic not knuckle. I've slid down my share of booms when the remote start didn't work and the "emergency" didn't work
I have a bucket truck on a 97 Ford Super duty chassis. It uses a generator like one for an RV but there is a stub sicking out of the end of the generator to run the hydraulic pump. It doesn't seem too outlandish on yours to pull the pump out and run it off of a gas engine. I had a 212cc running mine temporarily but was a bit anemic. A 413cc with electric start would be your best bet. On mine it keeps me from having to idle the 460 all the time.
I love my truck as I have neropathy and no feeling in my feet. I just don't do ladders anymore. It's a bit big and clunky for getting around things but it's what I could afford.
The generator used to run off of the vehicle gas tank but I have it on its own tank now. It's a stray Nissan tank from a wrecked pickup.
Well good luck and be safe!
Cheers
Terry
No chewed wires!! That’s a WICKED good sign!!🤣
The guys where you bought it are still in shock it sold 😂 another great video sir thanks
As I commented yesterday on another person's channel that was double flaring brake lines for the first time. He was having problems removing the die after the first flare. My comment was my biggest problem was finding the nut on the bench when I was finished flaring.
😅😂😭🤯
Get'er done!! Thanks Mustie good work!!
Another great video. Really enjoy your content. Thanks
There are a fleet of those about 20 miles from here, parked for the winter, they are fiber optic rigs, they use the large trucks to pull and install the fiber on the poles, this is the technicians rig, they are the ones who pull the fiber inside, prep it and fuse it together to make longer runs. The window is to allow them to pull it inside to work on the table. NY has them running all over the state to connect up everybody to the internet. Even running fiber to the Amish homes and seasonal camps!
That would be me and my crew! Lol. Fiber optic Broadband build upstate NY.
@@AdventuresofHappyOurs Cheers brother, splicer here from Canada, connecting the great white north!
You put them on poles? Wow, we dig them down, along with all electric cables. But it creates more work your way, as long as people accept loosing their broadband with every storm. I sure wouldn't.
@@eskileriksson4457 Actually the fiber "cable" is very strong and only seems to go out when some nitwit manages to snag it and tear down a couple poles and the cable, storms haven't bothered it. Power cables are also on poles in most areas.
@@Blazer02LS Our problem was trees falling over the lines, so we decided to dig it all down. Hundreds of thousands of small homes (out of 3 million or so) lacking electricity and telephone for months on end, taught us that it's all safer under ground. But it's also a matter of cost, I get that.
Nothin better than a "Mustie 1 Episode" fresh off the internet, except havin Mustie 1 saying more content is coming. So without further ado till we meet again, "happy trails to you" txs for sharing
You should do an update on your popular builds or the ones you worked on for more than one video. Love your in depth procedures.
Great content Mustie1 👍👍👍👍keep it coming.
I think that window is a fabricobbled setup to pull longer wires into the back of the van so you can work on them in a dry environment. look up bucket trucks for fiber optic work, most of them have a similar setup with a little workshop in the box.
That's exactly what it's for 👍
Agreed, this is definitely a fiber splicing truck.
Yup I agree it's a fiber splicing truck.
Hit the nail on the head
It's got no out-riggers, and the anti-roll bar is u/s, so it might not be as stable at full reach, as it was designed for.
It doesn’t need them weight is transferred to frame it only lifting a few hundred pounds of the operator
@@michaelwillcutt2619 lol, ever heard of leverage? That "few hundred pounds" becomes a couple thousand pounds of leverage when the boom is maxed out. It's going to twist the hell out of that rusty frame.
I used to build these professionally, you need the sway bars. We usually put large rear sway bars on them, even the 550 size trucks.
I have used the vans and 450 bucket trucks both doing electrical and professional signage you don’t need out riggers. Fu..ing armchair engineers. There is 1000 and 1000s of these vans and bucket trucks used by sign companies, cable companies and telephone companies but they got no idea how their trucks should be built.
@@michaelwillcutt2619 If you keep the bucket aligned near the long axis and don't start filling the bucket with anvils, it'll be fine.
