How much did I pay? First drive. 1987 freightliner cabover FL86 big cam Cummins. "Jolly Green"
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Servicing my 1987 freightshaker fl86 cab over and driving it for the first time also going over the total cost of the truck and parts.
Stupid you are not.You are learning by doing,and you have a good understanding of how things work.The School of Hard Knocks is the best school.
3K is a great price, I'd pay that just to park it and look at it!
Dang right! That's a steal of a deal
Me too.
Agreed! You could yank the motor and sell it for more than you paid for the whole truck.
Hell yeh , shit that’s nothing for a truck, like Steve said, it’s worth just looking at for that.
$3k was a deal.
Local farmer recently had a double bunk K100 for $8000.
Wish I could have justified picking it up.
I think your doing a good job on fixing that truck screw the negative people
i winch to like you comment 100 time lol
Could not agree more. for some reason (hhhmmm) there is a LOT of negativity in this world today. Thankful that I am able to watch positive people do positive things to improve their lives!!!!!!!!!
Those who can do, Those who can’t talk crap on RUclips. Thank you for the great content.😎🤙🏻
Well at least your saving this old truck.... not many left and missed them for to long and I'm starting to see more back on the roads.... thank you for saving her
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Can't get over how awesome the frame and the cab is. Absolutely worth $3000. Like how complete your explanations are of what and why you are doing each repair. This truck will be as good as new and very dependable. Jolly Green has found a very good owner.
great seeing grandpa climbing in there! when i find diffs that have that sludge in them, i drain it, put some diesel back in and run it with the rears off the ground to clean it out. wish you were closer....i have lots of parts you could use that i wont use. be careful ordering the ebay stuff if it isnt o.e. quality. it sure can make you chase your tale with running problems. that water separater would likely have been a problem later. any diesel can run away....all it takes is any un-metered burnable fuel to be introduced into the intake. the fitting you took off the pump is a quick connect pressure test coupler. just remember, the gear oil always looks better at the top fill hole than the bottom where all the crud accumulates. ezrider is a great guy with loads of good information.
I have a frieght liner cab over with a big cam 3 ,and it did run away lucky for me the turbo locked up and only burned up about 3 gallons of oil and saved my engine. I put a ball valve on the feed line to the turbo in case this ever happens again!
Totally agree as soon as I saw the racor I was thinking change it. And I was thinking flush the diffs with diesel, wasn't sure whether that provided enough lubrication to actually run them though.
I think I would drain the rear axles, then use the old diesel to fill it up, then drain it out again before filling with gear oil
Id use Gasoline :)
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I wouldn't use gas, it's too explosive.
Diesel would be best or motor oil.
@@bertgrau9246 50/50 has diesel mix is the way to go 👍
I wouldn't use gas at these prices plus I'm always using my torches around this truck. I do have alot of old diesel tho!
@@NOT_FOR_HIRE maybe use alcohol or something that’ll evaporate without leaving residue or damaging seals
Fantastic job. I first learned how to drive on an International Harvester cabover in the 80`s .
Found this channel recently and I'm loving every bit of it. Started watching older episodes to catch up whenever I can.
I give you tons of credit for taking on the restoration of this truck, best of luck!
i think you got a pretty good deal on the truck, pretty much any truck that's mostly complete will part out for well over 5k so it seems prices normally bottom out around there in my area. but yeah big truck parts are expensive and they don't like to sit around. good to see it move again, kind of a bummer on the rear end ill be curious to see what you find when you get it apart. but seems be be a solid start on your project. glad your enjoying my channel as well.
Thank you sir! yeah I enjoy watching you work on ol red! You turned that truck into a beauty! Im curious too plus I get to know this whole truck inside and out before it hits the road. Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you watching!
So, that's how we learn. It's good watching you, I learn alot.
