1971 GMC 9500 started after 26 years Now will it drive 1767 Miles (I make BAD choices) (PT1)

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  • Rescued from a watermelon patch.... A little wax on and can I drive it from Seattle to Wisconsin - 1767 miles....
    1971 GMC 9500 Detroit Diesel 6-71
    Screamin Jimmy is easbound.....
    Contact: countrylifewisconsin@gmail.com
    countrylifewisconsin@gmail.com
    #willitstart #twostoke #detroitdiesel
    Technical consultant: Joe Maser... Mechanic, Truck builder and racer. The man has forgotten more about 2 stroke Detroit motors than we will ever know.
    Look up the Cornfield Corvette, he was making black smoke way before black smoke was cool...
    • cornfield corvette
    Insta @cntry_life
    #countrylife #WIS

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  • @oldrustycars
    @oldrustycars Рік тому +56

    I took a driving test in one of these. It was 100 degrees, no A/C. The instructor told me to turn around after 2 blocks, "I can't ride in this thing. You pass."

    • @MrsSunshine75
      @MrsSunshine75 Рік тому +6

      @oldrustycars Your lucky, I took my test in a 76’ 90 series Chevy, 318 13 spd, and the driving instructor burned her arm on the pipe getting in, needless to say she put me thru hell!

    • @RJ1999x
      @RJ1999x Рік тому +2

      I leaned how to drive on the Chevrolet version , 671 and a 10 speed hauling wheat in Perryton, TX

    • @jamesroberson1503
      @jamesroberson1503 Рік тому +1

      😆

    • @thomastaylor2450
      @thomastaylor2450 6 місяців тому

      LOL excellent

    • @IanHotson
      @IanHotson 5 місяців тому +2

      I got to drive one of those with a V12 Detroit that's what we had back in the day and we loved them, the snot-nosed bunch of fucking steering wheel holders having a clue and you wouldn't know a good truck with bit you on the ass

  • @stanleyflory6702
    @stanleyflory6702 Рік тому +9

    Dude, the first truck I drove way back in 75 was a 9500 Jimmy with a 6-71 Detroit and a 13 speed day cab! Loud, rode like crap, no power when loaded, just a peach! Did not take me long to switch to a 71 Diamond Reo, 6-71, 13 speed day cab! Same thing but a touch more comfortable! About a month in that truck, and I started eyeing a 68 Diamond Reo with a 250 Cummins and a twin stick 4 by 4 my boss had out in the weeds! He said it ran when they parked it out there, but no one wanted to drive it because of the twin stick. I took some fresh batteries out to it, pulled the compression release, turned it over till i saw oil pressure, shoved the CR back in, that old Cummins came to life! Drove it out of the weeds to the shop, put new tires on it, checked everything over, and started hauling Road oil in a tanker with it! Been a Cummins man ever since!
    You may need to "Excite" that alternator, to get it to start working again. I know you have already dealt with this, but if you saved it, it may still be good!

  • @blaircrocker9845
    @blaircrocker9845 Рік тому +7

    I know everybody loves the Cummins but you can't beat the sound of a Detroit.

  • @dwightcorbett8889
    @dwightcorbett8889 Рік тому +16

    I just love it when an old 2 stroke comes roaring back to life!

  • @Turbo496Vette
    @Turbo496Vette Рік тому +5

    That has to be the most original untouched Detroit left on earth. 😮

  • @michaelguinn5736
    @michaelguinn5736 Рік тому +4

    My Dad retired from GM Truck & Bus in 1990. I remember as a kid in 1968(10 yrs old) going with my Mom to pick my Dad up from work, I remember seeing these GMC 9500 in the lot waiting to be delivered, seen many GMC Generals....

  • @oldamericaniron5767
    @oldamericaniron5767 Рік тому +3

    Good to see you again. That’s how my 6v71 1974 Diamond Reo starts, just a touch of the key. I will be following your adventure and it is an adventure!

