bought this sassy unit, time to get her running, driving and hauling again......5 and 4 transmission...absolutely no brakes...also got shirts and stickers made...check out the store...
I ran my car with one working brake for a year and half and had to park it in gear cause the parking brake cable rotted away, he can brake with the engine bud.
You paid for a running engine and got a free truck, what a score. I've been looking for over a year and a half for exactly that truck you're a lucky man.
This guys attitude should be a lesson to many, in the respect, that it's all about having fun with these beautiful old trucks, and having a sense of adventure and not taking it to seriously will always serve you well, and as long as you have your health at the end of the day , that's what really matters! K.O.T
I ran I 5 and 4 when I was a kid on the farm. You can change ranges on the fly but also just leave it in high unloaded. Only time I used low was backing up to the auger. Used 2 in the field loaded. Direct when loaded on the road. It was a 66 D800 with a 413 industrial. 5 and 4 with a 2 speed axle. Ran it until 2008.
That is a sweet truck! Can't wait to see it completely back to life and back on the road! I would put it back into service in my business if I owned it. Love your videos bud!
Great find. Good runner. I've always had a thought to find something similar to this and build a period correct pickup truck bed. Always thought that would be cool. Take care
Nope I think of my dad. The first truck his company put him in. Was a 70 Internation Transtar Cabover with a 8v71. To quote my dad " 12yrs in 513(truck number ) plus 45yrs with your mother. And you wonder why my hearing sucks. *** Surprisingly My mom agreed with him** Also I wish Engine makers could recreate the Detroit 2 stroke sound in these modern air compressors.
The old timers used to say “if a GM/Detroit 71 series turns over it’ll start.” Thank you for keeping another another one going. They don’t make them like that anymore. I’d love to have one. Sorry I had to upload my comment so many times. Ol’ lube-tube got rid of the edit option so I had to delete and edit it several times. The oat sodas I or may or may not have drank helped me with my editing.
Good film thanks,for reminding me. The first detroit i worked on was a 3-53 in a log skidder in 1970. I've still got all my adj. Tools for all up to the 149 series.
What a beautiful sound! We all know International "corn binders" have square gears! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I grew up with a 1946 KB 6 International with a 6 cylinder gas pot engine.
Ok you got me with Detroit Diesel....My father drove a 5 and 4 when I was a child. So I want to see you fix this up, just hearing it run makes me see my dad standing next to it and that was 1964 and it was an old truck then....wow that's a nice truck.
Nothing like a 2 stroke Detroit! They pretty much will always run if you can get fuel circulating. Pretty much as dependable as an anvil, if you keep the 40 weight in them and coolant. They seem to love "abuse". Run them wide open against the governor (Probably 2400 on the 4-71) and when you shut them down, it seems to say "What? Done already?" Had a lot of experience with buses in the late 70s and the 80s, and the Detroits were the standard for all highway coaches, and a lot of transits. Love the sound!
Love your enthusiasm, save the old rig. Get it before the guy scraps it on your way there. Hear of that every so often. The Driptroit will make this sound wicked. Like the paint scheme except the engines the wrong colour.
I have a 1947 International KB7 (gas I6/5 speed/2 speed rear). First thing we did was change the gear oil in the tranny and diff and it didn't shift for anything, turns out it needed Steam Oil (600W) and it shifts perfect. Steam oil was a pain to get. That Hydrovac is like a remote power assist slave Cylinder. Your master cylinder is under the front seat, it is a single circuit design, runs one line into the Hydrovac under the passenger seat, then one line comes out and splits to the front and rear axles. I bypassed mine so my master runs the drums directly. If you want to stick with the factory setup they still put Hyrdovac units on forklifts and they are a lot cheaper than getting your hydrovac rebuilt by a shop. I'm putting a duel master cylinder in mine in the stock location. I'm using one out of a 2000ish GMC one ton pickup with a vacumme booster from a chevelle (I think? it was small enough to fit under the floor) and putting a remote reservior on the firewall where I can get to it without pulling the floor boards up. The wheel cylinders are duel bore and they don't make rebuild kits anymore, so you'll have to cobble together springs and seals and hope the castings are OK and don't need sleeves. On mine (KB7 I think yours is bigger) the rear wheel cylinders have the front cylinder bore parallel with the ground and the rear cylinder points down at a 30 degree angle. It's an odd bird. Looking forawrd to watching progress on this
This is the exact truck I want, and your using it for the exact reason I want one. And I mean exact, the paint color, driveline and patina on it. One day all find one like that, just not in Southern Ontario. Sounds like a road trip in a greasy old unknown truck.
Great find!! Nice KB binber.Make sure you double clutch her and ease it in to gear.Check out some of the You Tube videos on shifting the 5×3 & 5×4's.A lot of the owner's of the oldies will show you how it's done. Good luck and best wishes to you.
