Kenworth, 18 Litre CAT V8, Cold Start!

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  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
  • Sitting for a few weeks, cold start with some smoke!
    Advantages of air start:
    They have a longer working life than electric.
    No need to worry about flat batteries, every tyre on the truck is basically a battery, because if you run out of air you connect your airline to a tyre to charge the starter air tank.
    The starter air tank is seperate from the main air system and will hold air for weeks as long as everything is well maintained.
    They spin the engine over a lot faster than electric.
    Alternators and batteries last a lot longer because they don't have the heavy drain of electric starts.
    The system is lighter than an electric start system.
    You can run your fridge without worrying if the batteries will go flat.
    Disadvantages:
    You must maintain the system or you will run out of air.
    They are a lot more expensive than electric start systems.
    You must make sure they are lubricated, this is the #1 reason people have problems.

Комментарии • 554

  • @thatfreakingarage7806
    @thatfreakingarage7806 5 лет назад +242

    Bully bars + right hand drive + « 1’000’000 » gallon diesel tanks = Australia 🇦🇺 !!! 😍

    • @hunternelson3018
      @hunternelson3018 3 года назад +7

      And the holdens

    • @StaffordMagnus
      @StaffordMagnus 3 года назад +9

      @@hunternelson3018 No Holdens there mate, those are Valiants. Looks like a couple of VHs and a CL or CM.

    • @spannaspinna
      @spannaspinna 3 года назад +4

      And national heavy vehicle plates lol

    • @barryburton7755
      @barryburton7755 3 года назад +4

      A million gallons really ?...

    • @alivingchild4695
      @alivingchild4695 3 года назад +2

      @@StaffordMagnus I thought the yellow panel van was a holden

  • @randomthoughts1001
    @randomthoughts1001 5 лет назад +381

    Air starter sounds to the diesel clatter. 😍

    • @AnDrEw122100
      @AnDrEw122100 4 года назад +13

      Random Thoughts I love it makes me want to watch maximum overdrive lol

    • @Zerofightervi
      @Zerofightervi 3 года назад +3

      @@AnDrEw122100 My mind went straight there too.

    • @Bartonovich52
      @Bartonovich52 3 года назад +6

      The Road Warrior.

    • @spraga79
      @spraga79 3 года назад +1

      Ingersoll Rand

    • @dennislischer8248
      @dennislischer8248 3 года назад

      Der Anlasser wird mit Druckluft betrieben? Wie startet man den Motor wenn keine Pressluft da ist weil die Leitungen undicht?

  • @playwme3
    @playwme3 4 года назад +27

    Used to love seeing these Cabover Kenworths on the Hume back as a kid in the late 80’s. The family car was an old slow Hiace so you got to see a good variety of trucks as they were constantly passing us.

  • @truckdriver3126
    @truckdriver3126 5 лет назад +124

    A mechanic I used to work with said fuel tankers typically had air starters back in the day. He also worked on dredge boat that had air starters. If the air tank was empty he said he had to go down and pump a lever for about an hour.

    • @mikeymcmikeface5599
      @mikeymcmikeface5599 5 лет назад +7

      lol, I've never heard of air starters

    • @666dynomax
      @666dynomax Год назад

      wondered what that starter was... interesting. so in the winter plug the block heater in and hook up the external air compressor, yer gonna need it... some of those old engines were hard to start in the winter for sure.

  • @Adam-bw4lw
    @Adam-bw4lw 6 лет назад +134

    Wow that air start cranks fast

  • @atribecalledcookies4
    @atribecalledcookies4 5 лет назад +92

    Man that air starter!!! Absolutely stunning truck sir!

  • @andydavis7254
    @andydavis7254 3 года назад +102

    Show this to an EV owner and watch them cry. This is beautiful

    • @samusaran7317
      @samusaran7317 3 года назад +11

      Such a weird comment... Gas and electric cars can coexist.

    • @richardjameswellingtoniv9682
      @richardjameswellingtoniv9682 2 года назад +2

      @@samusaran7317 electric pussies do not think so

    • @samusaran7317
      @samusaran7317 2 года назад +3

      @@richardjameswellingtoniv9682 I'm aware of how most of them think. Rather sad when you really think about it.