I'm from Scotland and really enjoy your videos you never give up and always find a fix keep up the good work
I'd like to see a project to buy a used E350/450 and transfer the boom.
The extent of the rust underneath is truly astounding - I loved the shower of rust flakes you got with every hammer tap
Welcome to the rust belt my friend. Standard affair around here. I see some of these other channels down south or out west and what they call rusty is like new condition for us. lol
Brilliant, completely brilliant. Seeing you work through these problems AND, film it all, is nothing short of genius. Well done. Your time and effort is never wasted on me.
" She's a beaut Clark!" HaHaHa! Todd the retired trucker.
Every time you touch the frame it like a November blizzard in New England with rust flakes.... great car!
Kudos to the people who correctly ID'ed this as a fiber splicing rig, be careful and look out for glass shards while cleaning the back out! Bucket vans are tippy and not really good for much else than quick, easy reaches to roadside aerial hardware. Not to mention that all those bucket mounts are attached to a literally flaky frame. Mustie, please don't risk your safety trying to use that thing, you're my favorite RUclipsr! You would be better served with an F-550 chassis and double arm boom with upper extension. You'll likely spend more, but they are MUCH better for the kind of work you're looking at doing clearing tree limbs or working above a glass roof.
He be better off just renting the equipment to do the job instead of buying junk like this.
One thing I learned long ago, Never buy a used vehicle from above the old mason dixon line. Rust buckets!
I like that old Cugar sitting behind the bucket truck! You should make a video about that!
Another project! I’m in. 👍
Rainman Ray just did an “autopsy” on an AC compressor if anyone wants to see the guts.
Watch Wes Work uses the same flaring tool. I think one of his vids has a short explanation on how to use it.
Green button on inside bucket controls has to be depressed when operating left right, up down etc. Red button function is, down engine off and pull back up is to restart. Should have a hydraulic compressor on engine to run hydraulics that’s moving parts function like an a/c compressor. If you don’t fix the damage on the frame be careful booming over the side and front of the van when fully extended, rear should be ok. Emergency pump will get its power from battery that works the inverter also. If I remember correctly instead of pressing green button there should be dip switch to press for emergency pump.
Mustie1 you have the patients of a saint! To go the distance on the AC compressor, there is a bypass pulley set up used widely on the old Fords. She’s a peach but knowing you it’ll be better when your done, a lot better! Love the videos! More please
If this is a 2000 e350 with a 5.4 it should be a dorman 34189.
That's a great find. I have the same need for one of those. I have 3 walnut trees 10 feet from my house..bet it'd come in handy,on roofing jobs👍👍
👍👌👏 😁 Hehehe, another rust bucket bucket van/truck. I'm eagerly looking forward to watch the next video.
At least you remembered to add the brake fitting to the brake pipes before forming the flare. So frustrating when you form the perfect flare then realise you have not added the fitting first. Van looks a basket case for sure but great idea to use it for fixing roofs/tree limbs etc.
Wow Mustie 1 considering how far gone everything is , I'm completely shocked that the whole lift mechanism works as well as the electronics for the remote to work and oh yah the remote control works how remarkable that you got a good deal on that part. And considering how innovative you are , I'm sure you'll find a solution between both lift vans. Your problem solving skills sir are a cut above the rest my friend. Love your energy and how you tackle things. VERY cool stuff. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers
I have faith that you will get it going between the two five stars my friend thank you for sharing
Like a kid with his full size Tonka trucks. So fun.
Be careful. Last year some guy died working in front of a business while it was opened. He was working on the sign out front and somehow the older Econoline bucket truck rolled and smashed him between the bucket and the sign.
As I said to Watch Wes Work yesterday: just imagine how different your life would be in you lived in dry and clean Arizona rather than wet and rapidly corroding New England!
An old 05 or 06 Camry rotted out the subframe, man the car isn't worth much....a use subframe from i think it was Florida (Living in Canada here) was 500 bucks. The whole subframe with rotors ect, no calipers but you know all the arms ect. 500 bucks. It came with what looked like brand new black paint. Yeah that was well worth it. Anything not from here is in such good condition i'm jelous and suprised.
