Detroit Diesel 4-53T - first start! (1949 Diamond T 306 truck) 

Thanks for watching, and I'll be posting more video soon!

An air starter would be an upgrade in badass-ness, but unfortunately I've got no room for it in this truck.

@@hanscustomshop Where abouts are you located and an air starter is badass! i have a 49 Dodge 1 1/2 ton truck that I plan on putting a 3-53 in it just because as well as a dump bed!

@@turbogrin Would love to see that project. The 3-53 will be a much easier fit. I've had to get very creative to fit the 4-53T, and keep the radiator up front. I'm in Parker, Colorado. Where are you?

@@hanscustomshop Greetings from Superior Montana plus I'm going to try and Turbo the 3-53

@@hanscustomshophey! Im new to the Detroit world how did you run your motor mounts? Im gonna hopefully be swapping in a 4-53 or 4-71 in my 86 c20 mainly for the coolness factor but also the fuel mileage 😂 i hate the 7 mpg i get right now

Thanks! I appreciate "old" Detroit guys more every day. Hard to find you guys.

A 2-53 in a dozer! Would love to see (and hear) that!

Thank you! I will have more videos coming soon...

I bet that sounds awesome!

@@hanscustomshop it could definitely use a turbocharger but all in all I’m very satisfied with the engine

Thanks!

Nice! What do you plan to put your 453 in?

@@hanscustomshop hi no idea , it was a good price , took around 10 hrs to start up , has 208 hrs on the meter , maybe 209 now , no smoke at all , its one of my last videos , glad you stopped by john

@@fricknjeep I watched your 453 videos. It sounds great! Seems to be in good shape. Great find!

@@hanscustomshop thanks john

Yes, I do plan to do a video covering most of this build. I was able to overcome quite a few challenges. Stay tuned. 👍

Roadranger RTO-6610... will keep me busy in the cab 👍

@@hanscustomshop I think that transmission should be a pretty good match for that engine, and just Bob tailing shouldn't be too busy. Sounds good, good luck sir. 👍

It had water in it. I plumbed it so that it was circulating through the coolant bypass as normal. Never got hot enough to open the thermostat.

I'm thinking the same thing too.

No, this is a different guy, truck, and engine

First thing I thought when this video popped up on my feed

That's @buckbz There's another guy who used to post good Detroit content years ago @grigg3

@@grabasandwich copy brother.

This is the original frame, and I'm using the top few leaves from the original stack. But I've added an air bag between the top leaf and the frame.

They aren't common, but do come up occasionally. Look in the Detroit Facebook pages, Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, etc. They were factory installed in medium duty trucks in the 60's, 70's, and 80's (I'm not sure of the exact years). GMC was obviously most common.

PC industries is where I bought my last 453, great guys to deal with and they built it to my drivetrain reasonably

All of these old 2 cycle Detroit Diesel engines have a "blower". The blower is sometimes mistaken for a supercharger. But the blower doesn't increase intake pressure like a supercharger... it moves fresh air into the cylinders when the intake ports are exposed to the air box, and pushes exhaust gases out of the cylinders when the exhaust valves are open. In order to actually increase intake pressure, turbochargers were a performance option on some models. The turbo feeds high pressure air into the blower inlet.

It does have water in it. I talk about what's going on with the cooling system just before I start the engine. 👍

My engine is governed at 2800 rpm. That 3200 rpm for a 6v53 is out of spec, but it probably wasn't uncommon to turn them up that high. Must have sounded angry!

@@hanscustomshop Thank you for that information, the Chevy dealer said that it would still be covered under warranty. You're probably correct though. And yes, it sounded angry.

53 cubic inches of displacement per cylinder

My alternator is bi-directional and has both internal and external cooling fans. But the external fan is turning the correct direction.

@@hanscustomshop I was just wondering . Thanks for the correction .

No, I'm not planning to offer this truck for sale. Thanks for your interest though.

This engine wasn't exactly "revived". It's been rebuilt and I just installed Jacob's brakes, so have recently been under the rocker cover, adjusted the valves, and checked the fuel rack. I was confident in the operation of the fuel rack. I do always have a steel plate on hand to block off the turbo, just in case.

Apparently you have no idea what you are talking about. The governor doesn’t jam, the injectors do. If the governor can’t push the injector to no-fuel, what makes you think you can do it with a pair of vise grips? Those governor parts are not all that robust. Forcing the control tube with a pair of vise grips means something has to bend in order to cut off the remaining functional injectors. Anyone who uses vice-grips in lieu of fixing the emergency shut-down is an idiot. Instead of bending up a bunch of expensive shit, one has merely to calmly walk up to the engine, beverage in one hand, and stop the engine with one finger.

@@richardmaurer9002 Well I guess you forgot to read the part about making sure the fuel racks had freedom of movement. You are correct, I misspoke when I said governor instead of injectors. I disagree a governor can be overcome without bending anything, anyway damaging a governor is preferable to putting a leg out of bed. My comment were aimed at giving pause to the uninitiated not intended to annoy an expert, for that I do apologize

Nothing crazy with this engine. About 175 HP. But plenty of torque, and fun to drive.

@@hanscustomshop obrigado por mi responder!

@@hanscustomshop yep! What it lacked in HP it made up in torque and R.P.M.S.

@@richardpickell8062 hablas português? ?

@marlborodemoura1377 Nien, Lowe German. 😆😁 English actually.