Just a friendly note: that little rubber button to the left of where you stick that jack handle is a button used for operating that little pump by air, if your tanks have air built up, so you don’t have to sit there wearing yourself out pumping it up and down
despite there pain in the ass nature I still love cabovers now I may drive a conventional long nose Pete however cabovers will always be my favorite trucks
lovely old truck from the 80s era they were first class in thier day liked the shape of the cab always did and the CAT engine under the cab was a great engine the 3406 is some engine allways willing to do its best like the Cummins cheers to all you truckers out there god bless
Cab is hyper-extended; it should always bear weight. Once the safety stop is able to be engaged, do not raise it anymore. In the counterbalanced position shown, there is no way for the safety bar (s) to set reliably. A hydraulic leak or bleed will allow the cab to come down on anyone below it. It won't be the first or the last casualty as a result of people setting them improperly. Suicide by gravity is not the way to do it. More importantly, why in the hell would anybody manually raise the cab on a functioning truck? The on board air system is meant to be connected to raise the cab. It is a self-sufficient design. Simply connect an airline, off of the trucks own pneumatic system, to that extra hose dangling right next to the manual hydraulic pump. Voila, cab goes up. Using the manual hydraulic pump it's meant to be a last resort, to access the engine compartment if the truck will not start. Unless my eyes are deceiving me, that is a 12-volt pump attached to the system you are cranking on. That appears to be a momentary switch on the housing, meaning there is a primary, secondary, and tertiary way to do it (electric, backup pneumatic assist, and finally manual pump). The first two of which do not require cranking your balls off!
No wonder they did away with these cab-over's... by the time you get the thing raised up and lowered, I would have my entire pre-trip done on a conventional!!
A word of advice. Always get inside and tie everything down before jacking up the cab on a Cabover! You'll end up with a busted windshield if you have anything loose in the cab. Coffee cup anything. Also be very careful not to jack it up to far. I have seen the hoist break and the cab smash into the ground in front of the truck. Not a pretty site.
I put air ride on the cab on all6 of mine what a difference in the ride it rode the same if not better than a conventional I put hundreds and hundreds of miles on those old KENWORTH s loved em
Be thankful the cab jacks up most of them old cabover KWs the dog house was all busted up & if you could get the cab up it would lean so bad you couldn't get it down, kenworth made a repair kit for it it took about 30 hours to install , A bunch of old trucker guys years ago called them old cabovers front wheel drive , I remember the in the 70s & 80s that's all you seen on the road In the late 80s the length laws changed by the early 90s the salvage yards were full of cabovers you couldn't give them away they were worth more dead than alive.
Truck engine maintenance Hooded: Open hood, do work. close hood Cab over: remove all loose contents from cab or strap them down, spend 5 minutes jacking up cab, hoping it doesn't fall on you, do work, spend 3 mins putting cab down again, replace cab contents Hmm, I wonder why hooded trucks are more popular...
Oil is usually checked by a dipstick accessible either through the front panel (a little door just below windscreen level) or depending on what manufacture engine, just to the rear of the drivers door. Coolant top up is a pain in the arse unless you have a flexible funnel; but also does not require cab tilt.
nothing to it right up in the front you have your radiator where the Kenworth big ribbon is you just open it up and there's the radiator cap and the dipstick is right there to you open up the side door and pull it out you can check the oil. you don't have to check the cab up unless it's not running right all you have to do is look right down in between the fuel tanks and the steps.. crawl right under
Nice I did my fair share of time working on these cabovers in our fleet, it was a good day when I had to raise one of our air over hydraulic international ones, was a factory option push button at jack ran off truck air system as long as you had air in system....
My heart stopped beating at the 3:40 mark. Unless the hydraulic cylinder rods that lift the cab have been strengthened it is not unusual for them to separate and for the cab to 'face plant' with very very expensive consequences. Kenworth - Australia - knows of the problem but last I heard had not introduced a retro kit to solve it. Strengthening is usually done by the owners -- myself included. Really no need to take the cab much further than 40 degrees -----------unless the engine / radiator are coming out. Then safety chains or straps should be used to prevent free fall.
