You get to come to work with me, we see a 6-71 Detroit run and build 2 EMD water pumps and tour a Matco tool truck. Thanks for watching and please subscribe.
Soory for the late reply, I put Matco tools right up wwith Snap On, and a lot of my check goes to that truck too...lol... Hope you have a great weekend.
Hey there Big Ron! My dad used to be a diesel mechanic before he retired. He worked at a auto hauler company. I'll have to show him your channel. I saw you on Saucy's LIVE hangout,, thought I'd drop by and show some support with a sub . Your close to your 1K. WTG!
Hi getting it done, just found your comment for some reason it went in my spam. Saucy is a lot of fun I hope I run into her on the river one day. I hope your dad gets a kick out of these big diesels. Oh man almost 1k, hope to get there one day its been a long road. Thanks for checking out my channel and have a great week !
Hi Ron,I was an engineer on rigs and ships all my life and worked mainly on EMD,s, Cats,and Wartsillas,EMD being the engine of my choice because it was easier in my view to work on.These were the larger 16 and 20 cylinder jobs,mechanical and electronic.I must say I thought the 16 cylinder was a better engine,we always had problems with 20 cylinder which always seemd to stem from rhe P pipes, an EMD Mechanic said to me once he thought it was because the engine was too long,ptting more stress on the crankshaft,he would know more than me,we ran them more than doing major work on them.Changing pumps was done as required,getting them off was as much a problem as repairing them due to location and space round the engine,getting in under the pump could be a nightmare,your in the bilge there.I liked your gear securing tool for torqueing the nut,and a purpose built bench for the pump is good also.If I remeber correct the pumps were the same but there was a right and left pump for the banks.It was 1979 I saw my first EMD,16-645-E9 and believe it or not they were white,with polished tops,on an anchor handling tug,they gleamed,and the last was in 2015,we had 10 of the 20 cylinder jobs on a drilling rig,constant problems.Oh well I dont expect to see one again.Enjoyed your video.
Rotax and Polaris should get into building 750 CID per cylinder 2 stroke engines for trains and tugs. An ethanol powered EMD 16-710 2 stroke using klotz techniplate synthetic 2 stroke oil dry sump would be sick!
I think that my job and yours are very similar, Ron. Sometimes you have to be a blacksmith, sometimes you have to be a surgeon. Excellent video, my friend!
Hey thanks Greg, I think my favorite tool is a three pound hammer...lol..... Look forward to seeing you at Keith's Labor day party this year. Have a great rest of the week my friend !
Hi Ron, I like your video U just published. Your video reminds me of when I use to work at the plant the Cement Plant in Davenport before the Santa Cruz City shut it down for good. Lucky I had enough work time to retire. I really liked working there. Your shop reminds me of the electric shop I use to visit when I brought items in to be repaired from our Lab Dept. There were friendly & quality employees that did their jobs with pride. Ron you look like U R an awesome employee that does quality work at your shop. PS We had the Snap Tool truck come in to the plant selling their tools & stuff.
Hey thanks, running way behind. Glad you had enough time in to retire, I have been here going on 31 years and hope I can make it to retire here, time will tell. we have a Snap On truck too I get in trouble on that truck also...lol....Have a great rest of the week !
Hi Papa, I use to sling these buy hand but I'm getting older and now they are getting heavy...lol....and man I can get into trouble on that tool truck. Thanks for the support PT !
hi there and it's really great to meet you and cheers from Canada. This was a really great walkthrough not only working on the diesel but in the shop as well. Love the sign saying it's not okay to not pay! too bad it has to be said but many need to be reminded of that LOL. Really like your style and you do a good job of showing the rebuild and explaining it and I see your head PC troubles a while back but hope you are ready to put out new videos as looking forward to them. stay awesome We are a husband and wife team who do video/photography by day here in Montreal and live streams at night featuring gameshow style shout outs (The wheel of shoutouts & New game called the Pusa Push for under 1k), Q&A's on channel building and growth as well as interviews with Celebrities (two Emmy-award winnings guests and largest channel is 3.5 million followers) and big topics regarding the RUclips platform. Cheers and keep creating
I'm very impressed with what you do for work Ron! Hope to see more videos of your daily work! I never get to see stuff like this being done,.... I love that ole iconic sound of a Detroit! $9,000 for a tool box? UGH!
Hey thanks Ken, boy them ol Detroit engine take some abuse. That was just the bottom tool box isn't that crazy i'm glad I bought my tool box 20 years ago...lol.... Have a great rest of the week !