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape Год назад +2

      After the latest gas and diesel prices this past year though probably not as much.

    • @j.r.f8381
      @j.r.f8381 Год назад

      Cringe comment

  • @100016
    @100016 Год назад +4

    Man, CAT 06B and 08 has the greatest, signature big rig diesel sound ever. Detroit and Cummins have their glory but CAT is king!!!

  • @Strangleyourfriend
    @Strangleyourfriend 6 лет назад +11

    I love how the whole truck is wobbling when you rev the engine. Not surprising when it's a 18 litre V8 engine, but still cool.

  • @bro5800
    @bro5800 4 года назад +12

    I love the sound of compressed air start. Thank you so much for the upload.

  • @Digidi4
    @Digidi4 3 года назад +17

    this video randomly showed up in my recommended and I love it

  • @babayaga2977
    @babayaga2977 3 месяца назад +1

    My father and I had a 79 KW with a CAT 3408 in it but was electric start. 24 volt start, actually. Such a mean machine. Yours is gorgeous!

    • @gm16v149
      @gm16v149  3 месяца назад

      Most of the Australian KWs with 3408s had air starts, but some were 24V electric with a series-parallel switch to give 12V for the lights, radio etc.

    • @babayaga2977
      @babayaga2977 3 месяца назад +1

      @@gm16v149 yes. Exactly the same setup ours had!! Thanks for the reply!

  • @tylerbonser7686
    @tylerbonser7686 5 лет назад +153

    Most people that heard that truck start up would think you have a impact and are changing a tire

    • @ROTAXD
      @ROTAXD 5 лет назад +3

      tyler bonser you think folks don’t know what an air starter is ?

    • @tylerbonser7686
      @tylerbonser7686 5 лет назад +21

      @@ROTAXD i clearly said "most" people. Maybe take a couple extra seconds reading a comment before immediately disagreeing with it. What is it with people like you that are more concerned about disagreeing with someone than understanding what you are actually disagreeing with.

    • @puncherdavis9727
      @puncherdavis9727 5 лет назад +10

      @@tylerbonser7686 Welcome to the Internet Tyler. Where people could take time to use this great resource to learn things but instead prefer to be offended and act like children.

    • @lucius87x
      @lucius87x 5 лет назад +4

      That's actually what I thought when I first watched this video Tyler. Haha.

    • @bigredc222
      @bigredc222 5 лет назад +1

      He didn't say do you think no one knows about an air started, he just said folks that don't know, and then instead of having a civil conversation, you assume you're being attacked and jump down his throat.

  • @Patty-qy8qh
    @Patty-qy8qh 5 лет назад +71

    Amazing, crazy starting sound.
    And right before this vid I got an ad for the Nissan Micra Hybrid or something...

    • @samwagner31
      @samwagner31 4 года назад +5

      Patty that’s a pneumatic starter. It uses the air in the auxiliary tank to start it. You gotta have a well tuned engine if you have pneumatics because you only get 2-3 cranks out of it before you run out of air.

    • @02091992able
      @02091992able 4 года назад

      @@samwagner31 They where used pretty heavily before electric starters became strong enough to crank the engine without draining the battery is what I have seen people say about them.

    • @samwagner31
      @samwagner31 4 года назад +2

      02091992able yep, they’re still used in maritime engines though. Their generators can power the air compressors, so there’s plenty of air to get the main engines going.

  • @Elidoransgar
    @Elidoransgar 5 лет назад +5

    After all the times I've seen it, this is one of my top five favorite trucks of all time. She's a beaut.

  • @jamesgarage1223
    @jamesgarage1223 4 года назад +4

    Saw this beautiful machine near Kalgoorlie about a week and a half ago pulled up at a rest stop. Awesome rig!

  • @simonsmall6446
    @simonsmall6446 3 года назад +7

    Wow that’s a beast and air start too brilliant

  • @JasonWaterfalls13
    @JasonWaterfalls13 6 лет назад +16

    That air start is so cool!! Love hearing it every time, thank you.

  • @davidthompson882
    @davidthompson882 5 лет назад +1

    Damn brings back memories of going up to Scotland with my grandfather in his tanker when I was a little fella, lovely old girl

  • @michigandogman3060
    @michigandogman3060 3 года назад +6

    Good ol air start! A lot of younger guys will never know the joy 😖

    • @electroniccheeks
      @electroniccheeks 3 года назад

      Didn't even know that existed.

