Recap of Detroit series 60 in frame rebuild

[@fatimamovement]

Thanks, you demystified a lot for me. Your series is going to save a lot of money for the DIY crowd.

[@57bagre]

Thank You Sir, and thanks for subscribing.

[@adamgentry332]

Thank you for taking the time to make this series of videos. Very informative and well explained.

[@57bagre]

Thanks Adam.

[@denny6049]

You are awesome big Boss! Thank you for all your videos.

[@57bagre]

Thanks for watching.

[@3406Accert]

I always find this simply amazing regular joes Tackling a Heavy truck inframe job even without any kind of mechanical in school training. Now is the right time to sell it a secure yourself a way better power unit the caterpillar Grader motor 3406 or otherwise known as the a 475 cat.

[@joelmedina8220]

thank God i see you got it done good luck my friend

[@57bagre]

Thanks, it's running good.

[@TORAH-613]

I just watched this whole playlist for the 2nd time. If i didnt know what you looked like i would not have known the difference between you and Johnny Cash. I bet you can even sing like him.

[@57bagre]

No, can't sing a note.

[@SteveBottrell]

Thanks for going to the effort to document all this Gordon , I’m confident enough now after watching to have a go at taking head off my series 60’to see if it’s cracked or done a gasket ( pressurizing the coolant badly (not compressor)) , cheers from Australia 👍

[@57bagre]

Thanks for watching Steve. Good luck on your motor.

[@bubbasmith4698]

Gordon great job curious to know why you didn't check or replace your bull gear?

[@Happyfingcampers]

Awesome series! I have a Columbia with a Mercedes motor I'm going to rebuild this winter I know they're different motors but the concepts should be the same apart from mine having 6 heads not 1! Thanks

[@57bagre]

I hope it turns out good for you. Thanks for watching.

[@jotz007]

Thank you for uploading very informative and impressive series. Please update how this engine is running now after certain miles on it. Especially since you used PAI kit. Is it still running fine?

[@57bagre]

Still driving it everyday. Thanks for watching.

[@baashie]

smoooth! Can you tell us how efficient the engine is running? Noise, MPG, power, etc. Can you also comment on cost of parts?

[@57bagre]

Cost was about $4000.00, it sounds a little smoother and quieter, but not sure, it ran good before, as for the other, only time will tell.

[@williamimeskawanupk9899]

Thanks for all the great videos. Why did you pick that kit over oem?

[@57bagre]

The machine shop recommended this kit.

[@MrRandybut]

beautiful!

[@sstocker31]

Gordon.....WE WANT TO GO FOR A RIDE!!! :)

[@shopsteward6292]

Was the turbo ok, thought some metal might have ended up in it

[@realanimal3602]

Hey Gordon, just watched your 2 new videos. Thanks for the time and effort. I saw you comment below on it costing you about $4000.00, as a comparison how much would it have cost for a shop to rebuilt it and they time they would have taken? How long did this take you?

[@realanimal3602]

Also good work, you must be very satisfied with a job well done. I've seen a lot of half-assed work in my day and I can tell you, you ain't one of them.

[@57bagre]

a shop should have done it in a week for about 12-14k, I took 5 weeks because of the weather and the holidays.

[@realanimal3602]

Wow that is a huge savings. After factoring in weather and holidays, I figure 2 weeks of delays??? You got the job done pretty quickly. Especially considering you've never rebuilt a big diesel before. My hat is off to you. This channel is going to be only the second I subscribe too.

[@57bagre]

Thank You Sir, my delays were closer to 4 weeks with the weather, I live near St. Louis, we have cold winters here, not like Minnesota, but cold still and when it's not below freezing, it's raining and I can't put in full days when it's that cold and gets dark so early. I'm glad it's over and it went well, slow, but well. I'm also glad so many people were following the series and keeping in touch along the way.