@@bigronshobbies8209 yes they will run with an airbox cover removed but will smoke a little and i bet it was a mess with a crank cover removed.id like to see that also.im still searching for that video
Hey thanks Bowzer, those Detroit engines sure takes some abuse. Hey I was trying to find an e-mail for you and didn't want to leave this on your page. was doing some main engine work on the M/V Mary Lynn for Herman Sand and gravel, and I was walking by the engineer room there was something strange hanging on it with duster wrote on it. I ask the crazy chief what the hell is that. It was a home made air cannon that he fills with flour and what ever fits. watch this boat because he is nuts. I tried to tell him that you just show case the boat but he is crazy. Keep up the great videos love your channel my friend !
@@bigronshobbies8209 Lol Thanks for the heads up! I'll make a hard target for him to hit if I get the chance. I had a Captian back around 1975 on an ACBL boat that shot skeet off the stern with a 12 gauge now that scares me lol.
Hi Ryan, I do build some for rail but mostly for marine and have to follow EMD specs that allows me to put more new parts in the build, but I understand some companies have to do what they have to do. If they just realize they can wipe out the whole front gear train with a water pump failure.
we have an old Detroit 2 stroke at work to run our fire pumps. and many other diesels to run other equipment. Thanks for the vid and I subscribed! wow you can still have pin ups on your locker! not at my work place not PC! haha!
I worked for Burlington Northern and they confiscated my pinups right out of my locker. Was hilarious, three managers acting like it was a 50 kilo cocain bust.
Hi Ron, the channel to the tug boat chef is Saucy The Traveling Towboat Chef . She has a video about 4 back giving a tour of a tug boat she is working on, shows engine room too
Thanks Papa Texas, going to check that out for sure. I don't know if you knew that Paivi fried my keyboard and computer but I'm back with a new laptop and will be over soon and thanks again for the channel name !
Ive always said "if the crankshaft is that large how do they grind it"? I'm thinking certainly there's not a grinding machine big enough to do that. By golly they DO!
Hi Robert, I know right...lol.. Ya we send ours to a place in Chicago and our driver says evey time he takes some up there he always sits in a long line of trucks. sorry for the late reply.
Hi John, I just put a little bit of light machine oil on the carbon seal. It helps while they fill the engine with coolant and gives the seal a chance to seat at start up. Hope this helps.
Hi Jesse, always determine banks and rotation looking from the rear looking at the flywheel hope this helps. Weep hole on water pump is always on the bottom.
Hi VHP7044, I use a little bit of light machine oil on the carbon seal. It's something like 3 in 1 light machine oil. It works great before start up. Hope this helps and have a great weekend.
@@VHP7044 Our guys that build the detroit pumps use coolant on the ceramic seals, I tried it years back and for me on the EMD carbon seal light oil works best for me. My problem was when they would fill the engine with water and treatment a few pumps would leak before start and have time to seat and they would want to pull the pump, but a little light oil everything was fine.
Hi jknw, I'm glad I bought my Matco top and bottom box 30 years ago and gave $4,500 for it and would never get close to that if I would sell it, but I have to say that after 30 years of hard use it has held up nice and still looks great. Have a great week and stay safe !
Hi Puckshinwa1720, I see your from Missiouri, you have National Maintenance and Mikes Inc on the Mississippi river. 34 years ago I started by cleaning parts and working my way up the ladder. Good luck on your journey !
Hi Xolotl Music , I didn't build the Detroit engine, that's another part of the shop I thought it would be fun to add it to the video. I just work on the medium speed engines. Sorry for the late reply, have a great weekend.
Does anybody know how the two pieces are polished/cleaned (at the time 3:15 of the video) before they are sat on top of each other? I notice that a liquid type caulking material is used to seal and connect them together, any idea what type is the sealant? Appreciate your feedback.
Hi Jawed Hussain, a few thing can cause this, impeller loose on the shaft or bearing failure. This is not an easy field fix for you will have to replace more parts in the pump it would be more cost effective to install a rebuilt pump. wish I had better fix for you.
Yeah. I hate it when the tool truck shows up. I go and spend next weeks paycheck this week. Love MATCO Tools!!!!!
Soory for the late reply, I put Matco tools right up wwith Snap On, and a lot of my check goes to that truck too...lol... Hope you have a great weekend.
Shoutout from TAT Express out of Hutchins, TX
Hey TAT Express Inc. send me some warm weather..lol.. Thanks for stopping by !
interesting workflow. building them both at the same time vs one then the other.
