Rescuing A 1983 GMC General Truck from its GRAVE - Will It Start and Drive?

[@tompicker8284]

Thank you Austin for being on the video and God bless you

[@fossn]

Cool!😂👍 i am a used truck dealer in norway🇳🇴 i have own over 200 scania’s. funny to watch these american trucks. none of these here in Norway. Keep up the good work Bruce!!!

[@Mafioso_motivation]

Really? No Freightliner, Peterbilt, or Kenworth ?

[@fossn]

@ no none. Only scania, volvo, mercedes, daf and man. But scanian is clearly the largest here. Nr 2 is volvo, but all is cabovers! Its maybe 5-10 american trucks somewhere here but you never se them. Only showtruck without plates.

[@pavelblazoun992]

Super cool video good Job 👍👏🥰🇨🇿😉

[@Mafioso_motivation]

@@fossn Strange to think about. Saw the trucks on your channel now.looks good! Only much less wheelbase than here…

[@samholdsworth420]

Ain't nothing funny bout American trucks

[@dargaming379]

Keep it and restore it to original specs. Have to admit, I didn't used to watch your channel, but it has really come a long way and really enjoy watching all your videos now. Keep up the great work!!

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Thanks, will do!

[@jerredwayne8401]

I really like the look of the old Generals! Sad there arent many left!

[@thesystem7519]

Love them old generals. Good to see it running again. 👍👍👍

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@benihana88]

My first fire engine ever to learn on was a 90 pierce dash. Same motor you could be on scene in our other engine. Saying where's our 2nd in, then hear it screaming down the street lol like it's coming boys. Man best sounding diesel ever!! That sound brought back alot of good memories

[@shanepomeroy6686]

Thanks for bringing her back to life. I am sure my grandpa was laughing the whole time looking down from above.

[@zachwisler9976]

Been waiting for a new will it start. Thanks boys

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@mikebrunner1577]

Love the General. Brings back some awesome memories.

[@AltTechFan]

Love that old 2 stroke!

[@REDBIRD-95]

Nothing like the sound of a Screamin' Demon Detroit Diesel💪 Fix her up, Bruce😁

[@chadsmith9979]

That GMC used to be my dad's. Who used it to haul container in and out of Jacksonville about 10 years or more ago

[@seanmesaehable]

old 2 stroker is the man when it comes to these old Geen Leakers

[@pcap2700]

That piece with the needle point on the air filter is for an ether capsule back in the day you would place the capsule in there close the lid the needle would pop the capsule theres your ether

[@Bruce_Wilson]

That’s cool!

[@markgoddard3115]

Awesome will it start love driving those old generals 8v92 was fun but the v12 is a great to run old 2 stroke knows his Detroits

[@danakibby627]

I’m always amazed how these old semi trucks always start up on old fuel and just sitting for years 😎

[@Bruce_Wilson]

It’s pretty amazing what these old engines can do.

[@LeMmY76]

Now that is a good looking truck... much much better looking than those peterbuilt. Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@crabappleracer]

Good people over at ol 2stroker you tube, thank you for saving the old girl

[@kentallard589]

Oh yeah! Grew up in an 85 general things are hens teeth rare these days! 👌🏽🍻

[@pilotleader]

Love the unique sound of the General!

[@chrisharkins8708]

Daaaaam that ole Detroit sounded good. Sounds like the Maximum Overdrive truck.. Always loved the Generals. My mentor had one and loved going with him when I was little and then after I got my license me driving it.

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Those engines have such a great sound!

[@Autobotmech]

That old V8 sounds great ! Keep up the awesome work

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Thanks! Will do!

[@chanceumfleet]

Love the old truck! Thanks for sharing

[@Luke-g8k]

These old gm trucks are so sick love that your saving one 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I think so too!

[@Justin_playzroblox]

Thanks Bruce for another will it start enjoyed it!!!!

[@Bruce_Wilson]

You bet

[@MichaelIrwin-j2m]

Just about trucks in the 70s and 80s had transfer pipes that went under the fuel tanks . If you parked on a hill it would fill up and over Flo the lower tank. I drove the GMC brigadier dump in the eighties with a cat and thirteen speed road ranger in it. Loved it. And the General was a nice ride back then.

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Those trucks were awesome!