    • @michigandogman3060
      @michigandogman3060 3 года назад +2

      @@electroniccheeks Detroit 2 strokes had them sometimes 👍🏻

    • @partymanau
      @partymanau 3 года назад

      @@electroniccheeks 2nd coolest starters ever invented, for the 1st, look up Coffman Starters

    • @NgapuhiTrump
      @NgapuhiTrump 2 года назад

      @@partymanau
      P

  • @roadtrain5910
    @roadtrain5910 4 года назад +1

    saw your cool truck heading south through Geraldton W.A yesterday and truck looking and sounding still awesome (26/11/2019)

  • @petesgarage4670
    @petesgarage4670 5 лет назад +5

    I love the sound of the air starter

  • @TSnowy23
    @TSnowy23 3 года назад +1

    That truck is a beast. If the T-1000 had it, he would have caught John Connor in Terminator 2 😉

  • @llg3pe
    @llg3pe 3 года назад +1

    Mad Max would be proud of that air starter

  • @ghostrider115
    @ghostrider115 4 года назад +9

    Damn that air starter scared sending chills down my back

    • @kennethlowther2458
      @kennethlowther2458 6 месяцев назад

      Did mine too when I was about 6 standing on the running board when Ray fired it up !! I took off running scared when he cried laughing !!

  • @Yuppdihey
    @Yuppdihey 5 лет назад +122

    Whenever there will be a Zombie apocalypse, i need a shotgun and THIS thing!

    • @NovaStar1
      @NovaStar1 3 года назад +4

      The start up time aint gonna do shit tho...

    • @youdandee1
      @youdandee1 3 года назад +1

      Well Said

    • @jmccann6735
      @jmccann6735 2 года назад

      Unreliable, inefficient, slow, loud, LARGE, hard to maintain and hard to find fuel for.
      Yup. Brilliant for a survive or die situation.

    • @pleasedontwatchthese9593
      @pleasedontwatchthese9593 2 года назад

      I'm guessing you will also have a gas tank as a tailor

    • @Thunderbirds404
      @Thunderbirds404 2 года назад

      Mad max lol

  • @hungrymoose7627
    @hungrymoose7627 6 лет назад +493

    I think I need a cigarette after watching that.

  • @indayewilliams776
    @indayewilliams776 6 лет назад +2

    nothing but nothing beats the sound of the air start

  • @patrickweiss8246
    @patrickweiss8246 3 года назад +6

    well this is where the air start comes from for that one American Truck Simulator mod

  • @dominikgabler1953
    @dominikgabler1953 6 лет назад +4

    Nice to see new footage from you.. How I miss those airstarters.. We don't have them over here in Germany.. Good on you, mate

    • @truckertj2109
      @truckertj2109 6 лет назад +1

      Dominik Gabler we definitly should get them here, but i don't think that they would sound cool on a Scania or Volvo... But on a Kenworth they fit perfectly.

    • @superskrobb
      @superskrobb 3 года назад

      @@truckertj2109 just go to the dealer, volvo or scania and order one, theyr common in marine applications,run air lines to a solinoid switc using the original starter wire,or make a push button start....................

  • @stefankassbohrer2765
    @stefankassbohrer2765 5 лет назад +4

    nothing beats cubic inches ... great sound & KW !

  • @MyHMMWVaddiction
    @MyHMMWVaddiction 5 лет назад +25

    Goose bumps👍!!! Greetings from the USA

  • @markobulajic8054
    @markobulajic8054 3 года назад +3

    DAMN that air start is just beautiful!!!

  • @mrbrown7224
    @mrbrown7224 5 лет назад +15

    Would love to see more vision of you driving with camera in the sleeper looking out

  • @doc.voltold4232
    @doc.voltold4232 5 лет назад +1

    I have used Air started on diesel engines just on power generating cat engines, diesel and natural gas. Never saw em on a truck. Amazing

  • @stewedapple
    @stewedapple 5 лет назад +15

    Oh the sound of those air brakes...heaven! My wife just doesn't get it!?