You putting that right front tire on, takes me back a ways, I worked at Freightliner from the years 1983 till 1993. for over a year it was part of my job to install the right front tire..good times. Also use to start every tractor that came down the line,COE"s we're my least favorite,tilting the cab back after starting was the least fav. part...
What a bargain. Wish I could find one in the UK for that money. Seriously all RUclipsrs give way too much time to the haters and know nothings, most of them are about 12 and just want to see you blow your beautiful truck up. I wouldn't even give them the satisfaction of a mention. Another awesome episode, can't wait for the next one.
That old iron is a piece of history. Glad you are saving it!
Nice truck, can’t beat the price. Amazing how mechanically competent u are! Great job getting her up + running. Good video as usual.😎👍
Both of those differentials need flushing, not just spill & fill.
Jack up & securely stand. Drain completely.
Refill with kerosene + conventional ATF, 1 gallon each.
Run in FWD & REV a minimum of 20 minutes each direction.
Drain while hot, allow to drip an hour.
It's either flush or remove covers.
Sounds good to me too.
Great job buddy keep it up
Greetings from Australia first time watching your jolly green video really enjoyed the content and your presentation I am 70years old been involved with trucks since I was 13 am still learning especially from you younger generation keep up the good work best wishes
It was a walk down memory lane watching you. Thanks much.
Nothing better in Life to see a truck you put time and hard work into and drive down the road. A really Sweet Ride. Congratulation's on the new ride. Well Done.
It's not too long, we love this stuff
As long as you are happy, who gives a F:::: what others think. Enjoy the experience of building the prime mover and you definitely can’t get any better advice than J.C Cheers Steve🍺🍺🍺
Dude, u got a gem. It's a crap shoot sometimes, u prevailed. It's a nice ride. I loved it. To hear the old girl come alive was awsome.
That price is great for that cabover with a running motor. And the cab is in really good shape. I drove a 74 cabover freightliner back in the early 80s for 10 years and ran 37 states with it. Man those were the days. You're bringing a lot of great memories back my friend. Thank you
Good deal on the truck! I like the way you’re going over everything before you run it on the road. I had this exact truck brand new in 87, same color and all. I’ve got a lot of memories with that old girl. Keep up the great work! Thanks for taking the time to post these videos.
Thanks for sharing this awesome real content. Getting down and dirty is part of the fun of owning an old COE. Don't feed the trolls who try to get a rise out of their negative input. Your content is way above them! 🇺🇸
Dear Not For Hire,
I love the way you describe your tribulations with the fuel filter, and your openness makes me trust you more. Thank you for all your great work!
I'm from the other side the pond. We do have "flat front" trucks like MAN, DAF, SCANIA, IVECO, VOLVO, etc. these are all modern brands / vehicle - work horses. When I see all the US made Cab-overs (you name them) from the past - Paterbuilt-s, Freightliners, Internationals, I get goose bumps. They're so cool looking. And that pale colors - green, blue, yellow, orange... Amazing!!!
Please, keep this beauty running as long as you can! it sure looks like a "good friend". And you don't sell good friends...
Man you remind me of the old days when we would work a week trying to start stuff. I loved bulldozers. I ran a white diesel on my crane at the Portsmouth Naval shipyard. That bad boy was awesome!
Wow this channel just came up as a suggestion wow now I'm completely hooked what a awesome channel
Raised by a father that was a master mechanic, he taught me alot about mechanical work. I respect you for doing things rite instead of rushing it. Good work. 👍
Every one of these videos I watch make me want a bug truck more and more. Great Job!
Glad I just found this video and enjoyed every bit of it. Cant wait till I get to finally do the same kind of projects on my channel. Will definitely be tuned in for more
I applaud your common sense, mechanical ability, and your desire to learn. With those tools in your “little red wagon (toolbox)”, this truck is going to rise from the weeds as a force to be reckoned with. You have got to reach out to Gentry and Sons. I think he is one of the REALLY GOOD GUYS and you seem to travel the path.
Just found your channel.
I love this cool old truck!