[@JeronWhite]

This is a good truck

[@douglasfisher8665]

Hey Bruce really good to see a will it start after so long, I think that you got a big shock when it fired up on the first touch of the button. It sounds real good, a beast. I like your fire act, you shold be in the circus. Maybe it can make a good project renovating it ? Please lets have more will it starts.😀😎👍

[@EmergencyGuy]

The beautiful music of the Screamin’ Detroit, which I call the ol’ stroker, is music that takes me straight back to my boyhood days in the late ‘90s when my dad owned a white in color GMC Brigadier with a V6 Detroit. The last Screamin’ Detroit powered truck my dad owned was probably from the ‘80s, and that was an International Harvester TranStar cabover that Mike Young, my dad’s driver at the time, rolled over onto the guard rail. The rig was subsequently sold and given a new lease on life as a wrecker.

[@scottlambert2949]

Its good to see some more will it start videos

[@jackroberts4252]

Ryan was such a great camera man we need someone like that ugh

[@Zirion123]

I get that the new one isnt good, but let him learn ... Nobody is a master at something without doing it and Ryan filmed for years and i guess his first videos wasnt greatly filmed either so u should give the new one a break and atleast let him learn before u bash him..

[@durand437]

Love to see it get restored

[@stevengobeli8351]

I believe that 8V92 stock was rated @ 435 HP back then. My dad pulled a bull rack with one of those 5 star Generals

[@BruceBergman]

Get a coolant specific gravity checker for the Concentration status of the Prestone. Just "green" isn't enough. 😂 10:21

[@joshscott9661]

That little pod on the air cleaner is for ether, but not the way you think, they made pre measured gel pods full of ether that you pop in there and close the lid for starting, the needle popped it open and deliver the pre measured amount to the intake

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Interesting, I’ve never seen that before!

[@denneberg]

Really cool truck. It is something with starting up an old truck that has been left to rotting away and let it drive again. Almost that you could see that the truck couldn’t believe it was true. 😅 Nice work.

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Right on

[@cotton678]

My favorite KZbinr back at it again with will it starts i need to do mine!!!!

[@RichEllis78]

Fantastic video. Glad to see some American content and back to a will it start 👍

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@masterq2.033]

Great find.

[@martygoodell9287]

Bring it down to Ocala ! Its right up my alley

[@DuaneHallgren]

Good to see ol halfway again!

[@terrygayman5369]

haha they sound great. cool for truck shows. not real practical for lot of use. miserable to drive all day. we had 2 straight trucks with feed tanks on. 80 brigadeer 6v something. 87 General with big cam cummins, 300. neither had over 300 HP haha. fun times.

[@BruceBergman]

Add tire lubricant before the ether trick 10:21

[@coleriback3177]

Nothing sounds better than V8 Detroits. Just pulled a set of 871s out of my boat. Wont be the same

[@Bruce_Wilson]

They sound amazing!

[@justinwilliams1094]

King of the road

[@davida.p.9911]

Classic will it start! 😎👍 I like these videos!

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevenritchea8562]

I saw you going up I75 in Florida today with that truck in your rgn heading north. Looked pretty nice

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I’m glad you caught me on the road!

[@stevenritchea8562]

@ tried getting in the radio but might not have one in your scania. I did I a double take when I went by you lol

[@PatBlaney-q9t]

That's awesome. I love those old trucks

[@Bruce_Wilson]

They are really cool!

[@MattDB2016]

Will it starts are the best videos you make. See if you can do more.

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I’m glad you like them!

[@thundermite1241]

A full resto in what this truck needs there arent many generals with a 8v92 left most have been swapped to a big cam cummins

[@joshscott9661]

Really hope you do something with this truck! Don't see them much anymore

[@BruceBergman]

Put a little fresh diesel for getting started out. Dilute the red dye...😊

[@adamshoupe3181]

Cool old gmc. Don’t see many of those anymore.

[@alphajack958]

FINALLY back to the content that I subscribed to you for! Love it! 🫡💯

[@erwinzeeland9390]

I am a mechanical technician at an industrial plant and we still have two Detroit 16v92's for firefightingpumps and one v12 for backup current

[@cantwellron11]

That old girl's turbo 😊

[@shoestring1964]

KT 600 would have been a really special engines, those were Beasts

[@Amare-x2n]

I love this truck u guys got and it’s really good ❤️👊🏼more will it start video

[@haskellburks]

Hello Bruce. You might ought to find out if that's one of the tractors that pulled the trailer from Knight Rider. That's the brand of truck that hauled KITT.

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I don’t think that’s the same truck!