    • @mchl8
      @mchl8 Рік тому

      Maybe he takes off alot

  • @kidsteach938
    @kidsteach938 Рік тому +6

    Love the aesthetics of the GMC 9500. Robust looking truck.

  • @JuanGonzalez-dg3sp
    @JuanGonzalez-dg3sp Місяць тому

    Soy de Puerto Rico y usted tomo un Mack "Cab over" o era "Flat Nose" y la parte que le costó más trabajo,creo que fue una pieza que hizo para la dirección del camión,además hubo otras cosas más que se me escapan del recuerdo, pero cuando ví a su hija y después salio su cara,eso,éste Señor hace tiempo no lo veia, usted si que es un excelente y experimentado mecánico,mis respetos amigo, usted repara todo lo que cae en sus manos para usted nada es imposible, bendiciones..............

  • @briananderson3801
    @briananderson3801 Рік тому +2

    I'm building a camper this would be perfect for this old 40 yr truck driver still want to smell the diesel fumes plus I drove one of those for 3yrs I love them

  • @thomasbailey8306
    @thomasbailey8306 Рік тому +6

    Glad to know Everyone is ok. Miss Your videos but totally understand. Especially in this world we're living in now unfortunately.. Looks like You found a Gem in the Rough ..Great Video Sir ..

  • @outfitsgarage88
    @outfitsgarage88 Рік тому +6

    I love the old 671's. Great sounding engine. Good looking truck

  • @robertnogier9309
    @robertnogier9309 Рік тому +2

    Nice meeting you at Frieghtliner, they finally got me running.

  • @normanbuchanan9710
    @normanbuchanan9710 Рік тому

    welcome back we missed you and Joe with all your antics.

  • @VaughnFoster-vp8tt
    @VaughnFoster-vp8tt 7 місяців тому +1

    I drove one of those 28yr ago as a dump truck those were the days 😅

  • @tyronescott3904
    @tyronescott3904 Рік тому +1

    Love that jimmy spent manny days and knights

  • @glennhunter7018
    @glennhunter7018 Рік тому +2

    Good to see you back again making videos my dad was a owner operator he had a 1989 brigadier I hope I spelled that right it was red good truck until it dropped injector then the motor was gone after that he got a cab over GMC Astro he run that 4 a bunch years then the turbo went out Then he said that’s it he went out of business I thought you might want to hear the. Story be safe

    • @feildcar4578
      @feildcar4578 Рік тому

      So you mean he went out of the business because he had to do maintenance on his trucks. Sounds to me he ran horrible equipment or did he think he could run a truck forever and not have a part fail.

  • @cattlerepairmancattlerepai9414

    Congrats to finding such a nice truck. Where I am, I only find rust-jacked, cancerous, circling-the-drain-of-eternal-death non-runners that had the last will to live sucked out of them a long time ago. An "old" truck here is from the 1990'!

  • @dustyrusty6840
    @dustyrusty6840 Рік тому +1

    Glad to see you back, missed watching your videos.

  • @rodneymiddleton9624
    @rodneymiddleton9624 Рік тому +1

    That's awesome!!!! See you have Joe out there working!!!! Thanks!

  • @douglasmayherjr.5733
    @douglasmayherjr.5733 Рік тому

    What a nice old truck. Great find. Thanks for sharing.

  • @kelvintorrence5994
    @kelvintorrence5994 Рік тому +1

    wjhat a detroit that does not leak oil or make you deaf,and using a leaf blower to clean it out ,priceless,gotta ; love old iron

  • @devinrussell420
    @devinrussell420 Рік тому +5

    Making some cab & frame crossmember modifications to mount a Link cab mate air ride suspension would greatly improve the overall ride quality of the truck.Some air ride high back seats and installing some air bags on the front axle will also improve the ride quality of the truck.