[@realanimal3602]

Thank you for the time and effort. I myself do a lot of my own work and it is nice to see others doing the same. I read the comments and I'm surprised that some will criticize your methods. Maybe they don't understand that sometimes when you do it yourself you don't always have the proper $200 tool and have to think "outside the box". I like that when you have a problem you research it and make calls and then make a plan. I find this self-reliance is missing in a lot of people. Again keep up the good work and I'll be passing along your videos.

[@boom192channel]

She's purring now.

[@57bagre]

Thanks for watching.

[@robpeters5204]

Did you feel more pulling power when you dropped the hammer or was it about the same? We need to go on a test drive with you now. Lol!

[@57bagre]

My main freight supplier is just now coming off a 1 year layoff and the mill is just now firing up and won't have much freight for a couple more weeks. If my company finds me something else before then, I'll let you know. It bobtails fine.

[@flowmaster802]

I'm going to be rebuilding mine in a couple of weeks from now I watched all your videos on the rebuild this will be my first rebuild on a big engine as well I myself am a car mechanic also but I own my own truck now can you tell me where you got your parts from I've been looking around just trying to get some good prices

[@57bagre]

The machine shop that I used got the parts from somewhere in Georgia, I'll have to try to find the receipts later to tell you where. If yours is a 12.7L then my videos should be good but if it's a 14 L then there are a lot of differences, you can still follow my videos but you'd need to follow the book closely for the differences.

[@flowmaster802]

Gordon Robertson ya its a 12.7 I live down by Houston TX and there's a shop there says they can get me my kit for 2700 and freightliner wants 3900 so I'm guessing there aftermarket parts but how did you do the breaking in procedure on your truck not sure if yours does but mine if cold will idle up about 1k rpms tell its warm then go back to about 600 I also bought the service manual for mine as well

[@57bagre]

My kit cost $2050 the break in procedure directions came with the kit and if I remember it said drive with a normal load for about 100 miles at the same speed at about three quarter Max engine speed, that was not an option for me so I bobtailed for 100 miles on the interstate and came home

[@57bagre]

All trucks run at high idle when cold the same as a car

[@flowmaster802]

Wow much cheaper than what I'm looking at I'll probably end up do the same as you just Bob tailing for the break in I'll be uploading videos during the rebuild I'm new at uploading on KZbin I normally just watched videos but keep them videos coming I enjoy watching them thank you for the replies I'll let you know how it goes

[@pocketedition6687]

That’s nice

[@TORAH-613]

There were a lot of things that you did that i cringed at. I was like, no he aint doing that. So its been 6yrs. How is the engine holding up? How many miles do you have on it now?

[@57bagre]

Truck is running fine, drive it everyday hauling over gross loads local. Welcome to the real world (not a perfect world like in tech school)

[@Hippie459MN]

What kind of oil pressure are you seeing after the rebuild?

[@57bagre]

About 30 at idle and 60 running, 70 at cold start up. I didn't change the oil pump, it has 1.5 million miles on it.

[@EduardoSilva-xe3gp]

very nice Gordon that engine sounds pretty good and look at that not a bit of smoke or blow by congratulations lookslike your hard work paid off time to hit the road buddy ( or the streets in your case lol)

[@57bagre]

Thank You Sir.

[@Bocheap]

Bad ass

[@Rwalt61]

She's purring like a kitten. Should get another million miles out of her.

[@57bagre]

It will, but I won't unless I go back over the road full time which I don't want to do.

[@amascia8327]

I've been thinking about those black smoke rings... They are very popular on KZbin [vortex gun, etc.] Perhaps if you adjusted one of the injectors to fire towards the end of an exhaust stroke you could have them back?

[@57bagre]

You like those rings?

[@amascia8327]

When I was a kid, "The Smoking Camel Man - New York" billboard actually puffed real smoke. On a calm day, these puffs were beautiful smoke rings [aka vortex ring or toroidal vortex]. I was and continue to be hypnotically fascinated by them. Given the destructive nature of your smoke rings, I'm sure they are the last thing you'd want to see, eh? So, I was kidding about getting them back... especially at a cost of 1 mpg!