Greetings from Hungary!
It’s priceless. You will look back with fond memories of this truck when you look back at these videos. I didn’t have this technology back in my truck driving days.
If you were unlucky enough to have an early start, you would wake every driver up in the truck stop starting the Cummins up and sat ticking over for 5 minutes building the air tanks up to let the brakes off 🤣 keep them coming mate 👍
Ezrider Ezra is the F'N man. Also ol2stroker. Great Detroit Diesel guy who is great to watch.
"They say that diesel doesn't go bad" -I guess this diesel didn't get that memo.. :D
Yer' taking me back to my young days... I had a small trucking company back when that thing rolled off the assembly line. Good job getting it running again, love seeing old forgotten trucks brought back to life.
I gladly appreciated your hard work and dedication, and explaining your work the best you can with the truth and honesty.
As a child, I grew up helping my brothers fixed old cars and trucks.
Thank you! Please keep posting videos.
Great video's on this project, I am a huge COE fan, my father had a 78 White Freightliner he bought new. And def loving those Freightliner The Efficient Machine mud flaps...
Just got in a accident and lad up in bed and it’s nice to have some good content to watch. Keep the videos coming
Oh man sorry to hear that! Hopefully things get better for you soon!
He done good didn't he Fred...
Enjoying this, well done.
From a Kiwi, living in AZ, yup even the New Zealanders in the USA are watching lol.
I remember when i was a kid watching these types of trucks on the race track racing. Anyone old enough remember those days?
I'm from Kingston Jamaica I love what you're doing with jelly green keep up the good work man
Don't listen to them your doing great.
From the uk. I know nothing about these trucks, but i really have enjoyed your video's. Thanks for taking the time to make great content
Huck Rivets are sank from the inside. Your repair rivets were body shop ones to fix it without tearing the interior apart to sink them. You can tell by the hole and shank in the center of them.
LOVE THE TRUCK I think its a GOOD DEAL Its awesome your keeping a piece of History going Enjoy Cheers Calgary
I live in the USA but I’m from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Saludos!
I like the way you work man.
New subscriber and I'm a trucker. Loving this project. I bleed kenworth but I do love old freightliners. FLB's,FLD, FLC's. You're doing a great job and I gotta admit when you got her in gear and rolling I screamed " F*CK YEAH" lol...
love the sound of Jolly Green when you started driving it.
You’re better off with the new separator anyway those things develop air leaks when they get old.
I’m used to seeing people beat the ever lasting hell out the trucks ( rev and dumps, grabbing any old random cans to use as starter fluid) this is pretty professional man
If I break it I have to fix it and pay for it so I try to be gentle! Thank you!
I know the video is really long, but I'm enjoying every part of it and learning a lot from it also, I love to see this machine come back to life.
80-90 for the transmission and rears and Shell Rotella 15w-40 like you used for the engine! I have ran my truck that way for years! Keep up the videos too! You do a good job with them!
50 weight for trans 80-90 rears
Sounds good. I love watching your videos.
This is SUPER COOL TRUCK and you doing a great job on it !! from france !!!!
Best wishes from Ireland , I like the old girl, the green is perfect ☘️can’t beat old school trucks . The truck I drive is all electronic & computerised.keep up the good work 👍
Man I love this truck, you got a hell of a deal on her I'd say.shes going to be a nice ride.
You see that old bad ass GMC dually at 40:43? Quad cab looks like.. I wanna see more of it .
Go to my channel there is videos of all my trucks working!
I actually started watching Peterbilt Mike and Kenny the cab over video's. Just subscribed to your channel. I like seeing these old cabover's being rebuilt and brought back to life. Good job man, at least you don't have a dif that has a hole rusted in it...lol.
Dude, thats a beast mode purchase. You ain't wrong about the beauty to look at... the boxy look along with the dark green is super sweet. Good on ya. keep the vids coming. Inspiring!!!!