  • @lextaylor5661
    @lextaylor5661 5 лет назад +2

    Love the old vals in the background!

  • @DanielBoonesloggingvideos
    @DanielBoonesloggingvideos 6 лет назад +13

    that is a beautiful truck and I love the air start. I'm happy to own an airstart truck myself : )

  • @ESPSJ
    @ESPSJ 6 лет назад +2

    love the sound of air starts

  • @v8superliner475
    @v8superliner475 5 лет назад +196

    She's an aussie road train 1981 cat 3408 v8 well known truck

    • @tommyv4980
      @tommyv4980 5 лет назад +9

      It's a discontinued American engine.

    • @Alex462047
      @Alex462047 5 лет назад +21

      @@tommyv4980 Unfortunately the 3406 is discontinued too, for all intents and purposes. Bloody emissions!

    • @tommyv4980
      @tommyv4980 5 лет назад +29

      @@Alex462047 They shouldn't go after truckers and their engines. Like many old drivers have said, if trucks stopped moving the world would shut down. If you want to control emissions then help third world countries to stop relying on so much coal an move to cleaner energies. They cause the most pollution.

    • @nl3712
      @nl3712 5 лет назад +22

      Tommy V sorry to burst your bubble but the overwhelming majority of emissions come from developed countries.

    • @tommyv4980
      @tommyv4980 5 лет назад +20

      @@nl3712 Bubble is intact. You are incorrect.

  • @AnDrEw122100
    @AnDrEw122100 4 года назад +1

    Mannnn. Those air started make me want to watch maximum overdrive lol.

  • @fredericia01
    @fredericia01 6 лет назад +2

    Great to see that "The old girl" still lives and breathes :-)

  • @aurelioramosnascimentonasc7323
    @aurelioramosnascimentonasc7323 3 года назад +7

    Caterpillar é um dos melhores motores diesel que eu já tive a oportunidade de conhecer no ramo da mecânica diesel.

  • @tt533_8
    @tt533_8 5 лет назад +36

    0:13 when your drill gets stuck in the wall

  • @md_randoms2429
    @md_randoms2429 4 года назад +2

    instead of 2 stroke heaven. WE ALL GOING TO FOUR STROKE!

  • @justicelut
    @justicelut Год назад +1

    Mack thermodynes had an optional extra long time ago that enabled you to use air out of a tyre to a start the engine, then when it was going you could pump up the flat tyre!

  • @aj-kwt909truckin31
    @aj-kwt909truckin31 3 года назад +2

    Oh boy the memories ~ Overnight Transport = 1980's ~ ex Kwikasair Express !!!

  • @3foxstangs
    @3foxstangs Год назад +1

    Nothing sounds better than a big cat

  • @rossbryan6102
    @rossbryan6102 4 года назад +1

    MY FUNNIEST EXPERIENCE WITH AN AIR STARTER WAS IN 1978!
    I WAS RUNNING A 1963 WHITE 7000 CABOVER WITH SLEEPER AND CUMMINS POWER!
    I WAS USING THIS TRUCK TO TRANSPORT A TRACTOR PULL SLED. WE WERE AT A COUNTY FAIR PULL IN ONAGA KS!
    THE PULL LASTED TILL WELL AFTER DARK BEFORE THE PULL WAS OVER!
    THERE WERE NO RESTROOM
    FACILITIES AT THE PULL GROUNDS AND PEOPLE WERE GOING TO THE TREES AND BUSHES AT THE EDGE OF THE GROUNDS TO RELEIVE THEM SELVES!
    THE TRUCK WAS PARKED AT A DARK CORNER OF THE GROUNDS WITH HEAVY BUSHES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAB!
    I FLIPPED THE HEADLIGHT ON AND HIT THE AIR START BUTTON!
    I DIDNT HAVE A MUFFLER ON THE AIRSTARTER AND IT REALLY WOULD HOWL!
    THERE WAS A LADY BETWEEN THE BUSHES AND TRUCK TAKING A PEE!!
    WHEN THE AIR STARTER FIRED OFF, SHE CAME FLYING OUT RUNNING AS FAST AS HER PANTIES AND BLUE JEANS AROUND HER ANKLES WOULD LET HER!! LOL , LOL!!!