  • @mikeungerer4980
    @mikeungerer4980 Рік тому +1

    Great video glad to see you back I know life gets in the way

  • @daveweed2765
    @daveweed2765 Місяць тому

    Holy crap. We had one of these as a wrecker in Pusan Korea. I was an 88M and only one of two that drove the wrecker. Had a 15 speed with the derp reduction on the dash. I pulled a twin sctew International with a 40 foot trailer loaded with frozen meat, milk, cheese and butter 50 miles back to PSF to be unloaded and reloaded on three different trucks. The International broke down and it was an interesting ride old school wrecker with twin booms but it had diffs on it. The load was too heavy so took full advantage of that deep reduction. It actually had Jakes on it too. And a big ass V Drtroit.
    In Pusan we didnt have the Tactical vehicles. Everything in our motorpool was commercial. Cherokees, GMC trucks a little newer than Big Fuck aka the wrecker. Two Internationals and 2 Daewoo busses and a little Hyundai Bongo Bus. We actually worked more than trained in Korea at that time. Running Rations, Shuttles and Taxis.
    I am reminiscing a bit but thanks for the memories. But that old Jimmy would scream at 70 mph maybe because it was a wrecker. The speed limit on what we call interstates in Korea was 100 KPH. 62 mph.

  • @oralniten7651
    @oralniten7651 Рік тому

    I was raised up with one like that but ours had a 318 Detroit and a 13 speed!!! Dad said they had one just like that one with the 671 Detroit,I love the 318 and a 13 speed

  • @keepontruckinoutlawlife1248
    @keepontruckinoutlawlife1248 Рік тому +1

    This is great love it. Keep us posted on this beast please..

  • @Truckster_Metfan91
    @Truckster_Metfan91 Рік тому

    That ol beauty came from Pasco, WA. I seen it sit in that same spot off court street for 20 years.

  • @johncampbell-lp2cl
    @johncampbell-lp2cl Рік тому

    Welcome back!! Glad to see you posting another video.

  • @peterselten500
    @peterselten500 Рік тому +2

    Great to see you back . Cheers mate 🇦🇺

  • @michaelcrase3114
    @michaelcrase3114 10 місяців тому

    Glad to see you finally come back and make another video I like your videos a lot. I live by Des Moines Iowa keep making more videos I'd like to see the end of this one good luck and Merry Christmas to you all heavy duty

  • @timkis64
    @timkis64 Рік тому

    my uncle who died a week ago was a 2 stroke detroit specialist in the 70s & 80s. when he died, i thought of the dying art of setting up a rack on the old engines.he learned how to work on them in the service.was in his shop i first ever saw a 8V92 with a 8 inch hole in the block from a rod going thru it.he was putting another engine in the truck.im guessing the driver let it roll down a hill into an overspeed condition.i never had one over 2150, & never had a problem.

    • @juliogonzo2718
      @juliogonzo2718 Рік тому

      Towing company I worked for had an old IH daycab tractor with a 6v71 in a barn. They used to turn it down for emmisions testing and then turn it back up after it passed. The two former owners passed away and the son took over and nobody knew how to work on it. It was a shame. We got the old girl going one day and pulled it into the shop and washed it. It was a minty old truck. Think they sold it years later

  • @jamesclark9347
    @jamesclark9347 Рік тому +1

    I have a 97 c7500 gmc . Love the truck

  • @fuzzybutkus8970
    @fuzzybutkus8970 Місяць тому

    Drove on for O’Hare Towing back in the early 80’s. Had a 750 Holmes wrecker body with a 290 Cummins and a 13 speed. I could pickup a tractor-trailer and fly back to Chicago. Big wreckers the best way to get CDL then because there were no schools.

  • @kengibson402
    @kengibson402 Рік тому +2

    The second I saw you posted a video I instantly clicked on it to watch! It’s been a while!