Hi slowpoke, some times I get eveything cleand and checked out and will build 4 at a time. It does save a lot of time. Thanks for checking it out.
I didn't the same job on the USS Enterprise #2 diesel. Didn't have much just a vise. But we made it work. Great video.
That Detroit diesel sounded way different than I expected. Really impressive.
well kentavios street has repaired our stbd woodwarrd governer on the emd 8-645
Well I had much fun seeing you at your workplace working. The orange engine & Matco tool truck was very cool ! Thanks 👍
Did Ron do the editing on this video, awesome editing job?
Well he did the first half and I - the awesome Finn-wifie - did the last half & the nitty gritty :) ;)
Hey there Big Ron! My dad used to be a diesel mechanic before he retired. He worked at a auto hauler company. I'll have to show him your channel. I saw you on Saucy's LIVE hangout,, thought I'd drop by and show some support with a sub . Your close to your 1K. WTG!
Hi getting it done, just found your comment for some reason it went in my spam. Saucy is a lot of fun I hope I run into her on the river one day. I hope your dad gets a kick out of these big diesels. Oh man almost 1k, hope to get there one day its been a long road. Thanks for checking out my channel and have a great week !
Hi Ron,I was an engineer on rigs and ships all my life and worked mainly on EMD,s, Cats,and Wartsillas,EMD being the engine of my choice because it was easier in my view to work on.These were the larger 16 and 20 cylinder jobs,mechanical and electronic.I must say I thought the 16 cylinder was a better engine,we always had problems with 20 cylinder which always seemd to stem from rhe P pipes, an EMD Mechanic said to me once he thought it was because the engine was too long,ptting more stress on the crankshaft,he would know more than me,we ran them more than doing major work on them.Changing pumps was done as required,getting them off was as much a problem as repairing them due to location and space round the engine,getting in under the pump could be a nightmare,your in the bilge there.I liked your gear securing tool for torqueing the nut,and a purpose built bench for the pump is good also.If I remeber correct the pumps were the same but there was a right and left pump for the banks.It was 1979 I saw my first EMD,16-645-E9 and believe it or not they were white,with polished tops,on an anchor handling tug,they gleamed,and the last was in 2015,we had 10 of the 20 cylinder jobs on a drilling rig,constant problems.Oh well I dont expect to see one again.Enjoyed your video.
Rotax and Polaris should get into building 750 CID per cylinder 2 stroke engines for trains and tugs. An ethanol powered EMD 16-710 2 stroke using klotz techniplate synthetic 2 stroke oil dry sump would be sick!
Always good to see a craftsman at work. Thanks for sharing, Ron, and have a great week.
kentaviois street knows how to rebuilds woodward govorners and hes goods at it
Oh man this takes me back I can’t count how many of them I’ve built. They’re a nice pump to build not complicated and passes the time nicely
Hi AussieBlokeGordo , it's a great pump. I have built little over 2,000 of them it is great bench work for sure. Have a great weekend !
I think that my job and yours are very similar, Ron. Sometimes you have to be a blacksmith, sometimes you have to be a surgeon. Excellent video, my friend!
Hey thanks Greg, I think my favorite tool is a three pound hammer...lol..... Look forward to seeing you at Keith's Labor day party this year. Have a great rest of the week my friend !
Hi Ron,
I like your video U just published. Your video reminds me of when I use to work at the plant the Cement Plant in Davenport before the Santa Cruz City shut it down for good. Lucky I had enough work time to retire. I really liked working there. Your shop reminds me of the electric shop I use to visit when I brought items in to be repaired from our Lab Dept. There were friendly & quality employees that did their jobs with pride. Ron you look like U R an awesome employee that does quality work at your shop.
PS We had the Snap Tool truck come in to the plant selling their tools & stuff.
Hey thanks, running way behind. Glad you had enough time in to retire, I have been here going on 31 years and hope I can make it to retire here, time will tell. we have a Snap On truck too I get in trouble on that truck also...lol....Have a great rest of the week !
Man oh man that is some serious work Ron! thanks for taking us along!
Thanks for coming along Booger ! I was getting er done...lol.... hope you had as much fun as I did. Say hi to Tom and have a great rest of the week !
That was cool Ron, thanks for show and tell...neat stuff.
Hey thanks for coming along, having a good day at work. Hope you have a great rest of the week !
Amazing skills 👍
few years since i seen the last 671 engine nice good job on the pump thumbs up shared good selection of stuff for a tool truck
Hey thanks Drew, I need to stay off the tool truck...lol.... Have a great weekend !
