Haha, yeah this is the second time I've seen this. If you like this you should see Eric the Car Guy getting his T5 rebuilt. That transmission guy knows his shit.
That fella rebuilding the pump was as cool as they they get. He could have said piss off leave me alone I'll call you when it's done, that was awesome for him to take the time to explain how the pump works and the process involved rebuilding it.
Bill from Zager's explained that injection pump so well I love to see him talk about and go through more fuel injection systems! He knows what he talking about!
Yeah, that Bill guy knew what he was talking about. Loved that he said your name when there was something important he wanted you to remember. Good teacher.
As someone who's been diesel wrenching for 17 years, I learned a lot of stuff from this video. It was SUPER cool to see a deep dive in to injection pumps. Thank you for this!
Guys like Bill keep civilization running. Guys who know their stuff, save folks money, do good work...God bless em! Hard to find, but once you do...you're golden.
I am a red seal Mechanic I just found your channel finally somebody that knows what they’re doing and isn’t annoying to watch and I also restore old trucks as well 👍
That injection pump guy, truly amazing ! his intelligence and passion for his craft really shows I hope he has an apprentice or son to pass that knowledge onto the next generation! I’d also love to hear his opinions on the duramax cp4 pumps lol !
I don’t know nothing about what you do…but I love watching a guy, do what he does, when he knows what he’s doing, and you obviously know what you’re doing, which is why I keep watching you. Please just keep being you! 👍👍❤️
So good of you to show this pump, how it works, all torn down and an Expert to explain how it functions . I wold never need to know this (im an I.T specialist) but i watch just to learn things and possibly learn a new way to troubleshoot something . I love learning how things work, like a kid i find it fascinating as all of this is fairly new to me... So thank you to you Both for this . Cheers mate.
This was a great experience talking about the inner workings of the injection pump. I've always wondered exactly how they work and he sure knows every little detail. This was a brilliant learning experience to talk through all the parts and their purpose. Thanks for his time and willingness to discuss the whole process.
I was a 24 year old kid who grew up mostly in Alabama, who loved to drive a truck. 1986 I picked up a load of air freight at Dulles, straight to South San Francisco airport. I had a backhaul in Compton to load the next day, so I had plenty of time to get there. Old Freightliner with the huge hood, faded grey paint , broke passenger vent window, the steering pulled really hard every time you went past a junkyard. I tooling down i 5, just past the Taft exit when that fuel advance self destructed. It didn't break the front cover of the engine (which was not unusual),but Inland Kenworth couldn't locate the problem until they had charged over 6k in labor, dissembling and testing. I stayed in Bakersfield over 3 weeks ! I still love to drive a truck! Full time local. Thanks for the video! Good memories!
Not big deal with injection pumps. Biggest problems are governor fly weights they wear and also timing advance fly wheels. Weights are always moving in and out against thrust plate they wear into it. Hanging idle, not smooth rpm or wear very badly and engine can run away. Mechanical engine kept shops busy about every 2 yrs you where in there replacing them. Or like many never fix them and engine runs poorly or runs away (BOOM engine goes)
On one of my tractors, the injection pump was like a watch, a real Jeweled movement. The fuel was what kept the pump running. Just unreal. Injection repair guys, master master builders and repair people.
Miss those KWhopper cab overs. Nice to see one being saved. In this world of disposable everything. Nice to see you taking the time and doing a wake up process. So many throw batteries and a can of ether and crank the hell out of them.
I worked in the shop during the 80's-90's. That "tank" Detroit sounds amazing !! That old Cat does too !! Great to see on of the old gals getting the make-over it deserves.
When I was in high school shop the teacher invited somebody in with a giant yellow CAT mounted on a trailer, setup to start and run as a demonstration. When he started it the wind blew and it smoked so much we all had to go running out of the shop to breathe. I've loved diesels ever since. :)
Oh i LOVED the detailed explanations about the inner workings of the injection pump! Thank you and Zager´s for taking the time to explain in so much detail! I´m serious i LOVED that!
I have a brand new Kenworth bumper that would look beautiful on that K100. Not one of those aftermarket tinfoil ones this one is a true Kenworth chrome bumper... has never been mounted... purchased in mid-1990s garage kept perfect condition no rust
Having never worked on Diesel, which may be common knowledge to some, I am utterly amazing at the skill set of Deboss and Zager's knowledge of the extreme engineering. I learn so munch more on this and other RU-vid Channels that I will not find on Discovery and other over-the-air stations. Truly impressed! Thank you for sharing. (Born and raised in Texas, but with Canadian blood!)
You know what? How rewarding it is to know there are people in our tiny world who KNOW what they are doing! Yes, it is a group effort, but the wealth of individuals with knowledge, even blind faith, is absolutely priceless! Thanks guys . . . 🙃
bill built my p-pump and its crazy!! took him for a ride in the truck and he loves it. said it was the most high performance pump he had ever built! awesome dude
My first rig was a 1973 KW cabover 155 inch wheelbase singles sleeper. I soon learned that K-Whopper put in a dammed plywood floor. But I still love cabovers. Of course now that I'm 60 I do appreciate a Freightliner walk in sleeper. LMAO! Although my bones need some wiggle room my heart is still with the Kenworth cabover LOL I love this project thank you guys!