  • @eddieweigel9490
    @eddieweigel9490 Рік тому

    That 6-71 is humming beautiful sound

  • @user-cq5wo3hv1j
    @user-cq5wo3hv1j 3 місяці тому

    On three of them in my career. All 671 last one I had was somewhat of a show truck that I bought from a guy in LA had everything on it you could ever hang on one. Heated adjustable mirrors power windows air slide fifth ect. She leaked oil scream like a banshee but always brought me home drove it until California made me get rid of it. Haven't had one is Dependable since

  • @allensnook7760
    @allensnook7760 Рік тому +1

    Good to know ur still in the game,stay happy n healthy.kinda reminds me of coops mustang content he was in process of rebuilding his late fathers mach mustang and knew very little mechanics,his older brother was mentoring him thru it,well i gquess his bro got vaccines for covid,had complications and passed,just this week he posted he was selling the project because it caused him heartache to be reminded of fun with bro who was now gone.so he posted why he has been awol all this time.he may return when he heals and maybe not!!!anyhow we understand utubers have there own life to live and to grieve how they must.best regards on ur return.mr.snooky aka snooky pa.💥👍🤪😜👍💥

  • @eddierush8460
    @eddierush8460 10 місяців тому

    Hi very first time watching your channel. Very enjoyable & educational content. Thank you .

  • @brianhayes7618
    @brianhayes7618 Рік тому +3

    Anxious to see how this ends

    • @Fatamus
      @Fatamus Рік тому

      Me too or maybe not 😕
      Ominous piano cords ♬ dom dom ♩ dom doooooom🥺

  • @TomReade-st4xz
    @TomReade-st4xz 6 місяців тому

    Thanks Danny

  • @frigglebiscuit7484
    @frigglebiscuit7484 Рік тому +1

    my dad always talks about the detroits slobbering oil if you let them idle too long, so hes right.

  • @gr00vechamp
    @gr00vechamp Рік тому +2

    Can I buy I life size autographed poster of Joe? That should cover the hole from the fire I accidently set.

  • @johncottam2824
    @johncottam2824 Рік тому +1

    About time you showed your face, I was getting worried.
    Welcome back

  • @chriscrane5327
    @chriscrane5327 Рік тому

    Your from Wisconsin,cool,I'm from Wisconsin nice truck,looks like an old 13- or 18-speed

  • @oldcars46
    @oldcars46 Рік тому

    Good to see you again

  • @Drew_379
    @Drew_379 Рік тому

    Good to see you back!

  • @ianmunslow5675
    @ianmunslow5675 Рік тому

    Great to see you back

  • @AliMackMechanical
    @AliMackMechanical Рік тому +1

    How the heck are you I missed you. Hope you had a great Christmas. I wish you a happy New year. That's some truck. Just love sound of the engine. 👍🤙

  • @RichardEKranz
    @RichardEKranz Рік тому

    Great looking Machine.

  • @krishoekstra3682
    @krishoekstra3682 Рік тому +1

    Welcome back man! Missed your videos!

  • @Praterphil
    @Praterphil Рік тому +1

    Way cool to see that running. Looks Mean!

  • @alfredogonzalez8991
    @alfredogonzalez8991 Рік тому +1

    Hermoso camión, un clasico de los 70,s 👏👏👏😉

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER Рік тому +1

    Cool ol' GMC!! 👍👍

  • @michaelfinney2160
    @michaelfinney2160 Рік тому

    Nice truck ! Those engines just keep going but do require regular maintenance. Straight 40 weight oil is what they need. Bus Grease Monkey is the specialist on 2 stroke Detroit engines. Good luck with the truck. Have a Blessed Day

  • @robertvannicolo4435
    @robertvannicolo4435 Рік тому

    Nice to see your still buying screaming detroits and had time to post👍

  • @antpart7998
    @antpart7998 Рік тому

    What a beautiful machine

  • @MitzvosGolem1
    @MitzvosGolem1 Рік тому

    Best not to idle these engines or wet stacking and stuck rings occur
    They need to get a load and get hot .
    In marina we had guys idle them in boats at dock and not take them out in bay .
    Would be all loaded up carbon and stuck rings diesel in crankcase oil .
    Nice truck !

