8v71 Detroit 2 stroke diesel and 13 speed. Start up, driving and shifting. 

The old 318 green leaker truly a legend back in the day

Nice to hear it running once again. Those old 2 strokes can't be beat for their famous scream!

This is the original blower whine. The best sound ever

As of my 18 years of driving, if I was to test now by clutching, I’d fail, lol all I ever knew was floating gears, hell many times in a pickup truck that’s a standard, I float those too lol

Love the sound of a Detroit

Detroit Diesel 2 strokes,more noise per gallon of fuel!💪👍👍

Sounds amazing. Love those Detroit Diesels.

The heavy haul, oil patch, and log truck drivers I worked with know how to shift with or without the clutch depending on conditions like a pro should.

Yep we all new it wasn't going to start first time...ten minutes after putting the eather in.....

FYI Starting fluid evaporates rather quickly 🤔

The 6.71 and 8.71 Detroit diesels are music to my ears. In your opening shots I see the nose of a '54 Chevy truck. Nice!

Wow. That must be about 79 or 80 model, my uncle had two very much like that one same shades of green pattern was Slightly different, cummins 13 high rang , pulled red frame fruehaulf dumps , You have a gold lol nugget there👍👍

Sounds like the snow grader when i was young. Rrrrrrrrrrrr! 😊

Nothing sounds like a 2 stroke detroit diesel!❤ subscribed! Right on!

Somewhere on yuktub there is a video of 2 Diesel trucks driving by the camera. A 4 Cycle V8 and a Detroit 8V92. The 4 stroke sounds like a helicopter but the Detroit just Hums. I tested the DDEC system at GM on engine dynos. The 8V92T was just awesome. The warmup for the opacity smoke test was Wide Open Throttle at Rated Speed for 20 minutes. Then the actual test was a run up from idle at WOT to rated speed then zero throttle w/ an rpm drop then back to WOT under full load until rated speed. In other words it sounded just like someone was running it thru the gears. I'm 72 and I can still "Feel" that sound. ben/ michigan

318 300 oil leaks 18 hpr i loved them low boy had it in there when I was first around a lot of trks and heavy equipment was Detroit's i liked them

super slow idle sounds really cool

8v92. That's my sweet spot.

After that first shot of ether I was sitting here screaming in my head "hurry up and start it! That ether isn't gonna last forever! Don't worry about the hood! Push that start button!" 😂 good sounding truck. Is that Terex green I see on the engine? Did it come out of a scraper or dozer or something?

Supercharger is called a Roots Blower by MR GM

Love the western star Detroit! Need to see that copper tin grille too

Sounds like that clutch brake is working, you just need that air shifter knob and you will be set. That is a sweet old dump truck.

Sounds like tank howitzer M-109 ;-)

I wish my grille crown was in as great condition as yours is👍

My pet HATE is all you ill informed people talking about Detroit Diesels They are NOT SUPERCHARGED (that would mean that the cylinder is pressurized with more than atmospheric pressure by the blower before piston starts to compress which is not the case) Turbocharged Detroit engine is a different matter Yes they have a blower which is solely for scavenging the cylinder as they are 2 stroke engines and do not use crankcase compression

I believe the clutch linkage pieces you need to replace what they welded can also come from a White 4000, 9000, Road Boss 1, or Construcktor with the old corporate cab OR an Autocar A, DC or DK series if you’re having trouble finding another W-Star for parts.

I like the truck, great piece of machinery. Im listening to this though and i have not got foggiest idea what he is talking about when it comes to gear shifts.

Hauled loader down long 8-10 percent grade in Fairbanks with dump truck with 8v 92 silver. Cab was full of oil smoke by bottom of hill.

Ain’t nothing like sound of these old MOTOWN DRIPPERS GREEN LEAKERS

Yes they have a supercharger (blower) but it doesn’t make any boost at all it’s purely to make the motor run

No load, match the RPM. More fun to downshift with no clutch though :) Fun beast.

New SUBSCRIBER here driv,ah frickin awesome western star love it. I have a 13 speed shift knob you can have only problem I'm in Michigan but your welcome to it if we can ship it

That boy has the best toy You go son

Ya it's super charged ear full but u can kill all the bugs down wind np 👍🏻🤘

8v71 Detroit 2 stroke diesel and 13 speed. Start up, driving and shifting.

Yup. Go ahead & mess with the clutch linkage. You will burn up whats left of the clutch & it wont shift worth a damn. Its a spicer/lipe clutch. Adjustment is done by a ring on the pressure plate

It sounds exactly like one of those public buses from 40 years ago from 8:00 to 8:09

They were supercharged, two stroke diesels won't start without forced induction.

Can y'all stop saying it supercharged it's not

That’s a good looking truck

you in and around Nelson Salmo? southern interior at least

With the detroit diesels if it doesn't have a turbocharger it will have an engine driven vane type blower for forced air induction. I have heard that this is called a hard charger.

If a Detroit has no super charger they won't run

The 18 spd boxes you can split the low and high range

I knew this had to be BC. I was supposed to haul out of Wynndel but it never worked out.

13 or 18 speed, same shift knob and air controls

Waiting to long it’s cooling off heat of compression is how it ignites that little bit of go juice is not gonna work load it up you’ll never hurt it I’m sure you heard all of people saying OMG be careful with the staring fluid

NATURALLY ASPIRATED

Sounds amazing!

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What truck is this? All icould find was that it's a white western star.

That “high torque “ starter doesn’t sound any better than the original Delco that’s supposed to be in there.

Detroits are not supercharged

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7:00 startup

Better read up on adjusting the clutch

where was this filmed?

14:01 why cant they do this from a stop light😂😂😭😭😭

Thats a silver92 Detroit.. 8V92.. correction.. its A silver 8V92 N .. good engine the Non turbo series are turds but the Twin Turbo with marine injectors are beasts I worked on Detroits for 30 years… keep oil in them and they will run forever!

lost the prime. Probably a leak on the fuel

you only need a 13 speed because detroits ain't pieces of shit like dumb 4-strokes!

Splitting hairs its still a super charger

Detroit are not supercharge but it can't pull without a turbo

""TALKABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, ""THIS IS OLDTIME-SHIT""!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rookie.......

That is NOT! how you adjust a clutch for free play!

Если бы на советских дизелях хоть раз так газонуть, то ловил бы уже запчасти от них где то в верхних слоях атмосферы😁

Чё ты газуешь так, прокладку пробьёт 😮

Sorry Detroit Diesels

I'd prefer the 12v just for childhood memories but to be honest these got to be the worst engines ever made, unnecessary noise and not for anyone with anxiety problems or need to move immediately

Spray that shit in the air cleaner if it runs away oh well it’s a pile of scrap iron anyway

ISRAEL SALAZAR TiTO BERNAL 🙂

Tow stroke Detroit were peace of crap in a truck.