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I was happy to donate to the museum! You're so knowledgeable, What is your background?

It’s also one of my favorite pieces at the museum because it ran with my favorite locomotive the southern 4501 for a bit in the 60’s and 70’s

5:33 it’s the same reason why I keep boxes you might use it some day

Always grand to see an unwanted machine coming back to life. Keep up the great work. SD40-2 is my favourite of the American diesels. The modern ones have no personality.

This museum needs more manpower and visitors. I've been to it twice and they do a good job with what they have

thank you!

Those Gardner Denver WBO compressors are pretty darn robust and reliable, but when they go, they GO. I've seen quite a few that literally blow themselves to smithereens. Always a good idea to keep spares on hand....

Thank you for the grass roots videos. These are excellent! I hope to come to the museum soon.

Thanks for sharing your work, enjoy the videos.

Wish more people were like Kevin, take a interest in things even though its just a job and try to save them when the time comes, alot of history was lost because nobody cared. But on the flip side of that, alot was also saved because people cared and went out of their way to do the saving. I enjoy these videos very much, please keep making them.

That was a staggering amount of rust you blew out of that head! Can't wait to see you get it installed on 8954 and fire it up and test it out.

NICE!!!!!!!!

The water in the oil is definitely condensate, especially with the amount of time the locomotive was sitting out of service. Drain the separator, top it off, and fire it up!

Great video! Have you tried to see if the self load is working correctly?

Does that mean this engine now has onlythe independent brake?

Very interesting...Thanks! Crater compound grease aka locomotive turds? when dropped on the ties!

I do appreciate that you fast-forward through repetitive tasks after showing how the task is done.

Nice to see that type of work being done as a rail fan great video thankyou

Where did you find that replacement socket? I have a couple of cage lamps salvaged off of ship wrecks that need new sockets and I think that one would work.

It's a good thing we pay you by the job, not by the hour. Ha

8202 looks like it has friction wheel bearings. If so, it wouldn't be allowed on a main-line?

Priceless history. Thank you for preserving and sharing this.

I believe I was having more fun watching that you were installing those filter vessels.

This channel is unique because you can see in detail how railroad things work. Thank you!

Education by frustration, as you said. Requires re-learning lost shop knowledge, a kind of industrial archeology.

THE SW SERIES OIL SYSTEM IS AN ABOMINATION, COMPARED WITH THE SYSTEM USED ON THE EMD GP 7/9 SERIES AND THE F-7/9 SERIES! ALL THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE SW SERIES OIL SYSTEMS WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT IS PROBABLY THE REASON OF THE DOWNFALL OF THE EMD SWITCHER ON THE CLASS 1 CARRIERS AND THEIR USE OF OLDER GP UNITS AS SWITCHING POWER NOWADAYS!! KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHERS! 👍👍

Nasty necessary job. Shows what the really essential workers do to keep society running.

Painted the inside of a diesel engine. Well that is different. Looking at all the goo in there, I can see why the went really large with the filtering system.

I love watching big iron diesel engines being maintained, repaired or rebuilt. And watching as you hunt down an oil pressure issue is awesome to watch. I am now subscribing and can't wait to watch your other videos!

Oops. Low oil pressure. They can fix it.

Not knowing much about big 2 stroke diesel engines. 100 psi at idle. That normal for a 645?

Is it a Woodward governor? Never seen anything like a low oil button before...but I've only been around one 567 in my life and I was a kid then.

Was hoping to see a shot through the sight glasses of the oil coming up through the filters. Also I noticed you're using an air gauge for the oil pressure gauge. Gotta make use of what you got I guess.👍

What did they paint the top side of the head with? Glyptal? I've seen that used on old tractor engines to attempt to make the surface shed oil back into the crank case quicker. I don't think i've ever seen it on one of these big EMD's though. Or even a 2-stroke Detroit. I've always seen discussions that people say not to do this kind of treatment for the very reasons found here which is that it could flake off and end up clogging the oil system.

Stumbled on this, really enjoyed the explanation of how the different systems work, along with the troubleshooting. Thanks!

Be careful of using brass fittings on the oil pressure guages because engine vibration along with the one guage having a long brass nipple fitting including the guage itself ,can break the brass nipple at the threads . Recommend grey pipe nipples instead , and use shorter nipples . Just a caution as brass is not happy with vibrations .

if paint ends up in filters it is still not good

I would have done only one thing differently, I'd have filled the housing AND the inside of the filters....That paper element is going to take a lot of oil to saturate it. That said, considering the box was empty when you opened it up, it must prime pretty quickly to begin with.

who in their right mind paints inside an engine !!!!!!!!!

Way to go Allen! Good news! My first car was aRambler! Be well, tell Karen hello. Smeds

Love these, thank you for doing them............Impressed with all the young blood at the Museum.

I learn something every time ..thanks

great video - loved the whole presentation- but are the strainers after the filters , would think the strainers would be before the filters to catch the big stuff.

Thanks again.

Thanks

I wish they could have saved the last Amtrak turboliner rtg in that scrapyard in Indiana. Too late now cus it’s scrapped..

Love these videos

We made a special cap for pressure testing. We stripped the relief spring and gasket etc from the original cap. Drilling a half inch hole in the middle of the cap a half inch nut is welded to accept a set screw. Using a combination of large washers a plug the size of the inside diameter of the filler neck was fashioned. We permatexed the rubber seal to the plug. When this combo of homemade equipment is applied to the fill neck the cooling system can pressure tested at a higher pressure. You don't want to go too high or you might create another issue, but we often found leaks that weren't visible at 18 to 20 lbs. Don't forget to check the water outlet pipes on all the 20 cylinder heads. A fill cap has to be sacrificed to make this tool but it works! Just don't go too high with the water pressure.

you need a bigger hammer !!!!

I used to work for a chemical plant in Henderson, KY and when they used CSX to do their in plant switching, those loose Jimmys would leave oil all over the place.