  • @stevepunter3704
    @stevepunter3704 2 года назад

    I haven’t heard that sound for many years, glad I’m here now 🍻🇳🇿.

  • @02stanggt
    @02stanggt 6 лет назад +6

    I'd love to see you row through the new gearbox.

  • @pagey007
    @pagey007 6 лет назад +11

    Must do another vid .. The 3 min sound of v8 cat was way too short ;-) legendary rig..

  • @mattfoster8077
    @mattfoster8077 5 лет назад +3

    Wow such a nice truck and sound. I love the air start. You dont see these where im from

  • @toxicmatrix1337
    @toxicmatrix1337 4 года назад

    All I can think of is maximum overdrive with that start up sound

  • @pauloV4307
    @pauloV4307 5 лет назад +2

    Lot smoke. I love that.

  • @visti1
    @visti1 6 лет назад +2

    I just love your old kw. Wish i could go by for a visit but is quite a trip from Denmark. 😄

  • @Shade_Tree_Mechanic
    @Shade_Tree_Mechanic 5 лет назад +2

    Air starter sounds awesome!

  • @giemontakahasi4076
    @giemontakahasi4076 5 лет назад +5

    Beautiful truck, congratulations!!

  • @Guns_N_Gears
    @Guns_N_Gears 5 лет назад +6

    This totally reminds me of the truck starting scene from Mad Max Road Warrior!!! Cheers👍

    • @ROTAXD
      @ROTAXD 5 лет назад +1

      rashim kallihar also an air start truck in Maximum Overdrive.

    • @Guns_N_Gears
      @Guns_N_Gears 5 лет назад

      @@ROTAXD, pneumatic start is great when the conditions aren't cold, and nobody has any service 4 miles around, but still cool, and reliable!!!!!

  • @moparpower975
    @moparpower975 4 года назад +3

    what a beautiful truck !

  • @chris8534
    @chris8534 2 года назад

    Look at all those Valiants in the back ground - thought I was coming here to see a truck now they have all my attention.

  • @guardrail2897
    @guardrail2897 5 лет назад +2

    I've seen a bunch of those old cabovers at shows that have that motor. Every owner tells me the power is insane.

  • @02DDP
    @02DDP 6 лет назад +4

    That air crank reminds me of a scene from maximum overdrive

    • @kartaku132
      @kartaku132 3 года назад +1

      Yes was going threw the comments to see if anyone else put it. The scene where the married couple have there first run in with a killer truck

  • @dmc016
    @dmc016 5 лет назад +8

    Dude, plz upload videos, I need to hear that 3408 more!!

  • @mr.airsoft8295
    @mr.airsoft8295 6 месяцев назад +1

    Gotta love that pneumatic starter

  • @mccrackenphillip
    @mccrackenphillip 6 лет назад +1

    Nice to see you back.

  • @calvincrews3885
    @calvincrews3885 3 года назад +16

    Who likes the sound of the 18 liter Caterpillar engine

  • @truckertj2109
    @truckertj2109 6 лет назад +9

    I need that as a Ringtone for my Mobile...

    • @truckertj2109
      @truckertj2109 6 лет назад +3

      I did it, i use the first 30sec as Ringtone...

  • @SPDDTI354
    @SPDDTI354 5 лет назад +1

    Great capture of the air starter

  • @chuck3042
    @chuck3042 4 года назад +16

    I’d like to see it smash a Prius

    • @dickjohnson5025
      @dickjohnson5025 4 года назад +4

      A dozen prius’s!! Hate those shitboxea.

  • @Carstuff111
    @Carstuff111 3 года назад +1

    Nothing like an air starter :)

  • @MysteriousDrJ
    @MysteriousDrJ 4 года назад +2

    Optimus's badass brother.

  • @optombomber2980
    @optombomber2980 4 года назад +2

    Now that’s a great look for ultra Magnus

  • @dieselbuddysatgeisslertran777
    @dieselbuddysatgeisslertran777 6 лет назад +37

    .....oohhh yeaaaahhhhh thats it dude:))) I also need a cigarette after watching..... and a cold beer :D

  • @brandondannys-menary3678
    @brandondannys-menary3678 5 лет назад +2

    I bet that things a torque monster, damn

  • @918davisable
    @918davisable 3 года назад +1

    Badass ! from Iowa, Gods Speed.