The last time I saw cab over that far it hit the ground not a good idea to go past center just go far enough to get lock in place or it might go over and blow ram seal out
Good point.Also its a good idea once the cab is up to its apex and starts to go over center.Flip the lever to down and feather it till the cylinder hits its end.
No not long at all actually. I got mine up to safety stop level in maybe 45 seconds MAX !!!!!!!!!!!!!! But they were well maintained trucks. This truck -- if you watch a previous video was recovered from A TRUCK GRAVEYARD AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT !!!! It got HORRIBLY BOGGED during the recovery.
I take it the air assist on the cab raising mechanism does not work. That is what the small almost indiscernible button is for, the one at the side of the pump.
Too all those of you who have NOT OWNED AND DRIVEN ONE OF THESE GEMS - this is a very poorly maintained, indeed almost derelict, example of a magnificent highway hauler. Given a bit of Love and ATTENTION it will once again be a MAGNIFICENT HIGHWAY HAULER.
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I used to work at a shop where the ceiling was too low to raise the cab. These were always outside in the “big bay” to work on. I was the big bay mechanic.
You have to check the hinges on these sometimes they would crack in the 80's we had one that cracked when you raised the cab like this the cab fell forward and hit the ground smashed the viser and windshield
He has a cab jack that has air assist that is not hooked up (notice the extra hose that is not connected). I have the air assist on my 90" cab-this one in the video is 112" cab. Makes for easy lifting. This pump is worn out-should not take so many pumps.
Brings back memories of working in a truck shop tilting cabs. That part and the end of the raising procedure, where it falls to rest got me nervous every time! Where is the gear linkage?
They have a tube dipstick-you dont have to raise the cab to check oil or water, just major access for repair etc. Notice all the real chrome and real dome lights-when trucks were trucks. Notice the cable shift linkage? Easy to work on trucks.
Back in 1960 I drove a brand new Kenworth just like this one. Jacking the cab was nothing like this one. This truck needs the jacking system rebuilt. I live in Indiana and was hauling hogs to the east coast and in 1960 it was very rare to see a KW in this part of the country but now they are lots of them but very rare to see a cabover these days.
Nobody wants to spend 5 minutes to raise the cab of a truck just to check something simple like oil or radiator fluid. There's a reason these things are obsolete.
I know where I can buy one of these old girls. Silver with fatter stacks and a front bumper skimming the ground. Polished aluminum rims twin turbos on a Cat , tinted glass and she is a living doll. Save em boys they are a hoot .
So damn cool. I love big trucks especially older ones. I have 0 desire to ever own or drive one but they are awesome to watch. Where do you live? Looks awesome
I've got a k100 factory front bumper never installed in my garage. My grandfather had a trucking company and the k100 ran over the back of a caddy. Frame turned out to be bent so fixing it was a no go
I bet there were a lot of cabover drivers who a lot of times forget to secure their stuff inside the cab before taking their semis into the shop to get serviced on & when the mechanic raises up the cab to get to the motor, all of the trucker's stuff inside the cab will get tossed around & break the windshield. Lol
I've got one of these things on the farm. It's a 1980 K100-C with a Cummins 400 Big Cam and 13-speed. Good truck, but it's starting to nickle and dime me to death...
They make a electric pump that runs off the battery I had them on mine ,,,you also have to watch the SHIFTER arm when it goes back down unless it had a cable shift ,,,also the cab will go 90 degrees over to pull the motor out .
Notice to the general public, dont go under any cab over truck when the cab is coming down, dont put your arm under it, dont put your head under it and certainly not your whole body. Should have just said dont try this at home.
Very cool. I think I counted about 8,000 strokes. I remember when these COEs were all over the road. Seems like they would be way more maneuverable in city hauling but maybe safety killed them off?