I've always loved those cabover trucks. From the 70's through the 80's like yours. I loved the video, and glad you got it running and moving.
That's a really good engine... very reliable and cheap to fix or overhaul...
Finally 😎😎 keep em coming looking forward to more content from u an Green Bean 😁
Doing a great job on the Jolly Green. I love these old trucks.
You got yourself a very nice truck and a great deal! I love cabovers!
The battery setup on most of those old trucks is 1 battery is for starting and the other 2 are for keeping the marker lights on at night when the driver is sleeping. I'm a 3rd generation trucker and the old days drivers only ran the truck overnight for the heater. The ac at night was run only when it was really hot. Most comfortable nights the fans where good enough.
Owners used to make sure of good clean connections and clean grounds. 1 starter battery and 2 auxiliary batteries were common and worked perfectly when maintained.
Man that's a good looking truck! 👍
Lovin the series screw those haters man your doin great keep it up
Cool truck ..... I’m glad to see you getting her all serviced and ready for the road again . Keep up the awesome job
Oh you have a shop, awesome that makes me feel alot better!
A comfortable running and driving Class 8 truck for less than $10K is a good deal. It's not going to loose money from here on out :-)
I wouldn't say that I've bought new trucks that were expensive to operate from the start. They were however the newer stuff with the DEF, and the PARTICILIC filters. A big pain .
you are doing it the smart and right way brotha. an u r very right those blocks will snap right off.
Loving these videos, especially with how simple and honest you are during them. Got a new sub here.
That's going to be a badass truck restored. I always loved those.
Check your PH in the coolant Don't want cavitation to take out your sleeves
I think good deal ,.If you have the money to fix it up go for it . I love these older cabover. Use to drive a Mack cabover with a 5 speed maxi dine. Wonderful truck . Good luck, wish you well my friend.
She’s a sweet deal keep on wrenching on her. Love your videos
TRUCK WAS A GREAT DEAL !SURPRISED THE SHAPE OF THE FRAME,TRUCK HAS ALOT OF POTENTIAL.
Watching from Sweden,keep up the good work!
Yes, you got a good deal on that truck, there’s a lot of reusable parts in that truck. That’s a really sweet truck you have their.
(Not that you'll take my word for it after your remarks about Cummins engines running away. . . .) but, that pin in the side of the top cover works in conjunction with that air valve that was stuck. What that does is keeps the transmission from shifting from low to high, or high to low while you're in gear by blocking the air going to the back half of the trans. Most truckers, while driving in gear, would move the air shift on the gearshift from low to high while it's in gear, and then shift. When the shift linkage would go into neutral, the pin would move and allow that valve to send air back to the piston on the back half of the trans to move and shift from low-range to high. (the old way to make sure a trans was in neutral was to move the shift button, and if it was in neutral, you'd hear the back-half "clunk" making the shift. If you didn't hear the "clunk," you wouldn't want to start it without the clutch disengaged!) Trust me, I wasn't wrong about the floating twin countershafts, which should have been evident once you removed the top cover, now, was I???? 😉😉😉
I wasn't talking about you it particular but I appreciate all the advice I can get and to be fair the chances of it running away is a million to 1 so didnt have to worry that much! Yes now I see how the trans works you were right!
@@NOT_FOR_HIRE You're gettin' there, my man! We all gotta learn -- just trying to help!! 👍👍👍
Ran one just like it for years in the early 90s....dont remember it being so bad ....lol...worst thing I remember bout it was falling out of it trying to get down on an icy ladder...300 big cam come along would most definitely tote the mail...hope u get her and keep her goin....thanks for the post ....it brought back fond memories
My guess was 3k great deal buddy you are doing great you made a list and your checking it off little by little when it’s all said and done your gonna have a great truck and a wealth of knowledge old trucks are super simple just expensive as hell lol love the channel keep it up
Thank you!
Just read through your comments. You have a lot of Aussies and Kiwi's watching your vids. That's strange, but cool. Great vids, and stick to your guns!!