Getting er done! Glad you have an electric hoist, I am sure they are heavy! Got to love the Matco Tool Truck!
Hi Papa, I use to sling these buy hand but I'm getting older and now they are getting heavy...lol....and man I can get into trouble on that tool truck. Thanks for the support PT !
awesome video our brother is a retired auto shop owner . Loved this. New friends here
Thank you Pople BackyardFarm, hope you have a great week !
hi there and it's really great to meet you and cheers from Canada. This was a really great walkthrough not only working on the diesel but in the shop as well. Love the sign saying it's not okay to not pay! too bad it has to be said but many need to be reminded of that LOL. Really like your style and you do a good job of showing the rebuild and explaining it and I see your head PC troubles a while back but hope you are ready to put out new videos as looking forward to them. stay awesome
We are a husband and wife team who do video/photography by day here in Montreal and live streams at night featuring gameshow style shout outs (The wheel of shoutouts & New game called the Pusa Push for under 1k), Q&A's on channel building and growth as well as interviews with Celebrities (two Emmy-award winnings guests and largest channel is 3.5 million followers) and big topics regarding the RUclips platform. Cheers and keep creating
Big Ron, this was awesome! Watching a true craftsman at work. Absolutely impressive!
Hey thanks Terry, Its nice when you get to enjoy your job ( most of the time ) LOL... Have a great rest of the week !
so great video, ....MY NEW FRIEND....
thank you very much 🎉🎉🎉🎉
good luck to you.......
I m very impressive your job I m facing great trouble impeller were broken in emd locomotive
Man they looked like brand new 👍😁
Memories of my time on the railroad working on EMD engines and in the marine industry.
Hi new friend here
Hi Deercreek Homesteading, nice to meet you have a great week !
I'm very impressed with what you do for work Ron! Hope to see more videos of your daily work! I never get to see stuff like this being done,....
I love that ole iconic sound of a Detroit! $9,000 for a tool box? UGH!
Hey thanks Ken, boy them ol Detroit engine take some abuse. That was just the bottom tool box isn't that crazy i'm glad I bought my tool box 20 years ago...lol.... Have a great rest of the week !
"That's not a ratchet." "This is a ratchet". Look like a quality build.
Thx big Ron for sharing. Say hello to Päivi. Greetings from Finland.
Kiitos, Paivi says hello : ) I love Finland it is a beautiful country and I hope to visit again one day ! Have a great weekend !
Wow Big Ron.... this is incredible sir!! It’s like watching behind the curtain of a craftsman shop.. excellent my friend!!!!
know one rebuilds governors like kentavios street
Awesome!
Really good, thumbs up! thankyou, K.Morizou from Japan.
Thanks Morizou, have a great Friday !
Keep up to great work on the videos
Interesting. Thanks for sharing
Easy work
EMDs are the best would like to see one running without an air box cover removed
I never started one with an air box door off, but have done it with a pan door off and it was a mess looking for a cracked piston.
@@bigronshobbies8209 yes they will run with an airbox cover removed but will smoke a little and i bet it was a mess with a crank cover removed.id like to see that also.im still searching for that video
Loved the video Big Ron! That Detroit 6-71 sounded awesome! You do good work sir!
Hey thanks Bowzer, those Detroit engines sure takes some abuse. Hey I was trying to find an e-mail for you and didn't want to leave this on your page. was doing some main engine work on the M/V Mary Lynn for Herman Sand and gravel, and I was walking by the engineer room there was something strange hanging on it with duster wrote on it. I ask the crazy chief what the hell is that. It was a home made air cannon that he fills with flour and what ever fits. watch this boat because he is nuts. I tried to tell him that you just show case the boat but he is crazy. Keep up the great videos love your channel my friend !
@@bigronshobbies8209 Lol Thanks for the heads up! I'll make a hard target for him to hit if I get the chance. I had a Captian back around 1975 on an ACBL boat that shot skeet off the stern with a 12 gauge now that scares me lol.
great clip
Thanks Tasha. Have a great Weekend !
Yah. I hate doing EMD water pumps. Of course I worked for The Poverty Central railroad and they wouldn’t buy all new parts, only the seal kits.
Hi Ryan, I do build some for rail but mostly for marine and have to follow EMD specs that allows me to put more new parts in the build, but I understand some companies have to do what they have to do. If they just realize they can wipe out the whole front gear train with a water pump failure.
we have an old Detroit 2 stroke at work to run our fire pumps. and many other diesels to run other equipment. Thanks for the vid and I subscribed! wow you can still have pin ups on your locker! not at my work place not PC! haha!