  • @Sc50001
    @Sc50001 Рік тому

    I love these old trucks. Can you do all the upgrades like in snow runner 😁

  • @danielkingery2894
    @danielkingery2894 Рік тому

    Good ol' Joe.
    I thought I recognized him in the first part of the video...."late at night, under the truck setting the brakes" made it obvious....that's how Joe rolls.

  • @kenfrazier616
    @kenfrazier616 Рік тому +1

    damn thought you gave up making videos, awesome to see you back

  • @ern48
    @ern48 Місяць тому

    I drove a GMC tandem dump with a 6v53 5/4 trans, not very fast but a screamer.

  • @mbell9516
    @mbell9516 Рік тому

    Nice Opel gt in the background!!!!

  • @brendanbuster
    @brendanbuster Рік тому +1

    OMFG he's back!

  • @stonereed
    @stonereed Рік тому +2

    The greatest creator on UA-cam is BACK!!! I’m so happy to see you again man!

  • @thomastaylor2450
    @thomastaylor2450 6 місяців тому

    Such a cool truck

  • @Mr7Firedog
    @Mr7Firedog Рік тому

    Used to drive one of these in the northeast, uncomfortable noisy beast of a truck!!

  • @raywilson800
    @raywilson800 Рік тому +2

    Glad to have you back. Thnks for all you do.❤️ By the way, you mentioned the day job? You come up missing long enough to be a secret agent or a mercanary or something. Good to see Joe❤️that old guy. Hes forgot more about Detroits than most people ever knew. Glad to hear you still have the Potatoe Farm in Wisconsin. Love them mountains in your videos❤️

  • @williamcorleu5839
    @williamcorleu5839 Рік тому

    I love them old trucks

  • @SebaMontero-o7s
    @SebaMontero-o7s 5 місяців тому

    good job, man

  • @christopherpeterson1400
    @christopherpeterson1400 Рік тому +1

    I would love to find one of these BIG TRUCKS as a project ... Seattle area

    • @countrylife4195
      @countrylife4195  Рік тому

      There are tons up here as we have no rust and the ports. Often things come here to get shipped overseas and the shipping is too expensive to the sit somewhere

  • @alkennedy1124
    @alkennedy1124 Рік тому +1

    Ok I have one of these trucks my truck is a 1970 or 71 Chevy air brakes two axle dump truck 4 yard it has no engine , it is a gas engine only truck and it none tilt hood , it regular hood opening with fenders , im not interested in put a Diesel in it , im in California, lol thank you .praise Jesus Christ grace grace grace amen 🙏

  • @skipstein744
    @skipstein744 Рік тому

    A great find in your GMC. Onward!

  • @craigsaxon5591
    @craigsaxon5591 Рік тому +1

    Love the 6-71

  • @chosenone101
    @chosenone101 Рік тому

    Beautiful truck!

  • @munkeyman6669
    @munkeyman6669 Рік тому

    Welcome back dude!

  • @bostallworth6982
    @bostallworth6982 Рік тому

    I'm jealous... Nice 😎

  • @Kubla84
    @Kubla84 Рік тому

    Bostrom makes a low profile air ride seat for that cab, I have many miles in a GMC brigadeer with one and I am 6 foor 6 inches

  • @Greg-ud3iu
    @Greg-ud3iu Рік тому

    i need to find one of these to build my welding rig, at this point im willing to take one thats just cab and frame. hard to find in decent enough shape to rebuild

  • @TABRO284
    @TABRO284 Рік тому

    That thing is so bad ass.

  • @WrenchRepairsAndProspecting

    Welcome back.

  • @markfroman738
    @markfroman738 Рік тому

    The precursor to the Brigadier!