The first dozen or so strokes are to rebuild pressure after the cab has been in neutral position for some time, then to release the cab lockdown 'claws' and then the REAL WORK BEGINS. The next twenty or so strokes should have the cab up sufficient to drop the safety stop onto the hydraulic ram and get underneath to do whatever you want to do under there.But much better to maintain your hydraulic/pneumatic cab raising system and just press the magic BLACK BUTTON on the side of the pump.
Here in Melbourne in 'The Land Downunder' - boomerangs kangaroos and all that - our length restrictions have been "loosed up" to such an extent that 110 foot PLUS 2 x 40 foot trailer Road Trains are now coming all the way in from our rural areas to our export ports with containers of whatever product they have for export (and import). That involves an hour or so of city traffic and all that it has to offer. That being said the cabover - be it Kenworth/Volvo/Scania/Freightliner is STILL King of The Road. Unsurpassed comfort and safety with great panoramic views of the road ahead.
Just a friendly note: that little rubber button to the left of where you stick that jack handle is a button used for operating that little pump by air, if your tanks have air built up, so you don’t have to sit there wearing yourself out pumping it up and down
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despite there pain in the ass nature I still love cabovers now I may drive a conventional long nose Pete however cabovers will always be my favorite trucks
There is nothing like a cab over u can get into places a long nose will not been there done that.
that's what I was weaned on 32 years ago damn good truck
That final tip over would scare the shxt out of me every time lol, wondering if one day it will just fall right off
lovely old truck from the 80s era they were first class in thier day liked the shape of the cab always did and the CAT engine under the cab was a great engine the 3406 is some engine allways willing to do its best like the Cummins cheers to all you truckers out there god bless
Most beautiful truck ever made, the K-100. You find me another one that even comes close..
Cab is hyper-extended; it should always bear weight. Once the safety stop is able to be engaged, do not raise it anymore. In the counterbalanced position shown, there is no way for the safety bar (s) to set reliably. A hydraulic leak or bleed will allow the cab to come down on anyone below it.
It won't be the first or the last casualty as a result of people setting them improperly. Suicide by gravity is not the way to do it.
More importantly, why in the hell would anybody manually raise the cab on a functioning truck? The on board air system is meant to be connected to raise the cab. It is a self-sufficient design. Simply connect an airline, off of the trucks own pneumatic system, to that extra hose dangling right next to the manual hydraulic pump. Voila, cab goes up.
Using the manual hydraulic pump it's meant to be a last resort, to access the engine compartment if the truck will not start. Unless my eyes are deceiving me, that is a 12-volt pump attached to the system you are cranking on. That appears to be a momentary switch on the housing, meaning there is a primary, secondary, and tertiary way to do it (electric, backup pneumatic assist, and finally manual pump). The first two of which do not require cranking your balls off!
This is the guy.... this is the guy right here. He knows.
Fluid jacks fail those trucks where accidents waiting to happen.
I thought it was over balance didnt look right
Good catch on the overextension. I was witness once to an overextension where the cab actually broke free and pivoted all the way to the ground
That's pretty cool, never thought of ”how the cab is moved ” thanks for showing
I love it, I never seen this before always wondered… completely awesome thanks for the video
Great way to wake up yr Co driver
Wow. I always thought those cabs were motorized.
No wonder they did away with these cab-over's... by the time you get the thing raised up and lowered, I would have my entire pre-trip done on a conventional!!
I miss seeing these cabovers on the highways. There are a few farmers here that use them but thats it..
Hope you didn't leave your coffee in there.
I am sure many cups off coffee ended up on the dash and windows of these cab overs. lol
A word of advice. Always get inside and tie everything down before jacking up the cab on a Cabover! You'll end up with a busted windshield if you have anything loose in the cab. Coffee cup anything. Also be very careful not to jack it up to far. I have seen the hoist break and the cab smash into the ground in front of the truck. Not a pretty site.
My son and I love watching your videos of the old Kenworth. Thanks a lot!
I love seeing more attention attracted to this topic rather than video games great job!.