I worked for Burlington Northern and they confiscated my pinups right out of my locker. Was hilarious, three managers acting like it was a 50 kilo cocain bust.
Just stumbled across your channel, good stuff thanks for sharing and I subscribed 👍
Hey Thanks Black Smoke, have a great Friday !
Hi Ron, the channel to the tug boat chef is Saucy The Traveling Towboat Chef
. She has a video about 4 back giving a tour of a tug boat she is working on, shows engine room too
Thanks Papa Texas, going to check that out for sure. I don't know if you knew that Paivi fried my keyboard and computer but I'm back with a new laptop and will be over soon and thanks again for the channel name !
@@bigronshobbies8209 well she does like to cook, lol
Good skill, good job
From Indonesia bro,,
Hi Abdul, from across the big waters thank you and have a great week !
Ive always said "if the crankshaft is that large how do they grind it"? I'm thinking certainly there's not a grinding machine big enough to do that. By golly they DO!
Hi Robert, I know right...lol.. Ya we send ours to a place in Chicago and our driver says evey time he takes some up there he always sits in a long line of trucks. sorry for the late reply.
Thanks for the rebuild of the EMD water pumps. What did you spray on the carbon seal? DI Water?
Hi John, I just put a little bit of light machine oil on the carbon seal. It helps while they fill the engine with coolant and gives the seal a chance to seat at start up. Hope this helps.
@@bigronshobbies8209 sure thing! We have had a couple of pumps burp their seals when they go for an auto start at 900 rpm
Hi
Ron on the water pump for a right hand rotation M.E does the arrow need to be on the L cause it turn opposite of the flywheel
The L is for left bank and the R is for right bank
@@bigronshobbies8209 do you determine the banks by the way you face the engine or facing away from the engine
Hi Jesse, always determine banks and rotation looking from the rear looking at the flywheel hope this helps. Weep hole on water pump is always on the bottom.
@@bigronshobbies8209 great info you know your stuff thank you
Nice video, what did you use to lubricate the water pump seal?
Thanks in Advance
Hi VHP7044, I use a little bit of light machine oil on the carbon seal. It's something like 3 in 1 light machine oil. It works great before start up. Hope this helps and have a great weekend.
We lubricate the seals in Waukesha pumps with glycerin for long term storage and coolant for short term storage.
@@VHP7044 Our guys that build the detroit pumps use coolant on the ceramic seals, I tried it years back and for me on the EMD carbon seal light oil works best for me. My problem was when they would fill the engine with water and treatment a few pumps would leak before start and have time to seat and they would want to pull the pump, but a little light oil everything was fine.
9k for a matco tool box. Better luck getting a U.S General box same size same drawers for about 1600$
Hi
jknw, I'm glad I bought my Matco top and bottom box 30 years ago and gave $4,500 for it and would never get close to that if I would sell it, but I have to say that after 30 years of hard use it has held up nice and still looks great. Have a great week and stay safe !
How do you get to work for somewhere like this? I really want to work on emd engines but don't know where
Hi Puckshinwa1720, I see your from Missiouri, you have National Maintenance and Mikes Inc on the Mississippi river. 34 years ago I started by cleaning parts and working my way up the ladder. Good luck on your journey !
Did you rebuild the detroit?
Hi Xolotl Music , I didn't build the Detroit engine, that's another part of the shop I thought it would be fun to add it to the video. I just work on the medium speed engines. Sorry for the late reply, have a great weekend.
Does anybody know how the two pieces are polished/cleaned (at the time 3:15 of the video) before they are sat on top of each other? I notice that a liquid type caulking material is used to seal and connect them together, any idea what type is the sealant? Appreciate your feedback.
Hi Mahdi Jamshidi, @ 3:15 I put a light coat of machine oil on the carbon part of the seal. Hope this helps.
How did you polish carbon and bowl before?
Do you know how they polish?
Sorry, I don't know how they polish it to get the mirror finish.
Big Rons Hobbies You don't know anyone who can help us
Impeller broken in two pieces
Hi Jawed Hussain, a few thing can cause this, impeller loose on the shaft or bearing failure. This is not an easy field fix for you will have to replace more parts in the pump it would be more cost effective to install a rebuilt pump. wish I had better fix for you.
Horrible music
Hi Janne, Thanks for stopping by anyway. Have a great weekend.