Why strange? Surely you know Australia is the home of the road train? 😉🤠🇦🇺
Without trucks Australia stops.
The haters are the loudest, you can have 100 people commenting positive and you focus on the 3 negative ones, but innately we do this because we're humans.
Just don't engage.
Love the videos.
Very enjoyable to watch you restore this fantastic vehicle. You have great style and delivery...well done!
I’m new to your channel so here goes ..... 3k for that tractor is a great deal considering that Cummins is worth $8 -$10 k ( pre-DEF AND No Digital port ) ya need 1 more new steering tire or it will pull to one side big time ! Buy bulk on your fluids , it’s much cheaper ! I like the big shoes , I drove Freight-Shakers for the better part of 35 years and love them , my favorite year is 1983 with single headlights . Nice score there ! Don’t call it the Jolly Green giant ! The Hulk or emerald or leprechaun or Green with Envy ! You might want a new pogo stick also . They usually don’t have great heaters or defrosters .
Thank you! It will be getting all new rubber before it hits the road im just doing what I can afford at the moment! Im buying in bulk for sure next time!
man you're really making some good progress. Ive slowed down quite bit on the Autocar. If you haven't already id add a battery disconnect. these old trucks and their old wiring could short out anytime from stuff rubbing. I found a bunch of bare wire on mine already. keep it up!
Big Truck, Big Money, Started driving 1973 Retied 2017 that Jolly Green brings back memories .
I have been following for a while and I must say you have done a very good job 👏
As for the strap, I get a bit nervous about tilting Orwell's Cab when you look at the amount of weight on such a small section of structure. Closing on 40 year old structure...
Hey man how's it going. I've been watching your channel since you bought this truck and I love how you are fixing it up. Ain't nothing like an old school truck on the road. I used to drive a truck like that but mine's had bunk beds in it. I do miss driving it. I think you paid a good deal for it. I can't wait to see you get it on the road. I'm OTR and you just don't see old trucks like this on the road anymore. I like your Crocs you were wearing man. Crocs are awesome I have a couple pair of myself. I can't believe that people are giving you a hard time about you wearing your Crocs while working on your truck. You at home and you should be able to wear what you want on your feet. I work on my truck and drive my truck Barefooted 👣, wearing flip-flops , wearing Crocs , or wherever I want to wear. Don't take this the wrong way I'm not mad or anything but it's none of their business of what kind of Footwear you wear. you should still wear your Crocs while working on the truck. If that's what comfortable on your feet that's what you should wear. I know how comfortable crocs cuz I wear mine too. Do you have a good Channel keep up the good work man.
I'm still wearing them to work on the truck just not drive it. I'll never completely give them up! Thank you for watching i appreciate it!
Love that colour green, Vic Bitter Green i call it. Australia's most favourite Beer.
My friend I am loving your content on your channel. Right now you have made it in with my two favs, Ezrider359 and Twinsticks... Keep up the good work
Good buy, I bought mine for 5 sold it for 7 probably had 4 in it, ran it 5 states pulling a dry van, would have taken that truck anywhere. Same engine and trans as yours.
Thats awesome! Did you remeber if it was a hi flow or low flow coolant system?
Don't listen to jerks like that YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO SAFE it's your trk stay safe
Damn bro y does the guy gotta be a “jerk”? Lol funny but you would never say that to a mans face in real life.. let me guess “yes I would too” sure...!! Chill out my guy...
@@scottreed5460 What the hell are you talking about?
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Nuttin mean tough guy nuttin
@@scottreed5460 Ah OK,that's cleared everything up,thanks.
On your steer axle, your oil hubs have a red rubber center cap. If you remove the red center cap you will see a very small weep hole. That hole needs to be kept clear so the hub can breathe when the oil heats up. I used to use welding tip cleaners.
You're doing a super job. and you love this beast. best wishes from Italy!