Skill comin' handy when a trucker feels lonely on a truck stop
I put air ride on the cab on all6 of mine what a difference in the ride it rode the same if not better than a conventional I put hundreds and hundreds of miles on those old KENWORTH s loved em
Man, that video was a memory flashback. I haven't raised a cab in 30 years.
Be thankful the cab jacks up most of them old cabover KWs the dog house was all busted up & if you could get the cab up it would lean so bad you couldn't get it down, kenworth made a repair kit for it
it took about 30 hours to install , A bunch of old trucker guys years ago called them old cabovers front wheel drive , I remember the in the 70s & 80s that's all you seen on the road In the late 80s the length laws
changed by the early 90s the salvage yards were full of cabovers you couldn't give them away they were worth more dead than alive.
Truck engine maintenance
Hooded: Open hood, do work. close hood
Cab over: remove all loose contents from cab or strap them down, spend 5 minutes jacking up cab, hoping it doesn't fall on you, do work, spend 3 mins putting cab down again, replace cab contents
Hmm, I wonder why hooded trucks are more popular...
Yep -- same with a cabover. Lift it check it drop it.
Must be fun checking oil daily
Oil is usually checked by a dipstick accessible either through the front panel (a little door just below windscreen level) or depending on what manufacture engine, just to the rear of the drivers door. Coolant top up is a pain in the arse unless you have a flexible funnel; but also does not require cab tilt.
Nice to see a cab that goes all the way over.
Imagine doing a pre-trip in this........oh the horror!! Lol
nothing to it right up in the front you have your radiator where the Kenworth big ribbon is you just open it up and there's the radiator cap and the dipstick is right there to you open up the side door and pull it out you can check the oil.
you don't have to check the cab up unless it's not running right all you have to do is look right down in between the fuel tanks and the steps.. crawl right under
Nice I did my fair share of time working on these cabovers in our fleet, it was a good day when I had to raise one of our air over hydraulic international ones, was a factory option push button at jack ran off truck air system as long as you had air in system....
My heart stopped beating at the 3:40 mark.
Unless the hydraulic cylinder rods that lift the cab have been strengthened it is not unusual for them to separate and for the cab to 'face plant' with very very expensive consequences.
Kenworth - Australia - knows of the problem but last I heard had not introduced a retro kit to solve it. Strengthening is usually done by the owners -- myself included.
Really no need to take the cab much further than 40 degrees -----------unless the engine / radiator are coming out. Then safety chains or straps should be used to prevent free fall.
slimchancetoo, been there mate, nearly dropped an engel through the windscreen.
Your hydraulic oil might be low. It's impossible for manufactory to make it this difficult to lift the cab.
great truck nice KW and stronger CAT engine one of the best engines of the CAT nice vedeo mate
jorge fonseca e
I drove a k100 back in 1992 an it was a big bunk cab an a 3406 cat an it ran great an could pull really well
I always liked driving those cabover trucks
pump must be low in fluid.
Love those cabovers she's a work truck
Nice rig. Would love to restore one. KW COE has always been my favorite truck.
There sure are a lot of stupid comments on here.
The last time I saw cab over that far it hit the ground not a good idea to go past center just go far enough to get lock in place or it might go over and blow ram seal out
Around 1:35 you look funny how your arm is going up and down so quickly 🤣🤣🤣 Lol but nice my brotha nothing better to see than an Oldschool😎😎
Needs oil in the jack. it shouldnt take that long to pump it up...
Good point.Also its a good idea once the cab is up to its apex and starts to go over center.Flip the lever to down and feather it till the cylinder hits its end.
No not long at all actually. I got mine up to safety stop level in maybe 45 seconds MAX !!!!!!!!!!!!!! But they were well maintained trucks. This truck -- if you watch a previous video was recovered from A TRUCK GRAVEYARD AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT !!!! It got HORRIBLY BOGGED during the recovery.
Some of the best trucks ever made. You definitely don't need to go to the gym after that though.
Cabovers are the coolest
Nice rig
I take it the air assist on the cab raising mechanism does not work. That is what the small almost indiscernible button is for, the one at the side of the pump.