Oh yeah, im from Ohio and worked on these vans for years, I moved to Florence Arizona and bought me a 92 Silverado, and needed to go back to Ohio so I drove it 2100 miles back, that truck was in mint condition with 400,000 miles on the clock lol. I sold the truck for $3800 only because it had paint on the frame, had the original carrier bearing, just with so many miles most seals like rear main were just worn out and I needed a more dependable vehicle so I sold it and got me a 99 Suburban, its in good shape with 200k miles but no where near what that truck looked like I brought back from Arizona.
Way to rub the salt in
Mustie1, I didn’t think that pulley was gonna come off. Congrats… haha. Looking forward to the next episode,
Lol, hey, you got a free back scratcher too, so definitely got your moneys worth there 😉
Paid $1,200 for the back scratcher,
the VAN was free!!
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looks like an old fiber optics splicing van. Should have a big counter weight to compensate for no outriggers. Not a very stable platform but should get the job done. Good luck with it.
The large communication company I worked for rejected them for that reason .
It would have been used to splice fiber optic cables. The flap is so the completed spice case can be removed. Inverter would probably have been used to power the splicing equipment.
When I was splicing fiber, we had a similar setup in our vans, although the line crews had the only bucket trucks. They would bring the ends to us, and we'd splice them in the (relatively) clean backs of our vans. I had a honking inverter and a small compressor in my van, and all the tools I needed. Some of us kept our vans cleaner and more organized than others. That inverter alone would probably be worth almost the price of the van, if it's in good working order.
Very interesting project....👏👏👏🇨🇦
Take care,great work hope it works in the end we used these a lot to repair telephone pole wires.
As a Jointer of copper cables, we had 3800pair cables underground in lead, plus a bigger lead tube at each joint. We also used injection moulding machine to melt plastic into a sealed tube, that had 9lbs of air pressure to keep water out once the big underground chamber as big as a house were full of water...🇬🇧
You could remove the cherry picker from the van and mount it on a trailer.
That is the rust bucket truck. The guy that sold it must have been so happy when it went. Go, go, get it out of here! I'd be concerned about that rotted out frame. It looked bad!
only cost $20
@@TJB1510 Mustie stated that he bought it for $1200 (and that's a lot more than I would have paid for such a heap of rusty junk). On the positive side, Mustie is going to enjoy repairing it, we have the pleasure of watching the process and Mustie also earns a tidy sum of money from RUclips. Everyone's a winner.
@@SlartiMarvinbartfast $600 TOO MUCH :O
What a challenge. Cannot wait for more videos on this van
Hey mustie! Great video. I noticed the Snoopy in the bumper of lucy! Love it!
I would not trust this rust pile going up in that bucket for one second. Undercarriage is crumbly and stable as dry bread, no outriggers on it… Naah, thanks, I let it pass. Put it in the crusher, Mustie, that’s the only safe and healthy thing to do….
Be careful running without that sway bar. There's a decent chance that it's needed to allow the bucket to achieve achieve its rating
100% agree. Little trucks without outriggers rely on these sway bars to provide a counter-action to prevent side-tipping.
@@paulkelly4959 that's kind of what I was thinking. I don't have any actual experience with these sorts of bucket trucks but I'd have to imagine that the sway bars play a big role in stability when the bucket is swung to the side
Sway bar was already a goner. I agree that he should replace it if it cannot be repaired with new bushings, etc.
@@gs1100ed I don't think there's any replacing that. Frame it mounts to on the passenger side is gone
@@DoRC I know where that several trucks ( not vans ) have had some of the frame cut out and then fabricated back in using good sections of frame from other Ford junked trucks . It all depends on how much work that you want to do, time and some hard work . I have never ran one of the Ford bucket vans, but I have drove and operated 3 Ford bucket trucks F-250 and F-350 over the past 32 years for a company that I worked a lot for .
Neglect, abuse, and salt marsh workshop. Pick us a winner Mustie!!!!
