1966 Kenworth K100 gets new Hinge, Bumper & back to the Engine 

You are definitely making progress... She does turn over and hopefully she will be running soon!!

Sarge ain't no garage queen!! Sarge needs to be outside protecting the garage!

Wow, Grasshopper is closer to coming back to life, can't wait to hear him screaming!

Grasshopper is coming along nicely. I started working at a truck garage at age 13 cleaning parts and small things. I hated the sound of a Detroit Coming down the lane because I knew it would be an oil leaking mess. I spent hours at a parts washer cleaning & hours scraping gaskets. Now 44 years later I love & miss the sound of an old 2 stroke Detroit.

the York show in 2015 was my first truck show it was unbelievable, I was hooked i go to Mcungie every year now I work 2 miles from the York fairgrounds so i will be there every day.

Dane Grasshopper is coming along nicely.

Dane you definitely don't mess around! Getting it done. I live next to Bangor Maine and can't wait for the truck show . Love the K100.

Congrats, Dane and Mr. Wizard! A mouse in the house was the louse!

Hi Dane can't wait to see grasshopper when you get him done and running please keep the videos coming 😊

Steve Feschiak FSC Trucking here on RU-vid;is currently in the process of fully restoring an old & vintage,1983 Ford CL9000 cabover that used to be a mobile chappel;that he had bought about a year ago that was sitting at a T/A truckstop for 27 years,in Washington State.

Meeses! They can cause havoc without chewing the wires. Looking forward to the maiden voyage around the neighborhood!

Seeing Sarge makes me jealous. Over in Massachusetts is a 9500 tractor with a 6-71. It would be neat, but hard to justify at this point. I’m glad that Grasshopper is coming along so well.

Sarge is tough, but Sarge is also old and as an older man myself, I can say that Sarge would likely appreciate being inside or at least under a roof. What, no video of the hinge install? That had to come with a degree of drama. A mouse in the crankcase? Now that's crazy! Engine cranks, that's a good sign. Nice, new bumper, thank you for sticking with the original style bumper and not using an aftermarket replacement.

Great progress ! Grasshopper will be firering up in no time. Friggen mice ! I'm glad you received the sign. it's gonna look great in the Truckers Lounge.... Kevin H

Great video Dane, I am so excited for grasshopper to come to life all the hard work is paying off looking forward to seeing more 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

GH LOOKING GOOD 😊

Great show, the Grasshopper is coming right along!

Well your way on the way now. The replacement hinge looks great. This was a great episode . Keep up the great work

That bracket is Fantastic😊

A mouse in the oil pan of all things!!

Dane I'm sure glad i found your site a old trucker and been around trucks all my life dad drove to but after wreaking in98 lucky to be here buddro you and the others make me happy and watching your shows i love .... sure would like to find a t shirt with your logo on it

Grasshopper is looking better already! Love the new bumper! Well done, Dane! 😊

Great video Mr Scotts grasshopper coming back to life you doing a really good job fix it up and adding new parts I like the sink you have in your shop to clean the parts nice signs display in the garage you have a great week and weekend buddy stay warm 10-4🚛 nice haircut 👍

What a cliff-hanger. Will or won't Grasshopper be running by the end of the episode. Well no, but seemingly only because of cosmetics!. This was an excellent episode, you guys have made progress in huge great leaps and bounds. You had a mouse, Nicholas of OLD SKUUL GARAGE with the Dodges found a frog.

Progress being made! Great that you have a skilled welder/ fabricator to turn too when needed, looks great.

With a Detroit motor just the slightest turn of the key it will start. With the Peterbuilt the contrast between the Alcoas and the tyres looks unreal. The yank tank on the hoist and the K100.

Keeping history rolling. One two stroke Detroit at a time :⁠-⁠)

Starting to look like a runner 👍

This video shows how much time and patience it takes to get these beautiful trucks back rolling down the road...There are some small.talented shops that can make the difference to your build... Don't give up think outside the box

Good show Dane always a pleasure keep on KWing 👌

That quarter is the same year I was born. 1967

Sarge sounds a little grumpy. Lol finding a dead mouse in the oil pan with sluge. Uck the new parts look good. Hopefully you have grasshopper up and running soon.

Looks like Grasshopper is coming along nicely!!

Man Dane, you sure do nice work - and when you can't/don't, you find someone who can. That new bumper is awesome! Sarge's bumper is awesome too - it looks somewhat OEM! One thing I'd change would be to box in the bottom of that new cab hinge bracket, as the driver side one appears to be. I guess if you have the hinge pin pass through a sleeve, and the sleeve is fully welded at both ends/sides, it should be OK - but I still like them to match...🙄

Dane, the Ohio Vintage Truck Jamboree is Friday-Saturday this year. Not on Sunday. We moved it back a day because Sunday was always so quiet.

Nice color green

Thumbs up on the Kenworth. Looking forward to the next videos on this old truck. It's only a year younger than me. Maybe I need restoring lol.

That 71 359 looks really sharp!!

Looking good Dane! Great iron to work on, and a labor of love.

Big job mate but you and your mates are killing it 👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🍻

Hello Dane, Another informative video, its amazing how you continually come up with such great content. 😊

Man! That hinge is awesome and perfectly copied. What excellent fabrication. Same for the front bumper too. I like the old era styling but chromed out look, that will be real sweet! I cant believe you found a mouse in the oil pan of that engine! Ive never seen or heard of that before and definitely not something I would have guessed lol.