Too all those of you who have NOT OWNED AND DRIVEN ONE OF THESE GEMS - this is a very poorly maintained, indeed almost derelict, example of a magnificent highway hauler. Given a bit of Love and ATTENTION it will once again be a MAGNIFICENT HIGHWAY HAULER.
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I used to work at a shop where the ceiling was too low to raise the cab. These were always outside in the “big bay” to work on. I was the big bay mechanic.
1987 it snowing outside you gotta do this hahahaha that was life
You have to check the hinges on these sometimes they would crack in the 80's we had one that cracked when you raised the cab like this the cab fell forward and hit the ground smashed the viser and windshield
don't stop! i am almost their.... augh!
He has a cab jack that has air assist that is not hooked up (notice the extra hose that is not connected). I have the air assist on my 90" cab-this one in the video is 112" cab. Makes for easy lifting. This pump is worn out-should not take so many pumps.
Notice the fluid leaking around the cylinder too.
Reminds me of my times in the shower 😉😉😉😉😉😉
Brings back memories of working in a truck shop tilting cabs. That part and the end of the raising procedure, where it falls to rest got me nervous every time! Where is the gear linkage?
TX for sharing my friend !!! 😀
I think an electric motor on that hydraulic pump would be a good investment
Used one off a old switch truck or something could probably even work, that was a little excessive
He's doing it the last resort hard way lol u can do it in a couple of seconds using the trucks air lol as long as it runs anyway
Great video Man never new that it had a Jack for lifting the cab 👍
What happens to the steering column?
I wonder if you can get in and drive it with the cab raised. 😁
Yes you can it's extremely dangerous though
@Andy lol
Better have a clean interior or everything will smash into the windshield
I can see why these never caught on as standard
these once were everywhere on the highways
Cool truck man, keep her rollin
Thats pretty good exercise if you ask me ! Nice Kenworth by the way !
They have a tube dipstick-you dont have to raise the cab to check oil or water, just major access for repair etc. Notice all the real chrome and real dome lights-when trucks were trucks. Notice the cable shift linkage? Easy to work on trucks.
drove one for years and everything in cab and bunk fall up to windshield got sick of that shit I appreciate those trucks any way nice video
Wondering how is the shift connected to the transmission?
cables
YOUR JACK IS FULL OF AIR OR ITS WORN OUT DUDE
Beautiful Ole Cabover my dad use own 90s model International Cabover love Cabovers
Back in 1960 I drove a brand new Kenworth just like this one. Jacking the cab was nothing like this one. This truck needs the jacking system rebuilt. I live in Indiana and was hauling hogs to the east coast and in 1960 it was very rare to see a KW in this part of the country but now they are lots of them but very rare to see a cabover these days.
nice looking truck
A nice big THICK radiator!
Nice truck dude.
Reading the comments makes a guy realize how lazy everyone has become It took 5 minutes to raise the entire cab off the frame geez lazy people
I could do it 😀👍 looks fun ! ! !
Nobody wants to spend 5 minutes to raise the cab of a truck just to check something simple like oil or radiator fluid. There's a reason these things are obsolete.
Is definitely worth the 5 minutes. So much space and accessibility to work on it!
@@UltraMagaFan I guess Europe never got the memo.
I know where I can buy one of these old girls. Silver with fatter stacks and a front bumper skimming the ground. Polished aluminum rims twin turbos on a Cat , tinted glass and she is a living doll. Save em boys they are a hoot .
Your jack needs oil
You should put some fluid in that cab jack
Wow a Transformer! Now you just need an Autobots decal! Lol! Autobots roll out!!! #optimusPrimeVoice
This must be Megatron's great grandfather!!
William Funes megaton was created before this truck was ever built, moron!!
Maryann Newcomb The person who can't spell calling someone else a moron, HOW IRONIC!
How you finally get that pencil that rolled under your seat and you just can't reach it.