  • @Fatamus
    @Fatamus Рік тому +1

    Pool Noodled up ready to go.

  • @boatbound3300
    @boatbound3300 Рік тому

    Just beautiful

  • @toddarnold2882
    @toddarnold2882 Рік тому

    Wow it’s been along time

  • @joellekarma
    @joellekarma Рік тому

    I just started fallowing your Channel I love old Detroit engines My father was a diesel mechanic for years. He worked for manure spreader company almost all the trucks had Detroit 8V-71 in them they were some screaming engines, Was that a Buick Opel in your shop? Good luck on the build of this cool old GMC.

  • @TomReade-st4xz
    @TomReade-st4xz 6 місяців тому

    First truck I drove to the shop for a pm sweating bullets my dads boss standing on the fuel tank telling me it was time to learn I was 12

  • @robertwagner8596
    @robertwagner8596 Рік тому

    thats almost the same truck i cut my "trucking teeth" with 238 detroit with a 13 spd....sweet ride,probably why im hard a hearing....

  • @sallybrokaw6124
    @sallybrokaw6124 Рік тому

    So what happened to the big Detroit you got started on the last vid way back and the cab over Ford with the beaver tail bed?AL B.

  • @eddieweigel9490
    @eddieweigel9490 Рік тому

    Hendrickson walking beam suspension that’ll cause some back problems

  • @christianbattestin9747
    @christianbattestin9747 Рік тому

    You should name that truck Big Twinkie and have Ernie Hudson sign it.

  • @cintroberts6614
    @cintroberts6614 7 місяців тому

    What do expect , this isn't Japan where the vehicles almost never breakdown. Here in America tow truck drivers sit along side the roads and highways like vultures ready to tow our junk so they can capitalize . That is the way it is and it will always be that way. Truck shops expect you to break down a lot here so they make $150- $200 an hour off of our crap that is made right here in the USA. So the usa manufactures know not to make stuff to good or the roadside vultures will go hungry. Plus if they made trucks too good you won't come back to buy another one.

  • @eddieweigel9490
    @eddieweigel9490 Рік тому

    6-71 Detroit diesel aka the driptroit diesel they say those 2 stroke detroits made more HP than the 4 strokes of that time

  • @genefogarty5395
    @genefogarty5395 Рік тому

    You said you checked the injector rack and then later on you say the rocker cover's never been off or not in a very long time. How'd you check the rack then?

    • @countrylife4195
      @countrylife4195  Рік тому

      Simple, Check the throttle and the stop... Old style has no yield link so you can feel if the rack is stuck.
      Also it has an emergency stop door so easy to choke if it tries to run.

  • @glenncourtney4876
    @glenncourtney4876 Рік тому

    Hard to find anyone who can tune those two strokes anymore.

  • @wes11bravo
    @wes11bravo Рік тому

    Been wondering about you bud!

  • @the.porter.productions
    @the.porter.productions Рік тому

    O-H-I-O Porter greetings.🇺🇸 Happy New Year! This is one quite unusual GMC! Will It Start..Oh, this is running so well that I just wanna take it home! So there!🤩 I bet you were a bit shocked, huh?! The body looks like it is in really good shape! That’s a bit unusual. I love the hitch you added to it.🥰 What is the mechanism in front of the 5th wheel? Is that some kind of hydraulic lifter for the 5th wheel? What a find!! Really looking forward seeing more of this fine old truck! You must have a shirt in the charging system or something is really draining it. Keep it coming & be safe out there!🥰😎✌️

  • @Akdave2020
    @Akdave2020 Рік тому +1

    Did you make it or what

  • @charlesferebee263
    @charlesferebee263 Рік тому

    WICKED KOOL. 🇺🇸👍

  • @randychristian7642
    @randychristian7642 Рік тому

    cann't let those engines idle much, those oil leaks should stop once you hit the highway