You got that tilt trailer just in time! Nice!! Brian was there since the beginning. :-)
Loving the bucket truck content. If this one doesn’t work out I’d be good with you buying a 3rd. 😂
Yes, I fully expected you to leave that twisted bracket attached, c’mon, it’s part of the frame integrity! ;)
Yeah!!! Something made after 1970!! Woo Hoo! We may even see Muste work on fuel injection! Cant wait to see it.
What a fun project! Mustie1 is great.
Now how many of you were yelling at their screen?
The diagram said "Tensioner" with an arrow pointing at the pully !!
15 mins in... This might have been a fiber splicing truck. They would pull bundles of fiber into the inside of a vehicle and then spice it together and put ends of the bundles. They would typically do this at a table and it looks like the inside counter was where this would happen. Verizon and their contractors would typically set up tents... but this would be a better solution.
Good luck with it!
There is a "special tool" for removing the A/C pulley, it's essentially a bolt that is threaded through a larger bolt.
Yeah I've taken the engine mount off the passenger side on these E250 or e350 vans and lifted the engine up and you can get to the bolts as well, if im not mistaken, 2 of the bolts can get taken out threw the holes in the frame, been a long time since I use to work on these vans.
I'm glad you bought it 'cuz I wouldn't have.
That's a very interesting video,, a very interesting truck to say the least.. another interesting tool to add to your collection..
My god, there are WW2 wrecks with less rust!
Was I the only one cheering Mustie on with removing that rusty pulley! Nothing withstands the might of Mustie's ingenuity!!
Great video glad you posted keep them coming thanks
I was hoping for an update on the ole bucket truck but this is just as good!
Trees to trim? Are you the CEO of this tree company or just the Branch Manager?😂
I have a tree here I need to take a branch out of and I'm not feeling it for doing it off a ladder. This branch has to weigh over a ton and if it swings back on me it's game over. They're always a lot bigger than they look up in the tree.
Only an insider "wood" know for sure...!
@@1pcfred I had a huge limb of a tree growing up over my house, I waited for early spring before all the leaves,then took my 22foot extension ladder placed it on the roof of my garage that has a flat top... Then I climbed up and tied off the ladder, and then tied off sections of the limb as short as I could get to the tree itself... Then I took my cordless Makita 18 volt sawsall with an ax Milwaukee blade...and slowly but surely took my limb down , oh yes I also tied myself and the sawsall to the tree., . If you or anyone attempts this, always make sure you don't tie yourself to the piece you are about to cut🤪✋😉
@@wynottgivemore9274 there's no way I can reach this branch with a pole saw. It's too high up.
@@1pcfred im not talking pole saws... 😉 oh one thing i need to stress , i tied the pieces off ,each time so when i cut them they got caught and then i could place them where i wanted them,rather than them falling on my roof. Cheers! But up until i figured all that out,i too thought i was either gonna need to call a professional, or rent one of those buckets in a trailer...maybe that's what you need .😉
Love the huge piece of missing frame...lol. check rear suspension, you dont want a leaf or shackle to break when your in the bucket causing the truck to roll! Be safe
Man, u cant of given up on the other bucket truck!!! You know how long we been waitin for u to work on that dam thing!!!!! Ur killin us mustie...
Gotta admit.... I was relieved when you said you weren't going to put it on the road
Heck man you could just mount the boom on a trailer. It might be easier than making the van quazi functional.
I was thinking the same thing. A trailer with outriggers, and a generator, and you are good to go.
And a small 6.5hp electric start engine to run the hydrolic pump.
I'm thinking that van is what's holding that boom back myself.
You need to get a GearWrench ratchting wrench set. They are great.
You got four good tyres there, Mustie!
Wonderful as the sun rises. Thanks.
Man.... at full throttle it was producing 0ft lbs of torque. LOL
Ford powah!
Probably blew out a spark plug
I don't know why but that "good evening" had me laughing 16:37
That switch inside for your power inverter powers an auxiliary pump to run the bucket when the engine is off.
There are stand in pulley blocks to replace the AC and air compressor. This option is on all makes of utility work vehicle's or WT's. 🤔👍I have one installed for the air compressor on my 1990 WT GMC Sierra SL.