So damn cool. I love big trucks especially older ones. I have 0 desire to ever own or drive one but they are awesome to watch.
Where do you live? Looks awesome
I've got a k100 factory front bumper never installed in my garage. My grandfather had a trucking company and the k100 ran over the back of a caddy. Frame turned out to be bent so fixing it was a no go
Just one of the many drawbacks of cabovers...don't ask why you don't see "em on the roads anymore !
Not really, he's just doing it the hard way. U can do it in a couple seconds pneumaticly lol
2:36 Holy Cow, I think its time for a powered cab lift
Looks like it might have had an aerodynamic air foil/spoiler thingy on the roof at some point in the past.
3:32 omg, I tought it was going to break
The pump on Freightliners would pressurize on forward and backward stroke. More volume, less work.
4:11 "uuuu piece of candy"
You sure gonna build some muscle raising that thing
Over a week the cab is raised!!
I bet there were a lot of cabover drivers who a lot of times forget to secure their stuff inside the cab before taking their semis into the shop to get serviced on & when the mechanic raises up the cab to get to the motor, all of the trucker's stuff inside the cab will get tossed around & break the windshield. Lol
Yes you are right it happened often.
Well theirs your work out for the day, lol.🚚🚚
Need a new jack, I drove those when new, never seen so muck jacking in all my life, a man would be wore out jacking a cab like that.
I've got one of these things on the farm. It's a 1980 K100-C with a Cummins 400 Big Cam and 13-speed. Good truck, but it's starting to nickle and dime me to death...
Something you’d wanna sell ?
That's allot of work
You really need to add an electric pump for lifting.
Keep the manual for backup, just add a switcher valve.
Wow thats a steep angle
Question I'm a apprentice at a diesel shop ..what do I need watch for lower the cab ?
At least your not Housing a forklift like the other nut on the other RUclips thanks for showing other people the right way thanks hemming towing
They make a electric pump that runs off the battery I had them on mine ,,,you also have to watch the SHIFTER arm when it goes back down unless it had a cable shift ,,,also the cab will go 90 degrees over to pull the motor out .
nice truck but good lord takes a while to raise and lower the hood
On this type of truck it's called the CAB(IN).
Dude you look like you live in the middle of farkin nowhere ;;cheers for the vid 👍👍
Reminds me of the Mad Max movies
What’s wrong with living in the middle of Fucking No Where?
Notice to the general public, dont go under any cab over truck when the cab is coming down, dont put your arm under it, dont put your head under it and certainly not your whole body. Should have just said dont try this at home.
great video
That cab jack is an air powered one you know.
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Hugh Golden
Larger than life (1996) brought me here.
How bout some fluid in the reservoir so it goes up easier/quicker??? welcome to trucking 101
Very cool. I think I counted about 8,000 strokes. I remember when these COEs were all over the road. Seems like they would be way more maneuverable in city hauling but maybe safety killed them off?
The first dozen or so strokes are to rebuild pressure after the cab has been in neutral position for some time, then to release the cab lockdown 'claws' and then the REAL WORK BEGINS. The next twenty or so strokes should have the cab up sufficient to drop the safety stop onto the hydraulic ram and get underneath to do whatever you want to do under there.But much better to maintain your hydraulic/pneumatic cab raising system and just press the magic BLACK BUTTON on the side of the pump.
DOT regs loosed up and allowed for longer rigs. The cab over was no longer beneficial once the rig could be longer.
Here in Melbourne in 'The Land Downunder' - boomerangs kangaroos and all that - our length restrictions have been "loosed up" to such an extent that 110 foot PLUS 2 x 40 foot trailer Road Trains are now coming all the way in from our rural areas to our export ports with containers of whatever product they have for export (and import). That involves an hour or so of city traffic and all that it has to offer. That being said the cabover - be it Kenworth/Volvo/Scania/Freightliner is STILL King of The Road. Unsurpassed comfort and safety with great panoramic views of the road ahead.
The hoses are backwards they need to be switched around that’s why the raise and lower isn’t correct