Good morning, I do like your idea of priming your oil system...great idea & worthy one, I do remember when Cat went from the mechanical to electronic injection pump....not much of a COE guy, but you did buy a nice KW...I always liked the KW interiors, in the late 1980's I started working at a Pete dealer in Michigan for about 10 years, then went to a Western Star dealer...then the back surgeries started...you know what happened then...career change...sold all of my "big" tools, had a couple antique trucks, they went too...now I have a worse hobby...Hot Rods.....be safe, God Bless!!!!
Bill rules! Truly a skilled craftsman and an expert in his field, yet he seems extremely humble and down-to-earth. Thanks for bringing him into this video.
I love the 3406b cat great engine drinks fuel like I do beer. Also I love how you always have someone explain how a part works how it fails how to fix it and how to rebuild it best channel on RU-vid by far. Wish you had more subscribers to show that but o well
I drove an 86 Ford 9000 that had that engine in it with mechanical pump, it was a day cab. That damn thing would roll out, one day i was bobtailing doing 100 mph and didn't know it lol, i pulled oversized loads and that thing would pull. I loved the hand pump because my fuel gauge didn't work and i ran out of fuel. Yes it drank the fuel.
Rich that injection pump guy was awesome thank you pump fella. That cleared up a lot of confusion for me. I wanna see more of that guy. He’s good shit! 🤘🏼
42 years ago I spent time in a pump room it was very interesting and fun learning how to fix some of it, Thanks Rich for sharing your experience 👀🔨👍😎😎😎😎
I only sort of doss about with mechanics really as a hobby but jheez that guy with the diesel pump had me hooked. I see blokes doing the same work with tonnes invested in equipment and shops but he's just invested in time and experience. What a treasure of a bloke - a dying breed unfortunately. Not much keeps me overly interested in RU-vid videos enough for me not to skip but I took in every second of the segment with him. Fair play
Funny seeing that fuel pump that’s bigger then some modern day cars main motor haha!! Love the Billy Big Rig content, can’t wait to watch part 2 on DGHD after this
It's interesting how different some things are around the world. So US and canadian truckers don't like cabovers anymore but here in europe nearly every truck is a cabover. It's caused by laws, there are maximum lengths of truck and trailer, so cabovers allow more load capacity.
The Double bunk KW's realy looked good. We used a trucker in the early 90's that had a small fleet of them solid black, double bunks with Cats and 9 speeds. He hauled off our logging jobs the long distance pulls across state lines. Great looking trucks. I see one abandoned at an old country store.
I am so very grateful for this channel, I could not begin to tell you all that I learn from watching you and your guests, thank you for all of the time and work you put into this!
Greetings from Poland,its really awesome to watch someone with this knowledge.when most of car maintenance nowadays is change broken part for new one.Amazing job.
Something about Cabovers has always interested me. I had a fleet of day cabs collected from barns/next to barns from basically what Rich said, people didn't want to drive cab overs anymore (or they were replaced after being ran for a hard life). The only cabovers I have left are a couple Isuzu's (1 smaller box, another slightly larger with a toolbox/flatbed combo) for fun/utility and to satisfy the want to own one. A lot of the trucks I had ran fine and with minimal rust, mostly just mice and shot paint from the sun (Midwest US trucks kept in sheds/barns or cleaned). I kept them until the market/demand for them started to shoot up as projects or for parts, then I cleared out my lot and used the money to cover more than a few of my other much smaller nugget projects. One example being my daily at the moment, a 2011 Mazda5 Van loaded with options, manual gearbox, the turbocharhged awd power/drivetrain out of a MazdaSpeed 6 (rip, someone hit mine...in a parking lot...parked...away from other cars), and custom suspension to make it all run smoothly and hug the road on turns. I've always loved the small Mazda5's, a turbocharged AWD sleeper model was my dream...still rip my sedan, though :(.
What an amazing guy that was rebuilding the injection pump! Love his calm way of sharing and showing you everything... Class act gent with a great skill!
Those old Cats are so quiet and laid back sounding. When we redid the exhaust on our 400hp B, we wanted to see how loud it was without a muffler. We were surprised to find out our 855 Cummins with a muffler was almost louder. Nothing beats the sound of a 3406b idling away!
I truly appreciate all the information on these mechanical fuel systems. I really don’t care to know anything about the common rail trash that is on all the modern engines
Thanks for the pre-lube process. It's always disheartening to see others dry-start an already tired engine, contributing to its earlier demise. Bill is an injector pump wizard. No wonder pump work is so expensive.
Man, does that bring back memories ! Bought that truck new, well a red one, in 79. 3406 and the whole deal. Drove it till 84, when my brains grew in, and I got into something that made money. LOL Sure did have some good times in that old truck though. I can't imagine cell phones, and digital music and the good old internet in a truck these days. Beats the hell out of setting in a truck stop, every morning , for a half hour, waiting your turn to talk to dispatch. But, I also can't imaging these new fangled electronic logs, either. Would make the good old 20 hour days hard to do.
has nothing to do with cheaper. it is all about the way a diesel has double the torque of a big block at 1200rpm... that shove that says: i will get your there!