Another great video Dane🎉

Great progress, thanks for sharing 👍💨💨

Dane great video super job on fab work and 8v71 looks great👍

Great Channel! The caddy channel is great also!

Great job Dane👍

I like that

Hi Dane. Love your stuff. Nice job on the bumper, and all the other fab work. One thing you might want to check out before you install the bumper though. You notice on the old bumper it had step holes, and the new one doesn’t ? The step hole performs a dual purpose. When you have the steering wheel hard over, the pitman arm will move forward and will actually protrude out into the step hole ! So check that out or you will mess it the bumper by pushing it forward. Here in Canada we didn’t have that style of K 100 cab. When I say that the Canadian cab had the KW sign not the individual letters spelling out Kenworth. Also the headlight panels might be different. I believe we had the K 523 cabover before the K 100. The 523 had a chrome fold down panel to access the rad filler neck. Also the electrical was accessible through a hinged corner panel on the drivers side corner panel. You could stand on the ground and open the panel to work on the wiring. Not one of Kenworths best innovations. Thinking if you go with that grearshift head, unless the lever lifts out like a bar as in the K 523, it’s not likely the assembly will pass through the hole in the cab floor when you Jack up the cab. Curios, was this truck assembled at the Kansas City plant ? If so maybe the serial number starts with the letter J. In the early days KW used a letter followed by 6 numbers for the VIN. My first K 100 was assembled in Montreal in 76. M985211, My 82 was M810301. After many years and federal regs required a 17 character Vin KW reused the old numbers and my 82 came up as a Mexican built cab over garbage truck chassis. Good thing I had both of my final build sheet books. Listed every component used to build the truck, also some dealers had the build book on microfiche. Those were the days my friend. I have a story about being denied a fuel permit by the state of Vermont because I couldn’t convince then I only had a 7 character vin. More to the story another time.

That is the Year I was Born 😅

Great show. Hopefully be able to see you at your truck show. Wish l could help you work on the truck. Have a great week buddy 😊

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 That hinge assembly is quite beefy & cool! That takes some fabricating skills! Whew! You might take that 12 volt starter apart, clean & lube it & it might work just fine. There was quite a big nest around the flywheel. Hey, I think you said it was sitting outside. That will cause some issues. I love the rounding of the bumper edges…makes it look so cool! You might even find some more coins in the truck, so keep your eyes open. I would love to be there when you fire that beast up for the 1st time! Joel & I both! Hmmm! Grasshopper, he is coming right along! Good stuff! 🥰😎✌️

Hey driver! Good job on making progress, coming along good looks like. Maybe need to call truck...mousetrap lol! Keep up the good work, 10-4 driver im gone

That was no mouse..that was Rat Fink!!!

You have already made a ton of progress. You don't mess around. I'm looking forward to the next video for sure. Is that one of the engines that has been known to "run away" in the past?

Love the sound of that 671 Jimmy bring back great moment of the good old days 😎 great video to 👂👍✋💪

Sharp new bumper!!

Oh man Dane that's FANTASTIC on Grasshopper, can't wait to hear him come to life !! The cab tilt bracket is a perfect example -- the bumper also -- of "" it's not always what ya know BUT WHO ya know "" great work to and shout-out to the business that fab those up for you , getting long so I'll end it but before I go another shout-out to You Dane for bringing these videos to us AND MR WIZARD for his time and all the others behind the scenes GREAT JIB DANE looking forward to June 1st ,SAFE TRAVELS 👍👍👍👍

Hell ya

Just thumbing through made my day. Great progress on grasshopper. Looking forward to more .have a great week as always excellent

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I hope you're able to clean the mouse nest out of the bellhousing and were able to clean up the ring gear on the flywheel. And was wondering will the clutch disengage or is it possibly stuck from the mice being in there ?

Hellow buddy

You look like David Lee Roth

Hey Dane, really enjoy your content, enjoyable to watch your personality is infectious. I just wonder what it takes to turn the Detroit into a Chevy “mouse “motor too bad you didn’t find a rat in there you would’ve had a big block lol

Boo-yah!! that is some excellent fab work for sure, the cool scream of an 8V71 Detroit coming soon! And I know those as exhaust elbows, where are you getting them? I need some for my 1972 352 and my 1971 282

Rare Sargent model single axle semi Coe cummins pulled d6 dozer on 3o my plan. Was. Too find close match pic bed. Widen etc made one hell pic up

If nothing else, pulling the pan off of that 8v71 to get the expired rodent and whatever muck was in there out was well worth it! Curious…what’s the HP rating on it? Many automatically assumes every 8v71NA to be a 318, which simply isn’t true…this being a ‘66, could it possibly be a 290? Are there any future plans for adding engine brakes? Liking what that new front bumper does for the appearance of this old truck….

you said you got heat shields for the 79 k100 where did you get them

While you are not using your Cadillac , why dont you have rust repaired and restore it it is av really nice classic car

What engine and gearbox is in Grasshopper?

There’s girl grasshoppers to

what year is your Pete

In 67 that quarter probably bought a hamburger and a cup of coffee.