  • @546dukedodgysgarage2
    @546dukedodgysgarage2 5 лет назад +2

    Nice, I use to warn old ladys close by too hold on too their teeth before starting the old mack air start, also nice collection of vals there you must have the same disease I have.

  • @gavinmcvey8177
    @gavinmcvey8177 5 лет назад +1

    Original bad ass killer truck the ken worth bad ass with that air starter wow it's a beast of a truck😨😨the😎terminator style just waiting for Arnie to walk out of it😎

  • @TheRooSkittler
    @TheRooSkittler 3 года назад +2

    You need to get an 08 to stick under that 34 on the brick work

  • @TSi99999
    @TSi99999 5 лет назад +2

    Never late with a 3408!

  • @chris77777777ify
    @chris77777777ify 3 года назад +1

    Lovely looking tractor unit

  • @jarrynsmith
    @jarrynsmith 5 лет назад +3

    Awesome Kw and valiants the CL drifter is rare

  • @pauljohnson7382
    @pauljohnson7382 5 лет назад +1

    This tractor is simply awesome.

  • @autoparts101
    @autoparts101 Год назад +1

    0:13 love the noise

  • @petersack5074
    @petersack5074 Год назад

    Good looking K100. Good, for you, Xtra fuel tanks. Hey, bud, front axle is crying out for aluminum buds, on them, togo with wonderfull KW design, of K100. Used to have a ' 74 KW K 100, cummins 350 , jake brake, bud front wheels. NO power steering, but good for upper body exercise !. Red interior, very good paint/paint job ! on it. White, in color with Fuller RTO 12513 speed. YOURS = sounds like an air starter system ....? i used to put pop/juice cans, on the handle above the door, on top. Keeps them handy, and cool, too !

  • @wimnieuwdorp5337
    @wimnieuwdorp5337 6 лет назад +7

    Verry nice video again bro and man i love the sound

  • @user-rottura595
    @user-rottura595 5 лет назад +1

    この時代のアメリカントラックは、とにかくカッコ良いし憧れる

  • @Denis_Korchagin
    @Denis_Korchagin Год назад +3

    The alternative is the manual spring starter. It oftenly used as back-up system on the emergency generators.

  • @tritonmole
    @tritonmole 3 года назад +17

    If i won a lamborghini in a lottery, i would exchange that to a truck like this on a heartbeat

    • @azrailfan2717
      @azrailfan2717 3 года назад

      And you might have some money left over too 🤠

  • @NeilLB7
    @NeilLB7 5 лет назад +5

    Why do Australian semi tractors seem so....I don't know....AWESOME!!

    • @lalnablehector1285
      @lalnablehector1285 4 года назад +4

      Its Australia so trucks* or Prime movers* , tractors are something you tow a plow with.

  • @jjs8046
    @jjs8046 4 года назад +1

    Goosebumps!

  • @mrbrown7224
    @mrbrown7224 5 лет назад +3

    Please make more videos like to see under the cab engine bay and talk about your truck and your career in trucks a bit would be good

  • @gsmith207
    @gsmith207 3 года назад

    That thing was shoe horned in there man! Butter up the sides! Haaaa love it! Poor O/H door!

  • @lbowsk
    @lbowsk 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome truck. Awesome sounds. Many thanks for posting.

  • @svenvolwater5473
    @svenvolwater5473 3 года назад +1

    What a cool truck

  • @diesel7696
    @diesel7696 5 лет назад +3

    Must be about due for another upload mate!!

  • @Fullnoise
    @Fullnoise 6 лет назад +4

    Great stuff mate, love it.

  • @LilFuwatti
    @LilFuwatti 2 года назад +1

    THIS START UP IS THE SAME START UP FOR THE TLX PHOENIX FOR FARMING SIMULATOR 22🤩🤯🤯

  • @digitalbroadcaster
    @digitalbroadcaster 4 года назад

    That yellow/orange car in the car park looks like the model from GhostBusters.

  • @jadensantiago5583
    @jadensantiago5583 2 года назад +1

    Now I know where farm sim gets the sound from