The Ford Barn

1931flathead · 02-17-2019, 06:17 PM

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BRENT in 10-uh-C · 02-17-2019, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 1931flathead

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Two-stroke Detroits? I cut my teeth on them when I was a teenager. Not a prettier sounding engine ...well other than an idling Model-A engine.

JoeCB · 02-17-2019, 08:47 PM

Back about 1968 while an Engineering co-op student with GM, I had the opportunity to tour the GM Detroit Diesel plant here in Detroit on Telegraph Road. An unforgettable memory was standing in the engine test bay while a couple of he V16 engines were reved up on the dynos. "Earth shaking" experience!

Joe B

Joe K · 02-17-2019, 08:56 PM

Fond memories of the "remote generation" of New England Electric System at Gloucester, MA.

Site of a former steam power plant. The steam plant had been removed in the 1950s and replaced with twelve EMD diesel engine-generators. (same as a locomotive - but stationary.)

Fun to put on and hear (and feel) the units take on load. Sort of akin to "Scotty bring her up to Warp 7" in TV show parlance. One "feels" the power - and it grows.

The diesels were removed and the site turned over to parking in the early 1990s as the utility "deregulated" and reason was found to increase the electrical ties to the remainder of the Massachusetts Grid.

IIRC two of these were moved to Nantucket Island as back-up to the underwater tie-line to the mainland. I put up a 40' steel stack to take the exhaust.

Joe K

Mike Peters · 02-17-2019, 09:53 PM

Two stroke Detroit diesels? I run a 1979 Chevy Bruin grain truck with an 8-71 two stroker. In the fall when I haul grain it wakes up the neighborhood. But like Brent, I also prefer a Model A at slow idle.

Jim Brierley · 02-18-2019, 01:05 PM

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Yeah, I got my hands REALLY DIRTY a few times while working on them too!

1931flathead · 03-02-2019, 04:11 PM

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Video of driving it

Railcarmover · 03-02-2019, 06:11 PM

Nothing like the pure terror of one running away..cleans out the shop in nothing flat.

denniskliesen · 03-02-2019, 07:43 PM

I worked on most of the smaller 2 stroke from 53, 71, 92, and some 114's. I was so glad to see them gone. Might be one of the reasons I'm completely deaf on one side and hard hearing on the other. 4 valve per cylinder that had a bridge between 2 cylinders and an injector in the middle. Just throwing it in there for the Model A guys that don't know anything about them. We called it running an overhead when adjusting all of them, valves and injectors. A lot of trucks had Jacobs engine brakes on them and that involved more to adjust. A lot of them leaked like a sieve. One thing about them if you had the nerve to do it was advance time them and different injectors, they developed a whole different power band up over 3,000 rpm. I was working at a construction equipment dealer on the late 90's and a truck driver came up to me and said his transmission is screwed up. It goes in reverse when he had it in a forward and forward when in reverse. And it is smoking real bad. They will run backwards if mistreated. That is why they put and emergency kill cable connected to the air inlet. I killed it and restarted it after I reset the inlet back open. He asked me what I did to it. I told him not what I did to it, what he did to it!! I told him stop killing the engine with the brakes when you pull in the yard! I was glad to ebay all of my Detroit tools on ebay years ago. I wasn't very fond of them.

Patrick L. · 03-02-2019, 08:40 PM

I really liked the 2 stroke Detroit's, but, just walking up to one you got filthy.

02-17-2019, 06:17 PM	#1
1931flathead Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: central minn Posts: 1,025	Something drifternt https://www.facebook.com/groups/2477...6310288124161/

02-17-2019, 08:47 PM	#3
JoeCB Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Farmington MI Posts: 284	Re: Something drifternt Back about 1968 while an Engineering co-op student with GM, I had the opportunity to tour the GM Detroit Diesel plant here in Detroit on Telegraph Road. An unforgettable memory was standing in the engine test bay while a couple of he V16 engines were reved up on the dynos. "Earth shaking" experience! Joe B

02-17-2019, 08:56 PM	#4
Joe K Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cow Hampshire Posts: 4,188	Re: Something drifternt Fond memories of the "remote generation" of New England Electric System at Gloucester, MA. Site of a former steam power plant. The steam plant had been removed in the 1950s and replaced with twelve EMD diesel engine-generators. (same as a locomotive - but stationary.) Fun to put on and hear (and feel) the units take on load. Sort of akin to "Scotty bring her up to Warp 7" in TV show parlance. One "feels" the power - and it grows. The diesels were removed and the site turned over to parking in the early 1990s as the utility "deregulated" and reason was found to increase the electrical ties to the remainder of the Massachusetts Grid. IIRC two of these were moved to Nantucket Island as back-up to the underwater tie-line to the mainland. I put up a 40' steel stack to take the exhaust. Joe K __________________ Shudda kept the horse.

02-17-2019, 09:53 PM	#5
Mike Peters Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 1,279	Re: Something drifternt Two stroke Detroit diesels? I run a 1979 Chevy Bruin grain truck with an 8-71 two stroker. In the fall when I haul grain it wakes up the neighborhood. But like Brent, I also prefer a Model A at slow idle.

02-18-2019, 01:05 PM	#6
Jim Brierley Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 4,085	Re: Something drifternt Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Yeah, I got my hands REALLY DIRTY a few times while working on them too!

03-02-2019, 04:11 PM	#7
1931flathead Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: central minn Posts: 1,025	Re: Something drifternt https://www.facebook.com/groups/2477...6911536064036/ Video of driving it

03-02-2019, 06:11 PM	#8
Railcarmover BANNED Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Sacramento Posts: 1,262	Re: Something drifternt Nothing like the pure terror of one running away..cleans out the shop in nothing flat.

03-02-2019, 07:43 PM	#9
denniskliesen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: SoCal Posts: 877	Re: Something drifternt I worked on most of the smaller 2 stroke from 53, 71, 92, and some 114's. I was so glad to see them gone. Might be one of the reasons I'm completely deaf on one side and hard hearing on the other. 4 valve per cylinder that had a bridge between 2 cylinders and an injector in the middle. Just throwing it in there for the Model A guys that don't know anything about them. We called it running an overhead when adjusting all of them, valves and injectors. A lot of trucks had Jacobs engine brakes on them and that involved more to adjust. A lot of them leaked like a sieve. One thing about them if you had the nerve to do it was advance time them and different injectors, they developed a whole different power band up over 3,000 rpm. I was working at a construction equipment dealer on the late 90's and a truck driver came up to me and said his transmission is screwed up. It goes in reverse when he had it in a forward and forward when in reverse. And it is smoking real bad. They will run backwards if mistreated. That is why they put and emergency kill cable connected to the air inlet. I killed it and restarted it after I reset the inlet back open. He asked me what I did to it. I told him not what I did to it, what he did to it!! I told him stop killing the engine with the brakes when you pull in the yard! I was glad to ebay all of my Detroit tools on ebay years ago. I wasn't very fond of them.

03-02-2019, 08:40 PM	#10
Patrick L. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Largo Florida Posts: 7,225	Re: Something drifternt I really liked the 2 stroke Detroit's, but, just walking up to one you got filthy.