[@MrHomeland]

That is for an ether grape. Back in the day, they had purple plastic balls with ether, and you put it in that housing close the lid, and it punctured the grape and deployed the ether.

[@tosil]

Hey! It’s like the Knight Semi!!! Only 2 stroke

[@pasikokkonen1603]

Restore. Lot of good content for the channel. Make you own Knight Rider semi!

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I like it!

[@santiagocabrera1751]

I used to drive one of those back in the 80s gray truck

[@patrickgriffy6200]

Bur seriously tho, great video. The ol will it start and engine torture tests vid-ja's is what got me into watching yens.

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@brucebandy6884]

It's a 440 Detroit I used to drive one just like it separate had a sleeper on mine😊

[@kspicer3132]

That edit with the explosion was hilarious lol 😂

[@stihl0903]

Good Video.

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@garrettmccord]

Man some tlc and some big stacks would look good on this rig

[@sopirolengid]

great find

[@BruceBergman]

The fittings are probably NPT national pipe tapered, and use dope or tape! 10:21

[@Bruce_Wilson]

We made it work to get it home

[@PaulAbuhani]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Mrdieselblooded]

The general is a diamond in the rough along with the Chevy bison.

[@davevaughn7399]

That's the way they used to do at the old style had the line going from tank the tank that way for years and years and years

[@jamesjournell867]

& yeah fully trained 😂😂😂😂

[@bibiontheroad6947]

What a nice sound! Don't heard that sound since my time at the German Army. Sounds like the Tank M113, which had the same 2stroke Detroit engine.

[@CLEnforcer]

You have view here in the Netherlands. And you see them rarely on Oldtimer shows here.

[@jesstrueblood2317]

I miss the sound of the 2 stroke detroits, they had the silver edition of the 92 series that was suppose to be better with oil leaks then they had the 8v-92TTA that most was 435 hp, supercharged with 2 turbos and after cooled. The two strokes couldn't meet newer emissions plus didn't have the torque of a four stroke. The old two strokes would run backwards. My dad hada Austin western motor grader that if you killed the engine with a blade full a dirt the backpressure would turn the engine over enough to start it

[@MichaelEvans-j7t]

Propane assist starting

[@seanmesaehable]

will it starts are the best

[@kspicer3132]

Thats a sweet GMC

[@RichardGordon-z2d]

More "will it starts" please Bruce

[@haroldloftin]

Bruce We all get lucky sometimes .

[@akshonclip]

Give that truck to KnightRiderHistorians for their KnightRider General project.

[@D_and_V_Transport]

Great video!

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@440commando]

I'm remember ol halfway from ahd

[@aDam-b4c1m]

😎💯👍...That's a very nice truck man an Hey how's it going Austin.....👍💯😎 Dude Man tire in a can WTF.... I like it.....

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Yeah, that tire in a can is a lifesaver!

[@aDam-b4c1m]

@@Bruce_Wilson Ha!!!Ha!!!Ha!!!Ha!!!....thats to funny man but yeah your right it works...

[@BruceBergman]

Air tanks are standard, call truck parts and NAPA Store for replacement tanks. And extra starting fluid!

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Only at Napa with heavy duty parts

[@AutoAeroplanes]

Crazy keep it up!

[@danaborgatti1818]

Hey Austin!! Aka Halfway

[@BruceBergman]

Tape off the mystery battery leads! Might be for charging.... 4:49

[@Bruce_Wilson]

It was not connected

[@bobbenoit9977]

Nice truck

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Thanks 👍

[@mikeg7843]

Sell me the visor off of it and the pipes so I can finish my General 🤘🏼

[@HunterDunlow]

You are my favorite

[@BruceBergman]

Propane torch and heat it a little bit (Not cherry red!! )

[@WillE454]

I’d like to see you find a Chevy Bison

[@samsoniteandnotlikethebag9626]

2:26 did anyone else lose audio here for around 15 to 20 seconds?

[@Bruce_Wilson]

Fixing it now

[@Naskeladden]

Who cares, some seconds… He dont do or say something important right there…

[@irasthewarrior]

Bring your Scania to Sandy Munro. You won't regret it!

[@MaxtronusPrime_]

I say keep it, damn thing is far mor entertaining then the scania any day of the week.

[@Bruce_Wilson]

I’m glad you think so!

[@JeronWhite]

That's attracted.How would fix up and rebuild and drive

[@johngoodwyn8246]

Yup more 911 Rescue Bruce !